I Caught the Villain’s Attention - Chapter 113
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I Got the Villain’s Attention Episode 113 – #113
“Oh, what happened?”
Alex helped me up and sat me down on a nearby chair. The situation was quickly resolved thanks to Cain and the surrounding guards.
In the meantime, I saw the knight of the Duke Franz family that I had seen last time being captured.
I looked at the article with a confused look, then turned my gaze to Alex. Alex looked at the article with a stern face, then checked my gaze and looked back at me.
“It seems like it was Duke Franz’s order.”
“That raid just now?”
“okay.”
There was bitterness in Alex’s voice.
“I found it strange that Duke Franz was just sitting there like this. But I never thought that Lord Lucas would do something like this. It was a good thing I left early because I was worried. Are you hurt?”
“None. Thanks to Alex who came to the rescue just in time.”
Alex, who had been looking me up and down with worried eyes, let out a sigh of relief as if his worries had been relieved.
“Just wait a moment.”
“yes.”
After finishing speaking, Alex started to approach the captured Lucas.
“Sir Lucas.”
Lucas’s body, which had been writhing and resisting violently, suddenly stopped.
“Do you know what you just did?”
“… … .”
Lucas couldn’t bring himself to open his mouth to answer Alex’s question.
Alex looked down at Lucas for a long time.
“Is this an order from Duke Franz?”
“No. I did it on my own.”
Lucas answered belatedly.
But Alex didn’t seem to believe him.
“Are you alone?”
“yes.”
Alex, who burst out laughing out loud, bent down to be eye level with Lucas.
“I haven’t seen you for long, but I know you. You don’t have the temperament to do something like this.”
“… … Then it seems you have misjudged me.”
“… … .”
It was a short conversation, but it was enough to give me an idea of ??the situation.
That raid just now also seemed to have been ordered by Duke Franz. But Lucas seemed to be trying to cover it all up himself.
“Anyway, you too have crossed the line.”
“I will not apologize.”
Alex, who got up at Lucas’s words, nodded to Roheim, who was commanding the guards.
Loheim soon ordered the guards to take Lucas away. Lucas started to leave the courthouse following the guards who had him bound.
“Claire!”
Miss Veronica ran towards me, pushing through the crowd.
“What happened?”
“A knight from Duke Franz’s family attacked Claire.”
It was Earl Maynard who answered on my behalf.
“… … Again?”
Miss Veronica looked at me with a pale face.
“It’s okay. Sir Cain stopped Sir Lucas right away, and Alex covered him up, so he wasn’t hurt.”
But despite my words, Miss Veronica’s expression did not seem to brighten.
“I think it would be better to move for now.”
Alex came over and made an offer.
“I think that would be a good idea.”
“Let’s go, Veronica. And you too, Claire.”
“yes.”
As I tried to get up from my seat, Alex helped me up.
“I can walk by myself.”
Alex hesitated as I declined his hand.
I knew Alex was trying to help me out of concern, but I didn’t think he needed to be helped when he could walk on his own.
And the thought of it was even more so with Count Maynard and his wife by my side.
Alex knew my feelings and didn’t offer to do it again.
“Then come this way. I will guide you.”
One of the staff members who had been waiting nearby to watch the situation began to guide us.
I arrived at a nearby waiting room and sat down on the sofa.
“I heard briefly from Veronica, but I didn’t know it would be this bad. Has this happened before?”
Not long after they sat down, Count Maynard turned to Alex and asked him a question. Count Maynard’s face was frozen in fear.
There must have been a big difference between what I heard and what I saw with my own eyes.
“yes.”
Alex answered briefly without adding any more words.
Count Maynard’s sigh fell heavily on the floor. Then he looked back and forth between me and Miss Veronica.
The count’s eyes looked complicated.
“By the way, I heard that the Duke of Berzel is interested in our Claire. Is that true?”
The madam asked, breaking the heavy atmosphere.
Alex nodded as if he had nothing to hide.
“you’re right.”
The madam hesitated, moving her lips, and then continued speaking with difficulty.
“I had an idea. When I came to Maynard Manor to pick up Claire, I thought, if the Duke wanted Claire, it might not have been done that way. That’s why I didn’t oppose Claire’s decision very much.”
Certainly, when I think back to when Alex came to see Count Maynard, I can’t help but think that Alex had feelings for me.
But the reason I misunderstood and doubted Alex was because I knew nothing about him.
All I knew about Duke Alexander Berzel was that he was too high up to be seen, and that he was a brutal villain in the original story.
A cold-blooded, selfish person who will get whatever he wants.
So at that time, all I could think about was that I had to follow Alex in order to protect Miss Veronica and Count Maynard.
But looking back, I realized how naive my thinking was.
Alex was a man of such high status that I could never have imagined.
He came to me in person, asked my opinion, and suggested that we go together.
Besides, he said he would respect my opinion, even though he said it jokingly.
That’s because they saw me as an equal.
If he thought I was a villain, he wouldn’t have bothered to ask my opinion, and he might have taken a different approach to me at Count Maynard’s.
I realized this too late.
I looked back at Alex with a renewed sense of excitement.
I’m sorry I misunderstood him all this time.
“I don’t know if this is a topic I should be talking about, but Claire is a member of our family, so I hope you understand that Lee and I are talking about this.”
“I understand. I heard it from Lady Veronica, and also from her treatment of Claire.”
“Thank you for understanding. Then I guess you understand my concern as well?”
“yes.”
Count Maynard laughed awkwardly as Alex gave a curt answer.
“Honey, I think this is going to be too long to talk about here. How about we talk about it after the trial is over?”
The madam nodded reluctantly at Count Maynard’s words.
“Okay, let’s talk about this later.”
After finishing speaking, the madam turned her gaze to Lady Veronica and the Duke of Anstis. It seemed that the madam had something else to say to Lady Veronica and the Duke of Anstis.
Count Maynard looked at his wife like that and then opened his mouth heavily towards Alex.
“By the way, it’s troublesome that this kind of thing keeps happening. Something so serious happened to Veronica and Claire. To be honest, I’m disappointed that Duke Berzel didn’t stop it. When you sent me a separate letter, I believed you when you said you would pay special attention to safety.”
“I apologize for that. I’m sorry for causing you any inconvenience.”
Alex responded to the Count’s reprimand.
It was only after I overheard their conversation that I learned that there had been separate communications between Alex and Count Maynard.
Somehow, it seemed quiet at Count Maynard’s house even though Miss Veronica followed Alex.
By the way, since we exchanged such letters and then Duke Franz made an attack, Count Maynard could not help but be surprised and angry.
Although this incident wasn’t entirely Alex’s fault, he was being unusually humble towards Count Maynard.
Is it because of me?
I thought about it briefly and then quickly deleted it.
Meanwhile, Alex opened his mouth again.
“It will be difficult for Duke Franz to avoid punishment in this trial. If so, such unfortunate incidents will not occur in the future.”
Count Maynard nodded as Alex added.
Instead of answering, the Count let out a small sigh.
I felt like the air was becoming heavy for no reason.
How much time has passed?
There was a knock on the door and the staff member who guided us here came into the waiting room.
“There isn’t much time left for break. You must re-enter.”
At the staff’s words, Alex stood up from his seat. Everyone else followed suit.
“I’ll be back, Father, Mother.”
“Okay. I’ll be watching.”
Miss Veronica greeted Count Maynard and his wife, then followed Alex and the Duke of Anstis out of the waiting room.
I, Count Maynard, and my lady followed with our eyes the three who went ahead.