“That’s right, she killed even her own father when she was a servant. I just thought it was a mistake.”
Seeing Helene’s grave expression, Capitano lowered his head apologetically.
“Princess only has ambition, but her nature is good, so she didn’t want that maid to die. I tried to protect her as much as possible, but I’m sorry for upsetting you.”
It was just that she didn’t want to dirty her own hands.
He was skilled at manipulating people with words.
Helene, pleased that someone she liked had a good impression of her, began to pride herself on being a righteous person.
“You don’t need to apologize. That girl was bad.”
“Do you happen to know a maid named Anita? I heard she was in Queensguard County.”
Who was that? Was she a maid in the laundry room?
“She’s a maid who escaped from the family’s purge. Anna said that Princess Cynthia found her on the street by chance and took her in, but after that, she couldn’t find out any more information.”
“Could that child be dead too?”
“It’s very likely. A few days after taking in the maid named Anita, the man she lived with was found dead near a gambling den.”
Capitano handed her a gold bracelet.
Helene’s eyes widened as she examined the bracelet closely.
“What is this?”
The Queensguard family crest was engraved on the bracelet.
“The thugs at the gambling den had it. They said they stole it from the man’s body.”
Is this Cynthia’s doing too?
Her dead father, the dead watchers, the maids who knew the past, even the Visente family.
Even the tutor who disliked her was taken care of. It seems difficult to contact her as before.
Helene recalled one of Charles’ reports and felt a chill run down her spine.
She knew there were more than one or two strange things, but she didn’t know she would be so ruthless.
‘Maybe I’m next.’
Watching the shocked Helene, the golden eyes of the charming liar narrowed slightly.
Helene visited the official residence early in the morning.
Cynthia greeted Helene casually with a smile.
“Sister, what’s wrong without even contacting me? It’s a good thing you came. Have you had breakfast yet? Would you like some tea?”
Helene looked at Cynthia with a stiff smile. Seeing her act so affectionately made her shudder again.
“Cynthia, I came to see my father.”
‘I need to find out what she did to the Visente family first.’
There was still time left before the Brigadier General returned.
Since the Queensguard family’s scam could be exposed, she couldn’t reveal that Cynthia killed her father in the past.
‘If it becomes known that she killed her parents-in-law, it will be a huge blow. After the exposure, even the war hero won’t be able to do anything.’
After that, I’ll put a proper leash on her. So that she doesn’t even think about targeting me.
Helene, who had made up her mind, smiled and asked.
“By the way, where is Lady Eleanor?”
“She’s probably sleeping right now?”
How could she have such a brazen face? Helene snorted without realizing it.
“Is that so? I have a guest with me, can I bring him in?”
“Sure. Who is it?”
At Helene’s signal, the attendant who followed her opened the door and called someone in.
A man in a neat suit took off his fedora and entered.
Helene whispered to Cynthia.
“This is Stefan, Oliver Visente’s son. After hearing his story, I felt sorry for him.”
“Why?”
“Why? Don’t you know if Oliver still uses the Visente name? He hasn’t even started a branch family, let alone gotten married.”
It meant that Stefan was an illegitimate child, a bastard.
“But he was worried about his father. When I said he was staying at the official residence, he wanted to meet him.”
“Ah.”
Looking at Stefan’s resentful expression, Cynthia sensed that he hadn’t really come to visit his father out of concern.
“Let him meet his father.”
As Helene secretly winked at Stefan and left for the Count Queensguard’s room, Stefan lowered his voice and said.
“Let’s talk in a quiet place. It might be a difficult topic.”
“I don’t know what’s difficult, but okay.”
Cynthia took Stefan to the study.
Stefan glanced at the soldiers who were silently following him.
Stefan, who was sitting on the sofa in the study, asked Cynthia, who was sitting across from him.
“Princess. I was worried because I lost contact with my father.”
“Didn’t you come here knowing he was in the official residence? External contact is restricted here.”
“Even so…”
Cynthia asked in a kind tone.
“Can you tell me the main point?”
“Where are the Visente couple and my father? The debtors have come to me.”
“Oh dear, you must be very worried. They asked us for protection, and they are safe in the official residence, so don’t worry too much.”
It wasn’t wrong. They were safely locked in the basement where no one could enter or leave without permission.
But it wasn’t the reaction he wanted, so he threatened her just like Lady Eleanor.
“The debtors are an underworld organization, will you be okay?”
Cynthia shook her head with a bored expression.
“They can’t touch them, so they found you and brought you here.”
Cynthia added.
“It seems like you should be worried about them, not us. I heard that if there’s even a drop of blood mixed in with your relatives, the debt is passed on.”
Even illegitimate children couldn’t avoid joint liability.
Stefan, who seemed to have suffered a lot from the organization’s harassment, frowned and said.
“I know that the Brigadier General is the Visente couple’s adopted son. So shouldn’t the Brigadier General pay instead of me?”
“Oh, no. There’s no need for that.”
Cynthia looked at him with a bright face.
“Do you know that the law has changed recently?”
She opened a thin book and pointed to a part.
Stefan’s eyes widened as he looked closely.
[The Fastest Latest Law Revision Guide]
Adopted children are not obligated to pay their adoptive parents’ debts. This is because inhumane methods of adopting orphans and making them bear their debts were rampant.
“This is…”
The Brigadier General has no reason to pay the money? Stefan, who was flustered and read it several times, stood up from his seat, trembling.
‘Then, in the end, I have to take responsibility?’
I thought I had finally chased away my incompetent father, but he’s grabbing my ankle like this.
“If you can’t afford it, make the Brigadier General pay the debt. I think the Princess killed them.”
He was so frustrated that he wanted to pass on the responsibility somehow.
“So, Princess. I asked where the Count and his wife and my father are. Did you kill them?”
He asked Cynthia, hoping that the woman who was smiling innocently but was black inside might have taken care of them. Then, wouldn’t she pay the money instead to keep it a secret?
“I told you, they’re sleeping. They haven’t been able to sleep for days because they’re so worried.”
“Don’t lie…”
Cynthia said to him, who was trembling and denying reality.
“There’s no reason to kill them in the first place. If you need help-”
“No. It shouldn’t be like this. You should have killed them…”
Stefan muttered as if he had lost his mind.
“Stefan, you’re next. You’re still young, so I can sell you as a slave.”
Stefan, who had lost his mind due to fear and anger, jumped up.
“You guys are rich enough to live without that money!”
Crash-!
The soldiers guarding the door heard something breaking and rushed inside.
“Princess!”
Stefan, who was holding Cynthia, was pointing a broken piece of glass at her neck.
“Bring the Count and his wife and my father right now! I’ll check their life and death with my own eyes!”
Because he was pointing a piece of glass at her, they couldn’t approach her recklessly.
Helene was among the people who ran out in surprise at the commotion.
‘I did well to bring a man driven to the edge.’
What are you going to do now? You can’t bring the dead back to life.
Helene sneered at Cynthia in her heart.
