The young lord extended the crispy cookie toward the man.
At that moment, the man in black on the roof lifted a tile and peered inside. His gaze, as intense as a venomous snake's, meticulously sized up the child.
The man in black inside the room looked up. They were confirming if this child was indeed the one they were seeking.
The child's status was very high. It would have been difficult for them to infiltrate if not for the opportunity when half the General's Manor guards were temporarily reassigned. Therefore, if they failed this time, there would absolutely be no second chance. The most important thing at the moment was to discern whether this child might be a decoy. After all, raising an ordinary child here as a decoy, while the true child was secretly kept elsewhere, was a precaution anyone might think of.
