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.

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

"What?"

bribed a Hamerton maid, as well as Ms. Hammerton's attendant."

notices from various online loan platforms. She had spent quite a sum to bribe

the Hamertons."

while she's usually thrifty. I thought she had

actually get any first-hand news from bribing them." The assistant continued after checking his reaction. "They might have been. making things up.

"Mm-hmm." Morpheus responded flatly.

but his

right. Nothing was

Hamertons would make it

do about

from the Hamertons." Morpheus' voice deepened. "Find an opportunity to inform their butler and get him to

assistant nodded. "Got

long as the butler was informed, the people involved would naturally be chased out of the household. No

some hesitation, Morpheus handed his assistant a name card. "She might lose her job after the butler finds out... My name should be

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