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Emilia returned to the manor from the central garden and was climbing the stairs in the main wing when she looked up suddenly, sensing someone. And directly in front of her, on the landing of the stairs leading to the third floor, Rem appeared, her skirt fluttering around her.
Blinking in surprise at the short skirt ruffling before her eyes, Emilia said, “Rem, don’t run in the halls. It’s dangerous.”
“Oh, Lady Emilia. Do forgive me, but I have an urgent matter to attend to.”
“Is everything okay?”
Emilia raised an eyebrow at Rem, who was uncharacteristically flustered. Rem ran over to Emilia, peered down the stairs behind her, and asked, “Aren’t Subaru and Liliana with you?”
“Er, they stopped by her room to drop off some things… Did you learn some news?”
“Yes, I got most of it from Master Roswaal. Kiritaka Muse, heir of the Muse Company, was behind the plot. He took a fancy to Liliana, apparently.”
“Yes, Subaru told me that, too…”
And Lilliana had seemed confused, not thinking Kiritaka was that obsessed with her. But Rem just shook her head at Emilia and said, “I’m terribly sorry, but that isn’t the actual problem. Kiritaka did hire those thugs to bring Lady Liliana back to him. And thanks to Subaru’s ruse, that plan failed. However…”
“That wasn’t the end of it?”
“According to Kiritaka, he doesn’t remember hiring the men in white. He insisted he had nothing to do with them.”
The moment she heard this, Emilia realized why Rem was in such a hurry and rushed down the stairs. Rem joined her, and the two ran full speed to the east wing where Subaru and Liliana had gone—to Liliana’s room.
Unable to see anyone behind the ajar door, Emilia spoke, her voice shuddering in shame over her mistake.
“They never came back.”
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