I Became the Younger Sister of a Regretful Obsessive Male Lead - Chapter 128
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 128
At that time, Samuel, who had been standing still and watching, pressed his fingertips gently as if checking the letter hidden in his chest.
He was still at a loss.
At the same time, he felt strange at the previous Duke’s action, who tried to hide the two of them behind his back.
Did his uncle and the previous Duke really love each other, as his father had said? So, was the previous Duke trying to protect the family of the person he loved even now? Was it really possible to protect the family of someone who has already died…?
…Did such love exist?
Samuel was skeptical. Even though he was not ignorant of the pain he suffered together with his mother, in the end, his mother must have been suspicious of his father, who had changed.
Wasn’t that why they ran away?
After that, they were now blaming others for all the responsibility… just like sister Rachel, who took them for granted for one reason: family. Nevertheless, he was aware of the seriousness of the current situation, so he could not make hasty decisions. In the end, it was a natural response as his life depended on it.
At that time, Samuel’s eyes intertwined with dark purple eyes.
“Emerald-colored hair…”
The knights did not miss the prince’s small muttering and listened. The sensation of multiple pairs of pupils staring at him at the same time could not be expressed by anyone who had not experienced it.
Elliot thought that the previous Duke would not hand over Rachel. He wasn’t surprised, as he had already expected that, but he still felt impatient. He couldn’t get the question out of his mind about why the current duke didn’t come forward.
In the meantime, he found a boy with the same hair color as that little girl.
While the eye color was different, the hair color was the same as that little girl, so he couldn’t help but notice.
“Is emerald hair the unique color of County Erland?”
Answering the prince’s question, the commander of the imperial knights bowed his head.
“That’s right, Prince. Shall we catch that person?”
“Hmm, so be it.”
The order given by the emperor clearly stated that they were all a group of traitors, so it would be right to arrest them.
As the Prince gave his permission, Martina let out a scream.
“We are not traitors!”
“Mother…”
“I have proof…!”
With a shrill scream, she rebelled. Before he could stop her, Martina pulled out the letter from the inside of his jacket.
“Mother!”
It was so fast that Samuel, who was still unable to make a decision, had no time to stop her. She seemed to know that he had put it there.
She appealed to Elliot, holding up the old crumpled envelope.
“My husband couldn’t have done that. This is all the conspiracy of the previous Duke here.”
Pedro was taken aback by the outrageous remark as the blue eyes were deeply burning. The envelope he was holding looked just like the one he had sent to Liam before. Still, there was no guarantee that the contents contained therein would be the same.
Pedro, who was able to roughly grasp the situation without thinking too deeply, just stood by as Elliot ordered the knight to take the letter. At the same time, he took this opportunity to seriously consider his family.
Would they survive as an existence being used when needed? Or maybe having a little less power but living comfortably…
Well, while the decision was up to Lucian, not him, he didn’t want to sacrifice the one he loved for the sake of his family anymore.
…Wasn’t he, Camilla, and Liam already enough?
The blue eyes that recalled the past sunk deeply.
Meanwhile, Elliot opened the envelope and read the contents.
At first glance, the contents written on the faded paper looked like a love letter though the contents were subtle. It felt like giving instructions to the person receiving the letter. In addition, where the family lived, who, and the date—these things were very detailed.
Those who were recorded in it were names that existed on the list of traitors. The names of the families that were so insignificant that they could not be called nobles were written all over the place, and among them, several Counties stood out.
It wasn’t until he turned over five pages of the long letter that Elliot was able to identify the sender.
“Ha…”
Elliot just let out a smirk in astonishment. It wasn’t because he was in a good mood but because he was irritated, and laughter flowed out.
“Fu…”
He raised his eyes and glared at Pedro before putting the curse word on his lips. Although he didn’t know that he was also in the position of being victimized, it was difficult to contain his anger as it seemed like he had made it up.
The spirit of darkness, touched by Elliot’s emotions, began to stir. He wondered if he should just kill everyone here and escape with just the little girl.
Suddenly everything became annoying.
He wanted to kill the woman who gave me this letter, the previous Duke, and the current duke who still doesn’t show his face.
“Something like this…”
They couldn’t give this to him. This was proof that the traitor family was not Erland…
It didn’t matter if the traitor’s family was Leon or not. But now, Erland had to be the traitor family, and only then would he be able to drag Rachel away confidently.
As long as he had her in his hands, he could bring her back while maintaining the current state. If this letter was genuine, the list of traitors that he had collected would be discarded, and he would need to start looking at the list again from the beginning.
It was crazy… how long does he have to wait for it again?
“…Knight commander, listen. Go find Lady Erland, who might be hiding here and take those two.”
“Yes! I take orders!”
“Yes, understood!”
There was a booming voice, and Pedro twisted his mouth. At the same time, Martina screamed so as not to be dragged away while Samuel was dragged helplessly with a whitened face. It was no different from mayhem, the employees also did not know what to do.
The moment Pedro was about to step out, a single footstep, not too loud, created an instant silence.
Tap-tap-tap.
Hearing the sound of someone coming down the stairs, Elliot turned his head with a frantic look.
Just in time, Lucian came down in full suit. Unlike usual, he even had a sword. He gave a short command to the Duchy’s knights, who were standing around awkwardly.
“Everyone step back.”
“Forgive me, Your Excellency.”
As the imperial knight’s commander stepped forward, Lucian gave the order again with cold eyes.
“It is an edict from the Emperor.”
“…Yes, Your Excellency.”
The commander of the Duchy’s knights stepped back with a calm expression, but that was not the case inside. Even if it was the Emperor’s order, the imperial knights could not enter the Duke’s residence, especially since they were a contributor to the founding of the country.
“Who is this?”
“If you came to visit Lady Erland, then I have no choice but to say that you went in vain.”
Lucian gave a different answer to Eliot’s sarcasm.
“How is that so? If you hide the traitor, even Duchy Leon won’t be safe, Duke.”
“I am opening the mansion for you to look for yourself. Isn’t that the Prince’s duty?”
The two knights waited for orders as they watched the two men talking from a distance.
Elliot sensed something was wrong with Lucian’s imposing demeanor. Noticing that he didn’t appear from the beginning bothered him, but in the end, it seemed that what he was worried about happened.
“Then… I have to search all over to find her.”
“Of course.”
He smiled displeased at Lucian, whose expression didn’t change at all. After ordering the Imperial Knight’s Commander, he also secretly released the spirit of darkness.
The next moment, Enzo whispered to Lucian.
―The spirit of the imperial family is moving.
—The spirit…
―Keh, I thought the power of the sealing stone was weakening from a few wars ago… that kid was born with the power of the spirits.
—That person is an illegitimate child.
―The Imperial Family must have been abandoned by the spirits.
—Why?
―Maybe it’s because they married close relatives that violate the laws of nature…
―Then, does that mean that the spirit can find out about that place?
To Lucian’s question, Enzo answered very displeased.
―Did you think my barrier would be destroyed with that level of ability? You sometimes seem inclined to look down on your ancestors so much.
—It doesn’t matter because I can never give her up.
―Kukuk. Well, then. Hold on tight to what is mine and never give it away.
The Imperial Knights moved in perfect order and began investigating the mansion. It took a long time to even look at all the annexes. Even until the magic lamp shone instead of the sun, they still tried to look.
Elliot, who was waiting in the lobby of the mansion, didn’t even find it with his spirit, so he moved on.
Unable to overcome his nervousness, he ran to the room Rachel had been using and opened the door roughly. As he entered the empty room, he opened everything from the dressing room to the bathroom, but there was no trace of her anywhere.
He kicked the couch violently, letting out a rage he had been holding back. Lucian, who had followed quietly behind him, entered as he closed the door.
“You b*stard!”
When the opponent he wanted to kill from before was alone in front of his eyes, Lucian rushed at him without hesitation. After grabbing him by the collar and lifting him up, he chanted in a furious voice.
“You dare to cross Ray?”
Elliot said with a relaxed expression, even while being grabbed by him.
“Since when did that little child belong to you? That child belonged to me from the moment I kidnapped her. She was mine.”
Lucian’s eyes widened at his words as he drew his sword at the same time.
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