Chapter 181.

“Ms. Penelope.”

The low voice calling me stopped climbing the stairs. Slowly turning around, each time stood the man who had called out to me.” Can I help you?”

“I want to talk to you for a while.”

“What about? I have no conversation to share with the Marquis.”

“In fact, I’m going to tell the Duke that the exclusive maid of the young lady who had testified that she knew nothing must have known about the incident.”

The unexpected intimidation caused me to look around with a frown. Luckily there was no one in the hall but him.

But.” Once is also something to touch.” Until the commissioning of the poison, if you go out from the damn game, you won’t see it twice, so you eat it in a convenient way. Woke up to see that he knew a little.

“Follow me please ……” I sighed as I trudged down the stairs.

Followed him out the back door of the mansion. There were many ears listening in the mansion. Users brainwashed by Iben might be a little afraid of where to hide …… So I dragged him to the middle of the backyard before I stopped.

“Now talk.”

Unknown purple flowers danced in the wind, giving off a fresh scent.

“Not long ago the yellow flowers seemed to be in full bloom …… Here, a man received a rather touching gift, making noise as if it were the day before yesterday, not realizing that everything had changed. Sponsored scenario, so is the man standing in front of him.” …… Why did you lie?”

While lost in thought, Winter spoke in a shadowy voice.

I gently raised my head to ask back.” What?”

“The poison the lady ate was different from the one entrusted to me.” What is it now, deciding to exploit it all in front of me? I didn’t know it would be asked so bluntly and calculatingly, and was momentarily alarmed. The venue was large enough that no one could hear us, but I frowned and whined.

“…… Regardless of what is said outside, this is a ducal palace, why are you so careless with your words?”

“Soundproofing magic was applied.”

“Great. Now go on.”

“At first, if Miss used the poison alone, someone″. The guy who was going to rush to give me an absolute with my permission suddenly stopped talking and corrected.

“…… worried about being shamed for trying to harm the returning Iben-sama.” Since even the soundproofing magic is hanging up, it’s as if it’s dry and revealing. Like a defense, he explained the reason why I didn’t come forward.

“That’s why you can’t go out hastily until the young lady wakes up.” Of course, he was beside himself, so no wonder he kept his mouth shut. It wasn’t the Marquis of Belldandy who made the deal with me, but an information dealer. Thanks to him keeping his mouth shut, I was able to easily say something like this.” I see.”

I unintentionally nodded. Winter asked the next question straight away.

“But no matter how I think about it, I don’t understand.”

“What is it?”

“I heard it was a farce. Why did you admit that. The maid the lady sought me out was not a dead maid, but someone else.”

“Did you do it?”

“Miss.” Pretending not to know, cocking her head, Winter’s face froze. Seeing if it was depressing for me to be less willing to engage in conversation, he spoke more directly than before.

“How about …… up with another poison. Then I’ll testify …….”

“Marquis.” I suddenly raised my hand to stop him.

“Please do one thing. Are you before me as the Marquis of Belldandy, or as Rain who made a deal with me.”

Winter’s mouth closed. Gazing into a pair of wobbly dark blue eyes, I skimmed my lips coldly.

“If you’re a Belldandy backstabber, that’s overly concerned. Thank you for your concern, but I’ll take care of my own.” “…… Miss Penelope.”

“If you’re the Rain I’m dealing with, stand in front of me.”

I paused and took a deep breath. And quickly, as he had hoped, broke into a grin.

“…… You suspected me too, didn’t you?” At the sudden change in tone, Winter’s eyes widened and he held his breath.” When I commissioned the poison through the maid, honestly, what were you thinking?”

“Wicked fake malignant males who want to poison the real males who come back.”

I said some of the thoughts he might have had and shrugged. Staring expressionlessly as he spoke.

“Even the insolence you committed last time was revealed to feel ridiculous, and just this once, you can do whatever you want and never want to do anything again.”

“So commissioned a poison with no antidote, but didn’t it in turn carry a manufactured antidote.” Wasn’t it expected that I would face this squarely. At that moment, Winter’s face twisted for a moment. It wasn’t much of an emotion, but it was worth seeing a handsome-looking face wrinkled up.

I didn’t know what answer he wanted to hear from me. Was it actually to hear about wanting to hurt Iben. Or was it that the person who used the other poisons wanted to find out who it was. But it was certain.

“…… Now to count and do what. What matters is that you never trusted me before, or even now. This is …….”

I raised one hand, leaned in close to him, and “pushed” his chest with my index finger. It didn’t exert much force, but he voluntarily stepped back, a step.

“The distance between us.” I glanced at the distance from him and coldly drew the line.

“Always a step away from you. We’re just that level of relationship, stay out of my business.”

Wynter gave a bit of a bewildered look. But he was a wise man, and I thought he would soon understand my words. But suddenly, when he grabbed my fingers that were pushing his chest away.

“…… Even if you predicted that you would poison someone, don’t you think you’re holding poison in your hand?”

Looking at him who was looking at me with red blood-filled eyes, I intuited that something had gone wrong.

“What ……”

“I’m the wizard who values life above all else.”

“My life’s mission is to prove that unlike Rilla who extorts the lives of others as power. But!”

“met you and threw away a lot of things I should have.” He spat inexplicable words at me in a boiling voice. The pressure on his fingers was quite strong. I frowned in agitation and tried to shake off his hand.

“If you make excuses, how about making them from yourself and not someone else, Marquis.”

“Ibn, the boy.”

But the tattoo didn’t move. Still clinging to me, he began to say something completely unexpected to me.

“The child who helped the people of the poor village before me.”

“…… That’s ……”

“The kind person who divides the lives of those who don’t have it and always looks out for others. Met me when I started preaching, helped me and showed me a lot of things.”

He rattled off the story of his first meeting with Iben and I was speechless. I laughed dryly at the sarcasm.

“So? You seem to be afraid of a kind child like that, afraid I’ll kill her …….”

“I’m afraid of that!” At that moment, Winter suddenly interrupted me loudly.

“The …… desperate you when she returned to the Duke. The you who knew nothing and gave me the secret!”

“The Duke’s own daughter returned, fearing that this money you used disappeared unnoticed!” Until now, blatantly talking to me is a joke, from the miserable twisted body, revealing my veiled face.

“Ignore the kid who got his childhood memories back. I knew to take him to the Duke’s house, but in the end I didn’t.”

“The kid who continued on in the poor village after I ignored him didn’t sleep a day after hearing about the attack by the farm family.”

“It’s as if he’s committed a crime he can’t wash away, and he has nightmares whenever he closes his eyes.” His face sank as if he were confessing his sins to God. Winter slowly lowered his head and placed my finger on my forehead. Then whispered in a pained voice.

“…… It’s ridiculous that the first person to worry about after getting the information that the Duke’s own daughter had returned was you.”

“After being commissioned, thought you might do something terrible ……”

“I wanted to be the antidote and hide the bad things you did no matter what.” After a passionate sweep. He asked me in a husky voice.

“…… Isn’t that trusting too?”

I was too stunned to speak at his unanticipated words.

“Ah,” came the low elasticity between open mouths. It’s only now that I realize what the situation is like. In normal mode it’s always the female lead, the kind and affectionate Winter Belldandy. But his kindness to me failed my faith.

I couldn’t believe it, even though I had my ear to the ground for his fervent confession. He who should have brought the heroine to Penelope’s bar mitzvah had long since ignored her. Precisely because of his feelings for me. Then the brainwashed Ikris brings in Ibn like this.