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‘A behavior that doesn’t suit the queen.’
It wasn’t a bad result compared to the investment. The defective sapphire ring, which was the investment, was full of scratches that one couldn’t even sell it, but it wouldn’t come off easily once it was put on.
But she still had a long way to go.
‘I’ve endured it for two years.’
She reminded herself of the past. Perhaps because she was so patient, Vainas thought she was just a pushover wife who would take all the kicks and beatings.
It was fun to hit and kick those who don’t resist. And since nothing interfered with him and Larissa, he had yet to consider a divorce.
Of course, there was no reason.
Therefore, Arnoa planned to provide a reason for Vainas to divorce her in the future.
‘I don’t have much time.’
In order to do so, there was someone she had to meet right away.
Arnoa walked quickly and returned to the bedroom. Before entering, she ordered the maid to call someone.
Creak–click.
The moment she was about to close the door and fall into the bed.
“Grrr–”
She heard a familiar cry.
“Bel?”
On top of the bed was a new appearance of a large, familiar beast stretched out. White shiny fur with black patterns, half-closed silver-gray eyes, and a thick, fluffy tail.
It was a breathtakingly beautiful, pure white leopard.
“You’re here early?”
Arnoa’s face brightened. She sat down on the bed and faced the leopard in a good mood.
“Purr–”
When Arnoa unconsciously reached out her hand and brought it to his ears, the snow leopard closed his eyes. Cats and animals like the back of their ears to be touched, so it seemed to be an instinctive reaction.
Perhaps because she knew who he was, the feeling of pressure when they first met disappeared.
“…You’re like a cat.”
She thought he was cute, so when she said that, he suddenly opened his eyes again and blinked a few times.
“Grrrrrr–”
He shook his head once, changed his attitude, and groaned as if dissatisfied. Then he lifted his body with a puff.
The snow leopard’s head approached Arnoa’s face in an instant. From a distance less than a span away, she saw two large white fangs through his slightly opened mouth.
“Hic.”
When Arnoa drew a breath in a moment of surprise, his silver-gray eyes were bent like a human laughing. At the same time, the snow leopard’s new form returned to the appearance of a wizard she remembered.
“That’s bold.”
Bel said with a smile as if he was satisfied with her reaction.
“How bold of you to stroke the Lord of the Magic Tower’s head?”
He changed the subject.
“That fast?”
He said it would take about two days, but he came back in a day and a half after finishing what he needed to do.
“…What should I do now?”
When Arnoa nodded, Bel asked again.
“It’s still a long way to go before the guest arrives…”
Arnoa said, looking at Bel, who had already leaned comfortably on the bed. He was listening anyway, so she thought it would be better to ask now.
“Tell me how Luciano and Arien died.”
Bel’s eyes, which had been loosened as he drowsed, became clear again.
It was an unexpected question for him.
“…Are you curious about the story?”
“A little. Just to make sure?”
Her expression didn’t seem to change much. Only her deep blue eyes shone sharply.
“Well…the view was nice. The window was a little small.”
Bel was speechless for a moment when she spoke lightly and shrugged her shoulders as if it were all in the past.
She seemed honest and was already used to covering up her emotions.
The determination he saw in her eyes on the day they first met, or the anger that seemed more faint, was now hidden and invisible.