Chapter 109

Tick- tock-.  

The clock’s hands moved steadily, but she showed no signs of waking.  

Kagan sat there, frozen like a statue, not moving a muscle the entire day.  

The sun rose to its peak, then began to set, and finally, the moon appeared, yet there was no change.  

The first sign of movement came late, around 11 p.m.  

Click-.  

The door opened with a small sound, causing Kagan’s eyebrows to twitch noticeably.  

‘I gave clear orders not to enter…’  

Who would dare defy his command?  

His cheek twitched slightly as he clenched and unclenched his fist.  

The figure that entered was a woman with a familiar appearance.  

“You. Did you not hear my order not to come in?”  

“Ah! Aaaaaah!!”  

The woman, carrying something in her arms, screamed the moment her eyes met his in the darkness.  

Kagan frowned in irritation as the intruder gasped, quickly covering her mouth and shutting the door behind her.  

“I-I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were here…”  

It was Nisha’s maid.  

The woman had followed Nisha from Roshan, solely dedicated to her.  

It wasn’t just her; the two men who had accompanied them also seemed fiercely loyal to Nisha, almost to the point of obsession.  

Usually, someone of a weaker status wouldn’t dare act so boldly.  

‘And tight-lipped…’  

When he had tried to pry information out of them, the stuttering man had trembled but kept his mouth shut, and the knight had done nothing but bare his teeth at him.  

‘This woman was the only one who moved when everyone else was frozen.’  

It was as if Nisha’s existence was more important to her than her own life.  

“What are you here for?”  

His voice, cold and completely different from the tone he used with Nisha, filled the air.  

At Kagan’s words, the maid, Mary, swallowed and pressed her lips together tightly.  

‘What’s that in her arms…?’  

A water pitcher?  

A pitcher and a glass?  

Kagan’s eyes narrowed.  

‘Now that I think about it, there was always water by the princess’s bedside.’  

It had been so natural he hadn’t paid much attention to it, but of course—someone had to place it there.  

This room wasn’t one that was regularly used, and no one was allowed to enter.  

So, who could have put it there?  

The woman standing before him, no doubt.  

Every time. Always.  

“You realize the absurdity of this situation.”  

“…….”

At Kagan’s words, Mary’s eyes widened in shock.  

She took a deep breath, clamping her mouth shut as she stepped back.  

Even in the darkness, he could easily read the distress clouding her expression.  

“Explain.”  

“…….”

“Why is she lying there, dead?”  

As he spoke, Mary bit her lower lip and took another step back.  

Her stubborn refusal to answer made him let out a dry, mocking laugh.  

She even shook her small head from side to side.  

“You think I’m giving you a choice?”  

“…….”

“Foreigners are brave, I like that. They always think they can climb higher than they should.”  

As he watched her distress turn into fear, Kagan rose from his seat.  

He needed to force some answers before Nisha woke up.  

Only then would he be able to determine whether she had been lying to him or not.  

If there was any discrepancy between their stories, it meant one of them had lied.  

As he took slow, deliberate steps toward her, Mary’s shoulders began to tremble like leaves in the wind.  

Narrowing his eyes, Kagan stopped in front of her.  

“If you want to die, I can personally take care of that for you.”  

“…….”

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