Chapter 38

A light tap on my cheeks woke me up. I rubbed my eyes lightly after slowly opening them. What greeted my sight was Grande's figure standing in front of me with a serious face.

"What's with the face?"

"Belle was gone."

I sat up straight after hearing that. My brows furrowed and pursed my lips.

"That's it?"

She frowned. "What do you mean?"

Peeling off the dust in my pants, I looked at her. "It was expected."

"Wait, what? Can you tell me what does it means?"

"She's a traitor," Sovine interrupted. "From the start, she was sent to spy on the military grounds. I mean, the Royal clan dispatched every assassin to monitor everyone's move against them."

"And you know it all along without giving us some hints?" Herofus gazed at me with disbelief in his eyes.

"I don't. I was informed by Sovine ahead of you. Remember the bus?"

He nodded.

"She's the one who sabotages it."

"But I'm with her almost every hour!"

"Even a second can create a huge surprise, much less for a skilled assassin like her."

Her