# Chapter 75
Chapter 75
Cayena's heart skipped a beat.
She was suspicious.
Did he know?
“It has to be realistic for everyone to believe.
Honestly, Raphael was feeling a strange sense of defeat against the fictional being who only had one name.
“If she brings Heimbel as she says she will, it will be ideal for her to marry me, not a fictitious husband.”
But this would only be possible if Cayena wanted it.
“As you said, isn't this business expensive for Your Highness?
“That's why I have another favor to ask of you.
“What is it?
“Can you get close to the temple in secret tonight with some elite knights?
Raphael sensed that Cayena was trying to do something risky.
To avoid misunderstandings, Cayena added: — It's because I'm worried about security here.
There are some strange circumstances as well.
She deliberately omitted the fact that there was a hired house run by Archduke Heinrich behind the temple.
Raphael's eyes narrowed slightly, doubting her.
“Then wouldn't it be better to have knights stationed around here?
“That would make it look like I'm harassing the temple, which wouldn't be good?
“…
If the knights were stationed nearby without just cause, it would be inconvenient, and many would interpret the action as pressure on the temple.
“Will it be dangerous?
Cayena lied confidently.
“It won't be dangerous at all.
After all, everyone had different risk patterns.
She smiled.
The Grand Heinrich Theater was completely packed.
There have been a lot of unusual things in political and social circles recently, and people needed a place to secretly exchange information.
They also had another reason for being at the Grand Heinrich Theater: Yester watched new plays at the theater on the first and last days of their performance.
Today was the premiere of a new play, and the most popular soprano of the time sang at the climax.
The gentlemen present were more interested in the singer's face than her voice, however.
“I would like to be her lover.
The murmur came from the VIP section, where young nobles from prestigious families gathered.
A small laugh spread through the crowd.
“I can't because of my fiancée.
Another noble frowned and mumbled, “If you are caught, the engagement will probably be broken off immediately.
She is very proud.
“That's why you should have gotten engaged to someone from a more suitable family.
Another noble son condemned the first's immature words.
“You have to think about your future, my friend.
In the banquet halls, they were respectable, clean gentlemen.
But in a place like this, surrounded by other men, they talked about vulgar things.
Yester Heinrich picked a cherry from a clear wine glass.
He covered his mouth, trying to swallow his sneer.
“What do you think, Archduke?
Yester looked around with his opera glasses and said, “I want that girl.”
They raised their binoculars to see who Yester was referring to.
“Oh, Emma Grace.
I think she's Viscount Grace's second daughter?
This family has so many children that I can't remember them all.
“How did this family get a VIP ticket?
The Grace family was not rich enough to get a VIP seat at the Grand Heinrich Theater.
A gentleman looked through the glass and said: — Elder sister is a great beauty.
Her name is something like Olivia.
She is the woman who became His Highness's lady-in-waiting.
“I bet she came here looking for someone to flirt with, now that her older sister has become successful.
It's obvious what women think.
They only think about marriage.
“So, can we talk to her later?
The younger sister doesn't look bad either.
Yester burst into laughter as he drank alcohol from a pure glass cup, not one made of silver or porcelain.
The laughter was loud enough to be heard in the other VIP seats.
“…what's so funny, Archduke Heinrich?
“Oh, it's nothing.
He laughed as he poured the wine into his glass.
“I was just having fun with your speculations.
The gentlemen looked at each other bitterly and reluctantly began to laugh.
It was always surprising how idiots thought.
That woman coming here to find someone to marry?
“Who’s the one with only marriage on his mind?”
Marriage and lovers.
That was all the gentlemen here cared about.
They just had to rreceive your inheritance from your parents.
“Pathetic men.”
They were inferior people who would be completely incapable if their inheritance disappeared.
It was because of Yester that Emma came here with her beautifully braided wheat-colored hair.
Viscount Grace and his wife were unaware of how unusual their family's debts were.
The daughter, however, seemed quite intelligent.
Yester met Emma Grace's eyes.
Emma turned her head, startled.
She never focused on the soprano's performance, even as the piece approached its climax.
Emma was the most interesting show in this theater.
She looked nervously at Yester with a tense expression.
“Archduke.
Then, an assistant whispered secretly into Yester's ear.
The gentlemen pretended indifference, but looked at Yester with great curiosity.
“Excuse me for a moment.
Yester stood up with an affable and beautiful smile.
He went to a suite reserved exclusively for the owner of the Grand Theater Heinrich.
Heinrich sat on the sofa crossing his legs.
“Is the princess in the temple of Denien?
She was kidnapped just a few days ago; he thought she would take longer to recover.
Even so, she went to visit a temple accompanied by just three knights.
No one could have predicted such a move.
It was also the temple near the contract house.
“Is it about what she said before?”
The princess spoke as if she knew the location of a secret group.
He had many such groups, but it was suspicious how Cayena was staying in that precise area now.
“Is she teasing me?”
Yester laughed happily.
Indeed, Princess Cayena turned out to be quite interesting.
His eyes glittered darkly.
“I wouldn’t be a man if I refused an invitation from a beautiful woman.”
On the first floor of a nondescript inn behind the ancient temple, cheap candles dimly lit the interior as the bartender sold alcohol.
“Do you want us to secretly capture the princess?
It had been a long time since Jedaiah started working as a contractor.
He had done all sorts of nasty and dangerous things, but he couldn't understand the instructions he had received today.
"The princess isn't far from here.
Wasn't there a big fuss about her kidnapping just three days ago?"
There were only three elite knights in sight, but Jedaiah felt there must be some secret guards.
Or maybe it was just Jedaiah who thought that.
Everyone else seemed at ease.
“If we light the incense of sleep and put the knights to sleep, is it a piece of cake?
“I was curious about all the fuss about the princess's beauty.
"These guys are crazy.
This is a trap."
He thought that Yester, the one who had given them the orders, knew it was a trap but was taking the bait on purpose.
"Damn."
Jedaiah had no choice but to follow orders.
Even though it was a trap, the rewards were very generous.
All he had to do was survive, like he always did.
None of that mattered, as long as he could pay for his little brother's medicine.
For the poor, an incurable disease was disastrous.
Jedaiah was struggling helplessly against this misfortune.
“Let's go.
They meticulously concealed their presence and sneaked into the temple.
As they were informed, there were three escort knights along with five junior soldiers.
It was a bit too much to protect a single person, but the number of guards was reasonable considering the recent commotion.
They put on gas masks and lit incense to sleep.
The soldiers guarding the annex collapsed.
The incense smoke was pushed in as well.
It was a battle of patience, and the contractors were experts at this type of work.
They waited in silence for everyone to fall asleep.
The locked door was opened in an instant.
They entered the annex and stood in front of the room where the princess was staying.
The group carried the beasts in their arms and opened the door, which creaked loudly.
“…isn’t anyone here?”
It was dark inside.
Not a single candle was lit.
The window appeared to be closed.
They used the light from the passage to look at the bed.
On the bed, there was a bulge.
Someone was lying there.
Whoosh-
At that moment, all the candles in the hall went out at the same time.