I Don’t Want This Bad Ending

Chapter 174: ADLEY'S TRAP: PART 2

Cabel was out waiting in the office of Edickart in the east wing of the Castle with Bern and Gill. He was leaning on the sofa and sipping a cup of tea that the maids of the Crown Prince prepared.

"I've made you wait"

Edickart entered with his attendants and he made his way to the desk where a pile of documents that he needed to sign was spread across the table.

When he saw that Cabel and his company was about to bow and greet him, he dismissed the courtesy as he signed them to stop.

Cabel and his company did as he wanted. Bern and Gil stood back and let Cabel talk to his highness.

"Is this a good time? You seem busy, your highness"

"I'm going to die at this rate but what can I do? It's something that only I could do."

Edickart annoyingly said while Cabel chuckled.

"So? What happened?" Edickart asked and ignored Cabel who seemed to find it funny that he was buried in work that they made.

"Well" Cabel immediately changed the time of his voice and solemnly answered his question with a bit of hesitation.

Cabel sighs as Edickart asks about what Evelyn was doing. Evelyn said that she would try to gain some information with her company and she would leave them to do the other works.

"Seriously, I'm still against that plan.. But she seems determined." Edickart stated that made Cabel hung his head and scratch his silver hair.

"That was what I was saying Her plan was so risky that I suggested that it would be easy if I used my shadow knights."

Edickart looks at Cabel who came back to his seat as well as the other two. Cabel followed his sight and introduced Ben and Gil.

"You might have known Sir Bern from the Academy"

"Yes, of course, how can I forget the instructor who made countless nobles fly and plopped down to the ground like a rug."

Bern smiled and gave him his greeting and bowed.

"I'm honored that the Crown Prince still remembers this face"

"Still, it seems that you didn't age at all"

Bern only smiled, his pink hair was still unkempt like how it used to when he was in the academy. The difference right now was that his shirt was buttoned up.

"I just inherited my family's good seeds" He jokingly said.

"Is that so" Edickart's eyes became sharp for a moment before he smiled and turned his head to Gil's side.

Gil stood up and bowed. He didn't make Cabel introduced him and he do it on his own.

"I'm Gilbert Drivas from the Perspiru Kingdom, I'm currently the head of the Drivas Company, your highness"

The secretary of Edickart who heard his name thought that he heard that name before. 

"Are you?"

Gil looks at the secretary that was standing beside Edickart. All of them turn their head to the secretary who has one glass resting on his purple eye and with an indifference face.

"What is it Mike?" Edickart asked as he saw that his secretary rarely has an emotion displaying on his face.

He was in daze when he woke up after hearing Edickart's voice.

"So?"

Mike turned around and back to the man who was standing across the Duke.

"I apologize but you said your name is Gilbert Drivas?"

Gil only smiled. Cabel and Edickart become perplexed at why the secretary was acting odd. Cabel and Edickart were looking back and forth to Bern who was smirking, Gil who was smiling and the secretary that had his eyes wide open.

"Your highness you didn't hear his name?"

"I heard.. He said his name is Gilbert Drivas. Why are you acting like this?"

Mike guled down his saliva and started to recite a tale that was long gone and has been considered to be a myth.

"Eyes that reflected the dark grey clouds, he could see through the illusion and deceit of people which punished the people who ruined his land and protected the people who cherished his territory. His grey hair that shines when lighted by the moonlit sky was said to have captivated the magical beast. The - "

Gil put out his finger on his lips telling Mike to not continue what he was about to say. Mike gasps. 

"What are you even talking about?' Edickart asked, he knew that his secretary was an oddball and always buried himself with books whenever he had time.

While the exchange of conversation shifts towards Gil and Mike, Edickart becomes certain that the man in front of him must be a big shot for Mike who didn't give him a change of attitude to make that shocked face once he meets Gil. It was baffling but Edickart began to have a clue.

"I didn't know that someone was still interested in reading those ancient texts. It's a wonder that there was still some that escaped from me"

Mike became more sure about what he thought.

"Then then.." Mike stutters, he can't believe that he has the opportunity to see the Guardian of Wind Spirit faction of the East.

The only thing that Mike has found while he research about Spirits is about a certain spirit that was said to have a humanoid form as he achieved the greatest transformation that a spirit can achieve in its lifetime.

The only clue that he got when he was passing by one of the books in the library of some antique store in the Emsworth Territory was the encounter of a child to one of the Greater Spirits and he was said to give the alias that he was using.

It was Gilbert Drivas, at first, Mike was doubting that ancient text as it seems like it was just a diary of some sort. He still bought it and read through it countless times.

The book was like an adventure story of a girl who met her five spirits and they went and did unexpected things. Saly, Mike didn't know the name of the girl who was said to have contracted a total of five spirits, something he can't imagine as it is a rare occurrence in their time.

Cough! Mike noticed that he was too excited that everyone was looking at him.

Mike dusted his suit and he changed back to being a reserved gentleman. 

"It's a pleasure to meet you Sir Gilbert. I never knew that I would have the pleasure to meet someone as holy as you."

"Ha-haha! You're an interesting human."

Bern laughed when he saw that Mike approached Gil and shook his hand with enthusiasm.

"Can someone explain what was happening?" Cabel asked.

"It's nothing I don't have the permission to talk about it."

"What?" Edickart became shocked as it was the first time that Mike voluntarily insisted on not answering a question.

Edickart became stressed out and thought that his head would ache if he let this continue.

"I'll ignore this farce that you are showing Mike. Now, we have some discussion that needs to be done."

"Yes, your highness."

Mike comes back to Edickart's side and Gil continues his introduction.

"Our Lady has asked to let her have some more time in the dungeon. Right now, Prince Adley was said to be on his way where Lady Evelyn is."

Edickart knits his brows.

"What do you mean, right now? How are you sure about that?"

Bern and Gil smiled.

"It's something that is unique to people who considered Eve to be close with her."

Cabel became intrigued and asked about what he was talking about. While Mike understood why something like that is possible.

"Then, why can't I be part of that? I'm close with Eve"

Gil smirked and looked at him like he was saying some ridiculous assumptions.

"You wished Eve, can only be close to us"

Cabel felt like punching the smug face that Gil was showing. 

"Stop, were not here for some childish banters" Edickart said and approached the guests that arrived at his office.

"We will trust your words that Lady Evelyn will come back with no scratch."

It has been a week since Duke Cabel have returned to the mansion using the teleportation scroll and two days ago, Evelyn decided to proceed to act on her plans.

She has informed the Crown Prince and Cabel of what is about to happen once she left them and work on her own. Cassandra has said so and also informed them about her visions.

Things will start to take its course, and they need to be prepared for it.

"We wouldn't let Lady Evelyn be in danger this time Now that we are here, we are capable enough to ambush them when Evelyn decides to do so. Besides, she has Lady Cathy with her. That girl can protect Lady Evelyn."

Gil confidently explained to Edickart and Cabel.

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Hey guys. I have an announcement to make. LOL.

I'll be taking a looooong break from updating the IDWTBE novel. I'll be gone for a month, the reason?? Well, it's because I need to spare more time for my Thesis Research. I'll be cramming a lot of things for the next month, so I decided to pause the serialization of my novel.

Don't worry, I'll be back in a month. And so, I'll stop updating after January 31. I hope Evelyn's dear readers can understand this and won't forget the the Novel </3

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