Chapter 502: The News Of His Best Friend's Death

The mansion was silent and the room where the little girl sat was also shrouded in a somber veil.

Amethyst eyes looked outside the window beside which she sat, observing a young boy running at full speed, away from the mansion and into the woods up ahead.

"Ruthy, do you think we should go after him?" 

The little girl turned around to look at the person who had just spoken up.

Her scrutinizing eyes fell on her sobbing mother being comforted by her father.

Despite her shortness of breath due to her sobs, she seemed to be more worried about the boy who had run out of the room.

The family of four had come to their summer estate in the St. Claire fief to enjoy the vacation many weeks ago.

However, the news of the outbreak of a deadly disease rapidly spreading throughout the Kingdom had taken them by surprise.

People were seeking shelter right where they were as traveling might increase the risk of contracting the same disease.