Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 148

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Chapter 148

Jeon pressed his forehead at her appearance, which showed not a trace of tension.

“This was just my speculation to begin with. It might not have been a monster’s doing.”

It was a conclusion he had reached after considering various possibilities. In any case, black shadows had attacked them.

Everyone had seen the same thing, so it couldn’t have been a mistake, and since it wasn’t illusion magic, he had turned his attention toward monsters.

“But you said it wasn’t magic. If it had been poison, the imperial physicians would have figured it out, so that’s not it either. Since there were ducks there at the time, we could gather testimonies to find out.”

“But…”

“Anyway, I left Nadab there too. I have to go myself, if only to retrieve Nadab.”

When Nadab’s name came up, Jeon closed his mouth with a guilty expression.

With a dejected face, Jeon quietly averted his gaze and muttered defensively.

“…I didn’t abandon him. That guy ran off on his own.”

Speaking in a crawling voice, he drooped his eyebrows and added.

“Still, I’m sorry for not taking proper care of him.”

Jeon’s eyes, which had been wandering aimlessly to avoid Anelli, met Samuel’s. Samuel returned a look of disdain along with a faint sneer.

Someday that arrogant Knight would get kicked by Nadab’s hind legs. He would pray earnestly for it every night starting today!

Ignoring Jeon, who was glaring at him while grinding his teeth, Samuel urged Anelli as if uninterested.

“Now that we understand the situation, it would be best to leave. There’s nothing good about staying longer.”

“I know. But before that…”

Anelli, who had been looking at Jeon with contemplative eyes for a moment, explained calmly.

“Jeon. Samuel Bent came in to hear your testimony regarding this attack incident. He plans to go out and acknowledge that this was an attack by monsters.”

“Is that alright?”

Having glimpsed some emotion in Jeon’s expression, Anelli pulled her lips into a crooked smile.

“Are you worried it might be disadvantageous to me if we say it was a monster attack?”

Honestly, Jeon thought that might be the case.

Even if he didn’t know the full details, everyone thought Anelli was connected to monsters.

Hadn’t that woman, the Crown Prince’s fiancée, tried so hard to incite people at the banquet hall, trying to brand Anelli as undead?

Who’s to say they wouldn’t bring up such ridiculous logic for this incident too?

Seeing Jeon’s expression, Anelli let out a faint sneer.

“It would be a problem if Empress couldn’t wake up, but if there’s a way to wake her, it’s not a problem at all.”

“But the atmosphere was bad and they were threatening quite a bit. That… Prince Heinley also seemed to be at a disadvantage somehow.”

So if you know something, it would be better to spill it, the watchers outside had subtly pressured Jeon.

Of course, Jeon hadn’t listened to their words even with one ear.

Despite Jeon’s concerns, Anelli looked unconcerned. After thinking for a moment, Jeon casually added.

“That crazy ex-fiancé is also spouting nonsense. Saying the Reviver didn’t fulfill her proper role.”

“…Jeon. Since I won’t be by your side for a while, I’m warning you – if you’re caught insulting royalty, regardless of severity, you could face capital punishment.”

“I didn’t say whose ex-fiancé he was.”

When he retorted innocently, Anelli made an incredulous expression. Then she soon let out a deflated laugh and shook her head.

Seeing this, Jeon quietly suppressed the satisfaction he felt inside.

Seeing her relax and laugh, even briefly, put his mind at ease too. To think such foolish thoughts – he really must have gone blind.

“I was the one who first brought up the story about evil energy in the Imperial Palace that attracts monsters. If they bring up that story again, that would be like walking into a swamp with their own feet.”

Anelli said with laughter in her voice and shrugged her shoulders.

“This incident will rather be an opportunity to raise the Reviver’s status a bit more.”

Anelli’s voice could be heard muttering quietly, ‘Just like Prisian Sister said.’

“I can clean up some annoying things while I’m at it, so it’s rather good.”

She seemed to have something planned. Since Anelli was obviously a hundred times more skilled at such conflicts than himself, Jeon decided to just set aside his concerns.

‘She’ll handle it well.’

But setting aside his concerns didn’t mean he could think optimistically about immediate safety.

After checking the tightly closed door once, Jeon made a serious request.

“Once you leave this room, the appearance-changing magic will be applied immediately. But since I can’t show the transformation process, keep your head down as much as possible when you go out. Fortunately, the clothes have a hood, so you can pull it down low. That Knight’s build is ridiculously large, so he’ll cover you completely.”

Samuel frowned as if Jeon’s words were unpleasant, but didn’t add any particular comment.

That was fortunate at least. He too was equally worried about Anelli’s safety.

In other words, that could mean Jeon and Samuel regarded Anelli with the same feelings…

Jeon cut off the unpleasantly continuing train of thought. That guy was a cleric who had even taken a vow of chastity, while he was a mage with no constraints whatsoever. Even looking at their objective situations, he was more advantaged.

Though it was ridiculous to calculate advantages and disadvantages over such emotions in the first place.

Meanwhile, having no idea what Jeon was thinking, Anelli pondered alone for a moment before speaking quietly to Jeon.

“You’ll be released soon too. Prince Heinley said he would clean things up so there wouldn’t be any problems.”

She probably wanted to reassure Jeon.

She undoubtedly had no idea why Jeon was so worried or what was troubling him.

That it wasn’t important where he stayed, but who he was beside.

In the past, that might have been a little disappointing, but Jeon, who had already experienced Anelli enough, decided to complain openly instead of hoping she would understand his feelings.

“When will you let me out? You’re treating me so poorly, I can’t stay here anymore.”

When he spoke as if lamenting, a slight apologetic look crossed Anelli’s face.

“Even when leaving, you shouldn’t go as if running away. Just wait a little.”

Jeon was a little surprised, having expected a scolding to just be patient a little longer.

Though he knew she was soft on him, seeing that emotion directly like this filled him with satisfaction beyond what he could ask for.

He must definitely be crazy. To be this happy and want to help even more from just this much.

“Please be careful going in, Anelli, and if you’re going to do something dangerous… please do it safely.”

Since she would probably do something dangerous anyway, Jeon was about to tell her not to, but changed the content entirely.

At Jeon’s words, Anelli smiled faintly and pulled up her hood.

“If you do dangerous things safely, is it still dangerous?”

“You’re not saying you won’t do it.”

Though he had expected as much. Scratching the back of his head and thinking for a moment, Jeon casually spoke up.

“If by any chance the Emperor doesn’t believe that monsters were involved, I could get you a guarantee from the Magic Tower.”

“A guarantee from the Magic Tower?”

Anelli, who had been heading toward the door, stopped and looked back at Jeon.

“Yes. However, this can’t be falsely fabricated. Since it’s done under a covenant of trust, it must guarantee the truth.”

If a cleric didn’t keep an oath made in God’s name, they would lose their divine power, wasn’t that right?

Something similar existed for mages too. A guarantee made under covenant was exactly that, and mainly the creator’s seal on official magical tools worked on the same principle.

A covenant was made by staking one’s own magical power. Moreover, if it wasn’t the truth to begin with, the covenant itself couldn’t be established.

“If the culprit of this attack was magic rather than monsters, a Magic Tower guarantee probably wouldn’t gain much trust.”

However, Jeon still thought it was highly likely this attack was the work of monsters.

So probably a Magic Tower guarantee would also… be quite helpful to Anelli. If she was thinking of confirming this incident as a monster attack.

“Anyway, Anelli will probably confirm whether it was monsters’ doing, and whether to get a Magic Tower guarantee can only be decided after that. I’m just letting you know this option exists.”

Anelli, who had been listening to Jeon’s explanation, narrowed her eyes.

“You’re not just saying that, right?”

“Of course not!”

“Then I can get it right away when I want it? I’ll probably end up getting it.”

There was a strange certainty in her voice, so Jeon couldn’t help but look puzzled. At his expression, Anelli paused for a moment before explaining in a casual tone.

“Actually, Minte and Jigol already went to check the attack site. If it really was monsters’ doing as you say, those two couldn’t possibly not know. I was personally leaning toward magic… Well, I’ve thought about how to move if it’s monsters too.”

The latter part was almost like talking to herself, but it was enough for Jeon to understand.

“Anelli has it all planned out.”

Jeon, who had unconsciously opened his mouth, muttered without thinking. Anelli looked at him as if amused, then turned around.

Samuel, who had been silently listening to their conversation, took the lead as if he had been waiting.

Unlike when he first came to this room, Jeon watched her relaxed and confident retreating figure and suddenly thought.

When Anelli said she would disappear and was running around, shouldn’t the Imperial Palace and Roam have just let her go without pursuing her?

Perhaps they were… summoning an opponent they couldn’t handle with their own hands and bringing destruction upon themselves.

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