The Grand Duke wasn't in the mansion yet.

He was still in the other side of the country since he was working according to the emperor's order. He still doesn't know that the emperor arranged a marriage for Eurielle and the emperor wants him to remain oblivious til she gets married.

Currently, the carriage that Theo rode finally arrived at the Deidamus mansion.

He carried Eurielle as he got off from the carriage.

At the entrance gate, there he encountered Asterion.

Asterion looked like he was waiting for someone. He looked at the unconscious Eurielle in Theo's arms an his face expressed displeasure when he saw it.

"What happened to her?" He asked in a cold tone.

Theo softly looked at Eurielle's sleeping face. "They hurt her." As he mumbled this, his face turned dark.

"Give her to me." Asterion opened his arms, gesturing Theo to hand Eurielle to him.

Theo didn't want to hand her to him but he was left with no choice. Eurielle needed rest right now.

"Please take care of her." Theo muttered.

"Don't tell me what to do." Asterion talked back.

"I'll get going first. I still have some work to do." Theo smiled innocently.

Of course we all know what kind of work it is—

As Theo turned back, his expression was that of someone who wanted to kill.

...

In the Imperial Prison...

It was already midnight.

"Mhmmp mhm.."

A muffled sobbing was heard in a certain cell.

It was the maid from the Nguyen estate who got framed by Brianna.

She couldn't believe that she fell for her lady's trap. Threatening her family and her life just to poison someone.. it was truly inhumane.

*Tak* *Tak*

The maid could hear footsteps walking towards her cell.

"You." The man's voice echoed in the deep prison.

The maid looked up only to see a brown haired man with deep blue eyes like the sea in the other side of the bar.

"Who- Who are you?" The maid stuttered in fear.

She thought that it was probably someone who would take her to get executed.

"Is it true you poisoned Lady Deidamus?" He questioned.

"It wasn't me! I don't even have any intentions towards Lady Eurielle! Please believe me!" Her voice shook as she felt injustice.

"Tell me everything about earlier's incident and I'll help you die a painless death." Theo muttered.

Honestly, she didn't care about anything right now. If she were to die, it's fine. But she also wants to kill Brianna before she dies.

"Ha, haha. It wasn't me. It was her. That whore. It was Brianna Nguyen. It was her who planned all of this! She gave me a small sachet bag and she ordered me to put the contents inside Lady Eurielle's tea. I didn't even want to do it! She threatened me and my family's life depended on it." The maid explained with tears.

"Please punish Lady Nguyen." She bowed. She wanted justice.

Theo stood silent as he heard her explanation.

Name.

That was the only thing he wanted to hear from her. The name of the person who poisoned Eurielle. And he finally had it.

"Here. You drink it. After few minutes, you'll die. You won't feel any pain from it. It's better than getting hanged." Theo gave her a tiny bottle that contained a lethal poison.

"Thank you, thank you so much." The maid received it with gratefulness.

She then drank it immediately in one go. "Please kill Brianna Nguyen."

There was no need in telling him what to do.

In fact, he won't kill Brianna in one slash. He won't give her an immediate death rather, he'll make her feel the most painful torture before dying.

Theo chuckled just thinking about it.

A minute or two later, the maid collapsed and died. It looked painless just like he said.

After that, Theo left the prison.

Intruding the palace prison was no big deal for him.

Now that he knows who's the mastermind of earlier's incident, it was time for punishment.

...

Before going to the Nguyen estate, Theo wandered around the slums and searched for a person.

A person who looked exactly like like Brianna Nguyen.

"Ah, found you." He mumbled as he saw a homeless woman sitting somewhere.

Long and dirty ash blonde hair and dull purple eyes. From head to toe, she had the splitting image of Brianna Nguyen. It was like she was the twin of Brianna itself.

He walked towards her.

Theo's face was pasted with a grin as he stood in front her with a distance.

"H-Huh? Who are you?"

"Someone who will change your life."

He wanted a person to replace Brianna before kidnapping and torturing her. He wanted to punish the person who touched Eurielle thoroughly.

And to do that, he needs a perfect situation.

He'll replace the current Brianna Nguyen with a homeless woman who looked exactly like her. The new Brianna Nguyen will be someone who got into an accident and a person who lost her memories. And that Brianna is the girl in front of Theo.

The woman in front of him didn't care about anything anymore. She was also sick of everything and she wanted change.

And so she just complied with Theo's plan.

"Lyle." Theo called out a person.

"Yes, young master." A person with long silver hair and golden eyes appeared behind him. He was a young beauty in the eyes of others.

"Take care of everything." Theo ordered. He didn't want to touch a stranger so he just commanded him.

"As you wish."

As per Theo's order, Lyle his assistant took care of everything.

He took the homeless woman into a beauty salon and turned her into the perfect Brianna Nguyen.

After which, they brought the woman with them and sneaked into the Nguyen's residence.

*Creak*

"Hm? What's happening?" Brianna murmured as she sat up from her bed.

When she opened her eyes, she saw three personages in front of her bed.

One was a brown haired man and the other had silver long hair. And beside the two of them, was a woman who looked exactly like her.

"WHO-!? mmhpm-!!!"

Lyle immediately covered her mouth and looked at Theo. "What should I do, young master?" He smiled.

"Mmhmp!!! Mhmm!!!" Brianna struggled.

"Make her unconscious." Theo ordered.

"Right away."

Using his hand, Lyle chopped Brianna's nape with incredible strength. And with that, she fainted. Lyle then carried her body like a sack.

*Gulp* The homeless woman flinched as she saw the scene in front of her.

"Starting tomorrow, you'll be the new Brianna Nguyen. All you have to do is live your life in her stead and all is good." Theo glared at her.

"Y-yes, I promise to keep my mouth shut and live this new life you gave me." She replied.

"Now drink this." Theo gave her a tiny bottle.

The new Brianna opened the tiny bottle and slowly drank the contents inside it.

"Then you sleep. Have a great life."

"Thank you sir! I promise to-"

Before she could finish what she was about to say, she collapsed right on the floor.

With that, she'll forget everything about their meeting and encounter. She'll also forget everything about her past memories.

Now, the stage is finally ready.

"Let's get going."

"Right away, young master."