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Chapter 544 The Reason That Prevented Her from Recovering
King Ducasse's face stiffened, and he regained some composure. He clenched his hand tightly, forcing himself to remain calm. Once he had calmed down, he felt a sense of relief that Martha had stopped him from doingsomething rash earlier. Otherwise, the injustice done to his mother might never have been cleared. King Ducasse glanced sideways at Martha who was standing beside him and said, "You're right. Weneed to think this through carefully." After discussing for a while in Side Palace with the other two people present there, Martha decidedto go alone and visit the Lucas family. Clark was part of the Lucas family; she needed to see them for herself. Half an hour later, Martha arrived at the Lucas Residence, directly heading towards hergrandmother's room. Since last time when Gage's family got into trouble after what happened between them, she couldfeel that this house was much more despondent. If Uncle Clark also got into trouble, she didn't know if her grandmother could bear it... As soon as she entered her grandmother's room; Clark was sitting inside chatting with the old Mrs.Lucas. Clark was gentle and patient as ever, looking at the old Mrs. Lucas with concern in his eyes.Ever since she returned to the Lucas Residence, it had been Uncle Clark always asking how shewas doing. Martha thought about this as she approached Clark and started talking, "Uncle Clark! What bringsyou here today?" Clark looked kindly at the girl before him and replied smilingly, "I'm not busy today so I came backhome early just to spend some time with your grandma." Martha pretended not knowing much about what Uncle Clark did these days and asked curiously,"What are you busy with these days?" Clark didn't change his expression one bit but answered warmly. "Well, I manage some properties
which bring me income enough for my livelihood." Martha nodded lightly, then suddenly asked another question, "I heard you also run apharmaceutical factory? You must be quite an entrepreneur!" She knew deep down inside that Uncle Clark wasn't someone ordinary, maybe even someonehiding a lot of secrets. Clark voluntarily gave up his position in the Lucas family and the power he had in the royal court tofocus solely on running his pharmaceutical factory. It was not surprising if this factory was special. Just as Martha was thinking this, Clark's kind voice interrupted her thoughts. "It's just an ordinary pharmaceutical factory, which I rely on to make a living." Martha then looked at Clark with intense eyes. "A friend of mine mentioned a drug called Sibi a few days ago. I wonder if Uncle Clark has heard ofit?" As soon as Clark heard this, his face turned cold and his gaze towards Martha became hostile. How could she know about this drug when she had only just returned to Z Country? Had shediscovered something about him? Clark was alerted, but he remained calm on the surface. "I have heard of that drug before, but it disappeared a long time ago so I haven't seen it for years." "Well then, I was just curious," said Martha feigning disappointment as she shrugged her shouldersand turned to her grandmother sitting next to her. Clark continued observing every move Martha made for some time before suddenly asking, "Whydid you suddenly ask about that drug?" "I heard there was a legendary story behind it in Z Country before disappearing completely. So Iwanted to learn more about it," replied Martha without giving anything away which left Clark cluelesswhy she asked him about Sibi. After chatting briefly on other topics for some time, Clark excused himself from the Lucas family. Martha watched his back, lost in thought. The way he acted earlier clearly indicated that he knew something but didn't want to say anything.
When she mentioned Sibi earlier, there was an obvious chill in his eyes which quickly disappeared,yet Martha still noticed it. After the dialogue just now, Martha felt like Uncle Clarke wasn't as simple as he appeared. Also, information from King Ducasse's investigation pointed towards Clarke being the realmastermind behind everything happening. Martha thought about Clark's seemingly friendly demeanor, but in reality, he was ruthless andcalculating. The thought sent shivers down her spine. Clark was far more terrifying than she had imagined. Just then, the old Mrs. Lucas sitting in a wheelchair suddenly moved her hand. Martha saw her grandmother's movement and smiled as she approached her saying, "Grandma,are you tired? Let me take you back to your room." Soon enough, Martha pushed her grandmother back to her room. The old Mrs. Lucas couldn't speak and struggled to pat Martha's arm with her hand as if signalingfor her to stop. Martha was shocked by her grandma's movement and stopped moving while looking her grandmawith shock. "Grandma, can you move?" The old Mrs. Lucas nodded laboriously before pointing at the medicine on the table with difficultyand then pointing at herself while making a whimpering sound. Her grandma's expression was extremely grimacing in pain that made Martha feel heartache just bylooking at it. She guessed from her grandma's body language that there must be something wrong with what sheate this time around. And all these medicines that Grandma was taking were brought by Clark every time he came overfor a visit. Martha's pupils contracted slightly as she anxiously spoke out what was on their mind. "Grandma, are you saying there's something off with these medicines brought by Uncle Clark?" The old Mrs. Lucas heard nodded while tears glistened in her eyes. novelbin
Martha's complexion darkened upon hearing this. Ever since her grandma had a stroke, all the medicines she took had been brought by Clark. Initially doctors said that Grandma's condition wasn't severe; they didn't know why she hadn'trecovered yet. Could that be the reason?