12 Popcorn Part 3 (1/2)

She was banished.

And in glorious fashion, no less.

In front of her two sons, Orelly was banished from the Iphelleta House.

”No. It's a lie…”

”...”

Her father, Tes, followed Orelly from behind and watched her walk in despair.

A wave of regret swept over his mind.

Her spoilt upbringing had come back to bite them in the back.

<...Retreat.>

Tes sent the mental message with a dismal look on his face.

He had ordered a full retreat for all the assassins who had invaded the mansion.

”It...must...be a dream. When I open my eyes again, I will be in my bed. Yes... Yes!”

Tes bit his lips, watching his daughter escape from reality.

Suddenly, a thought struck him.

If he had decided not to visit the mansion today, could they have avoided all of this?

He considered it...

At the end of the thought, he shook his head and rejected the idea.

'Even if it wasn't today, it was bound to happen sooner or later.'

There is nothing that can be hidden forever.

Tes knew that well.

His daughter's banishment was just the same.

The truth was bound to leak into the world eventually.

'This is a good thing.'

It was better to be punished earlier.

If they could learn from this, they could get through the situation well.

Tes was a man who had the money and power to make it happen.

'They won't spread the news everywhere, since it involves their honor as well.'

Tes who had finished organizing his next moves put his hand on his daughter's shoulder.

”Father, this is not true right? There's no way. My husband would never abandon me like this! He would never do such a thing when there's Ryan and Lloyd as well!”

”It's alright Orelly. We can still salvage the situation.”

Tes tried to reason with her, but she still seemed to be out of her mind.

”This...this is all her fault.”

Her father's words did not reach her as she swore vengeance with her eyes burning with rage.

”Iris... It's because that bitch Iris seduced him!”

Orelly's thoughts carried on beyond certainty, to the point of zealous conviction.

The Lord Stein Finn Iphelleta's concubine, Iris, was the cause of her expulsion.

Orelly was convinced that she herself had done nothing wrong to deserve it.

”If she's dead... She just needs to die! That's it!”

Orelly began to emit bloodlust around herself.

A shadow appeared on Tes's face as he witnessed his daughter's menacing look.

'She's going to have a hard time.'

To bring her sanity back.

To re-educate her from the ground up.

To change her lover's mind.

Tes sighed as he judged that none of those will be easy to do.

”...Ah.”

For how long did they walk away from the mansion?

A boy's voice abruptly came from in front of them.

”...?”

Both Orelly who had walked with a raging face, and Tes who was following her from behind, stopped.

”Huh, what's this? Did all the fun stuff finish already?”

From out of their sight, the voice inquired.

It was directed at Orelly and Tes.

”...Who is it?”

The sun had set and it was difficult to see around the area.

Tes, with his nerves on the edge, sent a question back with a frown.

”Hmm.”

Bushes rustle with a different sound when a person walked through them.

Within the peace and quiet, a noise sounded as if searching for something.

It was not harsh, but it wasn't soft either.

”It seems like it's finished.”

The voice came from the front, saturated with the feelings of remorse for missing out on the incident.

And once more the footsteps followed.

Munch, Munch

The one in the darkness seemed to be eating something.