Chapter 103 (1/2)

Chapter 103

Translator: Yonnee

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“I’ll go out for a ith Maxwell for a little while”

After returning to the barracks, I said this to Alicia

“Huh? Oh, let me come with you, Sister”

“No, Alicia You stay here Your complexion is a bit pale and you look tired, so just stay here and rest I’ll be right back”

Alicia was about to stand up fro on when she offered to cohtly pressed her shoulder to stop her

I knew that Alicia would sulk, but there was no choice

Of course, I wasn’t just going out for a walk

She hesitated for a ain, nodding

Truthfully, it wasn’t a lie when I said that her coood

Perhaps because she was still not used to crowded places, but Alicia’s complexion was paler than usual

“Diana”

After gently patting Alicia’s shoulder to make her lean back on the sofa, I called Diana, as standing behind that sofa

“Yes, Milady”

Diana escorted Evelyn to the carriage earlier but had now returned She politely bowed to ht?”

“Yes, of course Please don’t worry while you’re on your walk”

On the outside, the conversation between us sounded nored at that moment were sharp

“Then, I’ll leave it to you”

While nodding, I reiterated again

And as if saying that I had nothing to worry about, Diana s will be okay until I return’

Diana would protect Alicia

Turning aze doards onceon the sofa

Her round eyes were half-lidded now, as if she was right about to drift off into sleep

When Alicia made eye contact with me, she raised one hand weakly and waved

“Come back soon, Sister”

It was adorable how she did her best to sh she was already so sleepy

“Yeah, I’ll be right back”

And after the short goodbye, I nodded to Cassion

At the brief signal, Cassion followed behind me

We left the barracks like that

I earing a cloak of my o so that ouldn’t draw any attention

As we radually headed away froood that no particular gazes followed our cloaks

Walking in silence, it was only when there was no sign of other people around that we talked again

“Didn’t it see to probe”

I asked an auous question, but the answer that came back was astute

Even if I didn’t mention ‘that person’, there was just one aze flashed through nize me?”

This tiht hint of concern could be heard from his voice, and he seemed to be worried that his identity had been found out

I answered with a shrug

“It doesn’t matter It’ll be a little troublesoardless of whether Leo was suspecting Maxwell, he wouldn’t act hastily

Leo was also tied up by his family’s affairs

It’s true that he was set to be the next duke, but he was still just the successor known as ‘young duke’ that had yet to co duke, would he be able to attack the escort knight of an estee so was tanta a spark of war

He would not be able to forcefully take this mask off, or force myself to spit out the truth

‘Besides, he’d be more cautious since the funeral just happened’

Suspecting that Maxas Cassion would just encourage the possibility of Cassion’s survival

He wouldn’t dare to do so fearlessly After all, he hurriedly held a funeral for his older brother despite the lack of a corpse

In the novel, he was a rationalman

His mother was no different, so the duchess would surely block Leo fro forward

“In the first place, we came here today with soht”

Additionally, this suspicion was already part of the plan for today

In ‘the incident’ that would take place a few hours later, Cassion was scheduled to perforlance, it would look like aura, but both duchess Carter and Leo wouldn’t mistake mana for aura

‘It’s to let theht of Rosetta Valentine knoield ic’

Maxwell’s eye and hair color would be distinctly different from Cassion, but any suspicion that’s raised once wouldn’t be easy to erase

Those tere Cassion’s persistent tormentors And ironically, those two knew Cassion more than anyone else

Still, well

The result would be the same

They would keep their mouths shut, and they would approach ever so cautiously

Thinking tobeside lance turned to me

The eyes behind that mask were very dark

So dark that they looked clear

I looked hie ball is fast approaching anyway It’s alright as long as you aren’t caught by then So until that time, can’t I…”

Can’t I just be the one who’ll protect you?

As I whispered the rest, beyond the lower half of the mask, his lips burst into a smile

He was so stiff with tension just now, but he soon relaxed once more

He smiled in silence, then he nodded slowly