Obviously, It’s My Child - Chapter 95

Chapter 95

Translator: Effe

Editor: Yonnee

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Based on just what they did to Claire, those who were here now would still be able to get away. However, if all the accomplices and business partners would be caught, the ledgers would be needed.

The most obvious thing was always the movement of money.

‘The reason I turned a blind eye to the matter about covering for the Schneider County was because I thought it was something the Countess committed by obtaining the drugs from somewhere.’

Erich probably never thought that the Countess was directly connected to a criminal organization.

“Sir Maximillian, open the box in the warehouse below and secure anything that could serve as evidence.”

Claire said as she opened the desk drawer, took out all the papers she could find, and read them all at once.

Under her hands, the documents she had already read were sorted in an instant and piled up in front of her.

And Claire discovered something unexpected.

Most of the names written in the ledger were of the Arren nobility. And when looking at the list of employees of the industrial complex built in Arren, there would be more names of the Rommel nobility mixed there than in this one.

The noises outside started getting closer before she could fully understand what this meant. Realizing that they cannot put out the fire without the help of the fire department, the members of the organization came to destroy the evidence.

Claire grabbed the most important ledger and shouted.

“Let’s get out now!”

Lina hurriedly went down the ladder at Claire’s shout. Then Claire went down, and Maximillian was the last to jump after overturning all the furniture for the last time.

Lina opened the door to the secret passage. Maximilian said as he pushed the box around the open ceiling door,

“Please go in. I will stand behind you.”

“Thank you. And I’m sorry.”

Claire lowered her head. She was apologizing for what she thought was a ruckus when she said she needed security.

Maximilian smiled.

“It’s nothing. Go quickly. Mister Carson would have called for backup.”

Shouts could be heard from those who saw the office in disarray.

“Catch the intruder!”

“Don’t let them live!”

Claire held Lina’s hand and jumped into the secret passage.

Bang!

A loud gunshot came from behind. She was worried for Maximillian, but now was not the time to think.

She ran like crazy.

* * *

That evening, Erich was reading a storybook to Elliot.

“So the dog and the crane had a delicious dinner together.”

“That’s strange.”

Instead of falling asleep, Elliot opened his eyes again and spoke.

“Our Barley chases every bird it sees. Uncle Wilson’s dog usually chases birds.”

“…….”

“If Barley doesn’t chase the birds, he’s either lazy or sick enough to not want to play, so I told Barley not to chase the bird. But why would he eat with the crane?”

Erich had thought that Elliot had little resemblance with Claire.

The face certainly didn’t look much alike, and his personality was much more innocent and straightforward than Claire’s. Maybe it’s because he was still young.

But one thing’s for sure—they resembled each other in their cleverness. She didn’t contribute anything to the birth of this child, and he wasn’t officially registered to the family yet, but this thought process of his was like a shrewd hedgehog’s.

‘This looks similar.’

To reinterpret all incoming information to accept it.

Should he send Elliot to graduate school once he’s all grown up? Claire quit her studies midway, saying that the required liberal arts at the academy were enough, but a child like this must be allowed to study.

That was a close-knot point of view, but Erich had yet to reveal it and bother the people around him.

“Because this is a fairy tale.”

“Does this mean that fairy tales are lies?”

As expected, they resembled each other.

Erich, who was not confident that he could explain to the child that fairy tales were metaphors for human history, changed the subject instead.

“By the way, is Barley the name of the dog kept at Delford mansion?”

“Yes!”

Elliot answered, jumping up from his arms.

“He’s reallyreallyreallyreally cute! He’s one year older than me!”

“I see.”

“But it’s a white puppy, and Aunt named it Barley! I think it’s better to call him Flour.”

Erich didn’t dislike such stories either. It was interesting to hear details about Claire’s past that she rarely talks about.

It was then that the door opened without knocking.

“Uncle Pavel?”

Elliot widened his eyes. Erich did not scold Pavel. Because Pavel’s face was so serious.

“Your Grace, Mister Carson would like to see you due to an urgent matter.”

Erich jumped up.

He knew that Claire had gone out with Roger this evening. He was not at all happy about it, but he held back because he did not want to seem like a petty person.

“It won’t be a big deal,” he told Elliot, patted his head once, and walked out.

Roger had entered the hallway of the inner room.

He was a man who tended to catch on right away. The moment the wall rotated and the two people disappeared, he knew he couldn’t deal with this alone.

So he ran out of the opera house and came straight here.

He spoke at once.

“Baron Delford has gone missing. Sir Maximillian followed her, but the situation was urgent. It seems like a planned kidnapping.”

Erich clenched his fists until they made a cracking sound.

Erich left the mansion immediately. The butlers hurriedly brought his coat and shoes. He was in a hurry, but by the time he left to the mansion’s entrance, the horse and the security team were already ready.

“Deploy the security department and the entire security team. Tell the police chief to come too.”

He never summoned officials outside House Klausener and gave orders before this, and neither did he directly use his influence on the government. It’s not because he didn’t have the strength to do so.

Orders were delivered quickly. When Erich got off his horse in front of the opera house, all the guards stationed in a relatively nearby building were gathered, as were the off-duty bodyguards and security guards.

The guards who followed Erich from the ducal residence’s main building lined up.

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