Deathbound Duke's Daughter: Volume 2 [Complete] by Terasu Senoo

Author:Terasu Senoo
Language: eng
Format: epub

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“Looks like I came just in time.”

“Glad you could make it, Claus.”

“And I’m glad you look unharmed... Wait.” Claus frowned and glared at her, apparently only now noticing something was off. “Come to think of it, why are you in a place like this?”

“That story’s too long and too complicated. I’d rather know how you knew I was here. Weren’t you on a top-secret investigation with Eduard?”

Even if she had left the secret passage wide open, they were still in the innermost room of the Grand Cathedral.

“All I did was follow Anne’s Alarm.” Claus glanced at Erika’s leather bag.

“Her what?” Erika tilted her head. Was this some sort of mistake?

Did she cast an Alarm spell on me? But Anne never got the chance to tamper with my bag. The only thing that came to mind was when the girl had shaken hands with Tirnanog. Erika realized that Anne might’ve embedded magic into his hand.

Presumably, she had anticipated that Erika and Tirnanog would find themselves in a situation they couldn’t resolve on their own and had therefore called in reinforcements. Claus was a powerful asset; Erika couldn’t have asked for better backup.

“I thought Anne got wrapped up in something dangerous. No wonder the marker was moving so fast even though she was never any good at movement magic.”

“My humblest apologies.”

“When I told him Anne was in danger, Eduard took me off the investigation lickety-split. The other investigators all looked at me like I was one of his ilk! I’ll never live it down!”

Claus’ face turned bitter at the memory. He detested the idea of being treated as an obsessive brother on the same level as Eduard.

“Still, I really am happy you came for me.”

“Hmph. Save those thanks for Eduard.” Claus bluntly turned away to hide his embarrassment. When his gaze fell on the other human in the room, he pointed. “Incidentally, is that girl on the ground over there a friend of yours?”

“Who are you—”

The one on the floor was August. Claus had mistaken the long-haired, delicate-looking boy for a girl, and rather than resolving this misunderstanding, Erika decided to just carry on nonchalantly.

“Yes, a very precious friend.”

“Then we can’t leave her here.”

“Let’s do our best to help ’em out!”

“Erika, your sense of danger is as nonexistent as ever.”

“I believe Anne said something similar.”

“If you don’t have any crisis management skills, why do you keep sticking your nose into dangerous predicaments? I’d love to grill you on that, but I’ll save it for later. I doubt that monster’s going to wait for much longer.”

Claus held his staff aloft, deploying two additional sets of cards. Beyond the protective circle, Palug gave a bemused laugh.

“How cute. You’ve got yourself a little knight. Oh, what I wouldn’t give for a dashing man to show up to protect me, too. However...”

Palug took two swipes with her claws, tearing a cross into the barrier erected around them. In an instant, the spell cards that crossed their path were burned to a crisp.

“It’s all rather toxic to

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