I Am The Villainess With A Maxed-Out Luck Stat - Chapter 142
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142. You said he wasn’t dead?
Marquis Balton clicked his tongue as he looked at Aiden.
He had gone into the palace to see Shiloh, and while he was at it, he came to meet Aiden and get a report on the progress.
I heard a commotion behind the knights, and when I looked, I saw someone arguing with the knight commander.
Marquis Balton slipped between the two.
“Aiden, I have something important to tell you. Let’s move.”
“I, Your Majesty.”
It was a time when Aiden was at a loss as to what to do.
“Your Majesty, Aiden is a knight of the Imperial Guard. If you have any business, please speak to me.”
“What?”
Brecht stood between the two.
Marquis Balton glared at him disapprovingly.
“Ahem. I am carrying out state affairs under the orders of His Majesty the Emperor. It is not my place as the Commander of the Knights to interfere.”
“I am sorry, Marquis. I have no special instructions from His Majesty the Emperor. I cannot send my men without a justifiable reason.”
If he were an ordinary knight, he would have bowed down to Marquis Balton’s words, but the Knight Commander stood firm like a statue.
Marquis Balton glared at him and took out a card from his bosom.
“Now, look at this. It’s a sign that I have received the imperial command! Will you believe me when you see this?”
The card he held out had the emperor’s seal stamped on it.
In fact, the piece was a gift from the Emperor to promote diplomatic relations with Pyron. However, the Marquis had no qualms about using it for other purposes.
He had always abused that tactic when meeting Shiloh and Evelyn, so it was nothing new now.
“If you understand, then get out of here.”
“… … .”
Only then did Brecht give up his seat, looking down at Aiden coldly.
“When you’re done with your business, come to my room immediately.”
“Oh, yes.”
Aiden still looked dumbfounded.
As Brecht stepped aside, Margrave Walton nodded.
“Aiden, what are you doing! Why don’t you come with me right now!”
“Yes, yes!”
Aiden hurriedly followed after Marquis Balton, who was walking ahead.
* * *
The Marquis of Balton headed to the reception room inside the Crystal House.
Originally, this was the space Shiloh used to entertain VIPs.
However, because Marquis Balton came and went so often as if it were his own home, it came to be used as a private space for him.
“What are you doing? Why don’t you sit down!”
“Yes, yes!”
Aiden hurriedly put down the bag and sat down.
“What the hell is that thing? What the hell is that pile of luggage?”
“Lord, I have committed a sin worthy of death!”
“what?”
Aiden immediately got down on his knees.
Since the man’s body was not properly recovered, it was only a matter of time before the truth was revealed.
He chose to tell the truth rather than making up a ridiculous lie.
“So, he committed suicide?”
Marquis Balton opened his mouth in shock after hearing Aiden’s explanation.
Aiden cringed even more at the sight.
“Yes, he must have noticed the stalking a long time ago. He pointed a knife at me as soon as he saw me. I couldn’t fight him back, things got worse… … .”
Aiden, who was explaining the situation in a rambling manner, released the robe.
Then, the figure of a man who had passed away quietly as if asleep was revealed.
As soon as they checked the body, Marquis Balton collapsed.
“Ahh. My precious thing… … .”
Marquis Balton, who had been looking down at the man in vain, grabbed Aiden by the collar.
“How on earth are you going to take responsibility for this? I told you to find out about him, when did I tell you to kill him?”
“Go, my lord.”
“Who is your host?”
As Marquis Balton shouted, Aiden’s upper body shrank as if he had been burned.
“You useless bastard, you piece of shit!”
The Marquis grabbed anything he could get his hands on and swung it around wildly.
Aiden, who had been getting beaten up unilaterally for a while, suddenly remembered something.
“Oh, come to think of it, that man seemed to know you. He knew I was your relative just by looking at my face.”
“!”
“He committed suicide so quickly that I couldn’t ask him any more questions, but I’m sure he knew something… … .”
“what?”
There was a moment when Marquis Balton and Aiden’s gaze turned toward the man at the same time.
The fingertips of the man who was lying as if dead flinched for a moment.
* * *
Meanwhile, at that time.
Seraphine returned to Viscount Blaine’s mansion and was in a daze for a while.
When she learned of her father’s past, she was equally embarrassed.
As soon as she got home, she looked down at the sleeping Viscount Blaine with a worried look.
How much time has passed?
Viscount Blaine, who had been sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes.
“Here… … .”
“This is my house.”
“Three, Seraphine?”
Count Blaine hastily raised his upper body.
Looking at his daughter’s extremely distressed face, Viscount Blaine bowed ninety degrees.
“sorry.”
His first words were an apology.
“I don’t have the face to see you. I’ll leave as soon as the situation is sorted out.”
“Where are you going?”
“Anywhere. Go somewhere you can’t see and pretend to be dead.”
At that answer, Seraphine burst out with the anger she had been suppressing.
“Are you trying to run away again?”
“Seraphine, I just… … .”
Count Blaine couldn’t bring himself to continue speaking.
Before she knew it, dew-like drops of water had formed in Seraphine’s eyes.
“It’s always like this, Dad. You keep such a huge secret from your family and never say a word to them.”
He was such a cowardly and cruel father who never showed his face to his family who had been waiting for him his whole life, saying he was atonement to a child whose name he didn’t even know.
Tears flowed ceaselessly from the corners of Viscount Blaine’s eyes.
Seraphine bit her lip.
“Those who are left behind spend their entire lives waiting, knowing that they will not return.”
“… … .”
“Will you come back if I sleep for ten nights? Will you come back if I don’t act up and be good? I waited like that for ten whole years.”
“… … .”
“But what are you saying? You’re going to run away to a place where you’ll never be seen again? How can people be so cowardly? If you abandoned me once, you shouldn’t abandon me this time!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry… … .”
Seraphine gave a hollow laugh at the sigh-like apology.
A mean and heartless father.
What was more regrettable was that he himself could not bring himself to coldly reject such a father.
“I learned how to be patient and forgive first. No matter how big a mistake someone made, it’s easier to forgive them than my father who abandoned me.”
“… … .”
“So, this time, I have no choice but to forgive my father.”
It’s stupid, but it’s frustrating.
All she could do as a child was to endure and just endure.
After waiting her whole life like that, patience and forgiveness became her nature.
Then suddenly I realized.
Patience and forgiveness are the legacy my father left behind.
“Please don’t abandon me again.”
“Seraphine… … .”
The sobbing Count Blaine hugged his daughter.
“I missed you, Dad.”
Only then did Seraphine burst out with the sorrow she had been holding in for a long time.
* * *
A few days passed since then.
That meant that the manager had been missing for several days already.
“Diving is my hobby.”
We mobilized our escorts to find out the location of the manager, but it didn’t yield much results.
‘Ignoring even telepathy.’
Even if you don’t want to worry, you can’t help but worry.
At that moment, a system window appeared before my eyes.
[An anonymous subscriber is staring at you.]
‘Here we go again, anonymous trainer.’
I thought it was quiet for a while.
The anonymous subscriber appeared as soon as the administrator disappeared.
However, anonymous subscribers were different from administrators.
That’s right, it doesn’t help me at all.
[Anonymous subscriber moves his lips as if he has something to say.]
[An anonymous subscriber would like to talk to you.]
[Anonymous subscriber… … .]
For several days now, an anonymous subscriber has been following me around and giving me hints.
“No, if you have something to say, just say it.”
What the heck is this big story?
You trained me so well in the past, so why can’t you speak now?
But the anonymous reader ended up saying nothing.
[Anonymous subscriber thumps his chest.]
“What do you want me to do?”
Just then, as I was snorting, someone knocked urgently on my door.
“My lady, Countess Gott has arrived at the duke’s residence!”
“already?”
When the maids told me that Countess Gott was visiting, I also got up from my seat.
When I went down to the reception room, Countess Gott had already arrived.
“Your Majesty, how have you been?”
“Yes, thanks. What about your wife?”
“I couldn’t sleep at all because I was hearing such exciting news.”
“What on earth is the news?”
Countess Gott snorted excitedly.
“I’m talking about the trade with the Kingdom of Pyron. It seems like they went too far and failed miserably. I think this will really sour relations between the two countries.”
“!”