TVTLQ - Chapter 153

 Once, twice, three times.

I blinked.

I wonder if I'm looking at something wrong.

But nothing changed.

The man lying bleeding in front of me was not Mr. Dominic.

There was no longer any warm, sun-drenched brown hair.

It seems to be a broken blue ring that fell on the floor.

"..."

I thought.

Did Calix imitate Dominic's appearance and come to save me?

Or was Mr. Dominic originally Calix?

Soon, I realized the right answer, seeing the embarrassment on the other person's painful face.

Mr. Dominix was Calix.

And Calix was Mr. Dominic.

"...Senia."

Took.

The man who tried to reach out to me couldn't stand it anymore and lost consciousness.

A red liquid soaked the ground and smelled of rusty iron.

I could hear faint breathing from his limp body.

I couldn't think of anything.

I didn't want to think anything.

***

The scene was quickly extinguished.

It was a barrage of goods from the beginning.

The knights, who seemed to be well over fifty men, quickly surrounded the building and entered, leaving the enemy with no way to deal with it.

Nathaniel was hiding in the basement of the building and was arrested at the scene.

However, Estelle and Derek were not caught.

I don't know what he did, but he had already taken cover in that brief moment.

I was taken with Calix to an imperial hospital.

"It's a miracle. You have very few injuries."

According to the doctor's diagnosis, there was nothing wrong with my body.

It's just that I woke up after fainting for a long time, and my body was stunned.

He said that as long as I continue to take the medication for the time being to prevent possible side effects, I will be able to live a normal life.

The problem was Calix.

"The Duke's wound is serious."

Derek's sword, which had been directed at him just before falling, left a severe laceration on Calix's back.

They are even bruised from the fall.

It was a miracle for him that he did not die.

The medical staff went straight to the operation, and I watched from outside of his room.

The lesser doctor approached me and said,

"Lady, you need to rest. It's just that you're less hurt than the Duke, but she's also hurt a lot."

"It's okay."

I declined the doctor's offer.

My mind was a mess and my stomach was tangled, but I was determined that I didn't want to leave this place.

I had work to do.

After waiting for about half a day, Rexed arrived.

"Calix is hurt?"

The suppression process at the scene was brutal, and his brilliant silver hair was disheveled.

When he heard the whole story from the doctor, he was furious.

"You can do whatever it takes. Save the Duke. Unconditionally!"

"Yes!"

Rexed, who was seriously brushing his face, belatedly spotted me and approached me.

"Piere! Are you alright?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

He sighed, relieved that I was in good shape.

He looked back and forth between the room where the operation was taking place and me.

I thought I was the only one upset, but Rexed seemed to have a complicated mind, too.

He looked shocked that Calix had been so fatally injured to save me.

At that moment, I sensed a change in Rexed.

A hunch that maybe now he doesn't show me the same obsession as before.

It was a signal from my body, which had been pushed to the limit.

At this, I blurted out.

"Your Highness, the real culprit behind my kidnapping is Princess Montrose."

"What?!"

Rexed's face changed from a sullen expression.

He led me to the next room.

In the quiet room, where everything around him was bitten, he asked me.

"Is what you just said true? Princess Montrose kidnapped you? At the scene, four brothers were arrested as the culprits."

"My brother is also a culprit."

I did not deny it, He is to be imprisoned for the rest of his life.

"But it was Princess Montrose who made it happen. The Duke also confirmed the true crime with me. It was Derek Gardner, the Princess's escort, who put the Duke in critical condition in the first place."

"The evidence?"

Rexed cautiously demanded proof.

Since the other party is a Duke, they cannot easily move by believing only my words.

I spoke calmly.

"Not yet."

"What time... you want to play with me!"

"But I can make it up."

"You can make it?"

"Princess Montrose has promised to marry my brother."

Rexed furrowed his eyebrows at the rather unexpected news.

So I wondered what to do.

From now on, I will reverse the same method that Estelle used to get rid of me.

"The two have already spent the night together, and a divine union has taken place. In addition, they have made a promise to get married, so they are as if they are a couple. My life was a wedding gift that the bride asked for. If you interrogate Nathaniel, you'll get the same answer."

"he has already been sent to prison as a criminal. Can you trust the criminal's words? Montrose won't even admit it."

"It doesn't matter. You're going to admit it anyway. There are two things Your HIghness will do to achieve this. The first is to secure the Princess's maidservant."

For more than a month, Nathaniel stayed with Estelle.

Since they had been together for such a long time, rumors were bound to spread, but the fact that they were silent made it clear that they had an inside helper.

And that helper is probably the maid closest to Estelle.

"Get the maid and interrogate her. And you just have to get testimony that there was a man in the Princess's private space."

Even if it wasn't Nathaniel, Derek would have been in and out of her bedroom countless times.

Once the testimony that there was a man comes out, the rest is easy.

"The Princess will definitely deny the facts. They will plead not guilty. Then Your Highness can order the Princess to undergo the purification ceremony."

"The ritual of the temple before marriage."

"Yes, that's right."

The purification rites that Penelope also underwent are available only to those who are destined to be married.

If you haven't made a marriage commitment, holy water won't respond in the first place.

In addition, this ritual has a very special power.

"It's a ritual to receive God's blessing before the sergeant, so you can never lie."

The priest usually begins the ritual by confirming that he or she is the person.

In either word, Estelle was a fake and wouldn't be able to answer the first question.

"I'm sure the denial will be revealed from the first question. It's a big injustice that you can never get out of. After that, you will have all the answers you want. My kidnapping, the Duke's injuries, and the source of the drug contraband that was in the building."

As I spoke, I remembered something and added a word.

"And ask among the mercenaries if there is anyone who has been walking around with the Sword of Montrose ornament."

It was probably Derek who I ran into at the time.

Now all the clues are solved.

I hardened my expression.

"If the Princess is found not guilty, I will take full responsibility."

Rexed stared at me.

It was as if he was trying to gauge my sincerity.

After a moment, he nodded earnestly.

"I see. I'll do as you say."

"Thank you."

"Then I will go. Calix is..."

Rexed glanced in the direction of Calix for a moment.

"You are in charge and take care of it. I got hurt trying to save you."

"..."

"And you suffered too. Rest."

Rexed, who was busy cleaning up the back, left first.

Left alone again, I slowly made my way back to Calix's hospital room.

Suddenly, I remember the moment when Dominic disappeared.

And Calix, who was in pain from the injuries he sustained while saving me.

What were my feelings at that time?

Not knowing the answer, I stared at the closed door of the hospital room for a long time.

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