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Everything was a bit hazy. She was young, and there was a large hand in front of her which she held tightly.
Dana raised her head to see who’s hand it was, but his features were blurry.
As she walked holding that hand, she saw a large castle.
“This is…”
As she looked closely at the castle, it began to look familiar. It was the castle of the Great Tertius, where she is staying now.
She couldn’t see the face of the man who held her hand.
He walked along hesitatingly, and they headed to the garden behind the castle. There was a young boy similar to her and an adult man who did not know who she was.
The man, who was holding his hand, bowed his head to him, calling him ‘Your Grace’, who was waiting.
And while the two were talking inside, Dana was left with a boy her age.
The child’s black and smooth hair fluttered in the cool autumn breeze, and the red eyes sparkled like jewels. Dana looked for a long time because the eyes were pretty.
The children quickly became close as they caught a nap, and they ran around together. It was not until sunset that the adults finished talking and came outside.
The man, called ‘Your Grace’, smiled gently at Dana, who was running. And he muttered in a lamentable tone.
“Well, she looks a lot like her. For you… I’m always grateful.”
“No, your highness. I will always live with guilt. I hope you stay healthy for a long time.”
“I’m sorry for you. I can’t even raise my head. Because I couldn’t stop her even though she was next to me… I promise. This child will definitely become Madam Tertius.”
“Your Grace.”
Young Dana blinked and listened to their conversation, turning to the boy next to her.
Dana and the boy were holding hands tightly. They didn’t want to lose their affection.
“We’ll be together for a long time in the future.”
After hearing the adults say, the children smiled and said goodbye. Dana looked back again and again as she left the gate.
The face of the man walking hand in hand with her was still invisible, and the path she walked on was gradually covered with thick fog.
* * *
Leon left the study with Dana in his arms, wearing a dress shirt that loosened around his chest. When he entered, he had neat black hair, but when he came out, it was quite messy.
On top of Dana’s naked body, who fainted completely, the dress she wore meticulously covered her. Leon’s gaze was fixed over her face throughout the hallway.
The red eyes that looked at her were persistent but not smiling.
* * *
Rian nervously sat on a chair designed for her.
“What’s wrong with you? I’d rather not be noticed here yet.”
Rian looked around the room with an uncomfortable look. This was a room deep in the building of the headquarters at the Deniz merchants. It was also the place where Dana had been until recently.
“Now that you have let the young lady go without any measures, shouldn’t it be time to think about what to do? You can’t take a break forever.”
It was Harbert Maxim, the current general manager at the top of Deniz, who responded to Rian. He couldn’t handle the bulging belly, so he waddled and sat opposite Rian.
He knew that Dana Deniz, the heir at the merchant group, had died, and was calm even though he knew it.
“I couldn’t help it. I was flustered… Because she suddenly started yelling.”
Harbert had an unpleasant expression, but he did not openly rebuke Rian. In any case, he was the representative of the merchant group, who received a formal power of attorney from ‘Dana Deniz’.
Above all, he was now a real ‘nobleman’.
“What did you do with the body?”
“It’s buried deep in the mountain. No one will be able to find it.”
Rian replied spontaneously, but in fact, he was prickly. The day after running away from the mountain, Rian went back there as soon as the day came.
However, Dana’s body had disappeared out of nowhere.
‘Where in the world did it disappear?’
The dead person cannot have moved on their own, so it means someone cleaned it up. Who could that be?
Rian tilted, recalling the carriage he saw. It could be that carriage or someone else.
Anyway, there was no report to the security that the body was found. It made sense that the discoverer buried it somewhere else or had it.
As soon as he thought that far, Rian had a slight goosebumps.
“What are you going to use the body for? No way.”
Rian even imagined a bizarre masturbation on the pretty woman’s body, and he quickly stirred his head as if he was trying to shake it off. When Harbert looked at him strangely, Rian quickly recovered her expression again.
“Anyway, it’s the merchant group’s job itself, so there’s no problem even if we don’t have a girl. Because we have the power of attorney. But not too long ago, I got a call from Grand Duke Tertius.”
“Grand Duke? What’s wrong?”
Rian slightly changed her posture when the name ‘Tertius’ was mentioned. His father-in-law, the Duke of Hamilton, was also a great nobleman, and although he was his son-in-law and a Count, he was no match for the Grand Duke of Tertius.
“There was a request that the upper end of the merchant group should take care of the items delivered to the Grand Duke’s castle.”
“What? Then, of course, what are you doing?”
Rian welcomed and asked back. This was nothing to worry about.