NovelBookChapter 575 Like a Savior "Miss, that's the main gate up ahead." Finished Lost in thought, Jean hadn't even realized the butler had extended his hand, pointing toward the faint outline of the estate's gate in the night.
She pulled herself back to the present and nodded.
Quickly, she walked past the butler and stepped through the grand iron gate.
Qutside, the cold wind swept past her, and the asphalt beneath her bare feet was icy and unyielding.
The only thing she could be grateful for was that the pain in her limbs had almost completely faded; she could move without suffering now.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtShe let out a silent breath and was just about to take another step when, without warning, a dark figure shot out in front of her. Jean didn't have tto stop-she ran straight into it.
Her nose bumped against a man's chest, and the next second, his arms wrapped around her.
"You should really watch where you're going." The voice made her heart jolt. "Ludwig..." She had wished for him to come, yet feared he'd risk too much danger for her. She'd been torn, hoping against hope he'd somehow show up...
And now, he was actually here.
It felt like the voice in her heart had reached him somehow.
Ludwig's sudden appearance felt like that of a savior.
Jean's eyes stung. An ache welled up in her chest and spilled over before she could stop it.
Maybe it was everything that had just happened inside the estate; maybe it was the emotional wreckage left behind. But seeing Ludwig now-there was comfort, release, and an overwhelming sense of being seen.
"What's wrong?" Ludwig steadied her, then released his arms. He lowered his gaze, eyes filled with quiet concern.
"Nothing." Though a thousand words sat at the tip of her tongue, Jean just shook her head. She stared into his sharp, narrow eyes. "Why did you come?" His expression was calm and unreadable. "I wanted to talk to you about leaving the Ginger family. I went looking for you." Jean went quiet. Went looking forat the Ginger family? Don't tellthis guy climbed in through my bedroom window again.
"You weren't in your room," Ludwig continued. "And I noticed the atmosphere in the house was off. Not just you, your whole family was gone. I had a bad feeling. So I tracked the badge's signal and ended up here.
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Jean's heart skipped. Thank God you didn't actually go inside. Thank God he ran intohere at the gate. If he had walked in unprepared and confronted that man directly, it would've been beyond dangerous. "Ludwig, I need to ask you something." Jean said, her tone suddenly serious.
The shift in her expression made Ludwig's face harden slightly too. "Go ahead."
"The Abyssal Choir... has it changed over the years?" she asked cautiously. "I remember it used to be m just a mysterious organization, nothing more. But in recent years, the missions you've taken have gotten riskier you've even been hurt. And the way people talk about the Abyssal Choir has changed too. A lot of them say it's a dangerous group, soaked in blood... I've been distanced from the organization these last few years. I don't know what's been happening lately." A
Ludwig's eyes darkened, emotions flickering behind them. He didn't want to hide anything from her. "You're not wrong, it's @etty much what you think... But the Abyssal Choir did what it had to do to survive. There wasn't much choice. Most of the time, it's about defending ourselves-about hitting back. If we didn't, we'd just be targets, picked off by other groups." His words not only answered Jean's doubts-they gave her a sliver of hope, too. At least now, the Abyssal Choir had the strength to strike back.
"Then can I borrow the strength of the organization?" she finally asked, revealing her true purpose.
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