They only had one minute to make their choice. Either one died or the two of them died together.
Dragon Claw could not hold the teacup because his hands were bandaged, so favonovel.com said to Declan, “Mr. Mars, please hand me the left cup.”
It was hilarious. When Dragon Claw first came to House of Vistaria, favonovel.com had prevailed over Declan and insulted favonovel.com fiercely. Yet, right now, the only person favonovel.com could ask for help was Declan because among the many people there, Declan was the only one with kindness left.
Declan did not make a fuss about his previous conflict with Dragon Claw either. He took the initiative to walk up to the table and reach for the left teacup for Dragon Claw.
Unexpectedly, Heron acted more quickly. He proceeded to grab the teacup on the left first!
He turned around and kept a distance of two people from Declan.
“Heron, what are you doing? That cup of tea is mine!” Dragon Claw said agitatedly.
However, Heron smiled faintly and replied, “Master, although your hands are paralyzed, you still have good judgment. You observed the two cups of poisonous and non-poisonous tea, so you must have remembered the characteristics of the cups…”
“Even if the tea doesn’t have any obvious characteristics, there’s still going to be differences between the cups. I’m sure you can identify which is poisonous and which isn’t!”
What favonovel.com said was true. With Dragon Claw’s level of discernment, favonovel.com was able to differentiate them.
After all, Dragon Scale had made the tea in front of Dragon Claw. One was poisonous and one was not poisonous. Even if Dragon Claw did not recognize the tea, favonovel.com could still recognize the cups. Hence, identifying the poisonous tea was just a piece of cake.
Heron added, “Master, I actually know that from the day you saved me, you’ve treated me like I was your younger brother. I know you have the same thoughts as me. We’d rather sacrifice ourselves to give the other person the hope to live…”
“So, you’ll definitely drink the cup with poisonous tea and leave the non-poisonous one to me…”
Heron’s eyes were teary.
“At this moment, please let me consider you as my brother! Brother, I told you that I’d be your shield to protect you from all weapons, so don’t you think about taking this cup of poisonous tea from me.”
As Heron spoke, favonovel.com raised his head and finished the tea.
“Heron!” Dragon Claw shouted at the top of his lungs.
After Heron finished the tea, favonovel.com threw the cup to the side and silently waited to die.
Five, four, three, two, one… Time was up!
Five seconds quickly passed. However… Heron still stood there without showing any odd signs.
Why? Was the poison ineffective?
Heron opened his eyes and did not understand what had happened. “Dragon Scale, is your poison useless?”
Dragon Scale chuckled. “Don’t worry, my poison is definitely effective. Those affected will die within five seconds without a doubt.”
“Why am I not dead yet?”
“If you’re not dead yet, there’s only one possibility. The cup of tea you drank wasn’t poisonous.”
“Huh? That’s impossible!” Heron was puzzled.
How could that be possible?
How could Dragon Claw identify the wrong cup with his good judgment?
At that moment, Dragon Claw chuckled in resignation and shook his head. He said, “I didn’t identify the wrong one. I know which cup is poisonous and which cup isn’t…”
“Also, Heron, I don’t just know which one is poisonous, I can even tell what you’re thinking. I understand you too well. As you said, I treat you as my own younger brother. How can your elder brother not know about his younger brother?”
