Be Fascinated

Chapter 10

Claude, who put Philia to sleep, was pensive for a long time.

He was engrossed in thinking about how to torture Logan alive in the dungeon. Around the time the moon began to rise, and a servant rushed in.

"Your, Your Highness!"

Upon hearing the servant's report, Claude frowned.

"Dead? Both?"

"That's right."

"Why?"

"That is... As soon as Miss Philia became a saint, they must have received a huge reward from the temple."

"Therefore?"

"It is said that all the money was wasted in just 7 years. When the money ran out, the servants conspired against the family..."

The ending was obvious. Claude nodded his head. If this attendant was to say that it was 'huge', he would most likely have received a great reward. It was understandable that they used it all up in seven years.

"Do they have any messages for their daughter?"

"That is... there were a few letters they sent."

Claude read the letters the servant had given him. The corners of his lips curved up. The contents of the letters were simple. All while asking for money to be sent from Philia, it was filled with resentment towards their ungrateful daughter who never responded to their correspondences.

"It's not much different."

Claude remembered his parents. Those people who ruthlessly celebrated his successes, but demeaning his younger brother as a failure.

"It looks like the letter was cut from the temple."

"I think so too. Because the temple would not have wanted the saint to be connected to their parents."

"Looks like they didn't miss their daughter very much either."

"You saw through it right away. In fact, you can tell just by looking at the fact that they sold their daughter to the temple for compensation. They missed her for half a year, but as soon as they got their reward, they moved on and had another child."

There was nothing left from the beautiful familial love that Philia missed. At that time, when it is revealed that their daughter is a saint of an oracle, they found out that they will be separated. Why would their parents sacrifice their daughter to the temple?

"What is Your Highness going to do? Are you going to talk to her?"

This servant was the best at reading his thoughts. He was asking if he dared to report in front of Philia one more time.

"No, let's hide the obituary for a while."

"Pardon?"

The servant gave a bewildered expression. Claude stroked his chin.

In fact, he had one plan. To have her hear the report that her family no longer wants her with her own ears, leaving her with nowhere to go.

Even if her family missed her, he would try to hide this and just say they didn't want her back. But without the need for manipulation, her parents only wanted money, and they were dead.

"In this situation, she doesn't need to know that her parents are dead."

Rather, Claude even thought of concealing this fact. He couldn't remove the afterimage of her crying earlier from his mind. The figure of her crying sadly that she lost her place. He thought he would be thrilled by the wave of deep emotions, but he wasn't at all.