Love Me Just Once (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 227

The Grand Duke was mad.

Talia reaffirmed her thought once again.

That man was insane.

There was no other way he’d commit such an act.

She had expected he might do something. Talia had heard how Netepel Luntalis provoked the Grand Duke.

It was quite well-known that Grand Duke Aglante had fallen madly in love with Princess Reden and entered into a marriage that cost him dearly. So when Netepel spoke openly about the marital affairs in front of such a man, it was understandable he’d be enraged.

Thus, Talia had anticipated some sort of retaliation—but she never expected him to act so recklessly and immediately.

Just moments ago, the Grand Duke suddenly provoked the guard standing beside him. His skill at mockery rivaled Rahelica’s, suggesting he’d done it plenty of times before—though until now, he’d kept silent as if it were his hobby, so this side of him had remained hidden.

“Do you want your tongue cut off?”

When the guard, trembling violently, drew his sword and approached the cart, the Grand Duke seized the man’s throat as if he’d been waiting for this moment. Talia had never imagined someone could twist another’s neck barehanded like that. The guard died without even a scream, his neck snapped.

Just before the dead guard’s body slumped to the ground, the Grand Duke snatched his scabbard and used it as a lever to smash the wooden bars. Again, this was something Talia never would have believed possible by ordinary means—the bars were far too thick for a person to break through sheer strength.

Yet it seemed nothing was truly impossible in this world.

After creating a gap large enough for one person to slip through, the Grand Duke grabbed her wrist.

“What on earth are you doing…?!”

“I’m no happier about it than you are, but duty compels me. Please endure it.”

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