Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 232

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Chapter 232

Frigian, who had barely regained consciousness, fell asleep again.

‘…Roam is finished?’

The Duchess of Roam strode across the corridor with gritted teeth.

After being accused of heresy by the Temple, Roam was rapidly crumbling. The Duke of Roam and his retainers were being investigated one after another, and the Duchess of Roam was effectively under house arrest.

Naturally, no noble house stepped forward to help Roam in its predicament. There were various reasons, but the biggest was the rumors that they had been at odds with the Reviver.

No one bothered to consider that the Reviver was the Duke of Roam’s second daughter.

‘How dare they call it kidnapping when Roam brought back Roam’s own child!’

The Duchess of Roam suppressed her rising anger as she headed to the study.

With the head of the house absent for days, she had to step forward to handle urgent matters. Though urgent matters only meant pleading for help from anywhere possible.

“My lady, my lady!”

As she was about to enter the study, the butler urgently sought out the Duchess of Roam.

“His Highness the Crown Prince and Miss Lilia are coming to the capital!”

“How?”

“They, they were caught by the search party…”

“Ha, they couldn’t even escape properly and caused such a mess?”

The Duchess of Roam let out a hollow laugh. She irritably gestured for the butler to leave and entered the study.

The documents piled on the desk didn’t catch her attention at all, so she paced anxiously and bit her lips.

She wasn’t deeply involved in politics, but she could sense the atmosphere well enough.

And from her perspective, the First Prince was determined to completely bring down the Crown Prince with this opportunity.

In that process, Lilia would inevitably be involved. So they needed to cut ties with Lilia, but…

“That cunning thing won’t try to die alone.”

The Duchess of Roam, who had been anxiously crossing her arms, hesitated.

It was because she recalled the original reason for bringing Lilia into Roam.

“Perhaps…”

Lilia had prophetic abilities. Naturally, she would have seen the current situation as well.

Then perhaps being caught by the search party and coming to the capital now was also because she had some plan?

A glimmer of hope flashed in the Duchess of Roam’s eyes. However, she immediately shook her head.

“No, no.”

This whole mess had happened because they relied on Lilia’s damned prophecies, so she couldn’t depend on prophecies again.

…But was there any other way?

Without knowing the future in advance, how could they navigate through such a desperate situation?

“Ha…”

If Frigian had met Anelli and returned, she would have had something to say, but for some reason, Frigian showed no motivation after opening her eyes.

She had never thought of her as such a weak child.

It seemed that the near-death experience had made her fragile.

“She’ll come to her senses if we give her a little time.”

There weren’t many cards to play. The only one she could find use for was Frigian. And Lilia, who was said to be coming to the capital…

“Making contact with Lilia to check her condition would be…”

Whether that child was still useful, whether her prophecies were worth hearing one last time.

Wouldn’t it be good to check at least that much?

The Duchess of Roam carefully approached the window and lifted the curtain. Her gaze darkened as she looked down at the surveillance soldiers surrounding the mansion.

* * *

Samuel’s wound was deeper than expected.

Probably in normal circumstances, he would have rested for a day or two for treatment, but Samuel insisted on moving, saying he was fine since the bleeding had stopped.

He added that since they had entered the castle, delaying for a day or two would be meaningless.

The bleeding had stopped for now, and as he said, this entire journey would soon end, so there was no need to dawdle unnecessarily.

I agreed with his words, and we came back outside after dawn.

“Something… the scenery looks a bit different from yesterday.”

Jeon said with a bewildered face as he looked around.

Indeed, it was exactly as he said. It was definitely ruins, but how should I put it? Had it become tidier?

“In the past, buildings collapsed after battles, making it very chaotic. If it had been like yesterday’s situation, it wouldn’t have been easy to proceed, but fortunately, it seems the things that were rooted in this land are returning.”

Samuel, who was unnaturally shrugging his shoulder as if one arm was uncomfortable, casually explained.

According to his words, the wild animals I had seen last night were probably the things that had been rooted in this land.

So those animals had cleared away the broken building debris to make a path?

[Ah, we’re not the only ones waiting for rest.]

Seeing my suspicious face, Mori hesitantly added an explanation.

[Many crea, creatures waited for the final authority in the past too.]

“Many creatures?”

Come to think of it, Mori was a knight who pitied all the weak things in the world.

As I quietly looked down at Mori, Mori subtly lowered his gaze and said.

[Yes, yes. All the creatures that can hear the Captain’s voice.]

I blinked and was about to ask something, then closed my mouth.

I would find out anyway as we continued forward, so there was no need to ask in advance.

“…”

Instead, I quietly looked beyond the path and recalled last night.

The brief conversation we had after returning to the building and examining Samuel’s injury.

「You want to know the approximate locations?」

「Yes.」

「Is it to give them faster rest?」

When I asked him to tell me where he had killed the Dura’han, Samuel asked back like that.

That question felt like asking if I was looking for the optimal route.

So I felt a little… resentful.

「I just want to know in advance.」

At my answer, Samuel was silent for a moment. He quietly lowered his gaze and was lost in thought.

Then he answered slowly.

「I don’t remember exactly where the knights died. At that time, cutting down those who blocked my way and reaching you was most important. The clearest memory I have left is…」

[Captain, please get on my back.]

The continuing memory was cut off by Nadab’s voice. Belatedly noticing the surrounding gazes, I let out a low exclamation upon seeing the worried looks of the Dura’han.

It seemed that my collapse yesterday had caused their concern.

“No, it’s not that serious.”

[But the ground hasn’t dried completely due to last night’s rain. It will be uncomfortable to walk.]

“I climbed up the mountain slope, so this much is fine. I’m okay.”

I gently stroked Nadab’s mane as a gesture of gratitude.

Quietly feeling the texture of the fur tangling in my hand, I turned my gaze forward.

The open front stretched inward. Beyond that, the inner wall was visible, and above it, the main tower soared dizzyingly high.

Was that main tower the place I needed to reach? By the time I reached there, how many knights would remain by my side?

「It was you standing alone at the end of this path.」

Perhaps I would stand alone.

* * *

“With this scale, it would have been almost like a village.”

Jeon, who had been looking around, muttered as if talking to himself. I also agreed with Jeon’s opinion.

Certainly, with this scale, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that an entire village had been inside here.

[Yesterday it was hard to find even one insect, but in just one night, so many friends have gathered!]

[Ugh, Tristan. Are you really going to attract bugs?]

[Bugs? I said insects!]

Tristan laughed heartily at Minte, who was disgusted.

It seemed that not only animals had returned here last night.

Tristan was very happy that friends who could explore various parts of this castle for us had finally appeared, and Minte was earnestly begging Tristan not to attract disgusting bugs.

“It’s fascinating that insects increased overnight.”

[Haha, it’s because life has begun to sprout from the earth again. Soon Beladia Castle will be abundant with much more life!]

A plump black bumblebee fluttered down and landed somewhere.

It was on a blade of grass that peeked out between the building debris.

[So you were hiding down here, greetings!]

It seemed he had found an insect, but I couldn’t hear its voice. It was because Tristan had raised his voice too excitedly.

[Eek, don’t swing at me! I’m your friend!]

“Tristan, what’s over there?”

[Ah, a praying mantis…]

“…Don’t bother innocent insects for no reason and come here.”

Even if he approached the mantis calling it a friend, it would probably just strike him with its front legs.

At my sighing words, Tristan lamented as if disappointed.

[I was trying to give it a gracious opportunity to help our Captain! What a foolish friend!]

[Did you catch stupidity from Bak too?]

Minte scolded Tristan with an exasperated voice. Then Tristan replied with a serious expression.

[…That’s too harsh, Minte!]

Tristan seemed genuinely hurt and stuck close to Nadab, who had been walking farthest away from Minte.

After hesitating briefly, I heard Minte apologize to Tristan, saying his words had been too much.

And Bak, who had been listening to this entire conversation right beside them, muttered in a very aggrieved voice.

[What’s wrong with me?]

Listening to their chatter, I unconsciously let out a small sigh of relief.

It wasn’t for any particular reason. It was just that their continued noisiness somehow gave me a sense of stability.

As we were almost out of the residential area, a well appeared. Despite the rain last night, the bottom of the well was completely dry.

“Huh? Is that a field?”

I was glancing down at the bottom of the well, wondering if there might be someone’s head here too, when Jeon called out to me loudly.

Where he was pointing, there was a fairly wide clearing.

Unlike the places we had passed through, this wasn’t a clearing created by something collapsing, but land that had been left empty from the beginning.

Behind it stood what looked like a storehouse, all alone with blackened burn marks.

Jeon stopped me from approaching and strode over to check it himself.

“This was probably… a food warehouse.”

Jeon, who had been rummaging through the debris, stood up holding something in his handful.

What he held in his blackened hands were small grains. Grains that appeared to be some kind of cereal.

“Ah.”

Seeing the grains, Samuel’s expression hardened with a strange look.

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