Everyone in the reception room witnessed the scene.
A chilling silence pressed down on the room.
‘He fell over without relaxing from his seated position.’
The evidence was that his body was completely stiff.
‘Postmortem rigidity of the whole body.’
It meant at least eighteen hours had passed since death.
Since spirits couldn’t reach humans who were not their contractors, it was impossible to confirm the state of Kieran’s eyelids. Considering that Linstead was located in the northwest, a relatively cold region, the time of death might have been even longer.
Anyway, one thing could be concluded with certainty.
The original antagonist, Kieran Warey, was dead.
And in a very peculiar posture.
‘Maybe the other Warey clan members who were inside the Lordship of Linstead are in the same… ‘
People in the same posture caught her eye.
Members of the Warey family and their servants stood frozen with hands clasped together as if praying to a god, showing reverence.
Even though they despised the imperial family of the Kalladia Empire and could not believe in the divine Ardel, who was supposed to protect the nobility…
As if trying to resolve the uneasy curiosity, Benedict’s spirit spoke with a trembling voice.
【Strange. The condition of the humans here is all the same.】
【Not even the remnants of departed souls are left…】
【It’s like scraping off with scissors. What’s here is just empty shells.】
The Warey Count family, which was detained in Linstead, became extinct?
‘Who? For what purpose?’
After the royal family, the Warey Count family as well.
Her head was confused at the victims’ selection, whose motives were unknown.
If Kieran, who was considered the most plausible suspect, was dead, then who was the culprit?
Amidst the suffocating silence, a new scream echoed.
“Ki, Kiyaaaaah!”
Sherrie Damon screamed a beat late due to being too shocked. Other maids who were waiting in the reception room for the tea ceremony, like her, couldn’t help but scream and tremble.
“It’s okay, Sherrie. It’s okay.”
Jacqueline Celeste comforted her frightened friend, holding her in her arms.
“But, but, someone… died…!”
In a panic, Sherrie, who was comforted by Jacqueline, whispered repeatedly.
“It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay. Linstead is far away from here. You are safe. You don’t need to be afraid.”
“Sob… sob…”
“It’s okay. I’m here by your side.”
As Jacqueline comforted her while gently stroking her hair, Sherrie gradually calmed down.
Perhaps it hadn’t been long since she bid farewell to the Damon Duke and Duchess, her parents. Sherrie Damon showed a very sensitive response to the death of others.
Zero glanced at Sherrie and warned me.
「That woman, pretending to be okay, is as fragile as a cracked glass inside. It could be dangerous if she’s not taken care of.」
Though she seemed fine, she was just trying not to look weak.
Jacqueline raised her head and pleaded with me.
“Lord Kitten, it seems like you’ve extracted all the information from the video. If it’s not too much trouble, could you turn it off now?”
“…Of course. Benedict, dismiss the spirit. And Lord Whitewood, I sincerely appreciate your assistance. Now that we’ve resolved our questions, you can turn it off.”
Aston and Benedict nodded at my words.
“Understood.”
“All right.”
‘When Aston manipulated the communication device again, the golden glow on the dial returned to its original ivory color.’
The screen went dark, but everyone was still in shock and awe, unable to speak easily.
【Come back to my side.】
Benedict murmured the spirit command, and the water spirit returned to his side.
【Ben! Ben! I saw a human corpse. It was scary! Comfort me!】
The returning spirit clung to Benedict’s jade-green hair, crying out.
In response, other spirits, jealous, forcibly separated the water spirit from Benedict.
【What! Can’t you let go!】
【Talking about a human corpse whose soul has departed is not a scary topic!】
【Don’t monopolize the contractor! We’re also contractors!】
When other spirits said something, the spirit that had been to Linstead frowned unjustly.
【It’s not a lie! It was really scary! A body with nothing left, sacrificed whole. Scary… Really scary…!】
“It’s noisy…”
Benedict looked awkward.
Benedict, who was friendly with spirits, always had a large number of spirits around him, leaving no room for peace.
‘Living a life receiving love from non-human entities is always like that.’
Look at you saying it’s not your business.
Since I received help, I didn’t want to ignore Benedict’s spirits pretending not to know.
I stood up and approached Benedict.
“…?”
Benedict looked puzzled as I approached him.
“What can I do for you? I’ve done everything you asked through the spirit.”
“I have something to ask.”
“What is it?”
“To your spirit, Benedict.”
Benedict, who heard my words, was surprised.
“Can you hear the voice of the spirit…?”
“Yes. Well… somehow.”
“Hearing the voice of a spirit requires an innate talent for spirit affinity, so how can an incompetent duke…?”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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