The Essence Of The Darkness
Episode 67: Poison

“Regas,”

Xavier beckoned to Regas who had chosen to stand stiff and keep a distance from the two of them to get closer. “Come here, sit down with us,” Xavier's orders in a firm tone.

Regas gulped, his eyes looking towards Xavier, then changed towards Akram who was sitting with a hideous grim face on the sofa and his heart instantly pounded with doubt.

These two humans in front of him were two of the most dangerous creatures that might live in this world. Regas had even used all his remaining courage to team up with Dimitri behind Xavier's back. And now sitting and drinking with Akram and Xavier feels like a tough test he has to go through at the cost of his life.

But, there is no other choice. Now Regas was Xavier's assistant, and the orders from his superiors were absolute orders that should not be denied.

So, with slow steps and trembling knees, Regas took a seat on the sofa facing Xavier and Akram who were sitting face to face.

Xavier picked up the drink he prepared, then casually placed the glass in front of Regas and Akram.

“Drink, while chatting, it is still a while longer before Lana finishes,” he said in a relaxed tone.

Regas said, take the delicious-scented golden-colored drink and taste it with pleasure. It was the best champagne that Xavier had presented to Akram Night, and he was grateful that he also had the opportunity to taste it.

Meanwhile, Akram flinch when he accepts Xavier's offer to drink and instead looks at Xavier grimly.

“You already know that I will never taste anything you serve with your hand,” Akram's eyes narrowed. “Who knows what kind of tasteless poison you put in there?” he continued in a cynical tone full of accusations.

Hearing Akram's unexpected sentence, Regas almost spouted a drink that had entered his throat. With a horrified expression, he stared at the drink glass in his hand and then turned timidly towards Xavier who was looking at him with a smile on his lips.

“Why are you scared, Regas? Did Akram's words make you think badly of me? How could I poison you? You are my loyal assistant and your presence has helped me to finish all my business. What would I be if you didn't exist?” xavier said in a soft voice that his tone could kill all prejudices.

Regas gulped. Even though he had already been convinced that the wine in his hand was not poisoned, he had somehow lost the appetite for the wine. He put the glass down and tried to put on a flat expression while watching the interaction between Xavier and Akram.

It was indeed a rare opportunity to be able to see the two beasts that were usually ready to kill each other were now sitting quietly face to face without any blood being spilled.

“Why are you even here?” Akram crossed paths with a coldly reproaching expression, initiating the conversation reluctantly to break the throat-choking silence.

Xavier did the same movement as Akram, crossing and leaning his body against the sofa. But his posture was the opposite of Akram sitting upright tensely, Xavier seemed relaxed, crossing his legs carelessly while a lazy smile could not be separated from his lips.

“Why can't I be here?” he even asked back.

Akram frowned. The look in her eyes seemed to sweep towards the passageway she knew was the passageway where Elana was pushed there this morning.

“Aren't you forcing Elana to steal time in order to seduce Elana into falling for you? Now you're spending time here with me and licking your own spit. You also said you wouldn't let me come to this place to accompany Elana, why did you change your mind?”

Xavier grinned. “Maybe I just need a drinking buddy. After all, I already got what I wanted,” he replied in a mysterious tone.

“What do you mean?” Akram snatched while his eyes narrowed suspiciously.

“Keptiness,” Xavier replied calmly while his grin grew wider seeing Akram frowning.

“Certitude?” Akram repeats Xavier's sentence and adds the tone of the question there. His face darkened as he asked the question in a demanding tone. “Confidentiality about what and who?”

“Confidentiality about Lana,” Xavier is still married. His eyes watched Akram to see his reaction. “What you can do is calm down. I wouldn't kill Lana if that's what you're afraid of,” she continued later, deliberately slipping provocative sentences there.

Akram's expression darkened. “I've never been afraid of you,” furious.

“But you're afraid I took and destroyed Elana from you, aren't you?” with a cynical tone Xavier replied.

His words immediately struck into Akram's heart, making the man stunned for a moment. However, Akram quickly regained control and looked cynically at Xavier.

“A little bit you touch your hand to my woman, I'll cut you to shapeless.”.

“Whoaa... I should be the murderous psychopath here, why are you so bloodthirstier than me when it comes to Lana?” Xavier chuckled while interrupting Akram's words, his expression looking calm even though he had just heard a terrifying threat from the mouth of the most dangerous man. “Not to worry, Akram. I told you I wouldn't hurt let alone kill Lana, you can calm down now.”

“Then, is there still a need to meet one more time to give the antidote serum to Elana at your home? You can give me the serum and my medical team will handle it as well as Elana's handling here,” Akram snatched the opportunity to negotiate.

However, Xavier even raised one eyebrow.

“No. Our compromise continues as we have agreed before. Not trying to seduce Lana anymore does not mean I do not want to spend time with her,” for now Xavier is too cowardly to face Elana because she has not been able to organize her own feelings. But later, really, Xavier was sure he would greatly enjoy the narrow opportunity to spend his limited time with Elana, even though there was absolutely no motive regarding the amorous seduction behind it.

“For what else do you need to spend your time with Elana?” once again Akram growled, this time his hands clenched full of anger.

Xavier raised an eyebrow. “I'm happy to spend time with Lana. He made my heart calm. You must feel it too, right?” Xavier waited to hear Akram's answer, but he could not get it. The younger brother kept his mouth shut with an unusually grim expression, refusing to give an answer to satisfy Xavier. “Being with him is like being near Marlene, our mother.”

“Marlene my mother. And she is not your mother,” Akram interjected in a cynical voice. “Have you forgotten that you've been kicked out of the family line and are no longer a member of the Night family?”

“I may have been removed from the family line. But the bond in my heart remains just as strong. To me, Marlene is my mother.” Xavier's heart is calm.

Xavier was stunned to hear Akram's words. At first glance there was a faint pain flashed in his eyes, but in just a few seconds Xavier had already managed to get rid of him. The man turned instead towards Regas who had been glued still and watched the interaction of the two people in front of him without daring to move, then grinned meaningfully.

“You've been listening to the most private conversation between two brothers, Regas. Usually, an outsider who hears this will kill me so that his mouth can not open to anyone,” Xavier's smile is amazingly sweet. “But you are such an important assistant to me for now. As long as you keep your mouth shut, then you stay alive.”

“Sa... I will shut my mouth,” Regas replied quickly, his face deathly pale while he counted the seconds in his mind. How eager he was to escape the tense torment that made his heart thump tighten uncontrollably like this moment. How he wanted the woman named Elana to get out of the treatment room so that she could immediately do her job.

Regas has been wracked with anxiety half-dead tonight, hit by a flood of adrenaline because waiting for the realization of a plan that will certainly drain all his guts to nothing. And as if that was not stressful enough, he was even involved in the dispute between two brothers who were equally terrible.

He may have died of a heart attack before his plan was realized…

Regas' eyes realized that Xavier was watching his reaction closely. His terrible boss was always like that to anyone. Staring sharply at others while what was inside his head was unfathomable.

Xavier was so meticulous that no one could escape his sharp eyes. But for some reason tonight, Regas really felt uncomfortable being watched under Xavier's sharp eyes. Perhaps because the time had already pressed into the moments of the action, or indeed the atmosphere was very tense with the presence of Akram Night in this room, Regas did not know.

“I think it's time,” Xavier suddenly took his eyes off Regas and glanced at his watch. When he saw Regas a little confused, Xavier raised his eyebrows. “You look pale and unfocused today, Regas, are you sick?” tanyanya.

Regas immediately swallowed. “No, Mr. Xavier. I was just sleep deprived.” he said gave the least suspicious reason he could.

Xavier smiled broadly. “Nightmare?” guess sharp. “I have a sedative that can make you sleep well if you want.”

Receiving the drug from Xavier was tantamount to suicide, Regas knew that. But, of course he did not have the guts to say what was in his heart.

“Te... Thank you Sir, you are very good,” he said.

Xavier was still smiling, then moved his hand gesturing. “It was time Lana completed the process of infusing the serum into her body. See if the medical team has completed their work there, and bring Lana here.”

“Good, Master!”Feeling the rescue lifeboat, Regas immediately got up from his seat and was in a hurry to walk towards the hallway where Elana's treatment room was located.

After Regas disappeared and his steps were no longer heard, Akram who had been watching Xavier's interaction with his assistant narrowed his eyes and looked at Xavier with a flat gaze full of knowledge.

“You praised your assistant sky-high but you poisoned him?”

Xavier did not even blink an eye despite hearing a question more akin to that statement.

“What do you mean, Akram?” calm is under control.

“Don't you think I'm stupid, Xavier. You purposely put your assistant in the middle of the conversation and made him a special drink. He was so tense from being among us that he lost his vigilance, then downed the drink without prejudice. You think I won't be able to see that you've poisoned him?” Akram expressed certainty in his voice, making Xavier unable to dodge anymore.

“Ah, I have always been read by you.” Xavier finally decided to confess. “Yes, I poisoned him, with a blood-destroying poison that will kill him in a very painful way soon. You know why?” ask Xavier then.

Acram thinning lips. “I never want to know your internal affairs. You can kill hundreds of your men and I won't care, ” said in a cold tone.

Xavier chuckles. “This time you will care, Akram. I poisoned him for making sure he was a traitor. His fake submissiveness made me suspicious and asked my best man to investigate Regas' background. However, Regas' background was so perfect that even my best man could find no loopholes. It took time and hard work for so long that they finally found an imperfect crack on the surface of Regas' background. Her sister, who had a different surname with her because her mother remarried when they were both babies, turned out to be one of my victims.”

“The victim you killed?” Akram replied and asked even though he already knew the answer.

“Yes, of course I kill. His sister was a traitor who tried to steal my money. And now, her brother came to me to demand revenge. He was currently probably satisfied to have become the person closest to me. But, what he didn't know, was that he was able to reach this position because I let him. And tonight is the peak, we will see a show full of blood when this poison reacts and Regas' body melts as his entire blood vessel is destroyed. It's the latest biological weapon from my lab, I think I can demonstrate it to you directly with Regas as a sample, who knows that you'll be interested and decide to combine it with your weapon products? Maybe our two companies can work together in the future?” bargain Xavier with a persuasive smile.

Akram directly shook his thin head.“You get enemies who want revenge, it's all because of your own actions. It had nothing to do with me,” Akram's expression turned disgusted as he looked at Xavier. “And no, I don't want to see a demonstration of that disgusting poison, nor will I be interested in using it to put together with the development of weapons technology in my company. How to kill you is dirty and messy, while I prefer a clean one without a trace. Those two opposing methods will not be able to be put together,”

“Ah, even I was already rejected before starting the offer.” Xavier did not seem offended at all. The man opened his mouth about to speak, but his voice came to a halt as footsteps and movements came from the passage behind him.

Akram immediately stood up from his seat, while Xavier turned his head with soft eyes when he saw Elana coming with Regas beside him and the medics pushing his wheelchair closer.

Earlier this morning Elana came with a pale body and looked weak, but now, after getting the infusion of the second stage healing serum, her condition seemed much better. There was a hue on her skin that made her face look beautiful, even with a twinkle in her eyes that looked excited after a day of sleep due to the impact of the antidote serum.

“Akram?” elana's eyes widened in surprise when she found Akram stepping closer to her. It is not suspected that Akram can enter Xavier's house, even sitting waiting with Xavier in the living room of this house without killing each other.

“You look better, Lana,” Xavier deliberately disturbed Akram and stepped closer first towards Elana. “I was pleased by it,” deliberately Xavier glanced towards Akram's darkened expression, and he couldn't help but provoke his sister. “Thank you for the soothing embrace you gave me, you gave me such great peace that I lost my self-defense and fell asleep in your arms. I really appreciate it, Lana.” He spoke in a slow tone, making sure that Akram listened to his sentence clearly.

Elana's face turned deathly pale, while Akram's face was the opposite. There was a red gurat full of embers of anger that instantly changed Akram's expression to be extremely terrifying.

“Call?” ask Akram with a growling tone wrapped in wrath.

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