Returning to his room, Colin freshened up and prepared for rest.
However, he tossed and turned on his bed, unable to fall asleep. His mind kept stirring with the secret that Count Schultz had just revealed to him.
All of a sudden, Colin realized a critical point.
Previously, when Queen Midela declared herself to be Vera's mother, she also divulged another secret—she had poisoned Marquis Adams!
If Queen Midela wasn't Vera's biological mother, why would she brazenly kill Adams when Duke St. Hilde broke his promise and didn't give Vera the title of the Northern Duke?
Okay, if that was a lie from Queen Midela too, then what about the will that Duke St. Hilde left behind?
Count Uman had said before his death that the will was coerced from Duke St. Hilde, and the person who did this was very likely Queen Midela herself.
