The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 28
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28.
There were originally three reasons for visiting the Temple of Aetherna.
First, to make contact with the Princess of Tenebrin.
Second, to measure her exact grade.
And lastly, to determine the exact compatibility with the Villain.
Depending on compatibility, the magnitude of power an ability user could output would vary.
It was necessary to know this in preparation for emergency situations.
‘If we’re going to do the marking, I need to know the exact numbers too.’
It worked by pricking a drop of blood from both the Controller and the ability user into scales containing holy water.
However, it consumed much more divine power than the measuring sacred artifacts.
That’s why it could only be used after resolving the Princess’s matter.
The Priest asked Lillian, who wore a black veil.
“Controller, everything is ready.”
“Thank you, Priest.”
“With just one drop of blood, you can check with multiple people, so please take your time.”
Oh ho. This is my first time using something like this, so it’s fascinating.
“However, the readings may be unstable for the first few attempts.”
“Ah… I understand.”
Before checking with the Villain, it would be better to test with other people first.
She raised her head and looked around at the people nearby.
Among them, her eyes met Jeanne’s first, so she suggested checking with her first.
“The result is 80.”
“…! It’s an honor, Miss.”
At the display that appeared in the center of the scales, Jeanne’s face brightened with color.
80.
Since 60 was considered ‘barely usable,’ this was an extremely high number.
Hearing that number, the Shadows quietly lined up behind Jeanne.
“I, I want to check too.”
“No cutting in line!”
“Hey, get in line.”
When Lillian turned around, all the Shadows were standing in a neat line waiting for their compatibility checks.
‘They’re all so cute…’
Under such a lord, how did such subordinates…
“80!”
“Mine is 85.”
“Mine is 75…!”
With consecutive above-average numbers, Lillian was silently amazed.
‘Higher grades improve the quality of control.’
But still, to get an average of 80 with so many people…
‘Is it because of that infinity symbol?’
Does the control power work evenly above average for everyone?
“Sir Elias. Would you like to test with me as well?”
“…Yes, Miss-.”
Elias took a step forward.
However, for some reason, after looking behind Lillian, he stepped back again.
“…No, Miss. I appreciate the offer, but I’ll decline.”
“Is that so?”
Well, someone like Elias probably has a separate Controller who’s compatible with him.
She had offered out of courtesy.
More importantly, the one whose numbers really needed to be checked was.
“Now it should be time for accurate results, shouldn’t it?”
…The one standing behind…
The long-awaited opponent finally approached.
‘There’s no choice.’
Since they’d even done the marking, wouldn’t some decent numbers come up?
Seeing that Lillian’s side didn’t work out, there’s no possibility of getting 100, but.
Finally, Evren’s drop of blood fell into the ability user’s scale.
Gulp.
The cheerful atmosphere from before disappeared, and the surroundings became quiet in an instant.
After what felt like an eternity of seconds, Lillian frowned.
“…?”
What.
An unexpected result had appeared.
* * *
After the compatibility check was finished.
The ‘Shadows’ were standing at strict attention.
They were waiting for Jeanne to check on Lillian’s condition and return.
When their colleague finally returned, the Shadows swarmed around her like clouds.
“How’s the situation?”
Shake shake.
It’s a very serious situation.
“Miss seems very disheartened.”
Everyone’s faces became serious.
“Sigh…”
“Creator God…”
“How could it be exactly 60 at that moment?”
60.
The compatibility number between Lillian and Evren was precisely the problem in this situation.
With other ability users, she generally scored over 80, but of all times!
“Miss… will she be alright.”
The Shadows weren’t particularly worried about Evren.
Their lord was too strong to worry about.
Since he always had a smiling face, maybe he wouldn’t mind even if the numbers were low…
But what about Lillian?
The Miss who had chased away even her cousin and mocked the family knights.
Then one Shadow’s expression darkened as he muttered.
“…You know, I actually overheard Sir Elias talking to our lord.”
“What about?”
“Miss apparently lost her will to live because her fiancé was fooling around with Iris Tillard…”
Gasp…!
Several Shadows covered their mouths.
So all that wandering at the border, giving away precious pepper freely, all of that was because?
It was a moment when everything fit together like a puzzle.
“That rotten Pavil bastard!”
“Get struck by lightning and die, Pavil!”
“Wow, the Tillard family is really disgusting!”
Originally, someone you hate is annoying even just breathing through their nose.
But surprisingly, it was possible to hate them even more.
In proportion to that hatred, there was also tenderness for those persecuted by the hated one.
“Surely, His Highness wouldn’t cast Miss out…”
“Ah, surely not…”
I don’t know…
I really don’t understand His Majesty’s true feelings.
Even if she was the first Controller to stop a rampage, I couldn’t quite grasp how much he would cherish her.
Marguerite quietly went to Lillian’s room carrying a meal.
Lillian was sitting still on the bed with her back turned toward the door.
“Um, Miss. I brought you a meal.”
“…”
Marguerite gathered her courage and approached.
When she was rolling around like crazy in that prone position, it was honestly scary.
Her face was enchantingly beautiful, but her temper was incredible…
‘I’ve been trapped in prejudice all along.’
I had prejudged her personality based only on Lillian’s appearance.
‘That’s content from the Tillard Family’s training. I know because I organized those records myself.’
Even Marguerite, who was an A-rank top Controller, hadn’t done such things.
‘I was too complacent.’
But Lillian from the time when she couldn’t even manifest had found things to learn even from menial tasks.
Separate from being forgiven for nearly ruining the artifact, she was an amazing person.
Marguerite fidgeted restlessly at the doorway and whispered.
“Miss, don’t worry too much about the compatibility from earlier.”
“…”
“The other Shadows don’t mind, and neither do we…”
“…”
“Also, His Majesty—”
She wanted to say that he seemed to like Lillian.
When the result was 60, there was a subtle atmosphere.
‘It seemed like Miss wasn’t the only one who was disappointed…’
But such words were too embarrassing to say.
I’ve never talked about romance before…!
Marguerite hurriedly placed the plate on the nightstand.
“P-please eat this and rest well today. Don’t think about it anymore, since you need to depart.”
“…”
“Then I’ll be going now, Miss!”
Marguerite fled in a hurry.
* * *
Lillian slowly lifted her head from her hands that had been covering her face.
‘…Did Marguerite just come and go?’
Sir Jeanne had also stopped by and seemed to say something.
However, she was so absorbed in her thoughts that she couldn’t really focus on what people around her were saying.
That’s what happens when you’re too happy.
All your muscles get used up trying to hide such intense joy.
‘Oh Creator God…!’
How is it that you finally listened to my prayer just once here!
I now understand why people in my ‘previous life’ valued 60th birthdays so much with terms like hwangap, hoegap, isun, etc.
Because it’s such a precious and beautiful number!
‘From now on, my favorite number is you, sixty.’
Though I did find it somewhat unexpected.
‘Since I stopped the rampage, I thought it would be around 70.’
But it was 60.
“Ah, whatever.”
This is enough to have the imprint released and be replaced.
“Wow, when did this food get here?”
Did Marguerite just bring it and leave?
“Hoho, it’s delicious.”
Lillian ate her meal happily.
Her sleep was also incredibly sweet.
* * *
Evren couldn’t close his eyes that night.
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