The commoners gathered in the fish market harshly interrogated Loretta.
“You, are you truly the maid of the Cardinal de Mare’s residence?”
Loretta, terrified, had no other choice but to be submissive. When the people couldn’t get a satisfactory answer from the maid, they decided to find out in a more concrete way.
“We will find out for ourselves!”
“Let’s go, to Cardinal de Mare’s residence!”
Mr. Scampa, the patrol members of Castel Ravico and Comune Nuova, dragged Loretta and headed towards the De Mare mansion in a group. Loretta, unable to resist, had to close her eyes and be dragged along.
[This is the time separator]Thud, thud, thud!
“Open the door!”
The guards at the entrance of the De Mare mansion were confused.
“What’s the matter? People without prior appointments cannot enter the Cardinal’s residence!”
“You’re worried about appointments while people are dying?!”
Amidst the chaos, one of the guards recognized Loretta.
“Loretta ma’am? Why are you being held? Did you steal something? People are dead!”
“It’s true, she’s a maid of this house!”
Mr. Scampa became more aggressive and shouted. The patrol members of the other two districts joined him.
“Open the door! I must see Cardinal de Mare!!!”
The voices of the enraged men grew louder.
[This is the time separator]The guards at the Cardinal’s residence were welltrained veterans. They firmly blocked the enraged patrol members. However, they had no choice but to promise to notify the Cardinal.
“I will report this incident to His Eminence today.”
“How can we trust you!”
“If you don’t trust, what can we do! He is currently out, and you cannot see him. Leave your contact information and go.”
Mr. Scampa and the patrol members threatened the guard to definitely inform Cardinal de Mare. After arguing with the guards for about three hours, they reluctantly left, promising to return early the next morning.
The house was turned upside down.
The Cardinal was out at work in the Church of San Ercole and was not at home. Ariadne was the first to hear this story.
“What? People invaded the Cardinal’s residence saying someone was killed?”
She was surprised and asked Sancha.
“Who were the people who invaded?”
Sancha carefully reported to Ariadne.
“Uh, it might be someone you know….”
“Perhaps…?”
Ariadne had a sudden hunch. She casually looked down at the tips of her left fingers while waiting for Sancha’s next words.
“The person who came to protest was Mr. Scampa, the operation support manager of Lanboye Orphanage. They said Mr. Scampa’s only daughter has died.”
“As expected…”
There was no connection between Cardinal de Mare’s residence and Mr. Scampa’s only daughter. Surely, it must be because Ariadne left Maleta at Lanboye Orphanage.
“Did you check if Maleta is okay?”
“As soon as I heard about Mr. Scampa’s uproar, I sent Giuseppe to check.”
Sancha, frowning, reported what she understood.
“Maleta is nowhere in Lanboye Orphanage. And…”
Sancha sighed.
“Two women have died. One is Paola Scampa, Mr. Scampa’s daughter, and the other is an unidentified redhaired woman…”
Ariadne took a deep breath.
As expected, it happened because she pushed Maleta into Lanboye Orphanage.
However, the tip of her left ring finger hurt a little more than usual, but it was minuscule. It was hard to think that the price of a human life would be just this.
That is to say, the ‘Golden Rule’ does not blame Ariadne much for the deaths of these two people. Then, the death is due to the direct actions of others.
“….Lucrezia caused an accident.”
“It seems so, doesn’t it?”
She quickly reasoned out.
“Lucrezia’s limbs were all cut off, how on earth could she cause such an accident?”
“The ones who killed Paola Scampa were the vagabonds in the streets. They wander in groups, sleep in the streets, drink, those kinds of people….”
“….Because there’s no proper person to use, they bought anyone and used them, and this happened.”
Ariadne, who immediately grasped the situation, clicked her tongue.
“Let’s watch it unfold. It’s bigger than I thought. But a crisis is an opportunity. This started with the aim to tarnish Eppolito brother….”
She stared straight ahead.
“I might have bigger targets.”
[This is the time separator]Returning home, Cardinal de Mare let out a deep sigh, looking at the ceiling.
“I can’t die in infamy.”
Someone in the house touched a commoner. Surely, Lucrezia must be the one who realized that the servant caught by the commoners was Loretta.
And that commoner was unfortunately the daughter of a good reputation family. Thanks to her, the local community was protesting en masse in front of the Cardinal de Mare’s residence.
“It’s best to bury this quickly.”
Cardinal de Mare asked his steward Nicolo, who had finished reporting.
“Did you say the deceased was the daughter of the manager of the Lambouye Orphanage? A house with an old mother and a daughter.”
“Yes, that’s correct, your Grace.”
“Immediately issue an apology in my name. The one who died with her was our maid?”
“Yes.”
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
