The servants of Baron Ravonis’ residence were all from the Bestian Information Guild. They earned a decent salary and lived comfortably in an unowned mansion. But one day, the residence’s master, Kyle’s younger sister, started staying.

“She’s a contagious person, so it would be better not to meet at all.”

Only the vice-guild leader, Serena, seemed to have contact with her.

“Of course, it’s a secret so keep your mouth shut.”

She said the sister’s name was Audrey, and she began to live well after living in the pretty residence Kyle had decorated over the years.

Since they basically belonged to the guild, they unconditionally kept what the vice leader said was a ‘secret.’ Even when servants of other Southwestern nobles asked them questions, they didn’t say anything.

Undoubtedly, they whispered a word to each other.

“Looks like she has a cat. When I clean, I see more and more cat items.”

“I even heard a cat cry.”

Anyway, Kyle’s sister was living very comfortably. Not only high-class dishes using the best ingredients but also all kinds of household items were of the highest quality.

“Did you hear that? The owner here made a lot of money by developing an iron ore mine.”

“Yes, I heard it. It’s rumored in the Southwest.”

“To spend all that money on the sister.”

What was surprising, however, was that the younger sister’s spending was greater than expected. As high-end clothes and jewelry began to be secretly delivered without going out, some people began to question.

“Still, can the sister spend money like this? No matter how sick she is. Even doctors don’t come and go.”

“Well… Paul, what do you think you would do if your sister is spending your money so much like this?”

“Why is he giving her sister so much in the first place? I don’t know if it’s with a lover…”

It was after that remark that the silence flowed while the employees were having a conversation.

Soon, everyone looked as if they had realized something and became quiet.

The fact that they were using guild members with high ransoms as servants, the fact that Baron Ravonis hasn’t visited the Baron’s residence very often, and the fact that a woman called his sister came in as soon as the Baron’s residence was beautifully completed…

“Ho, ho, maybe…”

“Isn’t she a hidden woman rather than a sister?”

“It’s like living in two houses from the beginning!”

The servants chatted among themselves and began to write more and more provocative novels. Nonetheless, they were veterans and never told anyone this. They were prepared not to speak out, no matter where they were arrested and threatened.

Obviously… life wasn’t going to be the way it was just because they were determined.

Paul, a servant who was carrying groceries from Baron Ravonis’ house, was kidnapped one night. Seeing a young man with dark hair and red eyes, he was ready to die.

‘Look at what he looks like. How could he be so mean and handsome?’

His graceful features and well-proportioned body were beautiful, but the impression was just terrifying. Just like the ghastly impression, the expression on his face was ghastly as if he had just crawled out of hell.

‘I knew this would happen since I joined the Dark Information Guild anyway.’

Of course, he knew he would be sent on a secret mission and cut to death, although he never expected to be caught and killed while out shopping for turkey and peppers.

‘You’ll see, I’m an elite member of Bestian.’

Paul took a deep breath.

‘Even if you twist my arm and break my leg, I won’t say anything…!’

However, judging by the atmosphere, the man didn’t seem to have any intention of torturing Paul. First of all, there were no instruments of torture, and the subordinates around the man had a relaxed atmosphere.

‘I see. These are those who wanted to seduce me with gold and silver!’

Noticing that the hospitality after the abduction was subtly gentlemanly, Paul resolutely resolved to do so.

‘I can’t open my mouth even if they give me a Bestian’s key personnel, 100,000 gold.’

Nonetheless, even though he was Bestian’s key personnel, he couldn’t stop the thoughts from continuing.

‘Bu, but… some information that won’t help if they give me 1 million gold…’

At first glance, the dark-haired man seemed to be a great nobleman. He didn’t look like a normal man in his clothes or his restrained gestures.

‘Please, don’t say they will give me 10 million gold. Then, how much should I say…’

However, that happy worry immediately stopped. It was because the aide next to the man carefully opened the bottle of pink medicine and held it up to Paul’s nose, and all of a sudden, his mind went blank.

Looking at the man’s eerie yet beautiful red eyes felt like his mind was clearing.

“Tell me about Baron Ravonis’ woman.”

The man ordered in a low voice, and Paul opened his mouth without realizing it.

“A few days ago, we received an order to attend Baron Ravonis’ sister, Lady Audrey. Of course, with the condition to keep it a secret so that no one will know about it.”

At that moment, his fierce internal conflicts of the past faded away. Paul wanted to stop his gurgling mouth, but he couldn’t.

“But between us… in various circumstances, I think he had brought a hidden woman.”

“…… Do you remember the date she came?”

“Yes. When…”

Just by looking at the man’s red eyes, he felt something strange, as if he didn’t want to say anything. When Paul mentioned the date Audrey came, the man took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He looked as if he was accepting an incredibly difficult fact.

‘D*mn it, I’m going to die like a dog.’

While he sighed in regret as he thought that he would be disposed of, suddenly, he felt a dull shock in the back of his head, and Paul passed out.

Looking down at the fallen Paul, Nathan cautiously looked up at Evan. He had completely let go of his mind before the catastrophe.

After Kallaudin’s advice to ‘do whatever it takes’,’Evan really went wild.

First of all, kidnapping the servant of Baron Ravonis was a decision he had made with the determination to be hated by Laria.

In addition, he brought the truth drug from the Magic Tower. Originally, things related to black magic were not to be circulated outside the Magic Tower. So, to mobilize illegal drugs mixed with black magic was like walking on an irreversible path.

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‘Later, if Lady Laria finds out about all this, she might say that this is disgusting…’

Even though Nathan did what he told him to do, he couldn’t help but worry about it.

To be honest, Evan was half mad the first time Laria was gone, but he hadn’t gone blind. It was his struggle to somehow keep Laria’s will to not deal with her whereabouts and find her secretly. But for some reason, the more he dug, the more Evan’s hope circuit burned, leaving only ashes.

Another man wrapped in a veil, divorce, and even the remark that she was a hidden woman…

“Send him to a public hospital under the guise of a carriage accident. Bribe the doctor and say that he was seriously ill, so he would not be visited.”

“Well… it seems like a quick fix.”

Nathan sighed.

“Will Lady Laria notice if the period is longer?”

“I’ll go see her before that anyway.”

“What? Then, isn’t it right now?”

“If you were Laria, would you meet me in this situation?”

Nathan’s reply was quick.

“Of course not. Why would I meet a crazy person?”

Evan frowned and replied.

“And the day Laria appeared at Baron Ravonis’ residence was the day of the Imperial Palace banquet. Common sense tells us that Laria couldn’t travel from the Imperial Palace to Hanua in one day.”

“Then…”

“She has a movement scroll.”

Evan’s reasoning continued.

On the day they visited the Magic Tower together, she won a bet with the scroll book. Of course, he thought Laria would have lost and didn’t even ask. Because after seeing his own past, Laria followed him with a very painful expression.

He, too, did not have the confidence to see the slightest bit of her painful past.

However, when he thought about it, it was funny. What could the unfortunate past of a man she didn’t particularly like have to do with her?

So, that was why she would have watched it till the end and won the movement scroll.

“So, there is no point in breaking into the Baron’s residence and pulling her out.”

Nathan muttered unknowingly at Evan’s cold words.

“Isn’t this too extreme? It turned out that she was a master of ruse, but if she even had a movement scroll, how could we catch such a person?”

“I won’t catch her.”

Evan said with cold eyes.

“She has to come out on her own.”

“How…”

“I’m going to the port right now.”

“…The, the port? Whi-which port?”

“Bedis.”

Bedis was the only port connected to the Eastern continent.

“Wh-who, who are you going to bring this time…”

“Fred Vonadi Rostri.”

Nathan stood still.

“I don’t know how it may have changed, but he said he would get his degree soon and come back right away. In about two months?”

Laria had mentioned her brother Fred about two months ago.

“I really miss him. In fact, he’s the only remaining direct blood relative.”

But now… he would capture and use her direct blood relatives…

Nathan muttered in disbelief.

“Young Duke? Who are you talking about now…?”

“Laria’s older brother. Isn’t the East Continent’s public academy degree process over by now?”

Evan’s answer has no hesitation.

In other words, it meant that he had been thinking about it for a long time, but it was a line that he hadn’t crossed because of Laria. It was really the last resort, though, that he touched a family she hadn’t seen in a long time.

And now that he crossed that line…

‘Lady Laria will see him soon… Of course, it won’t look good.’

Nathan finally realized that Evan’s eyes were totally overturned.

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