Earl and Fairy: Volume 5 [Parts 1 to 6] by Mizue Tani

Author:Mizue Tani
Language: eng
Format: epub

An Inch Between Feelings

When they left the party that evening, Lydia told her father that she had forgotten something at Edgar’s estate and boarded a cab by herself. However, she was heading not for the earl’s mansion, but for Paul’s abode. The painter had recently moved into a new boarding house.

When she arrived, she was greeted by an elderly housekeeper, who told her that he rented the corner room on the second floor. Though Lydia knocked after reaching his room, there was no response.

The housekeeper said he was in. No doubt he is so engrossed in his art that he hasn’t heard me. She kept knocking.

Eventually, Paul emerged, wiping the paint from his hands with a sponge. He raised his eyebrows in surprise when he saw her. “Miss Carlton? To what do I owe this unexpected pleasure?”

“There is something I wish to discuss with you. Might I be allowed inside?”

“I beg your pardon?” He hesitated. “I live alone, you understand. And for a young woman such as yourself to be alone with a man, well...”

“Are you suggesting that to be alone with you would put me in danger?”

“Perish the thought!” Paul stuttered, smiling sheepishly and scratching the back of his head.

As guilty as she felt for pushing it, Lydia could not leave her questions unasked, and they were questions that ought to be shielded from outside ears. Besides, Paul was the last person who would take advantage of her.

“Forgive me.” She dodged past him and into his room. “Now, please tell me what Edgar is planning this time. You know, do you not?”

Paul was gazing at the door, clearly wondering whether he ought to leave it open. Eventually, he seemed to decide that this was a discussion best held in private and closed it quietly. “I suggest you ask his lordship directly.”

“I shan’t be satisfied with an answer like that. Besides, I am presently disinclined to speak with him.”

“What has he done now?”

“Ulysses is scheming something, yes? He is a man capable of controlling fairy magic. Edgar employed me as his fairy doctor. One would think this is just the sort of matter I ought to have a say in.”

“Ulysses has not done anything as of yet. Should the time come that he requires your skills, I am confident that his lordship will confide in you. It is my understanding that he wishes to keep you out of harm’s way if he can help it.”

Why on earth does everyone seem to side with Edgar? Having said that, Lydia had come here precisely because she expected Paul to sympathize more closely with her than Raven or Ermine would, as their loyalties lay firmly with Edgar. But the matter of her safety wasn’t enough of a reason to convince her that the earl was in the right.

“I visited the establishment where Edgar keeps his harem.”

Paul looked visibly shocked.

“I found the wax figure wearing the black diamond. Actually, no, the figure isn’t important. What is important is that the Prince is seeking both that diamond and the white one that is paired with it.

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