King Ducasse’s face stiffened, and he regained someposure.


    He clenched his hand tightly, forcing himself to remain calm.


    Once he had calmed down, he felt a sense of relief that Martha had stopped him from doing something rash earlier. Otherwise, the injustice done to his mother might never have been cleared.


    King Ducasse nced sideways at Martha who was standing beside him and said, “You’re right. We need to think this through carefully.”


    After discussing for a while in Side Pce with the other two people present there, Martha decided to go alone and visit the Lucas family.


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    Half an hourter, Martha arrived at the Lucas Residence, directly heading towards her grandmother’s room.


    Sincest time when Gage’s family got into trouble after what happened between them, she could feel that this house was much more despondent.


    If Uncle rk also got into trouble, she didn’t know if her grandmother could bear it…


    As soon as she entered her grandmother’s room; rk was sitting inside chatting with the old Mrs. Lucas.


    rk was gentle and patient as ever, looking at the old Mrs. Lucas with concern in his eyes.


    Ever since she returned to the Lucas Residence, it had been Uncle rk always asking how she was doing.


    Martha thought about this as she approached rk and started talking, “Uncle rk! What brings you here today?”


    rk looked kindly at the girl before him and replied smilingly, “I’m not busy today so I came back home early just to spend some time with your grandma.”


    Martha pretended not knowing much about what Uncle rk did these days and asked curiously, “What are you busy with these days?”


    rk didn’t change his expression one bit but answered warmly. “Well, I manage some properties which bring me ie enough for my livelihood.”


    Martha nodded lightly, then suddenly asked another question, “I heard you also run a pharmaceutical factory? You must be quite an entrepreneur!”


    She knew deep down inside that Uncle rk wasn’t someone ordinary, maybe even someone hiding a lot of secrets.


    rk voluntarily gave up his position in the Lucas family and the power he had in the royal court to focus solely on running his pharmaceutical factory.


    It was not surprising if this factory was special.


    Just as Martha was thinking this, rk’s kind voice interrupted her thoughts.


    “It’s just an ordinary pharmaceutical factory, which I rely on to make a living.”


    Martha then looked at rk with intense eyes.


    “A friend of mine mentioned a drug called Sibi a few days ago. I wonder if Uncle rk has heard of it?”


    As soon as rk heard this, his face turned cold and his gaze towards Martha became hostile.


    How could she know about this drug when she had only just returned to Z Country? Had she discovered something about him?


    rk was alerted, but he remained calm on the surface.


    “I have heard of that drug before, but it disappeared a long time ago so I haven’t seen it for years.”


    “Well then, I was just curious,” said Martha feigning disappointment as she shrugged her shoulders and turned to her grandmother sitting next to her.


    rk continued observing every move Martha made for some time before suddenly asking, “Why did you suddenly ask about that drug?”


    “I heard there was a legendary story behind it in Z Country before disappearingpletely. So I wanted to learn more about it,” replied Martha without giving anything away which left rk clueless why she asked him about Sibi.


    After chatting briefly on other topics for some time, rk excused himself from the Lucas family.


    Martha watched his back, lost in thought.


    The way he acted earlier clearly indicated that he knew something but didn’t want to say anything.


    When she mentioned Sibi earlier, there was an obvious chill in his eyes which quickly disappeared, yet Martha still noticed it.


    After the dialogue just now, Martha felt like Uncle rke wasn’t as simple as he appeared.


    Also, information from King Ducasse’s investigation pointed towards rke being the real mastermind behind everything happening.


    Martha thought about rk’s seemingly friendly demeanor, but in reality, he was ruthless and calcting. The thought sent shivers down her spine.


    rk was far more terrifying than she had imagined.


    Just then, the old Mrs. Lucas sitting in a wheelchair suddenly moved her hand.


    Martha saw her grandmother’s movement and smiled as she approached her saying, “Grandma, are you tired? Let me take you back to your room.”


    Soon enough, Martha pushed her grandmother back to her room.


    The old Mrs. Lucas couldn’t speak and struggled to pat Martha’s arm with her hand as if signaling for her to stop.


    Martha was shocked by her grandma’s movement and stopped moving while looking her grandma with shock.


    “Grandma, can you move?”


    The old Mrs. Lucas noddedboriously before pointing at the medicine on the table with difficulty and then pointing at herself while making a whimpering sound.


    Her grandma’s expression was extremely grimacing in pain that made Martha feel heartache just by looking at it.


    She guessed from her grandma’s bodynguage that there must be something wrong with what she ate this time around.


    And all these medicines that Grandma was taking were brought by rk every time he came over for a visit.


    Martha’s pupils contracted slightly as she anxiously spoke out what was on their mind.


    “Grandma, are you saying there’s something off with these medicines brought by Uncle rk?”


    The old Mrs. Lucas heard nodded while tears glistened in her eyes.


    Martha’splexion darkened upon hearing this.


    Ever since her grandma had a stroke, all the medicines she took had been brought by rk.


    Initially doctors said that Grandma’s condition wasn’t severe; they didn’t know why she hadn’t recovered yet. Could that be the reason?