Chapter 177

Once Luke was done talking with them,

Sebastian and Belfair concealed themselves in the dark when they felt a sweet fragrant smell close by .

“What are you doing here alone, Marquis?”

As Luke turned around, he saw a beautiful girl, who looked very bright and exposed to come close to him .

‘It’s princess Margareta . ’

She had greeted Luke at the banquet hall, so Luke was able to recognize her .

“Everyone is looking for the Marquis who didn’t come back, you weren’t lost, right?”

“I stood there to enjoy the night’s cool breeze . ” Luke answered .

“You must have felt a lot suffocated in there . It looks gorgeous but, it is boring . ”

Margareta moved closer to Luke . When she went closer, the fragrance from her body turned intense .

Luke’s eyes went alert the very moment .

‘This is obviously… the perfume used by the Arachne witches?’

500 years back, there was a magic tower of female wizards only .

The magic tower, built by the wizard called Arachne, was known to be a medical researcher similar to a medical mage but in reality, that magic tower studied the magic of using the human weaknesses and extorting their mana .

The medicines and magic they developed gave power to the woman a rare gift of ‘youth’, and the weak minds got corrupted .

Thus, with that, they weren’t just favored by the powerful people, but soon turned into a nation .

‘In the end, when they moved out of the El Kassel denomination, they were called heretics and punished because of which, a few men went into hiding . ’

When Luke was being the notorious Devil King Saymon, he approached the Arachne magic tower .

The Arachne magic tower tried to double-cross him by using the demon army, but Luke managed to outstand them as he wasn’t as corrupt as the weak or the young .

‘I thought that they disappeared, how did they manage to come here?’

When Luke was in his thoughts, Margareta took out a wine bottle and two glasses from her hand sleeve .

“It is a Bordeaux Chardonnay . I only present it to the dear national guests, and if you take a sip, you might feel a little less suffocated . ”

‘No matter what, this is a triggering medicine . ’

The poisons of the Arachne magic tower were very skillful .

First was the perfume, and then the alcoholic beverage . If the two components were absorbed by the body, the person could turn dull or could turn very passionate .

Once the drug activated, the drug lasts for a long time and has some symptoms .

And in that situation, if Luke was enchanted with the Charming magic, he would turn into nothing but a puppet .

‘I don’t know for what, but it seems like things won’t be working so easily for me . ’

Luke was scoffing to himself and took the glass from Margareta .

Seeing him hesitate she smiled .

‘Yes, going according to plan!’ Thought Margareta .

But, even as he was drinking the wine, Luke wasn’t showing any different signs .

He thought that his eyes would turn blurry and get restless like a dog, but he was still able to see the night sky and the stars .

“The star in the chariot is shining very brightly . When the red star shines bright, warfare often takes place . ” Said Luke .

“That, that so?”

“Yes, it isn’t just plain superstition, but the starlight changes because of the change in the mana . If there is a mana change, the weather will start to change… ah, can I have another glass?”

At the request of Luke, Margareta gave him another drink .

The drink wasn’t supposed to be given in huge doses . It was because too much drug could show the side effects .

Luke wasn’t showing any side effects, he wasn’t even showing basic drug effect .

He was able to hold himself because of the experience he had in the past .

When fighting with the army, there were times when assassins that were sent by the kings and the nobles from different countries were ordered to kill Saymon . Among them, there were quite a few attempts of poisoning him .

Which was why Luke found a way to neutralize the poison . And this was why he increased his knowledge about drugs .

‘If it is something that works by mixing, you’re just supposed to not let them mix . ’

Luke realized that the princesses’ perfume was that of Arachne magic tower, so accelerating the magic circle, he began to release the magic which might enter his body .

Because of that, the drug which entered his body through the wine had no effect .

“Well, I need to go back now . Even if it is a little boring, you shouldn’t be away far for too long . ”

“Ah, yes…”

Luke went back to the banquet hall, leaving Margareta alone waiting for the drug to take effect .

‘What the hell went wrong?’

Margareta, who had been thinking to herself, flicked her fingers lightly . The maid who was close to her went and asked .

“Called?”

“Are you sure you got the right herbs?”

At the question, the maids greeted and answered .

Honestly, there wasn’t the palace maid . They were the member of the Arachne magic towers dressed as a maid .

“Yes, just as the princess mama wrote…”

“Then why didn’t it work?!!”

Puck! Crring!

At the same time, the calmness left the face of Margareta . The bottle of wine and glass hit the maids’ head .

Blood was drifting down, but the maid didn’t dare to scream or let her balance go down .

If she did anything worse, she might have to be the next rat in Margareta’s experiment or a human sacrifice .

“To call such ones a wizard…”

In spite of the criticism, the wizards of Arachne magic tower shook their heads .

“I will find another way . I will make a special drug . Please follow me . ” The princess said .

“Yes, princess mama . ”

Even if they weren’t aware of what went wrong and if the things didn’t go her way the next time, she might enslave them .

Margareta was very determined, but she didn’t notice that there were two demons which were watching her move in the dark .