The Queen of Villains - Chapter 14 part 2

In any case, the clue to the incident was unraveled. To make the perpetrator more certain, Giovanni checked if Johann  had been to the post office. Sure enough, the date on which Johann went to the post office matched perfectly with the date they guessed the letter was sent to the prince.

Killian , who heard all the reports from Giovanni, couldn’t help but smirk.

“How interesting.”

But Killian couldn’t simply curse Johann. He felt like he knew why Johann had done such a thing.

“It must be because of the handkerchief,” 

In the end, he sighed once more at the thought that he had created this situation.

Of course, what’s even more painful than that is that he hasn’t even apologize properly to Emily yet.

“Are you skipping dinner again today?”

“She wouldn’t want to have a meal while looking at my face.”

Giovanni offered his advice with a sympathetic heart.

“Why don’t you explain our relationship with the royal family?”

“That will never happen.”

Killian’s answer was firm.

“Tell the Crown Prince to treat the letter as a servant’s prank. Then say that servant was kicked out of the castle.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“Exclude Chili from the list of employees in the castle, and return her to headquarters.”

“How should we inform Madam about Chili’s departure?”

Killian  paused at those words. Emily had declared that she would handle it herself. If she found out that he had dealt with it like this, it seemed like she would never talk to him again.

That’s absolutely not possible.

“Wait, put everything I said on hold.”

“Yes, understood.”

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t come up with a good solution.

He had dealt with too many things in a short period of time. Killian decided to take a bath to cool his head for now.

As Killian  ascended to his room with a complex heart, butler Alvin rushed over and bowed his head in front of him.

“Master Killian, I’m truly sorry. The bathtub is broken, so until it’s repaired, you’ll have to use the adjacent bathroom.”

The master bedroom was directly connected to the  adjacent room, so it wasn’t much of an inconvenience. But he wondered how the bathtub could break in the first place.

Sensing Killian’s thoughts, Alvin quickly provided an answer.

“Ivan was fixing the plumbing and accidentally broke the faucet, which hit the bathtub and broke it.”

Ivan was a universal hand that fixed everything and, at the same time, a destructive hand that broke everything.

“Alright.”

Understanding that it was something that could easily happen, Killian  waved his hand as if he was already tired of it. Since he wasn’t really picky about his bathing arrangements, he could use the bathroom in the adjacent joint couple’s room without any inconvenience. Killian  grabbed a towel and went into the adjacent room.

At that moment, Emily had already finished bathing and was sitting in front of the mirror.

Cezánne and Roxy carefully combed Emily’s hair and dressed her in a new white chemise.

“Well then, we’ll take our leave.”

“Thank you, sleep well, everyone.”

Emily lay down on the bed, but sleep didn’t come easily.

She was still in a cold war with Killian, the culprit hadn’t been found, and she had no idea what the crown prince’s letter was about. It wasn’t that she wanted Killian to apologize, but she was subtly annoyed by his avoidance and disregard of the situation.

Emily got up again and headed for the bookshelf.“I have to write a lot of swear words in my diary so that I can feel better.”

Emily got up again and headed for the bookshelf.

However, in the same compartment where her diary was placed, She saw a book that she hadn’t noticed before.

 <Do you know what a millstone handle is called>

“That’s strange.”

It seemed like a book explaining the culture of the Eastern Empire.

“Why is the book titled like this?”

When Emily couldn’t contain her curiosity and picked up the book, a creaking sound was heard as the bookshelf slowly began to move.

“So, this is the secret passage from my room to the couples bedroom Alvin was trying to tell me about. Wait, why is the floor moving as well?”

It wasn’t particularly surprising that a secret passage was located behind the bookshelf. But as the bookshelf moved, a part of the floor moved as well, causing Emily to fall over to the opposite wall.

Thud.

Just as Killian was coming out of the bathroom, a fully dressed Emily in a chemise popped out in front of him.

Surprised, he dropped the towel on the floor.

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Translator note: (? ?•?-?•? ?) ~Mae

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