[Part 2] Death Is The Only Ending For The Villain (FOR OFFLINE READING PURPOSE)

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Everyone in the drawing room was froze. "what?"
It was the Crown Prince who replied first. "What are you talking about?"
"It is exactly what you heard."

Vinter answered briefly. Three pairs of blue eyes shook in consternation The Duke stammered, saying, "I can't believe what I heard."

"She drank it… because she thought it was poison. What do you mean"

"Marquis, why are you sure about that?" Derrick asked back sharply instead of Duke. "that's"

"Tell me quickly, Marquis! You have said she thought it was poison, and she drank it!" "The necklace that young lady was wearing."

At the loud sound of the Duke who was expressing his urge, Vinter hesitated and threw up the truth.

"Before young lady lifted her cup with wine, the color of the bead in the middle of her necklace changed."

"What the"

"The necklace is an artifact with magic that reacts to toxicity. When there was a toxic substance nearby, the color of the beads changed, and I saw that Lady Penelope's beads turned yellow when she lifted the cup."

At the same time, the faces of the Duke and the Crown Prince, who had previously been briefed by Penelope about the necklace, was simultaneously turned pale.

The Crown Prince spoke slowly in a subdued voice. "Then she saw itand drank it?"

"I'm not sure if young lady saw the color change of the necklace. But, she has probably notice it briefly."

"How?"

"Because it was so clear bright color that even I could see it from far away." "Ha"

The Crown Prince blew his breath and swept his bangs roughly away.

The Duke also raised his hand and rubbed his dry face repeatedly, sitting with a blank look on his face as if he had lost all his spirit.

Only Derrick had an expressionless face as it was at first time. When he looked at him unconsciously, he wondered.

"But"

Then, the Crown Prince opened his mouth. As Vinter turned his head, he saw red eyes glared at him.

"How do you know so much about the artifact? It doesn't seem to be the kind of thing that the Empire uses."

His eyes were dimmed. The Marquis' blue eyes shook shallowly. But it was a very momentary moment, to the point where illusion might be considered.

"It's a rare item in the Empire…"

Vinter replied, staring straight at the crown prince with an unwavering face.

"I've also had that artifact. In a country where it is commonly used, there is a custom of wearing various objects in fear of evil spirits."

"You really have everything, by the way, all sorts of things. From antidote to a rare thing from a faraway country."

"…That's."

"You are really obsessed with the Princess."

The Crown Prince, who looked at the Marquis with strange look, slowly tilted his head. "So. Did you keep the evil spirits out? "

"Of course."

Vinter, who answered with a sympathetic face, naturally turned to the Duke.

"So the testimony of maid that Lady Penelope ordered the poison to be brought to harm Lady Yvonne doesn't fit the actual situation."