Yuri read the anonymous letter and burned it.

‘Epidemic?’

It was a real plague.

Did she have to do this to Abella, who had already been persecuted?

Abella saw this epidemic was caused by human beings.

What Abella wanted her to find out was not about the epidemic, but the identity of the person who was behind this incident.

‘I think the emperor knows.’

Yuri had met face-to-face with such a person. He knew everything but kept it a secret. And Yuri felt that this was mostly to protect Abella. Yuri had a foreboding feeling that it would be impossible to find out the emperor’s secrets.

The Emperor saw and knew more than she did.

Still, if she followed the Emperor’s informants after they left, wouldn’t she be able to find out the extent of the incident?

Yuri summoned the restaurant errand boy.

If she wanted to catch the emperor before he left, she had to move quickly. They wouldn’t wait for Yuri!

*

Chloe gleefully opened the door to Layla’s office. Behind Chloe was a servant who had been beaten and had his face disfigured. He was being dragged in by the hands of the others.

Before she did this, Layla had told Chloe that she had to do a good job of keeping the house under control. She should keep an eye out for anyone trying to divert the house if this happened.

Chloe wasn’t very clever, but she did what she was asked.

Didn’t she still catch the spy and bring it back as Layla had wanted?

Layla closed the book she was reading with a satisfied smile on her face.

It was quite pleasant that she remembered the future. Layla had never been in a situation where she didn’t for a moment deviate from her own expectations.

The thought that someone might have returned like her was something she always had deep in her heart.

So everything was within her expectations.

Cade.

Arsene.

Or Lorelia.

Even Abella herself.

Layla painted a sweet smile on her face.

Who could it be? To be suspicious of the ordinary Chloe’s daughter, Layla.

“Layla! It was as you said. He’s been caught contacting others and getting the money! He was leaking the movements of our family outside!”

Chloe stomped her feet in madness.

“How dare you!”

How dare he. Layla laughed. That was not right. In fact, didn’t Chloe also hide many spies in the Imperial Palace to monitor the Emperor? It was safe to say that this was just called a red herring.

However, there was no need to hurt Chloe’s feelings. Layla moderately agreed with Chloe’s words.

“I know right. How dare they peek behind the walls of the mansion.”

Layla gestured at the servants who had brought him in.

Layla walked lightly, and she stood in front of the spy. His eyes, filled with fear, contained anguish and pain. However, there was no loyalty in them.

No matter who planted the spy, it must have been a low-level informant driven by money. Layla stood in front of the man. The man moved his gaze after her, which was roaming slowly.

“You sold your life for a few pennies.”

With the book she was holding, she lifted the man’s chin.

“Speak like a person who has no loyalty and no faith. Who moved you?”

Chloe looked at Layla.

She was too calm. No matter how nimble and clever one was, a lady of the family would not show that kind of figure. Sometimes it felt like Layla was older than Chloe.

There was a sense of maturity in Layla’s eyes.

So Layla should be the most noble woman. Chloe couldn’t understand why the men of the Empire weren’t interested in Layla. She was much smarter and prettier than Abella.

Layla was far better off than Abella, who was born on the day of the curse.

There was only one thing that made Layla inferior to Abella: status.

The only reason she couldn’t bear Amerigo’s name was because Chloe was born a woman and not a man!

That was a pity.

Chloe sighed in regret.

Layla was leaving Chloe behind and rushing the spy. Layla’s voice changed stealthily.

“I’ll give you more money. I’ll pay double the price of the information you were selling.”

It was easy to hook such a sloppy informant. The man’s eyes fluttered like a crow that rejoiced. He was already half way bought over at Layla’s proposal.

Who the hell said this poor bastard was quiet?

Layla threw the bag of money she had prepared in advance into the man’s arms.

“Now tell me. Who bought you?”

“..an employee of Amerigo..”

Then was it Lorelia or Abella?

Or a stranger?