The Villainess is a Millionaire Solver - Chapter 107

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Chapter 107

Like when we held hands at the ball, a sensation that seemed cold yet quickly warmed up.

Along with that feeling, another vision unfolded before my eyes.

A garden shrouded in darkness.

The Lacroix couple were looking at each other and speaking.

“You get in too. I’ll just grab the essential documents.”

“I can’t do that. Let’s go together!”

With a bang, the door of Ruellian’s carriage closed. The ducal couple ran toward the manor.

“Mother! Father!”

Young Ruellian opened the carriage door, pushed past the butlers, and ran after his parents.

Right then, I shouted.

“Wait!”

Ruellian stopped.

As expected, he could hear my voice. I quickly approached and blocked his path.

“Wake up! This is a dream!”

Ruellian turned around. He seemed flustered by the sudden appearance of a stranger, but soon glared at me with his violet eyes, demanding answers.

“Who are you to trespass in our house?”

Though his face still retained childlike features, his eyes were already filled with a chilling coldness.

I quickly said.

“I’m Aristina.”

“Using such a notorious person’s name as an alias?”

“That’s me! Aristina, the Rosen Noble!”

“You’re a fraud. That troublemaker noble is at least 10 years younger than you.”

Young Ruellian looked at me menacingly and said.

“Reveal your identity properly.”

At that moment.

The sound of something heavy collapsing came from inside the manor. Once. Then again.

“Huh?”

Ruellian dodged past me and ran toward the manor. I hurriedly chased after him and covered his eyes.

“No! Ruellian!”

He hesitated as he tried to break free. I quickly said in that gap.

“I’m truly sorry, but your parents have passed away! They already died 11 years ago! This is inside a dream! We came to find Theseus Marquis to learn about Windfearer’s whereabouts and got trapped in a strange space! Wake up!”

“…”

I felt the strength drain from young Ruellian’s body.

The image of the mansion shrouded in darkness blurred. All the visions disappeared like lifting fog, and the interior of the maze became visible again.

Ruellian was already sitting up.

His still cloudy eyes, as if still trapped in a dream, turned toward me. He seemed to stare for a while, wondering who I was… Then he muttered blankly.

“Aristina. Weren’t you supposed to be dead?”

“…?”

As I stared in bewilderment, he reached out and touched my cheek.

“You were alive.”

Then he did something completely unexpected. He suddenly pulled me into an embrace.

‘What are you doing!’

My mind went blank.

It seemed his mind hadn’t completely escaped from the dream yet, making him act like someone who was unconscious.

Well, these things can happen in life.

But what would God think of this? Wouldn’t He think I had ulterior motives and deliberately woke you up?

‘This is unfair…’

The sound of my heart pounding echoed loudly.

This is an embrace born from the love of humanity shared between a cleric and a believer.

I thought that, but when the familiar scent embedded in the sacred clothing touched my nose, my mind became hazy.

People aren’t drawn to church brothers for no reason.

Is my soul also that of a healthy woman after all?

I shouldn’t be distracted by other things. I should only walk the path for survival. Why do you keep putting me to the test?

‘This won’t do. Let’s separate!’

As I panicked and flailed, the fan I’d been holding suddenly twitched.

The next moment.

With a thud, a pure white magic bullet shot out and hit Ruellian in the chest.

His body fell backward. He seemed to have lost consciousness again.

“Ah…”

A deflated sound escaped from my mouth.

Can divine power that one has planted deal damage to oneself?

Thinking about it, that seemed possible. Hitting yourself with your fist still hurts.

‘What should I do? Do I need to go into the dream again to wake him up?’

As I chewed my lips in anguish.

“Mmm…”

Ruellian stirred and got up.

He shook his head once, then looked around. When he spotted me, he made a surprised “ah” sound.

“What happened? I seem to have lost consciousness for a moment.”

His face looked perfectly fine.

As if there had been no nightmare, as if he had just gotten up on his own, he seemed to remember nothing of what had just happened.

“Thank goodness! You got up by yourself!”

I quickly concealed the evidence of my crime.

“Sudden dizziness overcame me, and when I came to, we were all in this space. Everyone except me was collapsed.”

“Really? You must have been scared alone, Noble.”

Not as much as your sudden embrace. Thinking that to myself, I approached Aldensis.

“Everyone seems to be having nightmares. But I can wake them up. The more Sion recalls painful memories, the more he’ll just be filled with poison. I need to wake him up right away, so if you have anything to investigate, do it quickly.”

Then as I reached toward Aldensis’s face, Ruellian blocked me.

“Wait. I’ll do it.”

“You will?”

“Yes.”

He answered while raising divine power in one hand.

When the pure white radiance touched Aldensis’s face, black heat waves rose up, turned white, and crumbled away. Then Zikren and Sion also received divine power treatment.

I was impressed.

As expected, it’s right to save the healer first.

“Mmm…”

Sion was the first to gasp and bolt upright. He immediately checked if there was anything wrong with his body. His wary gaze turned toward me.

“What happened?”

“I don’t know either.”

Ruellian shook his head.

“It seems we were all suddenly dragged into this strange space.”

“I can’t see an exit.”

Aldensis said, pressing his temples firmly.

“I’ve never seen such a bizarre space before. What on earth happened to us?”

“Could it be because I caused a disturbance?”

Zikren’s shoulders drooped.

Then.

“Are you all safe?”

From somewhere outside, we heard the shout of the squire we had met earlier. The voice sounded quite close, but we couldn’t see him at all. It was like having a conversation through a wall.

“What? What’s going on?”

Everyone shouted and asked.

“It seems you’re safe.”

The boy’s voice answered.

“That’s a relief. Master was also very surprised.”

“What happened?”

To Zikren’s question, the boy explained.

“In response to your earnest cries, it seems some clue that he had obtained and kept long ago responded on its own. He says they suddenly moved and flew there all at once.”

Flew here all at once?

As everyone looked at each other in confusion, the boy added.

“They should be on the floor.”

At those words, everyone looked down at the floor.

“Ah, is this it?”

Zikren quickly picked something up.

It was a golden scale. It looked like a dragon’s scale, and several were scattered on the floor.

I asked toward the outside.

“These scales caused this phenomenon?”

“Yes, Young Lady.”

The boy answered.

“Windfearer is a legendary sword made from a dragon’s body, meaning ‘traveler of the wind.’ According to Master, it’s now broken and hidden somewhere.”

Aldensis asked.

“Where is that?”

“Master said he doesn’t know well either. He did go to that space following the guidance of these scales, but ultimately failed to find the sword. And after that, he was never able to find that place again.”

I asked with subtle excitement.

“Don’t tell me that place is here?”

“No. According to Master, this is all an illusion. The dragon scales simply seemed to want to show you a scene similar to that time. For now, it seems you should come out of there.”

Ruellian asked the boy.

“How do we get out?”

“In the past, when Master correctly guessed the name of the dragon who owned these scales, its power weakened and a door opened.”

“That’s simple?”

“Yes. But Master set a separate condition.”

“What’s that?”

“These dragon scales are clues and keys that Master obtained with great effort. If among the two challengers, there’s someone who can correctly guess what name the dragon who owned these scales had, he says he’ll gladly lend you one.”

What?

Everyone looked at each other.

“That’s simple.”

Sion smiled brightly.

“This is a bit unfair.”

Aldensis said, frowning.

“The Young Lady really doesn’t know anything, right? She hasn’t studied at all, so she wouldn’t have basic knowledge about ancient history.”

“Bring a different problem!”

Zikren also protested.

“Isn’t everyone being too much? Still, she should have at least basic common sense.”

Ruellian said, but divine power was already flickering in his hand, ready to speak directly to my mind.

You’re already preparing to give me the answer right away?

You’re all too much.

‘No, let me at least take a look first…’

I picked up one of the golden scales that had fallen on the floor and stared at it intently. Then I was startled.

‘Huh?’

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