Chapter 17.5 (1/2)

Ethan’s POV

“There was nothing unusual about what I’ve seen and told you so far.”

Of course, the target of the report was Hari Ernst, who is currently escorted by him.

“I didn’t even hear the conversation inside.”

She remained a bright face until she climbed the wagon, and it was a more friendly atmosphere than when she first met with Ms. Velontia

“If nothing had happened, why would she have such a face? I just couldn’t help to noticed.”

As soon as Ethan’s words ended, a cold voice struck, and Eugene seemed unpleasant from the moment before.

Ethan asked after seeing his face.

“Does she?”

That is, he was asking if he could approach the area that was not allowed until now.

Then, he would be able to closely understand the conversations in the enclosed space as well as the work and actions when he was alone in a private space.

Of course It was something that had to be done in secret without the consent of the escort, and that was why Ethan had never been allowed to ask up until now.

“I asked to you to be an escort, not to monitor.”

Again, Eugene replied undoubtedly. As if trying to discuss something that wasn’t even worth telling, Ethan’s gaze was sharp.

Ethan bowed his head to respect his will.

“Tell me what she told you before I arrived.”

Eugene still smirked with a cool face.

In fact, Ethan thought Hari Ernst’s appearance was not so different from usual, but he faced it now.

It wasn’t what the duke was looking at, and from that point on, he was revealing a chill.

“Drink ..”

Ethan should say this, but he pondered for a while. He was even hesitant because he remembered telling Hari,

‘I will pretend not be able to hear it this time.’

But soon afterward, he was pushed by Eugene’s eyes that made him slipped, and eventually he opened his mouth.

“So, you want to drink…”

At that moment, Eugene’s glamorous glare drew a shallow bend, and Ethan looked at it and duly excused Hari without knowing it.

“But I have never witnessed the appearance of the duke drinking until now. So, I think it was simply a matter of mood.”

In Ethan’s words, Eugene felt a subtle feeling that couldn’t be used in words.

Erich took his liquor and drunk when he came to his office the other day.

When he think of it, his mind became more complex and subtle….

It is also called puberty or rebellion. Was it a phenomenon that once comes to children of that age?

“I think she is concerned with the work of a maid named Sarah.”

And the sound of his aide mouth, followed by Eugene, removed the thoughts in his head from the back.

“The butler answered her as you asked in advance, she was immediately satisfied with the words of the butler.”

Ethan looked at Eugene’s face, saying what he had been keeping in mind for a while. He was listening to what Ethan said.

“I think it make sense if the maid who was attending the market right next to her disappeared one morning, she may have felt regret.“

In Ethan’s words, Eugene said naturally, sympathizing and passing by.

“Yes, it could be.”

There was no agitation in his face. After a while, Ethan’s lips widened slowly.

“Did the maid really return to her hometown?”

Ethan was rather frightened by the voices that sounded in the quiet room. Actually, he didn’t intend to show this suspicious young mind directly like this.

When he looked at the duke face, the question that he had been swallowing up inside was leaking out of his mouth without his knowledge.

“Why? You wonder if I even killed the maid?”

Ethan erected his back on the line that slipped silently. The duke was inexhaustible, his voice alone contained the power to make the listener tense.

“No matter how much I say, I do not kill a person who is not good enough to die.”

They were talking a young girl, and the word slipped so easily from his mouth.

“Or, are you worried that I might have cut the maid’s hand?”

Ethan denied right away. But just a little while ago, Eugene must have known what he was thinking and saying this to his mouth.

“I always pay close attention to it. But later to myself I said, what if I find out that the maid who made the mistake is wrong? And if she find out what I was doing?

Upon hearing that, Ethan recalled Hari Ernst, whom he had been watching.