Chapter 218: Rinella’s Destiny is Her Own (11)

My decision to seek Senior Elsie was an utterly impulsive one.

My head was throbbing in pain when I opened my eyes; It seemed I had fallen off the sofa as I found myself rolling on the floor.

Yawning, I staggered to my feet.

Thankfully, I hadn’t forgotten to fill my water bottle last night. As I gulped down the cold water, my eyes shifted toward the bed.

There, Lupine was lying, asleep as if knocked out.

From the looks of it, he would be out cold for a while longer. It was a relief he hadn’t woken up vomiting.

Strangely, my mind was clear.

The lengthy story Lupine rambled about during last night’s drinking session came flooding back to me.

Remembering it made the water taste bland.

I gulped down the last few drops of the water and relaxed my grip on the bottle. With each breath, I could feel the lingering remnants of alcohol in the air.

It was a painful story from the past.

If Lupine hadn’t been so drunk, he might not have shared it to the end. It was common for high noble families to hide at least one such disgrace.

Their way of thinking was closer to abacuses made of flesh and blood than to human beings.

Senior Elsie too had become quite close to me, but she had never disclosed such a past.

That made me curious.

What was the true intention behind Senior Elsie’s proposal that I had harshly rejected the day before?

Was she truly seeking revenge on me?

Or, was she simply asking to be saved?

Saying she didn’t want to go back.

Saying she didn’t want to live according to her family’s wishes, and asking for help to fulfil her desires.

Was what I had rejected that day not a request, but a scream for help?

My head heated up as my thoughts became tangled, accompanied by a headache and the aftermath of a hangover.

For a while, I spent the early morning in silence.

Despite contemplating for long, I still had a hint of hesitation.

My name was ‘Ian Percus,’ not ‘Ian Rinella’.