Seducing the Tyrant Instead of My Favorite (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 184

At my question, Claudia lifted her blue eyes sharply.

“It’s only similar in symptoms. What if it isn’t the real Deathbloom?”

“Claudia…!”

I swallowed my breath at a hypothesis I’d never once considered.

Claudia’s blue eyes pierced through me.

“Red spots and high fever. It may look like Deathbloom, but it could be a similar illness without contagion—just like your handmaiden.”

Nisa had also been certain she’d contracted Deathbloom.

But it was poison Penelope had sent to Rose through Emma.

Thanks to Susan’s antidote, Nisa recovered completely.

“So Penelope spread fake Deathbloom?”

“Because that alone could throw the empire into chaos. It could silence everything as still as a dead mouse.”

Though I thought Claudia might be right, I replied defensively.

“It was an unavoidable choice. Preventing an epidemic by assuming the worst was our top priority.”

“I agree. But if the lockdown continues day after day, we’ll suffer irreversible damage.”

People were trapped helplessly inside their homes.

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