31 – Gunfire
Everyone was speechless.
A tank—a tank. One of the strongest modern weapons.
But it was nothing but a joke in front of him.
Mikhail Fravault looked like he was hyperventilating. He could not stop shaking.
The man had sheathed his blade quietly, and with every step, he was getting closer.
“Ah…”
“Mikhail Fravault.”
It was Aize who called his name.
“You brought weapons into Lilieth territory without authorization. That is a serious crime.”
“…Indeed.”
Iria agreed with a nod.
“If they were made by your company, then you can be expected to be shut down… No, something far worse.”
At the very least, he would be completely ruined.
“Wait…”
The first person to speak was not Mikhail.
The baron had approached Iria like some kind of ghost.
“Bu…what about the wedding…? Our family…”
“…Father…”
Aize was stunned.
Iria and Sherry frowned.
They all felt it now. There was no saving him.
“Why…is that still on your mind? Why…!?”
“Mimi…you understand. There is no other way. No other….”
He fell down to his knees.
Aize looked down at him with a sad expression.
So, she had changed absolutely nothing.
The duel was meaningless.
She now had her answer.
“Aize…”
…Before she knew it, tears were streaming down her face.
Sherry called her name and held her arm tightly.
That was when something fell from Aize’s coat pocket…the pressed flower.
“Lord Baron. Why do you…”
“I can explain that.”
Iria asked, and then the butler stepped forward.
Aize looked at him with surprise.
His eyes…were shockingly cold.
“It all started about ten years ago. The master was fooled.”
“Fooled…?”
“Yes. Back then, he had a friend among the nobility…”
In short.
That friend had persuaded him into investing.
It was a small amount at first, but it slowly started to grow.
“The idea was to ease the suffering of his wife and family. However…”
“…It was fraud?”
He nodded.
But when the baron confronted his friend, he feigned ignorance, saying that he merely made the introduction.
All that remained was…a great weight.
“…It’s true.”
Answered the baron’s wife.
“In order to repay the immense debts, we used our name and tried numerous other businesses but…”
Some even succeeded. But most of them failed.
After that, marriage was the only card they had left.
“But… We were wrong.”
The wife said as she picked up the pressed flower.
“At first, we didn’t want to leave such a burden to our daughters…that was all…”
“Mother…”
“But after being pushed so far, we became blind. Isn’t that right, dear? We stopped seeing what really mattered.”
“…Fenia…”
The baron looked up at Aize. As she looked down at him with sad eyes.
“But…but…what were we supposed to do? What will become of us…!?”
“That is…”
“…No!”
It happened so suddenly.
Yukito moved in front of Aize and the others.
The dry sound of a gun.
The spray of blood and the smell of gunpowder.
Everyone’s eyes widened.
The person who had been shot…was Baron Lilieth. His face contorted with pain as blood gushed from his stomach.
As for who shot him…
“…Mr. Rand…?”
The butler.
With pistol in hand, he looked at the baron coldly.
*shocked.
thanks for the chapter
The Butler did it!
lol