Chapter: 297

Astelle raised her head. The Marquis lowered his voice and spoke, “This must not have been the first time your father tried to assassinate the emperor. There must have been such attempts in the past.”

“……”

Astelle also agreed with her grandfather.

Her father may have been looking for a chance to kill Kaizen for years.

There must have been several unknown assassination attempts.

“But if your father is still unharmed, doesn’t that mean that he hasn’t been caught yet?”

“That’s right.”

Astelle’s father, the Duke of Reston was a careful and meticulous character.

“Your father is a caring human being, so he must have handled it well so that no evidence was left behind even if the work failed.”

“Is that so?”

“Of course. The man you saw must have been prepared in advance so that he wouldn’t be associated with your father.”

Astelle also agreed with her grandfather.

If it were her father, he would have made room for an escape in case he failed.

They must have prepared something to keep the assassins’ bodies from being associated with the duke.

‘I hope you don’t get caught.’

Astelle, who was having such a thought, laughed at herself.

For her own safety, she hoped that the culprit would not be revealed.

‘Kaizen was stabbed with a sword while trying to save me.’

The image of Kaizen, wounded and bleeding, came to mind vividly.

Feelings of guilt and fear for him were complicatedly entangled in her mind.

But if it turns out that it was her father’s fault, Astelle would not be safe. Even if she reports her father for what he had done and asks for forgiveness.

Knock knock [sfx]

Suddenly there was a knock on the door from outside.

Hannah’s urgent voice followed.

“Lady Astelle!”