activa-t Chapter 574
Chapter 574
episode 574 poison (1)
“looks like you’re so busy that even your daughter doesn’t know what’s going on.”
“aren’t you the one who manages the guild at last, count?”
“it did. cluck cluck. it’s not when you’re busy.”
silveria’s face turned bright red when he said it openly and sarcasticly.
“if you have nothing to say, i will leave.”
“don’t be in too much of a hurry. since we haven’t seen each other in a while, shouldn’t we give you a present?”
while talking, marquis garen took something out of his chest.
small glass bottle.
the pale reddish liquid inside it looked similar to wine.
“this......?”
“what? it is a light drink. use it when your mouth is dry after a meal. it’s expensive, so drink sparingly.”
oh my god.
the marquis gave him a present.
tomorrow the sun will rise in the west.
sylveria accepted the drink with a bewildered face.
“thank you.”
“because i was indebted to the count. cluck. if i don’t repay you, you’ll look at me, right?”
“can that be?”
when i waved my hand in embarrassment, the marquis garen smiled.
“i said it jokingly, so don’t take it too seriously. let us go for now.”
“...yes.”
they really just left a bunch of presents and disappeared across the garden.
then, sylveria, who was suspicious of the marquis’ gift at first, also gradually erased her doubts.
‘no matter how marquis he is, there’s no way he’ll openly decorate something like this.’
could it be that he would even poison himself in the middle of the count’s family?
when such thoughts continued, doubtful thoughts disappeared in an instant.
in addition, i felt better because i had a good drink to set the mood for the evening.
she said, waving the bottle.
“while i received a present... how about a drink today?”
was it because he realized that the noble lady was flirting with an extramarital man?
silveria’s face turned red like a carrot as she spoke.
ray looked at the bottle quietly.
the wine, shimmering in just the right red color, looked luxurious even at a glance.
‘if it’s poisoned, i can’t let it drink alone.’
sylveria, who has not been able to drive out the poison with her own mana, would have a hard time avoiding death if she drank the poison.
ray, who was suspiciously looking at the bottle, held out his hand and said.
“can you give me that for a second?”
if you smell it.
or at least, if you taste it, you’ll be able to tell if it’s poison or not.
didn’t silveria, who thought she would give one of them for granted, suddenly got up while hiding the bottle?
she said, licking her lips.
“...until we drink together, there’s no way.”
“i am not joking. you never know what might be in it.”
“then we should open it together.”
ray sensed it.
this is wrong.
it seems that a peculiar stubbornness has been activated.
it didn’t look like he would willingly hand over the bottle until we had a drink together.
‘it’s very stubborn.’
it can be taken away by force, but what remains anyway is time.
it wouldn’t be bad to hang out for a drink once in a while.
after thinking for a while, ray nodded after confirming that the marquis garen and viscount mace had completely disappeared.
to her, ray’s behavior was nothing more than madness.
how dare you bring potentially poisonous alcohol to your mouth?
even if it was she herself who offered the drink, isn’t it too reckless!
contrary to sylveria’s worries, ray’s face was unconcerned.
on the contrary, judging from the fact that his complexion was better after drinking than before, it seemed that the alcohol was not poisonous.
the moment silveria, relieved by that, was about to bring the glass to her mouth.
ray, who had been biting his tongue, shook his head and said.
“this is poison.”
simultaneously with his words, sylveria’s hand stopped.
“yes yes?”
“it is poison. even if you drink it, you won’t die, but if you don’t detoxify, your body will gradually deteriorate. if left unattended for a long period of time, they may die.”
really say nothing
silveria, who almost experienced a death at a young age for an instant, put down her glass.
“you mean the marquis of gagaren poisoned you?”
“i don’t know. whether the marquis or the viscount put it in. either that or the poison was introduced in the distribution process.”
as he spoke, ray took another sip of the poisoned liquor in his mouth.
“anyway, this drink contains poison. i suspected a neurotoxin, but it turned out to be the case. it’s okay if you’ve lost mana, but... if you’re not, it’s probably better not to drink.”
“then... this alcohol...”
“you should throw it all away. garbage, garbage.”
continuing to drink is strange enough to say it’s trash.
sylveria glanced at him in disbelief.
“...are you lying?”
“who am i lying to?”
i shrugged, and she chuckled and laughed.
‘it’s not even a funny joke.’
sylveria had also heard of a neurotoxin.
it is known that neurotoxin takes a long time to detoxify because its properties are completely different from ordinary poisons.
if the alcohol in front of him was certain to be a neurotoxin, it would have been normal if he was focusing on detoxification.
however, rather than concentrating on detoxification, he was drinking continuously, so anyone who saw it could tell that it was not poison.
let her take the glass again.
ray tilted his head and looked at sylveria.
“are you really going to drink that?”
“it’s no use trying to scare you.”
did he hear his kind advice in one ear and let it out in the other?
if she drank that amount at once with a skill comparable to that of sylveria, she would not be able to handle the aftermath.
if he was unlucky, his internal organs could be damaged and he would be bedridden for the rest of his life.
“if in doubt, just dip your finger in it and try it. it’s not a strong poison, so you should be able to withstand this much.”
“joy. if it’s a lie, i’m prepared.”
sylveria lightly dipped the drink with her pinky finger.
bring your red-stained finger to your tongue.
chiriririt-!
in an instant, i could feel the poison spreading through my body.
‘this is...!’
it’s not just poison.
it was real poison.
immediately after touching the tongue, the whole body tingles.
it was so poisonous that if the criminal had eaten it, he would have died within a week.
for a moment, she felt her body stiffen due to the delayed response.
he quickly raised his mana and fought against the miasma.
whoa-!
as mana began to circulate throughout his body, his pale complexion returned.
as i experienced the momentary hardening of my body, my awareness of poison revived again.
if i had done a one-shot with a guest machine, something terrible would have happened.
sweat broke out all over sylveria’s body at the thought that she had been at the crossroads of life and death for an instant.