Chapter 126.2

The fact that the only place to ask for help was Yurina, whom she had just met, which made her sad all over again, but on the other hand, it seemed that she would go to Yurina even if there was another place to ask for help.

Because if she cared for Reynard, she would understand Lydia’s feelings..

“Father.”

Lydia stopped at a short distance from Marquis De Flon, who had his back to her.

“Lydia.”

He only called out her name, but Marquis De Flon’s voice revealed anger that he couldn’t hide.

“What the hell have you done? I told you to leave it alone!”

He turned and stared at her with reddening eyes. Lydia caught her breath for a moment at the terrifying look in his eyes, but she managed to squeeze her voice out.

“I just couldn’t watch it.”

“What?”

“Kai, no, Karion’s wounds looked serious, so I couldn’t just leave him alone.”

Lydia accidentally called Karion’s nickname, but quickly corrected herself. Marquis De Flon hated her calling him by his nickname.

The reason for this was that Karion could become arrogant without knowing what he was doing if he lived so casually. What is it like to be friends? No matter what Marquis De Flon said, Karion was her best friend.

However, she tended to be careful with her words in front of Marquis De Flon, fearing that Karion might spark his anger.

“I don’t know what he did wrong. But you don’t have to be so harsh.”

“How dare you go visit Carthia!”

“Lady Carthia is the only one I can trust…”

Slap!

In an instant, she felt a pain she had never experienced before in her left cheek, accompanied by the sound of flesh against flesh. Lydia clutched her burning cheeks and looked at Marquis De Flon standing in front of her. Her green eyes shook in the shock.

“Ah… what?”

She thought Marquis De Flon, who heard the news that she had cured Karion, would be very angry and scold her.

But getting slapped on the cheek In the past 17 years, Lydia had never been hit by anyone. She never had a thought that her father would hit him.

Yes, he must have been so angry at the moment. He’ll be sorry soon.

However, to put Lydia’s thoughts to shame, Marquis De Flon fiercely threatened her instead of apologising.

“Carthia! Are you out of your mind now?”

“Oh, father?”

“It’s not anyone else, but it’s Carthia. How long have I told you to be wary of Carthia? In the meantime, you kept being friendly with that fox because it was all on your mind, so I thought she was like that and left it alone. Do you have any other thoughts?”

Lydia looked at his sad blue eyes and took a hesitant step back. Fortunately, he didn’t follow, but his body, with his back to the window where the sunset was setting, looked huge and intimidating.

“I-I…”

Continuing to distance herself from the Marquis, she suddenly stood up and fixed her gaze on his face. She remembered what Yurina had said.

“Mr. Karion saved my beloved maid. If not for Mr. Karion, something terrible would have been done to my maid.”

Her choice of words was very strange.

It were very strange words. Since childhood, Marquis De Flon didn’t let Karion out of his mansion, saying that he shouldn’t be seen by others. He said that if possible, as few people knew about him, he limited his range even in the mansion.

It was the same even after Karion learned magic and was able to change the color of his eyes. He followed him to the capital and escorted Lydia to the party, but since then he has been locked in the mansion.

Except for today, he has only been out twice recently. One time to follow Lydia to the Carthia mansion, and the other time to run an errand for Marquis De Flon.

To think that Karion saved Yurina’s maid. If so, what happened on the day he went out to run errands for Marquis De Flon, how could he accidentally do such a good deed when he was busy with the Marquis orders?

‘Besides, my father was very angry with Kai that day.’

Marquis De Flon was strangely strict with Karion, and when he did something wrong, he scolded him more severely than he did to his employees. But a few days ago, he beat him particularly badly, and he didn’t even get treatment.

Anxiety sprouted in Lydia’s heart. She didn’t want to have bad thoughts, but she kept having them.

But she couldn’t ask him. She was afraid of the truth coming out of his mouth. So she quickly ran out of the office as if she were running away.

* * *

Karion stood in the hallway across from Marquis De Flon’s office. Employees passing by the corridor glanced at him, but his eyes were fixed only on the door of the office.

There was no sound in the tightly closed office, perhaps due to the soundproofing magic.

Neither the high voice of Marquis De Flon, who was very angry, nor the crying voice of Lydia were at all absent.

What the hell is going on inside? Wouldn’t Lydia be trembling all alone? She is Lydia who always smiles and says she’s okay, but in reality she’s very soft-hearted and she’s a timid person.

Every time Karion imagined the worst possible event happening inside, Karion felt the urge to run into the office.

In fact, he tried to follow Lydia, who had just closed the door and entered. However, the moment he grabbed the doorknob, he had no choice but to back away from the intense pain that started in his palm and spread throughout his body.