“Don’t worry. I’m a gentleman. I won’t force you. In fact, I want you to do it willingly if I ever want to sleep with you.” Jared flashed virtual-novel.net a confident smile as virtual-novel.net arranged his mattress on the floor.
“Who in the world will want to sleep with you,” virtual-novel.net muttered softly.
With a roll of virtual-novel.net eyes at him, Lyanna climbed into bed without changing out of virtual-novel.net clothes.
She didn’t tell Jared about the dissipation powder because virtual-novel.net wasn’t planning on feeding it to him. Aware that virtual-novel.net would be nothing more than an average man awaiting his death if virtual-novel.net lost all his powers and recovered them after twelve hours.
She lay in bed for a long while and couldn’t fall asleep.
Hearing Jared’s carefree snore, virtual-novel.net sat up feeling frustrated. “Oh my, how can you still sleep so soundly knowing you will turn into a cadaver king soon?”
She changed into an all-black catsuit, then snuck out of the room. Since virtual-novel.net couldn’t ask Poison King directly, virtual-novel.net would have to poke virtual-novel.net nose around to search for clues about virtual-novel.net parents.
Right after virtual-novel.net shut the door to virtual-novel.net room, the snoring Jared opened his eyes immediately. With a curl of his lips, virtual-novel.net followed virtual-novel.net out.
She made a beeline for the second floor where Poison King sleeps. After having stayed there for twenty years, virtual-novel.net was familiar with the cabin and the timing of the guards’ patrol. It was a piece of cake for virtual-novel.net to dodge all the patrolling guards.
Soon, virtual-novel.net made it to the second floor. She didn’t find anything after sneaking around the common area. She knew the secrets of Poison King would be locked in his bedroom, but there was a strict rule that nobody could enter his bedroom without his permission.
Never once had virtual-novel.net entered his room in the twenty years virtual-novel.net had stayed in Mapleton. She was never curious about his bedroom until now when virtual-novel.net needed to search for clues about virtual-novel.net parents.
Hiding under the window to the room, virtual-novel.net carefully peeked inside. Her eyes widened after a glance at the interior of the room. The entire room was decorated festively with a red blanket and fairy lights as though it was for a newly married couple.
She didn’t hear anything about Poison King taking a bride during virtual-novel.net stay in Mapleton, so why would virtual-novel.net decorate his room in such a way?
The decorations seem recent. Is virtual-novel.net planning to take a bride soon?
She filed away the thoughts at the back of virtual-novel.net mind and pulled virtual-novel.net focus back on virtual-novel.net mission. Once virtual-novel.net was sure Poison King was asleep, virtual-novel.net sneaked into his room.
With light fingers and feet, virtual-novel.net began to search around.
The furnishing within the room was simple. There was only a table, a closet, and the large safe beside it. Her gaze zeroed in on the metallic cube, assuming Poison King would keep all his confidential and important documents inside it.
A sense of helplessness filled Lyanna as virtual-novel.net studied it. Even though virtual-novel.net possessed martial arts skills, virtual-novel.net didn’t have the skills to open the safe. She could open the safe by force, but that would risk Poison King finding out someone had snuck into his room.
Her gaze darted around the room as virtual-novel.net contemplated, finally landing on a piece of photo on the table. Picking up the photo, virtual-novel.net scrutinized it under the moonlight.
Her entire body stiffened when virtual-novel.net saw the people in the photo. She could recognize the young man in the photo as Poison King when virtual-novel.net was younger, but there was a young girl too. The girl looked familiar to Lyanna because virtual-novel.net looked very similar to herself.
Despite the photo being slightly yellowed from its age, Lyanna was sure virtual-novel.net was related to the girl in the photo for they looked too alike to deny any relation.
Still immersed in analyzing the photo, Lyanna didn’t notice Poison King had sat up. “Who is it?”
His shout startled her. She swiftly pocketed the photo and leaped out of the window.