To Become Family with the Male Lead (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 149

High ceilings, large windows, a floor of gray tiles… It was Duke Fenton’s trial.

And behind the seats stood a large statue of a goddess, watching over us.

[All are equal beneath judgment.]

If someone coughed, the sound lingered in this space for three seconds. As a witness, I sat apart from Madame Fenton and other acquaintances.

A flock of birds passed beyond the window. A darker shadow swept swiftly over the dim space.

I frowned at Duke Fenton, who appeared last.

‘Arm…’

Duke Fenton, arriving in disheveled clothes, seemed somehow off.

My eyes caught the sleeve hanging limply, lifelessly. …The arm that should have been inside was missing. One arm…

A chill ran down my spine.

‘Gone.’

His arm was truly gone.

I recalled the Duke’s arm during our escape from Eldorado’s main camp. Dried pus clung to skin that had turned blue. Back then, hadn’t he dragged the useless limb along by force?

But now… that arm was entirely absent. Everyone except me seemed already aware of this fact, their expressions quiet and composed.

How could no one have told me?

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