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Narberal had no idea that her master had already labeled the visit from the inspector named Staffan as ill-intentioned.
However, Narberal felt the same way.
Watching Staffan put on a serious expression while his eyes repeatedly roamed over her body, a trace of lewdness flashing in them, Narberal did not believe that a man like this had come to invite Noah to dinner.
Without hesitation, Narberal intended to drive all these people away.
Before she could, however, Noah's voice slowly echoed from within the room.
"Narberal, let him in."
"Yes." Narberal agreed without hesitation, stepping aside to clear the doorway. Without even sparing Staffan a glance, she spoke coldly.
"My master says you may enter."
Staffan froze at those words, whereupon the lewdness in his eyes turned into utter jealousy.
Under normal circumstances, if anyone dared speak to Staffan in such an impolite tone, he would have flown into a rage long ago.
The reason Staffan did not lose his temper now was not because he had become more magnanimous, but simply because jealousy had clouded his mind.
The reason for that jealousy was incredibly simple.
(A mere merchant actually has such an unbelievably beautiful subordinate. It's really unfair.)
Narberal's words, "my master," made her relationship with Noah perfectly clear.
Looking at Narberal's icy expression, which did not diminish her beauty in the slightest but instead added to the aura of a frosty beauty, Staffan's heart began to itch.
(If I get the chance...)
With that thought in mind, the fat on Staffan's face piled into an expression so fake it could not have been faker. Only then did he hold his head high and stride into