Chapter 77
‘It looks like he made a magic oath.’
Cassis concluded that and asked again.
“I heard you owe a huge debt to Venion. Did Count Venion set you up?”
“Ah…. Ugh…”
The Count closed his mouth and made an unintelligible sound. He couldn’t nod or shake his head.
He was frustrated, but not convinced.
“You will pay dearly for this.”
Finally, the Count opened his mouth.
“Duke, please have mercy…”
Cassis turned his back without hesitation. He would never show mercy to the Count.
*****
Evelia tried not to think about what happened during the hunting competition if possible. When I thought about that time, my heart kept pounding and I felt like I couldn’t breathe.
She had already died once, but the anxiety that she might die again gripped her strongly.
But I couldn’t stop the words from being heard. Because of the noise around her, Evelia learned that the Count Ritters family was behind it.
“As expected, Countess Ritters said that.”
Not only did she drag her inside, saying there was a place with a better view, but Countess Ritters looked somewhat strange.
I thought it was just in case, but it was the same.
Evelia thought that Countess Ritters had a similar situation. From what I heard, the Count Ritters owed a large amount of money to the Venion family.
Perhaps Count Venion was playing a trick.
However, although there was a feeling, there was no physical evidence. Cassis also knew this, which is why he could not touch Venion.
‘Since he failed this time, he’s going to try again.’
Perhaps the nanny poisoning incident seen in the original could have occurred.
‘I need to go see Samuel.’
Evelia finished getting ready to go out and came out of the room. Then, as if it was natural, Ruth and Cassis followed behind her.
“Mom, where are you going?”
“Where are you going?”
“Ah….”
Evelia laughed.
‘What should I do?’
Looking at the state of the two men now, it seemed like they would not let Evelia go out alone.
‘But it’s difficult to reveal to Cassis that Samuel is the leader of Siero…’
After much thought, Evelia told a lie.
“Hey, just go to Marquis Denoa’s house for a moment….”
The reactions of the two fathers and sons were different.
“Really? Are you going to see Aria? I want to go too!”
Ruth was very excited.
“What is going on with the Denoa family? Are you trying to meet Lord Denoa?”
Cassis had a straight face.
Evelia shook her head as she looked at the conflicting expressions of the two men.
It was true that I was going to see Samuel, but it didn’t feel right to do so.
“Uh, um, so… I wanted to see if Miss Aria was okay. I would also like to apologize to Lord Denoa.”
Cassis’ reaction became sharper.
“Why are you apologizing to Lord Denoa?”
“During the hunting competition, Lord Denoa entrusted Miss Aria to me. But because I ended up like that, I wasn’t able to take care of her until the end.”
Although it was a hastily made excuse, I was actually worried about Aria.
‘They said she was surprised.’
Evelia later heard from Annie what happened after she collapsed.
As soon as the attack occurred, the hunting ground became chaos, and the madam who stayed behind to look after the children hurriedly evacuated them with the family knights.
Originally, this was Evelia’s job. Samuel would have trusted her and entrusted his precious younger sister to her, but since she could not protect her, she deserved an apology.
“It was unavoidable. Do you really need to apologize?”
“Well, if you look at it that way, yes… I still feel bad about it.”
Cassis sighed slightly.
“All right. Then let’s go together.”
Evelia thought Cassis would follow. so she had a backup plan.
“Wait, I forgot something, I’ll go get it, and you two get ready to go out.”
She entered the room and took out a quill and paper.
[Please keep an eye on Count Venion. In particular, please investigate whether they are trading suspicious drugs and let me know right away.]
I quickly wrote a note, folded it small, and put it in my pocket. When she went out again, the two men were already ready.
Evelia smiled calmly.
“Then shall we go?”
*****
“Sister Eve!”
As soon as we arrived at Denoa, Aria came running with tears streaming down our faces. The child was snuggled into Evelia’s arms.
“Are you okay?”
It seemed like she was very worried. Evelia comforted Aria by patting her back.
“Yes, I’m okay. It’s not a big deal.”
“Ahhh.”
Samuel followed her and carefully pulled Aria away.
“Come on, Aria. You can’t do that to Madam.”
Then he bowed to Evelia and Cassis.
“Welcome.”
“I’m sorry for coming to you so suddenly.”
“No. Please come in first. Aria, you should stop crying and guide the young master.”
“Huh, yes.”
At Samuel’s words, Aria wiped away her tears and held Ruth’s hand quite dignified.
“Ruth, welcome to my home. I’ll show you around my room.”
“Okay!”
While the children went to see Aria’s room, the adults headed to the living room. After a brief greeting, Samuel asked.
“I heard about what happened during the hunting competition. Are you okay?”
“Yes, as you can see, I’m fine.”
“By the way, what brought you here today?”
“Oh, I came to see if Miss Aria was okay. And I also want to apologize to you….”
Samuel tilted his head to one side.
“Are you apologizing to me?”
“You left Miss Aria in my care, but I wasn’t able to take care of her properly. “ want to apologize for that.”
When Evelia stood up and tried to bend down, Cassis and Samuel stood up at the same time.
Cassis held Evelia’s hand tightly, and Samuel shook his hand.
“No, you don’t need to. You put Aria in a safe place, and…”
Samuel’s eyes briefly turned to the two people’s joined hands.
“Madam probably never dreamed that something like that would happen. Young master was also with Aria….”
Samuel spoke strangely.
“So anyway, what I meant was that you don’t need to apologize.”
“Still….”
“It makes me uncomfortable if you keep trying to apologize.”
Evelia had no choice but to sit down with Cassis.
Even after Cassis sat down, he wrapped the back of Evelia’s hand with his own. Evelia didn’t bother to shake off his hand.
While the three were chatting lightly, the two children who had finished looking around the room returned.
“Ah, Ruth is here. Should we go home now?”
“Already?”
“Yes. We came today to check that Miss Aria is okay. Let’s come visit again officially next time.”
“Yes.”
Ruth looked sullen, but obediently came to Evelia’s side.
On the other hand, Aria puffed out her cheeks and chattered in a cheeky voice.
“Can’t you stay here a little longer? I want to play more.”
Samuel stroked Aria’s head.
“Aria, don’t be stubborn.”
“Hm.”
Evelia comforted Aria.
“I will definitely come next time.”
“It’s a promise.”
“Yes, promise.”
She stood up with Cassis.
“Then I’ll go. Oh, see you.”
When Evelia passed Samuel, who got up after her, she dropped the note she had put in her pocket on the floor.
As I was leaving the door, I looked back and saw Samuel picking up a note.
Today’s goal was achieved.
*****
Even after returning to the mansion, Evelia was overcome by unknown emotions. She herself didn’t know why her heart was so tight and pounding.
She put Ruth, who did not return to his room, to sleep in her own bed and lost herself in thought. That’s why I didn’t even notice Cassis coming in.
“What are you thinking about?”
“Ah…”
Evelia smiled bitterly.
“I don’t know.”
“……?”
“It’s complicated in my head, but I don’t know why.”
Cassis sat down on the sofa, holding her hand.
“Tell me anything.”
“Hmm.”
Evelia thought for a moment and then began to blurt out what was inside her.
“Just like that. I thought Countess Ritters was a good person, but it seems like I don’t have the right eyes to see, and….”
Cassis listened to her in silence. There was no lighthearted retort, but Evelia actually liked it better.
“I feel ashamed because I feel like I have been the victim of an obvious manipulation. If I had been a little wiser, I think I could have avoided the situation in advance…”
As she spoke, Evelia really didn’t have the courage to look at Cassis, so she lowered her head and kept her mouth shut.
Cassis, who had been quietly listening to her, opened his mouth.
“I was often attacked when I was young.”
Um casal tão lindo, não vejo a hora de Cassis descobri seus verdadeiros sentimentos pela prota