Volume 5 - CH 17

Vol. 5 Finding The Missing Tyrant 17

“Then uncle, please check my mother’s room on your own. Since you won’t believe it unless you see it for yourself.”

Selina was the first to leave after the conversation ended, saying she needed to meet Valhail.

And late at night, when even the moon was obscured by clouds.

Cedric, who was having difficulty, eventually made his way to the annex without a lantern.

‘What is there for me to check?’

Selina mentioned that Camilla has a man by her side.

Cedric, who is a bit dull in that regard, couldn’t quite figure out where Camilla was hiding the man within this county castle.

Could the countess secretly bring in a man from outside every night?

‘No way. Camilla is not the type to cause such a scandal.’

Camilla, the second daughter of the capital’s duke family. The noble and graceful lady.

She couldn’t even marry her poor husband, a fallen aristocrat, because of his father’s opposition, but when he died, she raised her twin siblings alone.

That was Camilla’s story which was known throughout society.

Apart from her character, Cedric had only trusted the fact that the Countess was responsible for raising Shannon and Adrian to the end.

He was deeply moved to see Camilla accepting the consequences of her reputation as she acknowledged her children and fulfilled her responsibilities despite being a single mother.

‘Selina must have gotten it wrong.’

Camilla has been at Count Crawford for seven years.

Meanwhile, she has carried out her duties as a countess without scandal.h

Though she was being too harsh on Selina, trying to keep him in check while secretly poisoning him, but…

‘She has never had a problem in that respect.’

That was the case all along.

On his way to the annex, Cedric strengthened his steps.

‘If the countess had a man, she wouldn’t have been so persistent in proposing to me.’

Cedric was a man who thought only in terms of his common sense.

‘It’s quiet.’

The annex is the old tower in the remotest part of the county castle. Cold and dark.

Cedric could still see Camilla’s caring employees coming and going during the day, but there wasn’t even an ant around at this time.

Selina asked him to go to Camilla’s ‘bedroom,’ but Cedric was not the kind of person who would snoop in front of a bedroom where a woman stayed alone.

Cedric planned to only check the first floor, the annex’s entrance and exit to see if there were any signs of a person coming and going.

He even considered what he would say if he happened to run into Camilla.

‘As a patrol……’

Actually, based on Camilla’s attitude, Cedric believes she will welcome him even if he visits her in the bedroom around this time, but……

‘Not a single escort presented. Why is that?’

Though it is where the Countess stays, why is there no escort knight guarding the annex?

The annex was deafeningly quiet as if someone had given the order for everyone to leave and empty the annex.

It happened while he was pushing the old wooden door open.

Cedric could hear a little cat crying from somewhere.

The sound could be heard from a long distance away.

Cedric took a breather.

He finally opened the door after much deliberation and felt goosebumps on his forearm.

As he walked down the narrow, dark corridor, his steps became more cautious.

Step by step……

Cedric, who was chasing the source of the cat’s cry, was quickly climbing the stairs.

A faint light finally fell when he turned the corner.

It was close to Camilla’s room.

“……!”

The sound became clearer after that. And Cedric hardened like ice.

The sound was not that of a crying cat.

It was the voice of a man and a woman who had a passionate love affair.

There was no way he couldn’t know, no matter how naive he was.

Which man who dared to have an affair with the countess?

This could also be shown throughout Camilla’s mouth.

“More…! Ruben, more……!”

“……!”

Ruben? The butler…?

Cedric felt as if all of his blood had been drained from his body.

Naturally, he never questioned Camilla’s butler’s existence.

Because he was Camilla’s childhood friend. The one his brother, the former Count who remarried Camilla, was already aware of and acknowledge his existence.

Cedric hit the wall when he stood up, embarrassed by the fact he had just learned.

Clank!

The candlestick that was hung on the wall fell.

The corridor, which had been filled with loud breathing, fell silent quickly.

“Who’s there?”

The naked butler, without a single thread, ran out into the hallway as if he had no shame.

Cedric saw the butler approaching and tried to throw himself out the window, as confirmed by a shadow.

Although it was painful, it was easy for him.

He quickly hid himself in the dark after landing on the floor with a sharp touch.

Then he noticed the butler looking out the window with his upper body out the window.

“Who’s there!? Some rat has sneaked in and gone into hiding!”

Cedric let out a deep sigh in response to the butler’s loud voice.

What were they thinking of Count Crawford that they dared to act so recklessly and nakedly within the castle?

He could never have imagined, no matter how long he was gone, that he was unaware of the existence of this affair.

‘If it wasn’t for Selina’s words, I wouldn’t even have imagined of it.’

What a carefree life I’ve led.

Cedric was upset with himself as he reflected on his previous mistake of trusting Camilla and assigning her as the family’s head.