Who Spent the Night with the Tower Master (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 131

No matter how much the environment changes, a person’s nature does not easily change.

Just as Riley, even after becoming the wife of the Mage Tower Lord, remained just as foolish and stubborn.

Claire thought Riley wouldn’t be able to endure wearing a “hat that didn’t suit her at all.” Though she resented the luck bestowed upon Riley, that was precisely why Riley didn’t seem threatening.

Riley’s gentle disposition—preferring to avoid confrontation rather than face it head-on, and always passive rather than proactive—that frustrating personality wouldn’t change easily, Claire was certain.

Power, too, required knowing how to wield it to be wielded effortlessly. Claire never believed Riley, who had grown up never tasting power in her life, could bear the weight of her new position. She had assumed that even as the Mage Tower Lord’s wife, Riley would remain just as dull and frustrating as ever…

‘What scheming is she up to behind the scenes?’

Liz would never have gone to Riley of her own accord. No matter how desperate her situation, she wasn’t so devoid of pride or conscience that she’d seek help from someone she herself had tormented.

‘Now that I think about it, it really was suspicious.’

Claire recalled the time Liz had stolen the brooch.

That overly aggrieved expression, insisting on her innocence even as she was being expelled. She’d also mentioned something odd about MacDalin. Why would Liz have stolen the ‘brooch’—among countless valuables—knowing it would be immediately noticeable?

Back then, Claire had been too angry to take it seriously, but looking back now, it truly was strange.

Liz had been unusually loyal even among maids, and it was odd that this girl, who had served faithfully for so long, would suddenly steal something and hide it in her room.

Moreover, framing someone by planting stolen goods was precisely the method Claire and Liz had often used against Riley, wasn’t it?

‘Riley, you cunning woman—pretending to be innocent and foolish while scheming behind the scenes like this?’

Claire immediately rose and headed straight for Ryan’s study.

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