Reborn as a Mind-Reading Empress

"I see. You can return to Valeria. I’ll tell Ferdinand." Arabella knew Riley had to return quickly since he was swamped with work since Alwin was not around.

Riley then thanked her and left since he had nothing else to report to Ferdinand. He had already said it while Arabella was asleep when Ferdinand summoned him.

’Then, this isn’t the time to be relaxing,’ Arabella closed the book she was reading and planned about what to do next instead.

Riley said that when Duke Olivier arrived at his duchy, the attempts on his life did not stop and worsened instead.

Sonia and the butler were getting desperate, likely out of fear that Dimo would suddenly return one day to expose them.

Before that happens, they were set to eliminate the Duke.

Thus, they even poisoned the Duke’s tea right when he reached home so he would have no chance to say anything to them, in case, he had somehow heard from someone that something was going on.

Thankfully, Duke Olivier did not drink it and just had it brought to his study where he had pretended to have accidentally tipped the cup and it fell to the floor.

Yet, another poisoned tea was served to the Duke, which he did not drink either.

It was clear that Sonia and the butler were in a hurry to get rid of the Duke since Dimo was still missing and they were not sure whether he was dead or alive.