Chapter 275: Double Agent [Bonus - ]
Julia was smart and had been doing her best to avoid dangerous situations but it appears that she had been doing everything on her own. She needed to discipline and educate her maids about her ways as well if she doesn’t want to trigger other kingdoms.
Beth was quite naive to think that she could get away with just getting herself punished after doing something that could have triggered the anger of three kingdoms.
"Lahar would not take this sitting down. My family would be furious if they learned about this as well. And my husband is already seething."
Arabella was trying to make Beth understand the weight of her actions since she doesn’t understand that what she did was not at all protecting her family. It only put her family in more danger since she had triggered the anger of more people.
Beth had no time to fear Lucille right now. What she should fear were the three foes she just triggered. Valeria, Lahar, and Lobelius all at the same time.
If Arabella had not convinced Ferdinand to leave the maid’s punishment to her, Beth and her family would indeed be executed.
Ferdinand didn’t like being toyed around with. Framing Arabella to have cheated not only pissed him off but greatly insulted him as well. He was underestimated too greatly. They thought he would just believe what he sees at first sight without further investigating.
Moreover, Arabella was his wife so of course, he would still listen to her first before everyone else even if the accusation about her was cheating. Ferdinand would hear her out first. Arabella was rather impressed and gave her husband a kiss when he said these.
But what angered Ferdinand the most was the aphrodisiac that was given to Andrew. Arabella could have been forced by Andrew if he lost all his senses due to the drug added to the wine.
Thankfully, Andrew had not finished the whole glass. And after speaking with Andrew, they learned that he had already built some kind of resistance with aphrodisiacs since ladies who had taken a liking to him often made him drink or eat foods with it; trying to get him in bed even if just once.
If Andrew didn’t have that kind of weird resistance, the aphrodisiac effects would have been stronger and he would have already lost himself to lust almost immediately.