12.3 Pay the price
Seeing his calm demeanor, Shu XinYi was not fooled. According to the world background, and Hakim's PoV, Sir Javed played an active role in pushing Hakim to make the nature pill, and drive him to deliver it to Raka himself. Hakim was genuinely smitten by his presence since he was a genius master of pill crafting, and even a great researcher.
Even when he reached his end, or well, was in a state of suffering till the ends of time, it was not until quite a few years had passed that Hakim realised how he had been tricked by Sir Javed. Even then, Hakim couldn't figure out why he would do so; they shared no grudges, nor was Sir Javed getting any benefits from unleashing Raka upon the middle realm, except perhaps his own inevitable destruction by Raka's wrath. So why?
Shu XinYi stared at those emerald green eyes with intrest, as they curiously inspected the pills Shu XinYi had presented.