The Butterfly Trap

Part 4's

I gulped many times, the thing hanging down my neck was getting colder, I twisted my brain to face that crazy human-like monster, I thought of a few scenarios in my head.

' If you do this to me, you will lose a competent person who understands poisonous plants very well, you know? many weapons that can be used in war, poisonous plants can be used as biological weapons that can destroy a battalion, are you sure you will treat me like this?' I said deeply but afterwards I imagined my head rolling on the floor because of my arrogance.

' This way will only shorten my life, can't help but', I'm still thinking of ways to break their suspicions.

' Should I be honest and make a deal with them? maybe they'll pity me', I thought again but another thought stopped me.

'Are you crazy Si, when they know who you really are, let alone your head, all your limbs will be given to the monster to be torn apart', I shuddered in horror, it's more creepy than I imagined.

" Come sir" I said at last with a simple laugh, I tried to eliminate the negative thoughts that possessed me.

He scrunched his forehead.

" How could a girl as cute and sweet as me be so suspicious" I pushed the sword that was around my neck with my finger but it didn't move in the slightest.

" Do you think I'm kidding?", he looked at me even more sharply.

" Come, how could you joke in this way" I replied still maintaining my innocent cheerful laughter.

" Isn't this too cruel to treat me like this? think about it again? I only treat people in need and even the lower middle class, which means they don't have much money to pay me, do they?I'm not even targeting the nobles, so which part of me is this sweet that looks suspicious, huh?" add me with an awkward grin.

" Stop pretending, just answer how do you know about garaga Q and the encyclopedia in Emperor's hands ?"

" You've seen my background, haven't you? it's clear who told me and taught me" I replied at last.

" Who do you mean? Marques Rafael or Miranda? don't joke, Marques Rafael doesn't have access to his private library"

" What about Miranda? You know that he's a Hummingbird Guildmaster?"

He thought for a moment then lowered his sword but his face hinted that he still did not believe my words and it seemed that his suspicions increased to the two people he mentioned earlier but there were things that made me not understand, when he heard Miranda's name, his facial aura turned even calmer.

" Where did you learn about this poisonous plant? how do you know how to treat garaga Q?"

" My teacher taught me"

" Who?", there was a strange hue that appeared as he asked, as if he wanted me to mention someone he knew.

" He asked me to keep it a secret, don't ask the reason, I don't know" I answered raising my hand.

It seemed that he was not satisfied with my answer, when he was about to ask again Claude mediate us.

" Have Z, he answered all your questions and again wouldn't it be better to find out the cause of Red getting poisoned first?"

I massaged my chest and glanced at Claude, he smiled meaningfully at me.

Finally Z stopped bothering me, instead of him leaving the room, Claude calmed me down and said not to need to think about Z, he also politely pleaded for my help to find out the cause of Red being poisoned.

****

The night I couldn't sleep, I was still thinking about the possibilities of the perpetrator who poisoned Red, I alternately turned my body left and right, my head was dizzy because I was thinking too hard.

After a long time, I got out of bed to drink but there was no water left in the kettle, I lazily carried the kettle to the kitchen. There are no lights that light up in the hallway to the kitchen that makes the atmosphere of the hallway quite quiet and gripping.

I sped up my steps towards the kitchen, after filling my kettle I hurriedly returned to my room, I climbed the stairs quickly and crossed the silent corridor with a sense of anxiety but I was startled by the moaning.

' Is it a ghost?' I shuddered but the more I walked the voice became clearer, with curiosity I searched for the source of the voice and approached. It turned out that the voice came from a room not far from where I was standing, I pushed the door of the room slowly, carefully peering into the room.

There was a person curled up in pain on the bed, it was not clear who it was, I walked up to him, under the dim light of the lamp I could see Z's face in pain, as black veins crept down her neck, she grimaced with pain.

" Didn't he carry out purification after returning from Tar-Tar Hill?" I muttered to see his condition was already very severe.

Every advantage there must be a weakness, those are the words my father once said to me, a awakener blessed by superpowers has a weakness, if they over-exert their strength, if they over-exert their strength, as a result, they will experience a condition called Berserk, this condition has a level, stage one is a condition where the awakener is not too excessive to use his power, and this condition has a high level, normally they would return to normal after a few days' rest and stage four was the most dangerous condition, if not immediately purified they would turn into raging monsters and destroy the surroundings.

Usually to deal with those who go berserk, the Pisces Faction helped by the Virgo faction will quarantine the person if they can still maintain their minds but otherwise they will be given death on the spot.

I was wondering whether I should help him to purify his strength or go for help, he grabbed my hand and held it tightly, I was aghast.

" Sir Z?" Call me.

He did not answer, the grip tightened until my hand hurt, I tried to pull my hand but there was no result, I also tried to wake him but the result was the same, I finally took a breath and began to carry out the purification.

My chest hurts, the condition is worse than I imagined, I continue to focus myself on purifying it, his hand that was holding me tightly now began to feel loose but his condition is still far from stable.

Sweat was pouring from my temple, I could feel the current of his strength that had turned pitch black gradually changing color, suddenly his hands reached behind my head, he pressed me against the bed.

" You're aware Sir?" kataku shocked.

His eyes looked straight at me, his retina looked dark Blue indicating his condition was still unstable, a small smile was on his lips then he slowly pressed my lips with his lips, his lips were still not stable, I pushed him away but his strength was greater than mine.

" Continue refining" She half-whispered, her voice soft and soft, she looked back at me, this time her gaze was very gentle.

I felt uncomfortable trying to push her body with my hand but she reached out to both of my hands and locked my fingers with her fingers.

' It's sexual harassment' I thought, I've never tried to purify anyone but my father and Miranda, although I know the level of Berserk a crewman, I've never been in the position I am today.

" You have to let go of me first", I protested, she lifted her body and looked back into my eyes, she shook her head.

" Why?" ask him with a clear face.

I was flabbergasted, never once had it crossed my head that Z who usually looked at me like he was going to kill me with a single slash of his sword looked at me gently and whined like a child who wanted a mouth-watering candy.

" My dear Butterfly" she whispered in my ear.

'This is really crazy, how can I be in this position, Is he aware of what he has done?' i'm entangling.

" I'd better finish this, or my head will be cut off if he realizes who I am" I murmured.

I'm sure she doesn't realize right now that I'm the one she's hugging, maybe because of her condition that she's hallucinating that I'm her lover, she said, with the condition still in his arms I touched his chest with the left hand he had released, so purification can proceed faster than just holding the hand.

I closed my eyes, focused my strength and mind to purify it, the current of its power had already started to be brightly colored, the time felt long running, and the time was long running, my body also began to feel weak because I had exerted more strength than I had imagined.

His condition had started to stabilize, his heavy breathing was now back to normal, only I still could not escape from it, I slowly pushed his body but his body did not move at all, I felt my right hand fingers loose, I pushed my body to the side, trying to get out of the pressure of his body.

After fifteen minutes of struggling, I finally got away from it, I sighed in relief and then got up from the bed, I looked at him for a long time and turned his face down, the black veins that had almost spread to his face were now gone, the face that was full of pain was now no longer there, a soft snoring came out of his mouth.

The man looked handsome and innocent, I was still standing beside the bed, looking at his handsome face for a long time. ' It's a pity, when if he sleeps like this he looks really awesome but when he wakes up, his gaze is colder than the weather here' I thought.

After a long time admiring the man's face, I hurried back to my room, I massaged my chest when I reached my room, immediately poured water into the glass and quickly drank it, I quickly drank it, I placed my used drinking glass near the kettle and stepped heavily onto the bed.

I threw out my already weak body, it seemed like I spent ninety percent of my strength to purify it, I stared at the ceiling of the room while taking a breath, I said, I no longer have the strength to think about who and how the perpetrator poisoned Red, not long after that I fell asleep.

*****

The next morning I was woken up by a waiter, he delivered a message that Claude invited me to breakfast together, I felt reluctant to come along, she said, last night's events are still in my head and definitely meeting Z will be the most awkward thing I've ever felt for the rest of my life.

I followed the waiter who woke me up to the dining room after I finished cleaning myself and getting dressed, in the room there were nineteen people who were ready to eat the dishes.

" Miss Butterfly, please sit next to here" a brown-haired girl waved her hand calling out to me.

" Why Butterfly?" I asked after sitting next to him.

" Sir Nick said that your name is Gold Butterfly, a unique name yes" he said smiling sweetly.

I looked at him in wonder then glanced at Sir Nick who was already holding a spoon and fork.

' Once, anyways after this we will not meet again' I thought, I looked around me, there were eighteen men and two women.

" I'm Penelope a B rank healer and purifier" he said when my eyes met her, she still maintained a friendly smile on her lips.

" Greetings know", I replied, bowing with a small nod to him, and he allowed me to eat.

The atmosphere at the dining table was so crowded, some of them were joking while the other half were busy discussing, I looked in awe at them, so this was how it felt to be in a team, I thought. But my amazed look was immediately replaced with a feeling of goosebumps, because I felt two eyeballs watching my movements carefully.

I cleared my throat, but it was like making a hole in the back of my head, I felt uncomfortable looking back at those eyes, at the end of the table Z was looking at me, his gaze was no longer cold but like judging me.

' Did he remember last night?' I sat down, suddenly my hands trembled, I hurriedly picked up the glass and drank behind him.

I tried to finish my meal immediately, then left the room and walked away from the room immediately, in my mind I had to quickly find out how the culprit poisoned Red, so I can separate from Z.

" Why did you run away like a frightened person?", suddenly he was behind me, I screamed in shock, then massaged my chest.

" Sir Z, can you not surprise me that way, my heart feels like it's going to be dislodged" I replied in an annoyed tone.

He didn't answer instead he came closer to me.

" What are you doing? ", I said in a rather high tone while moving away from him.

" Weird", he muttered, he seemed to think for a moment before then holding my hand, I was surprised.

" Sir, can you be polite? I am a girl, it is inappropriate for a man to hold me carelessly like this!" I said to pull my hand from her.

He let me go, "I'm sorry".

" Have you been to my room last night?", finally the words I've been avoiding are coming out of his mouth, my heart is beating fast, I'm trying to stay calm, these are very decisive moments, I thought.

" No, why should I go there" I replied as I turned my face away from him.

" Why are you turning your eyes away?"

" It's because I'm not comfortable around you".

" Why?"

'Why? you ask why? of course because last night you kissed me forcibly, you don't know what to say back to me, you don't realize you're so scary? the gaze upon me alone can kill me, plus you are always suspicious of me?as long as you know, I purified you last night, because of my human spirit!' answer me in my head.

" Ehm of course because you are so handsome, being with you is so bad for my heart" I replied with a cry.

He who heard my answer looked at me with a look of disdain, then he rolled his eyes, "Go, I won't hold you anymore".