Chapter 78: What you did.

“Everybody, leave the hall.” General Luke ordered coldly, signaling to the warriors by the sides to send the people out of the hall.

Those who were waiting to watch the show were disappointed, but they didn’t dare stay and quickly, the hall became empty.

More people left and the group of people left were reduced to Damien, Hazel, Killian, Matilda, Roman, Mireya, General Luke, Albert, and a few trusted warriors.

“What exactly happened to him?” Damien asked Albert.

“It’s a poison known as ‘the rot’. It is a poison peculiar in the southern part of the word and it becomes effective only and exactly after ten hours and ingestion. It is a poison better taken through liquor, because any other thing especially stable food can destroy its qualities through heat and texture. It affects the internal organs, destroying them gradually every one hour until a ten hour time interval is reached. Then, the victim’s internal organs would start rupturing one by one, until he dies and there’s nothing left of me.”

Chill went down Hazel's spine as she listened.

She never expects Mireya to be so ruthless.

Just so she wouldn’t be exposed, she pulled such a move, killing the guard completely and thoroughly so that he wouldn’t have the chance to say anything to anybody.

It was a calculated, but precise move. She had also calculated the time quite well.

“That means the culprit, who is definitely the one giving the guard instructions, poisoned him yesterday.” Killian uttered the conjecture in everybody’s mind and Damien nodded faintly.

Roman sneered, “This culprit is really determined to outsmart the Alpha himself. It’s obvious that the person is quite skilled.”

Damien ignored his statement and merely asked, “Did you see the maid who served you last night?”

Roman became serious when it came to matters like this, but he shook his head.

“No, she is not among them.”

“Are you certain?” Damien asked again and Roman nodded.

“Of course, I’m not blind. She is definitely not among them.”

Damien turned back to General Luke, “General, were you certain that all the people who came had their shift last night?”

General Luke did not hesitate to nod, “Yes, Alpha. I checked the records and compared them. All of them were present earlier, none was left out.”

“If that is the case,” Hazel began as soon as his voice fell and they all turned to her. “That means that the person who served Sir Roman wine was not on duty last night, she came without getting permission.”

She was right, so nobody said anything.

Even Roman silently agreed.

“You can all leave. You will be summoned back if your help is needed.” Damien said before sitting back down calmly.

Mireya glanced at him and seeing how calm he was, a hint of unease crept into her heart, making her restless.

“General Luke, send the guard’s body to his family. I promised to spare him if he came out willingly, but since he died, the least I can do is send his body to a safer place. But because he was a mole, a consolation fee won’t be sent to his family.” Damien explained and General Luke nodded in understanding.

General Luke signaled to the warriors who were initially holding the guard down from hurting himself and the two warriors lifted the guard’s limp body together.

Even though the guard had only been dead for a few minutes, the acrid smell on his body had already begun to permeate across the hall.

It was very unpleasant and it made Hazel’s stomach churn.

She glanced at Mireya, who has been ignoring her since she asked the question earlier, again, but Mireya had her back turned towards Hazel now, so Hazel could not see the expression she was wearing.

“Miss Mireya, you should excuse us.” Damien turned to Mireya and spoke calmly.

Mireya parted her lips as though to object, but she found out that she had no reason to want to stay. Anything she says would make them suspect her, especially Hazel who has been staring at her since.

Although Mireya really wanted to know their plans, she couldn’t stay if they didn't want her to.

So she forced a smile and walked out of the hall, trying to act composed and nonchalant.

After she completely disappeared, Damien turned to Matilda, “Find out every maids who were not on shift last night, but lingered in the mansion instead of their quarters. I want them brought to me before this day ends.”

“Yes Alpha.”

With that, Matilda walked out of the hall calmly as well.

But as she closed the heavy doors to the hall behind her, she caught sight of Mireya, who was still lingering around.

“What are you still doing here?” Matilda's question came.

Mireya’s lips twitched slightly.

“Well, I was just waiting for them to be done because I wanted to have a conversation with the Alpha.” Although Mireya didn’t find the need to explain anything to a maid, it was still better to make up an excuse so she won’t be suspected.

But she never expected that the maid wouldn’t know her place.

“See the Alpha for what? You can see that he is quite busy and they are discussing matters of utmost importance, so you can’t continue to be here.” Matilda explained, her tone of voice neither humble nor was it proud.

But it is still annoying.

“When does an ordinary maid like you get to tell me what to do? I will stay wherever I want to stay, how does that affect you?” Mireya spat.

Matilda scoffed, “Your reaction made it seem as though you are eavesdropping on their conversation. Is Miss Mireya so bored that she doesn’t have other things to do than to find out how a guard died from poisoning? Your sneaky attitude is quite suspicious.”

Mireya gritted her teeth, feeling increasingly annoyed the more Matilda spoke. She never liked Matilda from the beginning actually.

“And don’t think I don’t know what you did.” Matilda suddenly said and the air froze.