TVRTH [Book 2]

Chapter 227

Self-destruction, Part VII

Translator: Khan

Editor Group: Liber Reverie

Since there was no reason to remain, there was a positive expression on Carin's face, too. Chloe, watching it, held out his hand to her, as if he were considering her to grab his hand and to get up.

As it had not been a long time after her divorce, she did not grab his hand easily with hesitation. Somehow, she was wary of Aria.

'How can I object as he reaches out to my mother with a friendly face?' When Aria got up and pretended not to know and to trim her dress, and then Carin stood up, taking Chloe's hand.

Aria was about to leave the execution square, but Mielle, who was taken by the knights' strong hands and dragged to the prisoner's wagon, shouted in a hurry,

"Uh, sister! Sister! You must take me, too!"

It was because Aria had not mentioned anything. Mielle needed Aria's help as she could go out of prison when she was accompanied by the petitioner who had submitted the petition.

At the urgent voice, Aria slowly turned her head. She looked surprised as if she hadn't thought about it.

"Mielle."

"Sister!" said Mielle, as if excited to hear her name, and she seemed to think that she could get away from this terrible hell. But unlike Mielle's expectations, Aria could not get her out.

"I'm sorry. I'm not the one who filed the petition."

"... yes?"

Mielle stiffened at that, and she looked asking what she meant.

What if it wasn't Aria who submitted the petition? Whether it was unexpected for Carin, Lohan, and Asher who was a little further away, all looked forward to Aria's next words.

"Of course, it was me who asked to write it, but... I didn't have time to write it myself, so she sent the petition under her name because I didn't write it. So you'll have to ask her, not me."

'She? Who the hell is that?' With the nervous look, Mielle asked, and Aria smiled softly and answered, "I'll tell her to pick you up as soon as I get back, and don't worry."

But Mielle's anxiety was aggravated when Aria said that she had to wait for a moment instead of giving the exact name. 'Who the hell is she?' She was about to ask again, but Cain, who was next to her, asked something else earlier.

"I heard that my father was a widower. What the hell happened?"

He seemed to mind the strange explanation to the Count all along. They wouldn't use the word widower to a man with a wife. He asked Aria, but the answer was replaced by Carin.

"That's a foolish question, Cain. You know that your family lost the property as well as the title, because of you. If I hadn't divorced him, your whole family would have been the street tramps, instead of arranging a lawyer to you."

"...!"

"Didn't you see other sinners die without a lawyer? Reflect on your behavior before you worry about the Count."

He didn't know that it was the result of divorce, and Cain, who had been shocked and speechless for a while, asked again,

"... then, what happened to our father now? Are you only divorced in form, and are you with him?"

Cain asked so as if he wanted that, but Carin responded with a little displeasure as if she had heard some nonsense.

"How can a man and a woman who are not married live together?"