Regret With All Your Might (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 53

Thanks to His Grace the Archduke’s extraordinary intuition, I was reduced to the role of a mere lookout.

Winstor swallowed a bitter smile inwardly, having turned back just as Bicander territory came into view.

A few years ago, he’d jokingly said the Archduke’s intuition was beast-like—but this incident completely retracted that remark. It wasn’t merely beast-like.

Edwin Lowell Bicander—my lord’s intuition was nothing short of a beast itself.

Otherwise, how could he have issued orders the very moment I neared the city walls, forbidding the Madelaine ducal house and the imperial family from entering, and placing the entire territory under strict watch?

Jade Madelaine’s handsome face twisted in anger. Sensing his sharp hostility, Winstor remained on high alert.

“…By what right does the Archduke forbid me from seeing my younger sister?”

It seemed he’d abandoned all pretense of courtesy.

Hearing the curt words, Winstor widened his eyes as if he’d just heard something astonishing.

“…A younger sister? I wasn’t aware Lord Madelaine had any siblings aside from Princess Essela Madelaine.”

Jade’s vivid amethyst eyes flared wide, as though struck off guard. His denial of reality, shaking his head, looked almost comical.

“You’ve overstepped your bounds, my lord.”

“……”

“From the moment Her Ladyship received His Grace’s vow, the boundary has been crossed—not by us, but by you, Lord Madelaine, toward Her Ladyship.”

“……”

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