The Witch of Paitan — Chapter 5

IT REEKS.

THOSE STUPID ROYALS.

LIGHTING A FIRE WHERE THERE ARE WOLVES...

ARE YOU ALRIGHT?

YES... I'M ALRIGHT.

GR-GRAND DUKE...

ARE YOU HURT ANYWHERE?

N-NO, YOUR HIGHNESS...

BRAVE OF YOU TO PROTECT THE DUCHESS.

I WAS SIMPLY DOING MY DUTY, YOUR HIGHNESS.

YOU, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

IT'S 'JIN VERGONA'.

JIN VERGONA...

I'LL REMEMBER THAT.

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO FAINT FOR A SECOND THERE!

DID YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THE GRAND DUKE KILLING THOSE WOLVES?

YOUR HIGHNESS...?

HUH? NO-I DIDN'T SEE IT EITHER...

haah~ the grand duke seems like such a handsome and valiant man!

HEY NOW! SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT IS DISRESPECTFUL...

YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUCHESS.

I'M GOING TO LOOK AROUND THE SURROUNDINGS FOR A MOMENT.

...ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD.

JIN IS REALLY AMAZING TOO.

TRUE.

HOW COULD HE EVEN THINK OF STANDING UP TO WOLVES WHEN HE SAW THEM?

MAKE YOURSELF LOOK PRETTY AND GO.

SO THAT YOU...

CATCH THE GRAND DUKE'S EYES

HM?

STOP!

WHO GOES THERE!

I AM 'JIN', SERVING HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUCHESS.

I BROUGHT SOMETHING MEANT TO BE DELIVERED TO HIS HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE.

WHAT IS THIS? THIS SMELL...

IT'S NOT THE SMELL OF BLOOD.

THE SCENT OF BURNING POWDERED MEDICINE INCENSE...

THE GRAND DUKE TAKES MEDICINE? WHY...?

'JIN VERGONA'

WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE AT THIS LATE HOUR?

A... A LETTER FROM HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE CROWN PRINCE.

HEINRICH?

A BROTHER'S AFFECTION THINKING OF HIS SISTER...

SUCH A TEAR-JERKING SIBLING LOVE.

DID THE DUCHESS TELL YOU TO DELIVER THIS TO ME?

NO, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE CROWN PRINCE TOLD ME TO DELIVER IT WITHOUT THE GRAND DUCHESS KNOWING.

THE DUCHESS DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS LETTER EITHER?

YES... YOUR HIGHNESS....

SUCH A WASTE OF A FACE TO KEEP AS A MERE SERVANT.

YOU MUST HAVE HEARD THE RUMORS AND KNOW.

THAT I-LIKE WOMEN WITH BLACK HAIR, AND SO ON....

I SEE WHY HEINRICH SENT YOU TO ME BEHIND THE DUCHESS'S BACK.

YOUR HIGHNESS....

BUT,

YOU'RE BEING FAR TOO INSOLENT.

DARING TO STARE RIGHT AT ME.

S-, SORR-

GET OUT.

BEFORE YOU SUFFER SOMETHING UNPLEASANT-.

...JIN WENT TO SEE CARLOS.

AND HE CAME OUT A LONG WHILE LATER-.

THERE WAS SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS ABOUT IT, BUT... WHAT ON EARTH IS HE TRYING TO DO?

WE'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT AT THIS RATE, PEPE!

I'M FINE, SO GO ON AHEAD. I'LL FIND AN OPPORTUNITY AND GO IN LATER....

GO, QUICKLY....

HAND OVER THAT BOW.

YES.

CROWS ARE OMINOUS BIRDS THAT CROSS BETWEEN THE WORLDS OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD.

DEATH OVER OUR HEADS....

...CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO HOVER.

NO YOU CAN'T!

I DIDN'T TAKE YOU FOR SOMEONE WITH A HOBBY OF PEEPING.

DID YOU REALLY THINK YOU WOULDN'T GET CAUGHT?

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING THERE?

...YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUCHESS?