Chapter 67
Neither Garric nor Malrik Sloan were in the group that Michelle’s Spirit Clones killed in front of the Imperial Palace, which was good, as she knew that Kieran Ashford wanted to personally take revenge on them.
While she was taking care of old man Sloan’s formation and the Soul Seeking Pendants, Kieran was investigating the case of his father’s disappearance. He contacted the other viscounts who got a part of his territory after he was stripped of his title and asked them many questions. Finally, he came to the conclusion that Michelle already knew. The Sloan family with their ambitions and corruption caused his family’s fall.
When he found out, rage burned in his heart more than ever, but he didn’t let it take a hold of him. He went to see the little Emperor, and to his surprise, the face he hadn’t seen for a while appeared in front of him. "Lady Grace? What are you doing here?" he asked in confusion when he saw Michelle talking with the little Emperor.
Hearing Kieran’s voice, Michelle turned to face him. "I was guessing you would arrive around now. I need to talk with you." Her purple eyes narrowed a bit when she saw the hidden rage and grief in his eyes. Her guess was right. While she was taking care of the lower realm bastards, he worked hard to uncover the truth of his family’s fall. That satisfied her. His capability was exactly as she had guessed. Without much influence, he could find out in such a short time the truth the Sloan family tried so hard to hide.
From the start, Kieran felt like Michelle knew the truth, but that she wasn’t telling him because she wanted him to find out on his own. Others might have gotten angry that she withheld the information, but he didn’t mind. He wanted to find it out and take revenge for it on his own, otherwise he wouldn’t feel satisfied. "My Lady, you knew everything, didn’t you?" he asked calmly.
"Mostly..." Michelle didn’t bother to hide the truth. Since she wanted to befriend Kieran, she wanted to be honest.
"Why didn’t you tell me?" he continued asking. He wanted to see into Michelle’s thoughts, so he could understand whether she was withholding the information from him so he wouldn’t find out, or if it was because she was letting him figure it out on his own.
Michelle could easily guess what Kiearn was thinking. "Would you be happier if I had told you?" she tilted her head to the side a bit.
Kieran shook his head: "No... I would feel incompetent for not even being able to discover that while I worked for the Sloan family."