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q“Yes, Ms. Felch.” Robin left at once to execute her orders.
“Now, I wish to examine the master tap of your water source, the tap in your room, and
the storage room.” Francesca picked up her backpack.
“I'll come with you.”
William made a gesture, and a servant stepped forth at once to wheel him to accompany
Francesca in her investigation.
“Are you suspecting somebody of poisoning the water source, Frannie?” William asked.
“You should have already guessed that you've been poisoned and had quietly conducted
an investigation,” Francesca inferred.
“You are so clever.” William sighed.
“Through your prior investigation, it's plain that the kitchen and everywhere else
contained nothing out of the ordinary. If that's the case, the problem lies in the dark,”
Francesca surmised. “Aside from the water source and the storage room, I can't think of
anywhere else.”
“We have considered the water source actually,” William said. “Everybody in the castle
drink from the same source I do. How would they be fine if the water source is
contaminated?”
“How do you know they are fine?” Francesca argued.
William was taken aback. The servants began to panic.
“All of your brows are unnaturally dark,” Francesca declared gravely. “That is a symptom
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtof mild poisoning. The poison showed upon your brow because of the nature of your
constitution and your consumption of medication. That explains why your reaction is more
visible. To be blunt, if I came over in another few months, I'm afraid that not a single living
thing would be left in this castle. It will have become a ghost town!”
At those words, everybody turned pale with fright.
“How vicious of them!”
William shook with anger. Usually calm and assertive, he could not control his emotions at
that moment.
“Fortunately, it's not too late.”
Francesca then examined the water source and discovered something. The poison was
subtle and difficult to trace but would become fatal after a long and gradual accumulation
within the body.
William's bodily reaction to it appeared quickly, firstly because he was a yearlong invalid
of a weak constitution and secondly because he had been consuming Francesca's
medicine.
The reaction arose because the medicine clashed with the poison.
It was also due to the reaction's speed that precautions could be taken on time.
Otherwise, William would only exhibit symptoms several months later like the others. By
then, Francesca would not be able to do anything, no matter how prodigious her medical
skills were.
Before accompanying Francesca to investigate the storage room, William had somebody
turn off the water supply. She looked around closely and found a box of sealed essential
oils.
She had somebody open it, then personally examine a sample with a silver needle, only to
discover something wrong with the bottle of oil.
At those words, everybody turned pole with fright.
“How vicious of them!”
Williom shook with onger. Usuolly colm ond ossertive, he could not control his emotions ot
thot moment.
“Fortunotely, it's not too lote.”
Froncesco then exomined the woter source ond discovered something. The poison wos
subtle ond difficult to troce but would become fotol ofter o long ond groduol occumulotion
within the body.
Williom's bodily reoction to it oppeored quickly, firstly becouse he wos o yeorlong involid
of o weok constitution ond secondly becouse he hod been consuming Froncesco's
medicine.
The reoction orose becouse the medicine closhed with the poison.
It wos olso due to the reoction's speed thot precoutions could be token on time.
Otherwise, Williom would only exhibit symptoms severol months loter like the others. By
then, Froncesco would not be oble to do onything, no motter how prodigious her medicol
skills were.
Before occomponying Froncesco to investigote the storoge room, Williom hod somebody
turn off the woter supply. She looked oround closely ond found o box of seoled essentiol
oils.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShe hod somebody open it, then personolly exomine o somple with o silver needle, only to
discover something wrong with the bottle of oil.
“These essential oils are specially for my use,” William explained. “As I suffer from
insomnia, I require lavender to induce sleep. I have been ordering them from an old friend,
and he probably wouldn't harm me...”
“I don't know who it is that is harming you. The bottom line is that there is something
wrong with the essential oils.” She was sure as she went on, “I am only responsible for
identifying things laced with poison. As for the person who did it, you need to figure that
out yourself.”
“Understood.” William nodded.
At that moment, a servant came to report that the crowd had gathered at the door in wait.
Francesca and William headed toward the door. “Have there been any newcomers to the
castle of late?”
“No, it's always been the loyal servants left by my parents,” William lamented. “Only some
close bodyguards around me were hired two years ago. The rest have been around for a
while. I don't think they would harm me.”
“I hope so. But man's motives remain unfathomable.”
Francesca did not say much else as she followed William to the entrance.
Bodyguards, soldiers, maids, and servants who totaled up to seventy to eighty stood in a
neat row at the entrance to await Francesca's interrogation.
The bodyguards and the soldiers appeared relatively calm as they were used to significant
events.
On the other hand, the servants and the maids stood shivering in nervousness and fear.
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