Brother Raphael, I trusted him to take care of Francis' mother. I had freed him when I was eleven years old and he became my trusted man. So it was safe to let him take care of Francis' mother while I was going to find the boy that was paid to assassinate Francis' mother.
I knew this forest quite well and I knew where the duke's man was and that boy was instructed to go there. The duke's man was instructed to kill that boy. I had to make sure he hadn't killed that boy yet.
I ran for a few minutes, then I found the designated place was empty. The most possible reason was that the boy had been caught and that person was searching for me, or the boy ran away so the man was catching him. I hoped my second guess was the right one.
I tried to go around, to find one of those two. It would be fortunate for me if that boy was still alive and I met with the duke's man first.
