{Episode 5}

Hermann didn’t have the heart to tell Thesevitz that before Philippa disappeared, she had met him for one last time.

[Philippa? What brings you here? Even going as far as coming to the World Tower?]

[I have a favor to ask. There’s no one I can trust other than you.]

[What’s going on? The only daughter of Count Ohrid doesn’t have any other people to ask… is that even possible?]

Philippa should’ve laughed at his playful remark, but instead, she looked immensely anxious.

[I came to look at your face as well.]

[You told Thesevitz you came here right? That jerk likes to pretend but his jealousy is very severe. I still want to live.]

Philippa’s face hardened when he mentioned Thesevitz. Hermann could feel the strange tension from Philippa. He wondered if they fought but soon erased the thought.

That was impossible. He personally saw just how much Thesevitz loved Philippa from the way he acted.

In front of Philippa, Thesevitz lost all the notoriety he had. He was but a stupid boy who had suffered from a long unrequited love. Hermann was the one who stood by and watched this long unrequited love.

[Thesevitz doesn’t know. Please keep it a secret from him that I came to see you.]

[That’s not hard… but aren’t you being a little weird?]

He didn’t remember what kind of face she had at that moment.

[It felt great looking at your face. I haven’t seen you for a long time. Well, then… take care.]

For some reason, it felt like a permanent farewell, but Hermann didn’t think much about it.

However, with that last greeting, Philippa disappeared from the continent.

“For real, where in the world are you Philippa? The Grand Duke of Nohibaden has gone crazy.”

It was at that moment when a figure of a wolf suddenly popped out of Hermann’s shadow. It was his summoned beast that he had commanded to find Philippa’s traces. To be precise, it was commanded to track the traces of Philippa’s spirit that Thesevitz gave.

The summoned beast ran in an instant. Hermann hurriedly kicked his horse in the stomach. He was glad he was hovering around the last trace. It was very near.

‘Please this time!’

But when he caught up to the summoned beast, it was standing alone on a road without one person in sight, its nose poking on the ground. The wolf raised his head and gave something that fell on the ground to Herman who just got down from his horse.

It was a pendant.

“Shit!”

It was the pendant that Thesevitz filled with a wind spirit. Hermann clenched his teeth and opened the pendant.

“What is this?”

Instead of the original portrait, a portrait of Philippa was seen.

“Why did the portrait change…”

Hermann shook his head. The important thing wasn’t that.

He missed it again.

No. Hermann clenched the pendant hard enough that it would leave a mark on his hand.

Considering that the spirit’s reaction was not long ago, the person couldn’t have left the area yet. Determined, Hermann commanded the summoned beast to detect if anybody was around him.

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