Suffering

That day, Theo Moric didn’t know how he got home.

He only remembered that there were two near misses with carriages on the road, but unfortunately, he was not hit.

But in any case, his life was about to end.

That maid he had always dismissed was the mastermind behind the poisoning incident.

Looking at the special mark that suddenly appeared next to his door, Moric’s last bit of luck completely disappeared.

His and his sister’s lives were now firmly in the hands of others.

Taking a deep breath, he regained his usual calm expression and took out the key to open the door.

“Gracie, I’m back. Did you eat well today?”

There was no response. He hurried into his sister’s room and lit the candle.

When he saw his sister sleeping soundly in bed, her breath was fairly stable… he breathed a sigh of relief.

But when he noticed the cold food on the table next to the bed, his heart immediately clenched into a ball.

This was not because the nanny he hired was abusing his sister, but because as the disease worsened, his sister was eating less and less, and her body became weaker, and she had to lie in bed most of the time.

His sister’s condition was already critical.

“Brother?”

At this time, his sister woke up.

Moric immediately adjusted his expression and smiled to chat with her about everyday topics.

Watching his sister desperately force a smile and pretend to be in good spirits so as not to worry him, Moric gradually made a decision in his heart.

Early the next morning, he went directly to the central office.

“Eh, why is Theo so early? Don’t you have to see His Highness Ryan first today?” a colleague asked curiously.

“I have something to deal with, so I came here first.”

Moric said calmly, putting the handover documents he had sorted out overnight into the cabinet in his position.

After thinking about it, he took the documents out again and placed them on the conspicuous table before leaving the office.

Extravagantly hiring a carriage and deliberately asking the coachman to take a small detour, he came to the familiar Crown Prince’s residence.

Soon, he arrived at the conference room.

“Have you chosen?”

He asked the blonde girl calmly.

“I’m sorry, I still think we should recruit some non-noble personnel.” The blonde girl handed him the list.

“Can you even understand what people are saying?”

Moric couldn’t help but get angry, and the anxiety in his heart was revealed.

“I understand, but His Highness Ryan has always been impartial and only employs people according to their talents, and I don’t think it’s a good thing to change rashly.”

The blonde girl said seriously.

Moric was stunned for a moment, then looked down at the list and found that the blonde girl had adopted half of the personnel and listed the reasons for choosing them in detail.

“Even if we only recruit half, those nobles won’t be satisfied.”

“But our people should feel excited and happy.”

Moric was speechless.

He was considering the outside world’s evaluation and how to integrate into the middle and upper-class noble circles.

The blonde girl was considering stabilizing the basic plate, so that the talents from civilian backgrounds in the faction would not have a sense of crisis that they were about to be abandoned.

Although there will definitely be various problems with nobles and commoners mixed together, those trivial matters can be overcome compared to problems in routes and ideas.

“Also, I have slightly modified and supplemented some new plans.”

The blonde girl took out another stack of documents.

Moric silently took it and looked at it carefully.

The more he looked, the more surprised he was.

The more he looked, the more admired he was.

The more he looked, the more calm he became.

His way to solve the dilemma was to deny himself and deny the companions who came from the same background as him.

But the blonde girl affirmed them and planned a bright future for them.

“Who exactly are you, what exactly do you want to do?”

He asked.

“I just want to make this country better.”

The blonde girl very obviously avoided the key questions, which looked suspicious no matter how you looked at it.

But for some reason, Moric felt that she was trustworthy.

At least, the expectation and determination reflected in the other party’s sky-blue eyes were extremely sincere.

Moreover, it was not difficult to see from the plans she proposed that she was different from most people in the world.

She didn’t think that His Highness Ryan was a scourge or a hindrance.

That was enough.

“Then do it according to your plan. As for the list of candidates…”

Remembering that there were no corresponding preparations in the handover documents in the morning, Moric didn’t know what to say for a while.

He couldn’t do it later either.

“Regarding this point, I would like to start by recruiting people from everyone’s relatives.” The blonde girl was prepared.

This was not sharing the spoils or nepotism, but a clever way to solve the loyalty problem of outsiders at once and express the Crown Prince’s emphasis on civilian talents within the faction.

Realizing this, Moric’s last bit of worry completely disappeared.

“Not bad, then I’ll leave it to you later.”

Returning the documents to the blonde girl, Moric smiled and left the conference room.

Not long after, he arrived at a corner of the agreed-upon backyard.

Soon, the mole maid Kena came and handed him a thumb-sized bottle.

“Just add this to the Crown Prince’s lunch box… Don’t worry, the only ones who will be unlucky in the end will be the people in the kitchen.”

Kena smiled sinisterly, “And your sister will receive the best treatment, and you will have inexhaustible wealth and glory for the rest of your life…”

“I know.” Moric said lightly, putting the bottle away.

Kena left, and Moric quietly came to the second floor of the mansion and entered the Crown Prince’s study.

In order to test the people in the mansion, the study was not locked, but a binding magic was arranged in secret, and it would also notify the secret guards to come… but some people had the authority to be exempt.

Seeing that his authority was still there, Moric smiled slightly, and his eyes became firmer.

He didn’t intend to betray the Crown Prince.

The world thought that he had been promoted because he blocked an arrow for the Crown Prince.

But even if he didn’t do that, the Crown Prince would not be in any danger.

It could even be said that he was suspected of deliberately showing off in front of the Crown Prince.

But the Crown Prince still reused him… such kindness by recognizing his talent, he couldn’t repay even if he exhausted his efforts!

Not to mention, if something really happened to the Crown Prince, all of them would be killed by His Majesty, and there would be no wealth to enjoy at all.

He wasn’t so stupid that he couldn’t even think of that.

But he also couldn’t stand by and watch his sister’s life being threatened and do nothing.

He would only have a chance to carry out the other party’s request after tomorrow morning.

So he had to leave the evidence and explanation to the Crown Prince.

He himself would go to work as usual, so as not to alert the enemy, and then when the Crown Prince saw the information left behind and caught the maid Kena, he would run away with his sister on his back.

Well, he and his sister were very likely not to survive.

But he could only do this.

Only in this way could he repay His Highness Ryan’s kindness.

Only in this way could he atone for his sins—he had actually known for a long time that his sister’s illness could not be cured.

He was just worried about other people’s eyes and evaluations, and in order to seek psychological comfort, he had made his sister suffer for so long.

That was why his sister was so pitiful, and still had to be used as a hostage.

He deserved to die.

Soon, Moric wrote his “last will” and put the small bottle on it—

“I advise you not to do this.”

Beside him, a melodious voice suddenly sounded.