Chapter 236 (1/2)

Chapter 236

It was hard to guess as most surprised by all this; him, her, or the Duke of Croix Max froze like a stone statue and waited for hie It felt like it would be better for her to crumble into dust than have Riftan see her look so ainst her and mercilessly betrayed her expectations He still stood where he earing an expression so empty that she had never seen before

The first to speak was the Duke of Croix The duke shakes off Riftan’s hand that held his ar between the wide-open door and the intruder’s face His face gradually becaer

“How the hell did you get in here? How dare you trespass into et out of here right this instant…”

“Now…”

Riftan’s voice was extre so dreadful in his voice that even the heedless Duke of Croix froze Riftan lifted his gaze which had been fixed on her and continued to speak

“Didn’t I ask what you are doing?”

This was the first time in Max’s life that she saw her father so perplexed There was so in Riftan’s eyes that made him flinch and take a step back, he then turned red as if he had been ely insulted by his own reflexes

“Don’t make a fuss about whatever you’ve just witnessed! As a father, it is only right to fix hter’s rebellious mind It is a parent’s duty to discipline their child”

“Discipline…?” Riftan tilted his head to the side as if he couldn’t understand what he had just heard His voice was extre now is… discipline?”

As his gaze flew back to her, Max hunched her shoulders and clasped the heers His eyes landed on her disheveled hair, her bruising face that was hit by her father’s cane, and then on her swelling back: she felt like an earthworm, she had never felt so miserable and lowly in all her life Max couldn’t look him directly in the eye and lowered her head, then she heard her father’s annoyed voice

“A high-ranking priest is on stand-by downstairs Wounds such as this won’t leave a trace once she is healed with ht this difficult way to make her learn how to properly obey orders” As the duke spat out his words, he lifted his pointed chin arrogantly, as if he wasn’t happy with the fact that he had to excuse his actions “Now, it’s your turn to explain How the hell did you get in here? Didn’t I clearly tell you not to return? It’s i into someone else’s castle is a crime… will you be able to pay the price of your actions?”

Riftan merely stared at him without a word At the stillness of Riftan’s eyes, the duke clicked his tongue nervously and arrogantly waved his free hand that didn’t hold the whip

“First, get out of here Let’s discuss in the drawing room You better have a valid excuse for your actions”

“… Right”

Rifan barely opened his mouth to mutter the words He stood still with a firm, stone-like expressionless the whole time, then slowly turned around and walked towards the door Max stared in disbelief as she watched his back grow more distant She felt her body turn cold as if all the blood in her veins were drained Her lips could only tre his naht in front of the door And then, he picked up a chair that was leaning against the wall that was next to him, turned around, and walked back towards them

His face was so calm and restrained that neither she nor the Duke of Croix could understand as happening until he lifted his ars and the chair was ruthlessly slaainst the duke’s slender build Max’s eyes widened Suddenly, time seemed to move twice as slow The chair shattered on impact, pieces of wood flew in all directions and the duke’s body soared in the air like he was a roaning, and strange sounds of pure bewilderment erupted out of her father’s mouth

“You, you bastard… hat do you think you’re doing…!

The duke, who had crashed against the floor, lifted his torso, and looked up at Riftan ide eyes as if he couldn’t believe what had just happened to hile strand out of place, was strewn across his forehead and blood was dripping from his mouth His face was horribly distorted like an evil creature by the blow, and he pointed a finger at Riftan

“You d-dare…! You dare…! You dare do this tosound that came out of his mouth was coered to his feet and screas, so loud that his throat would seem to rip open

“Guards…! Guards…! Seize this bastard right awa- UCK!”

Riftan approached him and kicked him forcefully in the stoainst the floor Blood and voled to breathe as if he was choking Max was totally shocked that the tyrant who had ruled her life could be so weak and defenseless Riftan grasped the neck of the writhing Duke of Croix He lifted hiainst the wall The duke’s body swayed like a broken doll at the iainst the wall andvoice

“Why are yousuch a fuss? Won’t it be siic from a priest?”

“Heuuuk, heuuuu…”

The duke choked as his long slender legs that floated in the air floundered His face that was filled with shock and horror was turning blue For the first ti, grasping, and scraping his nails at his thick forearht but Riftan didn’t even flinch He looked down at the duke as if he was soan to raise his fist At that ently restrained him

“Co deep black robes, held Riftan back froly expressionless all this time, twisted in fury as they forcefully atteo!”

“What the hell are you doing! Even with the co like this…!”

Riftan shook the on the floor to escape and slammed his fist on his face The duke’s jaas crushed like mere clay and his eyes clouded and rolled back to his head Riftan raised his fist onceface Elliot was barely able to throw hirabbed his arm

“Commander! He’ll really die at this rate! Any ordinary person will instantly die if the commander properly lands a blow!”

Riftan writhed and roared like a chained beast Max could only watch the scene transpire with a bewildered look on her face Her father’s face was covered in blood He wasn’t even ; his eyes were rolled back and his body drooped lifelessly on the floor As she dazedly stared at his ed into the rooasped as he looked around the room in disbelief, and when he saw her, his eyes widened in shock His face turned whiter than the color of flour

“Oh my God… m’lady… how the hell did this…”