I Will Disappear, Grand Duke | LK Adaptation

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Llisa chose the morning when everyone was awake so that it would look like a normal day out.

So she left the castle and headed for the square, the center of the city.

There she changed to her private carriage. It was her intention not to leave any clues.

Then she headed for the monastery where Jimin was.

"You're here. I've been expecting you."

Once inside the small monastery, a tall man greeted her as if he had been waiting for her.

It was Jimin, not in child form, but in his true form.

Lalisa nodded and stepped towards him. The green eyes looked at her gently.

"Lalisa, the people who were with you are not your companions, are they?"

"What?"

Lalisa's eyes widened at the sudden question. Jimin then nodded as if he understood the situation.

"There are people who have followed you here. I think they're armed knights."

Still widened eyes, Lalisa looked back at Jimin. Could it be that the knights whom she thought disappeared was still there?

Innocently, she thought Jungkook really removed his surveillance.

How could she not have realized that there was a possibility of surveillance behind her back? Lalisa touched her lips in annoyance, and Jimin gave her a small smile, as if it was okay.

"Don't worry too much. Master Matheus sent me here just in case something like this happens."

Eventually, Jimin gestured for her to follow him. Lalisa nervously followed. It was late in the evening when the knights noticed strange signs.

After some time, Lalisa did not come out of the monastery. As the evening deepened, the knights eventually entered the monastery.

A priest, who was tidying one side of the chapel, approached a knight who was looking around with a serious face.

"Excuse me, sir. How may I help you?"

The knight answered the priest's question quickly.

"I understand the Grand Duchess of Caesar visited here, where is she now?"

"What is your relationship with her?"

"I am the knight who's in charge of guarding the Grand Duchess. The time is very late and she has to go back. Where is she?"

The priest stared at the knight with suspicious eyes, then spoke.

"The Grand Duchess left the monastery before the evening came, sir."

"What?"

The knight, who was blinking dumbly for a moment, gradually turned pale.

Eventually, the knights asked for the priest's approval, and then looked around the monastery for Lalisa. They even checked the every single priest's face just to be sure, but Lalisa was nowhere to be seen. In the end, the knights left the monastery without any success, and they scattered and began to search the area.

***

Two days have passed since Lalisa disappeared.

The servants at the Grand Duke's castle were in a panic due to the hostess not returning.

Bennett hurriedly contacted the border regions, but as they were in a battle, no information could reach Jungkook.

Two more days passed without any progress. It was around that time that communication reached Jungkook. After several all-out wars, the soldiers under Jungkook succeeded in invading the enemy's base.