Chapter 1015 Twenty Drops
"It’s... my fault..."
Davis’s expression softened as she quickly yielded, "I don’t mean to blame you as it’s just a bit of nectar. You can use it for yourself or your close ones, and I won’t bat an eye, but if it’s those people whom you or we have no connection with, I am really against it. After all, the nectar is still useful to us."
Princess Isabella raised her head before she shook her head, "You misunderstood... Using it was just a means of raising the crowd’s morale so as to make sure that you receive all the applause and glory in the end. After all, I didn’t believe that those participants could win the Alchemy Exchange when you are in it."
"Isabella..."
Davis suddenly felt satisfied that she thought that way but also felt bad.
He wanted to begin in a teasing manner and address this issue before Nora Alstreim intruded, but since she came off as controlling to him even now, he felt that he should make it clear that he does not like being swung here and there like a doll, but nevertheless, he had confidence in Princess Isabella that she was not a scheming person like him.
Although she seemed to be enjoying acting with him as the ’Young Mistress’, it seemed to be half-hearted.
Princess Isabella preferred to act openly and righteous, but he was the one who showed the path of hoodwinking and corrupted her. He was afraid that she changed as a result, but as expected, he was overthinking when he thought that she was trying to sit on his head.
How could he have even suspected her?
"However, you are right. Accidents could’ve happened if you have chosen not to fake a breakthrough at that time but instead chosen to use your Elder Soul Stage soul force to concoct that pill, making it so that Dalila Leehan walks away with the nectar as an end result. I was careless and underestimated her prowess." Princess Isabella nodded her head before she turned a bit hesitant.
"Don’t get angry, okay?"
Davis became taken aback, "What?"
"There was a reason that I wanted you to become the center of attraction, and that is because I wanted your current standing to become equal or greater to mine in some path, and in this case, I chose Alchemy in your stead since it is the best course of making you stand shoulder by shoulder with mine."
Davis blinked before he laughed, "Why would I get angry for something like this? It’s not like you were trying to backstab me! Hahaha!"
"I wouldn’t do anything like that!" Princess Isabella’s expression turned a bit aggrieved but knowing that he was just joking around, she couldn’t help but join him in laughing as well.
Unfortunately, she became unable to tell him that she had also hoped that he would form platonic ties with Dalila Leehan so that he could have a valid connection with the pill powerhouse, the Thousand Pill Palace.
"This vial contains twenty drops of diluted blood essence, so use it sensibly." Princess Isabella shoved the vial into his palm and nodded as if she were leaving things to him in a solemn manner.
"Haha..." Davis laughed, "Although I agree with your thoughts, I think you are over exaggerating a few things."
"Evelynn wouldn’t hate you-"
"But she’ll secretly hold a grievance against me."
"Davis, you can’t sometimes fathom what happens in a harem. My mother... she..." Princess Isabella seriously uttered as she interrupted him, but her lips started to quiver.
Davis instantly recalled.
Princess Isabella’s mother was killed by an internal squabble within the Imperial Ruth Family. He didn’t know the specifics, but it seems like it was because of the Emperor’s Harem. In other words, her father’s harem was the reason for her mother’s death.
He wrapped his hand around her neck and brought her face to his chest, consoling her with his warmth.
He couldn’t refute her words because she was speaking from experience. Actually, it was even mind-boggling to him that she accepted to become a part of a harem after something like that happened to her mother.
Perhaps, there was a more profound or a simple reason that could be avoided?
He didn’t think much and just consoled Princess Isabella for some time.
Princess Isabella wasn’t that disheartened as her mother’s death was a thing of the past, but she liked cuddling like this, like lovers, and stayed like that as long as she could, feeling his heartbeat match with hers.
Cherished thoughts were swirling in her head about these precious moments, but considering the place she was in and the actions that they did just a while ago, her thoughts moved in another direction.
What if one day, she could no longer feel this heartbeat? Just like her mother’s?
Princess Isabella shivered in his embrace before she raised her head and brought her hand up again, displaying her palm as a golden dragon-scale patterned ring appeared.
"I want you to have it!"
Davis became shocked, thinking that it was an engagement ring as he mused if it had anything to do with Ruth Family’s traditions, but he quickly noticed the abnormality of the ring.
His eyes widened into two saucers as he noticed the abnormal fluctuations, "T-This... Don’t tell me this is a Peak-Level Emperor Grade Treasure!?"