341.Chapter 341

341.Chapter 341

“There’s a bug.”

Nolan’s words made Eliza’s eyes narrow sharply.

Her gaze returned to the Snow Lotus inside the wooden box.

Sure enough, hidden within the flower’s center was a tiny black bug. Nolan had trapped it under a coffee cup, preventing it from flying away or escaping.

“It’s this bug again,” Eliza murmured.

Nolan frowned at her words and looked at her. “You’ve seen this before?”

Eliza nodded. “When I first arrived, there was one on my seat. But I had it cleaned up.”

The stool, with the bug on it, was replaced.

Nolan’s expression turned icy.

Once might be a coincidence, but twice? He wasn’t buying it.

This banquet hall was no ordinary place. Even when unused, it was cleaned daily. There was no way so many bugs could appear here.

Yet today, they kept showing up one after another.

Eliza exchanged a glance, their thoughts aligning. Eliza’s heart

matter who they are, I’ll deal with them today,” Nolan said

foreign infiltrators here, the king, the Empress Dowager, and the court officials could all be in danger. Lowering her gaze, Eliza thought for a moment before saying to Nolan,

Nolan replied without a second

at him, Eliza whispered, “It’s not the right time to alarm those infiltrators. How about I

several tiny spiders from her pocket farm. These spiders, no bigger than a fingernail, were far smaller than the fist–sized venomous one she had used before. While their bites weren’t lethal, they were potent enough to paralyze a few

tiny, they

I’ll leave

palace maid standing behind

to move, intending

she attempted to act, she realized something

lift

her arm.

noticed an almost

her heart pounding. She thought, ‘Spider silk? When did

froze. After her instincts told her that something was amiss, a chill crept down her spine, and the icy sensation at the back

while two more strands coiled

possibly lurking just at the back of her head, its predatory

silently it had rendered her hands useless,

of cold sweat slowly slid

onto the

supposed to be the Holy Lady of Bortenland and a religious practitioner? Then why is she

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