“Yes. If there’s mail from Maurice Territory, send it to Alexander. Even if there’s mail that has arrived at the mansion, consider it as non-existent.”

Marquis strictly warned that it should never be revealed if his knights were caught by the king’s knights.

“Understood, my lord.”

The four knights bowed respectfully to Marquis and were about to mount their horses. At that moment, in the darkness, shadows moved swiftly. Then, the shadows ambushed Marquis’s guards.

“Ugh!”

“Thunk!”

“Ah! Who are you!”

“Suck!”

Marquis’s guards quickly drew their swords, but they couldn’t resist at all and collapsed.

In an instant, the shadow that knocked down the four stood in front of Marquis. Startled, Marquis, clutching his chest, trembled and hesitated, then collapsed, foaming at the mouth, losing consciousness.

“…….!”

Witnessing that scene, Philip was dumbfounded.
Philip didn’t thrust his sword at Marquis. He just intended to put Marquis’s sword back into its sheath after taking it away from Marquis’s guards.

“…It’s so narrow like this.”

Actually, Philip’s chimney was the desire to follow Ellen.

It was because of the sudden jealousy that arose when Mild Kyung unexpectedly hugged Ellen.

He also wondered why Mild Kyung did that. If it was a situation where such an approach was really necessary, Ellen should have been handed over to me, not to Mild Kyung.

It would have been easy to do so.

As long as the master-servant contract was maintained, if Philip said that he would take care of Ellen instead, Mild Kyung had no choice but to follow the order.

However, Philip suppressed his emotions and followed Marquis.

The atmosphere of Marquis, who stood up while looking serious, was not ordinary.

Sure enough, Philip discovered a scene where Ellen’s belongings, which Marquis sent to follow him, were being manipulated to appear as if they were nonexistent.

‘I did well to follow Marquis.’

Certainly, the king said he would check whether the necklace really went to Marquis’s house. It was said in front of everyone.

The story also meant that anyone who lied in front of the king, whether it was Marquis or Ellen, would face a complete disaster.

But what if Ellen lied due to Marquis’s manipulation?

Even regardless of the truth, Ellen’s business would be over. No, it would be fortunate if it ended to that extent.

Philip could have prevented all of that. Even if Marquis made any tricks, Ellen’s business would be maintained.

The problem was the accumulated dissatisfaction of the king towards Ellen during this time. The king would definitely execute Ellen without any mercy.

“You can’t just leave it like that.”

Philip chuckled and hit his back, letting his words jump anywhere.

Once the knights realized they were attacked, they would immediately understand they were ambushed and look for Marquis, who disappeared first. However, if by any chance, some followed the orders, it was more convenient for them to have no means of transportation.

Then, Philip carried the unconscious Marquis into the royal palace.

“Ah, Marquis, what happened?”

“I found him while taking a walk. He seems to be sleeping in the garden or something.”

Philip handed Marquis over to the knights.

“He seems to have drunk too much. Let him rest comfortably in his room.”

While heading back to the party, Philip remembered Marquis’s instruction to send the mail from Maurice Territory to Alexander.

He immediately looked for Clona Hasena, the emotion evaluator. She welcomed Philip very warmly.

Naturally, the topic shifted to the artworks that Ellen had sold. She was in a very happy state due to the huge profits from Ellen’s art intermediation.

“It seems that I can soon open a private museum. Hoohoohoo.”

After listening to the detailed story, Philip thought that both the previous and current Ellen were remarkable.

‘I thought she was just playing around…’

It was astonishing to have such insight in buying artworks. But thinking again, it was unclear whether she bought them with true insight.
The one who handled the issue by selling the items was Ellen now.

The previous Ellen enjoyed buying items through auctions only. However, she showed no interest in selling artworks when there were talks about divorce or during several financial crises.

Instead, she focused more on elephant hunting.

Now, Ellen looked fascinating and remarkable. The eyes of Shin-Gwan Vermilion and Philip, who were over there at that time, met.

He signaled Philip to come over with an unusual expression.

It was time to find out the real reason for meeting Clona.

“By the way, does Lady Hasena mediate in high-value transactions?”

“Yes, especially in high-value cases, most transactions go through me.”

“So, I have one thing I’m curious about.”

“What is it, Lord Viscount?”

“Do you happen to know who won the bid for a diamond necklace called ‘Tears of the Goddess’ at the auction?”

“Ah, it’s about earlier.”

Hasena, who was looking around, covered half of her face with a fan.

“The final winner of Tears of the Goddess was anonymous at first but was later revealed. It was presented to Lord Alexander Jephros Bourbon.”

“Is it a price that Marquis could afford?”

“Well, I’m not sure about that.”

Lady Hasena giggled.

“If a necklace like Tears of the Goddess was traded, most emotion evaluators would have heard the news.”

Upon hearing that, Philip thought of the possibility that Alexander was involved in this matter.

‘What if the owner of the necklace is still Alexander?’

Philip briefly concentrated on the thought, and Hasena, who was watching him think, smiled meaningfully.

“Oh, there comes another pleasant person. It was enjoyable talking to you, Lord Viscount.”

After parting with Hasena, Philip immediately went to Shin-Gwan Vermilion. When Vermilion saw Philip, he lowered his voice and whispered.

“Former Baroness Maurice went to room 15 on the 4th floor of the northern area.”

“…?”

“Weren’t you curious? You still have lingering feelings for your ex-wife.”

“But…”

“Then go quickly. Catch her if you can.”

Philip was taken aback by Vermilion’s favor towards Ellen.

“Vermilion, why all of a sudden?”

Of course, Vermilion helped Ellen. However, Philip thought that it was because Vermilion cared for his former wife due to the accident, not because he liked Ellen.

After looking around once again as if to check if anyone was watching, Vermilion whispered to Philip.

“It’s me. I received a divine revelation on the day you divorced. You received a revelation the moment you met your ex-wife after leaving the court. I can’t tell you the details, but you two are destined.”