Chapter 67:
“You’d better go now.”
Leon said to Janice after a few steps away from her.
“I… I can’t go.”
But Janice made an unexpected remark. You could come, but you can’t go back?
He did not take his eyes off Janice with an emotionless look.
“I don’t think that’s my business.”
Janice’s body flinched slightly at the voice of annoyance. She stood there with her head down.
“You will be in trouble if they know I’m gone now”
“I don’t understand your words.”
Leon’s head tilted to the side. What do I have to do with her disappearance?
“The pattern on my wrist. You think Delther doesn’t know?”
It won’t be a good thing to talk. Leon remained silent even with Janice’s words.
When there was no response to her words, Janice approached Leon pleadingly and held his hand.
“You just, you just have to take me there. That’s all I want.”
“…Ha.”
Isn’t she a person who really cares about everything.
Even if she came because of the pattern, she was the one who moved her feet in the end.
“I won’t act recklessly again.”
Janice once again asked Leon for a favor. She thought he would budge if she did a little more.
Isn’t it like that before?
Therefore, she thought he would be forced to accept it again this time.
Leon saw Janice’s hand, holding his hand, with sharp eyes.
“You really… You’ve been treating me carelessly since last time.”
Didn’t she kiss as she pleased and now hold hands?
It wasn’t what I wanted.
Leon hated it so much that it was creepy for someone else to touch his body, and it felt like he wants to erase it.
Only Elle could hold me, and get me drunk.
He grabbed Janice’s hand lightly and pulled it away from him.
“This is the last time.”
If he didn’t do what she wanted, it was obvious that she would stand like this.
Inevitably, Leon took the lead in walking to the royal palace.
* * *
“I’m in trouble.”
The guards at the palace were unusual.
It seemed better to wait for a while than to move hastily.
Leon and Zenith held their breath and stared at the guards from the palace building.
Soon Janice tapped Leon.
“Go to the back and get into the room.”
“……Alright.”
Leon moved slowly, following Janice’s guidance.
Janice was entering through the window of the open room when someone looked up.
“Ugh!”
In a hurry, Janice took Leon’s hand and pulled him into the room, falling.
“……I’m sorry.”
She blushed as she saw Leon, who was barely touching the floor above her.
I pulled him in a hurry, but I really didn’t know this would happen.
Leon raised himself with a grim expression and looked out the window.
“Then I’ll leave.”
“Hey, wait…!”
You’re going to go like this? Not yet, I wish you could go a little later.
If you go now, we don’t know when we’ll see each other again.
When Janice thought of it, she grabbed Leon’s hem with regret.
His displeased gaze touched me, but I turned away.
“Well, I mean…….”
Janice was spouting gibberish and trying to come up with an excuse when she heard a knock on the doorknob.
Delther opened the door and entered in a rather urgent manner without knocking.
“Janice”
Anxious eyes hurriedly looked around the room.
“You must have been quiet.”
She was deeply offended by Delther’s visit.
“……Yes, Your Highness. You locked the door tightly so I couldn’t get out.”
“Is something wrong?”
“No, nothing happened.”
“Really?”
But Delther closed the door immediately.
Panicked, Janice froze on the spot upon seeing Delther looking around. But there was no change in his expression.
Delther, who strode along, passed Janice and closed the open window.
“I think it’s better to lock the door and sleep today.”
“……Yes, I understand.”
She glanced around, but Leon was nowhere to be seen.
* * *
“Aah!”
My whole body feels stiff. I stretched and opened the window wide.
Yes, there was nothing to see. But it feels a little different?
After such a positive thought, I changed my clothes right away.
I thought it would be comfortable to wear a disguise.
I’ve left quite a lot of ingredients, and if I keep being stuck here, I might lose my mind.
I finally made my way to the door and gently opened it
“Well, I’ll be alright at this time, right?”
The maids are all busy during the day. No one will know if I pretend to be a maid because I’m in disguise.
Squeak-
As soon as the old door opened and the fresh air came in through the nose, something fell in front of the door with a thud.
“……What is this?”
I tilted my head at the sight of two large black figures.
Then wouldn’t they be flinching when I checked their lives by tapping their foot.
“What, what.”
In a hurry, I got off the door, squatted down and poked them with a visible stick.
“Who’s going to sleep in here?”
I’m sure they’re sleeping, right? I think they’re breathing…….
I opened the door wide again and went outside to check on them.
Red eye patch?
“……Don’t tell me, Edgar’s shadow?”
Why are they here? I scratched my head as I stared at the two in bewilderment.
“Gasp!”
“Ugh….”
After a while, the two wiggled and moved as if they had come to their senses.
Our eyes met with a snap.
Well, you’re wearing an eye patch, so that’s an illusion, but…….
Anyway, the two paused for a moment.
“Why are we here?”
“Did he make us like this? Khuk. Oh, my lady?”
The startled shadow bowed its head in a hurry.
As if their heads were throbbing, the two men knelt down, pressing their temples hard.
While I’m having a confrontation with them, Edgar’s voice was heard from behind.
“Why are you here?”
“These people are shadows, right?”
Edgar nodded at my words. I looked at him with an expression that I didn’t understand and immediately raised a question mark.
“Did my father send you to protect me?”
“Me?”
It doesn’t look like Edgar’s. Then why were they doing this here?
“Did you make them like this?”
“Me?”
My father and I kept asking each other questions and we looked at each other with puzzled eyes. That means it doesn’t matter.
Then why the hell are these people here?
I was so surprised that I almost kicked them when I first saw them. Even if I touched them…….
“I’m sorry, Count. I don’t remember.”
“You don’t remember.”
If you want to bring those who have a pretty strong mana to their knees, you will need more power.
Thinking about it, Leon came to mind.
‘Oh, you erased the memories of those sent by my father.’
Somehow, I feel like things are getting bigger.
“By the way, what are you doing in the morning? Are you here to watch?”
Edgar reached out his hand to my words.
“Maybe I’ll have to go to the royal family to make a deal for my daughter’s life.”
“Do I go with you?”
“No way. No matter how much you disguise yourself, I can’t protect anyone else whose identity is not guaranteed in the Velois family.”
It’s not working.
I nodded helplessly.
“I just came here to warn you to stay calm.”
“Okay, I’ll really be quiet today.”
Edgar didn’t believe me, but it seemed that he had no choice but to turn.
* * *
I got more bored after Edgar left the house.
“My Lady, why don’t you go for a walk with me today?”
Lord Hessen has been keeping me company, but it’s fun when people are having fun.
I nodded my head with a wobbly look and tried to get out of the room.
But soon after, someone came to the informant and my little deviance fell through.
“I think you’d better not go out.”
“Why? It’s my job, so I have to do it.”
“That’s……Duke Sen is the one who came to visit.”
“Why Duke Sen? Does he have another favor to ask?”
What are you doing so secretly? Edgar told me not to get too close, is that okay
“I’m wearing a disguise, so it’s no big deal, right?”
“Then I’ll be by your side.”
“Yes, that would be better.”
I put on my cape and prepared to greet Duke Sen.
Soon after, he opened the door and came in. Somehow, his face isn’t as good as it was back then.
What kind of request will you make this time?
“Welcome, I’m Count Edgar’s representative.”
“……A representative. Now that Lady Elle disappears, does he use someone else?”
Duke Sen took his seat, sweeping his chin leisurely.
“What kind of request….”
Thump, thump.
“Oh, it’s nothing. I’d like to ask for confession drugs.”
“……Confession drugs?”
The Duke of Sen stared at me with his chin resting on his hands, wearing accessories.
“Yes, a lot, too.”
“……Alright.”
Thump. Thump.
My heart continued to pound. Every time I moved, I felt dizzy.
‘What is this?’
This dirty feeling. an unfamiliar sensation that one has never experienced.
I immediately realized it instinctively.
I think he is my companion.
