Again.
Van was once again put in the same position he was some time ago when he first met Athena and Dionysus. And once again, he asked the same question.
"Did… you kill them?"
And once again, Dionysus answered with a no. But seeing as Gerald was still able to stay awake and was even standing on his own two feet, the thing he put in their drinks was not poison; or if it was, the toxicity was not that lethal, at least not enough to kill even Queen Nori, who could be considered the most normal of them.
He knew Hermes was immune to all kinds of poison, and with the addition of the Passive Skill he got from Dionysus when he absorbed his God Soul; his physiology was practically immune to any outside influence-- poison or mind control.
And now, he finally had the chance to test out one of them due to Dionysus altering their drinks.