Dear Broom Knight

The maid, who had run back after discovering something amiss with the dead, said with a face full of pain, "Both of them are gone. Kempas, it was Madam Marianne who did the harm."

"Why was Marianne there?" Pat asked, gripping her short sword tightly, her voice strained. "Didn't I tell you to make some noise in the city?"

Marianne's only son by her side, although not particularly talented, was the foundation of all her plans… Before she could have another talented child, the only child who could stay by their side and inherit the Tolle family's property in the Montes territory was the third son.

Although Valeria hadn't completely left the territory and was staying here to help Laurie manage some chores, she didn't keep her actions secret. Everyone knew she would definitely go to the Ghezal Barony in the future.

Laurie had always thought that he would officially move to his territory to live after he turned 16.

This wasn't to say that he would stay in Montes Castle until then, but nominally, he was still considered a member of the Montes family.

In other words, the Earl of Montes would originally have to pay Laurie an annuity for eight years.

Although Laurie now collected all the taxes from the Ghezal Barony himself, in the eyes of Madam Yagris's people, they had actually lost out.

After all, the taxes from the Ghezal Barony used to be collected by Madam Yagris.

No matter how small Laurie's annuity was, it was still paid by the Earl of Montes.

As for the division of property, Laurie wouldn't have gotten a single share anyway.

And with Marianne's terrible personality and temper, she would never let Valeria touch any of the resources she had prepared for the Tolle family of her dreams.

Therefore, as long as she wasn't pregnant, Marianne would definitely value the life of her third son, who wasn't particularly talented but wasn't too bad either.

Pat certainly didn't think that her malicious words to Kempas would guarantee that the kid would only target Tolle, so she made other preparations as well.

As soon as there was chaos outside, she would have certain people with special identities set fire near Marianne's house outside Montes Castle, or even lead one or two Ice Dogs there.

Tolle, who always thought highly of his status and indispensable in the Knights, would definitely not leave because of personal matters, but Marianne had always been reckless, and she would definitely go back to save her only hope.

The person Pat arranged to do these things was her absolute confidant… Otherwise, if things had gone so wrong, she wouldn't have hesitated to come back to report to Pat, completely unafraid of being held accountable.

The maid's lowered head moved slightly, her eyes cautiously looking up.

"Speak if you have something to say! I'll weigh it myself!" Pat said coldly.

"Young Master Kyle of the Alex family suddenly invited all the sons of knights who were not eligible to enter the castle banquet to the training ground before the turmoil occurred."

The maid hesitated for a moment, then said hesitantly, "Although my investigation revealed that Madam Natalie didn't want Young Master Kyle to appear at the formal banquet, and even made the three young masters rest because of this…"

"But, the first two young masters had officially appeared at banquets after the age of eight, only Young Master Kyle… Today is his twelfth birthday."

"Normally speaking, even if he left early, he would still have to show his face at the banquet."

"But Madam Natalie didn't want to do anything."

This time, the maid's words were much smoother: "Young Master Kyle is not the kind of person who dares to offer opinions to Madam Natalie."

"Usually, if that madam asked him to avoid her, he would only hide in a corner of the castle and lament his fate."

"But after that scholar came, Young Master Kyle was obviously much more confident, and even took the initiative to protest to Madam Natalie, saying that he didn't want to be seen as someone who shouldn't exist."

"He also said that even Young Master Masood thought he was worthless because no one cared about him."

"Presumably, after today, everyone will understand that his future is probably not as good as Young Master Masood's child."

"Madam Natalie was very angry at first, but under the persuasion of that Mr. Andres Horne, she agreed to his request."

"Although she still didn't let him appear at the banquet, she agreed to let him hold a banquet for children of comparable status on the training ground."

"The Tolle family's heir to the property is naturally among them."

Pat closed her eyes fiercely, and for a moment, she seemed to be back in that icy pool when she was three years old.

"Sister Pat, the most important thing is that we didn't get any news about this," the maid said nervously, "But, although we did give up some of the castle's power, the message transmission has never had any problems!"

Pat raised her hand slightly, stopping the girl who was about to say something: "Take my people and withdraw directly from the Montes Earl Territory."

"Go to the Ghezal Earl Territory."

"Wait for me."

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"Sister Pat?" the maid asked in a panic, "Montes here…"

"What face do I have to see Yagris?" Pat leaned slightly against the collapsed stone wall beside her, "I don't even have the face to see Marianne!"

"But, I… at least I can let the person who should go to her to atone for her sins get whipped by her!"

"Leave immediately! I saw Laurie when the castle collapsed!"

"He must have gone to find Yagris first."

"I… I… don't worry about me for now."

The maid looked at Pat, who was covered in wounds and bloodstains on her face, hesitantly: "But, your body…"

"Don't worry, I'm not about to die yet!" Pat's cold voice entered her ears, "Don't delay any longer, leave immediately!"

The maid could only turn around and leave quickly.

She, and her sisters, would never go against Pat's will, even if they were watching Pat rush into danger.

They were all little girls who had been rescued by Pat from various places.

Sometimes, if a girl is a little prettier, she will become a kind of property.

If they fail to awaken successfully at the age of eight, they may never see their home again.

Although many successfully awakened children also cannot see it, they are actually sent directly to the military camp by their parents… They are counting on the future.

Of course, most children still go home with their parents, but there are always some people who think they have too many children and cannot afford to raise them.

They are the unlucky ones who are directly sold by their cruel parents outside the castle.

If they are maids or the like, it's okay, even if it's a cruel master, it's not impossible to live.

As long as you live in the sunlight.