The journey again to Conler Citadel within the carriage was silent.

I didn’t say something, simply stared on the quickly altering panorama. The scenes in my head had been transferring on the similar velocity because the surroundings exterior.

“Carry Sofia again.”

The newly woke up Baron Bruno continued to murmur whereas crying.

I wasn’t anticipating to see a middle-aged man cry like this, a lot much less Baron Bruno. I had the impression that I used to be being pressured to be taught a secret that I didn’t wish to be taught.

“Silly human.”

Rex and I may solely watch Baron Bruno wailing helplessly. We couldn’t provide comfort, nor may we reprimand his actions to date.

Alternatively, the person who was deftly sipping tea sharply criticized Baron Bruno.

Together with his composed tone, our consideration naturally turned to him. The person who gained our consideration solely raised the corners of his mouth with an air of disdain.

Baron Bruno, who one would have thought could be enraged at such a haughty perspective, may solely cry a little bit when he heard these phrases.

It was apparent that he was in a really weak state.

‘I suppose it’s as a result of his daughter is gone…….’

Earlier than I went to see Baron Bruno, I had doubts about whether or not I may belief all the things he mentioned. Nevertheless, in mild of his earlier tone and facial features, I used to be unable to say that it was a lie.

If all the things was an act, Baron Bruno’s title had robbed him of his true expertise. He ought to have been a theater actor.

‘To assume that Baron Bruno and X had been as soon as on the identical facet.’

When Baron Bruno talked about his alliance with X, he briefly talked about his sister.

I used to be not sure of whether or not I may nonetheless acknowledge Baron Bruno as a human being as I listened to the account of how he gave up his sister to save lots of Sofia.

No, maybe the rationale he may do such a factor is that he’s human. 

“How….”

My voice was shaking tremendously. Baron Bruno was tightly biting his lip and had tears streaming down his face.

“It was as if I possessed by one thing…….”

“That’s simply an excuse.”

“Sure, it’s simply an excuse, however I actually wished to save lots of Sofia at that second. That was all I may take into consideration.” 

“Actually, that was all you had in thoughts?”

At my query, Baron Bruno clenched his jaw and bowed his head deeply. Considering of Gilbert, Aiden, and Theodore made it really feel much more like a lie.

By no means will they provide me up for something.

“It’s dreadful, actually…”

“Ugh…”

“How scorching she will need to have felt, wait a minute.”

Baron Bruno mentioned he killed his sister below the guise of a fireplace to save lots of Sofia, who was affected by a excessive fever.

Listening to these phrases, I remembered once I met Sofia for the final time. She had mentioned she was feeling scorching.

“Jessica….”

Once I advised the story to Baron Bruno, he coated his face together with his arms and painfully uttered her title.

Once I realized Sofia mentioned that with Jessica’s voice, a way of guilt overwhelmed me that I had not felt till now.

“She then warned me to be careful for similarities.”

As I recounted the recollections from again then, Baron Bruno nodded.

“Most likely.. one other Sofia-like similarity.”

“Sofia Bruno?”

“To name Tia Bluea…….”

The reply was easy: they wanted Sofia Bruno to name Tia Bluea, simply as they wanted Jessica Bruno, who was just like Sofia Bruno, to maintain Sofia alive.

“Why do they want Tia Bluea?”

“She’s just like Mary Conler.”

“Why on earth do they want somebody just like me?”

“They didn’t inform me that……. So I don’t know.”

Baron Bruno bowed his head as if he felt ashamed. Despite the fact that he had a ridiculous perspective, the dialog wasn’t utterly pointless.

Tia Bluea is Jung Seulbi.

What they wished was me, in order that they’re utilizing her to get me. Why would they take such drastic measures? I don’t know what the God of the Underground and X are considering.

‘I ought to have captured X and had a dialog with Baron Bruno.

Maybe X appeared to silence Rely Bruno’s mouth.

He mentioned he was near Baron Bruno, and he appeared to know the place he was and who he was assembly. Possibly he’s received a location tracker or one thing…….

“I’ll do something to get Sofia again!”

Baron Bruno sounded so determined, however he was additionally fairly cautious when it got here to speaking about X.

At first, when he was advised that X had appeared and attacked him and put him to sleep, he had curiously referred to him as ‘that bastard’, however the extra he talked, the extra I spotted that he was fairly afraid of him.

That’s why he got here to me, whom he hated a lot.

“What ought to I do?”

“Oh, I don’t know both.”

“How pathetic.”

The person pierced via the dialog between me and Baron Bruno.

He rose from the couch, leaned ahead, and checked out Baron Bruno. It was the sort of stare…… that might have made me run out of the room in disgrace if I had obtained it.

“You got here right here asking for assist with none plans? To a toddler at that?”

“I couldn’t consider something higher to do…….”

Baron Bruno stammered, unable to kind a sentence within the face of the forceful perspective of the person, who was a lot youthful than him.

Maybe for Baron Bruno, I used to be like a rope in entrance of a tiger. I don’t significantly have any sharp expertise, I may very nicely be a rotten straw rope, so to talk.

“I’ll see what I can do.”

“Thanks!”

It will possibly’t be helped, although. If Tia Bluea had been introduced right here to focus on me, I needed to take care of her one way or the other. Within the means of coping with her, maybe a technique to save Sophia Bruno would come up.

Baron Bruno will need to have been aiming for that too when he got here to seek out me.

“However I’ve a situation.”

“Please inform me something!”

I mentioned cautiously, and for the primary time since he’d been right here, Baron Bruno appeared hopeful.

I spoke as coldly as I probably may, recalling the standard tone of Grand Duke Estin.

“You need to pay on your crimes.”

“What? Oh, sure, after all. I’m remorseful for my involvement within the underworld and…….”

“Not that.”

My eyes narrowed as I checked out Baron Bruno.

“About Jessica Bruno.”

“Oh….”

Baron Bruno couldn’t cover his shock on the point out of his sister’s title.

It appeared that his regret was solely short-term. He appeared to have taken her sacrifice without any consideration.

Despite the fact that it was Sofia Bruno’s face, the voice that had muttered “It’s scorching” caught in my thoughts like a thorn.

I wished to alleviate her grudge, at the very least. Possibly she warned me to watch out as a result of it was harmful.

“In fact! Should you save Sofia, I’ll settle for any punishment.”

“Good.”

“Are you certain about this?”

The person who was listening to the dialog between me and Baron Bruno mentioned in a fearful voice. It was completely different from the bitter tone he had used with Baron Bruno earlier.

‘He appears a bit extra lenient towards me.’

The person’s tone was slightly mild, however there was nonetheless a tenderness in the best way he spoke and checked out me.

I puzzled who this man was, who had saved me and made X shudder on the sight of him. And but, his brown eyes had been crammed with heat as he checked out me.

Who precisely is that this man?

“What are you considering?”

Misplaced in my ideas, the person in entrance of me requested. Come to consider it… How did this man find yourself driving within the carriage heading to Conler Citadel?

I used to be so absorbed in my contemplation that I didn’t even notice how pure it was for him to be within the carriage.

“Are you going to Conler Citadel?”

“In fact.”

“Why?”

“To guard you.”

“Is there a motive to guard me at Conler Citadel?”

Once I requested the person, he merely shrugged his shoulders.

Now I remembered that this man had mentioned earlier that excellent news and unhealthy information had been ready for me at Conler Citadel. 

My head is spinning from Baron Bruno’s bombshell confession, and now there are extra issues awaiting me on the citadel. My life is simply too dynamic.

“Who’re you anyway?”

“It’s me, Mary.”

Each time I requested who I used to be, he would reply with one thing like, “You already know me.” However regardless of how onerous I feel, this man doesn’t even exist faintly in my recollections.

I couldn’t ask correctly as a result of I used to be already distracted by Baron Bruno’s confession, however now I used to be beginning to get irritated, so I requested with a grumbling voice.

“Who’re you?”

“I’m Arsene.”