As his words fell, he walked straight down the corridor until he disappeared from sight.
"It's okay, don't mind what that guy said; he was just talking nonsense."
Nigel's voice softened as he spoke to Christina.
"Thank you for helping us out of that situation, Mr. Nigel."
Christina promptly gave him a bow.
Enon followed suit, bowing alongside Christina once more.
Before they could engage in conversation, Christina heard distant, trivial chatter: "The Bathist family's daughter is actually in contact with the Demon World's Lord Astrophel and the executioner Nigel; she is indeed planning to have Viscount Hammond killed." Christina's eyebrows involuntarily trembled.
As was widely known, Duke Tiffany's executioner was a ruthless enforcer of the law from the Demon Race, almost untouchable in his pursuit of any illegal activities.
Christina admitted to a slight dispute with Viscount Hammond, but how had it become so distorted in the nobility's gossip that she was out to harm him?
