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Can You Trust Me?

"Urgghhh…" Francis suddenly fell on his knees and vomiting blood. His face turned really pale and he look so weak. I, who had just entered his office, hurriedly took a handkerchief and approached him. "What happened? This is not your first time vomiting blood!" I asked, pretending to panic. I knew the reason why he was in this state, it was because I poisoned him. "Cough… cough…" he coughed as he was vomiting blood. "I'm fine. As you said this is not my first time vomiting blood so I can handle it." He said after he stopped vomiting blood. "But I guess you have to stop pretending." He paused and moved his body closer to me. "Charlize," he whispered right to my ears. He still looked so weak due to the poison but he seemed like already used to it. "I know it is you who make me in this state." ------------- Hi everyone!!!  Thank you for supporting me this far, and sorry for not continuing this work. Somehow I lost my pace and mood regarding this work, so I just can't continue. This story actually ended with Francis and Olivia living happily ever after as the crown prince and princess, with their supporter still working with them. Once again, I'm sorry about this, and thank you for your support. I will be back with a new and fresh story see you

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The Sparring Day (Olivia POV)

The sword sparring between Francis and Roosevelt was held two weeks after I proposed it. Seems like Rosaline and Duke Ashford considered this sparring as a good opportunity to show who Roosevelt really was. They wanted to show that Roosevelt was the best prince in the empire.

That afternoon, a lot of nobles came to watch the sparring, including Duke Gardson. This was another reason to show Roosevelt's skill. If Roosevelt performed well, then his supporters would increase.

The Ashford family also would eliminate Francis in this sparring by poisoning him. The poison used was the one made from drugs from the Helsa Kingdom. Even though the research about this poison hadn't been done yet and it was so slow to show its effect, it was so strong. Until it was used that day, a single drop of it could kill an ordinary person within three hours.

This was the reason why I proposed the idea of sparring. Because once the research was done, I couldn't do anything to Francis if he was poisoned with the perfected poison. He maybe could die within a second. So, it was better for him to be poisoned before the research was done.

Also, for me this sparring result would determine my next step. If Francis survived this, then I could use him to drag the Ashford family down, crashing them without anything about them left. But, if Francis failed, then I had to find another way to ruin this family.

"This sparring will raise Prince Roosevelt for sure. I like your idea Olivia." I just came and sat at Rowan's side at the audience seat. I was adding a drop of poison to Francis' water before.

"Thank you, Rowan. In the end, Prince Roosevelt will be the one who will ascend the throne in the future."

A few moments later, the sparring started. After the host did the opening, Francis and Roosevelt entered the training ground with their swords.

Francis, had he drunk his water? Would he be alright? I hoped he could survive this poison as he used to. Please survive this sparring and win it. If so, we could ruin the Ashford family as we wish for. You could beat Roosevelt even before the final test!

"Then, the fight will begin!!!"

'Tak tak' Roosevelt jumped and swung his sword over Francis, while Francis blocked it. Without any hint of hesitation, both of them attacked each other. 'Clank clank' their swords clashing as they kept attacking without any sign they would stop.

Roosevelt, who came from the Ashford family, was obviously known with his skills. Everyone was expecting him to win this sparring. Moreover, Francis just officially learned swordsmanship when entering the successor class. It was an easy fight for Roosevelt. That was how people thought.

But, they didn't know that Francis was a great swordsman. He silently practiced his skill from the time he knew Noah. He just hid this skill until sparring, so everyone would underestimate him.

'Slash…' Francis' left arm was scratched.

"That prince, he showed quite a good skill. I guess he was a quick learner." Rowan commented with a flat face. He was staring on the training ground, analyzing how the sparring went.

But I felt a little bit uneasy about the way Rowan was staring. I felt something dangerous from him. What was this dangerous situation? I felt Rowan actually saying that he was suspicious of me. Or, was this only my feelings?

"But still Prince Roosevelt is much better than him. He just held his sword for several months, while Prince Roosevelt has held his sword since he was young." I added.

Rowan looked at me. "I know it, Olivia. But do you think that something is weird? I felt like Prince Francis lasted for too long. Roosevelt's skill is much better after all."

So, he was suspicious. "Maybe Prince Roosevelt hasn't shown his best yet. Or Prince Francis just working so hard these days."

Rowan didn't answer me. He just continued watching the sparring, so did I. The sparring between princes started to become more fierce. Roosevelt got more serious and moved faster. The same went for Francis. He moved even better than before, making everyone surprised.

"Isn't that prince always that good?" "I heard Prince Francis isn't good at sword fighting, but now he shows a good skill." "He can spar with Prince Roosevelt well. I was thinking Prince Roosevelt would win easily." Everyone who watched murmured.

'Clank.. Clank..' The swords kept clashing against each other for a long time and 'tak.' Roosevelt's sword fell. His face turned pale as he was in shock, then it became red. Angry and shame mixed, shaking his heart. He couldn't accept his defeat after all.

"THE WINNER OF THIS SPAR IS PRINCE FRANCIS!!!" The host announced the winner.

Everyone was shocked, not expecting this result. I could see Rosaline's face was reddened, holding her anger. The same went to the duke and Rowan. Their faces were red. While me, I was holding my laugh. This was a good view for me.

I followed Rowan, who stood up and walked to his father's seat. "How can this happen?!" Duke Ashford asked once we met. He didn't even wait for Rowan and me to finish our greeting.

"Olivia!" Rosaline came. "Can you explain what happened?" She was angry. Her son just lost to an incompetent prince, of course she couldn't accept it.

"Please calm down, your highness. The main plan hasn't been done yet. The poison consumed by the first prince must be in effect now. I will go and check on him." I answered, trying to calm them down.

Rosaline sighed. "You're right. Then go and check if he's dying or not."

I bowed then left them. I went to Francis' room as fast as I could; I even almost ran. Francis, please survive. If you die, then it will be hard for me, or even your mom!

"I wanted to meet the first prince, where is he?" Once I arrived at the palace, I asked a random servant.

"I saw him entering his office, my lady."

I walked to Francis' office. My heart was beating so fast due to the hurry. 'Cough… cough..' I stopped right in front of the office door. There was a coughing voice from inside it. The poison, it had worked.

I exhaled abruptly to release the tension in my mind, then opened the door. "Francis!" I ran toward Francis with my handkerchief and knelt beside him to help. He was kneeling on the floor as he was coughing and vomiting blood, with Noah who was bsides him. "What happened to you so suddenly?!"

Francis looked so weak. His face was so pale and when I touched his hands, they felt cold. "Cough… cough.." He coughed and vomited blood.

"Just what happened now? Another poison?" I asked with a worried tone as I wiped his cold sweat. "This one must be stronger than before, his body's immune to several poisons, right?"

Suddenly, Francis raised his body a bit. "My body is immune to several poisons, so don't worry that much." His voice was so weak and low. "But I guess you have to stop pretending..." He moved his body closer to me. "Charlize," he whispered to my ear. "I know it was you who made me in this state."

I was stunned at that moment. Francis, this prince, he knew my secret. "How… How much do you know? How can you know it?"

"I know you're Charlize. I know that you're the one who is poisoning me. But it's not important for you to know this fact." His voice was still weak, but it was cold. "Do you have anything that you hide? Why are you betraying me? I'm just a prince who has nothing."

Should I explain everything? Was that the right time? I smirked and said, "do you want to know another secret of mine? Noah, the person who you killed that day was actually Francis' mom."

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