The Youngest Daughter of the Swordsmanship Family Turned Great Mage (32 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 21

“What I want to hear is not an apology, but why Rogette was there in the first place.”

“*Hic.*”

Joseph, who had been shedding tears without pause, soon gathered his resolve and began explaining the situation.

“I swear by my life that I did not become a squire in the Adrian knight order with any ulterior motive. That much I can guarantee.”

“If you are not a spy, then why did you do it?”

“My younger sister, Melody, was taken hostage.”

Even as he gasped for breath, he spoke as calmly as possible about everything that had happened.

The fact that the people who kidnapped Melody while she was out playing in the fields had threatened him to sprinkle a magic potion on the duke’s carriage, and that not long ago Daniel had realized something was amiss and ordered the plan to be moved up.

And.

“But I said I couldn’t do it. Truly.”

Duke Adrian asked, assuming for the moment that his words were true.

“Then how did you end up following me together with Rogette?”

“I had suspected for some time that there was another spy in the mansion besides me. I thought that person might have done something to the carriage as originally planned, so I went to the carriage storage to check, and the young lady came looking for me.”

“Rogette?”

“Yes. The young lady already knew the entire plan and had come to stop me.”

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