The Double ( or More ?) Life of The Fake Heiress

Chapter 505

Dane took a few minutes to pore over the diagnostic report. Its conclusion mirrored his own initial assessment. Owen’s health condition couldn’t be more normal.

But that was precisely where the bizarre nature of the situation lay. A healthy individual shouldn’t wither away to a skeletal shadow of their former self in just a week’s time. Even with illness, there would be signs, causes, not this baffling clean bill of health.

Normality in this case was the most abnormal sign of all.

Dane had been holed up in the Pharmacists‘ Guild for quite some time. His nose was buried in medical tomes, yet this condition was something he had neither heard of nor seen before.

“Mr. Dane?” Johnny looked at him imploringly, repeating his query.

Handing back the diagnostic sheet to Johnny, Dane replied with a hint of apologetic frustration, “I’m at a loss, Johnny. I can’t pinpoint the problem just yet.”

At Dane’s words, Johnny staggered back a step. The hope he had harbored in Dane now turned into profound disappointment. If even Dane was stumped… was Owen simply to wither away? He was so young, on the cusp of a promising reassignment, but now struck down by this mysterious affliction.

“Mr. Dane, please, you must find a way to save Mr. Owen,” Johnny pleaded. His voice was heavy with

concem.

rummage through my luggage for

it.” He briskly exited the room.

he watched Asher disappear through the door, Dane’s gaze briefly swept over Mirabella

suggested, “I might need to draw

without a trace of forewarning. If all the organ. function indicators were normal, it was time to consider the

his experiences with the Guild’s master toxin crafters had completely overturned his understanding of what was possible. Those once thought fictional poisons were very

furrow of his brow, Owen nodded,

then, Asher returned. “Dane, is this the one?” He handed the porcelain bottle to Dane,

in Dane’s hands, quickly inquired,

Guild’s miracle cures?”

a pill from the bottle and explained, “Yes, this is

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