‘The only reason I survived is for one thing.’

That is revenge.

The thick gold coin deeply reflected the dark waves.

“Rose was a great help this time.”

When Rose’s story came up, Nervan’s expression hardened.

“…Is that so?”

Nervan’s response seemed somewhat uncomfortable.

“Yeah. She prevented an attempt to frame me for regicide. Thanks to her, I even found an opportunity for a counterattack.”

“I see.”

Nervan replied soullessly, without a trace of emotion.
“Chicago. I should be the first to reveal the truth about that place. I will definitely expose that the person in charge there is the emperor.”

They probably want to eliminate evidence that they were the first to conduct human experiments.

Before that, all crimes needed to be uncovered.

“Do you plan to go there yourself, Your Grace?”

In response to Nervan’s question, the Duke nodded.

“No.”

He seemed like he might leave immediately…?

To the unexpected answer, Nervan grinned.

“You can’t just leave at a time like this.”

“Is there something important coming up?”

Could there be a major event for the Duke that he doesn’t know about? Nervan pricked up his ears and looked at him.

“Marriage.”

“Marriage? Who around here is getting married?”

Since the Duke didn’t attend the weddings of other nobles, his answer was still ambiguous.

“No, my marriage.”

“…What?”

Nervan’s eyes widened at the Duke’s calm statement.

Had the Duke ever had such a thing as love? Definitely not.

Since he hadn’t even looked at arranged marriages, the sudden development was extremely bewildering.

In Nervan’s mind, only one person came up as someone the Duke might marry.

‘Rozé de Cerviat.’

The uninvited guest at Artem Mansion, Rozé, came to mind.

“Are you really getting married?”

“I have to.”

“With whom?”

“With whom else? It’s Rozé.”

The Duke’s attitude, speaking as if it were obvious, made Nervan furious for a moment.

‘What I feared is finally happening.’

The Serbian young lady, who seemed infatuated with a man, was trying to seduce the Duke.

“…How did this suddenly happen? What happened at the palace?”

Something must have happened. Otherwise, such a rapid development would not have been possible.

‘Of course, the business was just an excuse. She was aiming for the Duke from the beginning.’

The female of the Cerviat family changed?

‘That dull woman won’t change so easily.’

Even though he had observed Rozé preparing for the business, it felt uneasy.

It seemed like she had some hidden motives.

And he anticipated that her ultimate goal was Artem Duke.

Nervan was completely convinced that everything had gone exactly as he expected.

“She confessed to me.”

Nervan frowned at the Duke’s words.

“Seriously, did she confess publicly at the palace?”

“Yeah. You already know without me saying it.”

Nervan was amazed at the Duke’s answer.

‘She’s a scarier woman than I thought.’

She was like that when she married Eric.

Not only did she incessantly cling, claiming to be in love, but she also frequently made public confessions in front of numerous nobles.

Her forwardness was remarkable to the point that jokes circulated about how begging for love was Rozé’s nature.

During all this time, he had quietly observed her without doing anything…

‘I can’t just watch anymore.’
Regardless of whether Rozé helped in this matter, Nervan thought he should expel her.

‘Surviving after trampling over hundreds of lives… Acting like that.’

Unlike his own family, who was annihilated, the people of the Serbiaat family had fought for their lives.

The Serbiaat family had to bear the weight of those who wanted to live but couldn’t.

Nervan’s thoughts were that people like her, who didn’t value their lives, should have survived instead of the members of his family.

When he heard the news that she had caused a disturbance, claiming she would commit suicide because of Eric, without even knowing the preciousness of her own life, he was truly filled with anger.

He not only lacked pride but also disliked Rozé, who clung to the enemy’s family that had ruined his family.

Her obsessive love for a man without living her own life, and her pitiful begging behavior, were sickening.

Even the term ‘parasite’ he used before was an expression he couldn’t endure and spat out involuntarily.

Nervan slowly stood up from his seat and muttered towards the Duke.

“Is the important discussion over?”

“I have a letter to deliver to Julius. Please deliver only that.”

The Duke wrote a concise letter to his long-time friend Julius and handed it to Nervan.

“Well then, I’ll excuse myself first.”

Nervan’s face, upon receiving the letter, was stern.

In his sunken gaze, there was resentment and hatred twisted towards Rozé.

He immediately headed towards Rozé’s room, ignoring the servants who greeted him.

He crossed the corridor and crossed the garden. The annex where Rozé stayed got closer.

Before he knew it, he stood in front of her room.

Knock, knock, knock.

Nervan knocked on Rozé’s door three times.

“Yes?”

Rozé’s voice came from inside.

“It’s Nervan.”

“Oh, come in.”

Upon hearing Rozé’s reply, Nervan immediately opened the door and entered.

He greeted her politely as usual and then looked at Rozé.

“What’s the matter?”

Rozé, with her large pupils, looked at Nervan.

Nervan, without hiding his cold gaze, only twisted the corners of his mouth up.