I Unintentionally Cured the Grand Duke’s Insomnia - Chapter 92

46. — Mysterious disappearances (2)

Million, who had given me a smile, slowly straightened his bent waist as he gazed at my frozen expression. The expression on his face suddenly disappeared, and with an expressionless face, he brushed past me and walked out of the cafe.

Even when I heard the sound of the bell on the entrance door, I couldn’t move from my seat.

Sweat poured from my clenched hand as I gripped my dress anxiously.

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During the tea time that started with the Emperor’s lead, he chatted to himself the whole time. He even seemed somewhat excited, as if he were attending tea time for the first time.

“I guess it’s not a bad idea to enjoy tea time every now and then. Don’t you think so?”

Warren awkwardly raised the corners of his mouth in response to the Emperor’s question. Even though he had come to discuss matters with the Emperor about what had happened in the territory today, he had missed the timing due to the unexpected arrival of the Grand Duke.

He glanced at Cain, who was looking at the teacup in front of him as if he were about to break it.

Cain Destro.

The man before him wasn’t only the only Grand Duke in this country but also the hero who had saved the empire.

And he was well aware that he had recently been involved in a scandal with his daughter. Of course, he was seething with anger when he thought about how he had fallen in love with the child who had just barely gotten out of bed and started out into the world and whispered about marrying him.

‘…Well, no matter what, Lia still wants to be with us.’

Warren sipped the tea in front of him with a small sense of pride. Out of jealousy that his precious daughter was taken away by the man in front of him, his thoughts wandered off to another path, but only after drinking tea did they return to their original state.

His gaze once again turned towards Cain.

Could he really trust this man, who was known as the mad and cold-blooded Grand Duke?

Warren recalled Lina’s words, which commented that there might be something more between Lia and Cain that they didn’t know about. In truth, he hadn’t been able to tell his wife, but he thought that revealing all his cards to the man before him posed too many risks.

The fact that the location where the corpses of the first man were found was the same place where the Grand Duke had turned the tide of the war troubled him. Moreover, the coincidence of Adelia’s chronic illness, which seemed to be related to the current events, and the fact that the man who was involved with his daughter was right in front of him at this very moment.

What if… what if the Grand Duke was the one responsible for this situation? And that was why he was hovering around Adelia?

At the notion, Warren tucked the handkerchief containing the hair deep into his pocket.

He thought it would be better not to bring it up today after all.

Next time, if there came a moment when he could speak alone with the Emperor again, then…

Thud.

The teacup made a sound as it collided with the saucer.

As Warren, who had been lost in his thoughts, was startled by the sharp sound and raised his head, Cain placed a handkerchief on the table and opened his mouth as he narrowed his brows.

“Your Majesty, since it seems you have no intention of bringing up the topic, I’ll go first.”

“….”

“You may remember that you once told me about strange disappearances occurring north of the capital.”

“….”

“The incident where the hair of the missing people who were found dead had all turned white.”

…White hair?

His words caused Warren to furrow his brow. Startled, he hurriedly glanced at Cain, who had unfolded the handkerchief that had been neatly folded and placed on the table.

Inside the handkerchief was a single strand of snowy white hair, as white as snow.

“I found this hair on the hem of the robe of a man I saw wandering around the square of the Capital, Aren, not long ago.”

“….”

“It’s the same color as the missing people’s hair, which gives off a mysterious glow every time the sunlight shines on it.”

As Warren, who had been listening to him with a surprised expression, hurriedly rummaged through his pocket, Cain and Joan’s eyes darted to him as he fumbled to place the handkerchief on the table.

“Count Blaise?”

“M, my reason for wanting to see Your Majesty the Emperor today is the same.”

“….”

“This was found in the Blaise family’s territory, Retinem, located in the south of the Capital.”

When he finished, he quickly unfolded his handkerchief. Inside was a handful of white hair that appeared to have been cut with scissors.

“It’s clipping of some hair from a girl who went missing and was later found as a corpse.”

“….”

“According to the family, the child’s original hair color was pink.”

When he glanced at Cain, who was staring at the hair with a stern expression, his gaze, which had been fixed on the hair he had presented, had now shifted towards him. As their gazes met, Warren’s lifetime of intuition as a businessman gave him a sense of conviction… that the two of them shared the same thoughts.

Warren clenched his fist tightly under the table and stared at the Emperor.

“My daughter also had white hair due to a long-term illness until just a year ago.”

“My daughter’s hair, who had a long-term illness, had turned white around a year ago.”

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