Forced Marriage: Thirteenth Wife
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Between the stillness of the night after Arkas' departure, a man sat by the window, listening to the sound of the night from his ears.

Sayup-sayup can be heard from the crowd from the awakening of the entire Narendra over the news of the fire in Yasa Castle, where the abandoned child Narendra settled.

"You're making too much trouble, Elios." The man muttered to himself. "Basin' stubborn kid."

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Nothing was brought from the castle during the fire, so no wonder Roxanne could only lie on the grass.

Diane and Naviah, another wife of Elios, sit with her without letting Roxanne be alone.

They continued to stay there until the fire slowly extinguished itself, because there was no longer a building that could be burned.

The castle of Elios stands on a vast prairie. In addition to these mountains, they were also surrounded by high walls. The fire could not spread anywhere other than burning the castle.

The fire subsided as two helicopters circled above them and landed on the grassland.

From one of the helicopters, Arkas came down and rushed to them.

"You guys okay?" The man checked one by one Elios' wife. "Where's Roxanne? Diane's? Naviah's? Sanya?"

He even immediately mentioned all the names he did not see.

"Here, Young Master." Diane spoke up while standing up. "We are guarding Roxanne according to the orders of Young Master Elios. Everything's fine."

"Is that? Mercifully. First, move Roxanne to the helicopter. My wife will handle it." Arkas looked at the woman beside him. "Take care of Roxanne and make sure she's in condition."

"Okay, Young Master."

Roxanne has to obey. The condition is not good and not enough to be carried sitting for long. But Roxanne's still trying to see how Arkas is watching them.

He looks worried. Arkas even came to Mariana to see for himself the burns on his hands.

Arkas cared deeply for Elios' wife, but he did not seek Elios.

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But Arkas did not look for her for cause of concern. The man looked angry and upset. And when Elios approached him ....

The punch landed on Elios' face, followed by a kick and then a punch and then another kick. Four strikes that brought Elios to his knees.

"Snubrate." Arkas usually has enough emotion to just look at Elios' face. But now it's like flaring three times over. "I come so often to ascertain the problems around you. First endanger your wife, then your wife gets hurt again and now your castle's on fire? Elios, living in shame also has its limits."

Elios laughed. "At least you have a reason to hit me, right? So you're actually happy."

Obviously the provocation burned Arkas who was angry with him from the beginning. But before there was a new blow, the Family Leader stopped him.

"I don't see the Graean." The middle-aged man stared around. "Where's your wife, Elios?"

"Ah, you mean that traitorous woman?"

Daniel and Zack understood Elios as well as they understood themselves. As Elios said earlier, this incident will be entirely bestowed on the Graean.

"It's likely that Mrs Graean— didn't, Graean blew up the castle, sir." Daniel made his voice seem to harbor anger towards the Graean. "Before the fire broke out, Young Master Elios and Graean got into an argument."

"Barrels?" Arkas frowned in disbelief. "The graean? Against Elios?"

"It's hard to believe but that's what happened, Young Master. Graean seemed to be dissatisfied because the latter's work had only been left to him. Young Master Elios spent a lot of time with Madame Roxanne, therefore Graean was a little jealous."

I know the Graean, Arkas murmured in him. He was more concerned with Elios than himself. That woman is a traitor, she said?

But, damn it makes sense.

Jealousy was common and Graean was the wife of Elios who received Narendra's education. That is, he has the power and madness to do something this big.

It's just impossible according to anyone. Not impossible to do.

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