Lord Blackwood Promised Me Death — Chapter 4

HOW MUCH LONGER IS THIS GOING TO TAKE?!

WE NEED MORE WATER!

HURRY UP AND MOVE!!

KUFF KUFF

KUFF KUFF

...I CAN BARELY BREATHE.

EVEN AS MY LUNGS BURN,

MY BODY KEEPS MOVING DUTIFULLY.

I WANT TO DIE MORE THAN ANYONE,

YET THIS WRETCHED BODY OF MINE DESPERATELY STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE...

WHAT A RIDICULOUS LIFE.

THERE'S ONLY ONE THING I WANT.

SO WHY IS THAT ONE THING

FOREVER OUT OF MY REACH?

IT'S GONE...

WHERE COULD HE HAVE MOVED IT?

IT'S NOT LIKE HE'D CARRY A MUSIC BOX AROUND DURING A PARTY.

...?

THAT BOX...

URGH...

THERE'S NO TIME TO HESITATE.

I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE

TO LET IT SLIP AWAY RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES AGAIN.

!

UGH, YOU FILTHY...!

WHAT A SIGHT... DID THEY INVITE VAGRANTS TO THIS PARTY, TOO?

SIR BLACKWOOD CERTAINLY HAS A REFINED TASTE.

HOW DARE YOU... ?!

THE PARTY IS OVER, YOU KNOW.

IS THERE A PROBLEM?

Y-YOUNG DUKE...!

WELL, YOU SEE,

THIS LOWBORN BITCH HAD THE NERVE TO ACT SO INSOLENTLY!

SHE NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT A PROPER LESSON SO SHE'LL NEVER STEP OUT OF LINE AGAIN-

AGH!

SIR BLACKWOOD! M-MY HAND!

I CAN OVERLOOK YOU PRATTLING ON ABOUT ANOTHER MAN'S TASTE IN MAIDS.

I'LL JUST ASSUME THAT'S YOUR LITTLE HOBBY AND LET IT SLIDE.

BUT IF YOU THINK YOU CAN DISCIPLINE MY SERVANT IN MY OWN MANSION,

AND EXPECT ME TO SIMPLY SAY, "GO RIGHT AHEAD~"...

DO I REALLY LOOK THAT MERCIFUL TO YOU?

CAUSING A SCENE AT THE DUCAL FAMILY'S VICTORY CELEBRATION...

PERHAPS HE'S ONLY JUST ARRIVED IN THE CAPITAL?

SIR BLACKWOOD ISN'T CALLED THE "GRIM REAPER" FOR NOTHING...

TH-THAT'S NOT WHAT I INTENDED...!

I WAS FLUSTERED AND MADE A MISTAKE...

YOU SHOULD LEAVE. I HAVE A LOT TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.

THEN, E-E-EXCUSE ME...!

LET GO OF ME...!

HOW RUDE.

WHERE'S MY "THANK YOU"?

I JUST SAVED YOU FROM THAT VILLAIN, DIDN'T I?

?!

YOU'RE THE VILLAIN HERE.

YOU LOCKED ME UP. PLAYING THE HERO NOW ISN'T GOING TO MAKE ME GRATEFUL.

LOCKING YOU UP WAS JUST A PRECAUTION.

IF I'D LEFT YOU ALONE,

YOU'D HAVE TRIED TO STEAL THIS AGAIN, WOULDN'T YOU?

BESIDES, YOU WENT AHEAD TO SET MY STUDY ON FIRE, SO LET'S CALL IT EVEN.

THIS MAN...

HE'S LIKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON FROM THE ONE IN THE ANNEX.

HE SEEMS TO BE IN A GOOD MOOD. OR AM I IMAGINING THINGS?

...THAT'S MINE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR PROMISE TO BE MY LOVER?

I-

WELL, WELL.

I MEANT IT WHEN I SAID WE'D TALK AFTER THE PARTY.

FOR BETTER OR WORSE,

YOU HAVE A TALENT FOR DRAWING ATTENTION.

HAA HAA

THE PERFECT LITTLE TROUBLEMAKER FOR MY PLAN, YOU MIGHT SAY.

LET'S MUDDY THE WATERS A LITTLE FIRST.

YOU,

DO YOU KNOW WHAT NOBLES LOVE MOST?

...WHAT ARE YOU-

...?!

THEY LOVE A SORDID SCANDAL.