[TKOSINM] 213 - Killer in Irene’s Room

In disobedience of the Emperor’s order to hide his body, the assassin secretly hid within the Grand Duchy. However, he could not return to the Knights Templar because Tom had already cracked down on the Knights. He would have been caught if he had sneaked in now.

He succeeded in sneaking into the Grand Duchess’ House but had nowhere to hide, so he accidentally found the place used as a warehouse. It was an excellent place to hide. So, he stayed there for a while and observed the behaviour of the Grand Duke and his wife.

Even though they were the Grand Ducal couple, he knew he would be caught immediately if he approached Noel for a certain amount of time, so he only looked at Irene, not Noel.

He thought of approaching her at the right time, but it was never easy for him to approach her. It was because she was never alone. 

She’s like that when she’s chasing. She sees when she goes back to doing her tea party.

 He was only looking for the right time, but he decided to aim when she returned for the party.

Not only was she missing the combat maid who always accompanied her, but Noel was also absent at the time.

As he rushed out of the storehouse, he stepped on a few flowers and aroused someone’s suspicion. He trampled all the flowers so as not to make them realise.

He made it look like the act committed by a man with a grudge against the Grand Duchess’s wife.

Then he hid near the tea party. However...

Why did you appear again!

He couldn’t stand it anymore. Noel appeared again. Noel caught the assassin, so he had to watch the couple’s affectionate behaviour from far away.

So he followed the two to the room, and the opportunity came.

Noel had left her sleeping. Knowing that if he missed this moment, he would never have another chance, the assassin lowered his posture like a predator and looked only at the enemy.

The sun went down, and the surroundings were completely quiet. She had a curtain hung over her window, so the situation inside was unbeknownst to him, but Noel did not come back, and she didn’t leave. Thus he could be sure she was still asleep.

When the surroundings finally became completely silent, the assassin held his breath and broke into the room through the terrace. Knowing that a combat maid was guarding the door, he became even more stealthy.

You’re sleeping without an ounce of wariness to the world.

Looking at her quilt curled up on the bed, the assassin pulled out a dagger from his arms. He was going to pierce her heart at once.

One step, two steps. Finally, he reached right next to the bed, and after measuring the position of her heart, he raised his dagger.

And the moment he was about to strike.

‘Whoosh.’

“Argh!”

A sharp sound came forth. The assassin’s scream echoed. Immediately, the room was illuminated, and the assassin’s eyes widened.

“Louiselle, are you okay?”

Irene, who had been hiding in the bathroom, ran out and asked about Louiselle’s well-being. After lightly subduing the assassin with one hand, Louiselle, who took the dagger and threw it backwards, nodded.

“Yes. I’m fine.” 

“Hey, what the hell is this!”

The assassin, whose arms were suppressed, shouted. He thought it would be the Grand Duchess, so he took off the quilt, but suddenly a large body rushed at him. In an instant, he was tied up.

Did you notice my existence from the beginning…!

The assassin clenched his teeth. He thought that only the Grand Duke would be this vigilant, but he did not know that such a powerful person would be around.

It’s a failure.

For the assassin, failure meant death. The assassin pulled out poison he had prepared between his gums with his tongue. And the moment he was about to chew.

“Ugh!”

“Louiselle!”

Louiselle, upon noticing the assassin’s attempt at suicide, quickly stretched out her opposite arm to block the assassin’s mouth. Thanks to this, the assassin could not chew the poison, and Irene, who was a distance away so as not to interfere, was surprised and ran to them with a pillow.

After thrusting a pillow through the gap in his open mouth, Irene looked at Louiselle’s arm. Fortunately, she was wearing armour and was not injured.

“Are you okay? Aren’t you hurt?”

 “I’m fine. Rather, this guy’s teeth must have come out.”

As Louiselle said, the assassin’s teeth were shaken by his forceful biting on her armour. 

Irene was relieved at the sight.

‘Clang.’

The door opened, and Noel, with an urgent expression, came in. He looked at the condition in the room and let out a short breath. He had just finished grasping the situation. Louiselle turned to Noel.

“Young Madame is safe.”