Chapter 269

Episode 269 Attempt to Poison

Eight kept an eye on him and looked for the perfect opportunity to poison him.

What is one?

As if heaven was helping him, he could see too many gaps in the saint.

At any time, even if I use magic to blow the poison powder, I feel sick to my face and feel like I’m going to vomit blood and die.

But even so, Eight did not move.

From what I’ve heard at first glance, it seems that the saint handles magic very well.

So there was no need to venture out from the beginning.

‘The moment you leave your seat will be your last.’

After holding the bottle tightly in his pocket and being patient, he left for a while.

The long awaited opportunity has finally arrived.

Eight, who had raised his eyes gleefully, quickly opened the cap of the bottle.

As if secretly muttering, he finishes the chant and carries poison powder in the wind.

“Air hand.”

An invisible hand of wind appeared beside him.

The wind carrying the poison powder pours it into Ray’s cup.

More than half of the magic was blown away due to inexperienced control, but that alone could be called a success.

Eight laughed sinisterly.

I poured out the poison I had.

That would be enough to kill a saint.

Soon after, the saint returned to his seat.

After exchanging a few words with Princess Celestia, they raised their glasses.

But something was strange.

Princess Celestia picked up Ray’s cup.

He tilted his head curiously for a moment before grabbing the remaining cup.

Eight felt his hair stand on end while watching it.

‘Oh, no!’

When a person is in a hurry, the body moves on its own.

That is a poison that far exceeds the lethal dose.

It is also one of the most poisonous poisons, which is said to kill you before you even walk ten steps.

If you drink something like that, that day is over.

Uncharacteristically, Eight moved quickly and struck the princess’s hand.

Clink-!

All eyes were on him as the glass shattered and shattered.

Celestia looked at Eight with quite a bewildered face.

“What are you doing!”

“I’m just...”

The surrounding nobles frowned.

How dare you touch the royal family on the subject of a count.

If only the pods were caught, a family of the size of a count could collapse in an instant.

So even those who decided to catch the wind did not step forward.

It seems that yesterday’s friend has become today’s enemy.

Is it self-employed?

While Eight, whose head had gone white, was hesitating about anything, Ray, who was looking closely at the broken glass beside him, muttered.

“Is this poison? The pH is quite low because it smells so sour. If I just drank it, I would be in big trouble.”

If a former saint is poison, that is poison.

Celestia’s complexion, which had almost died a moment ago, turned white.

The surrounding nobles also darkened their expressions just like her.

use of poison.

It was also the cup that Princess Celestia was about to drink.

As of now, everyone in the banquet hall was implicated in the poisoning of the princess.

Eight, who was a criminal until just a moment ago, quickly became a hero who saved the princess from the threat of poisoning.

Celestia apologized.

“I’m sorry... I didn’t even know that and just yelled at you. Thank you for saving me.”

“Oh no.”

In fact, he is the one who tried to poison himself.

Shaking his head, he scolded Illisia.

“It was a mistake I made in the past to ask the saint to protect the viscount’s family. It is said that shameless blood is essential in the political world, but how can you relieve yourself of responsibility even if you express your gratitude to Eun-gong, who has received grace? Don’t even think like that.”

At her father’s words, she bowed her head.

“yes.”

However, he did not bow his head in sincere understanding.

If the father can’t do it, he does it himself.

That is, if only the viscount could be saved.

* * *

Rain pours outside the window.

Eight, who was quite soaked, grabbed his heart in the private room.

“Heo-eok... heo-eok...”

Sweat flowed down his face like rain from the tension.

His complexion darkened at the thought that if he made one mistake, he would have been executed on the spot.

It was an attempt to kill the saint, but I didn’t know that the princess would change the cup and drink there.

Fortunately, it was blocked, so it was a mess.

‘Evidence must be erased.’

As if he was being chased by something, he brushed the poison powder finely from his pockets and clothes.

Eight, who was moving busily, took out a bottle from his pocket as if thinking of something.

It is a poisoned bottle.

It was the most difficult evidence in the current situation.

After thinking about where to throw it away, he finally made up his mind and left the private room.

Eight, who had climbed the hill behind the garden, dug a small hole in the bush to avoid being noticed.

If you bury it in the ground, you will never find it.

He dug up the ground and threw away the bottle and wiped his soiled hands with a handkerchief.

It tramples back and forth with its feet, leveling the ground and descending the mountain.

If you did this much, you wouldn’t have to worry about getting caught.

When Eight, who showed a sense of relief like the face after going to the toilet, disappeared from the seat, Ray, who had been watching him from beginning to end, appeared from the top of the tree.

As he lightly landed on the ground and dug, he saw a glass bottle.

Looking at the abnormal behavior and the glass bottle shown so far, the culprit is roughly culled.

Ray smiled and moved in the direction Eight had disappeared.

“Hey, let’s talk.”

Eight frowned at the informal call from behind.

What kind of ignorant cubs have been so spoiled by the enlargement.

Eight, who was offended, looked back, and there was a saint with a smile on his face.

“...why did you call me?”

“Would you like to have a dirty talk together?”

“I have nothing to say.”

“okay? Then I should bring this to Celestia as a gift. It must be a meaningful gift because it is a glass bottle that cherishes the memories that almost died.”

When Ray held up the glass bottle and waved, Eight’s face stiffened for a moment.

It’s not Ray who can’t see that short gap.

I was completely convinced of that already.

“Do whatever you want. It is something I do not know.”

The stereotypical answer came back.

But Ray wasn’t happy either.

“Will Princess Celestia really believe what you say? Or will you believe me?”

“...what do you mean?”

“If I brought this bottle to the princess, I would say, ‘Eight was the culprit.’ Of course you would deny it. Aren’t you excited about whose hand Celestia will raise?”

Eight is very quick to grasp the situation.

Saying this when you are already convinced that the culprit is yourself means that you want something else.

He now fully turned to face Ray.

“What do you want?”

When the answer he was looking for finally came, Ray smiled.

“You tried to kill me. But I didn’t try to kill the princess. In fact, when the princess tried to drink my poisoned cup, she threw herself to stop it. I appreciate that.”

“Then are you pretending not to know?”

“Of course. If this is known, I will catch the culprit of poisoning the princess, so things will become more troublesome in the future.”

Looking at Eight, who had a considerably relaxed expression, the rain-soaked Ray spoke slyly.

“So let’s hit a few, you bastard.”