Extra 35 – Anna Cellars (10) Poison

“This is… I wonder if I should say it is as expected or beyond expectation.”

“It’s very obvious. We can see that the culprit is getting restless.”

Towards me who said so with a disgusted tone, Yulian-sama gave his agreement.

After leaving, we stopped in a certain town in the middle of the travel plan to the neighboring country, and when dinner time came, it was as expected that the food that was bought for His Highness SIeghart was poisoned.

—It was the same as the poison we encountered before.

Though, this time, it was obvious that the food that was poisoned was the soup since it smelled uniquely sweet.

“For this amount of soup, the poison mixed in it was quite a lot and they didn’t try to hide the smell. It made me curious why the tasteless and odorless refinement was not done, but it might be because the other side didn’t have so much knowledge about pharmacy and poison.”

“I, too, agree with Miss Anna. The way they did it is too careless… I already know what the other side’s aim is, so what should we do?”

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“R pll…”

“…Should we get rid of them now?”

The one who said those dangerous words was not me.

It was Yulian-sama with green hair.

I didn’t expect those words to come from him who usually stayed silent and serious. But I knew he was not like the other knights since his master was His Highness Albert.

As a reply, His Highness shook his head to the side gently.

“No, you don’t need to do that. If we caught the one who did it this time, there will be another person who will act as the replacement. Let them swim freely now.”

“I understand.”

Did the other side really think that their actions were not caught?

While listening to the conversation between His Highness Sieghart and Yulian-sama, I moved my gaze to the poisoned soup.

The maid who refused my help to prepare the meals.

The maid who brought the meals so far.

They were all different people, so I put them on the list.

There was no doubt that the one who did it was one of the employees that Princess Lily brought, but somewhat it was too easy.

If they wanted to do an assassination, they needed to do more careful preparations, and they needed to eliminate all the evidence. If Emma-sensei heard this, she would be angry.

“… Is Princess Lily okay?”

His Highness’s sister was sent to another room.

I hadn’t talked with her much, but I was worried about her well being.

However, His Highness answered my question with a little laugh.

“It has been decided that Lily will marry Albert. If they wanted to harm her, they had done it before she came to this country. If they do something to her, they are doing no good but a lot of harm for themselves.”

“… Your Highness, do you really not have any clue why you are targeted this much so far?”

Those words came out of my mouth forwardly.

I wondered why this person must be targeted this far, and what is this bubbling frustrating-like feeling that I felt.

Certainly, at first, I didn’t like him. 

However, when I tried to talk with him, I didn’t think so.

It was true that he spoke so straightforwardly as it could make someone’s heart flutter, or maybe it was a little too insensitive.

 But he had a strong belief, and that part was what made some misunderstanding—.

After thinking so far, I went back to myself.

“Anna, what’s wrong…? Your face is red. Is the poison reacting now?! Detoxify it quickly!”

There was nobody who told me, but I realized that I was just eagerly wanting to protect this person who looked at me worriedly. 

“No… I am okay.”

“No. It is no good if Anna’s health was in harm. Now, quickly drink your homemade pills. This is an order.”

It was when I looked back at the eyes that stared at me seriously.

I noticed that the eyes that I thought were colored by ordinary brown actually mixed with purple hue in them.

That color— Purple is the color of the royalty of the neighboring country.

After all, he is indeed a royalty.