Chapter 90 - Chapter 90: Light and Shadow (2/2)
Even her maids and servants couldn’t stand her anymore. Towards the end, she became so cruel she cut one of her servant’s wrist. Lucretius couldn’t let this go on.
When he tried to convince her to be kinder, she became angrier and jealous.
She screamed, “Is that lowly servant girl more important to you than me?”
At the time, Katleyanira was spreading unsavory rumors about him and the maids. As Octavia slowly lost her mind, Katleyanira managed to get to her.
This was the result of Katleyanira’s scheme.
Octavia’s eyes looked wild as she murmured, “Why won’t you even ask me why I am doing this?”
“…”
He didn’t know how to answer this question.
At his silence, she laughed bitterly. She looked like an empty shell. She looked like she had given up. Her laugh was disturbing.
She must have been tired. She fell forward and laid on the bed on her stomach. She just stared at him silently.
He was so sick of her obsession. He couldn’t understand her and why she was turning into a monster,
This was unacceptable.
His wife glared at him heatedly. She looked like she wanted to kill him.
Lucretius warned her quietly, “Octavia.”
She replied in a screeching voice, “Do you even know my nickname?”
“…”
“You think you are so great. You think you are above everyone, even love… Your highness, the great heir to the greatest kingdom of Cransia!”
She giggled. Clearly, she has lost her mind.
Lucretius shook his head at the situation. He finally realized that human emotions, especially love, were impossible to understand and control. It was dangerous to play with them.
A zealous love could quickly turn into a treacherous emotion.
It was a double-edged sword, and he didn’t want to ever hold it again.
However, today, the sword was already in his hand.
His wife murmured again, “I wonder if you could ever love someone… I never want to see it, but I am also curious. I wonder what kind of expression you would have if you fell in love with someone who didn’t feel the same way about you.”
“…”
He looked down at her silently. He couldn’t stop frowning as she continued to laugh at him.
“Oh… I wonder how you would feel if that happens, but… One thing I know for sure is that you would never feel that way about me…”
“Octavia!” Lucretius shouted, but his wife wouldn’t stop.
“I pray that you fall in love with someone who will abandon you. Only then will you understand a little of how I feel.”
“…”
“But no, no! I don’t want you to ever fall in love with anyone.” She continued to murmur to herself.
Lucretius couldn’t take it anymore.
He suddenly felt an incredible thirst. He saw the water jar nearby.
He poured himself a cup of water, and, as a habit, he dipped his silver ring in it.
The silver turned black.
“…”
Katleyanira again. This was happening too often now.
He was about to pour the water into the sink when his wife suddenly stood up and walked to him.
“…”
She looked like a ghost, but instead of acting like a madwoman, she now spoke to him shyly.
“Luc.”
“…”
It was a disturbing and sudden change.
She asked him bashfully, “Could you pour me a cup of water too? I’m thirsty, Luc.”
“…”
He didn’t remember or understand what he was thinking, but he remembered exactly what he did.
He poured the poisoned water into a new cup and handed it to his wife. She took it with a bright smile and emptied the cup. She then walked back to the bed to lie down.
Lucretius didn’t look back as he left the room.
The next day, Octavia was found dead from poisoning. The source of the poison was never found as usual.