A Luo's confusion was so obvious that Illumi's sudden appearance seemed all the more presumptuous.
"When I went home earlier, Father told me you'd made an agreement with him to serve as a butler for our family?"
A Luo: "..."
Hadn't we agreed that I was only a Zoldyck Family butler in name and wouldn't have to do anything?
Were these guys going back on their word now?
A Luo's expression darkened.
"That is true, but we agreed..."
Before she could even finish, a certain assassin who only heard what he wanted to hear darted forward, grabbed A Luo, and hauled her away.
"That settles it! I took an assassination job that requires me to pose as someone's boyfriend at a party. I couldn't find anyone else suitable on such short notice, and you happened to be nearby, so you can help me out!"
A Luo: "..."
What kind of nonsense was this?
Why did she have to help Illumi complete his job? She wasn't really their family's butler. She didn't owe them this kind of service!
Besides, posing as a couple?
With her tiny frame, at the tender age of fourteen, she was supposed to pose as Illumi's girlfriend?
Was he really not worried about getting beaten up and thrown out of the party?
But Illumi gave A Luo no time to react, dragging her straight to the top floor of a five-star hotel.
There, she saw a young man lying in a pool of blood and a little girl beside him who had already fainted from fright.
"This is the couple you wanted us to impersonate?"
A Luo pointed at the two people on the floor, whose age gap was plainly rather large.
Illumi nodded.
"That's right. Them."
He began reshaping his face with needles to match the