Chapter 150

Translated by: Miss Ruby

–

“No need for tea . We are both busy people, so I do not plan to be here for long . ”

At Tatiana’s words, Dominic said nothing, but he sent the servant out with a gesture . Once the two of them were alone in the room, Tatiana immediately brought up the main subject .

“I won’t beat around the bush . The north is experiencing similar events to what is going on in the East . ”

Dominic also didn’t waste time with useless pleasantries and went straight to the point .

“When you say similar events, you mean?”

“I mean, the ones you call heretics in the East are popping out, one after the other . ”

Both of them had calm tones but their gazes on each other were filled with a sharp light .

Dominic leaned back into his chair, clasped his hands together, and placed them on his lap .

“So the heretics are causing a disturbance in several places . I believe the north should take a hard stand against them as well . ”

“Like the East, you mean?”

A brief silence fell over the room for a moment .

Their faces were still as calm as ever but somehow, the temperature in the room seemed to have dropped a little . But when Dominic raised a corner of his lips in silent acknowledgment, the atmosphere changed again .

Tatiana opened her mouth first .

“I’m afraid you misunderstood what I just said . ”

She spoke calmly, as if she hadn’t just targeted Dominic with her words .

“When I said heretics were popping out, one after the other, I didn’t mean they were causing trouble . ”

Dominic tilted his head slightly .

“Is that so . ”

“We have been finding strange corpses in several places . From their appearance, they looked similar to the heretics described in the East . But the circumstances are somewhat strange so…”

Tatiana paused for a few seconds before continuing .

“I came to the East because I was wondering if you guys knew anything about it . ”

“I’m not sure . It seems the situation in the east and the north are a little different though . ”

“I know the East is preparing to track down the heretics . Is there any clear evidence that the strings of unfortunate events have been the doing of heretics?”

“Yes . ”

“What evidence?”

“I cannot let you know . It is secret intelligence that cannot be leaked outside . ”

The blatant rejection without so much as a pause made Tatiana narrow her eyes .

“Crawford Head, I hope you aren’t acting this firm so quickly because of personal feelings?”

It was a subject that could be called sensitive, but Dominic casually followed in Tatiana’s steps and brought up the incident from many years ago .

“Are you talking about how my sister, Selena, was murdered by heretics?”

“…”

When Dominic showed such an attitude, Tatiana was forced to shut her mouth instead .

“I know better than to mix private grudges or affairs with public matters . Moreover, my relationship with Selena was not that close . ”

Just like those words, his voice rang out in the room without the slightest emotion .

“Since you have had a relationship with the Crawford family for quite some time, don’t you know this as well, Tatiana-nim?”

“…I guess I misspoke . ”

Tatiana withdrew what she said a little earlier, but it wasn’t because she believed Dominic .

Knock-knock .

Right then, a knock came from outside the door .

“What is the matter?”

“The Salvatore Head is asking for a meeting . ”

Dominic drew a thin smile then turned to Tatiana and said:

“I would love to hear more about what is happening in the North, but it seems I am now out of time . If you don’t mind, can we have this discussion another time?”

“I see . Indeed, I cannot hold on to a busy person for too long . I shall take my leave for today . ”

Tatiana rose from her seat without a complaint .

‘He is definitely hiding something . ’

However, she left Dominic’s room much more convinced than before .

* * *

When Yuri arrived at Anne-Marie’s house, she was greeted with good news .

“Ms . Yuri, the patient just woke up . ”

Hearing that, Yuri went straight to the room where Lakis was in . Once Yuri opened the door, her eyes were filled with the sight of Lakis who had truly opened his eyes .

“Mr . Lakis . ”

Lakis seemed to feel Yuri’s presence too because he sprang upright like he was about to jump out . Yuri quickly stopped him when she saw that:

“Wait, don’t get up . Just stay there . ”

“Where did you go? I was looking for you once I opened my eyes, but I got worried because you weren’t there . ”

Lakis’ voice rang out at the same time as hers, making Yuri’s expression turn a little strange .

He was the one who got injured so who should be the person worried here? But then again, Lakis was always the nagging type so Yuri just let it be .

“Mr . Lakis, how do you feel?”

When he heard Yuri’s question, Lakis replied like he had been waiting for it .

“I’m fine, it’s nothing . So let’s just go home already . ”

At those words, Yuri paused . From what she heard, he had definitely just woken up, yet he was trying to get up like nothing was wrong .

“Sorry? What are you talking about?”

That response to Lakis came from Anne-Marie, who had just entered through the open door . Her expression was as if she had just heard something ridiculous .

But the moment he saw Anne-Marie, Lakis’ face turned alarmingly cold . His sharp eyes shone piercingly between his scattered hair . The sharpness of his gaze was enough to make anyone’s hair stand on end . But the moment Yuri turned to look at him, that expression magically disappeared .

Anne-Marie walked up to the two of them, holding a box of first-aid supplies . Then she spoke urgently as if it had been a close call .

“Absolutely not . This one over here needs to lie down and not do anything for at least a week, while the one over there needs to stay in bed for at least 4 weeks . ”

‘I don’t think it needs to be that long…’

Yuri subconsciously thought when she heard that .

Lakis’ wound looked much smaller than last time, so she figured he would be healed enough to move around in about half-a-day . And even Odin, whose body was almost turned into a rag, would be able to move around freely by tomorrow or the day after .

However, Annemarie didn’t know about their monstrous resilience, so it was understandable that she thought that way .

Either way, Yuri was also against Lakis getting up and moving around right now like he asked . After all, if he got up and his sutured wound burst open, Anne-Marie would just be inconvenienced again .

“Mr . Lakis, I also think it would be best if you stayed here for a day or two while we monitor your condition . ”

At those words, Lakis furrowed his brows and opened his mouth . But before he could say a word of refusal, Yuri looked at Anne-Marie and hammered in the nail .

“Well, I’m sorry but I guess I’ll leave us in your care, Ms . Anne-Marie . ”

“No need to be sorry . That’s not necessary at all, just make yourself comfortable . ”

The kind-hearted Anne-Marie hurried tried to relieve Yuri’s mind when she saw Yuri go to the extent of even lowering her head .

On the other hand, Lakis felt rebellious against this developing situation that was reflecting his will at all .

“No, I know the condition of my body the best . ”

A slightly peeved voice came from Lakis . At this point, Yuri felt something was strange .

Maybe she was thinking too much but somehow, since a while ago, Lakis had been acting as if he wanted to leave this place as fast as possible .

Lakis dropped the blanket he had picked up a little earlier to the floor and fully got up from the sofa .

“Ms . Yuri, I can move just fine now…”

“Stop being so stubborn when Ms . Yuri is already this worried . ”

But when he heard Anne-Marie’s firm voice right after, Lakis eventually couldn’t continue talking .

“Consider the feelings of your loved one standing watch next to you . Do you know how worried Ms . Yuri was last night? She couldn’t even sleep . ” [1]

Lakis was suddenly at a loss for words and went silent . Soon, his eyes shook slightly, and he sat back down on the sofa he just rose from .

As she watched Lakis turn obedient, Yuri’s brow raised slightly .

“You can’t get up so suddenly like you just did either . I have to re-check your injury . ”

Anne-Marie approached Lakis while continuing to talk firmly like she was dealing with a patient who just wouldn’t listen .

Lakis frowned like there was something he was still unhappy about, but he didn’t refute again like earlier .

“Ng…”

Right then, a small groan came from behind Yuri . It seemed Odin was just waking up .

“Arachne…hn, huh?”

As expected, once Odin opened his eyes, he called Yuri’s name as she was the first thing in his blurry sight . Then his gaze slid to the side and fell on Lakis who was sending him a bitter look with a crumpled face behind Yuri . Lakis was sending Odin a chilling gaze like a snake looking upon a frog .

At that silent gaze which seemed as if it was checking for something, Odin suddenly felt goosebumps on his neck . But that feeling soon disappeared because it was pushed aside by a different sensation .

“Odin, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”

Sensing that something was odd, Yuri’s eyes narrowed, and she asked Odin . Odin’s eyes which were looking at Lakis quickly turned dazed .

Seeing that, Lakis’ face crumpled even more .

“Sh, shoes…”

Yuri sighed inwardly once she heard Odin’s dazed muttering .

“Let me lick your…ack!”

Yuri caught Odin as he wobbled on the sofa after stretching out his hand and trying to get up .

“Ah, patient-nim! Are you okay?”

Fortunately, she stopped him from falling off the sofa but with that alone, Odin screamed as if he was in immense pain .

“I think the patient is having hallucinations!”

Anne-Marie hurriedly rushed over and began to check Odin’s condition . Meanwhile, Yuri was struck with a strange hunch and alternated glances between Lakis and Odin .

However, she couldn’t find any unease on Lakis’ face since he was already acting innocent . So in the end, Yuri had no choice but to put her suspicion aside for now .