The Earl's residence, study.
Baron Gall was pacing anxiously around the room. He and Count Glan had just returned to the earl's residence through a secret passage when they heard the Central Military Police knocking on the door.
What worried him even more was that Commander Louis had personally come knocking. Even Count Glan himself had not expected that.
Fortunately, the two of them had returned in time. After changing into the coat he usually wore in the residence, Count Glan went to meet Louis.
Gall waited in the study, faintly hearing the voices of Count Glan and Commander Louis. From their tones, their conversation was thick with hostility.
Footsteps approached.
Gall hurriedly looked toward the study door.
The door opened, and Count Glan walked into the study with a grave expression.
"Count, Louis..." Gall began, then hesitated.
Only then did Glan raise his head. "He's gone."
"However, Louis wasn't easy to dismiss. He already suspects that the 'guest' you brought in is here. He simply has no concrete evidence. Otherwise, we would have had to fight just now."
When Gall heard that Louis had left, he relaxed slightly.
Glan glanced at the baron. "You're not going back."
"Louis has probably sent people to watch your house. The moment you return, they'll arrest you."
"He knows I wouldn't dare interfere. So if you're captured, they'll have no shortage of ways to torture you for information."
Gall's expression turned grim. Then he cautiously asked, "Count, what about my family?"
Glan sat down and looked at the baron. "That's precisely the problem."
"Gall, there is no struggle in this world without sacrifice."
"By the looks of it, you can only sacrifice your family."
Gall's entire body trembled faintly, and his face went pale.
Glan looked at him. "Of course, if you insist