章 198: Guilt

To explain the situation better, Victor and Aluella sat down at the large table.

"Well..." Aluella was a little afraid to be the one to tell, so she looked at Victor.

"You can leave it to me. Well, after the charity party, while everyone was still a bit scared and many were leaving, as we were about to do, Luisa, Aluella recognized me and called me to talk."

"I remember a woman calling you to talk. She was masked, so..."

"Yes, that was me. I had heard the nobles call Victor by name. I had met him earlier, on the balcony, and we had a common conversation. As we're both older, different, and wearing masks, we didn't recognize each other at the time, but by chance that attack occurred and allowed me to discover that that grey-haired man is my Victor."

"It was an unexpected encounter, and to be honest, a bit shocking. She took off her mask and revealed her identity. Aluella, my old flame, who I thought I would never see again."