The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 14

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14.

The ability user-controller contract was completed successfully.

The documents were divided into two copies for each party to keep.

Since it was a contract made in the name of the Creator God, even in abbreviated form, it was sufficiently effective.

And Evren was certain.

‘Lillian Tillard is definitely not normal.’

You could tell just by watching her declare she was going to say crazy things.

Indeed, there was still a high risk of her breaking down.

‘She can’t commit suicide when she’s someone else’s lifeline, right?’

If anyone was going to break her, it should be him.

Besides, a year would pass quickly anyway.

Until then, he’d have to monitor her thoroughly.

Evren nodded.

“By the way, I had your cousin tied to a tree. He looked quite fitting as decoration.”

“Wow. Is there perhaps an artist in your party? I can’t paint landscapes.”

“Unfortunately, I didn’t think this would become an aesthetic journey.”

Evren couldn’t manage to act regretful and simply let out a sigh.

“But truth serum was useless, which is quite troublesome. I need to find out where he got the artifact that summoned the demon.”

“If Your Highness handles it personally—?”

“You saw it yourself, didn’t you? I’m not good at gentle handling.”

“Oh my. Then, Your Highness.”

Lillian smiled competently.

“If you give me the opportunity to make my little bast… little brother confess, I’ll make him spill everything nicely.”

* * *

Evren had earlier ordered the Tillard prisoners to be gathered in the forest clearing.

Along with the command to tie Ramio to a tree since there was much to find out from him.

Elias and his subordinates faithfully followed that order.

However, instead of tying him around the tree trunk, they hung him upside down from a sturdy branch.

“Aaah! Let me down from this!”

Ramio struggled desperately with blood rushing to his head.

Elias aimed the tip of his sheathed sword at Ramio’s chin.

“…It would be better to confess before things go further.”

“Ha! I have nothing to confess!”

Purchasing demon summoning artifacts was naturally illegal.

However, Ramio was triumphant.

“Heh, you can’t even kill me anyway!”

“…”

“Try touching a hair on my head! Then it’ll be immediate territorial war with the Tillard Family!”

Under the pretext that the First Prince and Baltazar Family had unilaterally beaten up Ramio!

He had only come to find his missing sister!

Just as Elias’s jaw bulged with irritation, footsteps were heard from behind.

“No progress yet, I see?”

“…Your Highness!”

Ramio swallowed dry saliva.

The First Prince Faction was losing ground to the Second Prince Faction.

That’s why Ramio had always sneered.

They only had high rank but were essentially hollow, weren’t they?

But actually facing that man was frightening.

Moreover…

‘Why is Lillian with him…!?’

She definitely wasn’t being treated as a prisoner like himself.

Seeing the First Prince matching his pace as he walked beside her, an ominous feeling crept up.

Lillian didn’t even glance at Ramio and turned her head toward Elias.

“Sir. I know a way to make Ramio confess. Without removing even one arm.”

“…!”

“The Tillard Family has a spell carved on the inside of their wrists that allows only family controllers to share information with each other.”

“…If touched, will he be able to answer questions from then on?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Ramio gritted his teeth.

What she said was true.

The Tillard Family had secrecy magic in place so they could share sensitive matters among themselves first.

It couldn’t be broken even with confession magic, drugs, and so on.

Elias pulled Ramio down to the ground.

However, Ramio sneered with difficulty, his face flushed from the blood rush.

“Wow, trying to change your fate by selling out your brother like this?”

“…”

“But ‘you’ can’t do it anyway!”

It required Tillard’s controlling power, and Lillian was powerless.

However, Lillian smiled brightly.

“You got one thing right even with blood rushing to your head?”

“What?”

“You’re right, I am trying to change my fate very thoroughly by selling you out.”

Lillian turned Ramio’s wrist inward.

“What are you trying to—!”

“So you should have just drunk the sleeping pill blend tea and ended it there.”

Press. Lillian pressed the carved golden hexagonal pattern with her thumb.

At that moment, Ramio realized his life was ruined.

* * *

At the Tillard Estate in the Capital, Kuern continued to pace restlessly.

‘Lillian neutralized thirty knights and escaped.’

There had been no further news since that report.

‘Lillian needs to be alive.’

He was more afraid of the future where she might be too injured to give to the Pavil Family.

Though it was regrettable, in that case, death would be better.

‘She was a sister who wouldn’t be helpful for life anyway…’

But his anxious waiting paid off.

Light flickered from the small brooch on his desk, a communication artifact.

Finally, the long-awaited contact had arrived.

Kuern raised his voice in relief.

“Ramio!”

—…Oh, brother.

“Why are you so late to respond? What about Lillian?”

—Ah, I found her!

“You found her? Where?”

—Haha, she, she didn’t get far. I caught her before anything happened.

“Tsk… Tell her to stop trying to get attention like this.”

Kuern scolded in a disgusted voice.

As long as the marriage commodity wasn’t damaged, it was fine.

Or at least if it was at a level the family could handle first.

—Bro, brother. You know… that… the artifact that summons demons…

“Why is that?”

-I broke it, so just enough allowance to buy one more….

“Ramio, I told you to handle it carefully!”

It was Kuern who often bought Ramio artifacts that summoned magical beasts.

He wasn’t unaware that it was illegal.

However, wouldn’t Ramio become the captain of the Imperial Guard in the future?

When such a resource said he would use it for ‘training,’ what reason was there to stop him?

“I’ll buy you one more, so come back soon. Grandfather is also getting-.”

Just then, Iris took the ring from Kuern.

“Brother. I’d also like to talk with Ramio for a moment. I’m so worried….”

“Ah, go ahead. Bring it back when you’re done using it.”

“Yes.”

Iris answered sweetly.

However, as soon as Kuern left first, her voice completely changed.

“Ramio! Hey, you hurry up and bring Lillian back!”

-Sister Iris? Wait-.

“Do you know how much work I have to give her?”

Iris whispered urgently.

Since he was her real younger brother, unlike when dealing with Kuern, there was no need to act cute.

After all, there’s no such thing in this world as an older sister who speaks nicely to her younger brother.

-Sister, wait-.

“If I had known she would sneakily run away to the north like that, I would have locked her in the basement!”

-Stop-ugh!

“This is annoying, the shop business is in big trouble right now too….”

Iris bit her nails.

She had barely managed to handle just the embezzlement while breaking out in cold sweat.

But now it was time to gradually plan new works.

“…I need to quickly assign the new work to Lillian. This can’t reach Grandfather’s ears.”

-Sister….

“That’s her role, doing things like that.”

Iris recalled Lillian’s usual behavior and chuckled.

“She really has no sense and no ability, you know?”

-….

“Ha, whatever. Just hurry up and catch her and come back.”

Iris cut off the communication, filled with irritation toward her younger brother.

‘He doesn’t even know how to answer properly.’

Still, after venting all the anger she had been holding in, she felt completely refreshed.

* * *

After the communication with the main house ended.

Lillian watched Ramio’s changing expression with interest.

His face that lost all color in just a few seconds, then turned bright red.

“You…. You…!”

“Sir Elias. Was it recorded well on the recording stone?”

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