DO YOU KNOW...
...WHAT KIND OF FLOWER THIS IS?
NO, I DON'T. WHY?
DOES HE KNOW THAT IT'S POISONOUS?
THIS IS A POISONOUS FLOWER.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT SPECIES, BUT IT'S DEADLY.
HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS...?
BECAUSE...
...I'VE SEEN THIS FLOWER BEFORE.
I'M CERTAIN OF IT.
NO,
:THERE'S NO WAY YOU'VE SEEN IT BEFORE.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS FLOWER WAS CREATED BY THE AGRECE FAMILY.
AN OUTSIDER COULDN'T HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE.
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO BELIEVE ME OR NOT.
BUT FROM NOW ON...
WHY IS HE...
...LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?
...YOU SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL.
IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU THROW THEM AWAY,
IS IT BECAUSE HE THINKS I DON'T BELIEVE HIM?
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT...
BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, TRY TO AT LEAST KEEP A DISTANCE FROM THEM.
YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE ME,
BUT IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.
NO, I BELIEVE YOU.
THERE'S NO REASON FOR YOU TO LIE ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AFTER ALL.
AM I RIGHT?
HOW DID...
..CASSIS KNOW THAT THIS WAS A POISONOUS FLOWER?
WHAT IS HE HIDING FROM ME, AND WHY?
UGH!
I FEEL MORE TIRED THAN USUAL TODAY.
I GUESS I'VE BEEN BUSY KEEPING AN EYE ON DEON AND THE PEDELIANS,
AND RAISING THE POISON BUTTERFLIES ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
HM...
I HEARD YOUR TOY TRIED TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT.
OH, YOU'RE STILL IN ONE PIECE?
I GUESS THE PUNISHMENT ROOM WASN'T SO BAD, AFTER ALL.
YOU SHOULD'VE JUST STAYED THERE A WHILE LONGER,
CHARLOTTE.
SHUT UP!
I HEARD ABOUT THE RUCKUS THAT YOUR TOY CAUSED!
YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T DESERVE TO BE ITS OWNER!!!
SHE IS SO PERSISTENT.
HMPH
IF IT WERE ME, I WOULD'VE CUT OFF BOTH ITS LEGS TO STOP IT FROM THE VERY START!
YES, I KNOW YOU WOULD HAVE.
I ALSO HEARD THAT FATHER LET YOU HAVE THE TOY...
...ONLY AFTER I WAS SENT TO THE PUNISHMENT ROOM!!!
YOU MANIPULATED ME INTO BREAKING INTO THE DUNGEON AND GETTING PUNISHED, DIDN'T YOU?!
YOU FILTHY LIAR!!!
YOU'RE THE IDIOT FOR FALLING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I BET YOU TALKED YOUR WAY OUT OF GETTING PUNISHED, TOO!!!
YELL
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO DESERVES TO BE IN THE PUNISHMENT ROOM!
YOU LIED ABOUT THE POISON BUTTERFLIES TOO, DIDN'T YOU?!
YOU MAY HAVE FOOLED FATHER, BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ME!
YOU CAN BET I'LL TAKE BACK THE TOY THAT IS RIGHTFULLY MINE BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!!!
JUST YOU WAIT!!!
IS THAT ALL YOU THOUGHT OF WHILE BEING IN THE PUNISHMENT ROOM?
I GUESS STUPIDITY REALLY HAS NO CURE.
OKAY, CHARLOTTE...
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF?
NOW,
TELL ME WHETHER YOU THINK I'M LYING OR NOT.
WHAT--?
...KILLER BUTTERFLIES?
THESE ARE...
I WARNED YOU BEFORE, CHARLOTTE.
I DON'T LIKE FOOLISH CHILDREN.
NEXT TIME...
...TRY NOT TO DISAPPOINT ME AGAIN.
NO... NOT YET... JUST A LITTLE-- JUST A LITTLE MORE...!
ROXANA?
IS THERE SOMETHING--
UNGH...
UGH...
ROXANA...?
I KNOW IT WAS MY FIRST TIME USING THE POISON BUTTERFLIES LIKE THIS...
...BUT I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO TAKE SUCH A TOLL ON MY BODY.
DAMN IT!
AMAZING...
HE BROKE THE SHACKLES WITH HIS BARE HANDS.
IS HE TRYING TO ESCAPE AGAIN?
BUT HE CAN'T--
IF HE GETS CAUGHT AGAIN...
...HE MIGHT DIE THIS TIME.
ROXANA!!!
In Roxana Chapter Draft 21, Roxana is shaken when Cassis recognizes the deadly poisonous flower created by the Agrece family and questions what he is hiding. Then, exhausted Roxana argues with Charlotte, who has come out of the punishment room, over the toy and the poisonous butterflies, frightening her by showing the butterflies. The chapter ends with her realizing that using the poisonous butterflies takes a heavy toll on her body and with Cassis breaking his shackles with his bare hands.
