Chapter 178
“Your Soul Centipede?” Eliza repeated. With sweat all over her forehead, she raised her head and looked in the direction of the voice. “Oh, it’s you.”
Then, she continued her work and ignored Gilbert.
Gilbert was mad at Eliza for being slighted. “Answer me! Where is my Soul Centipede? Where did you hide it?” he shouted.
Eliza hated being disturbed at work. She impatiently raised her head and glared at Gilbert. “I have it in my place, but why should I give it back to you?”
Holding a hoe, Eliza sneered. “Your poisonous centipede almost bit me. How dare you show up! Aren’t you afraid that I will get you killed?”
“I dare you.” Gilbert held his chin up, and there was contempt on his exotic face. “I will get back at the nuns here if your men
hurt me.
“Holy Lady, you won’t let them suffer for you, will you?” Gilbert thought that he had found Eliza’s weak point.
Eliza sneered. “I dare you to lay a finger on them. You can’t hurt the nuns here, and I won’t return the centipede to you.”
Then, she continued her work. She didn’t want her precious herbs from the pocket farm to get ruined.
Once again, Gilbert felt slighted. Angered, he lifted his foot to enter the backyard. Instantly, there came malicious
momentum.
Without hesitation, Gilbert withdrew his feet, and the malicious momentum dissipated in an instant.
Gilbert quickly understood that he could talk with Eliza but wasn’t allowed into the backyard. He narrowed his eyes slightly.
Rebellious, he lifted his foot again. This time, he didn’t back off and set foot in the backyard.
Instantly, a shadow charged at Gilbert. Then, a fierce fight happened. Tina ordered coldly, “Get out of this yard right away.” “You again! Let’s finish the fight that night. Without disturbance, let’s see who will be the final winner,” Gilbert said.
Tina snorted coldly. “You’re courting death.” The fight between Gilbert and Tina continued in Eliza’s yard.
Eliza ordered without raising her head, “Stay away from my herbs.”
It was understandable for Tina to abide by the order. When Gilbert did the same, things became weird.
In the yard, there was a weird scene. Eliza was busy with her herbs on one side of the yard while her shadow guard and an assassin were engrossed in a fierce fight on the other side.
There was a subtle balance between the two parties. It was getting dark, and the duel didn’t end yet.
Eliza got her work done. After one glance at the two fighters, she headed towards the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Yes, she had a new kitchen in her yard. Mary had that kitchen built after she learned that Eliza would study poison.
In this way, Eliza could dine alone when she was too busy to join the crowd or didn’t want to. The problem was that she should be very cautious not to get herself poisoned.
Half an hour later, Eliza reappeared with three plates of spaghetti and placed them on the table in the yard.
Then, she returned to the kitchen for the forks. Back in the yard, she casually shouted, “Time for dinner.”
Instantly, Tina stopped fighting and ran to Eliza. Gilbert lost his chance to get the upper hand in this fight.
Dumbfounded, he followed his rival over after the fight paused abruptly. With embarrassment, he stood by the table and glanced at the food from time to time.
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“How could you, Holy Lady, cook for others? Is this plate of food for me?” Gilbert asked.
Eliza enjoyed her dinner without raising her head. “No, it’s for Tina. She eats a lot.” Tina nodded. “Yep.”
Gilbert became wide–eyed and then shot one glare at Tina. “How can you eat two plates of spaghetti? Whatever. There are three forks, so this plate
.must be mine.”
Angry, he sat down, picked
Angry, he sat down, picked up the fork, and ate. “Holy Lady is of bad temper, but she is a good cook anyway,” he thought.
Gilbert concentrated on his plate and had a good dinner. In the end, he even scraped the sauce off the plate after all the spaghetti was eaten up.
When he raised his head, he found two intent gazes at him. “What are you doing? Why are you two staring at me?” he stammered.
Eliza was amused. “Have you forgotten your purpose?” Not long ago, Gilbert had threatened Eliza for his Soul Centipede. Now, he had just eaten up her food.
Obviously, Eliza had deliberately prepared three plates of spaghetti. To her surprise, Gilbert was gullible.
At the reminder, Gilbert sprang to his feet, jumped backward, and held his scimitar before him. “Hey, where is my Soul Centipede? Give it back to me, now!”
Eliza tried her best to suppress a mischievous smile. “I ate it.” Instantly, Gilbert became wide–eyed. “What?” he shouted.
“Didn’t you feel it in your spaghetti? It was in your dinner. I minced it and added it to your food. How do you like it?” Eliza asked.
Fury got Gilbert, but he then sneered. “Am I a fool in your eyes? I will know if my Soul Centipede dies. In other words, it is still alive in your place.”
What a fool! Eliza wanted to laugh at Gilbert. She slightly raised her eyebrows after she heard him out. Then, she asked, “If you will feel when your Soul Centipede dies, can you feel where it is now?”
To Eliza, a negative answer would be perfect while a positive one would mean danger. The reason was that Gilbert’s centipede was in the pocket farm.
“I can’t feel its exact location, but I know that it’s here,” blurted out Gilbert. Great! With a faint smile, Eliza said, “I am so relieved to hear that.”
“Relieved? Do you really think that I can’t kill you? Listen! Give me my Soul Centipede right away, or I will poison all the nuns here,” Gilbert threatened.
Eliza sneered. “Really? I am afraid that you can’t.” Right then, Gilbert had a blurred vision. Wide–eyed, he slowly fell to the ground.
Before his blackout, he murmured in disbelief, “Impossible…” The spaghetti wasn’t poisonous because he had checked it in advance. “Why?” he wondered.