Rebecca stared blankly at Morpheus, shaking her head repeatedly.

"You should know that anyone who attempts to hurt Sephy will suffer," Morpheus warned in a deep voice.

"I—"

He conveniently grabbed an empty beer bottle and slammed it onto the ground. It crushed entirely, leaving glass shards scattered.

Shocked, she retreated, screaming.

Morpheus, however, didn't even blink at the shattered bottle.

"I don't know who you are, nor do I know what you're trying to do," he said coldly. "But if you dare touch Sephy, you'll end up worse than this bottle. Get it?"

Teary-eyed, she dared not make a sound, only shivering.

Morpheus got up and left, resembling a black-clad slayer walking through hell. -

The next day, Morpheus' assistant revealed the investigation details.

medical team. She majors in physiology, but there's nothing off about her. She

"What?"

Hamerton maid, as well as Ms. Hammerton's attendant." The assistant placed the documents

seeing the dunning notices from various online loan platforms. She had spent

be a difficult task to bribe people from the Hamertons."

medical team handsomely, while she's usually thrifty. I thought she had to help her family financially.

might have been. making things up. There's nothing going on with Ms. Hammerton and that

"Mm-hmm." Morpheus responded flatly.

chill, but

right. Nothing

Hamertons would make it

do we do about

opportunity to inform their

assistant nodded.

be chased out of the household. No need to stir things up—they could solve it

her job after the butler finds out... My name should be useful to get her a

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