I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 68

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68.

‘Right now, the outside world is denouncing you as a witch and demanding you pay for your crimes with your life. The reason I don’t kill you is because I think your abilities are quite useful. Use that power for Prince Oslo even now. If you do, I’ll not only set you free, but I’ll give you enough wealth and honor that no one will ever dare look down on you for being of commoner birth.’

If I had known nothing about the original story, I would have been swayed by the lies about the outside situation and the tempting offer that anyone would find appealing.

But I knew everything about the current situation through telepathy with Theor, and I knew exactly that the Empress was also lying to the Emperor and Lloyd that I hadn’t come to the Empress’s Palace.

I looked straight at the Empress and asked.

“But do His Majesty and His Highness know that I’m here?”

A sneer crossed the Empress’s lips.

“They couldn’t possibly know. You never even came to the Empress’s Palace.”

As expected.

“If they find out I’m missing, many people will look for me. This place might also be searched…”

“Searched?”

The Empress smiled meaningfully and gestured around the prison.

I knew the meaning of that smile.

Dark magic was spread around the prison where I was, so even if the Emperor and Crown Prince came to search the Empress’s Palace prison, they wouldn’t be able to see me.

The Empress planned to spare my life if I accepted her proposal, and kill me if I didn’t.

Knowing all this, I wasn’t particularly anxious about the Empress’s words.

If a moment truly came when my life was in danger, Sinsu would appear to save me, and I could also summon Pandeum, so I wouldn’t have to fight the dark sorcerer alone.

Moreover, not only Theor but even Perioze’s Sister was tormenting the Empress, saying they had to find me who had disappeared, so it seemed I’d be able to get out of here somehow soon.

The problem was the Empire’s citizens who misunderstood me as a dark sorcerer due to my widely exaggerated rumors.

The nobles knew that my power wasn’t dark magic that required sacrifices because they had been directly healed by me at the coming-of-age ceremony or had seen me fight with their own eyes, but ordinary people without elemental abilities couldn’t possibly know that.

Rumors without legs indeed grew in size the more they spread, and in some villages, they were calling me a witch of the ages.

A person of commoner status who used wicked magic, lied about receiving divine oracles, and spread plague throughout the Empire.

Really, I came to realize that rumors were much more frightening and cruel than I had thought.

‘I’ll come to rescue you soon. Countess Meckeneji has received permission to enter the Empress’s Palace.’

‘Is Theor coming with Sister too?’

‘It’s not just me. His Highness, Greim, and Countess Triaize are coming together as well.’

‘No, what are you all going to do swarming over here…!’

‘We have to save Elinea.’

I sighed.

‘I’m doing fine without any particular discomfort, so please deal with the plague first.’

‘That’s exactly why we need to rescue you quickly.’

Theor’s voice was resolute.

According to what we confirmed through the person we had planted inside, the Empress was trying to manipulate the achievements of plague purification that we had accomplished through blood and sweat as her own accomplishment.

She had also framed me as someone who used evil magic for that manipulation.

After confining me who used evil magic, she would spread the word that the plague disappeared because of that.

In other words, she planned to package the results as her own, thinking that our side would definitely take action.

So that if she failed to draw me into her faction, it would also be easy to kill me.

I was truly impressed, thinking what a cunning person she was.

Then suddenly, I thought that if she was such a cunning person, wouldn’t she have also sowed discord between the Imperial Court and the dark sorcerers?

That made sense, because the Imperial Court mostly believed they were the people closest to the gods, so they didn’t think well of dark magic that imitated divine power.

So there was normally no occasion for dark sorcerers and the Imperial Court to build friendship, and since even the Empress dealt with the Imperial Court and dark sorcerers separately each time, although both worked for the Empress, there wasn’t much contact between the two.

Of course, when the dark sorcerer tried to revive the Demon God using Caroline as a sacrifice, it was the Imperial Court that sent Caroline to the dark sorcerer.

That was the Empress’s plan, and the Imperial Court at that time was in a position where they had no choice but to be dragged along because of what the Empress had already done, so they had no choice but to follow her words.

‘Theor. Could you possibly find out how the Empress contacts the Imperial Court and the dark sorcerers?’

‘It shouldn’t be difficult.’

‘Then please find out the contact routes. It seems I need to drive a wedge between the Empress, the dark sorcerers, and the Imperial Court.’

‘Ah. Yes, I’ll find out.’

‘And I’m sorry, but could you contact Perioze’s Sister and ask her to think of ways to drive the three apart? There’s no one better than Sister in that field.’

It might feel like an insult if taken wrong, but I decided to trust that Theor wouldn’t think of it that way.

Anyway, right now all three weren’t communicating properly, so if we just planted small seeds of distrust in between, the dark sorcerers and Imperial Court following the Empress would quickly let go of the Empress’s hand.

Caroline, the original female lead, had such a strong image of being kind and upright that she couldn’t even think of things like sowing discord.

So it seemed that matters that could have been resolved more easily than expected had grown to that extent.

‘Understood. But are you really okay? If it’s hard to endure, you could call Pandeum and escape…’

‘No, I can’t do that. If I run away, the situation we can easily handle will become a mess.’

‘Elinea’s safety is most important.’

At Theor’s words, I somehow imagined his honest expression.

I raised the corners of my mouth and said I was really doing better than expected.

Except for feeling a bit stuffy from not seeing light for several days, there really wasn’t anything particularly uncomfortable.

The meals were quite good too.

‘If I’m in danger, Sinsu will appear right away, so don’t worry.’

‘…Understood. Anyway, I’ll be going to the Empress’s Palace with everyone soon, so please wait just a little longer.’

I ended the telepathy with Theor and flopped down on the bed to look at the ceiling.

Since everyone was coming to the Empress’s Palace to find me, led by Perioze’s Sister, I would be able to get out soon.

Lloyd and Caroline would be able to see the dark magic flowing around the prison where I was.

The question was whether they could see the dark sorcerer directly.

If I could face the dark sorcerer directly, I thought I might be able to win him over.

The reason the dark sorcerer was helping the Empress to put Oslo on the throne was all because of what the Empress had promised.

Just like in the original world where my dark magic was falsely accused of being wicked magic, the dark magic here was also considered a devious forbidden magic because it used human souls to cast spells.

So people who wanted to learn dark magic always had to hide underground and secretly learn dark magic, and the current dark sorcerer was also someone who had lived such a life all his life because of his father.

So the Empress’s promise to bring the dark magic he was born, raised, and learned from the shadows into the light must have seemed like a ray of hope.

The important thing was that the Empress would never bring dark magic into the light.

That wasn’t a promise that would be kept even if Oslo safely received the throne.

So I just needed to make him realize this part…

I pondered how I could make the dark sorcerer realize that the Empress wouldn’t keep her promise with him.

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“Wh-where are we going?”

A prison guard who suddenly appeared put a black cloth over my face and tried to take me out of the prison.

I thought they’d keep me in that prison since they made me invisible with dark magic, but I was wrong.

‘Theor, where are you?’

‘Elinea, we’re arriving at the Empress’s Palace soon.’

‘I’m being moved right now with something covering my face.’

‘What?!’

‘Um… I’m moving on foot, so I don’t think I’m going too far from here.’

‘Damn it!’

Theor was furious at the news that I was being dragged somewhere with my vision blocked.

‘Can’t you eliminate those beside you with your dark magic?’

‘Then the time I spent waiting quietly in prison would be wasted.’

‘That’s not important. What’s important is Elinea’s safety.’

‘Whatever happens, I don’t want to deliberately provoke the Empress’s anxiety. If she becomes more cautious and meticulous than before, I might not get a chance to meet the dark sorcerer.’

Then suddenly, I became curious about who was moving me.

‘Could it be…’

‘Elinea?’

The person who would put a hood on me and help move me when I couldn’t see ahead.

Perhaps since the Empress surely knew I might be able to use dark magic, she would have sent a skilled person.

I opened my eyes wide and asked the man who was holding my arm and leading me.

“Do I happen to know you?”

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