Masked In Nobility: Secrets Of Mrs. Chavez by Selina Gorges

Chapter 419

Charles pointed at the poisonous insect in Yvette's hand, disbelief written all over his face. "Yvette, it's fixated on

you...

Yvette raised an eyebrow, her clear eyes lifting to meet his. She spoke slowly, "Maybe. It probably thinks I look

pretty Charles was momentarily speechless.

Jeremiah stepped forward, noticing the poisonous insect in Yvente's palm. He furrowed his brow. "Could it have

any effect on your body?"

Yvette picked up a box and placed the poisonous insect inside, sealing it. The other poisonous insects in the

nearby boxes, which had been restless moments ago, instantly grew quiet. The one she had released earlier was

now huddled in a corner, trembling. Yvette spoke again. "No, it's developed intelligence."

Charles felt as though he had stepped into an unfamiliar world today. Yvette had just mentioned a poisonous

insect developing intelligence. '"How many strange and mysterious things are still hidden in this world?' he

thought.

The world was vast, and nothing seemed too bizarre to exist. Today, Charles had witnessed something truly eye-

opening. Every the was with Yvette, he seemed to encounter one strange event after another.. Jeremiah

didn't seem particularly surprised by Yvette's words. His expression remained calm and unaffected.

Just then, a faint voice drifted in from outside. "Help me."

Charles's expression darkened. "Yvette, aren't these all puppets? How is it that someone is speaking?"

Yvette exchanged a glance with Jeremiah. He murmured, "Let's go check it out."

Stepping outside the small hut, they found a large jar nearby. A woman, Winnie, suddenly emerged from it. Her

face was a sickly pale white, yet compared to the others, her eyes held a flicker of clarity.

The moment Winnie saw Yvette and the others, she excitedly tried to reach out but then remembered her hands

were bound and couldn't move. She hadn't had water for several days, and her voice was hoarse. Her face was

scarred and disfigured from being bitten by poisonous insects. "Please save me. | beg you. Please help me," she

cried.

Charles rushed forward, smashing the jar to free Winnie. Her lower body was completely rotted, oozing pus, a

disgusting sight.

Yvette looked at her with an expressionless face. She pulled a piece of candy from her pocket and placed it to

the side. Winnie would not survive long after leaving the jar.

The candy would only temporarily ease the spread of the toxins in her body and alleviate the pain, nothing more.

Winnie grabbed the candy and gulped it down without even chewing, desperate for the relief it promised. Once

she had eaten the candy, a warmth spread through her body, and her breathing becslightly easier. Jeremiah

observed her, his gaze deepening. "The candy in Yvette's hand is indeed extraordinary,’ he thought.

Charles, watching Winnie, asked, "How did you end up in the jar? What happened?"

Winnie, enduring the pain in her body, spoke in broken Clusian, recounting how she had been tricked into coming

to Dungo Village.

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She began. "I'm not from Dungo Village. | cfrom a small town in South East Aploth. A few years ago, a group

of people

cto our town.

"They said they could offer good jobs, with salaries far higher than what we could earn at home, more than ten

times what we made. Almost everyone in the town signed up.

"At first, we didn't believe them, but after a while, those who left would send money hregularly. Over time,

we began to trust them, and everyone wanted to leave and work with them."

Winnie paused, regret flooding her heart. If only they hadn't been so easily deceived, she wouldn't have ended

up in this terrible situation, transformed into something unrecognizable.

She wiped her tears and continued, "But after that, those people never cback. We didn't suspect anything

until half a year ago when | was chosen to chere.

"At first, | worked as a servant at the Jacobs residence. A month ago, Sheldon... he... he raped me. Then | was

drugged. When | woke up, | found myself inside this jar. Holden and Sheldon are both scum.

"Everyone who cwithhas already lost consciousness and turned into hosts for poisonous insects. Since

Sheldon still findsappealing and is obsessed with my body, he keepshere secretly, hiding it from Holden.

"It wasn't until a few days ago when | angered him, that he threwinto this jar with the poisonous insects. If it

weren't for your arrival, | probably would have becjust like them in a few days. Thanks... thanks so much."

As Winnie finished speaking, her head began to feel increasingly heavy. She sensed that her twas running

out,

In the dim silence of the secret room, Yvette looked at Winnie's trembling form, pressing lightly at the corner of

her eye

Yvette spoke calmly. "I have a way to keep you alive, but | can't restore your looks or heal the damage to your

body. You'll have less than ten years left to live, and during that time, pain will be your constant companion."

Jeremiah tilted his head slightly, his gaze cold and penetrating. Charles was stunned. He hadn't expected that

even with Winnie's serious condition, Yvette might still be able to save her

Hearing this, Winnie nodded excitedly. She could hardly believe what she'd just heard.

"Miss, I... |... ten years, even three years... I'll take it. | want to go hand see my parents. | don't want to die

here," Winnie said.

Yvette lowered her gaze, taking out the ornate box holding the poisonous insect. She opened it and, with a

serious tone, addressed inside. "Wake up. It's tfor you to get to work." Charles was utterly bewildered.

"Yvette, who... who are you talking to? Who's supposed to work?"

Jeremiah looked intently at the poisonous insect in the box, a thoughtful expression deepening in his eyes.

Charles glanced into the box and saw the insect. He was incredulous. "Wait, Yvette, you're saying it... it can

heal?"

The poisonous insect moved, stretched its tiny wings, and then shot Charles a look of pure disdain.

Charles rubbed his eyes. 'What the heck? Did that big, fleshy insect just givea look of contempt? This world's

he thought.

The poisonous insect then flew out of the box. Yvette pointed to Winnie lying on the ground. "Go on."

gone mad,

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Reluctantly, it settled onto her, and Winnie froze, not daring to move an inch.

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As if it understood, the poisonous insect immediately flapped its little wings, flew back to the box, and flopped

down, belly

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Charles, who had watched everything

from start to finish, had gone from

initial shock to complete numbness.

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becgradually rosy, strength

returning to her body. After the insect

flew away, she was able to support

herself against the wall and stand.

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Yvette sidestepped her, still looking relaxed and indifferent. "No need. Go and do what you want to do."

Meanwhile, Holden exited Sheldon's room, his face dark, gripping the note Jeremiah had left behind yesterday.

The words on that note stabbed painfully at Holden. Despite his rage, he couldn't bring himself to tear it up. It

was his only clue.

No matter how much hatred he felt, Holden was determined to hunt this person down and tear them to pieces.