Chapter 118 - Unwanted face offs
Scarlett frowned as she looked at Leon. The bright golden light that had risen to surround him writhed, almost like a beast confronting a threat, and the man was staring at her with an intense expression.
“…I am afraid I do not know what you are referring to,” she said after a moment of silence.
What had caused this sudden reaction of his? Neither she nor Evelyne had said anything in particular, and there had been no sounds from outside the room either. Him asking what she’s hiding could refer to a number of different things.
“Wait, what’s happening? What is he talking about?” Evelyne asked.
Leon once more turned his head upward, staring at a specific spot on the ceiling. The scowl on his face deepened as he completely seemed to forget where he was.
Was there something happening in another part of the mansion that he was sensing?
Suddenly, he started moving towards the door.
“Sir Leon, what do you think you are doing?” she asked, but her words were ignored as he left the room. She hurried to stand and follow him. “Sir Leon!”
What the hell was this man up to?
Evelyne accompanied her out of the parlor as she tried catching up to Leon, but the knight had already made it to the end of the corridor and disappeared around the corner.
Clenching her teeth, Scarlett quickened her pace, passing by a confused servant girl.
The man himself didn’t seem to quite know where he was going, since even after they lost him while moving through the mansion, they encountered several other servants who’d seen him and pointed them in different directions each time. Eventually, though, Scarlett spotted the back of his black uniform once again after they had entered the east wing.