Chapter 426
"People should notice." — Used to the sarcasm Orland berated his interest towards the daughter, Zeleskiaz nonchalantly replied, hoping to frustrate the man with fair truth. — "If they do, an implied warning will be conveyed after all. It does not matter if I fail to make it unnoticeable."
"... You’re not a beast to be marking territory. Mind your implies, brat. It’s my daughter you’re seeking."
"She’s a flower I am to protect from being plucked. That is all I wished to imply... Duke...?"
His senses while conversing with the father suddenly found the woman between the many assistants... yet wonder invaded his expectation for a rotten stench of aura was near the Lady’s just found purity, which was taking her away from ignorant women that giggled pleased at an image the disturbed Paul disgustingly crafted.
And so, in consequence to the effect the scene provoked in the devoted Crown Prince, his own aura commenced to be poured out from agitation once again, making him utter a gruesome mumble before the Duke of Sylfinnier who instantly sensed the danger.
"... what the f*ck’s he doing..."
"... What??"
... Any peace of heart Zeleskiaz had earned was wiped off with the scene of a depraved man dragging her into a close dance. The baffled Orland that followed his gaze while stunned by his rough words also caught sight of the siblings, turning severe in scrutinising judgment, for he knew it would happen... yet could not believe Paul would suddenly pull Marianne from other’s company with such shameless ease.
"... He didn’t wait at all... he went after her just as I left her."
"... Miserable... disgusting bastard." — Able to focus his hearing at this distance, Zeleskiaz could listen to some of the nonsense Paul was telling to Marianne’s ear. Hence, the wrath immediately pushed him in her direction... being stopped by the Duke, briefly, unaware it was solely for a warning. — "Don’t you stand in my way!"