Chapter 39: Poison
Walking around this shabby... no, eerie palace to inspect it, with the accompaniment of Brunna, the other maid who came with her, Grenda was still trying to forget the earlier experience she had gone through.
Her mind was absent, her face blank, but Brunna, seemingly not noticing that, suddenly expressed her worry and said, "Are we really going to kill the prince?"
"Even though he’s this small?"
She seemed to falter in her decision, as she suddenly felt sorry for the prince, who was still just a child.
On the other hand, Grenda, who came back to her senses when she heard her, immediately glared at her and said, "What do you mean, killing? We’re just here to execute the orders we were given... nothing more, nothing less."
"No matter what happens to him, it doesn’t have anything to do with us."
Brunna, pursing her lips at what she heard, said, "But we’re the ones poisoning him. With our own hands."
Grenda, trying not to snap at her companion, especially now, when she was already on edge, patiently said, "Again, what do you mean by poison? We’re just giving him medicine!"
Brunna seemed intent on saying more... She, who had actually come here eagerly, even knowing what kind of task awaited her, suddenly started to pity the prince. She seemed to find a passion from somewhere. And noticing that, Grenda finally snapped. In a loud voice, she said... no, pleaded:
"Please. What do you want me to do then?"
"We can’t change anything, even if we go back now!"
"And in the first place, is it our fault that he’s being targeted?"