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"My lord!!" Wallace was in shock—relieved yet troubled, unable to fully grasp the situation.

Even more so when the Duke stepped in front of the Duchess protectively, shielding her.

"Why… why, if you were in the city, didn’t you return to the castle? I sent a search party across the entire duchy, combing the area where you were ambushed. One of the soldiers survived and came to warn me," he hastily began to explain.

The atmosphere around them was cold and menacing.

He felt like a rat ca