Chapter 156: The Trigger
"This mansion... it's been a long time."
"......"
"It's just the way I liked it. Exquisite."
The Duke, having just stepped foot into the Embergreen estate, glanced around with a satisfied smile.
"Though it's a shame the people I cherished have changed."
Then, with a subtle frown, he turned and asked the young lady a question.
"How many did you kill?"
"...Ha."
"Looks like only a third of the faces I remember are still around."
At those words, the faces of the servants gathered in the lobby to greet the former master of the estate turned noticeably grim.
It wasn’t just because of the chilling tone in the conversation between the Duke and Meredia.
They, too, vividly remembered the “Day of Purge” that Meredia had orchestrated.