Return of the Crowned Heiress novel Chapter 654

Caesar stopped talking as if someone was squeezing his throat. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and murmured, "There's no cure."

Maurice's gaze sharpened.

The pressure was so intense that not only Caesar but even Maurice's men fell silent from it. The silence was deafening.

"There's no cure?" Maurice repeated. After a long pause, he suddenly laughed. His chilling gaze locked onto Caesar as he said slowly, "I'll give you one chance to correct yourself. How do you cure it?"

Caesar nearly choked.

This was bad! Maurice was being unreasonable by demanding a solution that didn't exist.

To be honest, Maurice had never been this extreme even when he was wheelchair-bound. But now, he wanted an answer. He allowed no refusal.

Caesar asked, "Mr. Glovers, who has been infected with the Heart Eater? Is it you? Hold out your hand, and I'll check your pulse…"

Halfway through his sentence, he caught sight of Maurice's impatience, and a terrible realization struck him.

Could it be… Maurice was helping Felicia from Khogend?

Caesar's expression shifted. One moment, he looked like he was choking back tears. The next, he seemed torn and was hesitant to speak.

Before Maurice could lose patience and throw him out, Caesar finally sighed helplessly. "There's only one way."

"And what's that? Speak," Maurice pressed.

"Using twin venomous creatures to transfer the Heart Eater to another person. The second host will bear all the effects and control of the Heart Eater," Caesar stated solemnly. "There's no other method."

Ironically, the only reason he even had a ready supply of twin venomous creatures was because of Felicia.

She had used them once before to make Maurice suffer. That incident had enraged Maurice, and he ordered people to scour the land for them until he finally obtained two pairs.

Now, those creatures were already cultivated and asleep. All that was needed was to awaken and feed them for a few days to alter their function before they could be used.

Previously, Felicia modified the twin venomous creatures to have a shared pain effect. It meant that when one host suffered, the other felt double the pain.

But the pair Caesar had developed had their symbiotic bond removed. Instead, they now functioned as a transfer mechanism.

Caesar sighed. "All that's required is to send one of the venomous creatures into the target's body through an external wound. The Heart Eater will then devour the twin venomous creature. Once consumed, the twin venomous creature will transfer the Heart Eater's control and effects to the new host.

"In simple terms, you… will bear her suffering."