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Be careful.”

“Of course.”

Luana clenched her pockets and made up her mind.
If the Marquis tries to do something, she will defend herself.
But after a few days of staying, he didn’t do anything to her except come to her from time to time and say pleasant things.
He was like a gangster in the past who would visit from time to time.

By that time, the marquis also realized that Luana was not someone easy to approach.

“I thought you would be easy.”

Other than her, there was also annoying Cain.
He doesn’t even think about coming over, so he gets a little nervous. ‘What the hell is he doing? He said he would give the abandoned princess anything she wants.’ But all the princess did was shake her head.

“Happiness is what you will get yourself.”

By saying so, he tried to stay away from Marquis Livre.

‘How dare him?!’

His stomach was boiling.
After much thought, Marquis Livre decided to send Cain back for now.
To do so, it would be better to have some threats to the death squad.
It just so happens that the Duke of the Empire, famous for being a slayer, is nearby.
He had been collecting forces, but so far, it had been wasteful, so he decided to evacuate in advance to reduce the damage.

‘Let’s spread the news just enough to make Cain run away in surprise.’

Marquis Livre gave Cain an update on the slayer at the right time.

“I hear the Duke of the Empire is searching this area.
I’m afraid we’ll have to move the death squad’s hideout.”

“The duke!”

Cain looked surprised and tried to run aya immediately.
Then he soon realized and looked in the direction of Luana’s room, but Marquis Livre said,

“I will take good care of Miss Luana.”

“But!”

“We need to get to where the death squad is as soon as possible.
Will you be able to bring Miss Luana with you?”

Unlike Cain, a trained knight, Luana was an ordinary woman.
She couldn’t possibly keep up with his forced march.
At that moment, Cain realized he was in a tight spot.
His fingertips grew cold, and his mind became complicated.
But he knew there was no more time to hesitate here.
Even if something happened to Luana, he had no choice but to go.
He couldn’t abandon the death squad that he had been defended with his life this way.

Cain looked straight at the Marquis Livre and spoke,

“You must protect the princess.”

“Of course.”

“I’ll definitely come back later, so please protect her.”

“Isn’t that obvious? Trust me.”

That were the words that came out of the most unreliable person.
Cain glared at Marquis Livre with a firm look and took a heavy step.

“I’ve got the horses ready.”

It was a strong horse that could run fast and far.
Cain immediately got on the horse and began to run in a hurry.
Although there were a few trustworthy people in the group, to lead them properly, they needed someone to be the leader.

“Giddy up!”

His insides burned to the ground.
He felt like his heart was tossed to the ground and trampled with feet.
There was no turning back now.
Cain ran his horse madly, suppressing his boiling emotion.

***

“What’s going on?”

Luana woke up to that small commotion.
She was lost in thought when she saw a horse running madly out of the window.
Something seems to have happened, but no one to tell her the news.

After hesitating for a while, she went out to the hallway, and there was only dark darkness.
She went back into the room, took the lantern, and went down to the second floor.
She was going to ask Cain about the situation.
But no one was inside the wide-open door.

“Sir Cain?”

Luana tried to call Cain’s name; then, a low voice came from behind.

“Are you looking for Sir Cain?”

Luana looked back in surprise.
Behind her was Marquis Livre.
Luana had her guard up and took a step back.
As a result, she went further into the room but did not want to be close to the Marquis.
He had a friendly demeanor, but his sometimes revealing nature was dirty.
So her body was naturally wary of him.

“Yes, I have a question.”

“Well, Sir Cain is not here right now.”

“Then where is he?”

“He ran out of the mansion because of some trouble.”

“What?”

Luana opened her mouth in surprise.

‘You said you’d protect me, but you left me at the mansion alone?’

It was unbelievable, but she thought he wouldn’t do that for no reason.

“What happened?”

“The slayer of the empire came near the death squad.”

“What do you mean the slayer of the empire?”

“The one and only duke.”

‘Legion!’

Luana called his name inside.
Her heart began to pound when she heard that he was not far away.

TL/N: Double updates since I didn’t get to update yesterday.
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