The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 45

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45.

 

Chapter 12. Morning Drama?

 

The Count let out a bitter, sardonic laugh.

 

“My daughter made a mistake typical of ‘easily deceived Baltazar.'”

 

“….”

 

“She believed her love was so special that it could change a flawed man.”

 

“….”

 

“That was all a waste of time and foolishness.”

 

I wanted to agree with him since he was only saying correct things.

 

Saving someone with love? It would be better to just earn money and recommend they get counseling.

 

But Lillian quietly stared at the Count.

 

The blue veins spreading across his temple.

 

They were pulsating more and more intensely.

 

‘The nightmare is finally materializing.’

 

The writhing blue veins eventually took the shape of a spider.

 

I just need to pull that out with my control power.

 

And….

 

‘I told the Shadows the Count’s location.’

 

Using the information I obtained from Count Somnis.

 

There wasn’t much time difference between when they departed and when Lillian was dragged here.

 

‘If I stall for time as much as possible here.’

 

Someone will come.

 

But in the meantime.

 

The Count’s gaze toward Lillian began to grow increasingly dark.

 

“Yes, to Tarandia, everything is a waste of time….”

 

“….”

 

Lillian slowly clasped her hands together as if praying.

 

Control works best when making direct contact. But if you can’t have chicken, pheasant will do.

 

The Count also took a step closer, muttering.

 

“I have no intention of seriously harming you.”

 

He seems to be just as good at making completely untrustworthy statements as his grandson.

 

“Has His Highness imprinted on you?”

 

“No.”

 

I answered promptly.

 

This is why they don’t do imprinting in Perniers anymore.

 

“Then we can test it.”

 

“Surely you’re not planning to harm His Highness the Prince?”

 

“The only reason His Highness has shown any restraint so far was because there was no Controller.”

 

The focus completely disappeared from the Count’s eyes.

 

“Now he can rampage without the risk of going berserk. What kind of mess that will create is as clear as day, isn’t it?”

 

“He might change. We don’t know the future.”

 

“For the Empire’s future, he should have died instead….”

 

Focus, focus.

 

I tried to respond to the Count while summoning power through butterfly afterimages.

 

“If only you weren’t here, the other children could have handled it….”

 

“…?”

 

Lillian, who had been earnestly stalling for time, hesitated.

 

Surely not.

 

“…Did you order such a thing? To the Shadows, Sir Elias, and Sir Jeanne.”

 

I felt strangely sick to my stomach.

 

“In the worst case, you told them to kill His Highness-.”

 

“Yes.”

 

The Count wore an expression as if he had no idea what was wrong with that.

 

“But in doing so, they could all die….”

 

“Then that can’t be helped.”

 

“….”

 

“Even if everyone dies together, His Highness must be killed.”

 

“….”

 

It wasn’t a surprising way of thinking. Even considering he was under the influence of a ‘nightmare.’

 

In Perniers, thinking this way was natural.

 

It was a place where it was natural for the family head to hold the power of life and death over members….

 

Still, my lower abdomen ached as if it were twisting.

 

Because I thought of those who had plastered articles about ‘Mariposa’ all over the castle.

 

The Count nodded at Lillian, who had fallen silent.

 

“Barkan. Capture that child.”

 

-Yes, master.

 

And the moment the rock dragon charged quickly, Lillian pulled out her secret weapon from her bag.

 

Bang!

 

In an instant, an explosion rang out, and the familiar’s eye area was charred black.

 

From that impact, the familiar’s tail crashed violently into the wall.

 

-…!

 

“Barkan!?”

 

The Count cried out in surprise.

 

In Lillian’s hand… was the magic torch with good grip and instant firepower of 1,600 degrees that she had received from the Villain.

 

Incidentally, the optional explosion was more powerful than the previous torch.

 

While the familiar thrashed about in surprise.

 

Finally, a pink sparkling butterfly appeared faintly. When the butterfly touched his temple, the Count let out a pained groan.

 

“Ugh…!”

 

-Master-!

 

“What useless, meddling!”

 

When the master was affected, the rock dragon stopped moving entirely.

 

The Count panted heavily.

 

The blue spider shape under the skin of his temple became even clearer.

 

Seeing it writhe, it looked like it was suffering unbearably.

 

“The granddaughter of Elric… I underestimated you.”

 

The Count clutched his temple and smiled hazily.

 

“Why. Just as my daughter did, are you trying to save His Highness Evren this time?”

 

“Your Excellency. I have absolutely no intention of doing that!”

 

“Ha! Such nonsense-.”

 

“If a person is born with two legs, two arms, and a perfectly fine body, I think they should save their own life…!”

 

Lillian said this with complete sincerity.

 

Life was self-service, and salvation was self-service too.

 

“I’m not sure either whether His Highness Evren will become a good emperor.”

 

Since I don’t plan to stay around to see that anyway.

 

Lillian wanted to emphasize repeatedly.

 

I’m a common citizen. I was a self-employed person who just paid taxes well.

 

If I could just avoid the war that man would cause and make a reasonably safe exit.

 

Honestly, I didn’t care about anything else.

 

“But Count, death is not something others can arbitrarily decide.”

 

“….”

 

“Especially if that’s family…!”

 

Death comes to everyone.

 

However, the process of reaching it was each individual’s unique freedom.

 

No one had the right to destroy another person’s freedom.

 

Especially not because of something that hadn’t even happened yet.

 

Just then, another butterfly properly reached the Count’s temple.

 

As the butterfly disappeared into sparkling pale pink particles, the blue spider couldn’t bear it and extended its thin legs outside the skin.

 

At the same time, the Count also fell to his knees and collapsed. Lillian rushed over to him in a panic.

 

‘I have to catch that thing!’

 

Back when she used to be locked in the basement, there were always so many spiders.

 

So she really, really hated spiders.

 

Her body, accustomed to enduring things she disliked, moved on its own.

 

Lillian opened her bag wide and began carefully extracting it.

 

‘If I trap it inside here-!’

 

The spider was almost all the way in, almost…!

 

“It’s in…!”

 

But her joy was short-lived as Lillian quickly looked up.

 

The ceiling was collapsing.

 

* * *

 

When bringing Lillian along, Evren had set up barriers throughout the entire castle.

 

Whether she liked it or not, Lillian was his leash for one year.

 

He had carved them into all the decorative stones in the garden as well.

 

So that if even one thing went wrong, a signal would go directly to Evren.

 

But this woman had simply disappeared from within the castle.

 

Evren stood blankly in a corner of the garden where the last signal had come from.

 

“…Young lady.”

 

The Red Spider Web Pattern spread darkly beneath his left eye.

 

“Lillian.”

 

The lily scent still lingered.

 

Though the familiar had departed, it had left behind a crack as thin as a strand of hair…

 

Evren grabbed the spatial rift with his hands.

 

In an instant, his palms became covered in blood.

 

He didn’t have time to worry about how you shouldn’t grab such things with bare hands.

 

He tore at the edges of the rift haphazardly like paper and went inside.

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