Chapter: 58

This castle was old-fashioned, but it was antique and beautiful.

In the corridor, walls made of gray bricks were neatly arranged, and tapestries woven with gold thread were hung in several places.

Astelle walked the hallway of the castle leading to the emperor’s office.

The second maid’s hand was also white and neat in every corner.

However, while the two showed their hands without hesitation, the last remaining maid couldn’t easily show her hands.

The third maid trembled as she looked into her own palms.

“Ah…… I, I……”

Everyone’s eyes were focused on the hand of the third maid.

The middle part of her little white palm had no wound.

However, there was a bright red rash sprouted on her forefinger and as if sprinkled with red powder.

The tip of her upper index finger and the inside of her thumb were completely red.

She must have used her thumb and index finger to open the clasp.

The maid who looked into her hand, looked at Astelle with a desperate expression.

“La, Lady, I……”

“Tell me who ordered you.”

The maid was surprised and stiffened at Astelle’s coldly subdued voice.

The maid’s eyes trembled anxiously, but she didn’t open her mouth easily.

Well, to get her to do something like that, she would have been threatened.

Astelle looked straight at the maid and said calmly, “If you don’t tell me who ordered you, I can assume that you were trying to steal, or in severe cases, poison me.”

“Oh, no…… I never did that……!”

Astelle intimidated her, and the maid became trembled on her whole body.

She didn’t know if the laws had changed recently, but in the past, maids who were caught stealing in the imperial palace had their wrists cut off.

This is not the imperial palace, but since this is where the emperor stays, perhaps the punishment is similar.

Any attempt to poison, of course, is punishable by death.

Astelle looked at the trembling maid and give a brief order to Lyndon.