Chapter 196 Memories of Mi Funa

There is a saying: "To die before achieving victory will always make the hero shed tears."

Although Mi Funa had never heard of this poem from another world, she felt great pain, grievance, anger and unwillingness when Dresi took her last breath.

After painstakingly planning everything and committing the heinous crime of poisoning the king, the crown prince, and the queen, he was on the verge of achieving power and status second only to the emperor, but his immediate superior died with a shriek due to his own potion...

At that moment, Mi Funa almost couldn't breathe. She could almost hear the sound of the blood vessels on her forehead bursting.

—No, to be honest, Dresi's death wasn't caused by Mi Funa's poison, but by the inexplicable twin curse that had been triggered after Frederick was poisoned. Dresi's soul was pulled and shattered, ultimately leaving her body and dying.

Mi Funa wasn't from the Delman Kingdom, and knew nothing about its "Twin Curse." It wasn't until after Deresi's death that she heard about it from Mebucha: before ascending the throne, King Rupert had engaged in a brutal power struggle with his twin brother, Abreu, which had resulted in half the kingdom being consumed by the flames and an entire city being completely destroyed.

Before his death, King Rupert and his successor, King Franz of Lorraine, placed a curse on their descendants: if twins were born in the royal family, their souls would be cursed to be bound together, living and dying together. If one killed the other, they would also be dragged into hell.

The two kings, who had witnessed the flames of war and bloodshed, believed that this would prevent their descendants from fighting against each other in the future and bringing bloodshed to the country. However, they never imagined that after just a few dynasties, the content of the curse would be misinterpreted and misinterpreted by later generations, gradually evolving into a kind of superstitious legend.

Before her first death, Dresi had never believed in the Gemini Curse. She believed that her unfortunate fate of being bound to Rose Hill was due to her parents' ignorant superstition and preference for her brother.

——Twin brothers and sisters born from the same mother, they are extremely similar in appearance, personality and thoughts. Why can only one of them ascend to the throne, while the other can only stay in an isolated mountain villa and live out his life alone.

Deresi was utterly humiliated, yet she hadn't anticipated that the so-called "curse" wasn't superstition, but rather the very real existence of "blood magic." She ruthlessly eliminated the family members who stood in her way of ascending the throne, but unfortunately, she also "eliminated" herself in the process.

The retribution came too quickly, and Mi Funa was caught off guard and lost everything. She had once had the chance to become the emperor's teacher, but now, the door to wealth, power, and fame was slammed shut before her, leaving her with a broken head and bleeding.

Mi Funa's only consolation was that, to poison the Delman royal family, she had used a brand-new potion. It was colorless and odorless, and it targeted only the Delman royal family's bloodline, triggering flaws within it and causing the body to rapidly deteriorate. This potion left no trace and had never been revealed to the world. No one suspected that the Delman royal family had been poisoned, and no one could connect her to the potion.

She still remembered that she had destroyed all the remaining potions in Rose Hill in a trance. Mebucha seemed to notice her distraught state, but she brushed it off by saying she was very sad after losing her beloved disciple.

She still remembered Mebucha's cold gaze, which seemed to penetrate her soul. Finally, the new great magician sighed and said, "Go to the west city of Eston. It's a good place to settle down."

Mebucha did not give any further reasons. Of course, Mi Funa did not care much about reasons at that time.

She has been displaced and far away from her homeland, and all her accumulated wealth has been spent on funding Deresi's cause to seize the throne - secretly conducting research on a new magic potion, which is a money-eating beast that madly consumes magic plants.

Even though Drexi had accumulated some connections over the years, she would never use the royal family's money to develop a poison to kill the king and queen under their noses. No, such an unusual amount of money would only arouse the royal family's suspicion and investigation.

They can't take the risk.

So Deresi could only pretend to be sick, and Mi Funa used the money for the medicinal materials to research and development. But that money was just a drop in the bucket, and the rest had to be paid by Mi Funa herself.

Honestly, if this were an opportunity to acquire the entire German Kingdom and the royal family's vast wealth, this expense would be a somewhat painful, yet extremely cost-effective investment. However, everything was shattered the moment Drexi breathed her last.

Mi Funa was completely bankrupt.

She hadn't a penny to spend. The only thing she had of value was the Crucible of Time, which had accompanied her for so many years. Even if she was a master of potions, what good was that? She had no money to buy herbs, no money to set up a workshop, and after Deresi's death, she could no longer stay in Rose Hill as the Queen's teacher.

She had nowhere to go, so she followed Mebucha to Eston West City.

Meibucha bought the brewery and gave her some start-up capital. He even took her on a tour of the capital and East Eston under the pretext of relaxing, explaining the origins of the twin curse to her.

Mi Funa was confused, and she almost thought that Mebucha had fallen in love with her. Although she was slightly older than Mebucha, they were well matched in terms of knowledge and research. They had endless topics to talk about magic and potions, which made them a good match.

She quickly weighed the pros and cons in her mind and was almost about to be secretly delighted by this wonderful development when Mebucha's words were like a basin of cold water poured over her head, chilling her to the bone.

She would never forget the moment when Mebucha took her to the front of the palace, looked up at the majestic palace, and whispered casually, "All the direct blood relatives of the Delman royal family are now extinct. If we count down according to the order of the collateral line, my eldest brother will be the one most likely to ascend the throne.

"No matter what your purpose is...well, anyway, as your friend and one of the ultimate beneficiaries, I should lend you a helping hand out of both emotion and reason.

"From now on, live peacefully in West Eston and run the potion workshop... It's a peaceful city, not too far from the capital. All the goodies in the capital will soon be available in West Eston. With your abilities, you'll soon be living a life of plenty."

"Don't covet power and wealth that don't belong to you, and don't wade into those muddy waters again. If you live peacefully, I will always owe you a debt, and you can withdraw from me at any time. But if you dare to attack my brother, I will no longer cherish our friendship."