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When Maria suddenly woke up, she found herself in a dimly lit room she didn't recognize.
Perhaps because she had been asleep for a long time, her thoughts were hazy.
Within her mind that wasn't working well, she observed the room she was in.
Illuminating the dimly lit room with no windows was a dragon jade plant placed as both lighting and greenery.
Apart from the dragon jade plant, there were two doors that she didn't know where they led to, and the semi-double-sized bed she was currently lying on.
There, Maria bit her lip in vexation at her own carelessness.
If she wasn't mistaken, this was a trap to lure out Lord Raymond.
Ever since that day when she heard from Lord Raymond himself about the existence of nobles who were thinking of manipulating him for their own benefit, she had been thinking about it.
Someday, she would become Lord Raymond's weakness.
If it were Cyrillos-sama, he wouldn't have been captured like her.
The kind Lord Raymond would never abandon her.
Even if it meant losing his own freedom, he was the kind of person who would smile and say it was okay as long as she was safe.
That's why she had to somehow escape from here on her own.
First, she had to find an escape route, so Maria got out of bed and reached for one of the doors in the room.
Inside, it seemed to be a bathtub and toilet, but there was only a window near the ceiling to let out moisture.
She reached out, but she wasn't tall enough, and her fingertips couldn't even reach it.
Maria ran her eyes around, looking for other escape routes, and tried to appear calm.
However, that was only on the surface, Maria was trying to show that, but in reality, her fingertips were freezing from the danger to her life and chastity that she was facing for the first time.
Realizing that there was no way to escape from that room, she returned to the room where the bed was.
Maria, who listlessly pushed her hand against the bed and frowned, was agitated by the crisis she was facing for the first time, and her vision seemed to have narrowed without her realizing it.
"What are you doing?"
The moment Maria was about to turn around at the voice she heard from right behind her ear, she felt her waist being pulled up sharply, and in the next moment, her body was pinned to the bed.
A shadow fell over Maria, who was rolling her eyes, and the face of the person illuminated by the light of the dragon jade faintly floated up.
"H- Hofre...-sama!"
It was the current head of the Cassinelli Duke family, which was the same duke family as herself, although the other party was closer in age to her.
And a noble who was the head of Maya's faction.
Hofre's round glasses reflected white in the backlight, and his expression was not visible.
"Did you bring me here...? What is your purpose?"
There was no doubt that he was the main culprit who brought her here.
His purpose was undoubtedly related to Lord Raymond, but Maria wanted to know the details.
At least, even if she couldn't escape from here, she had to convey that information to Lord Raymond.
"What is my purpose...? You know that best, Maria."
Hofre Cassinelli was once a candidate to be her fiancé.
Hofre put his hand next to her face and brought his face closer, stroking her face with his hand, the opposite hand to the one on the bed.
At the gesture like a loving lover, Maria glared at Hofre resentfully.
"Are you planning to take me as your wife and curry favor with Lord Raymond? Do you think Lord Raymond will value you if you use such a cowardly trick?"
It was nothing more than a bluff, but she knew that she had to somehow encourage herself or she wouldn't be able to move, so she couldn't help but take some action, even if it was a bluff.
If only she had attended the academy and studied more, she might have come up with a way to get out of this.
If she had been born into a military family like the Baltzar Duke family, and had trained in martial arts despite being a woman, she might not have been caught like this in the first place.
She hated herself from the bottom of her heart for not being able to do anything.
The only resistance she could offer to herself was to glare at the man who was looking down on her as she was being pushed down on the bed in a disgraceful manner.
"Hmm. That's also attractive, but. You know, don't you? What I want from you."
Hofre brought his lips to her ear and whispered gently, as if he was dealing with a beloved person.
"Maria... Now, try to please me."
"BOSSAaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"
"Whoa!? H-how, what's wrong with you suddenly screaming, Lord Raymond!?"
"Right now!! I have a very strong feeling!!! That Maria is in a critical situation!!!! Bossa! Let's go right now! Find Maria right away!!!"
"That's too much of a reckless demand!!!!"
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