Chapter: 567

“You also tried to kill Theor and I.”

The Duke looked a little startled by Astelle’s calm remark.

But soon he shamelessly shook his head.

“It wasn’t like that.”

“Your men attacked me too.”

“It must have been because you were by Kaizen’s side. You wouldn’t have been attacked had you not been there.”

Astelle frowned at her father’s brazen reply.

But now, she wasn’t in a situation where she was trying to figure out what happened in the past.

There will be another opportunity to talk about it.

“How about the secret letter?”

“What I gave him was a secret letter that had been set up as a trap. If you look closely, the whole contents are of no importance, and the seal is also fake.”

‘That’s why the lord of the west returned it.’

It was a common method.

Making and sending multiple fake letters.

Among them, only the real secret letter is marked with a specific label.

“You did it on purpose, didn’t you? If someone who watches over you steals the letter and accuses you, you will still be acquitted.”

In particular, if the emperor’s side framed the duke with it, he would be acquitted right away.

The Duke raised the teacup again and said with a face as confident as Florin.

“Do you think I would have trusted such a fool who was kidnapped by the young lady of a marquis family and entrusted him a secret task? I won’t even spend a penny on such a guy.”

Astelle also picked up the teacup.

It was exactly what she had expected.

She sighed with relief at her father’s meanness.

“Lady Florin truly believes she has found the evidence.”

“She’s pretty clever, so I was wondering what if she became your sister-in-law.”

“What nonsense are you talking about?”