Catastrophe Card King

“Hmm.”

Leonard Churchill nodded, still leaning on the railing and looking at the scenery.

No matter who came, he was not interested.

He did not turn his head, just stared at the distant lights.

For some reason, he felt a bit unsettled tonight.

However, moments later, he heard footsteps approaching from the corner behind him.

Before the person arrived, a faint fragrance had already shot into his nostrils.

Leonard was now very sensitive to smells, this one called “Night Rain Ghost”, a perfume that was reportedly the top luxury unique to Silvermist City.

Money alone could not buy it.

Just now, there was only one person at the party who used this perfume while dancing with him.

Without having to look, he knew it was Catherine Carter, the little princess of the Lionheart family.

Catherine had originally wanted to come out for fresh air, so she purposely came to this secluded corner of the balcony on the second floor.

She didn’t expect to find anyone else here.

And it’s someone she knows.

But since they had run into each other, she did not avoid him, instead, she said with interest, “Oh… Aren’t you feeling well because you can’t find your cousin Sir Charles?”

“Yes.”

Leonard turned his head and glanced at her, smiled like a gentleman, and replied: “Miss Carter, you don’t seem to be feeling well either?”

Catherine didn’t respond to this topic.

Without others around, she didn’t feel the need to continue hiding, so she brought up a startling topic directly: “Did you approach me on purpose so that my cousin Kak would notice your cousin? Are you a member of the X Bureau?”

Leonard smiled without confirming or denying.

He never doubted this woman’s intelligence.

She must have guessed it, probably because during their dance earlier, some of his micro expressions had given him away.

Or maybe she used some mysterious methods.

But it doesn’t matter even if she knows.

After all, Leonard felt that after tonight, he might not be able to use the identity of Charles anymore.

Out of interest, he also wanted to ask: “How did you find out?”

Catherine also leaned on the railing, gazing into the distance, and said: “When you invited me to dance that day, my family has investigated your background. Charles from Moen City. A flawless background.”

Knowing that he was not a down-on-his-luck baron who really wanted to latch onto their Lionheart family,

she was instead intrigued.

Leonard also laughed and said: “Just like that?”

A perfect background implies two extremes.

Either it’s real, or it’s very convincingly fake.

But this still isn’t enough to expose him.

Catherine playfully added: “There is also intuition. I found that there were many strangers at the banquet tonight, so I asked a guard, who said they were from the X Bureau. So, I just randomly made a guess.”

“Heh.”

Leonard listened without asking more.

He had experienced this woman’s tactics before when they gambled at the Flood Gang’s place.

He didn’t want to delve too deeply into his own disguised identity.

From the corner of his eye, he saw a hint of sadness in her crystal clear eyes.

He casually asked: “Miss Carter, are you really engaged?”

This was something she had never mentioned to outsiders before, and

Catherine didn’t know why, but it seemed easier to tell a stranger.’

After a moment of thought, she hummed: “Mmm.”

“I guess I shouldn’t say ’congratulations’?”

Leonard also knew that marriages among the nobility of this world were all about exchanges of interests.

The more top-tier the nobility, the more this was the case.

And often, the woman was the one being exchanged.

The ordinary canaries wouldn’t care.

But for some women with strong personal autonomy, it would be hard to accept a life that they did not choose for themselves.

II II

Catherine was silent.

That kind of arranged marriage wasn’t something to be happy about.

Leonard didn’t intend to be an idle meddler, but suddenly, he asked, “Want to change locations to see the scenery?”

“Huh?”

Catherine looked at him with confusion.

Leonard pointed upwards, saying: “I mean… going up to the roof.”

Catherine’s face clearly showed surprise, as if she had heard incorrectly- “Huh?”

After all, “climbing onto the roof” wasn’t something that would normally appear in a lady’s dictionary.

But hearing this now, a curiosity and anticipation she herself didn’t quite understand appeared in her sparkling eyes.

“I apologize in advance.”

Seeing that she didn’t reject him, Leonard put his arm around her waist, and with a single leap from the railing, they were up.

Catherine had a moment of panic.

The guards nearby noticed and were about to intervene, but saw their young miss wave them off.

In a few steps along the wall, the two people made it to the roof.

Rose Manor had a total of six floors.

Catherine had visited the sixth floor many times.

But this was her first time on the roof.

The roof was slanting, and the two of them found an inconspicuous corner where they couldn’t be seen from below and sat down.

From here, they had a bird’s eye view of the brightly lit manor.

Catherine had lived so long but this was her first time on a roof.

No one had ever dared to take her to a roof before.

She felt a novel experience stirring inside her.

Leonard asked: “Looking from here, does it feel different?”

Catherine was very smart, and she felt like she was catching onto something.

But she blinked her eyes, asking directly: “Baron Charles, what are you trying to say?”

Gazing at the distance, Leonard leisurely said: “Just now, I saw a canary in a cage. She’s very precious and has no worries about food and clothing, but she doesn’t seem happy. Now, she has flown out…”

Hearing this, Catherine’s brilliant eyes trembled slightly.

However, the surprise disappeared as quickly as it had come.

She didn’t even notice when her slightly furrowed brow gradually relaxed, and calmly said: “Baron Charles, this is more interesting than anything you’ve said before.”

“Is it?”