Chapter 54

"He is the most selfish person in this world."
"Is it really worth giving everything for someone like that?"
Sophia couldn't give an answer to this question.
Maybe in the mind of the man whose existence was erased, it was just worth it.
All his efforts, all the meaning of his existence, became meaningless because of a mistake, which is probably the cruelest thing for that person.
Nick, who was listening quietly at the bottom, clenched his hand under the table, then smiled slightly and said, "I don't think it's worth paying so much for someone who killed his own brother for his rights, probably that person is really crazy."
Aaron tossed the letter aside and lay down on Sophia's lap, not saying whether he agreed with him or not, even Sophia couldn't see through him at this moment.
"There's no point in discussing this now." Sophia's hand over Aaron's eyes, said firmly, "A wrong done is a wrong done, and no amount of tragic past can be forgiven."
She nodded toward Nick and said softly, "It's been a hard day for you, you're still wounded, forget about that and go back and get some rest."
Nick gave her a salute and said, "I will send someone to investigate this matter secretly."
When he left, Sophia only lowered her head and whispered to Aaron: "Now we can determine the rebel leader's relationship and purpose with you, and his killing you for revenge is not different from the rebel's original intention."
"Karida letter that mixed into the palace is afraid that this person, long-term use of psychotropic drugs, I am afraid that because in that rebellion witnessed the death of important people stimulated, the next search can start from this side."
"You can also think about whether you've ever found someone closer to you taking drugs for a long time."
Sophia's voice was very soothing, allowing Aaron's tangled thoughts to slowly calm down.
He followed her prompting and his mind flashed back to a time when he saw Nick secretly taking his medication, and at that time he was concerned enough to ask him what was wrong, and Nick said he had recently caught a cold and had gotten some medicine from his doctor.
Aaron shook his head in self-deprecation, he was also a little confused, at that time were confirmed with Nick only cold medicine, he must be too distracted by these things, which will be suspected.
Sophia didn't really want to get any information out of him, she just wanted to divert Aaron's attention and make him think about something else.
She thought about it and added, "The clearance is still necessary, but in order to avoid suspicion, I suggest not to put Nick in charge of this matter anymore, you can let the intelligence department secretly investigate the movements of everyone in the palace in recent times, maybe we can find something."
Sophia has a point; Aaron has no comment.
"Do as you say."
Nick came out of the main hall and went straight back to his room, encountering servants on the way, he responded with a smile as usual.
Nick's appearance is not as good as Aaron's, but also very handsome, is the dream of many younger servants in the palace, see him a smile, can be happy half a day of joy.
They all think that Nick is a very good-tempered person, very gentle to anyone, there is no distinction between noble and lowly in the heart.
But they could not imagine that the man they thought was very good-tempered, after closing the door, revealed another side buried under the perfect skin.
Nick smiled at the passing servant before closing the door, and as soon as it was closed, the whole man collapsed, trembling all over, with a face of anger and hatred never before seen by outsiders.
He opened his mouth slightly and hissed silently, his fingers gouging the ground so hard that his fingertips were worn out.
He curled himself up in an extremely insecure position.
He just lay there on the cold ground for more than half an hour, and when he got up again he had recovered decency, washed his hands, changed his clothes, opened the door again, and went about his business dutifully.
While waiting for the results of the investigation, Sophia used this time to meet alone with a few maids who had confirmed their identities without doubt, they were the servants responsible for cleaning most of the palace.
"You usually see a lot of people in the palace, have you ever noticed who is constantly on medication?" Sophia asked, thinking about it, and then changed the question, "Or seen anyone whose room had a strange medicine bottle with or without a label?"
Being in a dangerous place like the palace, one is bound to be prepared for anything, and she understood that it was impossible to directly uncover the dangerous person who had infiltrated their inner circle from the servant's mouth, but just hoped to find a little suspicion that she would not normally notice.
The maid lowered her head, her heart a little apprehensive, rubbing the corners of her coat, not daring to speak.
Sophia eased her tone.
"Don't be afraid, what we say here today will not reach the ears of a third person, you can rest assured."
She soothed their fears in as gentle a tone as possible, and learned several small pieces of information from them.
Such as spying on someone sneaking pills and throwing them away in a hurry after taking them, or when cleaning the room and seeing whose room had appeared with one of those unlabeled pill bottles.
There was one name that made her a little concerned.
Nick.
She had heard his name on several maids' lips about having seen unlabeled pill bottles in his room, the last time even today.
Sophia never made wild guesses, and assumed these coincidences as misunderstandings until she had proof.
When she went to see Aaron, the intelligence people had sent up their findings, and Aaron was reading them one by one, and Sophia naturally approached to help him share some of them.
The findings listed what each person had done in recent times, from what time they woke up to where they went and who they met.
Sophia failed to get anything useful out of the information she had, Aaron's side did seem to find something and his brow furrowed.
"Why would anyone in the palace be in contact with the black market?" Aaron's face was unpleasant.
Sophia came over and looked at the time on the information and was a bit surprised.
"This time period is when we were in White Moon, and this man was a guard accompanying us." Sophia was surprised, "He had contact with the underground black market of White Moon?"
This was something Sophia knew.
Anyone connected to the royal family could not touch the black market, and those who violated it would be punished.
Sophia's finger slid over the paper for a moment and mused, "Forget it if it was any other time, but it was when we were in White Moon, this time frame is too coincidental."
She looked up and said to the intelligence officer, "Please, investigate this in detail, I want to know what he did in the black market, what he traded, and use a little toughness if necessary."
The intelligence officer nodded.
"Send someone to keep an eye on him." Aaron narrowed his eyes, "If the black market people don't cooperate, tell White Moon Alpha to just take out that black market stronghold and bring the man back for questioning."
"Move low and don't alert the people hiding in the shadows."
The worst case scenario they envisioned didn't happen, the head of the black market was quite cooperative in bringing out the transaction records after the intelligence officer revealed his identity.
The guard had bought a potent substance that could sensitize people, even the strong body of the wolf race was not immune to it, and people who had been exposed to this sensitizing substance would die of suffocation due to allergic reactions if the situation was serious.
Would anyone be bored to buy such dangerous things to play with?
The answer must be no.
Aaron reacted at the first opportunity and had the guard who bought the dangerous item in the black market caught.
Unfortunately, they were too late, the guard committed suicide in his room, very determined, they arrived when his blood was almost drained, there is no possibility of saving him.
The incident was quickly characterized as a suicide attempt by the guard to poison the king, but strangely enough, the bottle of the allergenic substance was not recovered from the guard's room.
In order to give the traitors more time to react, Aaron simply had everyone in the palace gathered and sent people to search from room to room.
Nick looked sad when he found out about this.
"Your Majesty, do you not trust me?" Nick asked with a sad expression.
"I must remain vigilant." Aaron replied so, "to any person."
Nick's sadness lasted only a short while, and after getting Aaron's permission, followed them to search each room.
"Your Majesty, I am your Beta, it is necessary to set a good example, why don't you lead the search of my room first?" Nick volunteered, looking very frank.
Sophia tugged on Aaron's coat, took his hand and smiled, "You're right, then let's go to your room."
Nick took the initiative to lead them there, and after bringing them to the door, he voluntarily stood at the door without going in.
Because it was King Beta's room, the guards did not dare to be too rough, carefully rummaging through, and put things back where they were, rummaging accidentally touched the medicine bottle on the table, the medicine bottle gurgled and rolled down, hitting Aaron's shoes to stop.
Aaron picked it up and looked at it, the bottle was clean and the label was neatly torn off.
He shook the bottle at Nick and asked a silent question.
Nick instantly understood what he meant.
"This is a painkiller, get it from the doctor when the wound hurts." He said, he smiled embarrassedly, "It's a habit brought up since childhood, couldn't help but tear the label, the same with the other medicine bottles in the cabinet."
Very perfect answer, let no one can pick a fault.
Aaron opened the cabinet and took a look, a row of all the clean medicine bottles, clean and uncomfortable.
Aaron didn't make any comments, but Sophia's eyes darkened.
Sophia leaned on Aaron's shoulder, a lazy look, eyes also lazy slightly squinted, in fact, she has been quietly observing the house furnishings, and finally saw a suspicious red on the floor.
"It's ready." Sophia urged, and gave Aaron a soft grunt, "I told you there was no need to search Nick's place, but you can't play favorites and make a mess of Nick's room."
Nick smiled good-naturedly, excusing his Alpha.
"The king is right, if people knew that the king showed favoritism to me, they wouldn't know what to say behind my back."
Aaron took Sophia's hand and walked to the door, handing Nick the medicine bottle and patting him on the shoulder.
"Never mind."