She couldn't believe the horseman was dead. Nobody told her about it. Neither the emperor, nor Curtis, the cardinal, or the priests. Even Beatrice, who informed her about Kloud's multiple wounds, didn't tell her about it.
However, she did not want to blame anyone. In fact, she was not qualified to blame anyone for not having told her about the ominous story because she didn't pay much attention to his survival or death after the accident.
The accident was urgent and imminent, and she herself had no time to check for the horseman at the last minute. Her selective indifference, however, severely tore up her conscience.
It was indeed an excruciating pain for her.
'If he wasn't responsible for the wicked scheme, he was innocently sacrificed. I really hoped this kind of thing would never happen again since the countess was bitten by the snake…'