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Chapter 36 by Caesar25 Caesar25

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The time in the castle is coming to an end

As a few more days pass, the king gives up on trying to find all behind the plot to steal his diamond. He announces that all guests may leave the castle and he too will depart in two days time. You are somewhat happy to finally get away from this political battleground and return to your little, old and relatively peaceful estate... Though you will miss the place a bit...{if Befriended George = true} And George...{endif}{if Befriended Julia = true} And Julia... {endif}{if Befriended Henri = true} Maybe Henri too... {endif}{if Befriended Marcos = true} And even Marcos...{endif}

Yet, your adventures are not over for the time being... Right after this announcement, Henri comes to you to have a word with you.

Henri: I assume you have heard what the king has just said. It means we have little time to act.

Lily: To act, you say?

Henri: Yes. The time has come.

Lily: For what?

Henri: To finally have a new king on the throne...

Lily: What are you going to do?!

Henri: Oh, I will not be doing anything... You will!

Lily: ME?! What am I even supposed to do?! Should I just run at him and kill him or something?!

Henri: Not a bad idea, but his guards would have you impaled halfway. And keep your voice down or we will both get executed if they hear us talking about such things.

Lily: I wasn't serious! So get to the point, what is it you really want from me?

Henri: Take this little glass. It contains a poisonous mix of aconite and other deadly elements. A few drops of this to anybody's drink or food and that dose is enough to kill a few horses... Share a fine meal with our dear king and let him know, what this little surprise tastes like...

Lily: I... I cannot do that... I would be found and...

Henri: This is the last obstacle between me and my new kingdom... Do not fail me now Lily... I have already told you of my plan, there is no turning back now... That would mean, I would be **** to kill you and neither of us wants that... Tonight there will be a grand feast to properly let the king return to the capital. Your time to act will be there. Best of luck, for both of our sake.

Lily (thinking): Oh no! What am I going to do now?! I can't just **** the king like this... But I also can't refuse Henri's order now... Both decisions would be having a high chance of having me killed! This is an impossible situation!

The evening quickly arrives to put an end to her indecisiveness. The event was organised to grant every guest a mask to cover all their faces, except for the mouth, so they could eat and drink uninterrupted. {if Elegance > 1}You select your most elegant dress for this occasion, exactly the one worn in your dream... That was just a dream, right...?{endif} The guards of the king are on low alert as half of them has already drunk too much to remain anything near sober. You could find a suitable moment to put the poison into the king's drink or meal... Maybe they wouldn't be able to find you afterwards, as the mask would hinder any attempt to identify the ones who were close to the king at the moment of his ****. {if Elegance = 0}(Except, you are the only naked guest, so you would attract too much attention like that too...){endif} But are you ready to attempt to take the life of your sovereign?

Lily (thinking): I am surrounded by people wearing masks and having no idea who is who... Deja vu... I hope this won't turn out the same way as in my dream...!

The guards are definitely on low alert, but you can't just walk to the king and poison his meal like that...

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