"So you are here alone?" Richard was surprised to hear that as he rested on the couch with Violet beside him.
The girl nodded, "The Academy doesn't allow external security. It could have been dangerous."
Richard hummed in understanding.
With the authority to rule over the Apostles and with the support of the church, Eleanor was an invincible force. There was not a single place she couldn't go.
And if she had decided to take revenge on Richard by launching an attack on his house here near the Academy, no one would have defended them.
That's why Violet sent all the servants to Scarlette Duchy, utilizing her authority as the chief servant(she was promoted by Richard), and told them to go.
Richard looked at the girl, before asking, "Then…why didn't you also go?"
The girl lowered her head, a tinge of blush appearing on her cheeks, before she whispered, "You told me…to wait here…"