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Popcorn (Part 2)

"Ah, he’s here"

How ed himself back to Iris’s bedroo in a leisurely reet hi for a while

"Hoas it?"

""

Riley asked Ian who looked as if he could not believe what had happened

As if he was out of his mind, Ian could not muster a reply

Both Iris and Sera who did not knohat the boy was asking about, could only tilt their heads with puzzled looks on their faces

"Ian-ni with Young Master"

"Ian, are you alright? You don’t look too well"

"Well, that’s"

How should he explain?

Ian continued to open and close his ed to make a sound

"It was Lady Orelly"

"Pardon?"

"What?"

"It was all Lady Orelly’s doing"

Ian covered his frowning face with his hands and continued to explain

He did so whileto himself that he simply could not believe what he had just seen

"The ’poison’ which was put inside Lady Iris’s soup"

"Huh?"

"?"

There was only one conclusion one could arrive at after hearing this and the words that were cut off from before

Lady Orelly…she was the one who had poisoned Lady Iris’ dinner!

""

Ian, who had said those words

Iris, who had heard those words

Both stood as silent as statues

This was a matter that would turn the ht?"

"Lady Iris"

"Ian, surelyLady Orelly would never"

Iris as tucked inside her bed fire of the blanket

Even if she had often received scoldings from Lady Orelly, as a woman who shared the same husband, Iris believed she would be the last person to be responsible for it, and thus she pressured Ian once ht"

Riley held onto hisIan and bit her lip

"Ian"

Riley called his butler

""

Ian nodded with his jaws clenched at the call of hishe had said was false

"I news

At the same time, Sera’s jaw dropped

Lady Orelly’s jealousy and hatred toward Lady Iris was so all the maids in the nificant enough to attempt an assassination

"What about Father?"

Riley asked Ian with a calm attitude, as if he had expected it

Since he was the first one to find out the truth hi a discussion"

Ian’s weary voice ht

And with such shocking news on top, even the most experienced swordsman would be tired both physically and mentally

"It was the paper Master Riley found certain pieces of paper in the mansion and"

Ian leaned onto the door and continued speaking

It all started with the scraps of paper Riley had ’found’

"The handwriting on the paper was Lady Orelly’s So, after reading it"

"No"

"The letter ainst Lady Iris And"

"Wait, Ian-ni on her face showed just how nervous she was

She could guess

What would co much worse than mere poison

That was her expectation

" It’s a lie, right?"

""

Ian fell silent

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The atht

"Why?"

Stein asked after looking blankly at the paper in his hand

Orelly could not answer

"Why did you poison Iris’ soup?"

Count Stein asked once

The question was not directed to Orelly this time, but rather to the hooded man

""

The second question was also h the hoodedboth he and Orelly were standing close together they seemed to be on friendly terms with each other

"I don’t think there would be any reason for such an action"

""

As there was no answer, Orelly clenched her fists