CH 106

“Come in~”

At the sound of a knock that came at the right time, I turned my head while shouting happily.

Leona and Arsene also turned their attention away from each other and looked at the door.

“Lady, Young Master. The Lord is looking for you.”

The servant who opened the door and entered, bowed deeply to him and said,

“Father? ah!”

It was only then that I remembered Kendrick asking me to talk after dinner.

“Eung, I will go now. Let’s go, Arsene.” 

“Yeah, let’s go. Leona Fernando, you stay here.” 

Arsene gave Leona a mean look and said.

Every time he laughed, his sharp fangs protruded. 

“What? I’m coming, too! I’m going to talk to him, too!”

Leona didn’t like being left alone in her room, so she jumped up after us.

Seeing Leona like that, the servant looked very troubled.

“It’s not possible. The Lord told me to come only with the Lady and the Young Master…” 

“Yes, Leon. We’ll be back soon.”

“Well, I think it’ll take a long time.”

“Arsene, why are you being childish?”

When I criticized him, Arsene made an unfair look.

It seemed quite unfair to have a fight with Leona just now.

“Can I go too? I’ll just eavesdrop outside the door…”

“Don’t you know that eavesdropping is a problem?”

“Be quiet, Arsene.”

Leona growled again. Arsene also growled at Leona without losing.

I watched the two children’s growls and shook my head.

‘They’re going to shapeshift soon.’

It’s because they make wolf and lion cries so well even when they’re not in their beast form.

At Leona’s complaint, only the attendant who had come to pick us up had a puzzled look.

Then, 

Betty appeared from behind the attendant.

“No, Lady Leona. He only called the Lady and the Young Master. Instead, I will play with you.”

Betty smiled sweetly and stretched out her arm towards Leona.

Leona nodded her head with a bitter expression.

“Betty!”

“Come on, Lady~”

Leona hugged Betty tightly and looked at me with her resentful eyes.

‘Ugh.’

If she looks at me with those eyes, my heart will be weak.

But this wasn’t a problem that I could solve if my heart was weak, so I took Arsene’s hand and said.

“I’ll be right back, Leon. Let’s go, Arsene.”

“Mmhm, you stay here.” 

Arsene fought Leona until the very end and then grabbed my hand tightly.

Then Arsene and I ran past the attendants and made our way to Kendrick’s office.

I walked faster when I thought about Kendrick, who would be waiting.

He was arguing with Leona, so they’re running late. 

“Come quickly, Arsene!”

As I jumped up, Arsene frowned and followed me.

“Don’t run, what are you going to do if you fall?”

“You sound like an adult…” 

I glanced at Arsene, held Arsene’s hand, and walked slowly again.

It wasn’t long before we arrived at the door of Kendrick’s office.

Knock, knock.

As I knocked, I heard Kendrick’s voice from inside.

“Come in.”

Without hesitation, I grabbed the doorknob and turned it.

Previously, the doorknob was a bit high, so I had to lift the tip to open the door.

Now that I’m a little bigger, I don’t have to lift my toes when I grab the doorknob and turn it.

“Did you call~?”

“Did you call?”

When I slightly bowed my head and greeted him, Arsene followed.

Kendrick was sitting at his wooden desk in the office, and then he stood up.

“Yeah, you said you have something to say.” 

Kendrick sat down on the sofa accustomed to it, and pointed slightly at the sofa as if inviting us to sit on it too.

I quickly sat down on the sofa with Arsene and nodded.

“Yes, I have something to say. Many things happened while father was away.”

“That’s right, some really weird things happened while Dad was gone.”

Arsene nodded as if agreeing with me.

Upon hearing our words, Kendrick’s eyes narrowed for an instant.

“Strange thing?”

“Yes, Arsene. Take it out.”

“That? What?” 

“No, you know what the shadow wolf brought.”

A piece of hood believed to be worn by the criminal who fled the theater.

However, Arsene frowned as if pondering for a moment,

“Ah, right. I forgot. Ethan is keeping it.”

“What? You should have brought it earlier.”

Arsene said, shrugging his shoulders shamelessly.

“Dad called me so suddenly that I couldn’t help it.”

“What…” 

“Then call Ethan.”

Kendrick put an end to the situation.

He rang the bell and called for Ethan, and Ethan came to the door soon after.

“Did you call, Lord?” 

“Yes, I heard you keep Arsene’s things, Ethan.”

“Young Master’s thing? Oh, you mean that piece of clothing? Of course I keep it well.”

Ethan returned shortly after, carrying a torn piece of clothing wrapped in blue velvet.

“Are you looking for this?”

“Yeah, this is it. Thanks, Ethan.”

Arsene nodded, Ethan put the piece of clothing on the table and left the room.

Kendrick glanced at the scraps of clothing Ethan had left behind.

Arsene and I looked at each other’s faces at the same time.

‘I will tell him?’

‘Mmh, tell him.’

Arsene passed it on to me. I nodded, then turned my gaze to Kendrick.

“Not long ago, you allowed me to go out to see a play.”

“Yes, was the play fun?”

“That’s… Actually, I haven’t seen all of them. There was an accident in the middle of the play.”

“Accident?” 

Kendrick asked.

I blinked my eyelids and opened my mouth.

“Yes, in the middle of the play, the light in the theater went out and the set collapsed.”  

“It was a mess.”

Kendrick nodded his head.

“Yeah, I received a report from the Shadow Knights. Are you hurt?”

“Yes, I’m not hurt anywhere…” 

I pondered for a moment.

Would it be better to start by talking about the broken necklace or the clothes the Shadow Wolf tore?

‘As expected, I’d better talk about clothes first.’

I’m not delaying it because I’m afraid of being scolded.

I soon made up my mind, pointing to the torn clothes and saying.

“Arsene said he saw someone behind the stage before the stage collapsed. So I asked the Shadow Wolf to bite…” 

“But?” 

“It failed. It just came back with this.”

Arsene said with a grim expression, pointing to the torn piece of clothing.

“The Shadow Wolf missed its target?”

There was a hint of doubt in Kendrick’s voice.

Even so, no one could have imagined that Arsene’s shadow wolf would miss its target.

Because Arsene’s shadow wolf was that good.

Three years ago, when he first manifested his ability, he only had to ask for a couple of biscuits.

‘It’s different now.’

The Shadow Wolf didn’t miss the target it had set once, and even would readily ask for an adult man.

Until now, Arsene’s Shadow Wolf had never missed its target.

Except for getting scolded and stopped by Chloe for trying to steal a basket of biscuits—.

But Arsene’s shadow wolf missed its target,

Kendrick seemed quite shocked.

“Arsene, you know it’s not your lack of ability.”

Kendrick was first to comfort Arsene, who seemed depressed at first.

He seemed worried that Arsene would blame him for this.

Arsene nodded his head.

“Eung, I know.”

“And I want to tell you something about these clothes… It’s exactly the same as the person I mentioned before.”

“The person you said was watching you and wearing a black hood.”

“Yes, I haven’t seen it lately… is he back?” 

When I asked cautiously, Kendrick looked at the torn piece of clothing for a while before opening his mouth.

“Maybe it is. Bad timing.”

He narrowed his brows as if thinking about something.

“I will investigate first. Linsy, Arsene, you’d better stay inside the mansion for the time being. The atmosphere of the beastmen society is not good.” 

“The atmosphere? What happened?”

“Yes, the Giles flower has been found.”

Kendrick pursed his lips for a moment, as if to say something more, then finally closed his mouth.

“So everyone is nervous. Now that I know Giles flowers grow outside of Tamar, I don’t know where else they might grow. We don’t even know how far it has spread in the beasts’ territory.”

Kendrick’s expression was very serious when he said that, so Arsene and I nodded.

“So it would be better to stay inside the mansion for the time being. If you’re bored, ride a small boat with Leona. Or you could ride and play with Hector.”

“Yes, I will.”

“Okay.” 

Arsene and I answered calmly.

Then, Arsene poked me with his elbow.

‘Eung?’

As I turned to Arsene, Arsene glanced at the pockets and whispered. 

‘You, that thing. You have to say that.’

That thing? 

Ah, right! 

Only then did I notice the existence of a broken necklace in my front pocket.