Chapter 2336

Lily took a breath and answered, “Yes, I want to save Nick, but it doesn’t make me wrong. I’ve told you how risky the experiment is, Your Majesty. I’m sure you remember.”

Now that Rhea was trying to disrupt Lily’s plan, the latter could only rely on her relationship with the queen to salvage the situation. However, the queen did not respond and grew pensive, trying to recall what Lily had told her.

Rhea noticed Lily had swayed the queen again and said, “Don’t believe her, Your Majesty! Indeed, the experiment is risky, but she only wants to save the boy. You mustn’t fall for her tricks.” Lily glared at Rhea. “Hey, even if I’m trying to save Nick, I’m just stating the facts!”

Rhea scoffed and said, “Yeah, right. For his sake, you wouldn’t even wish to make the experiment work.”

“Can you guarantee it’ll work now?” Lily asked.

Rhea smiled. “Of course not.”

“Since you can’t, why conduct an experiment that is most likely to fail?” Lily looked toward the queen and said gently, “Your Highness, what you want is a successful experiment, not a failed one that serves no purpose.”

“Hmm…” Conflicted, the queen frowned.

At that moment, Rhea sneered. “Who says it’ll serve no purpose?”

“Rhea!” If the queen had not been around, Lily would have knocked Rhea out cold.

However, Rhea was pleased to see Lily look so exasperated. The former pointed at Nick and then at Fred. “Your Highness, you do need a successful experiment, but it doesn’t have to be this one.”

Intrigued, the queen asked, “What do you mean?”

“What you want is for your own experiment to work, but they are the current subjects. What does it matter if it fails?” Rhea gazed at Fred and Nick coldly. “As Fred said, if the experiment fails, we can learn from it.

“Since we stand to gain from it whether or not it succeeds, why shouldn’t we go ahead?”

The queen was swayed when Rhea mentioned Fred.

‘Rhea’s right! Why should I care about Fred after what he did? She’s right that we can at least learn something if the experiment fails. Who knows if it will work the next time?’ The queen smiled