Chapter 52: Chapter 50 Her Beautiful Wish

Byrne still braved his intense unease to visit his wife's family at the Hoffman residence.

Several days later, they took a carriage back to Nasir, still on high alert.

The news of Mr. Gold's death wasn't made public in their circles until after Byrne had left; the cause was announced as a sudden illness due to excessive obesity, with almost no one aware of the murder case.

Byrne contemplated on the journey and soon understood why Viscount Bast wanted to conceal the cause of Mr. Gold's death—it was to prevent the allies who supported the Lion clan from becoming overly anxious.

He once again felt the consequences of being weak in a cruel world.

"Mr. Gold's status, vision, and wisdom were all above his own, yet he was so easily killed by mysterious forces because, after all, he was an ordinary person."

"In this world filled with extraordinary terror, all ordinary people are but grass, and no matter how well they perform, they are merely nutrients!"