6 The Cat’s identity (3)

Quince had no chance to protest as he got dragged in to the room.

The room inside was decorated lavishly, as expected of the 5 star cruise. However, the curtains were completely torn, along with the bedsheet and pillows that were completely destroyed. Various furnitures were also broken, as if there a fight had happened in this room.

A body laid unmoving on the bed. Queen walked over with Quince to inspect the corpse together. The man's throat was slashed and a lot of blood pooled around him, tarnishing the bedsheets beneath him completely. Before Queen could inspect further, her world suddenly turned black.

"You don't need to see it." Quince whispered softly beside her ear as he covered her eyes with both his hands. It was too late to stop her from coming inside, but at least he didn't want her to suffer from nightmares due to the corpse.

"Mister Cat? Mister Cat, what are you doing?" Queen asked, feeling slightly confused as she placed both her hands on top of his.

"Covering your eyes" was his obvious reply. He didn't even bother to correct her way of addressing him as he was slowly getting used to her weird nickname for him.

Queen understood his intentions and chuckled lightly. Her cat was just so damn cute trying to protect her from this bloody mess.

"It's alright. I'm not afraid. You can let go of your hands Quince." Queen said gently. It was the first time she actually called his name without mocking him.

As soon as Quince heard her call his name, his chest tightened again. It was the first time she said his name devoid of any mockery in her tone. His reactions were making him wonder whether he had heart problems. He made a mental note to go meet his physician as soon as possible.

Quince slowly uncovered her eyes and put his hands down. Queen flashed him a sweet smile before continuing on with her inspection.

The man was around 40 years old. He died with his eyes opened and a shocked expression on his face. His dark brown hair was messy and his black eyes were devoid of any life. He was probably around 160 cm talk and 72kgs. Queen looked around and saw 2 glasses of wine on the bedside table. She walked over and sniffed the glass without touching it.

She turned around to see Quince looking at her. He was wearing his signature non expression on his face.

"There is poison in this wine glass." Queen informed him.

Quince looked surprised at what she said. However, in the next moment his face darkened and he immediately pulled her over to stand in front of him. He started checking her pulse and inspected her eyes before letting her go.

"You shouldn't go around sniffing things! That poison could have harmed you!" He yelled at her, angry that she put herself at risk, yet again.

"Quince! You don't have to worry! I have been trained to withstand poisons since a long time ago, I'm completely alright. Besides, I have a special cure for all poisons in my purse clutch right here." She said as she held her little purse to show him.

Queen was trying her best to calm the man and reassure him. However, it did the opposite instead.

"Trained in poisons? Special cure? Right, I should have asked this a long time ago, but since so many things happened, it completely passed over my mind. Who are you and what's your name? Why do you seem to know so much about poisons?" Quince narrowed his eyes dangerously at her. He was fuming and berating himself for being naive enough to let her follow him. What if she was the culprit and created that prank just to mislead him?

Even though his brain was being completely rational about the situation, it did little to cajole his heart into believing that she's the culprit. That stubborn thing already trusted her since the moment it first saw her. It was bloody annoying!

Queen was shocked silly by his statement. She couldn't believe her cat wouldn't trust her and even accuse her of murder! Pain colored her eyes as she looked at him. Quince saw that and visibly gulped before resisting his abrupt urges to hug and console her.

"Very well then!" Queen said with determination in her eyes. She decided that it's time to introduce herself to him. Queen immediately gave him a graceful curtsy before throwing the bomb at him.

"Nice to meet you Master Quince Aoi de Roi estplanada. My name is Queen. Queen de la Meilleure, your fiancée."