The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 129
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129.
When the Villain crossed back through the ‘rift’ he had created to Prince Kail’s side.
“Haah.”
The situation was an absolute mess.
The dark corridor had collapsed in various places, and there were spots where blood was flowing down.
The Villain spoke to Kail, whose complexion looked poor, for the first time.
“What happened?”
“That monster we saw at the Central Temple appeared.”
“Hmm? And why are you leaving out the part about being attacked?”
“…”
The Second Prince’s knights still looked fine.
Even looking like that, they were all high-grade Ability Users, so it wasn’t surprising.
‘It seems they did some rescue work too. They even set up barriers for the non-knights.’
However, seven people from the group Iris had brought were missing.
Kail lowered his eyes.
“The monster broke the barrier midway. There were humans we had rescued here too—”
“It seems to have taken prey with it.”
“…”
“What a fine thing to do.”
She truly agreed with the Villain’s words.
Lillian tried not to sigh at the sight of Iris, who had turned pale.
It wasn’t easy.
Not at all.
“That’s why I told you to make these people leave long ago. Why did you bring them in the first place?”
“S-Sister…!”
Iris’s voice trembled.
“Sister, you should have stopped us more.”
“What?”
“You should have told us in more detail how dangerous this place was.”
Before she knew it, Iris was looking at her with tear-filled eyes.
It was such a Tillard-like thing to do.
“If Sister had properly warned us…!”
“I explained the situation, asked Crown Prince for help to even create an escape route. What more could I have done here?”
“If Sister had been kind like a proper Saint! Then—!”
Just as Lillian was about to tell her to stop wasting oxygen.
“Iris Tillard.”
“Crown Prince…!”
“Did I hear that wrong?”
He was already scary enough when he wasn’t smiling, and when he wasn’t smiling, he was scary in his own way.
When that Villain placed his hand on the wall, the part his palm touched melted away like snow.
“How dare you insult Lily in front of me.”
It wasn’t just the Villain.
All around, Shadows were scattered, drawing their swords or preparing to leap forward.
“Should I show you what real kindness is today?”
“You didn’t even have the qualifications to come on this expedition in the first place!”
In an instant, they faced off against the Second Prince’s knights.
No matter how terrible his relationship with Kail was, she was still the Second Prince’s fiancée.
“Show respect to Lady Iris!”
“Respect? Should we drill some manners into your heads first!”
“These damn Baltazar bastards!”
Lillian waved her hands and stopped the people around her.
“Everyone, that’s enough.”
“But Miss!”
“Marguerite. Clean air is precious. There’s no need to waste it on something like this.”
Iris seemed quite angry at that remark.
But instead of arguing further, she quietly hid both hands in her skirt.
“We need to handle the situation, so you’ll help, right?”
“…”
“Sister is a Saint, after all. Right?”
However, Lillian didn’t answer.
Her attention was drawn to Iris’s hands that she had silently hidden…
She had glimpsed it briefly, but wasn’t there red powder on those hands?
‘Traces of powder used when setting up barriers.’
Once you’ve drawn a barrier, it shouldn’t come off easily under normal circumstances.
For that to be there meant…
‘Ha.’
I can roughly guess how the situation unfolded.
But there was a more urgent matter right now.
‘He’s definitely in this palace.’
That’s what the tracker she had attached with her control ability was detecting.
But it was strange that even though the S-rank Ability User Villain and Noah had searched ahead, they couldn’t find him.
‘He might have set up a device that only allows his subordinates to come.’
And the number of people the monster had kidnapped was smaller than expected.
‘Then there’s a possibility it will return to kidnap more.’
Lillian glanced at the group gathered here.
Marguerite, who was the first to notice Lillian’s gaze, tilted her head.
“Miss, what’s wrong?”
“Everyone, what do you think would happen if you fought seriously like you were doing earlier?”
“…?”
* * *
After Markus sent the captured ‘hostages’ to Caspian’s residence.
Oh my, people these days don’t take care of their health.
He lamented about the laziness of modern humans.
Don’t they all eat and then not exercise?
‘They should have stopped eating and reduced their waist fat!’
That way they could become nutritious food for Lord Caspian!
That’s why Caspian’s attendant kept nagging at him!
– What you’ve brought is nowhere near enough. That damn ‘Bride’…! To dare use ‘divine punishment’ like a weapon!
The Creator God’s ‘divine punishment’ affected the soul itself.
Therefore, even though the black magic that ‘showed memories of past lives’ had ended, the divine punishment continued to gnaw away at Caspian.
Markus returned to the corridor where the Second Prince had been.
‘Right, I’ve decided! I’ll definitely catch them all!’
After that, I should ambush the ‘Bride’s’ group!
But when he actually returned, his eyes widened at what he saw beyond the corner.
‘What? When did these guys meet?’
And they’re fighting?
The Crown Prince and Second Prince’s groups were clashing.
“You filthy Baltazar! You should be rolling in dirt!”
“Shut up, you Pavil lackey bastard!”
“Let’s die here together, all of you die! Die!”
Humans engage in power struggles even in situations like this, I see. How frightening.
“Everyone! You mustn’t do this…! Kyaa!”
Oh my. The ‘Priestess’ got caught up in it too?
Tarandia was…
Nowhere to be seen.
Markus rolled his eyes a few times before grinning wickedly.
Yahoo, good fortune comes to good monsters.
* * *
In a residence overlooking the seaside, Caspian was clutching his face and gasping for breath.
“Haah… ha.”
“Just hold on a little longer, Master! Markus will soon-!”
His once-handsome face had half collapsed. Divine punishment bruises were rising on his hands and feet.
“Huk, Lillian…”
He recalled that day long ago when he secretly visited the Empire to see the young priestess.
A small girl with pink hair had bounced around, determined to figure out his grade.
She looked adorable.
True to her Tillard bloodline of the Butterfly clan, she gripped and shook the hearts of Ability Users.
That made him want to trample her even more.
‘Our Revenant Family must become greater.’
To think he had to mortgage his life to such a little girl.
To think it was his fate to give up even the ability of eternal life…
‘That’s just unfair.’
Would it have been less unfair if she hadn’t shone so adorably?
Wooooong…
Just then, the spell hanging in the room activated.
Markus crawled in through the golden glowing formation.
The ‘sacrifices’ he brought this time were clearly high-grade knights at first glance.
Moreover, the ‘Priestess’ was with them too.
“Uuk…”
Her face was covered in dust as if she’d been caught in battle, and she couldn’t regain consciousness.
The attendant was delighted.
“This worked out perfectly. Let’s prepare to extract the ‘Priestess’s’ control power as well.”
The most urgent matter was Caspian’s physical recovery.
Markus herded the newly brought ‘hostages’ into the formation.
“Uuuk!”
“Kuk…!”
As the black magic that drained strength and vitality began to activate, the ‘hostages’ started to suffer.
“Master, if you just hold on a little longer, soon-“
“Haah.”
“Master!? You shouldn’t get up!”
But despite the attendant’s troublesome restraint, Caspian stood facing Lillian.
His hands and feet, where flesh had been exposed, began to regenerate.
Caspian smiled bitterly.
Lillian’s hands were bound with thin black strings created by Markus.
“I showed you something unseemly before our wedding. Sorry, bride.”
“…”
Lillian raised her head and…
Smiled faintly.
“Huh? Sorry for what. I’ve seen you all charred black too.”
“…”
“Don’t put on airs between us who’ve both seen rock bottom.”
Lillian turned her eyes away from Caspian and looked around the palace.
“…What a beautiful place this is.”
The scenery of this place was reflected in Lillian’s eyes.
Her eyes, containing the seaside landscape, shone beautifully.
“It’s just like Count Kuern Tillard’s room. Splendid and all.”
“…What are you trying to say?”
“That it’s the room of a young master with no backbone of his own, not a single item reflecting his personal taste.”
Lillian looked straight at Caspian.
At that moment, even Caspian’s shoulders stiffened.
“This is where they made you into the family’s puppet, isn’t it.”
Caspian’s lips hardened stiffly.
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