The Tyrant's Terminally-Ill Childhood Friend (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 97

Debona. She possessed nothing but a common name and no family name to call her own, and from the moment she entered Martinek, she had lived with the same thought in her mind.

‘My life ended that day.’

On the day Debona’s life changed forever, the failed apprentice from the intelligence agency—the child abandoned even by her own parents—died. From that moment on, every breath Debona took was solely for Martinek. More precisely, she had decided to live as someone existing only for Anette.

Unfortunately, Debona was clumsy. While every servant in Martinek possessed at least some degree of self-defense and assassination skills, Debona struggled even to protect herself. Nevertheless, she had managed to stay within Martinek all this time solely thanks to Anette’s protection—or so she had always believed.

That was, until she realized the true reason why someone as utterly useless as herself could still remain in Martinek.

Perhaps Debona had subconsciously known this truth long ago. But sometimes, for the sake of survival, it was better not to know—and so she had deliberately turned away from it.

But today, with Mabel’s arrival at Martinek,

[Duke Martinek is clearly hiding something.]

Watching Mabel cautiously speak those words, Debona finally understood the truth she had been avoiding. She realized what she truly needed to do if she genuinely cared for Anette.

And what she had been deliberately ignoring.

Thus, Debona resolved for the first time to step out from Anette’s shadow.

Ever since Anette returned to Martinek, Debona had followed her like a shadow. Literally like a shadow—she never made her presence obvious, certainly never making footsteps as audible as she did now.

Though Debona lacked talent in nearly everything, she displayed an exceptional aptitude for concealment, perhaps due to memories of her harsh past.

Therefore, deliberately making noise meant Debona had business with Anette.

Lowell was not so oblivious as to miss this. She looked at Debona with a slightly puzzled expression.

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