Now that Lady Christina was already in danger, there would be no chance to use the prepared scenario to save her.

If they couldn’t save her now, the opportunity to become her benefactors would disappear!

So, they exerted all their strength to chase the carriage of the criminals.

They had to save Lady Christina this time.

But the result was…

Wobble! Bang! Thud, thud, thud, thud!
With a loud crashing sound, their carriage violently came to a rough stop, leaving long marks on the ground as the wheels broke and scattered.

“Ugh…”

The heir of Loomos, who had fallen over the carriage wall with his face slammed into it, groaned. Crawling out of the carriage, he discovered a thrown iron dart stuck in the carriage wheel, smashing it to pieces. He vented his frustration.

Although he tried to chase after them again, the carriage Christina was in disappeared at a crossroads.

Feeling regretful, the heir of Loomos used the iron dart embedded in the carriage as evidence and hurriedly ran to Julius’s grand mansion.

Thinking that shouting about witnessing ‘Lady Christina’ being kidnapped could raise suspicions, he concocted a story about rushing over after seeing a lady being kidnapped by a carriage in front of this mansion.

In a hurry, he sent his own top guards for search and relaxed by skillfully avoiding any potential involvement.

The heir of Loomos, somewhat satisfied with having a justifiable reason for knocking on the mansion’s door, persuaded the guards by claiming to have witnessed the lady being kidnapped and even sent soldiers to help her.

He wanted to help!

Even though he couldn’t save her, he thought he could make up a statement helpful as a witness to the incident or cooperate in the search under the pretext of assisting.

He expected to meet the Lord or Lady of the mansion soon, and if lucky, there might be a chance to meet Arthur. It wasn’t a bad outcome.

“…”

But the atmosphere was strange.

He had imagined a more urgent and tense atmosphere.

He was passed around, hesitatingly moved from one servant to another, and eventually ended up sitting in the guest reception room.

The faces were either unfamiliar or subtly evasive.

Were they pretending not to know or avoiding him in fear that this incident might lead to an inquiry by Lady Christina and Sir Arthur?

However, it seemed strange that there wasn’t as much urgency as he thought, given the seriousness of the situation.

“Please wait a moment.”

Tick. Tock.

“…”

He had entered the mansion, but time passed without meeting anyone.

“…?”

I should still be a close witness.

Even though Lady Christina was kidnapped…

Isn’t this the time to be dragging things out?

Why… isn’t anyone coming…?

The maids started murmuring.

“If it’s Loomos’s top, isn’t it him? The one that our lord removed from the invitation list sent by the Viscount…”

“That’s right. He got on the lord’s bad side when he tried to withdraw his foot when the poor supply knight happened.”

The maids exchanged gossip with raised eyebrows.

“That place is bad at seizing the right timing. Of all times, he comes when the atmosphere is a mess.”

The sounds of the Lord and Lady arguing echoed through the closed door and reached the corridor.
I couldn’t understand the content, but it was not difficult to sense the atmosphere that intervening now might cause sparks.

At such timing, there was no servant willing to convey the message that the unwelcome heir of the Loomos family had come, making a fuss unnecessarily.

“What’s this about witnessing Lady’s kidnapping? You were in such a hurry…”

“I don’t know. Seems like he’s trying to meet the lord. But there’s no kidnapped lady.”

In this modest house, where only three families reside, there are only the lady and the daughter. The lady is currently arguing with the lord, and didn’t the daughter pass by those stairs just now? Everyone is fine, so what’s with the claim that a lady has been kidnapped?

Squeak.

And finally, a woman entered the reception room where Loomos’s heir was waiting.

She was a dazzling beauty like a golden peacock.

The heir of Loomos stood up reflexively.

“??”

Wow… who is she?

Such a stunning beauty.

There are many blonde beauties in this mansion, like Lady Christina. Maidens politely bowed to her and closed the door, leaving.

The beauty, seemingly familiar with those maids, didn’t give them a second glance and turned her gaze to the heir.

“……!”

The moment their eyes met was overwhelming.

‘Is she a relative of Lady Christina or a high-ranking official with a blood connection?’

Awkwardly getting up and bowing, the heir stared at Christina.

“Hello.”

“Oh, yes. Nice to meet you! I am the heir of the Loomos family…”

“Yes, I know.”

And she smiled brightly.

It was an overwhelming smile.

The heir of Loomos tensed his shoulders.

“You witnessed a ‘lady’ being kidnapped in our mansion. It is true that there was some commotion today in the mansion. Which lady are you referring to?”

The heir of Loomos answered nervously.

“Uh, I didn’t specify the details outside in case it might cause an inquiry, but as you might guess…”

Swallowing dry saliva, the heir tapped his chest and replied.

“I witnessed Lady Christina being kidnapped with my own eyes! I knew her face very well!”

Christina smiled brightly, her emerald-like green eyes gleaming.

“Oh… I see.”