Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 105

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Chapter 105

 

“Even so, weren’t you originally leaving to avoid getting involved in such trivial human affairs? Why are you interfering now?”

 

At Samuel’s question, Anelli’s light chatter stopped. She narrowed her eyes and remained silent before muttering cynically.

 

“Because I feel disgusted, annoyed, and unpleasant.”

 

“…Pardon?”

 

“I tried to ignore it, but no matter how much I think about it, it pisses me off.”

 

Anelli clicked her tongue low and grabbed her teacup.

 

“Didn’t you see it too? How that crazy bastard Maxel behaves toward me? And what about Lilia. The Imperial House and Roam, changing faces without even considering their own karma. I tried to let it slide quietly, but watching them crawl up endlessly without knowing their limits is quite a sight.”

 

Even with Heinrih present, Anelli had no hesitation in cursing the Imperial House. Heinrih wasn’t surprised at all either. Looking closely, he seemed already accustomed to such language.

 

Could that prince have masochistic tendencies?

 

Samuel frowned at the thought that came to mind and deliberately turned away from Heinrih.

 

“So you keep mentioning nonexistent evil energy for that reason?”

 

“Nonexistent? Everyone sitting in the palace are evil beings. Can’t you see those wicked humans?”

 

“…Because of that, priests are being called to various palaces daily to perform blessing prayers.”

 

The Imperial Palace was vast, and there were many places that needed blessing prayers.

 

“Even though I emphasized it so much, you pretended not to hear, but you must be anxious after all.”

 

Anelli giggled as if amused and lifted her teacup.

 

“Blessing prayers are quite expensive, right? The temple must be making a good profit this time too.”

 

Her words were true. Profits equivalent to donations collected from a decent small city were being made at the Imperial Palace these past few days.

 

“It’s energy that the priests can’t sense. You can’t keep deceiving them forever.”

 

“I never asked the priests to take my side. I don’t need it either.”

 

With her saying that much, Samuel had no choice. It seemed only Samuel was anxious about everything.

 

“…So anyway, all this commotion is because of resentment.”

 

At Samuel’s quiet murmur, Anelli widened her eyes and asked back.

 

“Do you need a clearer motive than this?”

 

“It’s not that, but you’ve always been detached from such things.”

 

Could she have special feelings for Heinrih? Is that why she’s helping him in every way? But Anelli said she was planning to leave the Imperial Palace, so that probably wasn’t it.

 

Unaware of Samuel’s futile imagination, Anelli shrugged and corrected his words.

 

“It wasn’t detachment, it was resignation.”

 

Anelli gazed down at her teacup thoughtfully. Whatever she was thinking, a faint warmth appeared in her previously rigid expression.

 

The briefly relaxed atmosphere looked so comfortable that one wouldn’t dare disturb it.

 

While both Samuel and Heinrih hesitated to speak, the sound of a crow cawing came from overhead. Anelli, who had been lost in thought, looked up with delight.

 

What sounded like ordinary cawing to Samuel’s ears, Anelli listened to carefully and attentively. Then she took out a pouch from her bosom.

 

Anelli took out a ring with a large diamond and threw it upward with force. The crow that had been circling quickly swooped down and snatched the ring.

 

“What are you doing?”

 

When Heinrih asked casually, Anelli replied lightly.

 

“I’m paying an information fee.”

 

The crow, which seemed about to leave, landed right on the table. Settling among the clattering tea set, the crow cawed loudly.

 

“Oh my, is that so.”

 

At Anelli’s response, the crow flapped its wings and cawed even more noisily. Anelli smiled brightly and took out another piece of jewelry from her pouch.

 

“Yes, that’s right. That’s exactly what I wanted. Do you happen to know the location too?”

 

Despite the conversation happening right in front of them, Samuel and Heinrih couldn’t understand anything and just emptied their teacups several times.

 

Meanwhile, the conversation between the crow and Anelli continued for quite a while.

 

The crow left, greedily clutching jewelry in both talons. Anelli, who had waved goodbye to the crow with a smile, turned to look at Heinrih.

 

“Do you happen to have subordinates stationed outside the palace?”

 

“As many as necessary.”

 

“Then you’ll find my story interesting. It’s about a noble young lady’s misconduct, and it’s quite entertaining.”

 

The conversation showed signs of continuing. Meanwhile, flocks of sparrows, mice, and various animals came and went through the backyard, interrupting the conversation intermittently.

 

“…Sigh.”

 

Samuel silently drank his tea and resigned himself. It seemed unlikely he would get a chance to have a private conversation with her in the future.

 

* * *

 

“Are you ready?”

 

“Yes, Mother.”

 

Prisian, dressed in formal attire, quickened her pace. The elegantly dressed Duchess boarded the carriage first with the Duke’s escort.

 

Seiri, the youngest sister sitting in the inner seat, was fidgeting with the bow ribbon around her neck, looking somewhat uncomfortable.

 

“Lilia left first to enter with His Highness the Crown Prince.”

 

Prisian nodded instead of answering. After she took her seat, the carriage wheels slowly began to roll.

 

It was a rare Imperial Palace event where the entire family would attend together. However, the atmosphere inside the carriage was more tense than ever.

 

It had to be. Today’s banquet was for Anelli.

 

“Was there anything additional about the pavilion situation?”

 

“No. There were no major movements except for tea time with Samuel Bent and Prince Heinrih.”

 

At Prisian’s answer, the Duke swallowed his groan and closed his lips.

 

Anelli, who had suddenly appeared through the Black Tower, instantly took over the pavilion. Then, as if she clearly understood the situation of nobles burning with curiosity, she briefly showed her face at the Empress’s tea time.

 

The Duchess, who met Anelli there, was convinced that she was the same daughter as before her death. Still the cunning and cold daughter who hadn’t forgotten Roam’s teachings.

 

Rather, she was now fully utilizing her situation as a Reviver.

 

After the Duchess’s testimony was conveyed, the attitude of the Roam family members approaching today’s banquet became even more resolute.

 

“What do you think Anelli is thinking?”

 

Prisian murmured in a worried voice. The Duke glanced at her and replied bluntly.

 

“If she wants something, she’ll reveal it today.”

 

“But Father, she told us to forget her and live on. When I met her, she didn’t mention anything like God’s will at all.”

 

At Prisian’s words, the Duchess frowned and said.

 

“If she wanted to be forgotten, she wouldn’t have settled in the Imperial Palace. And she wouldn’t have talked about strange energy being felt in the palace either.”

 

“Strange energy – Mother, do you believe that? She says it’s strange but doesn’t show any particular action. She’s not even wielding divine power like other priests.”

 

“Whether it’s true or not isn’t important. What’s important is that it can’t be ignored.”

 

Anelli had done nothing. She was simply staying quietly in the pavilion.

 

Nevertheless, because of that one action, high society was in an uproar.

 

They were burning with curiosity to know whether God’s Reviver was truly staying to protect the Imperial House, or if the Crown Prince had been abandoned by God after being tainted by impure energy.

 

Roam couldn’t escape the gossip circulating among the nobles either. Despite being the Reviver’s family, they were worse than strangers for contributing to putting the Reviver on the execution platform.

 

Anelli had created all this commotion with a single word. So the Roam family members couldn’t help but worry about what words she might utter at this banquet.

 

“…Is she associating with Prince Heinrih because she wants revenge on the Crown Prince?”

 

Prisian bit her lip and murmured quietly.

 

“If something happens to the Crown Prince, we’ll inevitably suffer damage too. As long as Lilia is the Crown Prince’s fiancée.”

 

“Roam will suffer no damage.”

 

The Duke firmly denied Prisian’s words with a resolute voice.

 

“Roam supports the Emperor, and whoever we support becomes the Emperor.”

 

So if necessary, they could simply change the target.

 

It was a simple yet not simple solution. Prisian, who had never considered other possibilities, looked at the Duke with a pale face.

 

The Duke had an unwavering expression, as if he had been considering this from the beginning.

 

“…Even if we break off Lilia’s engagement to avoid immediate trouble, do you think this commotion will end with just the Crown Prince alone?”

 

Prisian recalled the conversation she had with Anelli when they met.

 

「Sister, you’re not family, but the enemy who killed me.」

 

“Anelli considers Roam… as her enemy.”

 

“Do you think Roam is Anelli’s only enemy?”

 

At the Duke’s counter-question, Prisian looked puzzled. The Duke didn’t seem inclined to explain further. Instead, it was the Duchess who spoke.

 

“Lilia is an adopted daughter.”

 

“…Mother.”

 

“She wants us to cut Lilia off.”

 

“But Lilia is…”

 

They had abandoned Anelli because of Lilia, and now if they abandoned Lilia because of Anelli, while the family itself might survive, Roam’s honor would be thrown into the mud.

 

Everyone would mock and whisper that they were a vulgar family that abandoned both blood ties and God, blinded by power.

 

Prisian suddenly realized. Perhaps this was what Anelli truly wanted.

 

Since she was a child who knew Roam better than anyone—Roam, which was obsessed with external honor. Since it was Roam that valued reputation like life itself.

 

She wanted to make Roam’s pride worth less than a pebble rolling on the ground.

 

“Prince Heinley has been frequently visiting His Majesty’s study lately. If we go to tonight’s banquet, we’ll be able to discern His Majesty the Emperor’s intentions.”

 

The Duke spoke gloomily in a weary voice.

 

“It won’t be too late to decide Roam’s course of action afterward.”

 

With those words, a heavy silence settled inside the carriage. Prisian turned his gaze toward the window. Nothing could be seen through the dark window.

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