“Little sister, these purple smoke are the powder ground from a plant called Purple Mist Vine Grass. You’ve seen and know much, so you should know what this is, right?”
“Heee…”
She furrowed her brow with a puzzled expression, repeating the name the Dark Guard had said, feeling that the term was both familiar and strange.
Normally, as someone who had played this game hundreds of times before crossing over, Liyakade was familiar with all the herbs and poisons within the kingdom.
There should be no herb she didn’t know.
However, the ability to grind it into powder and scatter it as smoke to attack enemies was something Liyakade had never encountered in the game.
“Purple Mist Vine Grass… wait, this is!”
Liyakade’s eyes suddenly widened.
After repeating the term once more, she finally remembered where she had heard it.
It was in the carriage, from Field and Alice.
It was a forbidden drug, banned from circulation within the kingdom.
From Field’s explanation, this herb called Purple Mist Vine Grass was exactly like a certain prohibited substance that was completely banned in her country before her cross over.
“Meee—”
Liyakade clenched her little fist, her knuckles cracking with anger.
Then, she grabbed the Dark Guard’s neck, pinned him against a tree in front of her, and lifted him up.
The scene before her was indeed strange.
A petite young girl was lifting such a burly Dark Guard like this, which looked quite incongruous.
And now, after learning the true nature of these purple smoke, Liyakade was even more furious.
“You scum! You directly put this stuff into the caravan’s water source! Do you want to turn all the innocent people in the caravan into wrecks!? Tell me, what is your purpose!”
According to Field’s description, this stuff was addictive, just like that prohibited substance.
Liyakade, who had studied her country’s modern history before crossing over, knew well the power of this stuff.
And Vidar and his men had calmly put these things into the caravan’s water source.
“No… we… beg you… first let go of me.”
“Pfft…”
The Dark Guard tightly grasped Liyakade’s hand with both hands, and slid down from the tree trunk.
“Cough cough cough… Thank you, Lord, for not killing me…”
The Dark Guard, who had fallen from the tree trunk, landed on the ground.
Recovering from his oxygen-deprived state, he coughed violently while not forgetting to flatter Liyakade.
After recovering a bit, he quickly continued explaining to Liyakade, afraid that if he explained too slowly, Liyakade might kill him in a fit of anger.
And hearing this news, Liyakade no longer even had the mind to take pleasure in torturing the Dark Guard, nor did she care how he addressed her.
“Lord! It’s not what you think. The amount of Purple Mist Vine Grass we put in the water was very small. The people in the caravan will just be a bit disoriented after drinking it, not directly addicted. Lord, you have to believe me!”
“Heh heh…”
After hearing the Dark Guard’s panicked explanation, Liyakade was somewhat relieved.
It seemed that the Purple Mist Vine Grass was much weaker compared to the prohibited substances from before her cross over.
She had been worried that the poisoned travelers, as well as Field, would become addicted to these toxins, which would ruin their lives.
Fortunately, Vidar and his men weren’t beasts to that extent.
However, another reason for the weaker effect could be that the people in this world have different constitutions.
After all, this world has magic, and human physiques are much stronger than in the world before crossing over.
“Then what is your purpose?”
“Lord… Lord, what I’m about to say, you must…”
Saying this, the Dark Guard couldn’t help but swallow in fear, because Vidar’s purpose happened to be related to Liyakade.
The Dark Guard feared that speaking it would enrage Liyakade, but also feared that if he didn’t say it now, he would be torn apart by Liyakade.
Therefore, he had to give Liyakade a mental preparation first.
“Speak quickly, don’t dawdle!”
The Dark Guard’s hesitant attitude really annoyed Liyakade.
Why couldn’t he just say it directly?
Why did he need to give her a warning first?
Why didn’t he give her a warning when he was poisoning the water source?
It couldn’t be that Vidar’s beastly purpose was to assault her, could it?
If that was the reason to put this poison in the water, then Vidar truly deserved to be executed by a thousand cuts.
However, the truth was as absurd as Liyakade had imagined.
“Lord… Lord Vidar’s target is you… He covets your beauty and wants to replace the noble named Feide, to take you and Alice for himself.”
“Beast…”
Liyakade listened, her teeth grinding in anger, almost squeezing the word out from between her teeth.
She didn’t expect that Vidar really would put such dangerous poison in the water source used by the entire caravan for such a frivolous reason.
You see, not every traveler had their own private or spare water source.
Rather, most travelers didn’t have such things at all.
Only a few nobles did.
Vidar’s actions could completely paralyze the entire caravan.
Even so, Liyakade still couldn’t understand.
If the target was herself, why did Vidar poison the caravan’s water source?
The two things seemed unrelated.
“His target is me, then why did he poison the caravan’s water source? Was he hoping we would drink it? And how was he going to take us for himself? Does he think we have no fighting ability?”
“Yes, yes… He thought you would drink this water.”
The Dark Guard swallowed, stammeringly confirming Liyakade’s statement, then began answering her questions one by one.
“Lord Vidar poisoned the caravan’s water source to create chaos in the caravan. Actually, this time was just a test for you, Lord. If you drank it, Lord Vidar would, during your poisoning, take the chance to force large amounts of Purple Mist Vine Grass into you, making you addicted and thus controlling you. If you didn’t drink it, then he would wait for the next opportunity.”
“Heh, truly a beast.”
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