I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess - Chapter 193



193 – After Turmoil, Turmoil

Albrich, who had succeeded in infiltrating Edgar’s room with a servant disguised as Ariel, smiled wryly.

It was a shallow plan that only took two steps, but it seems to have been quite successful.

‘The trick was not to overuse the medicine.’

The maid assigned to Ariel was none other than one of his limbs.

That’s why Albrich told her to take a small amount of sleeping pills in her tea.

If she was a person of her caliber, it could not be ruled out that if she had used too powerful a drug, she would have realized something was wrong with her body early on and used magic to detoxify it.

But on the other hand, if she could just induce natural drowsiness with her weak sleeping pills, she would have no reason to be suspicious.

Moreover, even though the effect is minimal, it is a sleeping pill, so if you let it sleep well, you will be awake until dawn.

In that amount of time, getting rid of her lover, who was such a thorn in her eyes, was no problem.

In addition, it was a welcome event for Albrich that her maid was waiting in front of the man’s room.

It would be better if there were no witnesses, but in this situation, there is a witness who saw that Ariel was the last person to enter Edgar’s room tonight.

To make matters worse, the real Ariel is currently sleeping in her own room.

In this state, if Edgar is found dead tomorrow, Ariel will naturally be the main suspect.

However, she had no means of explaining this.

The only way is for the maid waiting in front of her room to prove her alibi her, since she was a limb planted by Albrich.

Rather, in that situation, if you add her her statement her her her to her her her her her lie her her and say that she saw Ariel leaving, you can push her into a corner even more.

‘It’s just a pity. It would have been better for her to go back to the castle and do her work.’

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In the midst of all this, if there is something that makes Albrich uneasy, it is that the place he is is inside the imperial palace.

Simple control magic can be handled even while sitting in the Bertus family castle, but this magic was on a different level of difficulty.

Rather than simply making him into a mindless tool like a corpse, he had to be controlled in detail as if he were inside a woman’s body, so a close distance was inevitably required.

If he had been able to accomplish something like this in the castle, when Ariel tried to claim that it was his masterpiece, he would have been able to refute that it was impossible because he was in the castle.

However, this was only a story if there was someone who would listen to her, so I wasn’t too worried.

It just means that if there’s even one problem, that’s it.

‘Anyway, you seem to be unexpectedly perceptive. I wondered if anyone would notice.’

This is Albrich, whom I felt had strangely sharp eyes since I first met Edgar.

So this time, to be fully prepared, I even stole the perfume from Ariel’s room and sprinkled it on the body of the person who had been transformed by magic.

And as he watched Edgar and Ariel having a conversation, his speaking habits and titles were also stored in his head through his hands and feet.

When the intrusion was allowed so easily that all the defenses were meaningless, I could see that they were just insignificant illagers.

Since I had unrealized feelings for my lover who came to visit me late at night, no other thoughts would enter my head.

In the end, although he may be smart for a human, he is a pitifully dull creature compared to someone who explores the truth of magic.

‘You’re there.’

Albrich raised one corner of his mouth when he saw that the servant he was controlling was in bed with Edgar.

It would be nice to kill her like this, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea to at least have a relationship with this woman and let her die as a final act of mercy.

It was a show of minimal respect to the adversary who had hindered his great succession.

‘Bye. ‘A stranger.’

Albrich, who said goodbye to the intruder, tilted the wine glass in his hand and smiled with satisfaction.

With this, anyone who would interfere with his great plan and prophecy will disappear.

And only then will he be able to obtain what he wants and reach the truth of magic.

*

As promised, Edgar brought Ariel into the room.

Her somewhat narrowed eyes were staring at her the whole time, but Ariel seemed oblivious.

“You came early.”

“Why? “No?”

“I always said women need time to get ready, so I thought she might be a little late.”

She thought it was a common joke between her lovers and responded with a smile and a sly attitude.

“I wanted to see you quickly.”

“I made the right decision. Anyway, sit down instead of standing. “Would you like some wine?”

Although Ariel doesn’t like alcohol, she prefers to enjoy it alone at night.

That’s why Edgar showed her the wine label he had prepared just in case and suggested it, but she shook her head slightly and expressed her refusal.

“Ugh, it’s okay.”

“Whenever you say it’s shameful if you don’t drink.”

“Well, that was a long time ago. “You idiot.”

When Ariel spoke to him with a light blush as if scolding him, Edgar apologized with a mischievous smile.

After deciding not to drink, Ariel naturally sat down on the bed and patted the spot next to him, inviting him to talk.

Only a fool would know what it meant to change her seat on the sofa where she was comfortably sitting.

This is even more so if the other person is not just an ordinary friend but a lover who has seen everything that the other person can and cannot see.

“Aren’t you tired? “You’ve been wandering around the garden for quite some time.”

“Not really… ? Why do you want me to go?”

“Why are you saying that? “I asked just in case.”

When Edgar patted her head and said he was sorry if she was offended, Ariel laughed and struggled.

To a third party, it would just feel like a sweet love affair between lovers.

“What time are we supposed to leave tomorrow?”

“Well, honestly, it doesn’t matter what time I leave. Do you want to go early?”

“Do what’s comfortable for you. “You can stay one more day.”

From Edgar’s point of view, the Loveheim family was more comfortable, but she was treated well there and it wasn’t too bad to be her guest.

Although the real meaning behind this question lay elsewhere.

“Then let’s take our time and go home. “I want to visit the capital for the first time in a while.”

“Good. “Is there no place you want to go?”

“Anywhere is fine. “If you stay with me.”

A cute and thankful line I heard from Ariel again today.

But as soon as it reached his ears, Edgar’s eyes narrowed for a moment.

As if I heard something I didn’t want to hear.

While they were talking happily while facing each other, Edgar suddenly realized that Ariel’s clothes were quite different from usual, and she commented on this.

“That outfit suits you better than that.”

“Okay? Thank god. “This is a new outfit I got, and it may seem a bit bold, but I wanted to show it to you.”

When she came in, she had covered herself with a thin coat, but the clothes she was wearing underneath were quite provocative.

At least, it was so revealing that it was hard to imagine Ariel wearing it in her everyday life.

There were also some transparent parts here and there.

A normal man might be happy that someone wore clothes like this for him.

The reason why a woman does not like showing her skin is usually because she does not want to show it to others, but it’s not because she does not like it in itself.

As if to prove that Edgar was the same, he smiled softly and said that it suits him well.

Then a flower-like smile bloomed on Ariel’s face

However, the source of that smile did not come from joy.

“… Hey, Ed.”

“Why?”

Eventually, Ariel, who cautiously called Edgar in a shy tone, pointed to the lamp on the table and made a request.

“Can’t you turn off the light?”

“… Yes, I understand.”

As she said, Edgar stretched out his hand and extinguished the fire coming from her back and carefully hugged Ariel.

As if responding to this, Ariel moved even deeper into his embrace and moved her lower body to climb on top of him.

It was a fairly blatant stance.

Any normal man would have already been taken prisoner by her mesmerizing appearance of her, but Edgar was looking at the back of her head as if he was constantly examining something about her.

Without noticing her her teeth her her her, Ariel held the braid in her mouth her her and fiddled with her hands to pull her hair together, as if trying to tie her own hair.

The corners of Ariel’s mouth her went up as something of hers was gently held in her hands her her her hidden behind her her head her her her.

Then, unlike the sweet gaze from before, she gazed at the man beneath her with a somewhat eager look in her eyes, and lowered her upper body putting their upper bodies together.

However, it was not an act of court towards her lover, but a ploy to hide the sharp weapon hidden behind it.

Whoosh!

It was truly a fleeting moment.

A dagger as small and thin as a human palm, hidden behind her head her, plunged straight down and pierced Edgar’s heart her.

“… !”

No, more precisely, the moment she recognized the dagger stuck between her index and middle fingers her, unable to advance, the blade of his hand struck the back of Ariel’s neck her her her her.

With a thudding sound, as if rocks collided with each other, Ariel quietly spoke her words her as if she were her last words her in her her fading consciousness her her her her.

“How…” … ?”

Edgar, who was looking down at her new brother, lying on the bed, carefully stood up and sneered, putting the dagger rolling on the ground on the table.

And then she kindly gave her answer to the girl who couldn’t hear it anymore.

“Is there a fool in the world who does not recognize his lover?”

With those words, her magic was lifted, and the true appearance of the person wearing Ariel’s appearance was revealed.

At least, a woman who is not in his memories

If so, it was highly likely that she was Albrich’s limb her her, or an ordinary person who had nothing to do with this incident.

‘You’re just using dirty tricks.’

In his opinion her her her, it is probably the latter.

In the former case, there was a high possibility that the mastermind would be caught if the ruse was discovered.

However, in the latter case, as long as the memory is properly manipulated with magic, there is no need to get caught.

It was truly an elaborate yet petty tactic.

Thud! Boom!

‘Is it the enemy?’

Soon after, Edgar heard someone knocking on the door and stood up, looking toward her door with sharp eyes.

There was a good possibility that he was an additional assassin just in case something went wrong.

Clutter.

When Edgar just stared quietly at the door without opening it, he couldn’t wait for the other person and opened the door.

The moment Edgar was about to carefully reach for the dagger that had been placed on the table a moment ago…

“… Ariel?”

As the other person’s appearance was revealed, a question appeared in his eyes.

At the same time, he realized.

Even if it wasn’t an enemy sneak attack, she knew that Ariel had originally planned to come tonight.

“… “He wouldn’t even open the door so I did something and he said, ‘What are you doing?’”

“… “What?”

And on top of his bed, a woman he did not know was lying face down, dressed in revealing clothes.

Of course, there was no way Ariel knew about the circumstances of this situation.

That means…

‘Dead.’

This means that whether it is necessary to find the enemy’s background or not, an explanation must be given priority.