Chapter 1082

On the other side of the world, Hesper looked into the nutritional content of the Vitalis and made sure that no poison had been added to it. It was only an ordinary herb with extremely strong medicinal effects, completely untampered. This should obviously be great news, but after Hesper found out that everything was normal, she began to worry even more. Finding no issue in this matter was the biggest issue—— She refused to believe that such a coincidence existed in the world. In the face of manipulations, schemes, and pitfalls, such positive occurrences seemed a little unbelievable. Even if Vitalis was sitting right in front of her very eyes, and the means to negotiate a deal with the Rikihisas was close at hand, she still did not have the guts to make the move. Rickard also obtained the latest findings from Kenji’s investigation and found out that there was indeed a man with whom Yuko often met in private, but that person was not from the island. What was even more beyond his expectation was that the man’s last name was Moreau. ‘How are the Moreaus linked to Leafdelle Island?’ This level of coincidence led to the same conclusion, that someone was secretly arranging things behind the curtains. Rickard, just like Hesper, would not believe that such a coincidence could really exist. With the news that both of them had found out respectively, the moment Hesper saw Rickard, she instantly knew that Rickard’s findings must be somewhat similar to hers. "Something’s strange about the Rikihisas and the mysterious person who sent this Vitalis to us," Hesper asserted. However, if they were to choose not to stop the plan now, things would get a lot more difficult when the Mustafas and the Rikihisas joined hands. For a while, they could not tell whether it was safer for them to jump into the pit even though they knew it was a trap, or to bypass it and let the Mustafas have it their way. Hesper fell into deep thought and said after a short while, "Rickard, I’m going to take a risk and gamble on this matter. Are you in this with me?" Recalling the gaze that she had gotten from Ranfik during the Grand Interfamily Tournament, Hesper felt that if that man were to obtain any form of advantage, neither she nor the Savatiers would get away with it. Rickard agreed to it without any hesitation. "Okay." Hesper tightened her grip over the box containing Vitalis. ‘If we lose this gamble, who knows what kind of hell will be waiting for us ahead. But still, we have to do this, and we must win.’ "I’ll get Grandpa and Aunt Juliette to spread the news that I can cure the side effects caused by the hallucinogenic drug. If the Rikihisas’ patriarch's life is really in danger, he’ll definitely find a way to contact me, by hook or by crook." Hesper’s almond eyes turned side to side. "All we need to do is wait." In the next few days, Juliette spread the news that Quincey had recovered, and almost half of Leafdelle Island knew about it. Many people knew that Vitalis had appeared at the auction some time ago, and Juliette won the bidding and brought the herb back home to the Savatiers. But everyone also knew that Vitalis was not a medicinal herb that could be easily extracted and applied, so they had secretly been waiting for the Savatiers to shoot themselves in the foot. But Quincey had actually been cured?! "How can it be?" When Ermine heard the news, she gnashed her molars so hard that they were almost crushed. "Isn’t Hesper only good at fighting? Are you telling me that she can also treat diseases? How does she know how to use something as rare as Vitalis?" However, even if she did not want to believe it, Ermine knew that it was impossible for the Savatiers to fake such a thing. The fact that the toxin of the hallucinogenic drug was able to be removed would shock the whole island; the Savatiers would never make up such a lie. After hearing about the news, the Rikihisas were very quiet. They did not go into a frenzy and try to get into contact with Hesper as was expected. Instead, they were calmer than any other family on the island, and no news had come from them thus far. However, Hesper would have also found it strange if the patriarch of the Rikihisas were to actually send someone over to look for her immediately. After all, conflicts of interest existed among the families, so even if the patriarch wanted to live on, he still had to weigh the pros and cons—— Everybody on the island knew that the Mustafas and the Savatiers were now in opposition, and Ranfik was about to choose his bride, so if he were to get in touch with Hesper at this time, the prospective marriage between Ranfik and Yuko would be completely annulled.