Chapter 13

“I swear, I swear I did not take it!”

It was no coincidence that the girl with whom April was rooming ended up possessing my ring. I knew April well enough to know that she would not have done something as stupid as stealing my jewellery and keeping it amongst her things. In the first place, she would not have been interested in the ring but in what it meant.

“If you did not take it, then how did it get into your bag!?” Cassius thundered.

“C – Cassius, calm down.” I touched his bicep which was bulging from how hard he gripped the girl’s throat. Her eyes were already popping out of her socket.

“No, Perse, how can I calm down? How dare this wench steal from you and she still has the nerve to lie to my face!”

“I – I swear on – on the goddess’ name –“ The girl still insisted on her innocence.

She was a girl I did not know well so she must be new here. There was no one here to vouch for her so she was undoubtedly going to take the fall for this. I looked at the brown-haired girl behin