LUCIA

Chapter 105 Negotiation

Hearing that Fabian had come to the residence, Lucia hurriedly came out of her bedroom. Her face was filled with worries and had become worn out in the span of a few days. Fabian and Lucia sat opposite to each other in the receiving room and Lucia urgently asked.

"Have you seen Sir. Krotin? Is he safe?"

'Forget about safe, that guy is having such a blast. The punk has six lives, I'm telling you.'

"Yes. There is nothing wrong with him. The dungeon's environment isn't the best, but he is adapting decently."

Lucia heaved a sigh of relief. When Princess Katherine named Roy as the murderer that day, Lucia was more relieved than surprised. Hearing that he was the assailant and not the victim, meant that Roy was safe, at least.

"What will happen to Sir. Krotin?"

Lucia didn't know the specific details of the incident apart from the fact that Roy had killed David and the Countess of Falcon.

Later, she heard that the handmaid who sprayed something strange on her face, was the Countess of Falcon who had changed her appearance with a magical tool. The maid whom she had gone into the break room with, did not come back with her. Lucia could only guess that something bad had happened to her.

There were six people's death that were connected to Roy, but out of those, the death of the two women in the bathroom and the two knights, were only known to those involved in the investigation.

In particular, the two women were found poisoned, and the poison was discovered on the deceased Countess, so Roy had not yet been directly associated with the death of those two. The rumors spreading throughout the social circle was that Roy had killed both David and Anita.

"It is still being investigated."

"If they conclude that Sir. Krotin committed murder, he will be sentenced to death. He killed none other than the eldest son of the Duke."

"...That is correct, but-"

"I will go to the palace and bear witness. If I explain the situation at the time..."

"You cannot do that, Milady."

Jerome and Fabian said at the same time.

"You have to understand why Sir. Krotin has kept his mouth shut this entire time without even pleading his case. If Milady steps forward, you will become an involved party in this incident."

The death of the Duchess' maid was not known publicly. Roy was the Duchess' escort, but because he had been doing crazy things for a while now, people were surprised but they accepted it as possible.

Nobody linked the Duchess to this incident. In addition, Princess Katherine had testified that the Duchess was with her at the time of the incident. Thanks to that, Lucia was excluded from the case.

The Duchess staying inside the mansion, within the iron-clad security and not coming out at all, was in accordance with her nature as she didn't like to socialize much, so there wasn't anyone who thought it was weird.

Many of the noblewomen who had witnessed someone die in front of them that day, had fainted and had to be carried away. People understood that the vicious act of her own guard escort would have given the Duchess a huge shock.

Fabian judged that as long as Roy kept his mouth shut, no matter how thoroughly they investigated, it was impossible for them to implicate the Duchess because Roy had gotten rid of all the people involved.

'He is a crazy dude, but the guy's method really took care of everything neatly.'

In Fabian's mind, Roy had gone to this extent, but if the Duchess had stepped forward and flipped everything over, the day that his lord returned, would be the day of his funeral.