2025-10-14 17:12:46“Sir, ma’am, we must not listen to his nonsense.”
One of the doctors spoke to Ethan and Isla, nodding toward Martin.
“If we don’t perform CPR immediately, I’m very worried this child won’t survive three minutes. If you don’t believe me, please look at his heartbeat.”
On the monitor, the line curved faintly—almost straight.
It was the visual representation of the patient’s heartbeat.
If it became completely straight, it meant the heart had stopped.
“We don’t have time. Please allow me to do it now.”
Isla’s face was extremely tense.
She wanted to take Cody to the capital, but the doctor’s words left her no choice.
If she insisted on transferring him, his life might be at risk during the trip.
Before she could respond, Martin’s voice sounded again.
“No,” he said firmly. “The child’s body is fighting the remaining poison. Any external interference will only be fatal. The toxin could spread throughout his body.”
Looking directly at Isla, Martin continued, “If he doesn’t wake up in three minutes, you may do whatever you wish to me.”
“Hey, idiot!”
Ethan glared sharply at Martin.
“You think that child’s life is worth your nonsense? If something happens, this entire hospital will be held responsible! Have you even thought about that?”
“Please,” Martin said, ignoring Ethan’s shouting.
“Just three minutes.”
He wasn’t begging for attention.
He simply believed it was his duty to save a life in danger—just as he had done years ago in Belvaria.
At that moment, hearing him mention poison, the middle-aged woman who had brought Cody suddenly remembered something.
“Young man, do you mean Cody has food poisoning?”
“No.”
Martin shook his head.
“It’s venom from a highly lethal species of snake. If it reaches the heart and nervous system, it can kill within minutes. Fortunately, the child has already passed the critical phase.”
“Idiot! You’ve been talking about snake venom this whole time,” one doctor snapped.
“There are no bite marks on his body. You’re clearly making things up!”
“Besides, someone bitten by a snake usually runs a very high fever. But his body temperature is stable. This is clearly food poisoning.”
“He wasn’t bitten directly,” Martin replied calmly. “Most likely, the venom contaminated something—food, perhaps. The child unknowingly consumed it.”
In Belvaria, where Martin had once been stationed, this species was known as the pine tree snake—extremely venomous.
Drug dealers sometimes raised them.
When handled with extreme precision, the venom could be used as a powerful additive in certain narcotics—far stronger than opium.
That was why it was so valuable.
But careless dealers often failed to refine it properly.
Instead of becoming a stimulant, it remained deadly poison.
As the argument continued—
Two minutes and thirty seconds had passed.
Cody’s face had turned as pale as a corpse.
Fifteen seconds remained.
If nothing was done within the next fifteen seconds, the child might truly be beyond saving.
“Everyone, be quiet.”
Isla stared intensely at Cody. Cold sweat streamed down her forehead.
“Do whatever must be done. I just want him alive.”
“Yes, ma’am. I’ll begin CPR now.”
Feeling authorized, the doctor stepped forward and placed his hands on Cody’s chest.
But before he could proceed, Martin quickly grabbed his wrist.
“Hey! What are you doing? Let go of me! Let go now!”
The doctor shouted, but Martin did not release him.
“This man is insane!” Ethan yelled, turning to the security guards. “Why are you standing there? Take him out! Now!”
“Y-Yes, sir.”
The two guards hesitated briefly after what Martin had done to them earlier.
But there was no time to think.
“Move!” they shouted, each grabbing one of Martin’s shoulders.
Yet no matter how hard they pulled, Martin didn’t budge.
It felt as though they were trying to drag a massive block of concrete.
Five…
Four…
Three…
Two…
Beeeeeeep!
Exactly at the three-minute mark, the line on the monitor went flat.
The child’s heart had stopped completely.
“Cody!”
Isla’s eyes widened in horror.
She rushed to his frail body.
“No! No! You can’t leave. Aunty is here. You must hold on! You have to!”
She wrapped her arms around him.
His body was cold.
Very cold.
“Hey, move!”
The guards pulled Martin harder.
He brushed their hands away after releasing the doctor’s wrist.
“I told you everything would be fine. I’ll leave now.”
Martin walked calmly toward the door.
But his composure only fueled everyone’s fury.
“Hey! Where do you think you’re going?”
“Murderer!” Ethan shouted. “You think you can just walk away? You’ll pay for this! You’ll spend the rest of your life in prison!”
Every pair of eyes in the room burned with anger.
Martin, Quinn thought. What are you trying to do? Why act so recklessly and let a life slip away? What are you trying to prove?
While everyone stared at Martin—
The middle-aged woman suddenly frowned as she looked at Cody.
“M-Ma’am…” she said, her voice trembling. “H-He… he’s awake.”
She pointed at Cody’s twitching fingers.
“What?”
Isla loosened her embrace, letting the boy lie back down.
She could hardly believe her eyes when the flat line on the monitor slowly began to curve again—then returned to normal rhythm.
Cough—cough!
Cody coughed twice before slowly opening his eyes.
“Aunty… I’m sorry,” he whispered when he saw Isla in front of him.
“I promise I won’t be naughty anymore. I won’t steal that man’s hunted meat again.”
Isla said nothing. She simply hugged him tightly.
“You’re safe now.”
At that moment, every doctor in the room stood frozen, eyes wide.
“I-It’s… impossible!”
How could someone whose heart had completely stopped suddenly revive and regain consciousness?
It defied medical logic.
Martin merely gave a faint smile.
He knew exactly why they were confused.
“I told you everything would be fine. Cody, you did the right thing by staying away from whatever nearly harmed you.”
Without another word, Martin walked out of the room.
“Wait.”
Before he could step through the door, Ethan’s voice rang out again.
“Just because the child survived, you think it was your doing? Not a chance! It was the medicine we gave him earlier! Don’t you dare take credit for this! You will still answer for what you’ve done!”
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Meanwhile, at the same time—“Quinn?”Valentina, who had just stepped out of the car, frowned when she saw her older sister coming from a different direction than she should have—her head lowered, her face tense, as if she were holding back shattered emotions.Valentina might have only found out two days ago that the woman just a year older than her was her biological sister. She might have only grown close to Quinn over the past three months.But she knew very well that Quinn was not someone who easily appeared shaken—let alone weak.Quinn was a very strong woman.And if there was anyone similar to her, it was their mother.Seeing her sister’s expression now, Valentina felt as if her own heart were in pain.Now she understood just how deep Quinn’s anxiety was at the thought of this forced engagement with the prince.But at the same time, she also realized the opposite.So your feelings for Martin run that deep?Valentina bit her lower lip as she shook her head weakly.Whether she lik
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“You don’t need to worry. Something like that won’t happen again.”Even though he said it with a serious expression, his overly casual tone still left Lana unsatisfied.She knew Martin very well.A man who would never hesitate to sacrifice himself for his team would never just stand by and do nothing if something happened to her.And that was exactly what made her uneasy.“Martin, please. Promise me, okay?”Not only did her pleading expression make her look like she was about to cry in desperation, but her hands—once resting on Martin’s shoulders—now moved down to grasp both of his hands.“I really don’t want anything to happen to you. I…”She wanted to say that she was extremely anxious right now.Not seeing him for three years had only made it harder to face the thought of being separated from him again.And there was a reason why a Spectre like her was acting like a sulking child.Because of what Martin had done—pressing the alarm button—Jayden had punished him by assigning him out
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And now, a girl with such charm was standing right in front of her husband, placing her hands on his shoulders—showing a gesture far too intimate to be called merely an “old acquaintance.”Not just her—any wife would surely think the same.“That girl… Lana, right?”Walking beside the palace officer, Quinn lowered her head, her face tense with the storm of thoughts raging in her mind.“And that look…”Martin might possess an extraordinary mind for reading patterns. But a woman—especially someone with thoughts as complex as Quinn—also had an equally sharp ability to read human emotions.She might have never met Lana in person before. But just from the way that girl looked at her husband, it was already more than enough to make one thing clear.That girl had very deep feelings for him.“No. Why am I thinking like this right now?” Quinn thought, the corners of her eyes beginning to moisten. “I shouldn’t be thinking such things… not about Martin.”Her husband had never mentioned having any
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Two months earlier.“Quinn, the reason I allowed Gianna to stay here is actually because…”Over the past month, as Martin’s relationship with his wife had grown much closer, it felt rather odd to have another woman—especially someone as beautiful as Valentina—living in the same house with them.That was why Martin gave a brief explanation, saying that the girl might be in serious danger if she were to live outside on her own.“I’m a former soldier,” Martin continued, feeling that there was no longer any need to hide his identity from his wife.Of course, he didn’t say anything about Spectre or that he had once been number one in Norvia’s most elite military unit.Not for any particular reason—just that it was all in the past, and he didn’t think it was important enough to tell Quinn.Not only that.Martin also showed a few photos—very few—that remained from his past, one of which was taken during a mission in a region of Asia.“Hold a second,” Quinn said, who had been leaning against
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Thirty minutes later, the two cars began entering the special district reserved for the royal family.For a full kilometer leading up to the palace, red flags were placed along the roadside every ten meters.Naturally, that made Silvana even more uneasy.This is bad, she thought.The palace never did this unless they were welcoming a prospective new member of the family.That meant they were already very certain about arranging the prince’s match with her daughter tonight.And that forced Silvana to think very carefully about what she should say—if she didn’t want to ruin everything.As they passed through the palace gates, dozens of attendants stood along the road, as if waiting for their arrival.“This is starting to feel way too excessive,” Silvana muttered, unable to hide her anxiety any longer.Her unease only grew stronger.Not even a prime minister would receive such a reception.What she was seeing only reinforced her fear that the engagement would truly happen tonight.Just a
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Although he wasn’t among the invited guests—and bringing someone without an invitation could cause serious trouble—Martin’s presence at the palace had actually been part of Silvana’s plan from the beginning.Her plan was simple.Tell the truth—that Quinn was already married. Bring her husband and proof of it. Then hope the royal family would reconsider their arrangement.But wasn’t that full of risks?If the royal family insisted on continuing with the engagement, not only would their plan fail—it would also put Martin in danger.The royal family wouldn’t hesitate to eliminate a man they now saw as an obstacle.“No… I can’t let that happen,” Quinn murmured softly as she pulled her phone back out of her bag.She really wanted to ask her husband for help.But she wanted even more for nothing to happen to him.If she had to choose, she would rather see him safe than risk his life for her.“I have to tell him to go back home immediately and not go anywhere.”She couldn’t send a voice mess
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