"Yes, that drug makes you increasingly violent. It makes you lose your senses and become irritable. It makes you suspicious of people and makes you explode at small things."
Raju nodded proudly.
"Yes. I'm so glad they came all the way to the Strait. My dear, it means God is on our side."
If it had been Valdina Imperial Castle, it would have been difficult to find a gap, but this is a villa.
Many outsiders are coming to seek opportunities in the new land called El Amuz.
Raju pretended to be one of them and barely managed to get next to Peleus.
Instead of winning on the plain, Peleus killed many.
They say war shows the face of the victor, but it is not always kind to the victors.
Even on the plains, there still remained defeated soldiers who had lost their homeland and were praying for the death of Peleus, harboring poison in their hearts.
Raju contacted them secretly.
Among them, he had the most outstanding one give Peleus a potion.
"Don't worry, my love. Peleus will no longer be able to keep his place."
From his affectionate voice, one could tell how much Raju loved Catherine.
"..."
Catherine looked at her lover blankly.
Raju was a far cry from her husband who used to yell at her, or her son who was kind but ignored her.
She rubbed Raju's stiff shoulders.
"I'm worried that I may have pushed you too hard."
"It's okay, my love. Nothing is too hard for you. Not even Birna, not even your husband and son."
Catherine wiped away her tears. Her heart was filled with love and gratitude towards Raju.
"Joaquin, don't even mention that pathetic human's name!"
For the past three years, all she had seen was the pitiful and cowardly figure of her husband.
Even when Samon was desperately trying to find a place to live, licking the backs of the Katzen nobles, and when Birna was struggling under the harassment of the Empress Dowager, he just drank alcohol and avoided the situation.
"That man named father is just trying to escape by drinking alcohol! He's not qualified to do so!"
The seemingly healthy relationship between the couple was left with nothing but the bare minimum as Duke Claudio's family collapsed.
Joaquin no longer respected his wife, and Catherine, who had seen the bottom of her husband, also felt sorry for him.
What supported their marriage was their noble status as royalty and the wealth they held in their hands.
Now that it was all gone, the only thing left for the two of them was their ugly faces.
"Catherine, I am always ready."
Raju told his lover that there was a way out called divorce.
He would rather hold his lover properly in the early sunlight than in such a secret night meeting.
Catherine paused. She bit her lip.
"I want to do that too. But the kids..."
How will they accept this? How should shr tell Birna?
Count Raju, whom Birna dislikes as vulgar, is actually her biological father?
Blind love was fleeting, but the responsibility was real. Catherine still wasn't sure she could handle the weight.
Raju, who saw Catherine's embarrassed face, kissed her cheek again.
"I know, I understand."
Even though he subconsciously felt that she would never be able to leave Joaquin, Raju pretended not to know and held her in his arms.
"Robbie, I love you. My love will always be yours."
Catherine felt guilty too.
So she whispered the only thing she could promise: love.
A soft hand ran along the rough surface of his spine, and the two of them embraced each other without a single gap.
The moisture rose.
On St. Augustine's Night, the blessing of Saint Augustine, who blessed the lovers of the century, may have been what they needed most.
***
Valdina Palace.
Contrary to Raju's expectations, the guard of the villa was not so easy.
"After the celebration, I deliberate who were after His Majesty let their guard down. I managed the new recruits who had been in the palace for less than three years separately. Then I caught them."
The man that Neril brought was already dead.
"I caught him trying to poison His Majesty's food. But he was hiding a venom sac between his teeth."
With his eyes wide open and his complexion turning purple, he was a trained man who would immediately try to cover up his true identity by dying.
In the process, the escort Zeta sent by Gallo played a big role.
He traced the traces of the man's entry into the palace and found that in addition to the dead man, others were hiding in the palace.
However, as soon as their identities were discovered, they all chose to commit suicide.
Neril bowed her head.
"I am ashamed that I could not capture him alive."
"It's okay. Sir Hertos, do you know what this is?"
Medea said calmly.
Royal physician Hertos frowned as he tasted the white powder that he had on his little finger.
"It's a Monga leaf. It's a medicinal herb used to treat coldness, but it has the disadvantage of making one's temper increasingly ferocious."
He said he was glad he discovered the drug early.
"If you wear a mask, your patience will decrease, you will get angry easily, and eventually you will explode easily. It will gradually change your blood vessels, so even I will not be able to accurately diagnose His Majesty's illness."
"What kind of people are they? They use really dirty methods."
Neril was indignant.
Since they couldn't attack Peleus with one blow now that he was Emperor, they chose a secret plan to take him down, even if it meant taking their time.
"Your Majesty, I will definitely find out who did this."
"There's no need to do that. I already know."
"If anyone is after me, who else but Claudio could there be?"
Peleus answered instead of Medea.
The indifferent face was as cold as ice. But his expectations were a little off.
'Raju is an expert on rare plants.'
In her previous life, Raju used his extensive knowledge to eliminate Jason's enemies. Sometimes, he even told Medea which plants to use.
'Raju, you are urging me to take your life.'
Medea's green eyes grew cold.
She swiped a piece of paper containing white powder across the table.
"Neril. Send this to Umberto. Tell him to feed it to Raju."
Umberto is now disguised as Samon's butler and manages Claudio's mansion.
So, it was easy to add colleagues to Raju's side, who frequently went to the mansion.
"Raju? Is he Jason's servant?"
"Yeah. I've been on the same boat with Claudio for a very long time."
Medea nodded.
"Aren't you curious about how this poison changes people?"
"Yes, thanks to that I can see it with my own eyes."
Peleus frowned at Neril's response.
Because returning Raju's plan wasn't the ultimate solution to the problem.
"Dea. I don't understand why we have to let them live."
Peleus, who rarely spoke of the past, asked Medea.
"The strait has become ours, so there is nothing more to be ashamed of. They are people who do not know their place or self-reflection. Their blood-soaked nature will not be cut off until their neck is cut off."
Peleus was unaware of Claudio's layered gloomy nature.
However, having been on the battlefield for so long, he instinctively knew that their ambitions could only be quelled by death.
"Dear Dea, did you, with your tender heart, ever feel pity for them when you saw their miserable state?"
Medea smiled faintly.
The dew-like laughter that burst out brightly was clear and did not match the content.
"No way. Peleus, you know how I brought down Claudio."
Upon returning from the battlefield, Peleus heard all about how his only sister had rid the kingdom of the bugs.
Still, it was funny how he couldn't hide his worry as if his sister were an innocent seven-year-old.
"I'm sorry, brother. I asked you for something unnecessary and made you worry."
"Don't say that. Dea, if it's what you want, it won't be impossible. It's just that I'll leave your life alone a little longer, which can be taken away at any time. Don't worry about it."
Peleus consoled his sister, fearing that she might be hurt.
"Don't worry. All the prey is gathered in one place, so there's no need to wait any longer. It's time to open the gates."
For a moment, a thought crossed Peleus's mind and he flinched.
There is no way his sister would not know Claudio's true nature. If so...
"No way, Dea. Did you bring them here on purpose?"
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