The Eve Of The Ball (1)

Arianell listened to the report given to her by Bennet.

"Poison?"

She was surprised. The toxin can cause harm to flesh and fester the wound that seemed to be healed already. Even Kemal's holy blessing, which was the best of the white magic known, could not counter it completely. She never heard of anything similar to this.

Why would someone use such a cruel method?

They already got the information they wanted and threw the old butler into the dungeon, why was there any need to harm him further?

"In my opinion, my lady, the poison wasn't used during the questioning but later when his knowledge was no longer useful… He might have been treated as the test subject to something…" Bennet told her his professional view. 

As the former assassin who used the poisons as often as the daggers, and the master at interrogation, he knew a lot about the toxins and how to use them the receive the best results.