[BL] Accidentally Becoming the Healer of the Deranged Archduke novel Chapter 436

Chapter 436: Finding the Trigger

Xion sat on his bed, his thin fingers flipping the pages of the book, adding the details he had missed during the day.

He had deliberately choked Caspian to see if he was the one controlling the Death Walkers. But there was no response.

Even after he cut off those heads, the blood and flesh didn’t entice the creatures in the slightest.

At first, Xion wanted to keep Caspian and slowly extract the truth from him, but he figured it was useless.

His letters had likely been intercepted midway. Perhaps Darius had already realized and stopped sending replies long ago.

No wonder he received a mere few sentences in response, telling him that things were fine. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

In his letters, he had mentioned the situation of the patients and the authorities.

Although most of it was filled with his own itinerary of eating and sleeping on time, he still couldn’t directly cross out the leakage of sensitive information.

Who would have thought even their most trustworthy channel could be intercepted?

With everything that had happened today, Xion was sure of one thing.

There was some trigger that made those human-orcs act on their primal instincts. It wasn’t Caspian.

Even when he killed him, there was no response from the Death Walkers.

Xion had counted the seconds, and it was a longer time than it should have been, especially when there was such a thick scent of blood wafting in the air.

That led him to one conclusion. The real person who held the trigger was hiding somewhere nearby, overlooking everything.

Xion’s actions were too bloody for his ’noble’ image in the hearts of citizens.

It clearly stunned the trigger holder, causing a delay.

Closing his little journal, he put it back on the side table. When he picked up a glass of water, it slipped from his grasp, falling with a loud thud.

The delicate glass shattered, jagged shards scattering everywhere.

The sound was loud enough to send Allen rushing inside.

As to why this Alchemist was still pacing outside his door, Xion had no energy to ask.

"Your Grace, are you alright?"

Xion hummed. "Call someone to clean it."

"I’ll do it," Allen insisted before filling another glass with water and passing it to Xion.

Xion stared at the glass for a beat longer. The stunt he pulled had taken a toll on him.

Beheading so many heads had drained most of his mana, and raising a wall at the gate had wrung him dry.

There was no way he was going to meet Caspian without any protective shield.

Even if those hungry ghouls attacked them, they wouldn’t be able to cross the threshold.

He wanted to do it for two reasons. First, of course, was his hatred for Caspian. He truly wanted to get rid of him and his dirty gaze.

Second was fear.

He wanted to instill fear into the hearts of everyone. If he didn’t, then there would soon be voices in support of Michael.

It was better to suppress them as soon as possible.

And now, as a result, his hands still shook.

Brother... Xion hadn’t said that word to Allen the entire day. And perhaps this was his silent way to exert his authority.

"No. Not hoping, Allen. I know Darius is alive."

"Just one more bite, and I’ll stop. You need to grow a little flesh on you, darling."

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