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-Von Helsing Estate-
As she walked by Alexia's side, Arlette couldn't help but be a bit nervous.
While Caius was still convinced he had done well to keep his identity secret from his cousin, Arlette couldn't shake the feeling that Alexia was not so easily fooled. What if that was what the Von Helsing Monster Hunter was trying to pick her brain about?
What if she was about to be tricked into revealing what Caius was?
At some point, Arlette stopped short in her thoughts and chuckled a bit.
'Silly me," she said to herself.
She had spent decades as a part of a secret organization and had honed not just her abilities in secrecy but combat as well. As powerful and famed as the Von Helsings might be, Arlette felt it was ridiculous of her to feel at all worried that she might let something slip or be unable to survive should things go awry.
"Do I get to hear the joke?" Alexia asked from Arlette's side at the sound of the chuckle.
