Chapter: 344

The duke took off his sad mask in an instant and answered with a dissatisfied look on his face,

“……It’s been a long time since we cut ties.”

Kaizen clicked his tongue as he recalled the memories of that time.

‘That garbage man.’

It was obvious that the duke was behind the assassination.

But when it is revealed, the duke becomes a traitor.

Then Astelle would be stripped of her peerage and punished for being the daughter of a traitor.

‘I can’t do that.’

I cannot kill the Duke of Reston as a traitor.

Instead, Kaizen planned to secretly assassinate him.

In the past, he had never thought about it.

Only when a crime was charged and publicly executed could the duke’s family be properly removed.

But now there is Astelle.

He cannot make Astelle as the daughter of a traitor and suffer humiliation.

Instead of disclosing the duke’s guilt and destroying the Reston family, he had to disguise it as an accident and get rid of him secretly.

‘……will she be okay? ‘

Even so, Kaizen still felt uncomfortable in a corner of his heart.

Astelle from the past, as Kaizen remembers, was a good follower of her father, the Duke.

She lost her mother when she was young and had only a father, so it was natural in a way.

Although she was expelled by her family, she would still be sad if her biological father died.

Thinking about it, he felt uncomfortable.

‘Perhaps it is better for her to leave the capital until this work is over.’

For now, it wouldn’t hurt to send Astelle back to her countryside mansion.

After the work is over, he can bring her back with a reason.

If the duke dies, Astelle will receive the inheritance and return to the capital to see her brother become a duke.