Chapter 111

A Plan (9)

“Louis!”

Rowena, who came into the room, ran to the bed. He was her younger brother who had been sleeping for more than 10 days. Louis’ face turned red as if he was embarrassed when she hugged him.

“What are you doing?!”

“It’s because you only sleep! Do you know you took sleeping pills?”

Louis nodded with a firm face. He knew it because the servant explained it to him. Rowena sat on the edge of the bed and examined Louis’ complexion.

He only slept for a few days and was treated by a healer. Of course, he couldn’t eat and drink any water or food, so she was worried.

“Have you eaten yet?”

“Just a little porridge…”

“You haven’t eaten in a few days, but you’ll just have to eat porridge for the time being.”

Looking at Rowena’s worried gaze, Louis thought he seemed to have returned to the past for some reason. It was in their childhood when he was still under Rowena’s protection.

“But why are you the only one here? What about Father and Brothers?”

“Louis, did you hear that the house was on fire?”

“Yes.”

Looking at Louis nodding his head, Rowena agonized. She would say it was Matthias who ordered the fire, but he had not recovered yet.

“Theo was attacked, too. He’s fine, but he hasn’t recovered yet.”

“Theo was attacked? By whom?”

“Father said he was injured by the fire, but he seems to have been stabbed. I thought someone was trying to hurt you.”

Upon hearing the news of the fire, Rowena confessed that she had sent someone to the count’s mansion and that most of them did not know Louis was safe. Louis seemed unhappy as expected.

“You don’t have to hide it from Father! I’m sure he’ll be worried…”

“It’s because the person who hurt you seems to be a person close to Father. Please bear with me for a while.”

When Louis heard that Theo was injured, he was guessing roughly who it was. He didn’t think so, but there was no one else who could do that.

There was no one else to hold a grudge against Theo.

Can I say it? I don’t know what’s going to happen to my family if I say this…

Louis looked at Rowena with a troubled face. Rowena was just looking at Louis with a worried face.

Louis’ gaze reached Cecil, who stood behind her and was just watching the two. Cecil was looking at the two with a visible smile.

It was like looking at Rowena, to be exact.

It’s a disgrace to the family, but…

It was better than Rowena being subjected to such a terrible thing. Louis clenched his teeth, pulled the blanket back, and got out of bed.

“Louis? What’s wrong with you…”

Louis glanced at Rowena and knelt in front of Cecil. Cecil’s eyebrows, which were just watching the two, were raised.

“What are you doing, Young Lord Adelia?”

“Your Highness…I dare to tell you something.”

A determination was felt on Louis’ face. Cecil seemed to laugh at the naivety, but he noticed that things were unusual in Louis’ fear-filled eyes.

“Tell me.”

When Cecil’s permission fell, Louis looked at Rowena. He was afraid of how shocked and hurt she would be. But it was something to say.

Rowena seemed worried that Louis, who had not been awake for hours, was kneeling. Louis opened his mouth.

* * *

What kind of excuse do we need?

Louis tried to tell the truth as much as possible.

Theo heard Matthias’ plan from his father and tried to stop him, and the fact that he overheard it. While eavesdropping, Matthias caught him, and he confessed that even Theo was imprisoned.

Rowena stumbled with a pale face. If the crown prince hadn’t approached and grabbed her, she would have collapsed on the floor.

Louis felt guilty with a distorted face. He was innocent, but he felt guilty just because he was in the same blood as Matthias.

“…There isn’t a lie in that, is there?”

“If you call Theo and ask him, he will know.”

Louis didn’t know that Theo was in a critical condition yet. He was just stabbed, but he thought he was safe.

Cecil held Rowena’s hand and realized that her hand was cold.

From Louis, she heard that Matthias was different from their mother, but they grew up thinking that he was their brother until this day. Rowena bit her lip in anger and disappointment.

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