Chapter 72: The Blue Carbuncle (4)

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"Adler...?"

"No, what is..."

The eyes of Charlotte and Lestrade, who had brought the strange lady they met on the streets with them, slowly widened at the scene they witnessed.

– Gulp...

The girl who had been impersonating Baynes, just moments ago, was now blushing heavily while holding onto Adler's hair as he greedily sucked blood out of her neck.

"What the hell are you doing right now!?"

As Lestrade, startled by the sight in front of her, hurried forward... her gaze was inevitably drawn to the impersonating girl, especially, to the sight of her revealing her neck to Adler with a resigned look on her face.

"..........."

Her pupils were dilated, her hair was a mess, and her once slightly mischievous and witty face was now bruised and wrecked.

In essence, she was in a pitiful and ruined state.

The girl, who had been so vibrant, bubbly, and energetic just moments ago, was now wilted like a trampled flower, having surrendered to Adler's violence.

"Excuse me but..."

Lestrade, utterly horrified by her serious condition, stopped in her tracks and shifted her gaze back to Adler. Meanwhile, the girl began whispering something, moving her bruised lips slowly.

– Thud...!

"... Eugh."

However, before she could even finish her sentence, Adler, who had roughly pulled his teeth out of her neck, plunged his heavy fist into the girl's solar plexus.

– Tremble...

Instantly, the pitiful girl's eyes widened like a rabbit's, her face paled like a corpse, and her body started to tremble violently; she couldn't help but hold onto Adler's arms to support her weak body.

– Slap!

However, as soon as Adler's merciless hand harshly slapped the girl's cheek, she was unable to keep her balance any longer and finally fell to the floor, clutching onto her bleeding nose.

"... Ugh."

As Adler, quietly observing her, put his foot on the girl's stomach as she lay on the floor, her body began to convulse ever so slightly and a faint moan leaked out of her ruined mouth.

From the looks of it, her face was not the only part of her body that had been ruined by Adler's violence.

"... Just, what are you doing?"

Therefore, it was quite natural for a furious voice to flow out of Lestrade's mouth, who had been blankly watching the gruesome scene with utter disbelief till then.

"Even though she is an imposter, she's still a human being, there's no need to treat her so harshly..."

"Strange. Since master has engraved his seal onto you already, there should be no way that you don't know, right?"

However, at that very moment, a chuckling voice echoed from behind.

"Hey, you don't really know anything about Master Adler now, do you?"

"... Pardon?"

At that remark, Lestrade's head snapped back, her head tilting to the side along the way as she looked at the woman with a cold expression.

"What are you talking about?"

"If you belong to my master, there's no way that you shouldn't know..."

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