It wasn't until he stepped onto Tetron 3rd Avenue that Deccarno realized why he had never heard of this place. This was a completely different world from the one he lived in. It was impossible to explain it that way.
The gloomy atmosphere, the occasional homeless people, and the desolate streets were all things he had never encountered. It was an ironic situation where he didn't know how to accept the fact that she was in such a place, but he had to hope that she was there.
"This area is not maintained, the alleys are crowded, and the streets are quite large, sir. Where should I start..."
"Tell me."
"First of all, there is a shelter for the homeless and a soup kitchen nearby. There is also a small clinic and a public cemetery..."
"To the cemetery."
His gray eyes, which he couldn't even guess what he was thinking, suddenly became clear. The knight hurried to the place, and Deccarno followed him without a doubt. When the moment came when he didn't need any more guidance, he jumped ahead and got off his horse.
In the darkest place in the slums, the damp moisture in the mist that engulfed the cemetery drenched his collar. Perhaps, Deccarno's face was terrifying as he remembered what she might have done here today.
"Search the cemetery. Search them all."
"Ha, but sir. There are so many of them, and this is a graveyard of unrelated people who don't even have a proper name..."
"I mean."
"..."
"You don't need to look at names. In the most inconspicuous place here, a grave had just been made. And if there are any other witnesses here today, we will release them right away."
Deccarno was adamant. Raindrops fell down his jawline, as if he was barely suppressing every word.
Tuduk.
He didn't even have the heart to wipe it off, so he closed his eyes tightly in the middle of the graveyard and opened them. His chill, which he couldn't even breathe, rose chills into the mist. Soon, there was a loud voice calling out to him.
"Your Excellency, here It Is!"
"..."
Decarno, who had been standing silently like a dead man, turned around. Judging by the knights standing in one place, it seemed that they had found the right place. In front of the tombstone at the edge of the tombstone, which was more secluded a nd remote than expected. Deccarno suddenly let out a laugh that seemed to be full of joy.
"..."
"Your Excellency. Judging from the words, it seems that the Young Lady did it. If you look at it here, it looks like this."
"That's it."
Michael fell in the heavy rain and thrust the plaque into his grip, and Deccarno clutched it as if it were going to break.
1077~1128
To you, who was the best father in the world
With love and respect
He burst into laughter at the sentimental sentence that she could have written. Even if he laughs like this and his lungs are torn out, he thinks he'll do the same. Brushing his wet hair, Deccarno stopped laughing and gave a short order.
"Open up."
"...Oh, sir! But it's still a grave."
"There's no such thing as a corpse anyway."
"..."
"No, I don't. Something like that."
There is no such thing.
A sigh that he didn't know who was coming out of the crushed tooth leaked out. Maybe even what he was doing was so clumsy. He couldn't help but bury it like this. He stared at the black box, which was half-exposed in the heavy rain, and gritted his teeth firmly.
"Don't ask me anything, just stay with me for that day. I hope you will come."
"..."
"I've never asked you to do this before. It's the first and last time. So please."
"...Whoever you want."
His head was in a daze. His mouth was too hot and bitter. When he thought of her standing here preparing for such a thing, his heart seemed to swell, but it cooled down in an instant. Finally, the lid of the black box opened, and the duke quietly squeezed the back of his neck.
"Hah."
If there was something valuable in it, he would have felt better.
A pair of fallen shoes and buttons, which he might have got, and Evangeline's small belongings stimulated him. He thinks there were quite a lot of good things, but at least there was no trace of them in this box.
He thought he was going to find something here, and it became funny to look into it further.
He felt like his whole body was relaxing. He had a cold gaze like a stone statue until someone pulled him noisily and knelt at his feet.
"Oh, no! I didn't really steal or anything! It's been a while since I washed all my hands!"
"Can you not be quiet? Who is this?"
"They take people like this for wandering around without a home, hmm."
"..."
One of the street tramps who had been captured by the knights twisted his body and trembled as he made eye contact with the Duke standing in front of him. No matter how much he didn't know, he couldn't help but know that he wasn't the right man to be in a graveyard in a slum like this.
"Huh..."
His overwhelming feeling, reminiscent of a god of the underworld, made the man Ioosen his strength and slump his hands on the floor. He felt like he had to make a mistake that didn't exist in order to survive.
"I'm better. I really..."
"Have you seen the woman here today?"
"What?"
The Duke's voice echoed in the rain, and the man trembled his lips slightly.
"Well, I don't know what kind of person you're looking for, but if you could tell me what it looks like..."
"Once you see her, you can't forget her."
"..."
There was no more appropriate word to describe Evangeline. Regardless of age or gender, those who saw her would be shocked every once in a while. As expected, the bum swallowed hard, and the Duke raised his eyebrows, thinking that he knew it was the same.
"You seem to know."
"That's not the case..."
He was a person who lived by begging and eating in the first place. It seems that there is someone this precious person is looking for, but in the meantime, he was trying to calculate it.
"Well. I don't know. Honestly. I'm good. Come to think of it. I think he was here, but it's because it's a little bit of a thing... "
"This will help you remember better."
"Your Excellency!"
The Duke pulled the ring from his finger and dropped it, and Michael's face turned up. It was not a legacy passed down from generation to generation, but it was studded with a large black diamond that symbolized the Duke of Theses. The Duke, who casually threw away something that could have changed a person's life, did not even show any signs of regret.
"Now tell me."
"...Well, I mean, a very beautiful lady came here earlier, but, Sir, there was I've never seen someone so beautiful in my life..."
"In short."
"She left with the gentleman who came to pick her up later. He has very bright blonde hair, so at first I thought they were brother and sister, but when I saw that they were affectionately supporting each other. I realized that it wasn't like that again..."
Before the man could finish speaking, the Duke turned around and marched toward the entrance of the cemetery. With every stride, rainwater quickly accumulated in the muddy water. Michael, who was at a loss for what to do, quickly chased after him and did his duty.
"I don't think he's lying, so let's start by identifying the man who said he came here. Maybe some of Lady's friends."
"There is no such thing. That woman."
The Duke's oblique gaze made Michael flinch. Before that, the Duke had a strong hint of vanity, but now there was a cold anger in his eyes. It was not someone who was openly angry, but it was even more difficult to guess the magnitude of his anger.
"You're memorizing the list of attendees for Her Royal Highness the Empress's banquet that you brought to me before, right?"
"Ah, sure. Is there anyone on the list who pointed out any of the names on the list?"
"The one who didn't climb."
The Duke stepped out of the cemetery and took a cigar from his bosom. He took a long breath in the rain that didn't even catch fire, and the mist rolled in like smoke around him.
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