PBPGD

CHAPTER 52

"Ian, what are you talking about?"

"I didn't know that my brother would be this foolish. Poison? Of course,
although it may not be."

Lia unknowingly waved off Ian's hand.

"No way, Ian..."

Ian looked down at Canillia, who was frightened, with an unfamiliar look.

"From this point on, there'll be really a lot of trouble that's going to happen, Canillia. So, come with me..."

"No, Ian."

It was Kieran who blocked Ian from trying to hold Lia's hand again. At Kieran's gaze, men that appear to be escorts surrounded Ian. He was then separated from Lia in a polite manner.

"You have to hide right now. If you know well, there's going to be a war that'll break out."

"You've figured out who was behind this? Already? As expected, Marquis Gillard is different."

"Hurry!"

As he found a soldier approaching them, Kieran shouted Ian because of his calm attitude through gritted teeth. Then the escorts that's surrounding Ian urgently secure the exit.

Their actions alone showed that Ian was suspected.

The Imperial Palace
has already been locked down, and the only way to escape is to use the Palace's secret passage. If Claude steps into the situation, even the secret passage will be blocked.

"Prince, you have to move now!"

Canillian swallowed as she saw another man next to Ian. The man was the one who roamed near her house, an attendant who accompanied Ian and his brother from Gaior.

The man has a wound on his face that looks like it hasn't healed yet, he hurriedly pulls Ian's arm.

However, just before being dragged away, Ian held Lia's hand.

"I'll come pick you up. So wait for me, Canillia."

Ian puts his lips on the back of her hand.

Kieran hurriedly removed Lia and
held her in his arms, as he caught a sight of someone.

It hasn't yet been identified who's the person behind this.

Moreover, the Grand Duke was poisoned on behalf of the Emperor. Something that may not be related to the assassination attempt that took place in the neutral area.

Everyone who visited
the Palace that day is a suspect.

Staring blankly at Ian as he moved away, Lia then glanced back at Claude.

She was so confused about what was happening. She was both terrified and sad for no reason, as she had already exceeded the limits of what she could handle.

With the former Duke's lifeless hand on his forehead, Claude then stood up and turns around. He looked precisely at her. Staring with his reddened, bloodshot eyes, Claude instructs something to Ivan, who was on standby.

In response, Ivan quickly gets passed from the nobles and rushed to where Ian had escaped a while ago.

There was madness in Claude's cold eyes.

He slowly took a step after rubbing the Duke's blood that stained his cheek
with the back of his hand.

Kieran hid Lia behind him as Claude approached. Kieran took a step back,
putting her behind him, trying to protect her from danger.

Perhaps he read what's in Kieran's mind, Claude glared straight ahead and
passed by the two.

Unlike when he collapsed in grief in front of his father, his walk just now
was from someone who's not disturbed at all.