“An invisibility elixir, what the hell is that?”
The Count, who had been listening to the story, jumped up and asked. Max opened his mouth as he looked at his glass with a calm face.
“I heard it from an old colleague like me, an assassin. He was from the famous Black Moon.”
“Black Moon!”
There was a cry of astonishment all around. If it’s the Black Moon, isn’t it a notorious group of assassins who even murdered nobles!
“That’s right. The transparent elixir is the poison used on the black moon. It was nicknamed because it is a colorless and transparent liquid when completed.”
“What kind of effect did the child get to this point!?”
“The effect is simple. Once you take it, you must always take the antidote within a certain amount of time, and if you miss the time to take it, the poison will attack and you will vomit blood and die.”
In a word, it is an elixir to make the user a slave to the organization. Everyone who heard the horror opened their mouths wide.
Isn’t that a devil-like idea? Max, who stopped talking for a moment and caught the mood, grabbed his chest.
“Originally, this drug was intended to enslave the user. It does not take effect immediately after taking it.”
“But why now… … !”
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“Hey! It’s all my fault!”
At the words of the interrogating Count, Max sat down in tears.
“Actually, I made a light tonic for you, Bocchan, yesterday. That was the problem.”
“what? No, what does tonic have to do with poison?”
“Some of the medicines should not be taken together. This is because it mixes in the stomach and produces different medicinal effects. However, the medicine I made had ingredients that conflicted with the transparent elixir.”
Having said that, Max sat down and put his hands over his eyes. His voice lowered as if he was struggling to speak.
“The poison, which will take effect later, must have been exerted early when the medicines collided. I hope this will happen! hehehehe!”
“… … !”
Julich’s face turned white like a sheet of paper. If that’s true, isn’t it really unlucky?
The Count, who was holding the half-fainted Luke, asked in a trembling voice.
“The antidote? Can an antidote save you? Tell me the recipe!”
“I don’t know the recipe. And now it’s too late.”
“I can’t… … !”
“If there is a way to save it, it is the legendary Elric Ser.”
Max gave an accent and sparsely emphasized the elixir. At the same time, Julich’s body trembled.
Bruno, who glanced sideways, shouted at Max.
“Nonsense! Elric Sir is the legendary elixir! Where is that!”
“But the only way to heal the young master is E.R.Ric.Ser! If it wasn’t for L.R.R.S.R., you’d go back like this!”
“Isn’t it the same as impossible! In this era, no one has an E.L.R.S.R!”
flinch, flinch, flinch.
Every time Elixir was mentioned, Julihi’s shoulders trembled. However, after a while, he bit his lips tightly as if he had finished his resolution.
‘No matter how much I can’t give it to you!’
Legendary Elixir. Even if a commoner gave it to the emperor, it was a treasure that would immediately put the rank of aristocrat up to the rank of viscount.
Its value alone has infinite uses. Even if his reputation was ruined like this, he had to protect the Elixir.
“dismissal! I want to ask your Excellency!”
“What do you mean… … ?”
The Count, holding Luke, was half-excited. It was the look on his face that he never thought that he would lose his proud son like this.
Bruno shouted in a desperate voice to such a count.
“If this is someone’s conspiracy! What will His Excellency do!”
“… Conspiracy, conspiracy.”
The Count, who was lost in thought for a moment, spoke in a firm voice with a light in his eyes.
“I swear I will punish you myself.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Punishment is punishment. I will give you a punishment that no one can escape. Whether it’s a legendary dragon, a king reigning in a savage land, or even my own blood!”
He shouted his last words exceptionally loudly and gnashed his teeth softly. I felt as if the temperature in the entire banquet hall had gone down because of that anger.
Cold sweat ran down the nape of Yulihi’s neck, assuming the meaning from his father’s words.
‘I intend to kill you.’
It’s not about being pulled down from the successor. The reason why the Count insisted on saying punishment was for one reason only.
It’s because I couldn’t bear the terrible sound of killing my precious son with my own hands.
‘f*ck, f*ck, f*ck!’
Spitting double curses inside, Julich clenched his fists. I never thought things would turn out this way.
However, what I can understand now is that the moment I cherish the elixir, it will be a mess and a mess, and it will all end.
“Oscar.”
“… yes.”
Oscar understood as soon as he spoke. Because only two people know where the elixir is stored.
* * *
Oscar quickly returned and took a vial from his pocket and handed it to him. After receiving the vial, Julich approached the Count.
“father.”
“… … .”
“An antidote.”
“… … !”
The count’s eyes trembled. That means there is a way to save Luke. But at the same time, it was also a sound of acknowledging Julich’s crime.
It was the moment when the words I didn’t want to believe became reality. Max reached out to the Count, who received the vial with trembling hands.
“Give it to me. You need a knack for feeding while you’re out of your mind.”
“Please.”
Max accepts the vial, and Bruno moves closer. Ray stood next to Oscar watching him.
“Sir Ray, this time… … .”
“I have no intention of leaving my lord.”
“… Thank you.”
Oscar thought of an excuse for a moment, but soon shut up. Because there was no excuse even if I thought about cancer.
It was fortunate that I had sleeping sickness and a leash called a pumpkin. If it wasn’t for that, I would have left right away.
“Oh no! this drug! No way this medicine!”
At that time, Bruno, who was looking closely at the vial, shouted.
“Surely! this color! This brilliance!”
“Sir Bruno, what is it!”
“I’ve seen it described in my father’s old book before! This is L.R.R.I.S.R!”
“What did you say!? Is this the Elric Sir!”
“What!?”
In a different sense, the crowd became noisy. If it’s an elixir, isn’t it a legendary elixir that can only come out of a fairy tale!
But that elixir came out of here right now?
“Yes, that’s right! With this amount, I can cure the incurable sleeping sickness twice!”
“… … !”
Oscar sighed and opened his mouth. However, the conversation between the two did not stop.
“I can’t! Isn’t sleeping sickness a notorious incurable disease? But just that amount is enough!”
“no! According to the efficacy I have heard, it remains even after sufficient treatment! I don’t know if I can heal even three times if I’m good!”
“oh my god! That’s enough to cure sleeping sickness three times! Where can I get this much elixir!”
‘You madmen, shut up and feed them! just feed it! Hurry up and eat some!’
They’re searching for their lord, so why are they having a conversation like that!? As he swallowed his arrogance, Oscar glanced sideways.
I couldn’t see his face because of the helmet, but Ray’s hands were shaking. After several tens of seconds of choking and collapsing, Ray opened his mouth.
“Did you know?”
“L-Sir Ray.”
“If you lie, I will kill you right here.”
Oscar pursed his lips and hung his head. It was an unspoken affirmation. Ray glared at Oscar for a moment before turning his head back.
I felt like I would kill myself if I kept looking at it. Luke opened his eyes and checked the atmosphere before whispering.
‘Did you hear?’
‘I heard.’
‘Okay, let’s get into the final stages now.’
Checking the reaction of the two, Max opened the glass bottle and fed it to Luke. Instead of drinking the elixir, Luke slipped it into his mouth.
It was important to keep it so that it was not coughed up. Without the elixir, of course, the effect of the pale face did not work.
Hugging Luke, Max shouted loudly with a serious face.
“Oh, no! Medicinal effect!”
“How is it? Isn’t that the elixir? Is Luke okay?”
“I’m sorry, Your Excellency. The quantity is insufficient!”
“A sheep!? As you said, if it’s an elixir, shouldn’t it be better and better!”
“The poison is too strong! If I had just two more doses of sleeping sickness, I would be able to completely detoxify it… … !”
At Max’s words, the Count turned his head and looked at Julich.
“Are there more?”
“… … .”
“Don’t tell me in advance. It doesn’t matter how much medicine you take. Only the life or death of this child matters.”
In other words, whether or not he used the elixir, Luke would be punished if he died. Julich looked at Oscar with a decaying expression.
Oscar hesitated awkwardly. Ray, who saw that, said in a cold voice from the side.
“What are you doing? Two more sleeping sicknesses to be fixed, you should hurry up and bring them.”
‘Sea hair… … .’
Oscar brought more elixir in a bottle in the blink of an eye. Max immediately took the bottle and approached Luke.
“My lord, please open your eyes. hehehehe!”
While pretending to bring the glass bottle to your mouth, slip it into your sleeve. Then, I changed to the glass bottle I had just emptied the elixir for the first time.
Simultaneously with pretending to pour out the empty glass bottle, I swallowed the elixir I had been holding in my mouth.
It will take effect right away, so it’s perfect if you let out a slight moan as soon as you swallow it.
“Ugh… … !”
“Lou, Luke! Are you out of your mind!?”
“father… … ?”
Luke’s gestures floated. The effect of the elixir appeared, and the complexion was restored in an instant, and the whole body began to overflow with vitality.
Tears flowed from the relieved Count’s eyes.
“Huh! I’m glad, I’m glad… … !”
“Dad, I’m sorry for worrying you.”
“no! It is enough that you are alive!”
The hug of the two rich people brought tears to their eyes. Luke looked at the two people behind him while holding his father.
The three thumbs slid up toward each other.
* * *
The long-awaited victory banquet ended in mayhem. None of the knights commented on the day’s events.
The servants were also thoroughly shut down by Gordon.
-Don’t let a word about the banquet leak. If rumors spread, I will thoroughly investigate the epicenter and cut off the head.
– Yes, yes!
-It’s the same in the mansion. From now on, I will carry a sword. It’s for self-defense, but if someone tells you what happened that day, I might use it for something else.
-… … !
No one thought to open their mouth to the terrifying threat of Gordon the butler. Thanks to this, silence reigned in the mansion for a while.
I was afraid that if I made a mistake, I would get my throat cut. In such a serious atmosphere, Luke bites off the peach Bruno brought.
“Oh, sweet. It’s very sweet.”
“Is that so? I think the sugar content is a little off.”
“Then it must be because of the mood. No matter what I eat these days, it feels sweet.”
Prior to the return, Julihi had never won in a head-to-head confrontation or behind the scenes. However, this incident put him in a coffin halfway through.
When I think of what I suffered in the past, it felt like 10 years of congestion went down at once.
‘More than anything else, cutting down the power is the biggest achievement.’
Julich has lost trust and popularity, and Oscar is in the same situation. Gut, who was unmatched in the background work, was executed.
And Ray, who was the greatest force, completely turned his back on Julich. The position of successor has been maintained, but you will have to live with your breath until you become the head of the household.
‘It’s like one trouble has been reduced.’
It wasn’t simply because of the deficit that afflicted Luke. Before returning, he reigned as the most troublesome opponent among the eastern lords.
With a little exaggeration, it was even said that he dominated the eastern half. But now that he’s in that state, he won’t be able to maintain the same prestige as before.
“By the way, how is your father these days?”
“You seem very shocked. There is no major problem with your health, but you seem to have deep regrets.”
“I guess so. Now that I’ve seen the true face of the successor I trusted so much.”
It seems that he did not fall ill thanks to his strong body and mental strength, but this incident must have been difficult for the Count.
It will take some time to recover. In the meantime, it’s enough for Luke to rest comfortably while being treated as an invalid.
‘Well, thanks to the elixir, it’s not that my body is so healthy.’
Certainly, the effect of the elixir was amazing. He purified the elixir he had already drank and completely eliminated Max’s medicinal effect.
Even then, he recovered from minor fatigue and flew around for days. When my finger was cut off, I wondered if it would stick again if I drank it and put it back together.
Just then, Max came in from outside.
“Master, Sir Ray wants to see you.”
“Ask me to come in.”
I thought it would come soon. After a while, Ray came in, taking off his helmet.
Considering that he usually covers his face, it was an unusual case. Because Ray wanted to see himself as a knight rather than a woman.
‘But right now, it must be that she’s in a hurry enough to use her beauty.’
“Meet Master Luke.”
“Greetings, Sir Ray. What did you come for?”
Ray clenched his hand at the direct question. I had to get the words out somehow, but there were no words that came to mind.
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Before I can tell you about my business, I need to clarify one fact. The problem was that such an act could make Luke feel bad.
‘If the deal goes wrong because of that… … .’
That thought kept running through my head. After Ray kept his mouth shut for a while, Luke smiled and pulled out something.
“If you find it difficult to answer, do it later. Instead, since you’ve come a long way, I’ll give you a present.”
“gift… … ?”
“Now, here.”
Luke passed a small glass bottle into Ray’s hand. A blue liquid was dripping from the vial.
No way, Luke said lightly, looking at Ray with a puzzled look on his face.
“It’s an elixir.”
“… … !”
Ray’s eyes widened as he stared at the glass bottle.