Episode 27 – Quasi-Te Pill (2/2)
His eyes flashed left and right, causing every person they landed on to shi+ver involuntarily
Although there were several armchairs positioned in front of his desk, no one dared to sit down The threeprofusely and avoiding his eyes as if their life depended on it
His gaze stopped on the roup “Care to repeat that?”
The sunlight ca a shadow over his face However, even in the lack of light, his eyes were disturbingly bright Like the eyes of a predator eying its prey in the darkness of the night
Cleroup of three, felt his hair stand on end He gulped but didn’t knohether he should repeat hi behind the old ed butler stood with his back straight, dressed in a tidy uniforotten used to witnessing such situations He nodded at Cle him to repeat himself
Cle out in a weak voice “Your grands…”
The old ht in his throat He gulped again and continued “Master Kiel…left e here…to the mainhouse He said he would stop by to pick them up later”
The e at all as he held out his hand
Cle what the old ave him a paper with the previously mentioned instructions
Venric Rroda glanced at the letter briefly, his expression re frozen the entire time
Even though his expression still didn’t change, the teain
“Where is he now?” Venric Rroda spoke slowly, extenuating every word as if he was atte to comreatness of his words Every cell in his body radiated innate arrogance
The deep, cold voicehis heart “We…we don’t know”
The olddoer and lower
“You Don’t Know?”
Even though Venric’s face showed no fury, instead wearing a chillingly cold expression, Cle” couldn’t do hi about Venric Rroda that made him look like a demon in human skin; a viper that could end Clem’s pathetic life in an instant
Cle since become drenched in cold sweat He hurried to explain himself “M…master Kiel didn’t leave us any other instructions…We…we believe he used a beacon to teleport somewhere…his aura just suddenly vanished…”
Venric Rroda placed the tacky teacup against his thin lips His nified and refined His poise couldly slow sip, he spoke out a single word: “Lawrence”
The butler behind hiet it investigated right away” The butler, whose na and quickly made his way out of the room
The entire tiure at all His eyes remained fixed on Clem “And you…”
Did he forget my name? Clem didn’t dare remind him of it
“Tell e behavior before leaving? What caused the departure? Speak” His authoritative voice exuded powerful pressure His black clothes, pale skin, beard and
It was like thousands of ghostly whispers were telling Cleht to breathe the same air as Venric Rroda
“Your g…” Cle on his own saliva before he forcefully stifled it and continued “On Friday…in the early afternoon…master Kiel came back with an elibu female He proceeded to take her upstairs to his room where they…uh…attended to some private business…” Clem’s face flushed red
Venric Rroda raised his eyebrow displeased but didn’t interrupt “You see…uh…irls hoory of suspicious behavior” Cle irl was extre red hair tied in a ponytail, tanned skin, and teal colored eyes She was dressed in quest seeker garbs”
Venric’s eyes narrowed He couldn’t deduce her origin from the description of her hair and eye color They weren’t a to a specific bloodline
“The girl arrived at Beyd about a week ago She has had her eye on master Kiel ever since But no one had seen master Kiel interact with her before that Friday”
While Cle he knerence returned back into the room and assuated the job of finding the gate where Kiel Rroda teleported to, to someone else His job was to serve the house master; he couldn’t afford to do it personally
The ripped his teacup His wrinkled fingers turned completely white Cle profusely He orried that the teacup wouldn’t be able to endure the pressure If it broke and caused the tea to splatter on the man, who knohat sorry fate would befall them
Lawrence didn’t seem worried about the matter at all As Venric moved the teacup to the side, Lawrence took it as his cue to pour in more tea
After thevoice finally brought hiuestrooms Dismissed”
Cle out of the room He rushed to leave so s The other two men weren’t in any less of a hurry, they darted towards the doors as if coh the to leave the rooh to allow all three of them to pass side by side
As the door to the rooain sounded in the quiet rooirl”
“Yes, your grace” Lawrence once again bowed in respect and exited the roohts
When he was finally left alone in the room, Venric’s cold face revealed some emotion at last He sneered derisively You think this is a place you can casually coave you the permission to leave Beyd?
Useless bastard child You better not cause