If she had stopped him with the words “absolutely not,” would he have been able to stop? He couldn’t be sure.
But Ariella’s expression was relaxed, and her voice was calm. That calmness had an effect on him as well.
“…That’s a demanding condition.”
The anger and murderous intent that burned through his body were still there. But he was able to hold on to some reason.
“But, I understand.”
Thus, Nobert put the leash he had torn apart himself back around his neck.
Thwack!
“Aaaargh!!”
Soon, a heavy sound and a scream of pain filled the dark alley.
Nobert kept his promise to Ariella.
He really only hit David once, and he also adjusted his strength so that he would not be unable to move. Considering that he was half out of his mind, it was a very admirable restraint.
But the problem was that that one hit had a completely different power than someone else’s one hit.
David, who had been punched in the face by Nobert, fainted on the spot. David’s nose, which had fallen, was subtly crooked, and blood was streaming down from under his nostrils.
His cheekbone was also turning blue and swollen, indicating that the bone was injured.
If he had used a little more strength, he would have died.
Ariella looked at the unconscious David and once again marveled at Nobert’s superhuman strength. Then, she ordered David’s knight, who was trembling and unable to do anything.
“Sir Dante, tell David when he wakes up. If he tells his father about what happened today, I will reveal David and Lizzy’s relationship to everyone.”
“Yes, yes. I will.”
“Take him back to the hotel and call a doctor. He’s going to die of excessive bleeding.”
“Yes!”
Dante nodded as if he were going to bury his face in the ground, then hurriedly picked up David and left. The gaze he cast at Nobert until the very end was filled with clear fear.
The noisy alley became quiet again.
As the situation seemed to be roughly settled, Ariella turned her head. Her gaze passed Nobert and went to her precious knight.
“Sir Adam! Are you alright?”
Adam’s face was a mess. His once clean skin was stained with red, and blood flowed from his burst lip.
He was not as badly injured as David, but even the small scratches on his face pained her.
“I’m fine.”
“Fine, you say! Let’s get you treated first. A doctor, we need to call a doctor…”
Ariella stood in front of Adam, fidgeting as if she had never been calm. Then, Nobert, who had been watching the scene from behind, offered a solution.
“Let’s go to my mansion. It’s not far from here, and there’s a resident doctor, so you can get treatment right away.”
The mansion he was talking about was not the townhouse where Ariella often met him.
It was the official townhouse of the Duke of Roysther’s family, located in the center of Edinburgh. It was the place where Nobert had never invited any woman to date.
What kind of rumors would sweep through society if she set foot in his mansion? The expected picture quickly flashed through Ariella’s mind, but she nodded without hesitation.
“I’m really fine. This isn’t a very serious injury…”
“Yes. Please, Nobert.”
Adam’s opinion that there was no need to treat it was immediately dismissed.
For some reason, he did not seem to be very happy about going to Nobert’s mansion, but Ariella’s will was so strong that he had no choice but to follow.
Soon, a carriage carrying two men and one woman departed from the summer square.
Royster’s mansion was even larger and more extravagant than the Duchy of Bedford’s residence.
This was to be expected, considering the Duke’s family’s reputation. The Bedford family had only begun to make a name for themselves twenty years ago with their marriage alliance with Alkestis, while Royster had been accumulating wealth long before that.
If Juvenil’s townhouse was this grand, how magnificent must the castle in the Royster Grand Duchy be?
Ariella briefly marveled as she passed through the hallway, where every small painting on the wall and every candlestick was beautiful.
Soon, they arrived at a spacious and cozy reception room, and after a short wait, a Royster physician arrived without delay.
The elderly physician quickly took out his medicines and approached Adam, but for some reason, Adam refused his treatment in an exceedingly cold voice.
“Just leave the medicine. I’ll take care of the treatment myself.”
“Excuse me? I, I can’t possibly do that…”
“It’s just a wound that needs disinfecting and applying medicine. I don’t think there’s any need to entrust it to someone else. I prefer to avoid unnecessary contact, so just leave it.”
Adam’s face was full of wariness as he said that.
Was he wary because it was a physician from another family? Ariella was taken aback and widened her eyes. Even though he was usually taciturn, he had always been docile in front of her, so this side of him was unexpected.
