Lady Devil - Chapter 137

137.

“You are the most well-versed in the necrosis happening in this fortress, young master.”

“Necrosis? Me?”

Griselda had no answer. She stared intently into Johannes’ eyes. Johannes also looked directly at her, but she didn’t seem to be meeting his gaze. Rather, she was scrutinizing his pupils as if trying to fish out something. Then suddenly, she averted her eyes from Johannes.

“I… thought I knew you better than anyone else.”

“……”

“I don’t know anymore.”

A strange expression she had never shown before was seeping into her downcast eyes and the bridge of her nose. It wasn’t her usual stone-like indifference, but confusion. She quickly turned her gaze back to Johannes and asked, as if pouring out pent-up feelings:

“What on earth did you two siblings do that afternoon? Why is the princess avoiding you now? When she’s been longing for you so much. And you. What exactly are you scheming?”

The unclear last words didn’t even reach his ears. Only the first question about the siblings’ private experience stuck in Johannes’ mind like a nail. In an instant, from his nape to his forehead, he flushed bright red as if set ablaze.

The sensations of that day. The cold flavor of the ice candy he had tasted on his sister’s tongue filled his throat, making him feel like he would choke at any moment. He pressed his hand to his forehead as if to hide his urgent feelings.

“You’re being far too presumptuous…”

And then.

A sensation as if his spine was breaking.

“You… devil’s parasite!”

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