12 O'Clock Marionette

Chapter 63

“Suddenly?”

“The cult’s hidden robes from last time—Minuet found them without much effort. She had no reason to take the key, but just thinking that anyone could stumble upon it makes me uneasy.”

If I had anywhere to hide things, it would only be the Bonetti estate. That was risky.

I had worked hard to gather all the keys, and if they were stolen, getting them back would be uncertain at best.

Cruello seemed to understand, nodding as he reached for the key in my hand.

And then—@@@@

“Darling, you have to let go for me to take it.”

“......”

“Cruello, I can trust you, right? You’re not doing something I’ll regret later?”

“Of course.”

“There won’t be a moment in the future where I’m narrating, ‘That day, I should never have trusted Cruello,’ right?”

“Unlikely.”

“I—”

“Trust me.”

Cruello’s voice was playful yet serious.

Only then did I relax my grip.

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