Chapter 73

This is it. I can see a lot of people walk inside the palace and quickly greet me with their overly sweet smiles. I greeted them one by one before Ferid asked me to go to him.

"Stand next to Lymsleia, okay? Don't leave her for too long nor talk to a woman for too long."

"Is the last part really important? I understand the first one but I don't understand the last one."

"It is all about putting on a face, you know? If you are seen talking with one of the women for too long, they will start gossiping about you being unfaithful and all that. Gossip is something very powerful in this kind of society."

"Ugh. I hate politicking. Especially royal politics."

"You need to get used to it, Jacob. You are now part of it."

I can only groan and see him smirking at me.

"Anyway, just make sure to stay close to Lymsleia and we are good."

"Will do."

After half an hour, the party starts, and by party, I mean another generic ass-licking by the noble who comes to me. It looks like they want to try their luck to get a position in the Queen's Knight through me.

As a new Queen's Knight Commander, I can take two to four new Queen's Knights under my wing to train. They will get a prestige never seen before, and their life will be set. After they serve for ten years, they can retire and get a piece of land to lord over.

The meet and greet lasted for a fucking three hours before the servant finally served us some food. I take pork chop, mashed potato, meat, and a couple of vegetable skewers. I take a bite of the food, and I must say it would be better if it were served warm or hot.

Sadly, there are too many nobles to greet, and the food is getting cold. Oh well. It is still delicious, just a bit cold.

"What do you think?"

"Hmmm?"

I look at Lymsleia, who puts a spoonful of mashed potato inside her mouth.

"What do you mean?"

"What do you think of the party?"

"This is a party?"

"Pardon me?"

"This is not a party, my dear."

I can see a small blush on her face when I call her dear.

"This is a meet and greet meeting between nobles and the royal family."

I can hear her chuckling at my words.

"What?"

"Father also said the same thing. He always complains that this is not a party but rather a gossip meeting between nobles."

"And he is correct. Ferid is a great guy, you should listen to him."

"Ara~ Are you teaching my niece something bad, Jacob?"

I look to the side and see Freyjadour and Sialeeds walk toward me. I can see them bringing a plate of food with them. The servant quickly ran toward us with a table and chair for Sialeeds and Frejadour.

After the table and chair are done, they sit on it.

"Huh? You can do that?"

Sialeeds smirk at me and says.

"Of course! I'm the Queen's sister after all."

I can see Freyjadour sigh and decide to ask him instead.

"Please tell me she did not force the servant to do this."

"I'm sorry, Jacob."

"She forced them, didn't she?"

"Yes, she did."

Lymsleia, Freyjadour, and I sigh a little while Sialeeds pouts at me. After our little banter, all of us start to eat our food. While eating the food, I noticed something. I notice the air inside the room has changed.

It is getting colder, and I can feel a slight spike of killing intent coming from the shadow at the edge of the room.

I give a quick glance at Ferid and Georg. To my surprise, only Georg noticed it while Ferid was still talking with other guests.

I continue to eat the food in front of me and look around the room. I know I see a shadow moving at the edge of the room's ceiling. They have spread out and are waiting for something. I snap from my thoughts when one of the servants fills my glass with wine.

I look at the servant and hold myself from frowning.

"Thank you."

"Of course, my lord."

I can read the name above her head.

|Nether Gate Assassin| |Level: 54|

Yeah. She is one of them. I look at the glass and focus on the glass in my hand.

|Glass of Poison (Purple Scorpion Poison)|

|A glass full of poison coming from the purple scorpion. It tastes and smells like wine, but truthfully it is a deadly poison that works a few hours after consumption|

Yikes. What kind of poison is that?! Also, did they give me a full glass of them?! I quickly look at the glass of wine Freyjadour and Sialeeds hold. I hold a relieved breath when I see it is a regular wine. Does that bottle have the same function as an Assassin Teapot? She poured the poison to me and the wine to the others.

What should I do? Should I drink this? It says that it is only active after a few hours of consumption. I can cure this using a rune or potion from the Harry Potter world. I still have one more flushing potion and a dozen more Bezoar.

I take the glass of poison, and I can feel several pairs of eyes looking at me when I pick the glass. Fuck it, bottoms up!

I drink all the poison and see a notification appear.

|You get poisoned!|

|14.000 HP will be taken away in three hours! Seek immediate help!|

Bloody hell. 14k HP? They really want to kill me, huh? Oh, well.

I continue talking with the others as if nothing happened, and I can see some guests smirk at my actions. They are buying it. Now… Let's cure the poison. I get up from the chair and say.

"I need to go to the restroom, I'm sorry ladies, gents. We will continue our conversation later."

I quickly go to the bathroom and ensure no one is following me. After waiting for a minute and noticing no one is following me, I activate my water rune.

"Kindness Drops"

A blob of water falls into my head, and I can feel my body get lighter.

|The poison has been cured!|

That is easy. They did not use their strongest poison, huh? Or do they try the more sneaky option in exchange for immunity to rune spells? Oh well. With the poison gone, I prepared for the incoming coup d'etat and ensured Sialeeds, Freyjadour, and Lyon survived.

~Three hours later~

I can feel them coming. I'm standing in the corner of my room with an invisibility spell around me. Sleeping on my bed is a transfiguration wardrobe that I make look like me. I can feel a killing intent in the air and three people getting closer to my room.

A few seconds later, I can see three people enter my room and are kind enough to close the door for me. While they are checking if I'm still alive, I get closer and point my wand at them.

"Avada Kedavra"

Three green flashes came from my wand and hit the assassins in front of me. As the light hits them, they quickly fall to the ground, unmoving. They are dead.

"Let's do this."