Why Do You Obsess Even After Death (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 171

After Belial returned to the imperial palace and night fell, Laches came back from the palace.

“What did that bastard say?”

Laches entered the bedroom without even knocking, as if the Niriel mansion were his own home.

I told Celly, who was brushing my hair, that it was enough and she could go rest. As Celly stepped back, Laches naturally moved behind me.

“Did you secretly hide a spy in the mansion without telling me? How do you know everything?”

“…That’s actually a good idea. Should I hide one here to guard you?”

“Would that really be okay? He’d get angry.”

Laches picked up the brush Celly had set down and began carefully brushing my hair himself, his touch gentle as if worried I might be in pain.

“So? What did that guy say?”

“Your Grace, aren’t you visiting this mansion too freely these days, as if it were your own?”

“Well…!! …Count Niriel gave his permission. He said it was fine as long as I protected you.”

Laches swept all my hair to the right, then lightly kissed my left shoulder, now exposed.

“Still, isn’t it about time you returned to the Violentus estate?”

“I just happened to drop by on my way, so it’s fine. Aren’t you going to tell me what the Crown Prince said when he came? What’s Count Niriel even doing if he can’t stop one such man?”

“Father was away. But, Your Grace…”

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