Chapter 107: CH 107

Daphne seemed to be the only one who thought of Lee Jong-woo.

He seems to be the only normal person in this crazy crazy world.

It didn’t make sense to cling to Gabriel or Cesare or Daphne.

I was overwhelmed with emotion.

Please don’t hurt Lee Jong-woo, get help from Lee Jong-woo!

By writing down these words and leaving the Revelation, he was not only praying for Gabriel, but also for Lee Jong-woo.

‘I will definitely repay this favor!’

Lee Jong-woo nodded his head vigorously.

“Of course, my friend. Daphne says I can help you. I was the one who helped write the book of Revelation.”

“How…. What’s the relationship between you and Daphne?”

“We used to know each other. Don’t ask me how we made it, my friend. Because there are some secrets in this world that can’t be revealed. There are things that can’t be explained in words, right? Just like how I met you!”

As always, Lee Jong-woo smiled mysteriously.

Even though he was tied to a rope, that smile didn’t disappear.

Gabriel rubbed his forehead.

Lee Jong-woo and Daphne. They were so much alike in the way they laughed and didn’t hide what they were really thinking.

“… I will release you.”

Gabriel muttered in a frustrated voice.

“What. Really? Aren’t you yelling at me to catch Daphne?”

“… Well.”

Gabriel put the book of Revelation down on the table. Daphne said this was the last time. Last chance for Gabriel.

Is it because of that?

It felt like the poison that had been filling Gabriel was draining away.

Gabriel sat down on the chair.

Maybe it’s because Lee Jong-woo didn’t betray Gabriel.

“Let the search for Daphne continue, butler.”

“Yes, I will pass the word.”

The butler bowed his head and left the room.

“I thought you were going to let her go?”

“Lee Jong-woo.”

“Yes, my friend.”

Lee Jong-woo answered with an obedient face.

You let me go unharmed like this, just tell me.

“Daphne told me to ask you for help, that you were a friend who would stand by me, as you confirmed in the letter.”

“Yes, that’s what it said.”

“… What do you think of me?”

Lee Jong-woo tilted his head.

Gabriel was a pretty crazy guy.

What he looks like is bright and beautiful, but what he is doing is different from his appearance.

I couldn’t answer that.

Lee Jong-woo laughed awkwardly.

“… I think you are good friends.”

“Lie.”

“Actually, yes. Haha I don’t think you’re really bad though, my friend. If you were a really bad guy, you would have killed me without even listening to me. Or killed Cesare.”

Gabriel licked his lips.

Come to think of it… He could have killed Cesare.

He was at the center of the case that attempted to assassinate the Crown Prince, so he could have pushed him to the end and executed Cesare.

But Gabriel had put that option out of his mind from the start.

Even if it was an opportunity to put Cesare away from Daphne’s side forever.

He was the second person who recognized the strengths of Gabriel, who was full of shortcomings.

“Help me, Lee Jong-woo.”

Gabriel reached out to Lee Jong-woo.

“So that I can become Emperor. Be my friend.”

Lee Jong-woo looked surprised.

It wasn’t just the original story that had changed. Gabriel had also changed.

“… Okay. Please release my hand first.”

Lee Jong-woo followed Gabriel’s lead and smiled lightly.

*****

I slept really well.

Yesterday I couldn’t sleep because I was busy escaping, and after coming to the mansion, I took a break, but I couldn’t sleep properly because of the joy of getting away.

And then I had a long night of sleeping. I was so drained that I passed out.

“Good afternoon, madam!”

Shannet called me and smiled brightly. It wasn’t just me and Cesare who was reunited.

But also Joseph and Shannet. Maybe she had a good time yesterday, Her face was beaming, as if she’d had a good time yesterday.

“Good afternoon, Shannet.”

“It looks like you slept well. The Duke is in his office. He said he’d like to have lunch with you when you wake up.”

“Uh. Then I should prepare quickly.”

There was no time to keep sleeping.

Although I was craving a vacation…

What’s more important now is to find a way to catch the tail-cutting lizard.

Cesare works so hard, but I can’t stand still. Once I got away from Gabriel….

Cesare seemed to want to finish what he had been working on.

‘There’s nothing wrong with putting a debt on the Crown Prince using this opportunity. I’ll never let him touch you again in the future.’

How reliable it was.

I fell asleep with an arm pillows on. In the arms of a man who will protect me.

And I had no intention of making Cesare alone suffer like that.

As for the Empress, I have her back. I have a letter from the Empress herself…

The Emperor has not forgotten the necklace I took.

Around my neck glittered the necklace Chezare had given me back.

I really came back to Cesare’s side.

Let’s get cleaned up and have lunch with Cesare.

So this is what newlyweds are like. I didn’t want to be separated for a second.

*****

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Cesare raised an eyebrow.

Joseph grinned.

“I wondered if an expression could change like this in just one day. Yesterday, when I went to see you, you seemed so helpless.” Cesare stared at Joseph.

However, it has been a long time since a strong camaraderie has developed between the two people who are going through a crisis together, so Joseph was not afraid with Cesare.

“But I can’t believe you’d use such a tactic, taking advantage of the crown prince’s acquaintance. Why didn’t you tell me that from the beginning…!”

“Because I didn’t plan it from the beginning. This is the first time I’ve realized that I’m the kind of person who can act so unprepared.”

Cesare shook his head slightly. A small smile hung on the corner of his lips.

Yesterday, when he’d agreed to go see Daphne, he’d had no plan at first, but then he remembered Lee Jong-woo.

The man who had come on Daphne’s errand.

And I remembered that Lee Jong-woo had a special relationship with Gabriel, and I wanted to use him.

It was the right impulse, as it resulted in getting Daphne out of the house.

To be honest, I didn’t think that Lee Jong-woo would be able to agree with my request so easily.

If it didn’t work out, I was going to threaten him.

“You did well though. Thank you so much for saving Shannet.”

Cesare coughed a little.

At first, I thought it would be better not to say that I was planning to leave Shannet behind.

“I thought that the Duke would only rescue Madam.”

Ugh.

It was the sound of conscience being stabbed.

“Of course, there’s no way that Madam would leave Shannet behind, but…”

Again.

Joseph seemed to be sitting here looking a thousand miles away.

Cesare flipped through the papers quickly to hide his amusement..

“Ah. Daphne has suggested a new possibility. That if we attack Count Peliard, the Marquis Gallard’s people might attack us as well.”

“You’re right, and he’d be the one to do it.”

Joseph nodded.

“She told me they could set a vineyard on fire. That’s something the Marquis Gallard could come up with.”

“… Fire. It doesn’t stop.”

The two must have been thinking of the same person at the same time.

Cesare said with a twisted smile.

“I’m thinking of giving away some of the vineyards and taking the Marquis Gallard’s head, what do you think?”

“… That’s a good thing. In fact, wasn’t it in a situation where we had to give what we caught to the Emperor? and taking some of his assets is never a bad thing. You have to pay for the hard work.”

“All right. Then go ahead with this, too. Keep a man standing at all times.”

“Yes. There’s nothing wrong with it.”

We discussed in detail how to weave the Marquis of Gallard.

To be precise, how to extort the estate of Marquis Gallard.

Cesare and Joseph, in particular, got along very well in this kind of work.

“Hm. But you can’t defeat the Empress with these things?”

“Daphne has an idea, but let’s wait and see. Just defeating the Marquis Gallard will do a great deal to the Empress.”

“That’s right, but…”

Then I heard that Daphne had woke up.

Cesare rose from his seat, happy to have lunch with Daphne.

Even though he had seen her sleeping until this morning, he still missed her.

And I have to attack Count Peliard tomorrow, so I’ll have to be with her today.

*****

“Try this, Cesare. It’s so delicious. You know how everything tastes so good today? Is it because I’m eating with Cesare?”

Cesare smiled at my words.

I don’t know when, but Cesare became a man who always smiled in front of me.

Actually, I don’t know if Cesare’s character has changed.

Yesterday, he had no hesitation about using and abandoning Lee Jong-woo.

Besides, he didn’t seem to feel any guilt about leaving Shannet behind.

He’s a bad guy who is only kind to me.

This is so bad, and yet so good.