My Charlotte Hates Me

Chapter 98: Collateral

"Wake up," I ordered as I poured a bucket of cold water over Rosette's body.

Rosette let out a meek scream.

"It's cold!" she screamed.

"I thought that you might need a light shower," I said passive-aggressively.

"You truly are relentless...Have you not done enough already?" Rosette asked.

"...I only came by to give you an update. All because of your actions, your predecessor Roy Grant is being punished as well," I said with a smile.

"You Demon!"

Her insults did not faze me at all. She seemed like a kitten that had been declawed.

"At this rate, Roy Grant is going to suffer a worse fate than yourself. Don't worry. I have asked for leniency because you were only ordered to kill me," I said.

"Sir Roy is not involved! It was all my doing," Rosette yelled.

"Again...you are covering for the mastermind only because he is your former mentor. Don't worry...I will help you become free if you are being blackmailed. I have already hastened his execution. It is only a matter of time before you are free," I said as I touched her shoulder.

"N-No! I have already said that he isn't the mastermind! I am!" Rosette yelled.

"...You obviously could not have obtained a weapon from a very inclusive group, nor have had the means to sneak information in and out as you pleased. It only makes sense that someone with access to the Prince's medical records could have told you about the Prince's state. If not Sir Roy Grant, who could have instigated you?" I asked.

"...Garett Alvin," Rosette said.

I could not hold my anger back and squeezed her throat.

"...That person left Prince Erik's side to be with his former fiancée. Even if Lady Maddox was Prince Erik's former fiancée, he is unable to stay by his side and provide you with inside information on Prince Erik's condition...As I thought, it would be better to speed up Roy Grant's execution at sundown tomorrow," I said coldly.

"It was Sir Garett!"

I tightened my grip around my neck and glared at her. I then started listing off the names of Nobles Her Majesty was acquainted with. Her face twitched every time I mentioned the name of one of her collaborators.

"Your instigator was Her Majesty herself," I said.

Really...that woman...how much longer is she going to be a pain in my side?

"...Please...do not hurt her any longer. She is a pitiful person," Rosette said.

"...Is it fine for others to suffer just because she is hurting?" I asked.

"That is..."

"That person...poisoned her son," I said.

"Her Majesty would never!"

"It is the truth. She does not care for anyone other than His Majesty and destroys the remnants of her former rival. His Highness Prince Erik...and you were just collateral in her grand schemes. If you want the truth, His Majesty also knows that his wife poisoned the Prince," I said.

"No! I was told that you were the one who hurt the Prince...You did it so that when your son is born, he would have no rival in line for the King," Rosette said.

"I am infertile. I made myself infertile in front of His Majesty by drinking a medicine that made me barren as per my agreement with His Majesty that I also take care of all other matters concerning other Nobles and His Highness' treatment," I said.