{Episode 4}

She didn’t know what in the world was going on.

“Save, s-save— kyaaaaak!”

The unpleasant smell of iron made her nauseous. While bowing her head down, Diana covered her mouth.

At some point, the unending screams and groans ceased.

With a rustle, someone came up to her. Diana, who couldn’t even think of running away, trembled.

“Are you okay?”

“….”

In the forest, the moonlight was hidden by clouds. There was almost nothing to be seen. Only the figure of a tall man covered in robes. She couldn’t even see his face.

Diana tried to get up. However, her trembling body didn’t move as she wanted.

“You can’t get up? Do you want me to help you?”

“Heup!”

The man reached out his hand to her. For a moment, Diana was taken aback as if she had been burned by a match. The man took his hand away in surprise.

“That… no, excuse me, save me….”

“Hey!”

“Please save me. Save, save….”

Diana, who collapsed to the ground, begged wildly. She couldn’t think of what to say. Instead, she burst into tears.

“So, you were completely terrified.”

“Hic, Hicc. P-please save me.”

“Why would I kill you? Where’s your house?”

The man reached his hand out again.

The moon, which had disappeared under the clouds, poutingly appeared. Even in the dark, a clear light penetrated through the trees. The moonlight shone on Diana’s face.

“Because it will be hard to go back alone, I’ll take you ba—”

For a moment, the man stopped his words. Then in a completely dumb voice, he spoke,

“… Philippa?”

Hermann let out an annoyed sigh and grabbed his horse reins.

‘No, it’s fine. I’ve finally found her traces. Even though it took a while….’

Hermann couldn’t even remember his best friend’s face anymore.

Philippa Ohrid.

The Ohrid Bank was called ‘The Place Where Money Gathers’. Count Ohrid, the richest man on the continent and was also known as the ‘Gold Master’.

 That Count had a daughter he called his precious child. It had been 13 years since that child, Philippa Ohrid disappeared, and it had been 13 years since Grand Duke Thesevitz Bale Nohibaden, who had been dating Philippa Ohrid, went on a frantic search for her whereabouts.

Thesevitz, Philippa, and Hermann were best friends. They all went to the same academy where they built their friendship and graduated.

Thesevitz and Philippa falling in love was natural. The two had chemistry and they were also both in business. The two aristocrats returned to their own families and Hermann entered the World Tower. He thought both of them would certainly do well.

However, Philippa suddenly disappeared. Of course, as her lover, Thesevitz turned the continent upside down trying to find her.

Count Ohrid, Philippa’s father as well as the richest man in the Empire, also spent a fortune looking for his daughter.

But, no one could find even a single trace.

Finally, when Hermann got out of the World Tower, Thesevitz’s eyes lost their shine and he was practically half crazy.

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