"Your Majesty, I haven't seen you in many days. How have you been these past few days? I see that your health has only grown weaker. What should we do? Why don't I examine you?"
"I told you before that my medical skills are quite good. As long as you trust me, you'll be fine. There's nothing seriously wrong with you. I'm only afraid that you harbor doubts about me and won't dare let me treat you."
"I know that before I arrived, you had the Imperial Physicians examine you. But those Imperial Physicians all said that your body is extremely weak now and that there is no way to treat it."
After Uchiha Hiko returned and saw how much worse the Sovereign's health had become, he knew that having the little palace maid at his side poison him before he left was already beginning to show results.
Moreover, Uchiha Hiko felt that the time had come to act, because the timing, location, and support of the people all perfectly satisfied the conditions in his heart.
Still, looking at the Sovereign now, he found him somewhat pitiful. He thought of waiting a few more days. Although he had been the one to devise that plan before, he now felt it was somewhat cruel.
After dealing with the Sovereign so wisely for so many days, he felt that the Sovereign was not truly a cruel-hearted man. He was merely greedy and exceptionally incompetent.
Uchiha Hiko also knew very clearly that, in all this, the Sovereign had not done anything truly evil. He had only oppressed the common people.
As a Sovereign, oppressing the common people was indeed wrong, but it had not reached the point where he deserved to lose his life. Uchiha Hiko merely felt that this matter should teach