The Story of Dusk 291 CONSPIRACY

"You mean this all your father and Emperor's plan? But, why they want to poison people?" Senja couldn't understand the logic behind this. "I couldn't see the benefit from this."

Gong Xu shook his head as well as he lay down, the poison wasn't easy to remove, he had been feeling lethargic ever since. "I will need more information about this." Gong Xu said weakly.

"What can I do to help?" Senja lay down beside him as well. "This disease… will it kills people?" Senja asked carefully, she knew Gong Xu felt bad about this, knowing his own creation was being used to harm people, wasn't a good thing to feel.

"No, it will not, but with time the pain will be unbearable and gradually you will wish to die instead." Gong Xu closed his eyes.

"Amazing…" Senja clicked her tongue as she admired the man beside her. "That method is so cruel and you are the one who had invented it…" She shook her head incredulously.

Senja spent another minute to accompany Gong Xu before she sat down and ran toward the door. "I will comeback after I see grandfather off."

This was around the time that Elder Dam would go to the capital city. He must have been looking for her by now.

Senja hastily ran out of the library, but someone bumped onto her when she was about to turned at the corner.

She lost her balance and almost fell to the ground if it wasn't because of the maidservant who held her.

"Young Miss Senja, are you all right?" The young maidservant's voice sounded behind her.

"Yes, I am all right." Senja answered and looked whom she had bumped.

It was Xiao Tianyao.

She shouldn't be surprised with this. Recently, Senja felt like this Prince was everywhere. She would see him in every corners of this mansion.

"Prince Xiao Tianyao." The maidservants who were following Senja gave him the utmost respect, while Senja only nodded her head.

"Prince Xiao Tianyao." Senja said. "I am sorry, I was in hurry because grandfather is about to leave, but I lost track of time when I was reading book."

"It's all right, I am here because your grandfather asked me to pick you up. He had thought that would be your reason." Xiao Tianyao said politely. "Please…" He opened his arms as a gesture for Senja to leave first.

Senja couldn't help but resent his hypocrisy act, but she didn't show it on her face. She was good at pretending now. Somehow, she wondered if she had turned into a bad person.

However, to think about this again, the world wasn't a place for kind hearted and innocent girl like she was used to be, she wouldn't survive if she kept act like that.

"What kind of book that young miss Senja read? I think it must be an interesting book until young miss Senja lost sense of time." Xiao Tianyao started the conversation.

"I read about a disease… I heard there is a strange disease in the capital city." Senja replied. "I am just being curious, what is that…"

"Young Miss Senja always put her interest in strange thing." Xiao Tianyao remarked.

"I don't think I understand with what Prince Xiao Tianyao's mean with his words." Senja said humbly, she wished she could walk faster than this, however, it would be impossible as Xiao Tianyao would sense her anxiousness.

"Not many young girls from respected family put her interest in the matter of nation." Xiao Tianyao glanced at the little girl beside him.

Actually, she wasn't a little girl anymore. She wasn't a simple girl from years ago, there was something different from her now.

"I heard this from grandfather." Senja replied. "And grandfather said this will be his last assignment before he steps down from his position in military and accompany me here." She tried to change the subject.

"Yes, Elder Dam has that plan long time ago." However, Xiao Tianyao wasn't willing to put it down just yet. "Regardless, that doesn't change the fact that Young Miss Senja was a kindhearted person who will think about other."

"Prince Xiao Tianyao flattered me." Senja faintly smiled. "This must be a rare disease that no one knows yet how to cure it."

Xiao Tianyao chuckled upon Senja's statement. "No. Actually I have seen this disease and I know the person who is able to cure it." He said as he looked at Senja with meaningful gaze.

In the other hand, Senja didn't care much about Xiao Tianyao's statement, however, she knew who he hinted.

***

The disease spread so fast among the cities and the people from military had been overwhelmed with the situation that they had to face.

For now, almost all the city in Azura's Kingdom had infected with this disease and people started to move to M city and Q city where the disease had not spread yet.

While the people who had been sick would be left behind. The sick people would be unconscious during the day and would be screaming in pain during night.

This situation also spread fear among the people, they would be either stay at home or they would move to the uninfected city.

Another chaotic situation happened in Azura's Kingdom and there was no movement from the palace.

The Emperor only issued an order, and he made it public, for Elder Dam to fix the problem. Thus, people would assume Elder Dam was the one who responsible for this.

However, because after three months and the problem had not yet fixed, people were getting frustrated and desperate as they started to condemn Elder Dam because of his lack of capability to handle this matter.

They vent out their anger to the military people especially toward Elder Dam because he was the person who has the highest position in this organization.

People doubted Elder Dam and lost their respect toward the Black Sword Clan.

If this situation kept continued, then not only the Black Sword Clan would fall from its glorious name, but also Elder Dam could be sentenced to death for not being able to complete his mission.

The last time Wang Yu went home, Senja accidentally read the letter between her father and the Emperor.

Apparently The Emperor had promised her father the position of the leader of the black sword clan if Wang Yu could execute the plan successfully to overthrow Elder Dam and get the heirloom of the shadow guard.

Senja didn't know what kind of plan that they had planned, but the fact that the Emperor wanted to shift the military power from the black sword clan wasn't something that could be taken easily.

Just like what Gong Xu had told her, L clan and Misty Cloud Clan were the clans that Modama had prepared to take charge after they managed to topple the black sword clan.

And the easiest way to do that was to take down the leader first.

Not only that, once Black Sword Clan fell, Prince Xiao Jun would lost his strongest supporter, if this happened the rest of his supporter would follow.

That was why the Emperor sacrificed his own people.

There would be a change of power if the plan succeeded.

Chapter end

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