NOVEL NEXT Chapter 217.1
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Rush-
Margaret hurriedly opened the window and leaned out.
“Even the swift Nigel can get caught before she escapes?”
Margaret turned her head.
No, what Nigel saw was Leticia, who was pointing a rifle at her.
And behind such Leticia, Cedric stood silently.
“Let me correct you. It’s not a triple role, but a quadruple role.”
“…”
“This time you have four identities. Maid Misa, knight Vince for escort, and… my new maid, Margaret. But in reality, the prison escapee, Nigel.”
Leticia spoke softly. A wry smile spread across Margaret, or rather Nigel’s face.
Nigel placed a hand under her chin. And with a ‘whish’ sound, a mask fell off. The face revealed was none other than the wanted Nigel, the same one from her dreams.
“Ha, I didn’t expect to be caught so quickly.”
“Isn’t that line too cliche?” Leticia said.
“How did you recognize me?”
Nigel asked sharply.
“If the tomb of Kondan was discovered, would a greedy person like you stay quiet? You probably wanted to take revenge on me with the weapons found in the Kondan’s tomb.”
“Indeed, the illustrious princess is different, ha!”
Nigel curled her lips as she spoke.
“I’ll tell you again, the legacy of Kondan’s tomb is mine. Only I am the disciple of Siebel.”
“Okay.”
Leticia spoke indifferently, still pointing her rifle.
“…What?”
“You can have it all if you can take it from the tomb of Kondan.”
“Are you, damn it, making fun of me now?”
Nigel’s tone quickly turned crass.
“You’re not as smart as I thought.”
Leticia clicked her tongue.
“Didn’t I say? ‘If you can take it from the Tomb of Kondan.'”
“…”
At that moment, a look of disbelief flitted across Nigel’s face.
“How stupid.”
Leticia said.
“It wasn’t you who set the trap.”
Leticia had her finger on the trigger of the gun.
“It was me.”
“…”
“Did you really believe that Kondan’s tomb was discovered?”
Leticia smiled slyly.
“Of course, it was a trap to catch you. The discovered tomb was a fake.”
‘Yes, this was all a trap to capture Nigel.’
A long time ago, there was an ancient tomb.
But it was an insignificant place, so it was buried without proper excavation.
Leticia prepared a ‘rumor’ meticulously through the Information Guild’s leader Kien.
The rumor was about an ancient tomb in the mountains, believed to be that of the ancient white wizard Kondan.
‘And Nigel couldn’t resist such a rumor.’
Looking back, the operation can be summed up in one word…
‘Perfect.’
Because Nigel fell for it so easily.
“To catch a beast, set a trap. That’s what Siebel taught. We both learned ‘crime’ from the same person, didn’t we?”
Leticia shrugged.
“You’re not Siebel’s disciple! You rotten, trashy traitor!”
“Yep, you’re right.”
Leticia said.
“I don’t care about Siebel or being the successor to such a criminal, ‘but’.”
“…”
“How is it? You didn’t become his disciple not because you didn’t want to, but because you ‘couldn’t’. I always thought Siebel didn’t like you,” Leticia said.
Nigel’s face was full of terrible rage.
“Tsk.”
Leticia clicked her tongue.
“But I’ll give you credit for one thing. Sending me the bronze beads and a letter with an unbelievable story. My goodness, a chilling ghost story. A story about being served alcohol by ghosts inside the tomb.”
‘Yes, Nigel sent me the bronze beads and a letter.’
Of course, the entire story was a lie.
Leticia added:
“Your fainting act was quite something.”
“Ha- damn you.”
Then, Nigel, as if recovering from the shock, barely managed a smile again.
“It seems you can still smile even with a messed-up face.”
Then, Nigel fumbled for something inside her jacket.
“Baal!” Leticia shouted.
Boom! The small bomb that had been previously set up in the maid’s room exploded.
“Just you wait. One day I’ll trample on you from head to toe.”
And then Nigel, cat-like, slid her body out of the window.
“Cough, cough!”
Leticia, curled up on the floor, managed to rise.
Cedric was enveloping Leticia with his whole body.
“Are you okay, Leticia?”
“Yes. We need to check if there’s anyone else injured.”
When Leticia flicked her finger, Baal looked around.
“Fortunately, it seems no one else got hurt.”
Leticia sighed and turned to the window.
Seeing the scene outside the window, a natural smile formed on Leticia’s lips.