The Birth of the Winter Angel

This was the third day since Aleister had left Leipzig.

The Earl Leipzig couldn't help wondering: would Aleister—or rather, Ms. Bayard—really come back? She had left without a word, and had done so just before Pengbo Naqi arrived in Leipzig. Even Prince Siya Erduo hadn't known she would be leaving for a while... Wasn't this really an escape? He had a feeling that Bayard wanted to avoid Pengbo Naqi, which was why she had hurried away just before Pengbo Naqi's arrival.

...Come to think of it, could she have some connection with Pengbo Naqi? Was that why Pengbo Naqi was so insistent on seeing her, yet also insisted that he treat her politely?

At the White Dove Opera House, the Earl Leipzig sighed as he sipped red wine and watched the opera.

He felt as though his brain was about to burn out.

Although Pengbo Naqi had told him not to come back if he couldn't find Bayard... if he didn't return for several days without saying a word, Pengbo Naqi would probably go mad.

That was why he had finally gone back the morning before last and reported to Pengbo Naqi that Aleister had already left Leipzig.

—For some reason, Pengbo Naqi's mood had suddenly soured when he heard that Ms. Bayard had gone to Avalon.

He had kicked the Earl Leipzig out several times and repeated himself: if he couldn't find Bayard, he wasn't to come back. This was despite already knowing that Ms. Bayard wasn't in Leipzig at all.

Yet the Earl Leipzig had actually felt relieved at the time.

Because he could sense that Pengbo Naqi was determined to see Ms. Bayard this time. Even if he wasted some time here, it didn't matter... and this was still Leipzig. He wouldn't be left with nowhere to