The Butterfly Trap

Part 8's

" TDAAAAAAAAAKKK", I cried out loud, I opened my eyes, my breath was hunting and my chest was heavy, my cheeks were sore, as I looked into my chest there junior Z, I said, the rabbit given to me by Z sat down while looking at me with her red eyes, after I could catch my breath, I lifted the rabbit from my chest and got up to sit down.

Sweat soaked all over my body, "It's lucky it's just a dream, but why does my cheek feel so sore like a slap?"

I looked at the rabbit in my hand, "Why are you sitting on my chest, huh? you are fat and heavy, it deserves my chest to feel tight", I told him.

" Take me off, you fucking man!" snarl a voice.

" Huh?" I circled the room looking for the source of the sound.

" What else are you waiting for, huh? you fucking man", he yelled again.

I looked at the rabbit I was holding, and tilted my head in disbelief.

" What are you looking at, huh? want me to slap again?"

" Kyaaaaaaa" I was shocked and reflexively dropped it, "Ke...The rabbit spoke, haha I must still dream haha yes this must be just a dream" I said back lying down and closed my eyes.

Then I felt again the pressure on my chest and my cheek felt like it was slapped back, "What are you doing human? you want to have another weird dream?" he lifted one leg and jumped next to me.

I got up to sit back, and saw the rabbit with a face of disbelief, what kind of hallucination is this? my thinking.

" Oi man, love me to eat!" talk with pogah.

I didn't answer and still looked at him with my mouth shut, as I remembered I locked him up yesterday before I went to sleep, I was still confused as to how he got out and why he could talk. Did Z know that the rabbit he was carrying could talk? my thinking.

" Did you wake me up?" many finally.

" Who do you think you are, huh? eat where to eat" he replied still with a pogah tone, but it sounded funny in my ear.

" Shortly, I'll take it to the kitchen, I clean myself first"

" Quick hurry" he replied as he jumped onto the table by the window.

I rushed to the bathroom and cleaned myself up, the thought of me being killed by Z was gone and replaced by the thousand questions I was going to ask the rabbit, after I finished cleaning myself, I went to the kitchen, where I told the cook that I was going to have breakfast in the room and asked for some raw carrots.

" Can you just give me a raw carrot, mausia?" he shouted furiously as he stood up and held the carrot with one side.

" Well, you can even hold the carrot" I replied.

" What? give me dessert too!"

" Hey, are you a rabbit demon?" I asked while giving the cake and pudding in front of me.

" I don't want to be equated with lowly creatures like them!" he answered ketus then sipped the pudding I gave.

" Why then can you talk? did you talk to Z before?"

He looked at me, I looked back at him with a smile, after a while he shifted his gaze.

" I also want to talk to her, but she can't listen to me!"

" Why did he bring you here? he even said that he would make you his food reserve".

" He saved me on Tar-tar hill, so I followed him on and helped him find the linus leaf, because I kept following him, he finally took me home"

I'm nodding.

" Are you planning on staying here forever?"

" Why is it human? you mind?" he asked with an angry face, one leg lifted again a sign threatening me.

I laughed at his behavior.

" Take your food, I'll go out first, don't go far, come back here again if you want to get out for the wind" I said, leaving her to Red's room to check on her condition.

There Penelope was already in the room, she conversed with Red as I entered the room, "How are you today Sir?" ask me while preparing something for the blood test.

" It's been much better Miss, I've even been able to walk around for a while" she replied.

" Good" I replied with a smile and asked Penelope to take a sample of Red's blood.

After taking a sample of Red's blood he stepped near me to give a sample of his blood, I was troubled to see the small knife in his hand but I ignored it, as he was about to put the blood sample near the liquid tester, which was the only one in his hand, the little knife fell down and sliced his palm so that his blood dripped into the tester.

" Geez Miss Penelope, are you okay? " my scream rushed up to him.

" It's okay Miss, the wound is not deep" he replied grimacingly, I immediately took the water and cleaned the wound and put the wound medicine before wrapping his hand in a bandage.

" I've been stuttering with the knife you held earlier, I should have warned you" I said after dressing the wound.

" It's okay Miss", she laughed at my worried face, "But the liquid tester has to be replaced because it's mixed with my blood".

I nodded and took the liquid tester was about to throw it away then I was surprised to see the color change that happened to the tester.

" No way" my hiss then looked at Penelope, she replied with a head tilt.

" You also got the poison garaga Q" I told him.

Red and Penelope were shocked and then they approached me and looked into the liquid tester in my hand, the color had already turned light purple.

"I can't believe it, I didn't even feel anything, how could my blood be contaminated" he replied with a head shake.

I thought for a moment, there was something going through my head but I refused to think about it, there was something strange about this poison, I had already checked the blood of Z and Claude, I had already checked, they were fine but how could Penelope also be poisoned?

" Miss Penelope, Sir Red can we keep today's events as a secret for the three of us first? after I investigated, I would inform Sir Red myself" I told them at last, no answer from them.

" I know that we can't cover up this incident, but I need to check the blood of the other purifiers, can you just help Miss?"

" If this can help the team, I will help you with pleasure" Penelope replied.

" I did too" replied Red.

I nodded, after continuing to check on Red's blood, I asked Penelope to contact young Duke Abelard secretly, and asked her to take blood samples from some of the purifiers from her faction secretly as well, he said, fortunately, the young Duke was willing to cooperate easily on the condition that I have to inform me of the results later.

With Penelope's help we examined five blood samples of the purifier given by Duke and we were surprised to see what happened, I breathed heavily.

" Gawat, this is really bad" I murmured.

" Miss Penelope, I have to contact Sir Z immediately, we can't let this happen, if my assumptions are correct then something big is being planned by someone!" I said as I hurried away without waiting for a response from Penelope.

I walked half as far as Z's room after one of the servants told me that Z was in his room, I knocked on the door.

" In" came a voice from inside.

I opened the door and stepped across from his desk and saluted, he who was busy with documents raised his face.

" Sir, let's make a deal" I said as I pressed my two hands onto her and looked at her with a serious face.

He looked at me with the upper side of his eyes, looking once he questioned my actions.

" It's something big related to the state, if you want to forget about my purifier power and my track record, I'll be willing to help you, "

" What are you talking about?"

" Something big is eyeing the kingdom" I replied in a serious and sharp tone.

He stared into my eyes for a long time.

" Continue!"

" Before I continue, we must make a contract first" I told him.

" What's the advantage to me?"

" First, I'll help you get the information you need, you know that the Hummingbird Guild is my backing? I am the number two person of the guild after Miranda, you must not doubt the information obtained by our guild, secondly I will help you in research, I am willing to be your assistant" I replied, my hands trembled against the man but I tried not to show it.

" terms?"

" You will ignore my power that is not listed in the state statistics center and not find out about my background, and even if you decide to arrest me do not involve the people around me" I replied firmly.

He looked at me a long time ago, "All right"

He extended his hand to me, I looked at his hand in wonder.

" What are you waiting for, extend your hand so that our contract can be ratified!"

" Don't the contract have to be written first?" my answer.

He sighed as he rolled his eyes, then flicked his hands then appeared a golden-coloured inscription in the air.

" In this way, none of us can break this covenant" he said again reaching out, I nodded then shook the hand, a light appeared between my hand and his hand, after the light was gone he pulled his hand which left a strange mark on my wrist and his hand.

" The contract has been made, now explain!"

" Should we contact Sir Claude and the young Duke as representatives of the Aquarius faction first?"

He nodded then he rang the bell that was on his desk then a male servant entered the room, he asked the servant to call Claude and the young Duke.

A few minutes later the two men appeared and sat facing me, saluting Z and greeting me.

" Well I'll start" I said, "But before that, can I ask Sir Z?"

" Please".

" Do you know who poisoned Sir Red?"

" I'll answer you later, now explain what you said!" his orders while crossing his legs sat in a single seat next to me.

" Okay" I replied while breathing.

" A few days ago, when I was doing a routine check on Sir Red, suddenly Miss Penelope was injured so that her blood was dripping into the liquid tester, you know what happened? miss Penelope's blood turned light purple, indicating that Miss Penelope was also poisoned by the perpetrator I think was among your team!" my clear.

" At first I thought only your team was being targeted by the perpetrators, but there is one thing I suspect, so I asked Miss Penelope to call the young Duke and ask him to take a sample from a purifier in the Aquarius faction, and you know what happened? all those blood samples turned light purple".

Everyone in the room was shocked.

" You mean someone's after the purifiers?" The young duke spoke up after hearing my explanation.

" I'm afraid that's the case, no matter what kind of conspiracy is threatening our country" I replied.

" It's just my suspicion, but based on the information I gathered and the analysis I did I found some interesting facts".

" First this conspiracy has long since begun" I looked at all those who listened to me seriously.

" Has the passing of the previous Emperor also been part of this conspiracy?"

" That's my guess", I replied.

" Secondly, garaga Q is a poison that they developed as a biological weapon and their last target is now a purifier!"

" Then Aria and Aaron are a part of them" Claude muttered in my ear.

" You mean Miss Aria is a spy?", I asked in shock, my head turned back when Z cut off Aria's neck.

" right!" z replied, "you must think I killed him for no reason, right?"

" how?"

He chuckled, "You think we didn't know you were peering over the wall?"

" What about Sir Aaron?"

" He managed to escape after finding out Aria was killed" Claude replied.

" How did you know Sir Aaron was involved?"

" That's because of the clue you gave me?" answer Z this time.

" After Miss Sicily explained the suspicions about the possible method of poisoning the perpetrator, we immediately discussed it with Sir Red, and based on his description the ice cubes were clear, meaning the water was cooked before freezing, while on the way, we do not cook water to drink unless the water is used to make tea, while based on the description of the team's cook, the team said, they were always around cooking and drinking when they were preparing food." Claude explained at length.

" Only Miss Aria who has the power of Fire can heat the water instantly and aided by an ice magic artifact she can produce ice cubes in seconds, then Aaron was in charge of replacing Red's drink with his teleportation power and if Miss Penelope was also poisoned that means they did the same to him".

The young Duke Abelard who had just listened opened his mouth, "what about the purifier in the Aquarius faction?"

" That is why I suspect there is a great conspiracy Sir, I think all purifiers in the government should be examined and if the results are the same then this suspicion will be a reality" I replied.

" One question, why do you think this conspiracy has been around for so long?" ask Z.

" That's because there was something odd about the death of Emperor Muller Dakota, he died of poisoning that had absolutely no trace of him on the food he ate, didn't it? I think it was done by the same person using the same poison as we meet now!" my answer.

They seemed to be thinking hard about digesting my words, there was something unusual in the room after I explained about Emperor Muller's death.

" I also suspect that Grand Duke Harry Dagaras died of poisoning as well" I added in a soft voice.

" Wasn't the poison developed by the Mcgnagal family? and they've been wiped out along with their research" said the young Duke Abelard who made my face pale, there was a great rumble coming from inside my chest but I clenched my arms together to hold back.

" We must postpone the mission and return to the Capital" Z said at last, "Sir William, please tell the Duke about this discussion and keep it a secret from the higher-ups of the Aquarius faction" he concluded our discussion and was answered with a firm nod from the young Duke Abelard who was named William.