Amelia had never seen such an expression on Eileen’s face before.
It held surprise mixed with anger, anger laced with pain, pain harboring killing intent, and killing intent tinged with sorrow…
Following Eileen’s gaze, Amelia looked over. On the street ahead, a man was walking unhurriedly with a newspaper in hand.
The man was rather tall, with curly, short brown hair and dressed in black. He looked perfectly ordinary.
Did Eileen know this person?
Amelia couldn’t help but ask, “Eileen, what’s wrong?”
Hearing Amelia’s voice, Eileen snapped out of it and shook her head. “N-no, nothing, Miss Lia.”
Naturally, Amelia didn’t believe that it was nothing.
Eileen didn’t say, but the bullet comments had already erupted at this moment.
[It’s you! Lester, I knew you were still in this city!]
[Damn bastard! It’s this cursed guy who gave my Eileen a miserable childhood. Just die already!]
[Eileen clearly recognizes Lester.]
[Even though Eileen was little back then, how could she not remember Lester? This is the guy who killed her parents!]
[In that flashback, Eileen, hiding in the wardrobe, watched her parents being murdered with her own eyes. Think of the trauma it inflicted on her young heart!]
As she watched the bullet comments pop up one after another, Amelia gradually came to understand the situation.
Eileen had been born into a merchant family and should have had a happy childhood. But one day, her parents purchased a piece of alchemical equipment worth a million Kerr at a low price, intending to sell it at a high profit. This attracted Lester’s covetous gaze.
Lester was a close friend of Eileen’s family, but in the face of wealth, the identity of a friend became utterly insignificant.
Lester contacted a group called the Black Crow Adventure Group. They directly raided Eileen’s home, murdered her parents on the spot, and seized all of the family’s wealth. Only Eileen, who had been hiding in the wardrobe at the time, survived.
The reason Eileen survived was that she had actually gone out to play that day, and Lester knew she was out. She had returned early because she suddenly felt unwell. Later, when Lester arrived with his men, her parents sensed something was wrong and stuffed Eileen into the wardrobe, telling her not to come out no matter what.
Thus, Eileen witnessed the scene of her parents being killed with her own eyes.
After Lester and his group left, the commotion attracted the attention of the local constable, and Eileen was discovered.
Eileen didn’t know Lester’s name. When questioned, she could only say that the culprit was a brown-haired adult. But so many people had that hair color that it was impossible to track down the murderer based on that alone.
Because Eileen was too young to live on her own and had no relatives or friends, she was sent to the place where the royal family trained members of the Royal Guard. From a young age, she was raised and trained as a guard—until this very day.
After learning the information provided by the bullet comments, Amelia felt somewhat complicated inside.
“Eileen, is there really nothing wrong?” Amelia asked, looking deeply at Eileen.
“No, of course not,” Eileen hastily shook her head.
She had recognized Lester, but she knew she couldn’t seek revenge at this moment, lest she cause trouble for Amelia.
When weighing her deep-seated blood feud against Amelia’s safety, she chose Amelia’s safety.
