If by any chance we turned our heads and looked at Levantel… someone might realize that he was the subject of those experiments.

“And what else?”

“W, w, who she experimented on… and if, if we couldn’t find out… i, if that woman has other evidence related to us… we have to kill her.”

Levantel’s mother had her tongue cut off. So even if someone faced her, they wouldn’t have been able to find out.

A woman who knows nothing. But, on the contrary, a woman who knows a lot.

So, to avoid the risk, they killed Levantel’s mother.

“So……”

Now everything made sense.
Why did they pursue to the extent of finding his mother and why did they secretly kill her? Why provoke him by secretly killing her and even challenging him openly in front of Levantel?

Perhaps Levantel suspected that his mother had heard something, knew something related to the experiments. ‘Did Levantel ever suspect that I was an experimental subject?’ No. It’s unlikely. Levantel looks perfectly fine on the outside. He probably just imprisoned Levantel’s mother, thinking that she knew a lot and would hear and know a lot.

“Take these guys back to prison.”

A sharp voice broke the silence. Upon Levantel’s order, Karayan nodded and, along with the higher-ranking spirits, moved forward.

“I, I! What’s going to happen to me?! I said everything!! I really said everything!! All that I know…!!”

The guy who was kneeling in front of me shouted loudly with a voice full of fear. In a hurry, he crawled toward me, trying to grab my ankles and plead.

“Stop.”

Of course, before that, Clint had grabbed him by the back and thrown him back. But it wasn’t possible due to Clint’s actions.

“You guys.”

Struggling to suppress the intense anger, Levantel spoke sternly to the prisoners.

“There won’t be any changes in your positions.”

“…!!”

“Your words are different!!”

“You promised!!”

The prisoners collectively protested Levantel’s words. Levantel, looking at them, smiled bitterly.

“Isn’t this what you did to those kids? For the kid sold in debt, if he works hard, he can live well. For the kid who doesn’t want to be experimented on, if he treats them well, he can survive. All kinds of sweet words persuading them, and in the end, isn’t there nothing they kept?”

“…That, that’s!!”

“Feels disgusting when it happens to you directly, doesn’t it?”

Levantel, with a sneering laughter full of mockery, stared at them.

“Still, you never know, right? Next time, I might really change your positions to the floor with light. So, don’t be discouraged and seize the next opportunity. If that hope turns into despair, it will be death.”

Levantel gestured for them to leave. The prisoners seemed to want to argue more, but under the threat of the higher-ranking spirits, they eventually left the annex.

As they all left, Levantel’s sharp gaze turned towards Levantel. Like being pierced by countless spears and arrows, Levantel flinched.

Levantel approached in front of Levantel, and his upper body slowly bent down.

“It’s okay. If you don’t want to say it, you don’t have to. I don’t have any intention to talk to you now.”

Instinctively, Levantel, realizing there was nowhere to escape, looked around. But soon, he realized the harsh reality that there was no place to escape, and his body trembled violently.

Levantel came close to Levantel and slowly lowered his upper body.

“It’s okay. If you don’t want to say it, you don’t have to. I don’t have any intention to talk to you now.”

The frightened Levantel couldn’t even hear his own breath.

‘Is it possible that Levantel suspected that I was an experimental subject?’

Anyway, we have plenty of time, and there is no one to help Levantel. Other nobles who sponsored or helped Geneva probably realized that something was going wrong, even if they didn’t know where Levantel was.
Raven is tidying up that place. So, there shouldn’t be anyone who acts recklessly.

I looked down at the silent Huojak as quiet as a mouse and asked cautiously.

“I have something I want to ask, Huojak.”

“…….”

“I heard from Marquis Adreza before. There was a time when some woman suggested trying an experiment on Geneva.”

Yes, it was my mother.

I clenched my fist tightly to keep it from showing. Beside me, Levantel looked at me as if questioning what kind of question this was.

So, I had to calmly ask without revealing anything.

“By any chance…”

My mouth felt dry. Huojak, too, stared at me as if questioning what I was saying.

“By any chance, Huojak, has any woman come to you and said something strange about experiments related to Ferdieck or Geneva?”

My mother.

The one who suggested experimenting on Geneva, prevented Levantel from killing me, and made Karayan love and protect me.

Perhaps there was another scheme that Mudo and I were unaware of.

Huojak, who was looking at me strangely, opened his lips.

“I don’t know what answer you want, but… no one has come to see me.”

I stared at Huojak’s eyes without shaking for a while, nodded, and turned away. I had been so tense that my legs almost gave way.

Although I quickly regained balance, Levantel, who had been staring at me all the time, didn’t miss that moment.

“Are you okay?”

Worriedly, Levantel, who supported me, asked. I nodded to Levantel and breathed a sigh of relief.

And I gave a cold glance to Huojak, who still looked puzzled.

“That’s enough.”

Until when should I endure this? How long should I keep suppressing my feelings whenever I meet someone, afraid that my mother might be involved? Until when?