The Last Ruler: The Return of the Goddess
The Belladonna Poison

The next day, Altair spent a long walk in the garden, not remembering how to get to her room, but she felt she had done nothing bad. His head was dizzy, but today was so bright, so he wanted to spend some time outside.

" Hey, Aisha. Are the flowers in this garden always replaced if it has withered, or still left like this a long time ago??" altair asked his lady-in-waiting, they were in Quennevia's garden.

" The friend here has never been touched by anyone, except the park manager who water and care for the plants. But from what I heard, all the flowers were never replaced, " replied Aisha who was holding an umbrella for Altair.

Altair was impressed with it, meaning that none of the flowers had ever died and been replaced. He is even older than her.

Speaking of age, Altair remembered Ning and Lecht's talk at the party last night. He became curious if there is an ordinary human who lives a long life and does not experience aging only with his own strength.

" Miss, what if we go back? The weather was getting hotter outside. "said Aisha suddenly that made Altair aware of her daydream.

" Ouh, right. All right, let's go back. " said Altair.

So they walked back inside, leaving the beautiful garden.

Elsewhere, Lecht, who was still there, was talking to Ning in his room about some important things about Altair. The fact was that they would not be able to lock Altair in the imperial palace forever, as per the promise given by Ning, Altair would immediately leave the imperial palace as he wished.

" I thought I could persuade her slowly with all this luxury, but she still had no interest at all" Ning told Lecht.

" Well, I guess that's already a trait passed down from her parents. They also do not care about property and the throne. "said Lecht with rest.

" Hey, but this is serious. Altair's leaving soon, aren't you a little worried about her? Yes, he did have great strength, but there must be a lot of people who were after him because of that as well. "that's what Ning was worried about, and it's no longer a secret between them.

" Of course I'm worried, my poor sister is now missing somewhere and something she left behind is lost in confusion. Don't you intend to tell her who she really is?? " Lecht was curious about it, because from what he saw Altair had no idea at all.

Ning then leaned his back against the curation, and replied.. " Told or not, in the end he will still know. For now let it go first, this is also one of the referees "he said chiming in.

Yes, if that's what Ning said, Lecht couldn't say anything more. He only wanted to respect the decision, despite being worried about the possibility that Altair would lose his trust in them. At least he hoped that innocent child would not be easy to obey others.

At the same time Altair, he had just arrived at his room. He took off the hat he was wearing while walking around and let out a little sigh, the air is indeed hot lately, because now is the beginning of summer.

Altair's attention was then turned to an apple juice on his desk, it looked so fresh and he was very thirsty.

" Aisha, I'll drink this apple juice. Can you??" altair asked, he wanted to make sure it didn't belong to anyone else.

Aisha who heard him turned to Altair, "Yes, but it's okay, we don't know who kept it there. I better go ask the others to the kitchen. "his words chimed in.

" We'll know after trying it. " But Altair did not seem to care about it and immediately drank it.

And Aisha who saw him was surprised, "Ah! Miss Altair, don't "he tried to stop her but it didn't work.

Altair still drank it, at first it looked fine, but suddenly Altair felt something was wrong...

" Khuk..!"

Prang...

" Uhuk! Uhuk! Uhuk!..." Altair suddenly coughed and vomited blood, it made Aisha very shocked to see her.

" Miss Altair!!" he shouted in panic, he immediately approached Altair who had fallen in front of him.

At the same time, Altair's door opened and Mira went inside. " Altair, I should-... Altair?!!" and that really made Mira very surprised.

" What's going on?!" ask Aisha who was with him.

" Miss Altair drank the apple juice, then suddenly she.." replied Aisha hanging.

" Don't be good.."

Aisha rushes out to call the doctor, while Mira holds the unconscious Altair up to her bed. Not long after that, Aisha also returned along with a doctor who followed her. Altair was examined by him.

Moments later, Altair's examination was still ongoing and the doctor had also given him medication. While Mira and Yin waited quietly. Ning and Lecht who heard the news also came there as soon as possible....

" How is he doing?" ask Ning to those who are there.

Mira who realized Ning's existence immediately knelt down before her, "I'm sorry, your majesty. There was someone who put a little poison that Altair drank. "he replied with a guilty look.

As the one who had the responsibility to guard Altair, he felt that he had failed to fulfill his responsibility and instead let Altair go to harm.

" What about the culprit??" asked Ning again after hearing Mira's words.

" Everyone who had come to this room before Altair poisoning had already collected it in the hall and was currently being examined by Ansel. But the perpetrator who put the poison was allegedly a waiter who had just entered some time ago, and he was found dead behind the palace" Yin said in a voice.

" The poison??" lecht asked curiously.

" It's a very dangerous poison and is rarely found in the capital, the poison Belladonna. It is usually found in the south, where the Marquis of Ether was ruled ", replied Mira.

Ning so thinking about that seriously, Marquis Ether was the one who maintained neutrality, it was unbelievable if he was the mastermind of all of this. However if it was indeed her, and her daughter who became Altair's friend was just a mere mask, then her goal was clearly the position of the crown princess.

But the culprit was not even clear, so they could not deduce it yet. There's still a lot to investigate in this place. Then their attention was diverted to the doctor who had finished examining the state of Altair.

" How is he, doctor? " ask Yin to her.

" Miss Altair's condition has been more stable, I have also given medicine to him. But if Miss Altair has come to her senses and she still feels uncomfortable I will check her again to be sure. Miss is very lucky to have drunk only a small amount of her poison, otherwise her condition could be more severe than it is now" the doctor explained at length.

" I see, thank you doctor." Ning said.

" All right, Your Majesty. Excuse me. " The doctor came out of there and left the four of them in the room.

Meanwhile, Mira who heard her was confused by the doctor's remark about Altair's condition. " Altair drank half of that juice, how could he say the poison was only a little??" said it.

However Yin then touched his shoulder, making Mira turn her head towards him. " Mira, Altair can purify poison. I thought you knew it. "he said chiming in on Mira's words.

" I don't know. "but that's how Mira responds.

" He'll be fine, don't worry" said Lecht, who caught the attention of the two, himself examining Altair to make sure of it. " Altair was just sleeping, he showed absolutely no symptoms of poisoning after that" he added.

After hearing that from Lecht himself, Mira began to feel calmer. Because there was no reason for Lecht to lie about what was happening to Altair at the moment.

" In that case, we better let Altair rest. Yin and Mira, you take care of him from the outside. Zico who will keep it inside. "said Ning to them, he also glanced at Zico who had just been silent above the closet to see what had just happened in Altair's room.

" Good." replied Yin and Mira obediently.

Lecht approached Ning as he continued to stare at Zico up there, "He didn't seem to care at all, just because he knew." he said.

" Well, it has become his nature. "said Ning anyway.

Then everything completely came out of there, leaving Altair who was asleep alone with her pet Dragon. Zico who saw everything had come out then woke up and flew towards Altair.

Kyu...

He called out to her while touching Altair's face, but since Altair was really sleeping he snuggled up next to her, and slept with Altair.