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.”

can’t just—” Nnenna’s words hit a wall

meeting her eyes with something unreadable, was it betrayal? Was it…

doesn’t feel

System’s voice buzzed in her mind, low and

until the sting reminded her of reality. “Then I’ll find out the truth before the trial,” she swore, her voice trembling

all the time she

“What’s happening here?”

steady voice rolled out from the outer room

his tall frame filling the entrance. His face was calm, composed, even carrying a faint smile, but Nnenna knew better. She remembered the faint throb of his weak

closer and hooked her arm through his,

Murmurs spread through the staff like

“She dares…”

“Shameless…”

pretending to be close

the hall, but Carl didn’t even glance at them. Instead, he looked down at Nnenna with

gaze dropped. His

to your hands?” His voice sharpened as he suddenly seized

on her wounds, but before she could speak, his eyes cut

in them, sharp

lowered himself in a bow.

did.” Carl’s voice carried finality,

head. “It’s not what it looks like. Don’t get agitated, it was just

eyes searched her face, piercing, unwilling to

“Yes. I’m sure.”

silence stretched between

smoothing into that calm, unreadable mask again. “Now, what’s

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

housekeeper has been found guilty of tampering with your food. Evidence has

his

staff’s movements. The recording shows the housekeeper standing over your soup pot. He poured

broke out among the servants. A few of them instinctively stepped away from the housekeeper, as though he already carried

contents were tested

stomach clenched. Even though she had already suspected something like this, hearing it laid out so bluntly sent a

the arrest,” Daniel finished firmly, his sharp eyes cutting to the bowed

burned on the housekeeper, some with fear, some with

rushed forward, her voice breaking into the heavy air. “Wait! This isn’t enough, this evidence is