The Story Of Dusk

"Sell it to public? Why suddenly they found the antidote?" Senja didn"t understand this.

"I think they had made their own investigation about the disease." Elder Dam said.

Senja frowned, that didn"t make sense at all for what was happening, why L clan investigated the disease secretly?

"Grandfather, if the antidote has been found, why are you look upset?" Senja could tell from the way her grandfather told her about this news.

"I am not upset because of that…" Elder Dam shook his head, no, he was relief with that information, however there was something not right with this situation. "L clan sells the antidote to the public with the price that people from poor family wouldn"t be able to afford it. This alone had created an uproar among people."

"Why don"t tell the Emperor for this? He should help his people, right? If he agreed with this, he will extort his own people." Senja and Gong Xu didn"t see this coming. Why suddenly there was someone found the antidote? When it supposed to be only Gong Xu who knew about this?

"The Emperor had agreed with this without consult this matter with me." Elder Dam smiled filled with disgust. The Emperor had looked down on him and his clan.

It was Elder Dam who was in charge for this situation, but when it came to the crucial part of founding the antidote, he made his own decision without consult him first.

Not only this situation would tarnish his name and the black sword clan further, but this also would degrade him as the leader.

"Why the Emperor do that?" Senja was confused. "Could it be the Emperor gets benefit from this situation?"

Elder Dam also thought the same, but to think the impact of the situation and how this disease had spread through the nation, if it was true, this must have been a great move from the Emperor and the only result that could benefit him was… overthrown him from the leadership of the black sword clan.

Such cruel person like him was actually existed in this world.

"You don"t need to think about this, grandfather will handle this situation just fine." Elder Dam rubbed Senja"s head loving and said. "What the thing that you want to talk to grandfather?"

Even it was nice for Senja to come and find Elder Dam to ask about how he was doing, but his granddaughter"s visit must have been about something else.

"Actually…" Senja bit down her lips, she was afraid that her words would sound like she was talking nonsense.

"Yes?" Elder Dam prodded softly. "Just tell grandfather, what is it?"

This is it.

At least she should give this a try, her grandfather wouldn"t think her words nonsense, right? Maybe he would doubt her, but he wouldn"t degrade Senja.

"Actually grandfather…" Senja raised her head and looked at her grandfather right in the eyes. "Actually grandfather… I have found the antidote of the disease too."

Finally she said that.

At first, Elder Dam didn"t give any reaction before gradually his brows furrowed and when the understanding of Senja"s statement down on him, he asked incredulously. "What?" His old, but sharp eyes filled with disbelief. "You… what?"

Senja cleared her throat out of nervous, it wasn"t only her grandfather who didn"t believe with what he heard, but Senja also didn"t believe with what she had said.

"I have found the antidote, grandfather." Senja repeated her word, more louder and clearer this time.

"You found the antidote?" Elder Dam shook his head as if there were fly flying around his head.

Senja nodded as a reply.

"But, how?" Elder Dam finally found his own voice and looked at Senja deeply, he still didn"t believe with what he heard. "How you can find the antidote?"

"I have made my own investigation." And with that, Senja told her grandfather about how he found the antidote of the disease, of course all of this theory had been created by Gong Xu, or else Senja wouldn"t be able to explain it flawlessly.

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"I felt like my heart was about to burst out of nervous!" Senja screamed as she lay down beside Gong Xu after the conversation with her grandfather.

Gong Xu was still weak because of his last battle with Xiao Jun, somehow the poison had slowed down the process of his recovery.

"But everything is alright, right?" Gong Xu slept on the side of his body as he stared at Senja. "I have calculated all of that, so you don"t need to worry."

"Right…. but…" Senja then tell him about L clan who had found the antidote and was about to sell it to the public with fantastic price that wouldn"t be able to afford by people from lower middle cla.s.s.

"L clan…" Gong Xu said that clan name with derision. "Ask grandfather to get one of the antidote and I will check what is that. I am sure, except me, no one knows the right medicine to create the antidote."

"Are you sure?" Senja asked for rea.s.surance.

"Of course I am sure." Gong Xu frowned because Senja doubted him.

"Then how they can spread the disease? If it is only you who know?" Senja blinked her eyes, she was gradually growing into a beautiful woman as years pa.s.sed, no longer that little girl who would be scare easily and be bullied by her family member.

"When I was still within the organization under Modama, he ordered me to create that and I think I left some sample of it." Gong Xu remembered, it was an event long time ago when Bai Yuyan infected with that and his sister had asked him to make the antidote, which he agreed.

"Wow, your carelessness has created quite a commotion…" Senja looked at him in amazement.

"I will take that as a compliment." Gong Xu chuckled and made Senja laughed.

However, Senja stopped laughing immediately and covered her hand around Gong Xu"s mouth and gestured for him to be quiet.

Gong Xu frowned when he saw the seriousness in Senja"s eyes.

"What happen?" Gong Xu mumbled under Senja"s palm.

"Someone comes into the library." Senja said in low voice, he heard someone was calling her right from the library.

No one should come here, because Senja had told the guard, who were waiting outside, that she didn"t like if someone came in without her permission.

"Who is that?" Gong Xu put down Senja"s hand and asked under his breath.

"I am not familiar with his voice…" Senja tried to remember whose that voice belong to. "I need to go out now." Senja abruptly stood up and hastily walked toward the hidden door.

She pushed it opened slightly and peeked through the cracked as she saw him.

Senja didn"t really know him, however she had met him a couple times in the past. He was Xiao Tianyao"s older brother. Xiao Jun.

What he was doing here? And why those guards out there allowed him to enter the library without her permission?

Slowly Senja came out from her hiding place and closed the door behind her.

"Prince Xiao Jun?" She called out his name.