“Lord Matthias, I beg all sorts of deities that may exist somewhere to spare your life.”

And then, pulling him along, I threw my body down the cliff.

In an instant, my body was rapidly pulled downward, and I saw the thieves rushing towards the cliff’s edge. In a situation that was difficult to believe as reality, I involuntarily shouted.

‘Kahillen!’

Contrary to the turmoil in Reniola, the situation at the location where Marcie and Rendolz had arrived with the knights was not significantly different from what I had heard.

The landslide did occur, but Marcie quickly stopped it with her oracle. Only the Siez knights, who were chasing from behind, suffered injuries, and it was nothing more than that.
However, without even having time to wonder about the knight who spoke as if Cahilun had experienced a landslide, the two of them trembled under the fierce gaze of the lord looking at them.

“I told you to stay by Reneola’s side.”

Even realizing that he had mobilized most of the knights, his gaze became even colder. Marcie seemed to hurry to explain.

“T-That’s because Lady Vi heard the news that you suffered from a landslide, and she was too worried.”

“Heard the news?”

Cahilun, who had never sent an envoy, narrowed his eyes. It was clear that information about the accident reached the mansion without his permission. Since his knights wouldn’t do such a thing, it must have been the work of the Siez knights.

Cahilun asked Marcie solemnly.

“Marcie, go back to Siez Mansion immediately.”

“Yes.”

Sensing that something was wrong, Marcie and Rendolz scolded themselves internally and quickly followed Cahilun.

‘!’

Running at full speed towards Siez Viscount’s mansion, Cahilun shivered, shaking his shoulders.

When he stopped speaking, Marcie and Rendolz, who had been running from behind, approached. The stern expression on Cahilun’s face made Marcie and Rendolz serious as well.

“Why are you doing this, Your Grace?”

“The oracle just broke.”

“Yes? What do you mean by that…”

He had once given a ring as a gift to Reneola, who was going to meet Floria.

It contained an oracle that could save her from danger once. Now, it had been used. It meant that something dangerous had happened to Reneola.

“Hurry!”

Cahilun, with a firm jaw, adjusted his reins and urged his horse forward. Following behind Cahilun, the knights, including Marcie and Rendolz, followed suit.

As soon as they arrived at the mansion, Siez Viscount and his wife rushed out of the mansion in a state of panic.

“Have you come, Your Grace! I’m relieved to see you unharmed.”

“Where is my wife?”

His suddenly questioning face was so stern that Siez Viscount unknowingly took a few steps back. But soon, he swallowed his saliva and composed his expression. It would be disastrous if he made a mistake here.

“T-That’s…”

When Siez Viscount, with an embarrassed expression, couldn’t continue the answer, Cahilun’s expression became even colder. Marcie and Rendolz approached, pressing for an answer.

“Isn’t Your Grace questioning the obvious?”

“Where is Lady Vi?”

It was strange that Reneola, who had sent them to Cahilun after hearing the news of the landslide, was not seen. Feeling a matching anxiety to the situation, Marcie and Rendolz were frustrated.

At that moment, Siez Viscount, who had been hesitating, closed his eyes tightly and shouted.

“She’s disappeared!”

Leaving behind Marcie and Rendolz, who were catching their breath, Cahilun approached Siez Viscount.

With an intimidating gaze, he gazed down at Siez Viscount. The lord in front of him seemed entirely different from the one he was with Prince B and was oppressive enough to weigh down his entire body.

“Was she kidnapped?”

“T-That’s not it, it’s just, well…”

“It seems more appropriate to call it fleeing.”
Shivering and unable to speak, the viscountess, who was next to him, spoke on his behalf.

“Run away?”

Cahilun tilted his head as if he couldn’t understand, and the viscountess continued with a despondent expression.

“After sending knights, including Sir Machi and Sir Rendolz, to Your Grace, Lady Vi, as if waiting, left the mansion with Viscount Linton. We tried to stop her in every way, but she even issued an order not to follow, so there was nothing we could do.”

Having finished speaking, the viscountess lowered her head as if pleading for forgiveness. An icy silence filled the hall. However, in an instant, a gasp cut through the stillness.

Cahilun, who had seized Viscount Siez’s neck with one hand, spoke with a relentless voice.

“Do you expect me to believe that?”

With an unforgiving grip that seemed ready to twist the neck at any moment, the viscount gasped, making a sound. As if on the verge of losing consciousness, the viscount opened his eyes wide. At that moment, Viscountess Siez shouted in a low voice.

“We have a witness!”