Lady Devil - Chapter 180

180.

“How can I possibly… the illusion that Mother saw….”

Johannes, who was climbing the stairs feeling irritated amidst his anxiety, suddenly stopped. An inexplicable chill ran down his spine. As the boy slowly turned his shoulder to look back at Griselda, a flushed redness of bewilderment spread thickly around his eyes.

“Did you perhaps forget something?”

Griselda wore a puzzled expression at the sudden attention. Johannes’ brow furrowed hotly. Even he did not know what clue had led him to such certainty, but he had not the slightest doubt that his judgment was correct.

This woman knows.

She knows that I am an ‘unqualified’ person. Chills, goosebumps rose.

“Don’t harbor presumptuous thoughts in that head of yours while pretending to be cautious and keeping your mouth shut.”

“…Pardon?”

Before rational calculation, his voice, low and sunken, burst out from between pale lips. As if unable to keep up with his sudden change, Griselda stared at him with a somewhat bewildered face.

Even in a gaze so fitting to the situation, there was a nonchalant aspect that an ordinary vassal could not show him. In fact, even the cold or indifferent looks she usually gave only to him were strangely less distant. Griselda had always been that way.

Like someone who shared a common secret, or someone who recognized a similar stain.

Yes, the term ‘long-estranged co-conspirator’ would be accurate. Her posture, her gaze, her attitude – all were expressions of contempt. She had been whispering to Johannes from afar all along.

You worm-like creature.

She had been staring at him with such an ashen light. He seemed to understand now. He felt he could comprehend even the shadows in his nurse’s eyes. Kretzman. The name of the ominous man flashed through Johannes’ mind.

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