Chapter 104

My mind blanked at what Elaheh said about the other content of the envelope.

A slow acting Aphrodisiac?

An Aphrodisiac.

Why the hell is the king, a man, send a letter with a slow acting Aphrodisiac to my father, who is also a man? Could the king possibly be?

I stopped the train of thought from going further.

"Did eldest lady, by any chance, sniffed it?" Elaheh asked. Her words contained a trace of worry.

"I did not." I shook my head. "But I did held the envelope and washed my hands after."

"As long as the powered is not inhaled or taken orally, there would be no problem." Elaheh sighed in relief. "But, why does this letter contain such a thing?"

Elaheh raised her brow and gave the letter a disgusted gaze.

"I have the same question as you." I said, not hiding the contempt in my voice.

The king actually dared to send us such a gift? Then, it is only right for House Castellan to return the favor.

"Elaheh, what kind of poison would you use to play a prank with?" I asked the lady in front of me who was well versed with poison.

Elaheh was startled by my question and seemed to be conflicted.

"I do not want something lethal, just something that could keep them locked up for a week of two." I added with an imposing smile.

Elaheh looked relieved after hearing what I actually wanted.

"I was actually thinking whether to give you the Hemophilia pills or the skin rotting pills." She sighed, as if relieved from the burden of releasing those pills.

"Those are some scary sounding pills, Miss Elaheh." Sebastiene shook his head lightly. But when he looked up, his eyes were bright like a child promised to be bought toys.

"I have the perfect thing for you, my lady." Elaheh smiled, blatantly ignoring Sebastiene's words. "I have a pill that can make anyone feel like dying from the itch."

"Oh?" I raised my brow at her and lifted the corner of my lips, showing a lazy smile and motioned for her to take a seat. "How are the effects?"

"The effects are wonderful, my lady." Elaheh spoke excitedly, like a child chattering how wonderful her toy is. "The effect will be felt after a day. First is a light itchy feeling that would grow stronger after each day passes. On the fourth day, a patch of skin would turn red and covered with thick silvery scales. On the sixth day, a larger part of the skin would turn dry and crack that may bleed. The patches would slowly cover the entire body and the itchiness would only grow stronger each day!"

"How long does the effect lasts?" I asked her eagerly, liking the idea of giving the royal family psoriasis. "Is it contagious?"

"No, my lady, the effects is not contagious and would only go for a month before it slowly goes away." Elaheh smiled brightly.

"I see." I nodded. "Can you make it into powder form?"

"I could, my lady." Elaheh nodded but frowned lightly. "But I need a place to create it and special things and ingredients."

"Write everything you need on a paper and give it to Sebastiene. He will take care of it."

"I will, my lady." Elaheh nodded and then blushed heavily that her entire face and neck turned red. "Sorry for speaking excitedly."

She must be embarrassed about how excitedly she talked about the poison.

"It's fine." I waved my hand. "You may go back to rest. Sebastiene will take care of everything you need by tomorrow."

"Yes, eldest lady." She bowed and started for the door when she turned back as if remembering something. "Do you need me to take care of the aphrodisiac on that letter, my lady?"

"It's fine." I smiled. "Seb is immune to any types of poison, so I'll just have him read it for me."

Elaheh was surprised by the fact that Sebastiene was immuned to poison but quickly hid her shock.

"Then, I shall take my leave, eldest lady. Have a good night." Elaheh bowed before going out the door, escorted by Sebastiene.

After Elaheh left, Sebastiene came back to my side with an excited smile on his face.

"Your orders, my lady?" He asked looking down to me, who was sitting.

"Find out who everyone connected with this letter and most specially, who ordered for the letter to include the aphrodisiac." I ordered as I glanced back at the letter lying on the table with a wicked smile.

"What about the letter, my lady?" He asked and picked up the letter.

"Read it and then burn it." I said indifferently. "Do not let such a filthy thing come near me or any member of our family again."

"As you wish, my lady." Sebastiene kept the letter in his storage space. "I should inform the other butlers and maids about this. It would be troublesome if Lady Uriel who has no butler or maid with an ability to notice such things. She might accidentally open such evil things."

"Yes, mother too." I sighed as I climbed up to bed.

"Her grace has Astrid, my lady. " Sebastiene pointed out.

"Astrid." I sighed. "I'll think about her tomorrow after I receive your report on those two women."

"What about the king, my lady?" His gaze contained a hint of excitement.

"After Elaheh finishes the itchy powder, find a way to make the king and everyone associated with the aphrodisiac, intake it." I smiled. "We'll let them know that we know who they are and that we won't hesitate to retaliate. Let's see if they would dare to do such dirty tricks again."

My smile contained slight mockery and reckless arrogance.

They want to go against House Castellan? They should first think if they are worthy.