The Poisonous Princess Who Successfully Infiltrated the Enemy as an Employee - Chapter 57

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Chapter 57.

The footsteps of the knights dragging the false Belia away like luggage faded into the distance.
Heavy silence descended once more upon the disheveled bedroom.
Varcan, who had been standing motionless with sword in hand, approached me.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
His dark eyes swept quickly across my neck and wrists—a keen, searching gaze meant to confirm the absence of any wounds.
“As you can see, I’m perfectly fine.”
I shrugged and replied matter-of-factly.
“What happened?”
“I’m not entirely sure myself.”
I glanced at the spot where the false Belia had been standing moments before.
“She suddenly flew into a rage and came at me like a madwoman.”
“Suddenly?”
“Yes. She screamed at me not to call her that.”
……
A deep crease formed between Varcan’s brows—the expression of someone utterly bewildered, unable to comprehend.
Regardless, my thoughts turned to the intruder who had appeared in Belia’s form.
‘She inhaled a considerable amount of Sleep Powder, so she’ll be out cold for at least a day.’
The real problem came after she woke up.
‘I have no idea what she’ll say when she comes to.’
I didn’t know how loyal she was to the Guild.
But if things went wrong, my name could easily be dragged into it.
I had only just managed to shake off the misunderstanding about being a mad princess and was beginning to earn Varcan’s trust.
‘And the Lacrion Mountain Range expedition has only just started moving.’
If it came out that I was a false princess sent here on the Guild’s orders—
‘No choice, then.’
I stared coldly into the corridor where the intruder had vanished.
‘There’s only one way.’
It was then that Varcan asked me.
“But how did you subdue her?”
His gaze landed on my small hands.
“She appeared to be a trained assassin.”
“Ah.”
I casually fluttered the empty sheet of paper I’d been holding.
“This.”
“Paper?”
“I had Sleep Powder packed inside this paper.”
……
“I carry it every day for self-defense.”
At my answer, Varcan’s brow creased slightly.
“I understand that Sleep Powder requires time to take effect. You’re saying you anticipated this situation and had her ingest it beforehand?”
I laughed softly at that.
“Of course not. This is an instant-acting formula.”
“Instant-acting?”
“Yes, instant activation! The moment she inhales it—boom! Out like a light!”
At that, Varcan fixed me with a suspicious look.
“What? That look that says don’t lie to me?”
……
“No, really. It’s a special Sleep Powder I made myself! The potency is absolutely reliable! It puts adult men to sleep in just one second, not to mention most magical beasts!”
After my proud declaration, silence settled over the bedroom.
……
……
For some reason, Varcan’s eyes had grown cold and distant.
He was silent for a long moment, lost in thought, before he finally opened his mouth slowly.
“Perhaps.”
The gaze he turned on me was chilling.
“Did you use it on me at the Western Spire?”
“……What?”
My heart dropped in that instant.
‘What, what is this……? Could he actually remember that day?!’
Or had he deduced all of it just from hearing the words Sleep Powder?
I forgot to deny it in shock, blinking helplessly.
Perhaps my reaction confirmed something for him.
“So it was…….”
Varcan murmured to himself in a voice dangerously low.
I sensed the danger by instinct and quickly thrust my hand up.
“Ah, yes! This, this!”
“…….”
“It seems to be a Magical Artifact! The intruder was wearing it! I took it!”
I thrust the bracelet I’d seized from the intruder into his hands and averted my gaze.
“They used it to alter their appearance.”
“…….”
Perhaps my effort to change the subject was transparent enough.
After studying me for a long moment, Varcan didn’t press further, accepting the Magical Artifact with feigned reluctance.
His rough fingertips traced the bracelet’s engraving slowly.
“A Supreme-Grade Mana Stone was used.”
“Mm.”
My eyes brightened as I watched the tip of his fingers.
“You can tell just by looking at it?”
“I’ve seen many.”
Varcan replied flatly.
It made sense, really—as the head of the Territorial Authority, he was a field operative who directly supervised merchants dealing in high-grade Mana Stones and their distribution.
Just then, a question occurred to me.
“But you arrived awfully quickly.”
Varcan’s fingertips stilled.
I tilted my head.
“Not long after the intruder collapsed.”
“…….”
“The door’s destroyed.”
“…….”
“As if you were waiting right outside it.”
Silence fell, sharp and suffocating.
I opened my eyes slightly.
“……Why did you suddenly fall silent?”
“…….”
“Or—was that really it? You truly were watching outside the door?!”
“…….”
“So what? Are you worried I’ll scheme with some other princess of Delmar?! Is that it? Tell me!”
When I pressed him sharply, Varcan spoke.
“It’s not that.”
“Then what?! Why would you wait outside a room where sisters were having a private conversation!”
At that, Varcan stared in the direction the intruder had been dragged and answered.
“I knew she wasn’t a princess.”
“……What?”
“Her appearance was layered over with a Magical Artifact.”
“…….”
“So I was prepared.”
I froze for a moment, my breath catching.
‘What, what is this? How could he possibly……?’
I suppressed my shock as best I could, pulling my mouth taut into an awkward smile.
“How did you know that? I didn’t even know until I found out myself…….”
“My eyes see differently.”
Varcan replied steadily.
“I see her True Face beneath the transformed appearance.”
“…….”
I quietly wrapped my wrist with my gloved hand.
Cold sweat trickled down my spine.
Wow, this is insane!
‘That was too close.’
If I’d run into Varcan while using the Magical Artifact without knowing this, everything would’ve come undone.
He’d have discovered that I’d been pretending to sleep all this time, deceiving everyone’s eyes while using the Magical Artifact at dawn to roam the Magic Tower Master’s domain freely.
Someone who can pierce through a Magical Artifact of such quality in an instant wouldn’t hesitate to see through mine either.
‘I need to be careful. What if the masked knight can see through it the same way he does?’
Wait……
What if the masked knight really can’t be deceived either, just like Varcan?
I swallowed hard and asked carefully.
“Then……, do all knights who wield Aura see through things like you do?”
Varcan shook his head without hesitation.
“I don’t think so.”
……
“Throughout the entire empire, I’m the only one who’s ever had eyes like these.”
Despite possessing such an extraordinary ability, Varcan spoke with remarkable indifference.
Still, it was a relief. It meant the other knights couldn’t see through it.
The Magical Artifact would still be useful for evading the Guild members or the masked knight.
But the fact that it doesn’t work on Varcan……
‘……I just wasted money for nothing.’
Wasted coin and nearly crossed paths with a mad Magic Tower Master — there was no loss greater than this.
Blast it.
Life really never goes the way you want it to.
‘I wonder if he’d give me a refund if I went back and asked……’
No, that won’t work.
‘If I went back asking for a refund, my head might roll right off.’
Forget it.
I pressed my lips together firmly.
‘Right, I just won’t use it in front of Varcan, that’s all.’
After all, I’d bought this Magical Artifact in the first place to fool the masked knight who’s been searching for me.
Yes, that’s right.
I reassured myself.
At least I can still deceive the masked knight — I should be grateful for that much.

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