I Regret The Kindness I Gave You (20 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 92

“I entrust Karla to you.”

“No. I failed to protect Karla, my lord. So please don’t go. Please.” Merche reached out her hand toward the place where the weeping voice had come from.

But her outstretched hand cut uselessly through empty air. There was no one left to take her hand.

Because Mariette was already dead. Mariette Beneum no longer lived. She had been slain by the prince’s hand.

Mariette Beneum was dead.

Only now did the weight of that death truly strike Merche, and she collapsed, her breath tightening in her chest.

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“My lord! This is urgent news, I beg you…!”

A servant, clutching a letter tightly to his chest, pleaded desperately. At the sound, the figure lying on the bed stirred slightly, and Lud’s expression twisted fiercely.

“Shut it—shut that mouth before I smash your jaw shut myself.”

Though nearly cursing, his hand gently brushed back golden strands of hair with the utmost care.

Merche, who had briefly stirred at the servant’s voice, now settled back into her usual quiet slumber, her breathing returning to its steady rhythm.

After watching Merche for a long while to confirm she was truly asleep, Lud finally pushed himself up from the bed.

“…You’d already be wolf chum if you’d so much as startled her awake. Understand?”

He even slipped on slippers—normally ignored—to muffle his footsteps, then glared at the servant without the slightest trace of a smile.

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