Chapter 111 (1/2)

After he bid farewell to Sean of the Carpenter Shop in the East City, Benja his stay in the outskirts Instead, he returned directly to the Inner City with an abnor Soon, he arrived at Lithur’s Manor

If this was an ordinary day, he would go in by the main door and allow the servants by the door to take his coat for laundry, or he would take a turn to the backyard, juh an openin a randoo back to his roo anyone

Today, however

He had no idea how to step into this elegant manor

He has lived in this world for quite soh he did not really consider them as his family, he still felt some sort of connection with the Lithur family members He did have multiple meals with them, after all

That hy he was shell-shocked when the System told hiical mother of Benja the nobles as a lovingwife

In Benjaentle and demure mother Under Claude’s obvious unfair treatment to his sons, she was the one who always stood up for Benjaot food for Benjamin when he was under detention in the cellar! From Benjamin’s experiences, she was indeed a responsible ood terms with the madame, but before this, Benjamin would have never put the blame on Mary

The Benjamin noever

The Benjamin now really had no idea how he should think about this

Suddenly, he reless words when she passed him the necklace to open the treasury ”What you see ht she was hinting about the ined that it was referring to the conflict she had with Mary

In hindsight, thehim about Mary

Be careful of Mary

Should he really be careful of her? Benja

Was all of this real? Why would Mary be the one who ordered the assassination? Why would Mary have the intention to kill him? Also, even if she really wanted to kill Benjamin, ould she make such a stupid choice?

Yes, stupid

Mary did not seeent person, but this series of actions was too stupid in Benjamin’s eyes It was so idiotic that it did not seem real

Why?

Benjamin could not think of Mary’san assassin to kill Benjamin; an assassin who left his advertisement all over the city

There were so many unanswered questions in Benjaet to the bottom of this

Benjah consideration when he stood outside the door of the manor

He will take the necklace and prod for Mary’s reaction Just as what the madame said, he will now make sure whether ‘what he saas true

He did take soh He found a deserted corner and hid while he dug a hole to bury all the suspicious things he had on hi was done, he walked back to the door and nored the servants by the door and walked straight down the hallway Coincidentally, Mary was standing alone in the living room, her fists clenched She looked like she was nervously waiting for someone

At the same time, she raised her head and saw Benjamin

She was stunned for a moment before she said tentatively, ”B-Benja bile ”Yes, my…mother” He nodded

A wave of realisation flooded Mary’s face as she quickly approached Benjao? I orried that I couldn’t reach you”

She reached out for Benja

”You…” Mary was dumbfounded, her eyes trailed doards and finally saw the pearl necklace, half-hidden in Benjamin’s palms

In a flash, her face was drained of colour as she pounced like a hunting eagle and snatched the necklace

Her sudden change of behaviour was so shocking that Benjaer in his hands

However, he did not fight after he realised what happened Instead, he inhaled deeply He could not care less about the pearl necklace

He did not expect Mary to give herself away so easily

Fine, he would not need to beat around the bush now

”Mother, will you try to explain the existence of this necklace?” He looked at Mary coldly

Mary held the necklace, stunned She backed off as if she realised her entlewoman

She sood child, do not trust whatever you hear,” she spoke, her voice ‘sincere’ despite her trembles

Benjamin’s voice was colder, ”Oh, really? I did not hear this froh I experienced it, first hand In the er and wanted to kill me”

If Benjamin was still skeptical about his suspicions, he was now convinced that Mary wanted to kill hi skills But he still could not understand why Mary would do that

What was her ht?

”What? Really? But… I… No, you…” Mary was agitated after she heard what Benjamin said She opened her mouth in an attempt to offer some sort of explanation, but could only stammer as she looked more anxious by the minute

”I’m sorry, my mother,” Benjamin said dispassionately as he interrupted her, ”I was too brusque I should’ve gave you ht?”

Mary was speechless hearing Benjahtly, the necklace still tight in her grip She stood ain - she lowered her head, covered her ht, what shoas she up to now?

Mary walked up to Benjarabbed his hands She sobbed, ”This is all ive ht it was real in the first place…”

Benjamin inhaled

So, she did not even try to repudiate the claim?

He did not think that Mary would own up to it this quickly She was only shown the necklace and was slightly questioned by Benjah for her to breakdown like this; she did not even plan to deny it

If you want to put on a show, you should do it properly; at least do the part where you try and talk your way out of things!