I climbed in through the tall window, and the target of this mission called out my name the moment she saw me.
Me: "...?"
The next second, the target dropped her disguise. The moment she revealed her true face, I recognized her as an old friend.
At that moment, only one thought seemed to remain in my mind.
Thank goodness A Luo was alive!
I told her I had gone looking for her afterward.
But for some reason, I didn't want her to know how sad I had been back then. At the last second, I changed it to say I had mistakenly thought her family had moved away.
A Luo fell silent for a moment, then told me what she had been through over the years.
Including her feud with the Spiders, and what had happened to Aunt Malena.
I finally snapped out of the joy of our reunion and suddenly couldn't help asking a question.
Why hadn't she contacted me?
Weren't we friends? If she was in danger, shouldn't she have asked her friends for help?
Even if she hadn't found a good opportunity while she was with the Spiders, what about afterward?
After A Luo left the Spiders and gained her freedom, why had she never thought of contacting me, her friend?
A Luo was at a loss for words.
I looked into A Luo's eyes and suddenly thought of that apprentice butler back home.
It was because I was a Zoldyck, wasn't it?
As a member of the Zoldyck Family, it was just as Dad and my eldest brother had said: assassins couldn't be friends with anyone.
A Luo didn't want to attract the Zoldyck Family's attention because of me. That was why she had never once considered contacting me after everything happened.
Thinking of the