Chapter 99 The Deadly Vial

• “It is completely fine if you secretly harbor affections for my older sister, Sir Alvius.” Mirella shrugged her delicate shoulders lightly, entirely unbothered. “Besides, who in this kingdom would absolutely not admire a breathtakingly beautiful woman exactly like Lyra? It is only perfectly natural.”
• Alvius slowly took the leather journal back into his protective grip, but his gentle eyes remained intensely fixed upon Mirella with a profound, lingering hint of pure surprise.
• Mirella’s slender fingers playfully, seductively twirled a lock of her dark hair. “So… you must remember there is still a beautiful younger sister in the family.” She glanced up at Alvius through her eyelashes with a wicked, teasing smile. “Me.”