When I associated my room with the word ‘Luke’, I was immediately reminded of the scene where he patted my back for a long time, soothing and calming me.
‘…No way, I came here because I was worried that I might be scared again after interviewing the police officer… I guess not?’
Because Luke was always worried about me being investigated. Maybe so. I sighed and covered my eyes with my arms. As the early afternoon sunlight filtered through the thin curtains, my vision turned black. It’s shameful, absurd, and confusing.
‘The funniest thing is that in the meantime, I ended up taking shooting lessons from Luke.’
I thought for a long time about how I should accept this situation, and fell into a fit of sleep, exhausted from worrying without an answer. When I woke up, I could see the sun setting outside the window. Even though it was fall and the days weren’t that short, I must have slept for an hour or two. After checking my watch, I was so startled that I jumped up from my seat.
‘It’s past the time you were supposed to come from the dressing room. Why on earth didn’t anyone come to wake me up?’
I quickly got up, washed my face with cold water, grabbed my coat, opened the door, and went out. Mrs. Blier, who was passing by in a hurry, stopped and approached me with a bright smile.
“Oh, you’re awake.”
“Ah… yes. Did you know I was sleeping?”
“Actually, the Duke told me to let you just rest this week, and he insisted on playing with the kids. You were sleeping, but I can’t wake you up.”
As Mrs. Bliere said that, her eyes were still full of concern. It seemed like the large police officer was making some strange noises.
I smiled slightly, feeling both grateful and sorry, and she hastily added her words.
“But even if that wasn’t the case, I was going to be in trouble if I didn’t wake up soon.”
“Yes?”
“Because a guest has arrived.”
‘A guest? For me?’
This was the first time I had a guest come to me.
‘Maybe it’s someone from the people who asked how I was doing in the letter?’
“Oh, then it really was okay to wake him up. Who’s here?”
“That is… The costume room also came, and a total of seven guests came.”
I walked towards the stairs and stopped, clutching the thick railing handle.
“How… How many people?”
“Well. Some people came yesterday too.”
“…Is there anyone who will come like that?”
I was a little embarrassed, so I quickened my pace and hurried down the stairs. There are several reception rooms on the first floor of the old mansion, the largest and most classical of which was used only to receive guests from the duke himself. But surprisingly, the place where Mrs. Blier guided me was the largest drawing room. When I looked back at Mrs. Blier in a bit of surprise, she gave me a hint with a small smile over her round glasses.
“The Duke was passing by and saw these people huddled together in the small living room next to him, so he told them to move here quickly.”
When I arrived at the entrance to the living room, I immediately understood why Luke said that. The scene in the drawing room was quite strange. Apparently, the seven guests matched the person who sent me the letter. Officer Amanta, Lambiel McRae, Allai Koos, Latte Locker, Lemuet Larus, Milorad Dracel, and even Arviche’s aunt Ross Green, who did not even open the letter, let alone reply, were there. I was dumbfounded and looked through the gap in the door for a long time.
‘Now that I’ve put it all together like this, I see that it’s truly a splendid aspect…’
One was a police officer, the other was soon to be a high priest, and there were also prominent noble daughters holding positions in the magic tower, the surgical ward, and the upper guild. In addition, there is a master of the marquis who is also close with Luke. I looked at the emerald hair mixed in between and sighed.
‘Aunt Ross Green is the only person who had a connection to Arbice Green’s true identity… Somehow, mixed in with this composition, it looks so shabby that I can’t even show off the business card of a nobleman.’
There were a lot of people, but the composition was so extravagant that the thought of cramming them all into a small living room would make me sweat. Of course, the kidnapping incident was a big deal, but the fact that these busy people put everything aside and rushed to my kidnapping incident… I responded around noon, and I was so embarrassed and grateful that everyone had gathered so quickly and filled the reception room.
“How long has it been since everyone arrived?”
“It really hasn’t been that long. There is nothing to worry about.”
“Is it so?”
“Yes. Priest Allay Kuss came first, Marquis McRae came next, then the constable and the rest came all at once. I told them Arbice was resting, and the priest asked me not to wake you up, so this is what happened.”
“Okay…”
‘This is a horror game. Serial murder cases are rampant, and disappearance cases are more frequent.’
In a place like that, a kidnapping incident might not be a big deal. I felt my eyes watering and blinked them quickly, when Mrs. Blier spoke next to me with a proud look on his face.
“Everyone came because they were worried about Arbice. You are grateful people.”
Even though my heart was still touched, I felt like crying even more because of what Mrs. Blier said. I was really grateful to see Mrs. Blie’s expression of gratitude upon seeing the people who came out of concern for me. I felt like they really treated me like a member of the family, not just someone living in the same building.
“That’s right. These are people I am really, really thankful for. And Mrs. Blier, you know that I’m really grateful for always taking care of me, right? Thanks to you, I’ve really gotten better.”
“Oh my, really? But the officer…”
“The effect of quince tea was really good.”
When I narrowed my eyes, Mrs. Blier burst into laughter while holding the door open.
[Blier White’s likeability has increased.
Lv.2(181/198)]
As I was absent-mindedly watching her crush renew her window, she took out her neatly angled handkerchief from her bosom and placed it in my hand.
“You don’t have to say hello every time, even for trivial things like this. what… That is Arbice’s charm.”
“But I’m really grateful.”
“Okay, okay, let’s go now. Everyone, please wait. I’ll bring some more refreshments. For those who came from the dressing room…”
“Oh, where are you now?”
“Please stay in the living room right next door.”
“Please tell him I will be there soon.”
“Yes.”
Mrs. Blier seemed to be uncharacteristically embarrassed, so he pushed me back and let me in. As I entered, the people in the room, where there was only vague silence, all turned to look at me. When I saw people who I was happy to meet one by one approach me all at once with worried faces, I couldn’t hold it in and my eyes turned red.
“Are you okay?”
“Are you okay?”
There were people who spoke to me like that, and there were also people who immediately offered a prayer. Among all those people, I made eye contact with Alay Kus. Those pure eyes that resembled snowflakes smiled in relief when they saw me. Did he say that there will be a nomination ceremony for the next high priest soon? It must be hectic every day… Even though I sent my greetings through a letter, I felt sorry and grateful that he bothered to come and see my face. As I held her handkerchief in my hand and wiped my eyes, Latte Locker came up to me and hugged me. In the meantime, Lemuet was holding my arms and legs and checking to see if I was injured, while Milorad stopped them.
“Albi! Are you okay? What is this all about? I’m really still shocked and can’t calm down… I asked to go to the magic tower for no reason… Do you know how worried I was because I felt like if anything went wrong, it was all my fault?”
“Are you okay? On the outside, it looks okay… It doesn’t look like there are any scratches anywhere.”
“I’m sorry, Alby. I expected Latte and Lemuet to be this crazy, but I was so worried about them that I couldn’t help but bring them.”
Since all three of them were talking to me in detail at once, I was completely lost. I didn’t know what to answer first, so I just smiled.
“It’s okay. Everything is fine. There are people who worry so much, so what’s wrong with me?”
Latte seemed to like what I said as she hugged me and patted me. But Latte was much shorter than me, so I ended up hugging her.
“Who is the kidnapper? What happened? Did you catch it? I will create a method of execution much more vicious and painful than the guillotine. huh?”
“What… yet.”
They didn’t even listen to my statement properly, so I have absolutely no expectation that they will catch the culprit. Latte, Milorad, and Lemuet seemed to have sensed the helplessness in the answer, exchanged glances with each other and then let out a long sigh on my behalf. Then he patted my shoulder for a long time.
“Ladies over there, how long do we have to wait for our turn? I came all the way here just to see Ms. Green’s face.”
When I turned around at the sound of a voice coming from behind, I saw a handsome man with curly silver hair smiling with long pupils like a cat.
“Mr. MacRae?”
“I came to ask how you are.”
McRae naturally tried to squeeze my hand with the intention of kissing the back of my hand, but Latte snatched both of my hands first.
“Isn’t this Mr. Lambiel, who is rumored to be a playboy? “What business do you have with our Alby?”
Langviel shrugged his shoulders at Latte’s defensive stance. It was so funny to see a character whose likeability level was so difficult to increase in the game act as if it was too difficult to talk to a woman. I burst out laughing alone.
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