Chapter 232 - Chapter 232: Chapter 222: Demon Backlash (1/2)

Chapter 232: Chapter 222: Demon Backlash

“What happened to her?”

The following morning, as Colin was having breakfast at Fischer Manor, he suddenly saw anxious servants rushing through the hallway, supporting a girl covered in blood, taking her to a room with a bed.

Since Madam Lilian had already left Fischer Manor for the island, they could only ask the family doctor to treat the injured girl.

Colin raised an eyebrow, finished his breakfast quickly, and stood up to investigate the situation in that room.

Several servants looked nervously at the wounded girl, their expressions panicked.

“I don’t know if she can make it.”

“Such a pity, and so unfortunate, Miss Lilian isn’t in the manor.”

He squinted his eyes; the girl seemed to be a maidservant from Baron Nacci’s household.

Ah, she was the very same little girl Baron Nacci had promised to himself…

“Why is she injured?”

As a businessman who worked for the Fischer family, Colin naturally had many mistresses, but he preferred clear transactions and relatively mature women; bullying little girls was not something a gentleman should do.

He shook his head, turned around, and decided not to meddle in the affair.

Sunbelle received medical treatment from the doctor immediately, and although she was seriously injured, she did not die nor did she sustain any lasting damage, which was quite fortunate.

But she could not travel long distances for the time being; she had to be in convalescence.

Everyone wanted to know why the little girl was injured, so one of the maidservants from Fischer Manor said:

“It seemed like she suddenly rolled down the hillside, no idea how it happened; maybe it was some abrupt illness that caused it.”

Upon hearing this, everyone thought that Sunbelle might have some hidden illness, so they turned to the experienced doctor.

The doctor shook his head and said, “I can’t determine the exact situation for the time being, but as long as she rests and waits for Madam Lilian to return, even if there is some hidden disease, it will be cured along with everything else – being in Nasir Town is this girl’s fortune.”

Upon waking up, Sunbelle found out that the steward had left, and she would have to rest at Fischer Manor for a while, at least a month, or even two, as that was when Madam Lilian would return.

“Ah, if that’s the case, will Baron Nacci fire me? But my family really needs the money, I truly need a job, wuuu…”

She pretended to be frightened, her eyes reddening from tears, her eyes swollen and her lips trembling, soon bursting into sobs.

Sunbelle couldn’t help but cover her face with her hands, trying to hide her tears.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I just can’t help it, I’m sorry…”

Almost anyone would feel compassion for the girl who cried like a fawn.

The elderly and burly Theo looked at the girl calmly and after a long while made a decision, saying, “Don’t worry, Miss Sunbelle, even if you are indeed fired by Baron Nacci, the Fischer family will not abandon you.”

“Having an outsider get into trouble in our family is indeed the responsibility of the Fischer family.”

Sunbelle said with surprise and joy, “Ah, really? Thank you, I’m really grateful to you, the Fischer family is truly the hero of Cyart.”

Theo nodded slightly, said no more, and left.

And when everyone had left the room, a joyful smile appeared on the girl’s lips.

She now had the chance to stay at Fischer Manor for several months; whether she could change her destiny depended on her efforts from here on!

—-

Red leaves fluttered in the breeze, gradually covering the ground.

“We’re here, Your Excellency Byrne.”

The coachman respectfully opened the carriage door, and Byrne stepped out calmly, followed by a female figure – an emerald elf known as Marzo.

Even as time had passed, Marzo looked almost unchanged over the decades.

She still had the stunning beauty Byrne saw when they first met; just stepping out of the carriage, she immediately attracted the astonished gazes of those nearby.

Byrne, whose temples were graying, noticed this and couldn’t help but say with self-deprecating humor, “I really envy you elves, with your long lifespans and everlasting beauty, always full of charm, unlike us humans whose lives are fleeting.”

He had not understood the meaning of aging until recently when he increasingly felt the fatigue of body and mind.

Marzo frowned slightly, looking unhappily at the middle-aged Byrne and said in an unfriendly tone,

“Your family promised to help find something years ago, and yet there has been no news for so long; you still have the audacity to ask me to kill someone.”

Previously, Marzo had always remained elusive, but in recent years, on Byrne’s suggestion, the Fischer family built her a small cabin as a place to stay.

So, she spent much of her time in the cabin, making it easier for the Fischer family to find the emerald elf.

As an external supporter of the Fischer family, Marzo had always maintained a vague distance, willing to act only when the Fischer family offered sufficient benefits.

This time, Byrne had asked Marzo to come over, naturally providing sufficient compensation, as the Fischer family now had plenty of capital.