No Evil Lady in the World (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 153

“He must have approached Liriya.”

That was the only conclusion he could draw. Whatever method Joslyn had used, he was certain she had manipulated Liriya to pull Verbo into her scheme as well. After all, Verbo wouldn’t even listen to a word Joslyn said, and whenever he saw her, he pretended she was a ghost.

But then, how exactly had she done it…?

Just then, Sediloi suddenly recalled the face of the chef he’d worked with previously. The man had been expelled from the ducal mansion before fully recovering from his illness, and Sediloi hadn’t seen him since. The reason he’d collapsed was because he’d eaten Ariante’s food—the food laced with poison…

“I’ll look into Negrain.”

Jemero’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Negrain, Your Grace? But that place…”

“Meiana once told me there are many apothecaries in Negrain selling suspicious medicines… Have you heard anything about it?”

Jemero, who had been silent for a moment, frowned.

“I’ve known that young lads occasionally sneak into Negrain to buy odd things… But I never interfered. They’re well aware that people from the duchy might get beaten if they wander into Negrain by mistake, and if they’re willing to risk that just to visit, I figured it was their choice.”

“Joslyn wouldn’t have gone to some obvious place to buy something like that—poison or whatever it was—something so crucial. I’ll look into it myself.”

“Understood, Your Grace.”

After finishing his words, Sediloi gulped down the last drop of wine in his glass, his throat burning. Just as he was about to say something more to Jemero, a sharp ringing sound suddenly pierced his ears, as if the very air around him had frozen.

No. Sediloi shook his head vigorously to dispel the lingering numbness and focused his eyes.

He signaled Jemero to stay quiet and carefully rose to his feet. Beneath the door facing the corridor, through a gap too narrow for even a fingertip, a shadow flickered. Someone was definitely lingering outside his door.

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