บท 86: Get to the Bottom of It

The hallways were dark as the candles the maids placed out every evening started to burn out. 

At one point, they used to go out and extinguish each candle, but the duke told them to leave a few because he tended to be a night owl. 

Most of his excursions happened at night. He went into the township at night because the streets were less crowded and people wouldn't notice him as much. He held meetings unusually late if he had to face other nobles. 

It certainly didn't help his reputation as a creature of the night, but he was past trying to prove himself to others. The only person he wanted to be worthy of was Leonor. 

Yet she skipped dinner and didn't tell him why. His worries were through the roof.

He had witnessed her use her magic and thought nothing of it because she studied at the Magic Academy for so long.