I Awoke as an Imprisoned Villainess-Chapter 31 - Fox extermination RTA
Fox extermination RTA
“Eh...Ah-Arbu...”
I hope I heard her wrong.
However, in the face of this wish, Violet sama nodded her head.
“I believe it was made by your grandfather”
“Eh....”
I didn’t hear anything wrong. Actually, the blood on my face is continuously draining away after hearing that my blood-related grandfather might have made the poison.
I glanced at her, and Violet sama continued her words naturally.
“That poison causes nightmares, insomnia, vomiting, headaches, and body aches. Even after seeing the doctors, they will not be able to find the cause, let alone relieve the symptoms. In the meantime, their mind will become distraught, they will become obsessed with a certain person, and they will accept anything that the certain person says. Above all, they will smell the sweet scent of flowers and then pass away”
“Sweet scent of flowers...”
Saying this, I recalled the strange scent of lilies that I had smelled from His Highness in the tower before.
I thought it was the scent of Lily sama’s perfume, but indeed, it was quite different. It had a stronger sweet scent, even more than Lily sama’s perfume.
“There was indeed a sweet scent of lilies from His Highness before. ...But there wasn’t much scent today”
“True. ...Though the scent was distinct at the engagement announcement ceremony three months ago”
Violet sama nodded at my words.
Somehow, I thought Violet sama had learned from the scent of lilies that His Highness had been poisoned and had become enraged at the engagement announcement ceremony.
“…Violet. How do you know it’s poisonous?”
Claude sama, who had been silently listening to the conversation since earlier, asked.
“Why do you know the existence of the poison that Sophia doesn’t know, the poison that even deceives the eyes of the royal apothecaries?”
“…I don’t feel the need to tell you guys details. But right”
Violet sama answered.
“The symptoms are better-explainable by witchcraft rather than poison. But there is no trace of magic that would have remained if magic has been applied. If that’s the case, the only other possibility is poison. —-That’s what I thought”
I’m not going to say anything more than this, Violet sama’s eyes hinted. I have a lot of questions too, but she probably won’t answer them even if I ask.
Then, Violet sama said something surprising super casually.
“Now, let us go to the Arbuthnot House. I’m going to nip this whole thing in the bud”
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And so, we are in the carriage.
What a day.
It’s been less than three hours since I got out of prison, but a lot has happened already.
Like how the rumors of being a shameless evil lady came true, how my family is going to be bankrupt, how there is a ball being held to make my social debut, and even though I’m the star of that ball, I only stayed there for five minutes.
How Violet sama is scary, how Lily sama and Violet sama’s fight was scary, how the weight and the fat had been discovered, how my grandfather might be an extremely evil man.
—My mother in my memories is very gentle. If her father had been a bad person, it would be very sad.
Violet sama said, “It doesn’t necessarily mean that Arbuthnot made it with malicious intents, ...I wonder what purpose it was made for”.
“Take a look at this”
As I was thinking about such things, Violet sama said that.
I looked at her and saw that she was holding a small bag.
I found that there were a lot of delicious-looking brown cookies inside after Violet sama opened the bag.
I was surprised, but at the same time, felt closer to Violet sama as I thought she might be quite a gourmand to pull out cookies at this time. Then, Claude sama, who had been thinking about something, called out her name with an indescribable look on his face.
“How did you get your hands on it? Don’t tell me, you stole-”
“You have the guts to accuse me as a thief. I just confiscated a little evidence in secret”
Saying that, she handed me the small bag and said, “I’ll give this to you. You can show it to Arbuthnot later. There is no doubt these are the cookies that Lily’s been giving to Johannes”.
“I may have to ask you to analyze the poison, so do as you please. But be careful. Until this case is solved, don’t fall down or lose your life”
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“T-Thank you very much...”
I thanked her and took a cookie out of the bag. There was nothing out of the ordinary in terms of appearance and smell.
I took a bite.
Butter, wheat, cinnamon, sugar, and then...
As I was using my tongue to determine what was in it, a sharp voice came from the front and the side.
“You, are you an idiot!?”
“Sophia!?”
I was instantly scolded by two of them and involuntarily swallowed what I was tasting. As I swallowed, Claude sama who was next to me, looked at me with a pale face, and took the cookie bag from my hands.
“No matter how hungry you are, you shouldn’t eat something that could potentially be toxic!”
“Ehh, no, it wasn’t because I was hungry!”
My personal image is too awful in Claude sama’s mind. I hurriedly justified myself while waving my hands.
“It’s normal for an apothecary to use their five senses to make decisions. I have built up a tolerance to all kinds of poisons, and there are many things I can only understand by feeling them with my tongue...!”
It’s only a small amount, and the poison testers had no trouble eating these anyways.
When I said this, Claude sama looked even more frightened and said in a low voice, “You...”.
After that, until we arrived at Marquis Arbuthnot’s house, he admonished me about the importance of taking care of my body.
And Violet sama was looking at me as if I was a weirdo.
Translator’s Notes:
Yet another day of losing all my progress after nearly reaching the end. It’s been 31 Chapters and yet I haven’t been learned my lesson at all. I seriously need to start doing the translation draft in another place…
