Chapter 60: 60: I’ll help you
The book had discussed all this stuff.
Especially in scenes involving leo. Leo had paid attention most to his words amongst the leads because he was the smart one.
The one to at least speak reasonable stuff. He also knew about his knowledge areas and even some of his works since the novel pointed them out.
And this was part of it. His novel which was subtly about royal rebellion.
He knew Leo hated the royal family with all his heart. It was clear in the book. So it wouldn’t come as a surprise if he was promoting the idea of Royal rebellion.
Something he wrote that most people couldn’t grasp.
"Don’t mention it. Wizards are also readers, you know? Since we have to read a lot to cast spells" Eden smiled.
"Then I guess we have to discuss more, we seem to have a lot in common when it comes to areas of knowledge" Leo offered.
Eden couldn’t tell if his plan of intellectual seduction worked. Or if Leo just wanted to have him dead the more.
He walked closer to Leo as he placed a hand over his collar, adjusting them "Maybe in the future we’ll sit down and have more interesting talks"
His hands were subtly going beyond his collar and actually touching his skin. Eden was testing to waters to know his reaction.
But Leo did nothing. He casually stood there staring at him while his hands strolled around his collar and neck side.
Eden guessed he really was an anti-romantic. And so he slowly withdrew his hands.
King Edward was still talking when suddenly a noble felt nauseous about the drink he was served.
He suddenly began vomitting at the side.
Everyone paused, shocked as they looked in his direction.
The man was vomiting while people distanced themselves from him. And suddenly another person started placing a hand over his grumbling stomach.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"I don’t know, I think I need to leave" and so he made his way out of the banquet room.
Some other person also left with the same reason.
And it was at this moment that the King knew something was wrong.
"What’s wrong?" King Edward asked.
"I’m not sure..." Queen lea played dumb as she looked around.
More people were also getting the same feelings of upset stomach and they began excusing themselves.
And soon it was noticed that those who had experienced such and left were the high ranking nobles of names.
And most, especially those who had taken the drink, were the ones involved.
"The drink..." Queen lea pointed out "I think there’s something wrong with the drink"
"You mean Drink Poisoning?" Prince Lysander asked.
"Yes" Queen Lea nodded while explaining that it was only those who drank the special drinks were the one who experienced such.
She also explained that everyone else who drank normal drinks didn’t experience that.
This was a reasonable explanation as the king also bought the idea.
Everyone in the room had also gotten scared and shocked as they dropped their drinks. Even though it wasn’t poisoned.
"Drink poisoning? What’s that about?"
"I don’t know. How is this even possible in a royal banquet?"
"I don’t know. This sounds scary"
While they discussed, The King was already boiling up. He looked around "Who the hell was in charge of the drinks"
"Well.. it was The Crown prince" Queen Lea explained.
"Him again. That bastard. Call him here!" King Edward demanded.
Elvis was already in the room. He was just as confused as everyone else as he made his way to meet the King.
"What’s all this about?" The King questioned "You had one simple job and you messed it all up?!"
Elvis was quiet as he looked around. He observed the atmosphere wondering how the hell things had gone wrong with the drinks.
He was in charge so he was sure everything was handled perfectly well. So how the hell did any of this happen?
He wondered while looking around. Eyes were already on him while people mumbled.
"How can you..." Queen lea expressed "How can you be this careless? Or were you actually the one behind this poisoning??"
"It’s not possible mother" Prince Lysander expressed "There must be some sort of mistake or misunderstanding.."
"What misunderstanding? Isn’t it obvious that he was careless and didn’t handle anything well. How useless. I should have known not to trust you with any of these" King Edward was pissed.
He was letting it all out on the crown prince even with people around. He didn’t seem to care. And Queen lea was enjoying every minute of it.
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Eden stared from where he stood, stunned.
Things had escalated faster than he thought. And he had to figure out how to fix it. At least help Elvis out of this mess Queen lea had cooked up.
But before he could leave, Leo had stopped him with his words. He had been watching him for awhile now.
"No wonder you didn’t want the royal drinks" Leo said "This was your plan after all"
Eden looked at him without saying anything.
Leo continued "You must have put in a good amount of effort to make sure this happened. I wonder the outcome you wanted from all this...?"
Their eyes locked as Leo asked "To uproot Elvis from his position as crown prince...?"
Eden still said nothing. He didn’t want any of that. Rather he wanted the opposite of it at the moment, he wanted to keep him firm there so he could be able to protect him.
Eden was the only pawn he had. So he couldn’t let him be taken down.
Eden still didn’t reply Leo but was about walking away. But Leo grabbed him by the hands, stopping him.
He smiled as he stared at Eden "Where do you think you’re going?"
Eden said nothing but stared at Leo’s hands that held his hands.
Leo continued "Since you already desperately wanted this drama to take place like this, why don’t I help you make it even more spicier?"
Eden was confused "What do you mean by that?"
Leo smiled "What do you think would happen if everyone here knew you were the wizard of EL?"
Eden paused, now realising where Leo was going.
Damn, he hated This evil Grand Duke!