"You… you…! It's you—!"
The sunlight, once hidden by clouds, leaked out again, casting mottled patterns on the tender shoots of the Dulan tree. Walnut finally saw the face of the person pinning her down, the one who had once brought her huge shame, the one who had made her, a princess, taste the bitterness of resentment for the very first time…
"It's you! You damned villain, the one who sold me… sold me for only fifty gold coins!!!"
Idiot had Walnut subdued beneath him, his cold eyes fixed intently on his prey. Now, with his dagger pressed to her throat, he was considering what to do next.
His identity had been seen through by this woman. No, perhaps it was better to assume she had come here from the beginning just to confirm his presence.
That meant she had been certain of his location and planned to have him killed after confirmation. With her connections to the royal, even an open assassination wouldn't require any cover-up.
