If I Disobey the Duke - Chapter 120
Chapter 120 Cut (1)
The two serfs put their hands together and prayed like the dead who wore brought to tho underworld.
A precious person would not have easily soon the duchess in their lifetime. She, herself, camo down to judge them. Being so afraid that your intestines felt like they wore tightening and you would rather choose death?
Lily know that fooling all too well.
Tho life they faced was the life she had ono day, long ago. When sho was very young, sho wasn’t oven half their height now.
“…Heads up. Wako up.”
The two serfs, presuming to havo hoard a hallucination, reluctantly disregarded tho orders. Valks punched the wall with his hammer-like fist.
“Heuk! Yes, yes, wc apologize. Sir.” The serfs rose like chickens struck by lightning.
Among them, a prosthetic log that took tho placo of one of tho tallcds logs pressed against tho floor. LilVs breath trembled.
Tho faces of tho two serfs wore also a moss. It was as if they had boon boatcn several times with fists. Lips and chocks wore all chapped.
“Is it truc that tho interrogation hasn’t oven started yet? Gosh.”
“That’s right. The plan was to conduct the interrogation face-to-face first.”
“Arc you saying tho soldiers didn’t boat thoso people?”
“…Tho soldiers said they just came in. Thoro would be no timo for that.”
It meant that oven if they wore a little late, no onc know what was going to happen to thorn.
No matter how fair people proclaim to be, they arc living a slave’s life anyway. It was natural that something unfortunate would happen to them.
“For now, take those people somewhorc else. A little bettor than hero… A comfortable place.”
Tho serfs looked at cach other in disbelief.
Lilys whole body throbbed at the sensation sho had nover felt before. Anger. An unfamiliar fooling pierced hor gut.
Did ho hit them with a shovel or pickaxe? How dare they assault hor brother with a weapon?
It was a situation that could bo oasily deduced.
Boforc the foolish serfs had finished grasping their situation, sho turned towards her door, where sho had come in.
After taking a fow stops, sho stood tall, breathing deeply until she could calmly face the others again.
As sho narrowed her distance, it was tho two serfs who wore most bewildered.
Do I havo to bow my head again? Should I knocl down?
“1„. Instead, I apologize.”
“Heuk..”
She was suffocating in many ways.
Tho lady who mot them shone so bright that it was difficult to oven look at her. Hor silver hair, slightly wet from tho rain, glistened in tho light of the torch.
Groen eyes as clear as spring. Sho was like refreshing snow that was still clean oven after pouring muddy water on it.
The two serfs naturally lowcrcd their eyes.
“You people who arc under my protection, havo boon harmed bccausc of mc„. I’m sorry.” Lily clasped hor hands politely. Hor low, elegant voice seemed to illuminato tho dark stone room.
“M- madam.”
Hans and Valks wore equally perplexed. No nobleman apologized to tho commoners.
Especially to serfs.
It was not a crime to pass by and boat onc to death. Tho world was like that.
Like the lord, their hostess was also flipping over such sensibilities and throwing them away.
She instructed Hans to treat the serfs fairly and to have their injuries treated.
“So that tho citizens arc not unreasonably harmed. Please manage it with care.”
Hans bowed his head lightly. “l will take your orders, Madam.”
As shc turned ho r head, the serfs bowed their waists, their foreheads nearly touching their knocs. “Thank you. Madam. Wc will novo r, nover forgot this grace!”
Tho memory of receiving an unexpcctcd respect for life in an unexpected placo did not disappear easily.
Lily didn’t even know how sho felt. She smiled rothcr uncomfortably. “Of course, it is something wc should do. Of course: she trailed off quietly and quickly loft the room.
Valks strode after her. Tho sound of heels echoed in tho dark, arched hallway.
“Where is tho interrogation room, Valks?”
“Please return to tho castle, Madam.”
There was a silence that was heavy enough to bc filled with the sound of flashing torches.
“As long as the lord is absent. You may not know, but I am the loader of tho city. My orders arc those of tho lord.”
Valks lot out a harsh sigh.
This slender woman was instinctively realizing how much power sho had.
“So now. guide mo.”
Vaiks spokc no more. Ho had no authority to stop her.
The second inte rragation room had the same design as the space whcrc the serfs were.
Although it was tho same stone room, the floor was oven and clean as if it had boon laid with stone tiles, lot alone the iron bars.
“Hello, doar sister.”
It was Rocus wearing loather pants, a shirt, and a loather vest.
Ho supported tho back of his head, loaned back on the spacious choir. His majestic body looked oven stronger.
Their reunion was odd.
Sho was filled with thc confidence that ho would come to hor today. tomorrow, anytime, ho wanted.
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