Chapter 92

Chapter 92

“…Everyone’s dead?”

A shrieking noise escaped from my lips in a panic as I asked again.

“How did that happen?”

“I didn’t know until later.”

Cesare shook his head with a miserable face before finishing his words.

“But, they were all poisoned.”

“….”

I swallowed dry saliva. It seemed that the situation was worse than expected.

“There’s something I want to ask you.”

“Yes, please go ahead.”

“Why didn’t you try to save Lord Cassius?”

There was silence after my question as Cesare just stared at me quietly. Eventually, what came out of his mouth was a question, not an answer.

“…Does the Young Lady really not know?”

I didn’t know.

I really didn’t know.

The urge to get the answer furtively surged up.

According to the original novel, I really didn’t understand why this group, who would only be second in the empire in terms of ability, only suffered stupidly. I also didn’t know why he didn’t even try to save Cassius. So, I didn’t know why he was still locked up in that dungeon like that…

Still, I couldn’t tell him any of this.

Instead, what came out of my mouth was…

“Was it Lord Cassius’ order?”

“Yes.”

Cesare nodded.

“As expected.”

A bitter taste lingered in my mouth at the confirmation.

It was because I could fully understand why Cassius did that. In a very fleeting moment, he would’ve had only a choice to choose… a choice to choose between me and himself.

…And, he must have chosen me too naturally.

“We’re running out of time. Can’t we infiltrate people into the Kingdom of Bynell again?”

“Infiltrating it is simple, but it’ll be difficult to achieve what the Master wants.”

I asked several times, but Cesare’s answer was the same.

…It was going to be difficult.

It would be impossible. In addition, it was obvious that only innocent members of the organization would die from the careless order.

“Then.”

I opened my mouth slowly.

“How about letting the Lord escape?”

“….!”

Cesare’s eyes widened.

“Are you serious?”

“Yes.”

I answered briefly.

It was because I didn’t want to give a reason for my decision.

‘I have to save him somehow…’

Of course, Cassius wouldn’t want to get out of the dungeon easily because that meant I would become a sinner.

“He has already refused.”

“I don’t care.”

Replying to him, I shrugged my shoulders.

“Now, I am your master, am I not?”

“You’re right.”

Seeing Cesare nod, I clenched my fists. From now on, I have to make up my mind firmly. I had to risk everything I had to save Cassius Brudenell.

“…Now isn’t the time yet.”

“I think so as well.”

“There will come a time when the security will be less tight. If we aim for that time and take the Lord out…”

“What do you plan to do after that, Master?”

I stared at Cesare.

“Why do you ask that?”

“We must protect your safety.”

As he answered my question calmly, I grimaced my face. They had already failed to protect two masters. But now, he was saying that they would come and protect me like that?

I couldn’t believe a thing.

“…If you do well, nothing will harm me because no one knows that I’ve become your master.”

Even if the remnants of the Duke of Brudenell escaped with Cassius Brudenell after we let him out, it has nothing to do with me.

“That’s right.”

Cesare nodded.

“However, what I’m trying to say is… are you going to stay here alone?”

“Of course, I’ll stay here?”

I shrugged.

“Because I have no reason to run away.”

It wasn’t that I didn’t understand his hint. Regardless, if I looked like someone who would run away with Cassius Brudenell, he would be completely wrong. In the first place, if I saved him, then my job would be over.

What would be at stake would be…

I pursed my lips.

“I’ll let you know when the schedule is set. Do I have to enter only through the aisle myself like this? Or do you have other contacts?”

Of course, I was saying this knowing that there were other contacts.

Cesare stood up from his seat.

“I’ll attach a maid, who belongs to us, to the Young Lady. From now on, you just need to communicate through her.”

“I understand.”

I clasped the list.

This eventually revealed that the Aisle wasn’t the solution either. Even if Cassius escaped safely, his lost honor and life would never come back.

‘…Cassius.’

I closed my eyes.

The weight of what he did for me had never felt so heavy.

During the days of frantic efforts to save Cassius, an unexpected guest came to visit.

“Sister!”

It was Ophelia.

“It’s been a while.”

As I greeted her with a grin, Ophelia hugged me tightly with a worried face.

“I missed you, sister…”

“Me, too.”

“Why didn’t you come to see me even though I’m just nearby? Even when I visit sister, they keep saying that you’ve been away…”

“I’m sorry, it’s because I have a lot of work to do… that’s what happened.”

“That’s right, sister is a busy person.”

Ophelia meekly agreed.

“By the way… how did that happen? It’s not real, is it?”

As expected, my cute little sister seemed to have already noticed my lie. I nodded.

“You’re right.”

“Then, right away, let’s make a corrective report that it is a false rumor! Everyone is saying bad things about you.”

“What, is having a fiancé’s child a serious sin?”

“But…”

Ophelia bowed her head.

“Everybody knew how bad he was. Sister always tried to escape from that person as well…”

“…Yes, I did.”

I had no choice but to agree with Ophelia’s words. In fact, looking back, I only remember trying to run away from Cassius Brudenell.

“However.”

I opened my mouth slowly.

“I told them.”

“….!”

“I was the one who made the announcement, and I was the one who spread the rumor as well.”

“Why, why did you do that?”

“….”

I swallowed dry saliva.

‘Should I tell Ophelia the truth?’

“…I couldn’t let him die.”

“Sister…”

At my words, Ophelia’s beautiful amethyst eyes glittered with watery eyes.

“Sister is so nice.”

“Who would say such a thing?”

“If it were me, I would’ve just let him die.”

“No way!”

“Really.”

She shook her head resolutely and persisted, “If I had an opportunity like older sister, right? Well, that would be good for me and I’d rather accuse him even more. I wouldn’t try to save him by throwing away sister’s honor like now!”

“Uh, well—”

I calmed Ophelia’s trembling as I held her shoulders carefully.

“There’s a reason.”

“What is it?”

When she gazed straight at me, the child’s eyes were hardened with determination.

“…No way. Sister couldn’t have fallen in love with that person now, did you?”

“No way!”

I screamed in fright.

“That’s…”

The explanation didn’t take long. Ophelia was by no means stupid, and she quickly understood that I was trying to repay the debt in my own way.

“… That’s what it was.”

Eventually, she let out a deep sigh.

“I don’t know if I should say this is really like older sister…”

“Our Ophelia grew up a lot while I couldn’t see you, didn’t you?”

“Is that so?”

Smiling at my words, her cheeks flushed pink.

“I really tried to be like sister. Whenever I had a hard time, I thought about what I would have done if I were older sister…”

“Wait a minute.”

I blinked my eyes slowly.

“What do you mean?”

“Well, I was really happy to be David’s wife, but… Still, there are so many things to do. Whenever I faced a crisis, she overcame it by thinking of sister.”

Ah…

Hearing her words, I decided that I’d check out what she was up to in the social world once Ophelia would go back.

Meanwhile, she opened her mouth in her determined voice.

“Anyway, sister wants to save that person, right?”

“Yes.”

“I’ll help you.”

“…What?”

“Of course, David will definitely help! If he understands the situation, he’ll definitely step up right away.”

‘I wondered if he would…?’

Worried, I swallowed dry saliva.

Due to the fall of Cassius, much of the power of the Duke of Brudenell passed to David. Of course, the Duchess held all the key things, and I had ownership of the Aisle.

‘Let’s do it… It might be more helpful with David if we let Cassius escape completely than to have him go into exile somewhere.’

I hesitated for a moment.

“Even if it doesn’t work with David, I’ll do my best to help.”

“This is something I have to take care of myself… but can you please support me?”

Ophelia widened her eyes.

“Of course, let’s tell everyone the truth! Sister, then, did you try to use a different method?”

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