You Can't Catch the Wind (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 116

Elise recalled the day she had come holding the “gift” given to her by her father.

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Naturally, Elise didn’t trust that man she called father in the slightest. So the moment she returned to her room with the wine bottle, she popped the cork and poured a small amount into a glass to examine its contents.

At first sniff, it smelled no different from cheap wine. But soon she realized a sickly sweet, yet unpleasant, scent was mixed in.

Elise cautiously took a tiny sip.

And after a long while, she pressed a hand to her feverish forehead and let out a faint, almost delirious laugh.

“He never does anything right.”

But this time, he’d actually brought something proper.

If she could get Calon Ash and Aelfrida to drink this, her father’s desired outcome would surely unfold.

But now came the real problem.

To think Viscount Aradis believed Aelfrida and Calon would actually drink something like this—he was truly foolish.

‘They won’t just gulp it down.’

While staying at the Altvea mansion, Elise realized this place operated under far stricter surveillance than she’d initially assumed.

Especially when it came to food and drink, their caution was extreme.

The inner residence where Calon stayed had its own separate kitchen, entirely distinct from the outer residence, and every item of food brought in was meticulously monitored.

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