Raphael initially refused to help Miss Bella. After all, he did not run a marriage agency.
But after hearing the details about Dwayne Dantès, he changed his mind.
Raphael planned to use this matter as cover to investigate Dantès's home. If the target proved suitable, he could suddenly appear at one of his banquets and complete his final act.
For some reason, the thought suddenly sent a shiver of apprehension through Raphael.
The name Dwayne Dantès also felt familiar. Yet whenever he was about to remember where he had encountered the man, a mass of gray fog appeared in his mind.
Raphael sighed, realizing that this might involve the sealed portion of his memories.
Still, he did not give it much thought. He assumed the man was someone insignificant, because when he encountered powerful figures like Adam, his memories of them would break through the seal.
Since the relevant memories had not broken through the Seal this time, it meant that the man was not important.
Little did he know that Sefirah Castle had fooled his memories, making those connected to Sefirah Castle the hardest to recover.
With a concrete plan for his final act, Raphael felt rather excited.
He then spoke at length with Miss Bella and learned that her husband had been an impoverished viscount.
Their marriage had been quite common by Backlund's current standards: Bella had brought a substantial dowry into her marriage to the viscount.
Such a marriage was unlikely to be happy, but Bella had been very lucky. Only two or three years after they married, the viscount had died from taking his indulgences too far.
Bella had thus become a widow and, through her father's maneuvering, inherited the viscount's title.
Some time ago, Bella had fallen for Dwayne Dantès at first sight during a