Chapter 60.2

Aidyn was Nadia’s close maid.

Moreover, it was a fact that Aidyn brought her Nadia’s letter, so if she made good use of the facet, she would be able to overcome this problem.

Contrary to her expectations, however, her nephew did not give a single glance to his screaming aunt.

Instead, it was Nadia who responded. As she approached, she gently put her hand on Mrs. Grace’s shoulder.

“Oh dear, Madam Grace. I think you don’t understand one thing, so I’ll let you know.”

“…?”

Nadia lowered her head and put her mouth next to her ear. Then she whispered very softly.

“Aidyn, a maid close to me, doesn’t have a sick brother. He had a slight cold for a while, though.”

“…What?”

Mrs. Grace  didn’t understand what Nadia meant for a moment.

Didn’t Aidyn even risk doing a side job secretly to pay for her sick brother’s medicine?

If she didn’t have a sick brother, why would she do that at the risk of being caught…….

At that moment, the little fact that Nadia had inadvertently spilled came to her mind.

“I was moving firewood at the command of my lady, but I couldn’t let go of the scene of this girl ignoring the provisional rules, so I brought her.”

The command of my lady .

It was no accident that Jacob found a maid close to Nadia who was breaking a rule just in time while he was passing by.

He was designed to take Aidyn to the person who assigned her the job at that time.

Now she understood.

The reason why Aidyn didn’t tell her that the Marquis was by Nadia’s side whens he was writing a reply.

It wasn’t that Aidyn didn’t think of telling her because she was stupid, but she didn’t say it on purpose.

“……!”

Mrs. Grace felt the shock hitting the back of her head like a hammer.

She looked up at Nadia with trembling eyes without saying anything.

Her surprised eyes seem to be saying this.

‘How did you expect my movements? Did you find out that I was behind the accident?’

Nadia, who read her mind, smiled kindly and answered.

“Actually, I wasn’t sure who was behind the accident to the previous Marquis, but fortunately, or unfortunately, you bit as soon as I threw the bait.”

“……!”

In other words, Nadia played with her from beginning to end.

Nadia smiled at Mrs. Grace’s red face.

“If you hadn’t tried to harm your own blood, you wouldn’t have fallen into my trap. Think of it as I am doing you a favor.”

“You deserve heaven’s punishment! You think I don’t know what you’re trying to get into our family!”

“Oh, I don’t want to hear that from someone who hurt their own family.”

Nadia, who laughed at her gracefully, soon corrected her bent posture.

Soon, she moved away from Mrs. Grace with an elegant gait, like she didn’t talk to someone worth her time anymore.

As soon as the Marchioness’ business seemed to be over, the guards began to drag Mrs. Grace away again.

“Let go– let me go!”

It couldn’t end like this. She struggled to the end, terrified.

“Glenn! Listen to me! This is the Balazit girl’s trick! I’m being framed! Glenn……!”

Her nephew didn’t look back to the very end.

The desperate cry gradually faded away, and soon became completely inaudible.

“…….”

“…….”

After Mrs. Grace was taken away, there was a bitter silence and a sigh.

Even after a long time, Glenn didn’t move.

He just stood like a stone with his forehead and eyes covered in his hands.

Nadia, unable to see, stepped up and asked.

“Are you okay?”

“…I didn’t want to believe it until I saw it with my own eyes. I didn’t want to believe it until the end.”

Glenn never relied on his aunt, but she was still his father’s sister.

He thought she would only go as far as using the family’s fund for personal purposes, not to the point of pointing a knife to her own kind.

“Even when she tried to recruit a maid for you, or when she brought a fabricated letter to me and accused you… I thought there might be a mistake.”

“…….”

“I thought she didn’t lack anything in her life, but I don’t understand why she tried to kill her own family.”

“That’s what you’ll find out after you interrogate her. However… actually, we could make a guess.”

Giscard’s expression, listening to their conversation, turned puzzled. He opened his mouth and asked a question.

“Don’t tell me.… Did you two know beforehand that Mrs. Grace would pull something like this?”

“It’s called a trap investigation.”

Nadia replied.

“I don’t mean to cover for my father, but it’s not my father who tried to assassinate the late Marchioness. My father used to say this.”

“…….”

“ If I want to kill those two people, I wouldn’t make a mistake and leave one person alive, and isn’t it too obvious that it was an inside work murder attempt using a carriage accident… That’s what he said.”

“Oh, my God.”

Giscard’s expression turned stunned at the words.

He didn’t know whether he should be surprised that it was not Balazit who was behind the accident or whether he was surprised by the Duke’s personality.

“He knows how to kill enemies by disguising themselves as accidental deaths. He wouldn’t lie to me, his daughter, so it means there’s someone else behind the accident.”

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