One’s Blood (10)

One eye didn’t open. Matthias was angered by the fact, but this was a wound that could easily be healed by the call of a high priest. To revive the eyes, it may be necessary to borrow the power of the priest, but if Rowena could help him, it would be possible to call the high priest.

He staggered with one hand wrapped around a bleeding face. It was a wound that he tried to ignore while running away, but it seemed to hurt more after he was aware of it.

He was a person running away from the fire in the middle of the night, so he couldn’t have brought any money. He was in a hurry to escape, so he couldn’t bring any servants.

He thought that he could catch a carriage, but it was late and there was no carriage.

Matthias murmured curses and walked to Lambert Estate. It was the first time he had suffered such an injury, so it was a tiring step.

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A high priest showed up timely and treated Theo, but no one found his visit strange. He believed the words of a high-ranking official, who was on his way home after treating the emperor, at the right time.

“It will take time to recover, but I have saved his life.”

“Thank you!”

In rare cases, Paul expressed his heartfelt thanks.

It wasn’t just about saving Theo’s life. Because everyone saw Matthias stab Theo, Theo was a life that had to be revived.

“God help us! What would have happened if the priest hadn’t just walked through here…”

The butler, who returned from seeing the high priest out, spoke to Paul, looking at his face. Theo somehow put his life on the line, but Louis didn’t.

He was the youngest son in the family and they had not even found his body yet.

On top of that… Theo made remarks suspicious of Matthias before he was injured. It seemed to be believed that Matthias was responsible for the fire in the house.

No! No way!

It wasn’t that he couldn’t guess why, but Paul thought it couldn’t be. Matthias has yet to change his mind because he had not yet settled down.

Isn’t it common for young people before marriage? Matthias would have been much more relaxed if he met a suitable match for him and saw his children.

Paul tried to deny it, but when he thought of his youngest son, his heart seemed to break. He was a son who he began to love after his dead wife with a faint sense of guilt came upon him.

He couldn’t even compare the affection he had for Matthias, but he was still most worried for him because he was a young child.

Such a child fell into the fire. No matter how cold Paul was to the rest of his children, it was a festering and bursting thing.

But he had to think of Matthias.

Matthias is the pillar of the family!

He had to find Matias before he made any further mistakes.

They had just settled in a nearby hotel room because their house had been burned down. Paul and the sick Theo had to stay elsewhere, except for their servants.

Paul instructed them to work and didn’t tell them where to live. It sounded like they would have to find a place on their own.

Count Adelia’s fire died out in an hour and a half. It was originally a magical fire, so only one part of the mansion burned and was destroyed.

Therefore, the count’s employees had to stay there if they had no place to go. Although there was a risk that the area close to the fire would collapse.

Paul left the house to the butler. He had to find Louis’ body inside, but he didn’t dare to bring it up. The thought of seeing the young man’s body made his blood cold.

“…I will have to find Matthias.”

All but the butler and some of his servants were mobilized to find Matthias.

“Remember, Theo jumped back into the fire to save Louis and was injured. Other words should not leak out.”

They nodded slowly at Paul’s stern warning. A terrible scene was emerging in everyone’s head, with Matthias stabbing Theo, but he let it out of his mouth.

Can I hide this? Too many people have already seen it.

Eventually, it was something that would leak somewhere.

If any member of the Adelia family had the power to grasp the employees tightly, it was Lady Rowena who had left this house, not Paul Adelia, who had the power now.

Paul went into the room where Theo was, making everyone leave. Theo, who was treated for the divine power of the high priest, was asleep like a dead man. He was told that he wouldn’t be able to get up for at least three or four days to recover.

Matthias… Where the hell did you run to?

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