Chapter 41 Aftermath (2)



It was night when I woke up.

The room was completely dark, so it took a minute for my eyes to adjust, but I remembered that I had fallen asleep after coming back from the demon order meeting.

I was going to lie in bed for a bit after realizing that it was all over, but I could hear voices coming from outside. The tone that they had made it seem like they were worried about something.

As I listened closely, I recognized that it was the voices of Madame Rose and Cecilia.

It was clear that there was something wrong.

So I put on my clothes and walked out.

When I came out, the voices suddenly stopped as both of them suddenly turned to look at me.

I couldn't help being surprised, but it wasn't because they were both looking at me. It was because they were looking at me with strange looks.

There was even a trace of what seemed to be fear in their eyes as they looked at me, but that quickly disappeared. All that was left was worry and confusion.

I couldn't understand why they would look at me like this, so I asked, "What's wrong?"

Neither of them said a thing when they heard this as they kept looking at me with that strange look.

There was a long and awkward silence that filled the air as they just sat there without saying a thing.

I also stood there awkwardly since it didn't feel right sitting down while they were looking at me like this.

Finally after a long silence, Madame Rose said, "My husband, the Lord Baron Mordo is dead."

There was no hesitation and no sadness in her voice, she said it like she was just stating a fact as she looked right at me.

"Huh?" That was my only answer when I heard this.

I wasn't able to react at first since it was just too shocking, but after I understood what these words meant, I couldn't help asking, "He's dead? When did he die?"

Seeing this look on my face, the expressions on the faces of the two relaxed a little before they became serious again.

Madame Rose didn't answer my question as she reached her hand out and said, "Let me see the dagger I gave you."

I was caught off guard when I heard this, but I still went back into the room to take the dagger out of the cloak on the chair. I brought it back out and handed it over to Madame Rose.

As soon as she took it, she brought it up to her face and looked at it carefully before putting it down in front of her. After putting it down, she looked over at Cecilia and said, "It's been used."

Cecilia knitted her brows when she heard this.

I also noticed that her hand slowly moved over to the sword at her waist.

Madame Rose also saw this and quickly added, "It's only been used once."

Cecilia was surprised by this before turning to look at me.

I couldn't help being completely confused when I heard this.

Madame Rose saw this look on my face and explained, "The manor that they were in was burned down with a magical flame. The only one that I could think of was the dagger that I gave you."

I was taken aback when I heard this.

It didn't take a genius to put it all together.

She most likely thought that I was the one who killed them all and burned down the manor, but I didn't do anything like that.

But then I couldn't help asking, "Why does it prove that I'm innocent if I only used it once?"

Madame Rose nodded in response to this and explained, "There were three distinct marks of magical flames, so there were three different magical flames used."

"Ah!" I couldn't help saying.

It was no wonder she thought that it was me.

After all, this dagger had three shots and there were three signs of fireballs being shot, so this would fit perfectly.

But as I thought about it, I couldn't help thinking of something.

There were three succubi and three signs of magical flames, so could it be that…?

As this thought passed through my mind, I didn't rush to speak and knitted my brows to think.

Seeing this, Madame Rose and Cecilia both knew that I had thought of something, so they waited for me to speak.

After a bit of silence, I told them about what had happened at the manor and about the three succubi that had shown up at the manor.

After hearing this, the two of them revealed confused looks as they said, "Why would the succubi do something like this?"

I revealed an awkward look before telling them about the aphrodisiac incense that I used.

As soon as she heard about this, Cecilia pulled her sword out to point at me as she said, "Where did you get this incense? What were you planning on using it for?"

I immediately raised my hand to show that I meant no harm, but before I could say anything, it was Madame Rose who protected me by saying, "Cece, calm down. I'm sure that he didn't mean anything by it and will explain where he got it from."

I revealed an awkward look again before saying, "I can't tell you where I got it from, but I can tell you that I was never planning on using it. It was just that it was the right situation that I used it in the first place."

Madame Rose looked right into my eyes after I said this and I didn't look away this time.

After looking into my eyes for a bit, she finally said, "Alright, I believe you."

Cecilia had an unwilling look in her eyes, but she was calmed down by Madame Rose in the end.

After calming down, Madame Rose then asked, "Why did they burn down the manor though?"