Chapter 244 - Fateful night (part 2)

"I'm underestimating the security of the Espine estate... yeah, right."

Aku's copy scoffed to himself while climbing up the wall of the Espine's castle after breaching the walls and sneaking past the patrolling guards with laughably little trouble.

"Let's just hope that young lady Espine didn't switch rooms..."

The masked attendant sighed under his breath holding onto the windowsill of the – hopefully – correct bedroom with one hand while taking a neatly wrapped package with a little card attached to the pretty green ribbon.

Aku's copy placed the present on the windowsill in a way that it would get noticed after someone would open the window and leaned out to look around.

The only thing to do now was to make someone do just that – so the masked boy began reaching out towards the glass to knock on it and alarm the tenant, when...

*creak*

"!!!"

"..."