369.Chapter 369


    Zoe died shortly after Sophie was born. With no one to teach Sophie, she had still managed to figure it out on her own.


    It seemed the girl they all thought was a fool wasn''t entirely useless after all. If anything, this only further proved she was undoubtedly one of the Case family.


    "We need to find a way to keep Benedict alive, Lucas said


    If Sophie couldn''t die, then Gabriel''s heir couldn''t die either.


    "Get nd of these flowers. No one outside can know about this."


    Bloodshade Blossoms were sacred to their n. Few in Bortend knew this, but


    it was better to be safe than sorry.


    If that Regent caught wind of this, it would spell real trouble.


    "What did the physician Gabriel bring in earlier say about fixing this?" Lucas asked


    Lucas had already sent people to investigate as soon as he learned of the mess Sophie had caused.


    The female subordinate quickly replied, "The physician said the poison can''t be cured for now, but its effects can be dyed."


    She listed the three ingredients Chad had mentioned to Gabriel and Matthew.


    When the male subordinate heard "Bloodshade Blossom," his eyes lit up. "Mr. Carter, aren''t these Bloodshade Blossoms? Why not just hand them over to the Duke?"


    "You idiot!" Lucas snapped. "These three arepletely toxic now! How could they be used as medicine? Do you want Benedict to die even faster?"


    Lucas frowned. The imperial physician''s mention of Bloodshade Blossoms only confirmed that his earlier suspicions were tunfounded.


    The physician must have only heard rumors and didn''t actually know what a Bloodshade Blossom looked like. Otherwise, he wouldn''t have left these three toxic ones behind, nor suggested using Bloodshade Blossoms to counteract the poison of these toxic flowers.


    "If these toxic Bloodshade Blossoms were cultivated by Sophie, then she must have more of them. Why not just ask her directly?"


    "No." Lucas was certain Sophie had what they needed, but using the solution right


    in front of him was out of the question. We can''t give them the Bloodshade Blossom."


    The female subordinate, quicker on the uptake than her male counterpart, interjected, "Didn''t Mr. Carter just say we can''t let outsiders discover our n''s Sacred Flowers? If you use the Bloodshade Blossom, forget the Lord Mowbay- Chad will deduce the moment he sees it,"


    "Right, so the Sacred Flowers are off the table." The male subordinate finally caught on, though his frustration was evident. But what about the Snow Lotus or the Purple Shroom? We didn''t have those either"


    After all, the Snow Lotus gifted to the king of Bortend had originally belonged to them.


    There was only one, and now it was in the king''s hands.


    As for the Purple Shroom, they hadn''t evenid eyes on it before.


    "Sophie really messed things up for us. If we''d known earlier, the Snow Lotus wouldn''t have been sent aw


    But it was toote to change anything now


    away


    "Let''s wait and see. Lord Mowbay will definitely try his luck with the Empress Dowager. If he manages to get the Purple Shroom, that would be ideal. If not. A dangerous glint shed in Lucas''s eyes.


    He let out a cold chuckle, his voice icy as he finished, "Then we''ll just have to reim what''s ours."


    The female subordinate raised an eyebrow "But Mr. Carter, the Holy Lady won''t be easy to deal with." Their previous attempt to tamper with her carriage had beenpletely thwarted


    If they tried again, it wouldn''t be so simple to seed


    "Hard or not, we have to deal with her. If the Purple Shroom from the Empress Dowager is gone,


    options"


    Though it might be a bit early, testing Eliza''s limits now wasn''t a bad idea


    Lucas wasn''t particrly worried


    we won''t have any other


    After all, Eliza had only been out of the Stonor family for half a year. Even if she''d picked up some extraordinary skills during that time, she couldn''t possibly match the generations of expertise in their n.


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    Besides, the King Parasite in his possession was one of the five great King Parasites of their n.


    Dealing with a mere girl? It was like using a cannon to swat a fly


    The next day, Gabriel went to the pce as nned.


    The good news was that the Empress Dowager still had some Purple Shrooms left


    The bad news? Only a quarter of it remained.


    But that was nowhere near enough. Gabriel suspected she might have more hidden away, but he knew better than to expect she''d hand it all over to him.


    In the end, there was no other choice. He had to go to Saint Grace Nunnery.


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