Chapter 149

In fact, Kling had already made the same request to him. On the night he returned from Roshan, Eckart met Kling at the parlor of his palace, which was not far from his study. There, Kling earnestly asked him to exclude his daughter from this political strife. But he refused his request, clearly knowing Kling's intentions because he thought his daughter was a useful card in his political scheme. To put Kling on the forefront of the chessboard, he couldn't free her from his control.

"I voluntarily took this role by myself. You and I knew that we would be faced with this kind of danger, didn't we?"

"Marianne, it is up to me to determine the use of my hostage."

"I know. That's why I'm telling you now. Please don't forget what you originally expected of me."

Marianne replied firmly.

"Apart from your decision on my destiny, I myself do not want to chicken out from this fight. Come to think of it, almost nothing has changed. We only knew that they were eviler than we thought."

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