The Plague Doctor [RATED R] ✓

(56) Delicious Revenge [m]

WARNING: 

This chapter contains an unpleasant [m] scene. Please read at your own risk. Thank you.

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EVERYONE AT THE TABLE did not say a single word as they stared at Krimson with worry, fear, and simply pure disbelief. The shift from seeing how Bishop carries himself to how Krimson now carries himself is just a sight none of them expected to ever witness. The difference was very unsettling.

     "Come on now, pick your spoons and forks up and start eating," Krimson insisted, and the four looked at each other, hesitating.

     "Let us eat." This time, Giovanni says it, so the rest of them finally pick their utensils up and start eating like what was instructed.

     While everyone is quietly eating, Krimson stares at his plate and suddenly twitches. Without looking at them, he mutters, "I know, okay, so shut up. I'm handling it."

     Marcelino, Laurence, Adeline, and Giovanni look back at him. It was obvious that they weren't the ones he was talking to, but they couldn't help but look.

     "We're just going to that part, so stop talking," Krimson adds before lifting his head up, practically making Adeline and the others flinch with just a single look.

     "Well, now that we're all gathered together, I just want to say thank you for having us here in this manor," Krimson tells them out of nowhere, leaving everyone speechless, even Giovanni. "The place is amazing, and the food is exquisite. Tomorrow is very pleased."

     The others couldn't say a single thing after hearing what Krimson had to say. But as they remain silent, Giovanni takes the table napkin and uses it to wipe his mouth, removing the stain and the blood from his lips. After that, he looks at Krimson and asks him, "There is something you need, isn't there?"

     "Need? Oh, heaven's no. I don't need anything," Krimson immediately answers before grabbing a piece of meat and putting it on his plate. "But if you insist, there is something that I want."

     "What is it?" Giovanni quickly asks back, not even thinking about what sort of request it may be.

     Krimson smirks and elegantly slices the meat with his knife before putting it in his mouth. He closes his eyes and savors the flavor before opening them back and looking at the doctor. "You want me to help you with the plague, is that correct?" Krimson asks, looking at Giovanni, who is nodding his head like a trained dog.

    Krimson licks the juice from the meat off his lips and reveals to him, "I will help you create the plague that will envelop Capo di Monte, but in exchange...Dr. Giovanni will inject the same poison in himself and be subjected to the horrors that it will bring."

     The moment Krimson reveals his terms, Adeline ends up dropping her fork in shock. Lino was surprised too, while Laurence, who was chewing on his food, tried to hold his laughter in but failed miserably as he spilled the food in his mouth so he could start laughing. The priest's loud laughter was made to mock the doctor. Laurence found the request beautifully ironic. What the doctor craved to have was the very thing that would end up killing him too.

     Giovanni was left speechless, but he didn't show it. It was a request that didn't entirely scare him, but it was a request that he was not expecting to hear from someone like Krimson.

     Was he going to be backing out from this? Of course not. He came this far, killed people, and tortured his own horsemen just to be able to acquire this plague. Being poisoned isn't going to be enough to stop him from achieving what he intends to achieve.