The Butterfly Trap

The Side Story 11

Rumors of Zurich and Castella's marriage made hot news that even to every corner of the Dakota kingdom, there are many pros and cons that accompany the rumor, he said, some support their relationship and others view Zurich as a selfless person who stabbed his family in the back.

Despite the many rumors, Zurich and Castella's engagement preparations were able to go smoothly but a month before the engagement, Duke Helwise came to the Zurich residence with an angry face.

" What's wrong, sir? your face looks unhappy!" zurich said as he let the man sit down.

" I hear you have a mistress, do you think that our relationship is a joke?"

he said with anger.

" Who do you mean sir?" zurich said with a smile but his chest was pounding very quickly.

" Stop pretending, don't you think I've heard rumors about you? even I heard a few months ago you were like a madman looking for that girl!"

" You misunderstood Sir!"

The man before him laughed loudly but Zurich could sense that it was not a happy laugh, he gulped and tried not to mention the name of Sicily in front of him.

' What I do, if I hide it he will definitely get more suspicious, but if I tell him then all our plans will be in vain'

Zurich was still trying to smile while calming down in front of the man, his heart was still pounding incoherently and his head was filled with many negative thoughts not to mention his longing for Sicily made him have to be able to hold back.

' I think I'd better take a risk, I'll throw a bait on him, if the bait is eaten then this plan will work quickly, but for that I have to reveal the identity of Sicily'

' How is this? if he knew who Sicily really was, he would have hunted him everywhere and it would have been very dangerous but..... Sicily is still confined to the castle of Under the Sea, there is no way she can open the barrier and come here, so it would be better for me to take this risk, this is also for the safety of Sicily'.

" Surely Sir......." Zurich paused for a moment, he deliberately did that to make the man before him even more suspicious.

Zurich drew closer to him, and he carefully spoke in half whisper.

" The girl is the last heir of the Mcgnagal family, I made her stay at my residence because I wanted to get solid evidence of her identity, but unfortunately managed to escape when I found out her identity".

Duke Helwise widened his eyes, a shocked and anxious face was clearly drawn on his face but he tried to close that expression and divert his conversation.

" Thank God you have nothing to do!"

" Of course, sir, how could I have a relationship with someone from the family who killed my father" Zurich replied.

He deliberately blurted out the sentence to see the reaction of the man next and as expected, the man seemed satisfied with Zurich's reply, he smiled brightly.

" Well then, but before that I want my engagement to coincide with the royal anniversary, I want everyone in the kingdom to know about it and celebrate!"

" But sir it's kinda....."

" Slightly what?" tanya looked at Zurich sharply.

" You take it easy, I'll make sure he agrees!" answer with confidence.

" I will say goodbye first but before that I want to ask something" he said after standing up from his seat.

" Please Sir!"

" Do you know where the girl is now? I mean the last heir of the Mcganal family?"

Zurich shook his head and put on a disappointed face, he tried to show an expression that he was very disappointed because he could not stop the girl's escape, Duke Helwise patted Zurich's shoulder several times before stepping away from his residence.

" Fuck!" yoke Zurich while slamming her gloves onto the sofa.

She moved back and forth while holding her head with her hands, she felt nauseous after talking to the man, then she looked out the window, she said, there he could see the shadow of Sicily walking in the garden and instantly the nausea in her stomach disappeared.

" ah....... I really miss you Sisi, you're patient there huh, after all this is over I'll definitely pick you up and no one else can separate us!" he murmured while looking far away.

Her longing for her lover deepened even she could see the shadow of the girl around her house but the fear of her death also gnawed at her heart, he always woke up in the middle of the night after dreaming that his lover was killed in front of him which made him not dare to close his eyes even for a moment.

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" What's really going on? why did Duke Helwise insist on issuing the arrest warrant for Miss Sicily? and what the fuck with the engagement event that was held coinciding with this royal anniversary event?" felix growled at Zurich after they had finished their discussion with the nobles of the kingdom.

Zurich did not reply, he just stepped with a sour face near Felix's desk and took some documents.

" Do you know who leaked the information about this Miss Sicily? ah really, I'd better find out who did it and make a calculation with him!"

" You don't have to look for him!"

" why? you're not worried about your lover's safety? and why does your face look like that? what keeps you awake makes a panda's eyes that big?"

" Because I gave it to her!"

" What!? are you out of your mind already? how can you throw your lover into a crocodile's mouth like that? don't you think about the consequences you'll face later?"

" I did that to lure him, after all Sicily was in a place with a very strong barrier and there was no way he would reach this Capital before I picked him up, I've asked Peter to give an excuse and buy some time!"

Felix looked at Zurich in disbelief, he could not figure out why his cousin did such an unexpected thing, the risk he would face from the decision he took was not small, if their plan went smoothly then it would be good but the worst case scenario would be even more terrifying even Felix did not dare to imagine.

" You're crazy, we have to take risks but your decision is like holding two knives, each side will hurt you, I don't want your condition to be worse than this"

" Then what do you think I should do? I want this matter to be resolved so that I can meet him, but if I don't give you a decoy how do I make that man believe me? I can't even sleep because I keep having nightmares, do you know that in my dream I saw Sisi covered in blood before my eyes? just imagining it made my whole body feel boneless and my heart feel so broken!"