Phoebe looked back at the coming Francis and picked up the hair piece that had fallen on the floor, discarded when her clothes had been peeled off.

As soon as she picked up the weapon, Francis grasped her long and disheveled white hair. "It's a new pleasure to play tag. But when you're caught, you should be punished accordingly."

He turned Phoebe around and started to raise his whip again. Phoebe took the concealed hairpin dagger from its sheath and stabbed him hard in the neck.

Francis stopped moving.

The sharp hairpin Maribel had given her shuddered, stuck in Francis's neck like an arrow that had reached its target. He looked down at Phoebe with a puzzled expression, unable to recognize what had been stuck in his neck. As soon as she pulled it out, his blood shot out like a fountain.

Thump!

When Francis collapsed without a word of scream, Phoebe took a step back in fear. Just then, Christine knocked at Francis's bedroom door. "Your Highness, this is Christine. May I come in?"

As soon as she heard Christine's voice, Phoebe came to her senses. She had to get rid of the devil standing outside that door so that her safe life would not be broken. Phoebe ran toward the dress scattered over on the floor. She didn't even have the courage to take out the hairpin that Francis was clutching. The letter opener from Christine's room which she had stolen was in the inner pocket of her dress.

When Phoebe searched her pocket and grabbed the letter opener, Christine opened the door stealthily, looking to see what was going on in the silent bedroom. At first, she stood there stupidly, unable to understand what she saw; the blood scattered on the floor, the fallen Francis, and the white-haired humble girl clutching something in her blood-covered hand. The appearance of the humble girl with her white hair falling down and red blood covering her was more frightening than the fact that Francis was dead.

Just as Christine faltered in fear, Julietta arrived behind her. Julietta was briefly fascinated by the shocking scene, but soon regained focus and quickly grasped the situation. As the frightened Christine finally took a step back and started to scream, she swung the pouch of coins at her head.

Julietta couldn't let Christine scream. Unlike Killian, there was no guard in front of Francis's bedroom, but it was clear that they were somewhere inside this mansion. Although she thought they would be inured to the noise Francis made because he was drugged, too used to the screams of women who were afflicted by him, she still wanted to be careful.

Julietta looked down at the fallen Christine with a pale face. She swung her hand reflexively to block Christine's mouth, but was surprised by the daring act she had committed.

"Miss…"

At Phoebe's wailing, Julietta shook her head savagely. It wasn't a time for that. She pushed Christine into the bedroom, closed the door, and quickly approached Phoebe. "Phoebe, let's feel regret or guilty later on. Come on, wipe off the blood and dress up. We have to get out of here."

Julietta took the letter opener from Phoebe's hand, patted her shoulder and pushed her into the bathroom. Then she looked around the room for a moment and got lost in thought, 'Christine will wake up soon. Then she'll report Phoebe as the Prince's a.s.sa.s.sin. She will also talk about Phoebe's status at the same time.'

Julietta looked down at the letter opener she had taken from Phoebe. 'Francis was already dead; would Phoebe have killed Christine so she wouldn't have to worry about her?'

Phoebe's amazing determination gave her gooseb.u.mps, but she thought it might have been true. When she looked down so casually at the letter opener, she found a familiar emblem on its handle. It was the emblem of the Anais family. A light lemon-colored letter opener that belonged to the main line of the Anais family.

Julietta's eyes turned to Christine. The light, feminine letter opener also implied that the owner was a certain fallen woman. Julietta's thoughts moved quickly. There was a way for her and Phoebe to be safe.

She approached the dead Francis. She managed to pull out the hairpin he had in a death grip, and put it in the right hand of the unconscious Christine. She approached Francis again and hurt Francis's right breast with the letter opener. She closed her eyes and didn't have much behind the stab, but somehow the wound remained. It was after death, but it didn't matter. All she had to do was to show both his neck and chest were wounds made by Christine.

Julietta pulled the unconscious Christine closer to Francis, and put the letter opener in Christine's other hand. Then she stepped back and imagined the situation for a while. 'Why did Christine kill Francis?'

People would ask this question. It was definitely weird. Francis was a very strong windbreaker for Christine, as she was facing trial over attempted kidnapping and murder by poisoning.

Julietta went to the door of the room and looked out for any sign of movement outside, then immediately approached Christine and untied the front of her dress.

Her face was serious when she stood up again and looked down at them. She thought that it was not enough. The relations.h.i.+p between Francis and Christine had already been news. But she brought out a knife because she almost got raped…?