Although Carlo Aide was advancing in years, his decisive and brisk nature had not changed in the slightest.
Having agreed on a visit to White Eagle and left two reliable servants to run errands and deliver messages, he did not linger any longer and took the initiative to bid farewell to Winters and Anna.
The silver-trimmed black carriage rolled out of the village, and Caman, who had been playing the puppet all this time, coldly asked Winters: "Lies, deceit, and conspiracies... You dragged me here to witness all this, do you intend to confess and repent? Or is it simply to waste my time?"
"Neither," Winters replied immediately, he solemnly declared: "I asked you to join me in receiving guests because there is a friendship between us, as precious as gold."
Anna ashamedly looked towards the distant mountains, pretending she had heard nothing.
