A few days ago.
“…There’s evidence of an attempted kidnapping?”
Lucan reported to Tristan in front of the surprised knights.
“Yes. Someone sold information to the guild. There was a lucrative anonymous request looking for someone to kidnap the ‘blonde maid working at Julius Mansion.'”
The knights’ expressions hardened.
The blonde maid working at Julius Mansion.
There was a high probability it was Reyna Astrin.
Could it really be an assassination attempt?
Lucan continued.
“However, after the assassin was matched, the client neither paid the advance nor appeared, causing a commotion.”
“…….”
All the knights recalled Arthur’s words.
『Julius would prefer to keep my mouth shut in a good atmosphere if possible,』
『Be aware that there might be an attempt to eliminate her, so keep her protected.』
Damn Julius bastards.
They even involved an assassin…
Realizing that Arthur’s insight was correct, the knights, who had always been nervous and anxious about ‘Reyna,’ tensed up.
She was an important witness.
Thanks to Reyna, everyone could keenly feel how Julius, a difficult figure, was bowing and scraping.
From their perspective, having ‘Reyna’ made negotiations smoother. Still, from Julius’s perspective, her existence might feel like a knife under their throat.
Should they increase the security personnel?
“At what point was the request made?”
“It was just a few days before we returned.”
After a short silence, Kay asked.
“Lucan, where did you buy that information?”
Lucan answered, facing him.
“It was from the mercenary guild I belonged to. They also function as a bounty hunter guild in the Empire.”
Kay asked again.
“You’ve been on the battlefield for five years and are still in the military, and the assassin’s guild sells information to you? The details of the request are quite specific. Doesn’t that world prioritize confidentiality of information?”
It was a question about the credibility of the information.
Lucan smiled a little.
“It’s a bit complicated to explain in detail, but it’s a method where a famous assassin targets the person who ‘issued the request.’ The person in charge is called ‘Assassin Jack,’ so the information is trustworthy.”
At the mention of ‘Assassin Jack,’ Lionel’s expression became somewhat serious.
It was a face that showed he found Lucan’s words credible.
Lucan shrugged and said.
“Anyone investigating ‘that woman’ will soon have access to this information. The client had no luck.”
And with a slightly mocking expression, he added.
“Well, honestly, if you’re calling for such a high fee, you should have expected that an ordinary person wouldn’t take the job.”
And Kay quietly stroked his chin.
“…….”
There’s a rumor that there was a kidnapping request?
Maybe… this could be utilized?
The same information reached Rembrandt through Francis.
Before Arthur returned to the estate.
Upon hearing the story that ‘Assassin Jack’ received a request for the kidnapping of the ‘blonde maid at Julius Mansion,’ Rembrandt remained silent.
Following that, the details of the request included a plea to execute the kidnapping when she left the mansion.
After Francis finished speaking, he added.
“…It seems that what the request is pointing to is that woman.”
He continued.
“The date of the kidnapping of the ‘blonde maid’ and the moment ‘Reyna Astrin’ disappeared from the mansion coincide. By now, she might not be alive.”
“…….”
It was a more dangerous situation than he had anticipated.
Rembrandt looked at the teacup with a stern face.
Francis continued.
“The maids disappeared after ‘Reyna Astrin’ was designated as Lady Christina. Most of them probably went on errands. Since she had no close friends, they didn’t pay much attention to her not returning for a long time, thinking she just neglected her work.”
“…….”
“On the surface, they sent maids outside for errands, but it seems they instructed the assassin guild to kidnap her when she left the mansion.”
“…….”
Rembrandt remained silent.
After staring at him for a moment, Francis asked.
“Perhaps, your previous words about not underestimating that maid… were they related to this? Were you talking about a dangerous rival?”
Raising his head abruptly, Rembrandt smiled with furrowed eyebrows after a moment.
“No, it’s not like that.”
That dangerous rival…
But Francis seemed to misunderstand that she was somehow connected to the assassins in the other world.
Rembrandt smiled modestly and said.
“That request has been canceled. Well, doesn’t it mean that ‘Assassin Jack’ didn’t carry out that request?”
In any case, Rembrandt knew that Reyna was still under Arthur’s protection and unharmed.
Francis spoke with an emotionless expression.
“Even if that request was canceled, there’s a high possibility that there were other requests. He might have entrusted several requests simultaneously. I didn’t expect that the guy we took on this side would arbitrarily expose the details of the request that turned into a fight with Jack.”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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