It Seems Like The Infamous Trash Can is Right Here! - Chapter 166

But worn thin after a day of Madam Charlene’s torment, my body, languid from massage, yielded to sleep’s pull.

“…Serenia?”

His voice calling my name was the last thing I heard before I fell into slumber as if fainting.

* * *

“What do you mean, Dana? That the connection with the shadows has been severed?”

At Axion’s cold voice, laced with irritation, Dana flinched.

They had not even managed to attempt the abduction yet.

All she had done was send shadows to watch the mansion, waiting for the chance when that detestable woman carrying Lionel’s child would go out.

But again and again, the link to the shadows broke off. Even when she sent the recall signal, not a single one responded.

It was bewildering, especially since it happened just after the contracts had been renewed, when their strength should have been at its peak.

Granted, the shadows she had dispatched this time were units suited for stealth infiltration, not combat. But even so.

In the Crown Prince’s quarters, a place as harsh and merciless as his own nature, Dana shrank into herself as she explained what had happened.

“Wasn’t that woman said to be a healing priestess? Could it be the divine power causing the problem…?”

“Don’t spout nonsense. A mere healing priestess couldn’t even perceive a shadow’s existence. At the very least, it would take the Pope himself.”

Dana knew that as well. And yet, hadn’t all the shadows sent into the Luanax mansion had their links cut in the same manner? None of this could be mere coincidence.

“Then what if the Pope consecrated the mansion, or they brought in some sacred relic?”

“Do you think the Duke of Luanax and the Temple have such a close relationship?”

Axion stroked his chin, sinking into thought.

In any case, if something was happening to the shadows sent for surveillance, they could not keep using the same method. At the very least, they had to uncover the cause first and then prepare countermeasures.

“Send a request to Rex Ruina. Find out the nature of the Duke of Luanax’s relationship with the Pope, and the current locations of the sacred relics in the capital.”

“And until we get an answer, what about that woman? Do we just leave her be?”

It would not matter even if she was already married. But Dana wanted to end it before Lionel ever reached the wedding with her.

‘It should be me alone who becomes Lionel’s bride.’

The thought of Lionel lifting another woman’s veil and kissing her in front of the world’s blessings sent rage surging up to the crown of her head.

‘I’ll ruin it. I’ll destroy everything!’

Seeing Dana trembling with fury, Axion clicked his tongue.

“If you’re truly in such a hurry, then use others. Hire a top-class mercenary with a record in human trafficking, and abducting a single woman won’t be difficult. Let them strike on the day the Duke attends the council meeting in the palace.”

If they struck when Lionel was absent from the mansion, the risk variables would drop considerably.

“Then, brother, could you find out when the next council meeting is?”

Dana’s eyes lit up as she looked at him.

“That much is hardly difficult. But you must not slip and leave a trail. Understand, Dana?”

At Axion’s chilling warning, Dana quickly nodded.

‘I’ll just spend more money.’

If she hired someone strong enough to subdue even all the knights stationed in Luanax outright, then sneaking in and abducting one woman would be nothing.

This time, there would be no failure.