We resumed our search for the herbal compendium.

“The alchemists who frequented the Marquis of Casey’s estate often requested Bardon. They even recruited clinical trial subjects, claiming they were developing a new drug.”

I watched Nox struggle to pull books out from under the wreckage before stepping in. Effortlessly, I lifted the heavy debris for him.@@novelbin@@

Nox stared at me, dumbfounded.

“Miss Cherry… you’re truly dependable.”

I moved a beam of wood that was as tall as Nox himself onto my shoulder and set it aside, swallowing a lump in my throat. That wasn’t exactly the kind of compliment I’d wanted from such a handsome man…!

As I cleared the debris piece by piece, Nox sorted through the books beneath them, continuing to speak.

“Elpinos was originally nothing more than a weed, but at some point, it began being mass-produced and sold widely. Interestingly, the primary producer and distributor of Elpinos was none other than the Casey family.”

His words piqued my interest. This was new information, even to me.

“And one of their most consistent buyers was the Duke of Lancaster.”

“I suspected the Marquis of Casey was connected to the virus outbreak. You remember how people died of a plague at his estate before the world ended, right?”

Of course, I knew that from the novel Love Amid Despair, though I made it sound like an educated guess based on circumstances.

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