Moonlight After Sunset's
Bait

"If you hold someone's secret then it's easy for you to control it."

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"What do you need with me?" asked the woman annoyed when Dusk did not care about her identity at all.

"Mzoshan,"

"Miss, forgive put.."

Count looked very pale to find his daughter's attitude upset.

"Stop that Count, I don't have much time right now," cut the sharp Dusk that made the Servan count even paler.

"Just get to the point," exclaimed Dusk who managed to make the woman stiffen. His body felt heavy whenever the greenish-blue eyes of Dusk stared at him sharply.

"Sit down first" said the twilight as he invited the girl before him to sit down.

"Miss, let me..."

"That's enough, get out of here. From now on I want to have a private conversation with your daughter" exclaimed Dusk annoyed whenever the Count was wary of her.

"But..."

Count's words came to a halt as Dusk began glaring at him.

"Alright Miss" said the count weakly.

The Servant Count was actually afraid to leave his daughter alone in that place because his daughter's rude and haughty personality could have exploded at any moment.

"My poor daughter," muttered Count Servan before closing the door of the training arena.

Now all that's left is Dusk and the Count's daughter. The child looked agitated yet still remained calm like a noble girl who had been trained for a long time.

"Where are we going to start?" ask Dusk indifferently while weighing the time that just keeps passing.

"Are you playing with me miss?"

"It's so scary for your face."

Dusk smiled mischievously when he saw the cold face of the girl in front of him.

"You..."

"Hahaha, you look so funny right now."

"Can you stop that. I don't have as much time as you either."

"Huh, you look the same."

" ... "

The girl simply stared intently at Dusk as if that gaze could at any time penetrate into her heart.

"Alright, just play it," lirih Dusk indifferently still with his cold gaze.

"I know that you really like Noah de Ari. Or rather go crazy on that bastard."

The words that had just been thrown by Dusk were like lightning in broad daylight for the woman. He did not know how this important information could be leaked while his father and subordinates alone did not know.

"How did he know? I haven't even said it to anyone in all this time."

The girl's body started to look stiff. His face was pale and his breathing began to falter.

"Pacify yourself Miss Marshal, you could have heart disease if it continued like that" exclaimed Dusk when he saw the overreaction of the girl in front of him.

"Is what Dad said true. This woman is not a figure that is easily disturbed."

The marshal looked even paler as he kept recalling his conversation with his father a moment ago.

"I now know why you're so wary of him."

The young lady called Miss Marshal now started to lower her face. He knew if the opponent in front of him was not a random person.

"I have to be careful from now on,"

Marshal began to calm himself down, he did not want to look weak in front of this mysterious woman before him.

"Well, I'm tired" the twilight inner every time he saw the stiff reaction of the girl before him.

"Are you not calm? Where was your calm attitude before?" tanya Dusk is increasingly making Marshal more pale because of fear.

"Huh, this is exhausting."

" ... "

"All right, what if we do a deal? Aren't you wondering why I called you here?"

Marshal's eyes began to look calm, slowly he returned to staring at Dusk but now slightly different from his previous gaze.

That look now looks more relaxed than calm.

"But before that, I wonder if your reason for approaching Sarah was purely to talk to Noah or some other ulterior intention?" tanya Dusk again made Marshal in heavy shock.

"What's this about? Who is the woman behind the fox mask."

Question after question kept flowing in the mind of the Marshal. The twilight that saw the face full of question marks the girl could only catch a resentful breath.

"You should have known from the discussion with your father just now about who I really am," said Dusk to the surprise of the girl as her intentions were known.

"That's not true."

"Then you can get rid of all your thoughts now."

"Well Miss," the girl shrieked in a stoic voice.

"It turns out that his nature can be this obedient, like seeing a figure that is 180 degrees different from before."

"Do you know Sarah's biggest obsession right now?" ask Dusk after things start to look stable.

"Ak, I don't know," exclaimed the girl in surprise, she was indeed friends with Sarah but that didn't mean she knew everything.

"I'm not a god until I have to know everything about Sarah any more that I love Noah is not Sarah,"

The girl grumbled in disbelief at the question of Dusk. He even had time to suspect that Dusk brought him here just to ask strange nonsense.

"I'm his friend but that's it."

"I know."

"Huh, what?"

Marshal began not to believe what he had just heard.

"Who are you really?" marshal asked back with a questionable expression on his face.

" ... "

"Why are you asking about Sarah's obsession with me. It's weird, if you knew about me, instead you'd also know about him."

"Why? I don't think there's a specific reason for that."

"Huh."

Marshal looks very frustrated with his interlocutor at this time, he has never felt this much frustration before.

"I can go crazy here for a long time," the inner Marshal was tired with indifference.

"You might be surprised at what I'm going to tell you after this" exclaimed Dusk flatly as he began to see the clock in his hand already showing at 3 p.m.

"I have to get back, right away,"

"I've been surprised by what you've said since then so why should I be surprised by the next one" said Marshal annoyed by the question Dusk did not seem to care about his heart health at all.

"Alright, listen to me well because I won't repeat it twice."

"Well," exclaimed the steady Marshal with an expression of spirit face.

Dusk recalled what Amel told him when he was in the cell.

"Alright Miss, I'll tell you everything."

"Do it" cried Dusk as he looked at Amel's black eyes which were now beginning to tremble violently.

"I entered the Duke's residence when I was 17 years old and ..."

Amel's words came to a halt as Dusk raised his hand firmly.

"Tell me the point don't beat around the bush."

"But Miss, you won't understand what I'm about to say because it's connected."

"Huh, well go on," the twilight great-grandson was upset that he had to continue to listen to Amel's story patiently.

Amel began to recount the beginning of his arrival to the Duke's residence when he was just 17 years old. There Amel initially worked as a janitor at the main residence.

"At that time the concubine Amarilis was very troubled after the death of the Empress Rose. Rivals for the empress' position became very difficult when the consorts of Reliza did not want to lose in that matter."

Amel slowly looked at the expression of the face of Dusk to know his reaction when he heard the word 'Rose Empress' but Amel regained his composure when the face of Dusk looked ordinary.

"The competition to usurp the empress' throne left the concubine of Amaryllis without time for Sarah so that at that time I was chosen as a servant to accompany the young Sarah," amel continued to remember the events at that time.

"I really like Miss Sarah because she reminds me of my long-dead sister, coincidentally their age is the same."

" ... "

Dusk continued to hear Amel's story that seemed nostalgic about his past.

The twilight that saw the reaction could only stand still and continue listening.

"The strange nature that Miss Sarah has continues until sometime..."

Again Amel's words were interrupted when Dusk began to raise his hand.

"Wait a minute, what do you mean by that 'strange attitude?"

"Ah, I mean that Sarah used to go to the common people and come home with so many kisses on her face. I think it was originally from the attitude of the people who were happy with the arrival of Sarah but strangely it continued until she was 15 years old."

" ... "

"I was initially suspicious of what happened to Sarah every time she went to that place until she got back together with Ira."

"That servant?"

"Yes Miss, but Ira is not an ordinary servant because at that time I was still a personal servant of Miss Sarah so that all her personal affairs are still my care."

"Is that so? Continue again."

"Ah, yes my Miss forgot that for 5 years I took care of Miss Sarah since that chosen day I always found blood stains on her clothes and wrists."

"Then?"

"Because Miss Sarah was acting strangely with Ira I tried to keep an eye on her, at first I was afraid something bad would happen but when I came to the place where Miss Sarah always went was the place of slavery."

"Huh, what?"

"Slave place Miss. There Miss Sarah bought the girls who were an average age of 10 years. I'm aware that Miss Sarah has turned out to be weird and continues to observe it."

"It turns out that Sarah loves slavery," the inner Twilight but still listens to Amel's words.

"I continued to follow Sarah until she took the slaves to a parlour where she tortured them."

"Huh, haha."

Dusk suddenly laughed so hard that it made Amel a little goosebumps.

"What happened after that?"

"They are not ordinary slaves Miss, strangely the place is like an illusion where everything seems fine from the outside."

"Continue."

"Alright Miss," cried Amel after confirming the state of Dusk that began to calm down.

"At that time Miss Sarah also abused the slaves she brought to the home. The slave didn't even realize he had been harassed, they looked very happy."

"Miss Sarah has a strange passion, she fucks a young girl who is an average of 10 years old. In addition to the way he did it is also vile, Sarah abused with several girls at once and not even rarely there is torture. I saw Sarah become very satisfied after doing that."

"Annormal behavior that Sarah did to a small child who incidentally is a woman just like herself." murmured Dusk slowly can still be heard Amel.

"I also felt strange at first, I was afraid of Sarah's weird obsession."

"Amel, does Sarah know if you know that?"

"At first Sarah didn't know because I was investigating her in secret but at that time..."

Amel again remembered the incident three years ago before he became a personal servant of Dusk.

"I was about to go in to clean Sarah's room and how shocked I was to see Sarah doing it with Ira."

"Well, Ira?"

"Yes Miss, it turns out Ira also has the same obsession with Sarah. They often do it both not even once."

"It's crazier."

"That's right, I was surprised to see it only found a cynical view of Sarah. I had guessed that all of Sarah's actions were also influenced by Ira because as long as I served Sarah, she was rarely as rude as that before meeting Ira."

"After the incident Sarah ordered me to be your servant. At first I refused but because Sarah said that she would obey everything I wanted so I ended up doing it."

"What do you want to ask of him?"

"Because I used to think of him as my brother then the thing I wanted from him was for him to be able to remove Ira from his side. Ira is so weird Miss, she looks like she's hiding something big behind her innocent face."

"Well, is there anything else you want to say?"

"Miss, I beg you to use my family as best you can."

After a long conversation with Amel, Dusk decides to leave the dungeon.

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"Miss? Did you hear me?" marshal shouted as Dusk did not respond to a single one of his calls.

"I've been tired of calling you since then but you've stayed silent like a rock" he grumbled with annoyance every time he spoke.

" ... "

"What do you really want to tell me?"

"Huh, how's this?" lirih Dusk was indifferent when he recalled what Amel had said.

"Listen to me carefully."

"I've heard it since," muttered Marshal with his face agonized.

" ... "

"Come on Miss, don't shut up" cried the frustrated Marshal.

Dusk stared intently at the Marshal who made the woman stiff. His originally irritated face now turned tense and pale.

"Sarah de Ari has been obsessed with you," exclaimed Dusk to Marshal still remembered what Amel said about Sarah's obsession with the woman in front of him.

"That's crazy" cried Marshal in disbelief.

"What kind of joke are you making for me?" marshal asked but the question faded when he saw the sharp eyes of Dusk staring at him. Marshal then returned to his original position calmly.

"Sarah, that woman you know has had a crazy obsession in her life. She likes the same sex and looks like you're one of her favorite women."

" ... "

Marshal listens with facial expressions that cannot be defined.

"Do you know why that arrogant Sarah would want to be friends with a little girl like you? Even though you're a Count's daughter but Sarah's a Duke's son, don't you know what this all means?"

Marshal was silent a thousand languages every time Dusk asked him.

"Don't tell me if..."

"You're right, Sarah wants you to be one of her doll collections."

"Huh, this is driving me crazy."

Marshal now looks paler than before. He approaches Sarah in order to talk to Noah, not to become a puppet of a strange monster like her.

"How did this happen? A Duke's son wants to make me his toy? What can I do?"

"You need not be afraid, as I said at the beginning of the deal," exclaimed Dusk who made Marshal look a little calm.

"Alright, I will agree with you," said Marshal with his steadfast face.

A moment later Dusk had already come out of the basement. When he first opened the door the first thing he encountered was the count Servan's face which looked stiff.

Dusk could see the count's full face. Dusk deliberately ignored the Count and immediately left the Guild before seeing the Count running madly towards his daughter who came out of the basement with a stiff face and limp body.

Dusk immediately went to the cafe where Muna and Dian were but unfortunately he was late. He saw Muna and Dian heading towards the carriage of the horse carriage. There Dian was still disguised as himself and started to look stiff.

Dusk then tells Lily to transform herself into Dian with body manipulation magic.

"Miss of the Twilight, everything is done," said the twilight who is now Dian.

"Ah, yes. Yes," exclaimed Dian rigidly when he saw his miss now looks like him.

"Be normal, we will return as usual when we get to the room" whispered Dusk quietly which only Dian could hear.

"Miss, here's your order."

Dusk then gave a box containing his own favorite almond cake to Dian.

"Dian, you're back in time."

"I'm glad to hear it Miss."

"Yes, Muna was right. If you're a little late, then we'll leave you soon."

Dian tried to warn the lady, if the time of her departure was very long. He also looks upset about having to be with Muna during that time.

"I'm sorry," lirih Dusk was indifferent to what Dian was feeling at the moment.

"Alright, then let's go home soon," exclaimed Muna as she stepped into the carriage of the horse-drawn carriage.

On the way to the Winter residence, Dusk was thinking about the new information he had gotten from Amel earlier.

"Now I've got some important information at hand."

Dusk muttered happily as he glanced at Dian who was standing rigidly beside Muna who was asking about what dinner they wanted to eat. Dusk just stared at the funny incident before looking back out the window.

"The first information is that Sarah and Dira have now worked together to bring me down. Second, we think Difani needs to be vigilant and all information that is on him needs to be reevaluated. Third, one of Sarah's obsessions is the daughter of Count Servan Marshal, the woman who is now her subordinate. Fourth is the most important of all, which is that Ira is a very dangerous person more than Sarah and I have to find out detailed information about her origins."

Dusk continued to weigh the information he got from Amel and what he would do after this.

"I must remain vigilant," shrieked Dusk before the horse-drawn carriage entered Marques Winter's territory.