REBOOT SIENNA

Chapter 35: Live To Sienna Pt.35

Even knowing that Carl was already suspicious of her and would become more so, Sienna had no choice but to say this. In the past, Carl had been considerably hurt by that revelation.

Azrael was a servant for whom Carl cared very much. She could not ignore the sharp blade-like betrayal he had received from the man he had trusted so much while knowing that it was going to drive him through the ground.

“I know that Your Highness will only grow to hate me more by my saying this. Nevertheless, I beg of you, watch out for Azrael.”

“Why should I suspect Azrael while believing only your words, whose source is unknown?”

“There is no harm for you, Your Highness. You’ll know when you go back to the frontlines. If nothing happens by the time you get there, you can validate your doubts toward me and punish me, but if you think he seems strange, then you’ll have to settle the problem of the spy that Arya planted.”

“…”

Carl left her room through the window without telling Sienna that he would do so because he believed in Azrael. Watching him sadly from behind, Sienna sighed and muttered, looking at the window from which he had left, “I’ve told you before, windows are not for people to come in and out of.”

She had said it as a joke, but her face was stiff. She felt sorry to have delved into his mind with her own words, but she couldn’t help it. It would be better just to wring his heart out with words than for a sudden knife to do it.

After leaving the mansion where Sienna lived, Carl sighed heavily against the wall.

“I went there in vain…”

He had told Azrael that he had been able to return without dying because of her help. Since then, Azrael had told Carl repeatedly that Sienna was suspicious.

“Isn’t it too coincidental? Obviously, only you and I, and the Peer family knew that Your Highness had entered the capital. After coming face to face with that woman, Sienna, who recognized you on the streets, weren’t you attacked right away? Moreover, it was she who saved your life. Can a coincidence be so repeated?”

Thinking rationally, Azrael was right. She had too many things about her that were suspicious.

Still, Carl had had a feeling that she was not one of Arya’s people. He thought it was foolish to follow grains of salt when judging important things, but this time, he wanted to believe his own feelings.

“It’s not that I wish it weren’t so, but I’m hoping it’s not so.”

He had only met her a few times, but strangely, he felt the need to lean on her.

“Be careful of Azrael.”

Carl thought of what she had said and shook his head with a wistful expression.

“Be careful of Azrael. How could I ever doubt Azrael?!”

He was Carl, the person who couldn’t trust people easily. He was someone who’d return greater hostility to those who showed him hostility. He would contemplate the goodwill he received from others, thinking about what the real intentions behind them were. That kind of person had never suspected or questioned Azrael, the only one he had trusted and relied upon. Carl’s doubts toward Sienna, who asked him to suspect such a man, were bound to grow even more.

Azrael was the servant who had been by his side since his mother’s death. He had stood by Carl, who had had to fight on the battlefield from an early age. How could he doubt him after more than a decade living together and staying by each other’s side?