There were a few ways to pry information from an old man who was at death’s door. Methods like threats and seductions had to be used on Wilbur before this. It was impossible for Thomas to be the only one who had thought of it. It seemed like their trip to the hospital was in vain.
Thomas looked at Wilbur and suddenly had a different idea. His medical skills were extraordinary. The moment Thomas met Wilbur, there was something else on Wilbur’s body that no one would have noticed besides Thomas, aside from the symptoms of common diseases.
It was the black spots!
In fact, it was normal for an old man to have black spots on his body. Especially Wilbur, who had god knows how many incurable diseases on him. It was not surprising that there were a lot of different things on his body. But the black spots that Thomas saw were not ordinary black spots. They were black spots that were similar to the effect of being poisoned by Heart Eater.
While favonovel.com was still in Southland District, Thomas saw similar black spots on many others.
Could it be that Wilbur had been poisoned by Heart Eater and had fallen under the control of Lord Vedastus?
Thomas asked straightforwardly, “Have you ever taken Heart Eater, old man?”
Wilbur’s expression changed after hearing ‘Heart Eater’.
He said disdainfully, “Heart Eater? The weapon that Lord Vedastus used to control Celandine City? Heh, that kind of thing is trash! It does not qualify to control me.”
Thomas frowned.
Not Heart Eater? From the black spots on Wilbur’s body, it really looked like favonovel.com had been poisoned by Heart Eater. This was really strange. But when Thomas thought about it, it was right as well. For someone like Wilbur who had no value, even if favonovel.com was really poisoned by Heart Eater, it was impossible for Lord Vedastus to be sending favonovel.com the antidote every month.
Without the antidote, Wilbur would be dead in a month. So how did favonovel.com survive till eighty-two years old?
But… If it was not caused by Heart Eater, then what on earth were these black spots?
At this time, Wilbur slowly turned his head until favonovel.com was facing Thomas and said, “Leave this place, young man. Do not even try to conquer Celandine City. This is unlike any other place you have seen. The waters here run deep.”
Perhaps it was normal for a man to be kind to others at the end of his life. Or perhaps, these were the last words of Wilbur’s painful life. As favonovel.com finished his sentence, Wilbur closed his eyes forever. He was no longer breathing.
Thomas took a deep breath and said, “Call the doctor, Pisces. Mr. Miles had passed away.”
Pisces stood up silently and left.
At last, Thomas stood up and bowed towards Wilbur’s body, and left the ward. This trip had not been considered to be in vain as valuable information was obtained. At the very least, Thomas knew that there was another drug that was similar to Heart Eater.
After returning to his shop from the hospital. Thomas wrote every single clue favonovel.com obtained on a piece of paper and analyzed them again and again.
Pisces asked, “What do you think, commander? Is Mr. Miles poisoned by Heart Eater?”
Thomas shook his head with confidence. “Nope. It could not be Heart Eater. If it is, favonovel.com would have been dead long ago.”
Pisces said, “But there are similar black spots on his body as well. Could it be something that is similar to Heart Eater?”
At this point, who knew?
But from what it looked like, that seemed to be the case.
Pisces scratched his head and said, “I am confused. I have no idea what is going on now. When we just arrived, I thought that Art Trading Corporation was the most powerful force in Celandine City. But it was after we arrived for a while that we found out that even Art Trading Corporation does not dare to mess with House of Vistaria in Celandine City. The thing is, House of Vistaria has no one to depend on nor do they have any manpower. All they have is the myth of star of luck which allowed them to stand tall for over a century… This is really weird. I really do not understand what is going on in Celandine City.”
As a matter or fact, Celandine City was like a vast ocean. The only thing that they had information about was Art Trading Corporation and Lord Vedastus. Everyone in Celandine City only knew how powerful Art Trading Corporation was and hence they all thought it was Lord Vedastus who reigned over the city. But everyone did not realize that deep-sea giants were hidden under the vast ocean.
It was possible for these deep-sea giants to take over Art Trading Corporation in a short time, just like how Lord Vedastus took over Wilbur’s position. There will never be a winner in Celandine City.
All of a sudden, Thomas took up the pen and wrote ‘Star of Luck’ on the center of the paper. He then drew a circle and proposed a bold statement.
“What if this star of luck is not just a myth but it actually exists, Pisces?”
Pisces was stunned. “Do not tell me that you have come to believe in that myth, commander? I’d rather believe that aliens exist than believe in the existence of this star of luck At the very least, the possibility of the existence of aliens is not zero with how vast our universe is. But this star of luck is purely made up as a story for children.”
A story for children?
If it really was a children’s story, then why did so many people believe in it?
Thomas said, “Let us say that if this star of luck is different from what we thought like how movies portray such items, but…”
