Chapter 35 (1/2)

Chapter 35

Thewas inco the day

There were no lights in several places, but there was a pressing atnored

Rosetta walked under the covers of the shadoearing a cloak with its hood over her head

The place she arrived at was in front of the door leading to the dungeon

Fortunately, Katie wasn’t the only one currently imprisoned, so security wasn’t so strict Guards would only soo on patrols

The other servants ere under suspicion were detained and questioned in their respective quarters because their crimes have yet to be confirmed

Still, just in case, Rosetta pressed her back against the wall and looked around, but she felt no signs of other people’s presence

After confir to the dungeon without hesitation

The Valentine residence was a fairly old e wasn’t too apparent, but inside the dungeon, the mansion’s ancientness was palpable

In a residence laced with old history, there had been many sinners

As she descended the stairs and opened the door of the dungeon, the ht then The humid air that wrapped around her body was sodden and unpleasant

It was the perfect place for sinners

Whenever she took a step, the sound over the daround echoed

Then, as that sound would reverberate over the rusty bars of empty cells, it echoed even further

Rosetta walked leisurely as if she were adround ht now, all cells were e But soon, this place would become full

‘Ah, I wonder which cell would suit our poor Marie’

When Damian and Rosetta finished their conversation earlier—

He was about to leave through the door, but he stopped for a moment and looked back at her

“Rosetta”

“Yes…?”

The answer she gave was al else to be said between them?

She even felt anxious for no reason

This time, she was afraid that he would add more conditions

Fortunately however, that wasn’t why he called her

“Do you feel aith the servants in the annex?”

It was uncomfortable, but at the question, Rosetta recalled Marie, who she hadn’t seen in a while

Come to think of it, it wasn’t just Marie

She didn’t know all the servants of the annex, but there were some people she knew by their faces

But all the servants she ers

Those maids and attendants rushed to take care of me and the unconscious Cassion after we had returned

All of thee the she also anticipated, and it was the sae’ she told the coachman about

However, she just didn’t know that it would happen so soon, in just mere days while she ay

Ah, it would be difficult at this rate

‘Personnel change’ season There was also so the recruitment announceht, Damian added

“All the servants of the annex are under investigation Earlier… As you said, it’s i about as happening for all those thirteen years I’m sure some of them were complicit in it Or perhaps all of them”

“Have they been iht in the act, they’re being detained in the servants quarters because their innocence or guilt needs to be deterht now, the servants in the annex have been sent from the central ive you inconveniences I’ll hire new servants within the month, so please bear with it for a while”

Rosetta sed her sigh of relief Fortunately, those ere currently working in the annex were recruited from the central mansion

Both the centralservants, so it could be expected that a large-scale job posting would soon appear, just as Rosetta had anticipated

“Then will the innocent servants return to the annex after the investigation?”

“No I’ll have them sent to work elsewhere with letters of recommendation If you have to see their familiar faces arbitrarily, you may feel uncomfortable

“Ah”

Now that he ht feel uncomfortable

Even now, like a tree with thin branches, she was a child whose shoulders would tremble

Rosetta nodded

“Thank you for your consideration

“…It’s not sorateful about This all happened because I hadn’t been taking care of you properly”

The soft, weak voice sounded very bitter

When their eyes aze first There was a sense of bitterness and repentance in the way he avoided Rosetta’s eyes

She stared at him for a moment, then she opened her lips to speak quietly

“You don’t have to apologize Rather than me, it was Alicia who suffered …”

At Rosetta’s calm reged and continued to speak calh that you listened to my wishes today, Brother So you don’t have to pay any more attention to h”

Right Rosetta just wanted hi to focus on her

All she wanted was money and a few favors

She didn’t want any other thing

She then curtsied towards Damian, as frozen like a stone Then, she passed by him and approached the door

“Wait”

But as soon as she was about to open the door, Darabbed her arm

Both of them were stuck in front of the door now

“Do you have so more to say?”

His lips fluttered open and close

He wanted to say so, but it seemed like he couldn’t dare to

The lips, which had been opening and closing for a while, ended up being drawn into a straight line

It was a little later that his voice caain

After his lips closed, the emotions on his face were now hidden Perhaps what he was saying noas not what he originally wanted to say

However, Rosetta was not curious about what that was

“A the servants under suspicion, both your and Alicia’s exclusive maids insisted that they weren’t co and that you’d vouch for their innocence Do you knohat they’re talking about?”

Rosetta recalled those two people, their eyes filled with anxiety

Honestly, saying that they were innocent was ridiculous