Chapter: 885

Astelle put on an astonished expression.

“I don’t know, but I’m sure someone came in and looked through my stuff.”

Astelle bit her lip with anxious eyes. She seems to have something on her mind.

“It is not known who was responsible for the poisoning incident, but I believe someone suspects me. He seems to have been keeping an eye on you since you are a pharmacist close to me.”

Astelle looked at Gretel and calmly said, “I’ll ask Fritz to secretly watch your hostel.”

* * *

“Seibel!”

Vellian gasped for his breath and ran through the garden. Seibel, who was walking quickly into a corner of the garden, stopped. As Vellian approached, he slowly turned around.

Although he had a calm face, Velian did not miss the look of frustration on his handsome face.

“Ah, it’s been a while.”

“Long time no see… … hah hah… …”

Vellian breathed heavily and became irritated with Seibel.

“It’s been a while you say? You kept avoiding me, didn’t you?”

“I didn’t. I just didn’t have time to come to the Imperial Palace because I was busy with work.” Seibel calmly made excuses.

Vellian forcefully held back his anger at that calm voice of his.

Since they are aristocrats of a similar level and their estates are close, the two have been pretty close since childhood.

Actually, there’s not much reason for them to be friends besides that. Both have very different personalities and hobbies. However, those conditions were sufficient for the young noble masters to become friends.

We’ve been friends for a long time, but you lied to me.

“What the hell happened? Why did you move the Knights strangely without telling me?” Vellian asked again, feeling betrayed.

“It was because I was in a hurry,” Seibel explained the situation while feeling a little sorry. “My father sent me an urgent message: the emperor is in critical condition, so hurry back to the capital.”

He told how he returned to the capital after receiving a message from his father, Count Ecklen.

He said, “His Majesty’s illness was the pretext that there were dangerous movements in the capital. After hearing that, I decided to secretly bring the Knights in. Why I didn’t tell you… … .”

Seibel looked at Vellian and sighed.

“You are always in the Imperial Palace. I was worried about what would happen if someone intercepted me after contacting you.”

“That… … .”