The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 1354

Chapter 1354: Not Subtle

Dinner went relatively smoothly until the dessert course was served, and the Queen noticed the friendly laughter and smiling from the children’s table where Princess Rue was seated.

In her mind, that would never do.

She was about to speak up, but the King’s expression caught her attention. He looked pleased with the situation, and he had always had a soft spot for that particular Princess.

Something had to be done.

A brief message to the older Princes, her own sons, set the stage. Today, the brat wouldn’t escape without humiliation. No bastard child was going to suddenly make a run for heir. Not on her watch.

[The Queen needs to work on being subtle. Even the King has noticed her open scheming.] Cara laughed as a pair of older boys stopped a server to add something to the dessert trays headed for the kids table.

For a moment, she seriously considered pretending to be poisoned by whatever they had sent over, just to watch everyone’s reactions when they realized that a pair of Princes had poisoned a foreign emissary.

But when the maid arrived at the table, she was very insistent on which dessert went to Princess Rue, and then remained after serving, as if to be certain that she actually ate it.

That just made it even easier on Cara, who had already sniffed out the magic.

[It’s the opposite of that potion that Cara got from the new demons. It gives you mana poisoning if you eat it.] She informed Karl.

[Are you going to nullify it?] He asked, curious what her approach was.

[Nope. I’m going to eat it. I’ve never been mana poisoned.]

The question was how to do it without causing a scene.

The dessert for the Princess was slightly fancier than the ones for any of the other kids at the table, so it was clearly intended specifically for a member of the Royal Family.

Simply snagging it would be poor manners.

So, the obvious answer was deception.

"You get a different flavour? Are you allergic to one of the ingredients?" Cara asked the Princess, using her best ’curious and innocent’ tone, but a regular conversational volume that would carry to the other tables.

Rue shook her head. "It should be the same, they just make one fancier, so the Royals know what one has been double-checked."

Cara smiled, and the Nobleman sitting next to Karl leaned over to whisper to him.

"Shouldn’t we stop this before it gets out of hand?"

Karl shook his head slightly. "No, let it play out, my associate has already identified the additive and I can reverse the effect. I just want to see their reaction when that cake doesn’t make it to its intended recipient.

Besides, isn’t this scheming just a bit too obvious?"

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