Rather Than Be Taken, I Will Take (12 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 53

With a rustling sound, Jeffrey folded the report, his eyes softening slightly.

The trail he’d clung to for so long had finally revealed its substance.

Feeling as refreshed as if a long-aching tooth had just been extracted, he smiled—his lips curving into a gentle arc—and rose from his seat.

“Haah—! Hahh—!”

A sharp shout pierced the quiet winter morning, drifting in through the open window.

Jeffrey approached the window and calmly observed the soldiers deep in their training before turning away.

Perrington, the baron who had delivered the report, lowered his eyes composedly under Jeffrey’s gaze.

“Have you reported this to the marquis?”

“I haven’t delivered it yet.”

The answer, delivered without a flicker of expression, pleased him immensely. The man had always been, and still was, perfectly suited for espionage.

He was capable and fully aware of his role.

He consistently delivered more than what was asked—and once again, he had secured precisely what Jeffrey needed.

‘Ludmila Perez’s whereabouts.’

More precisely, it was now confirmed that she was no longer under Kedilen’s custody at the marquis’s estate.

So thoroughly had she been concealed that, even amid a flood of rumors and sensational news, it took a full month just to confirm that the marchioness was not currently residing at the estate.

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