After today's situation, Ayla's current goal was to survive in the Royal Palace without being noticed, as much as possible.
In order to do that, it would be wise not to do anything that could cause problems.
However, Lily, completely unaware of Ayla's feelings, seemed to be thinking of continuing to call her Young Lady.
"Well Miss Lily."
"Yes?"
"About calling me Young Lady"
Knock knock
At the moment Ayla was trying to correct her title, she heard someone knocking on the door.
"Young Lady!! Someone is here. I will see who it is!"
As she heard a knock on the door, Lily jumped up like a spring, with a loud voice.
Seeing Lily like that, Ayla thought that she would have no problem doing her work if she kept it that way.
When Lily opened the door, Rose was standing there, with a flushed look on her face.
At the same time, a calm but sharp voice spread throughout the room.
"Young Lady, who?"
***
The three-story mansion, with a splendid exterior, stood out compared to other houses.
It may have been more so because, although it was late night and was dark all over, the lights inside the mansion were still not turned off.
Tick tock, tick tock
The clock's hands were pointing to 3 a.m.
A beam of light leaked through the open door at the end of the dark mansion.
The room was full of all kinds of rare books and interesting things.
On the desk placed in the center of the study, various documents and letters were scattered all over.
As if something wasn't going well, Louis muttered to himself, looking at the papers on the desk.
"Something is weird"
Louis tapped his finger on the desk a few times and took off his glasses. Then, he changed his posture and leaned back, comfortably.
"Mattel, are you there?"
"What can I do for you? Young Master."
At Louis' call, an old gentleman came in.
Mattel's face, who has worked here since before Louis was born, tells of the past.
Neatly wearing a black suit, the old gentleman's appearance seemed to represent his neat and honest side.
"The tea has cooled down a lot. I'm sorry, but could you give me some more warm water?"
"It's late at night. Young Master. Why don't you stop now and go to bed?"
"Ah It's already this late."
Mattel's expression, looking at Louis, was full of worry.
He had been taking care of him since he was young, so, even as an adult, Louis still looked like a child in Mattel's eyes.
Mattel was distressed about what was going on with Louis, who could not sleep well for days and went to the study every time he woke up.
"You haven't been sleeping for a few days already. This old man is worried that the Young Master will lose his vitality."
"I will go to bed soon, so don't worry too much."
"I will go and prepare the tea."
After confirming that Mattel had left, Louis took a deep sigh and loosened the tie he was wearing.
Since Ayla entered the palace, he was striving to investigate the case involving Count Serdian.
However, the more he looked into it, there was precisely one thing that wasn't clear.
It was that the course of the incident was so perfect.
It is as if it flows according to a script written by someone.
The size of the slush fund raised by the Count was more than he had imagined.
Despite that, apart from Count Serdian, not many people were involved in this incident.
Even if there were, they were only a few low-ranking officials from unknown families, so it was natural to be suspicious.
Even though he was a Count at the center of the financial affairs of the Stellen Kingdom, it was difficult to steal a treasury of this size without anyone's help.
Of course, if we are talking about Jaden Serdian, it is not impossible.
The image of the Count, who always smiled nicely at him, was pictured in Louis' head.
Unlike Louis' father, who was blinded by power and greed and drove his children to a dangerous situation, he could not believe that the Stellen Kingdom, Countess Catherine, and the Count, who always put Ayla before everything, had done this.
With his head full of unanswered questions, Louis slowly grabbed his forehead.