1492 The Tricky Poison and Curse (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
”What is Herr Casa even thinking? Why is he still hesitating to cooperate with us? Isn't he aware of the current situation!?” Headmistress Perry said.
Edith stood to the side after brewing a cup of tea for Headmistress Perry. She did not dare to make a sound.
Headmistress Perry walked back and forth irritably. Some time later, a student came and told Edith that dinner was ready. Edith nodded and washed the cup of tea. She was about to talk to Headmistress Perry when another person showed up in a hurry. It was Sheryl, who had been appointed to accompany the Casas.
Heidi was Ceylan's student, while Edith was Headmistress Perry's protege. Sheryl was Brianca's student. They were the top three students of the school, and they all played an important role there. When the Pearl Institute came to visit the school as the winner of the World College Tournament, the three were in charge of receiving and accompanying their guests.
”What is it now?” Edith asked.
”The… the young duke has fallen sick,” Sheryl said in a panicked tone.
”Sick? He grew up close to the Alps, it's unlikely that he's unaccustomed to the weather. Why would he fall sick all of a sudden?” Headmistress Perry began to panic.
Trouble just kept coming. They had yet to reach a deal regarding their cooperation, and now Herr Casa had fallen ill!
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Headmistress Perry, Edith, Ceylan, Heidi, and the others immediately headed to Herr Casa's room. When they arrived, the four henchmen of the Casas were guarding the entrance with hostile faces. They did not allow anyone to go inside, including Headmistress Perry!
”I'm a Healer, there's no reason to stop me from taking a look at him, right?” Ceylan asked.
”Mm, come with me,” a henchman in a red outfit allowed. He was likely the strongest of the four, probably as strong as some of the reputable teachers at the Alps Institute!
The man had been standing with the other servants all along, so Headmistress Perry assumed he was just a normal henchman. She finally realized how strong the man was when he started to display some hostility toward them!
Ceylan went into Herr Casa's room. The place was in a great mess. The expensive antiques were smashed on the floor. Even the bed that Herr Casa was lying on was messy. A woman in her thirties was slowly cleaning up the mess, not daring to make a sound.
Ceylan glanced at the unconscious Herr Casa. She was left speechless when she noticed the obvious black veins along Herr Casa's neck.
”I've already notified the clan; our elder will be here soon. If the young duke is fine, the Casas will no longer have anything to do with the Alps Institute, but if anything happens to the young duke, the whole Alps Institute will be going down with him!” the henchman said angrily.
”No one else, apart from your people,” the henchman said.
”How did you not notice anything if you are with him at all times?” Ceylan asked.
”What did you mean by that? Do you think we would hurt our young master?” the henchman grunted.
”It's not something we would do, either! Besides, we need the young duke's support! There's no reason for us to set him up. It's a very complicated combination of Poison and Curse magic! If you keep being suspicious of us and don't tell us everything, it will be very difficult for me to save his life!” Ceylan stated.
”Humph!” the old henchman harrumphed coldly, but his rationality told him that he still needed the Healer's help to ease Herr Casa's pain...
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Ceylan came out of the room with a grim face.
Headmistress Perry immediately asked about it, but Ceylan told her they should discuss it somewhere else. The group moved over to the meeting room.
”What exactly is going on?” Headmistress Perry asked.
”Someone has poisoned Herr Casa... and placed him under a Curse!” Ceylan stated flatly.
”How is that possible!?” Headmistress Perry shrieked in dismay.
”It's serious; it might endanger his life,” Ceylan went on.
”Miss Ceylan, you can't deal with the Poison and the Curse?” Heidi asked in disbelief.
Ceylan was a brilliant Healer, and very good at dealing with poisons and Curses, too. She should not have any problem treating Herr Casa!
”It wouldn't be a trouble if the poison and the Curse were separate. The poison isn't rare; I have a way to cure it, but the problem is, the poison and the Curse are chained… the Curse Magic controls the poison, while the poison keeps applying the Curse!” Ceylan explained.
”What does that mean?” Headmistress Perry asked, confused. She was totally clueless about such things.