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The purpose of their visit hadn’t ended with just implanting the dagger into Ortus’ heart.
Though Ortus was already thinking about driving away these rude and insulting visitors, he never said anything out loud.
He silently began tidying up his room, setting aside the remains of the floorboards that had been deeply scored during their brief skirmish and also lifted up the desk that had been tipped over. Through these actions, Ortus was making a blatant show of his displeasure.
“Allow me to help you,” Eugene offered, taking a step forward.
Ortus held up his hand to stop Eugene and said, “No, that’s fine, Sir Eugene. As you’re a guest, just sit there quietly.”
Although the emotions in his voice had been suppressed, as he looked up, Ortus’ eyes appeared dull and sunken, showing that he had yet to let go of his wounded emotions.
‘Indeed, it’s only natural,’ Eugene thought.
They had come looking for him of their own accord, struck him several times, knocked him to the ground, kept him subdued, and even stuck a magical dagger into his heart. Having only recently been subjected to such treatment, was it really possible for Ortus to have gotten over his anger in the short amount of time since then? If someone like that really existed, then Anise and Kristina should just hand over their title as the Saint to that person.
“By the way, Lord Ortus,” Carmen, who had been standing nearby, suddenly spoke up. Glancing at the papers lying strewn across a corner of the room, she continued, “When we entered, you were extremely focused on jotting something down… so what on earth were you writing?”
Ortus started, “Huh?”
“I’m talking about those papers over there,” Carmen gestured over to them.
This wasn’t just an idle question on Carmen’s part. When they had opened the door and entered the room, Ortus had indeed been writing down something on a piece of paper. Then, when Ortus had looked up to confirm their identities, he had reflexively covered the papers with his hand, trying to hide their contents.
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