Chapter 948 Who Was The Murderer (Part One)
"Lady Harper, what poison is it?" Derrick, who until then was keeping silent, suddenly asked.
Harper looked at Derrick, her eyes deep and undecipherable. Even though she couldn''t bear to tell him
the truth, she had to. "Darren was drugged by the Spiritual Poison, and... I still haven''t worked out an
antidote yet."
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"What do you mean, Harper?" Daphne asked, staring at her shocked and confused.
Harper knew that the man in ck she hurt a while back must have known her rtionship with Darren.
Because of that, he injured Darren to get an antidote out of her. But Harper didn''t expect that the man
would have hurt Darren so much that he almost died!
"I''m the only one I know who has the Spiritual Poison. There''s no antidote, because I haven''t made
one," Harper exined as she took a deep breath.
Hopelessness grasped Daphne immediately, and she was trembling and staggering backward as she
couldn''t believe what she just heard. "Harper, do you mean that Darren... will die?"
Harper didn''t respond or even look at Daphne. Instead, she just looked at Darren. Although his lips
hadn''t turned darker purple, she knew that he still hadn''t been detoxified. And if she wanted to detoxify
him, she must develop an antidote first. She was the only person who could do that.
"I won''t let him die, Daphne. That''s a promise."
Though still unsure about what would happen to his brother, Daphne calmed down mainly because she
had great trust in Harper. "But wait. You said you are the only one who has this Spiritual Poison. Then,
how could Darren be poisoned?"
"To know that, we have to locate the assassin I attackedst night." Harper''s expression continued to
be grim as she looked at the unconscious Darren. Finally, she revealed what happened. "Last night, my
husband and I met a group of assassins. Their leader was a martial arts master dressed in all ck. He
was wearing this demon mask in bronze. We weren''t able to defeat him, and in order to save our lives,
I had to inject the leader some of the Spiritual Poison I had made before. I wasn''t nning on using it
to other people, but as we were faced with an emergencyst night, I had to. It was the first time I used
it. What I didn''t know was that he would use it against Darren!"
Daphne finally understood that someone wanted to use her brother to force Harper to give them the
antidote. What they didn''t know was that the antidote hadn''t existed yet.
The poison was a desperate move on Harper''s side—she didn''t even think about creating an antidote
for it because she never thought she would ever use it. Now that all of these were happening, she had
no choice but to make the antidote as soon as possible!
"But Harper, will you be able to create an antidote to it?" Daphne asked worriedly.
"I''ll do my best," Harper answered straightforwardly, not wanting to promise something she couldn''t
deliver on.
Once again, Daphne felt her fears vanishing, though notpletely. For her, as long an antidote could
be developed, she really wouldn''t care about anything else.
Harper knew there was a pharmacy in the lord''s mansion, so she immediately asked someone to take
her there.
Upon arriving, Harper immediately turned to Matthew. "Darling, I will stay here for some time to develop
the antidote," she told him. "I will keep youpany. You know, just in case you forget to eat or
something," Matthew responded.
Harper just smiled and followed a servant to the pharmacy. Derrick watched her leave and then
coughed. Daphne turned around and asked, "Father, are you okay?"
"I''m fine. I just don''t know when Her Highness would be able to finish the antidote. Will Darren be able
to hang on?" Derrick said every word slowly, as he already had difficulty speaking.
Although Daphne sensed something wrong with her father, she couldn''t tell what it was. "Don''t worry,
Father. Since Harper had already said that she would do her best, I''m sure that she will find a way to
save Darren. And while she does, I will hunt for the viin who hurt him!"
A glimmer of light shed across Derrick''s eyes. "Darren..."
"Father, you just came back. You must be tired. Go to rest, please. I''ll take care of Darren. I will ask
someone to inform you as soon as I get any news," Daphne said softly.
"Fine."
Derrick then turned around and left, his steps slow and heavy. Daphne felt a pang in her heart, but said
nothing. As soon as he walked out of Darren''s room, Derrick went back to his room. There, he
immediately spat out the blood which he had tried so hard to keep in his throat until that moment. The
blood had a faint purple hue.
After Derrick left, Daphne drove all the people away and demanded, "Quincey, get out!"
A man knelt down in front of her. "Greetings, My Lady."
"What happened to my brother? Why was he injured? Weren''t you by his side? Why did you let him get
hurt so badly?" Daphne controlled her anger and asked.
Quincey Feng said guiltily, "My Lady, it was Master Darren who suddenly asked me not to follow him
and entered his room alone. But before long, he appeared outside your room and got seriously injured.
I don''t know why he got hurt. It is my fault. I should be severely punished."
Daphne was quite surprised. Quincey Feng never left Darren. The master would just ask him to wait
outside when he needed to talk with someone about something private. And very few people could
meet Darren alone without Quincey Feng by his side. Harper was attacked outside the city. Daphne
didn''t think Harper was the murderer even though she had the Spiritual Poison. Otherwise, she
wouldn''t have told Daphne that the poison was from her.
"When did my fathere back?" Daphne asked abruptly.
"His Lordship came back at dawn. He was worried when he heard what happened to Master Darren.
He stayed here all the time and kept injecting energy into his body until you came back with Princess
Harper." Although Quincey Feng was ming himself, he never dared to ck off on his duty. Since he
found that Darren was injured, he had never left him.