บท 55: A parting gift! [R-18]

"Have your memory returned?" She asked, with the same monotone voice. She leaned on the rail as he did.

"Not completely." He said. "There are parts that I still can't recall."

She looked at him. "You know you were also controlled by him?"

??!!

He froze. It set an alarm off in his mind. So, that was it. The missing memory. He had been under Augustus' control, too. The thought made him feel sick.

"But Viper incapacitated you in time." She continued. "If not, you could've killed the new duchess."

"..."

He couldn't believe it. He had been so careless. He knew he could've handled the matter more safely and efficiently, but he had been too overconfident, thinking this was not even an event that once was mentioned in the novel.

But living in the event made him realize that the novel only focuses on some people's lives and the other people are completely ignored.