They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 584: There Must Be Some Kind of Explanation

A ripple of shock moved through the room.

Nanny stumbled back a step. “Poison…?” she whispered, her voice trembling.

The housekeeper’s frown deepened, but his voice remained steady, without a hint of fear. “That is not mine. I do not tamper with His Highness’ meals.”

Daniel studied him closely. “And yet this bottle has your fingerprints. Another like it was taken from your room, locked inside your own cupboard.” He lifted a hand, and the guards around him tightened their formation, guns angling slightly forward.

The servants gasped again, murmuring louder.

Nnenna’s eyes narrowed. So it really is him… or someone wants it to look like it is him.

The housekeeper exhaled slowly, as though he had expected this.

The corridor fell into tense silence.

The air grew heavy the moment Daniel stepped forward. His expression was carved in stone as he raised a hand, and the guards tightened their circle around the housekeeper.

“Arrest him,” Daniel ordered.

The guards moved swiftly, two seizing the housekeeper’s hands, another securing the bottle wrapped in cloth.

“You’ll arrest me without proper evidence Daniel?” the housekeeper asked calmly, though his voice carried the weight of insult. His face didn’t break, but the faint twitch at the corner of his jaw betrayed him.

Daniel pulled out a sleek device from his pocket. “We’ve been monitoring the kitchens for weeks. A pinhole camera caught you.” He tapped the screen, and a grainy but clear video flickered to life. The image showed the housekeeper glancing around before pouring something from the small bottle into the steaming soup.

The servants gasped. Even Nanny staggered back, hand over her mouth.

“This was found hidden under the kitchen shelves,” Daniel continued, holding up the same bottle. “Poison. Identified and confirmed.”

“No…” Nnenna’s heart dropped. The housekeeper? Of all people? She pushed through the crowd and shook her head. “Wait! This evidence isn’t enough. Don’t jump to conclusions. Something isn’t right here!”

Daniel’s eyes slid to her, cold and dismissive. “Princess, I respect your concern, but this is beyond debate. The evidence speaks for itself.”

“It doesn’t!” she shot back, her voice sharper than she intended. “Anyone could have tampered with that video. Anyone could have placed that bottle there. You need to investigate further!”

But Daniel didn’t flinch. He turned to the guards. “Take him away. The trial is set for sixteen days from now. Until then, he’ll remain under lock and chain.”

just—” Nnenna’s words hit a wall as the guards began dragging the

first time, his calm cracked. The housekeeper looked back, meeting her eyes with something unreadable,

“This doesn’t feel right…” she

Love System’s voice buzzed in her mind, low and careful. Nnenna… what if he

“Then I’ll find out the truth before the trial,” she swore, her voice trembling with

was all

“What’s happening here?”

deep, steady voice rolled out from the outer room just

filling the entrance. His face was calm, composed, even carrying a faint smile, but Nnenna knew better. She remembered the

hooked her arm through his, leaning

instant. Murmurs spread through

“She dares…”

“Shameless…”

to be close

Nnenna with

his gaze dropped.

sharpened as he suddenly seized

wounds, but before she could speak, his

in them, sharp

housekeeper stiffened, then quickly lowered himself in a bow. “Forgive me, Your Highness. I failed to

Carl’s voice carried finality, heavy

and shook her head. “It’s not what it looks like. Don’t get agitated,

His eyes searched her face, piercing, unwilling to accept a

“Yes. I’m sure.”

moment, silence stretched between them. Then Carl nodded slowly.

turned his head toward Daniel, his expression smoothing into

had been standing stiff with suppressed annoyance at Nnenna’s earlier interference, finally stepped forward. His boots clicked against the polished

he began, voice firm, “the housekeeper has been found guilty of tampering with your food. Evidence has

straightened his back, his voice steady but

morning I ordered a sweep of the kitchens. A pinhole camera had been installed to monitor the staff’s movements. The recording shows the housekeeper standing over your soup pot. He poured something from a small dark bottle into it before

of them instinctively stepped away from the housekeeper, as though he

We located the bottle in the corner of the storage pantry, tucked behind sacks of rice. The contents were tested immediately.” He

already suspected something like this, hearing it laid out so bluntly sent a cold shiver down her

Daniel finished firmly, his sharp eyes cutting to the bowed housekeeper. “And that’s why we

on

breaking into the heavy air.