Everyone's focus was on Zain. He was still laying on the couch, not even paying attention to them. He wanted to sleep as he didn't sleep for a few nights in a row.

"What the hell are you saying? This wine contains poison. Explain?"

Zeidan yelled at top of his lungs.

"Okay, don't hurt my eardrums. Well, why do you think the wine has a unique flavour and it tastes as if it had been aged for 100 or so years? Right, it's because of the Paroma Scorpion Venom."

Paroma Scorpion was a deadly creature. It lived deep underground and was only found in the desert. They were quite rare. And they were famous for their Venom as it was perfect for assassination. It was tasteless and colourless and after reaching inside the body, it could end a common person's life in seconds without leaving any residual in the body.

It is very hard to detect and treat. But procuring one was not an easy task. Firstly, the Paroma Scorpion were very hard to find and the venom sacks have to be extracted with utmost care. If they got damaged, the venom couldn't be preserved longer than an hour. That's why it fetches a high price for it.

"Why the hell are you using it for making wine? Are you out of your mind?"

"Relax, it..."

"Relax, how can I relax when you are poisoning me and everyone who will be drinking this wine."

Zain was irritated by Zeidan's habit of not listening to anyone. After going on and on for ten minutes he finally stopped yelling.

"Finally, done. Now listen to me. You think that I don't know that this is dangerous. I have done many experiments on it by using various animals. And it completely vanished after fifteen days after being dissolved in any solution."

"But it helps in fermentation and ageing of wine. It gives the wine a unique flavour and it tastes as if it has been aged for many years. It is mixed with the wine before fermentation and kept for fifteen days. In these days, venom helps in fermentation and ageing and gets completely dissolved resulting in venom completely nullifying. So, it's not poisonous."

"But drinking it when the process has not been completed yet could be deadly. Of course, for a legendary warrior like you, it poses no threat. So, you can have it. But it won't taste good."

Zeidan didn't know how to respond to it. Whether to be angry or what. When Zain saw that his father was really angry, he finally straightened up and looked much more attentive.

"WHY YOU WOULD USE PO....."

Zeidan stopped himself from saying that out loud. As walls have ears, he didn't want this news to get out.

"Give me one reason why you would use poison for making wine? Heck, where did you even get this poison?"

A sly smile appeared on Zain's face.

"Don't you remember when you tasked Morris with... ahem killing all those old men in the family who were planning a resistance towards you? So, the servant who was incharge of poison for the assassination gave me a living Paroma Scorpion when I asked him 'nicely'."

"It was a female which was soon going to lay eggs. So, I made an atmosphere, so that the Paroma Scorpion could live and breed. Right now, I have more than 100 Scorpions in my manor's basement. I can only maintain that much."

"And about reasons that why use poison? It's simple, who in his sane mind would think of making wine by using poison? Even I discovered this technique accidentally because of that book by Goya Stonehill. So, we don't have to be afraid about our secret being copied and only people in this room and Chris know about it."

This surprised Zeidan a lot. The mission was carried out secretly. Other than him, Morris and his servants who did the deed, no one knew about even his eleven followers didn't know about it. And him raising Paroma Scorpions was an amazing feat. Their Venom was always in high demand. His reasoning was also sound.

"Why do you appear so shocked? It was easy to see the truth behind so-called 'tragedies'. Only ones who died were against you, if I were at your place, I would have let some of our supporters act sick for some time. It would make it look more believable. And you would never want to experience how difficult it is to raise Paroma Scorpion."

"Agh... what? Just forget about it. Let's talk about what we are planning for the future. When are we going to begin our sales? Now that we have six hundred bottles of wine, should we start the sale?" Zeidan was fed up.

Zain thought for a second and said.

"No, I want to make it a big event. Can father throw a party where even the Emperor would be present? There we can launch our wine."

"If I call in some favours I can make sure that Emperor attends. And it would also cost a lot to hold a befitting event. But it can be done. What I want to know is that what will be the reason for this event?"

When Zeidan asked this, both Morris and Raina who were standing all quiet during the whole conversation suddenly said something in unison.

"I have a proposal, my lord." Both spoke at the same time.

"Morris, you go first."

"Master, I think me and Raina have the same thought. I was thinking, that my young master would be turning Ten in four months. I think it would be the best occasion for celebration."

Raina also agreed to it. However, Zain was not much pleased by this proposal.

"Although, I don't like the idea of me being shown around to unknown people like I am some kind of rare animal. But I can't think of a better occasion, and it would be four months later giving us much time to prepare. Also, father, you will be receiving quite a gift from me, they should arrive after the harvesting is done next month."

Zeidan was a little surprised by this statement but he refrain from asking more. And asked something else.

"Now, what about your training?"

"MY WHAT!!!"