Karion stared into Reynard’s eyes, then turned his gaze to Yurina.

“I was worried because your complexion didn’t look good earlier. Are you okay now?”

“Everything is okay…”

“Thank you for your concern, but the gentleman doesn’t need to care. I’ll take care of my partner, so why don’t you go check on young lady De Flon?

Perhaps he didn’t even get the hint, so Karion stubbornly continued to stare at Yurina without even thinking of leaving.

“I would like to have a little talk with Lady Carthia.”

“You have nothing to talk about, so please, that’s enough.”

“It’s not for the gentleman to decide, but for Lady Carthia.”

“My partner thinks so. Is that right, Yurina?”

In Reynard’s opinion, it was right to reject Karion’s offer. But Yurina couldn’t refuse so quickly. There were many things she wanted to ask him, for now she knew that the suspicious man she met during the hunting competition was ‘Karion’.

‘Did you say you saw me somewhere?’

At the time she thought it was the most banal way in the world to meet a beautiful girl.

When he used space separation magic to say he wanted to have a conversation with just the two of them, and ran away after hearing that she was Yurina Carthia, she obviously thought it was strange and told Sir Aaron to pursue her.

However, if she thought it was the action of ‘Karion’ of the De Flon family, she couldn’t just let it go.

‘Why did you even run away?’

If the incitement of Marquis De Flon had fallen into fertile soil, and Karion came upon her with the intention of taking her life, then there was no point in running away.

There were only two of them, and in a separate space without anyone interfering. If he wanted to kill her, he would have done it a thousand times.

‘In other words, you could have killed me back then.’

Her shoulders trembled at the thought of something she had never thought of before.

It was strange that he was so surprised and ran away only after finding out that she was Yurina Carthia. But finally she was unsettled by the fact that her counterpart was Karion, her killer from the original plot.

Why did he act like this towards Yurina, who was nothing but a villainess in the original story?

And what’s more, why was he crying while looking at Yurina?

‘I don’t understand why you want to keep talking even though you know I’m from Carthia House.’

Both Lydia and Karion, why were the two so eager to get close to her?

Just as a tangled ball of thread gets more tangled the more you try to unravel it, there were so many unanswered questions that the more she tried to find an answer, the more complicated her mind becames.

As Yurina’s silence got longer, Reynard’s face stiffened slightly.

“Yurina?”

“I’m sorry, but like my partner said, I have no reason to talk to a gentleman. I want to spend time with my partner.”

But now was not the time. She had a lot of questions, but she couldn’t act hastily. It won’t be too late to talk with Reynard a little more, organize her thoughts, and then take action.

“But…”

“What kind of tone is it to impose on someone who doesn’t want it? I hope you understand that the actions of a gentleman serve as the face of his entire family. We already demolished your rudeness once. If you don’t want to make things worse, leave.”

“I apologize if I caused discomfort. However, my lady was very worried about you, because you disappeared in a hurry. Do you have something to tell her?”

“Lady?”

“Lydia De Flon… My lady.”

“Ah…”

Yurina remembered Lydia, who was overly friendly, and then remembered both her hasty departure and her being on the verge of passing out.

“It was hot in the hall, so my head was spinning. I’m fine now, can you tell her not to worry and thank her for worrying?”

“Yes.”

After these words, Karion turned around and left.

Yurina calmly watched Karion’s retreating back. Although Karion immediately bowed, he kept looking back halfway. Whenever their eyes met, Yurina avoided his eyes.

‘Why is he doing this?’

Like Lydia, is this all acting? Showing interest in her, trying to get close to her. They do all this at the behest of the Marquis.

If so, then it makes no sense.

However, Yurina couldn’t shake off the uneasy feeling. A scene flashed before her eyes of this guy crying next to her during the tournament.

“Yurina.”

Raynard watched her silently all this time and suddenly grabbed her cheeks. Yurina turned her head as he led her and met his red eyes.

“I’m here.”

“Huh?”

When she frowned at his sudden remark, Raynard leaned over and looked into her eyes.

“I’m here, so who the hell are you looking at?”

“Ah…”

“Don’t look elsewhere.”

He growled like an angry cat. The hand holding her cheek was careful, as if he was afraid to hurt her, but his eyes burned with irritation.

“Have you forgotten?”

“What?”

“Only I can save you, but also kill you. So stay with me.”