The Villainess is a Millionaire Solver - Chapter 122

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Chapter 122

The sight of corridors stretching out in all directions in a complex manner was clearly ominous. Compared to when we first entered, many things seemed to have changed.

Princess Violet turned her head to glance back.

“But we can’t forget about that.”

“Of course not.”

Before leaving, I finally picked up the Windfearer that the Princess had set down earlier.

The treasure that would make me the family heir, and the important evidence—the murder weapon.

“Well then, shall we get moving?”

We stood at the entrance to the corridor and carefully assessed the situation.

Looking closely, I could see that black energy was tangled with the golden mist that had originally existed here, causing the space to twist wildly.

‘They said the sword created a barrier on its own when it broke due to the sins people committed. So if the sword regained its form, the barrier should disappear now…’

It seemed something had gone seriously wrong because Sion used evil black magic inside this maze.

The space we had taken refuge in would likely be affected soon too, but fortunately we were able to escape safely before that happened.

“Time to get your act together now, right?”

When I held the Windfearer out into the air, the twisting space partially calmed down.

Still, thin smoke-like things remained and came rushing toward us…

“I’ll handle this.”

The Princess raised divine power with her small hands and dealt with it.

We carefully moved forward.

There was another good thing about coming outside.

The light rays drawn on the floor discovered us and began to sparkle.

They tried to transmit signals by stretching far back into the distance, but kept getting cut off because the space was distorted.

‘There are limits to this method right now…’

I was swinging the sword diligently when I stopped my hand. I seemed to hear something whispering near my ear.

“Your Highness, do you hear something talking?”

“Huh?”

Violet also stopped moving for a moment and concentrated.

“It really does seem like it.”

Whisper whisper, rustle rustle.

The spatial distortion seemed to expand and contract in rhythm with those sounds.

What could this be?

As I pondered, a piece of knowledge suddenly flashed through my mind.

I looked at Violet.

“Your Highness, there’s magic in the form of language in this world, right?”

“Right. My brothers told me about it.”

Dragon speech magic. Thanks to that knowledge, one thought occurred to me.

“What if this is that kind too? If some sound is moving the space, couldn’t we just silence that sound temporarily?”

“How?”

“By making a louder sound.”

I looked into Violet’s eyes and said.

“Your Highness, you’re not a saint yet, but you have divine power. Anything is fine, so concentrate and sing loudly.”

“Ah!”

Violet immediately understood what I meant and began singing in a clear voice.

Listening to the lyrics, it sounded like a children’s song, but when imbued with divine power, it became a hymn too.

It was indeed effective.

As the song spread out, the black magic energy that had been rising darkly temporarily subsided.

At the same time, the light rays carved into the floor flashed with brilliant radiance.

「Aristina?」

Ruellian’s voice came through the light rays. The Princess’s eyes widened and she almost stopped singing.

I quickly said.

“We’re here! Can you tell where we are?”

「Not the direction I was thinking. Anyway, thank goodness. I found you, so that’s what matters. There’s no chance of losing you now.」

Relief was evident in Ruellian’s voice.

「The light will guide your way, so follow it well. Then you’ll find the exit.」

After giving those directions, he asked.

「But what’s that singing?」

“It’s the Princess.”

「What? Princess Violet?」

“It’s a bit long to explain here.”

I asked while busily walking with the Princess who was singing diligently.

“You’re near the exit too, right?”

「No.」

He paused briefly before saying.

「I ended up going deeper in while searching around. But I can join you soon. Hurry and take the Princess toward the exit.」

“Got it.”

With my words, the communication ended.

We held hands and diligently followed the light rays. Sometimes they told us to retrace our steps backward, and sometimes they told us to walk over empty air.

Still, when we trusted and followed them, we finally saw brilliant light ahead.

“That must be it!”

Violet briefly stopped singing and looked up at me with a joyful face.

At the thought of finally being able to meet other people, I felt both hope and relief simultaneously.

But…

“Huh? What’s that?”

Looking closely at where Violet was pointing, I could see black energy rising straight up beyond the light.

“Let’s hurry and go see.”

I firmly grasped the child’s hand and hurried toward that direction.

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A little earlier than this.

“Aristina!”

When his daughter, who had been standing perfectly fine, suddenly vanished before his eyes, Duke Carnel reached out in surprise. But all he grasped was empty air.

“Over there!”

Aldensis and Zikren spotted a figure resembling Aristina among the countless ghosts and immediately ran over. But whenever they tried to grab her, she would vanish completely.

Duke Carnel’s face turned pale.

“I prayed many times for her to just disappear because she was so disobedient…”

“Duke! Pull yourself together!”

Ruellian called out to him.

“I have a lead, so I’ll go find her quickly.”

And he disappeared somewhere like lightning. The others also formed groups and set out to search for Aristina.

“Aristina!”

“Young Lady!”

“Miss!”

How long had they searched?

When they returned to the starting point following the marked path, Aldensis suddenly looked down at the floor.

“Isn’t that the Young Lady’s belonging?”

He quickly went and picked up the object that had fallen on the floor.

Everyone immediately recognized it. It was definitely the fan that Aristina often carried around.

“Did that child come back here again?”

“I didn’t see her.”

Sir Oliver, who had been guarding the spot, shook his head.

That’s when it happened.

Aristina’s figure suddenly appeared before Aldensis, who was looking around frantically.

“Your Highness the Crown Prince! Please save me!”

Aristina cried out with a sorrowful face.

“Princess!”

He was startled and grabbed hold of Aristina.

But at that moment, his entire body stiffened. He couldn’t move at all, as if paralyzed by sleep paralysis.

“Zikren! Something’s wrong!”

He hurriedly looked at his younger brother. But Zikren was already staring fixedly in one direction.

“Zikren…”

Aristina approached him with tears streaming down her face. Zikren was stunned.

“I’m sorry. Aristina. I’m truly sorry.”

He could only mumble those words helplessly before being captured by that thing wearing Aristina’s appearance.

“…Hm?”

Only belatedly realizing something was wrong, he tried to use his transcendent power, but it was useless.

This place was a maze created by an existence far more powerful than them.

Aldensis and Zikren looked at each other with defeated expressions.

“Now I remember. Last time we were also trapped in nightmares like this.”

“Of course. This place is a space filled with the bad memories carved into Windfairer.”

Dense darkness rose up around them.

“Be careful! For the Princess’s sake too!”

Aldensis and Zikren used all their remaining strength to push Duke Carnel’s party away before being dragged into the darkness.

The Duke’s party was shocked.

“Your Highness the Crown Prince! Your Highness the Second Prince!”

They couldn’t understand what had happened, but it was certain that something evil had occurred.

“Good heavens… Isn’t this black magic?”

So as not to waste the Crown Prince and Second Prince’s consideration, Duke Carnel first used his family’s power to create a protective barrier.

He and the elders hurriedly exchanged opinions within it.

“Some kind of trap seems to be activated in this place.”

“That’s right. The person you’re currently searching for appears before your eyes in a form you absolutely cannot resist.”

“And if you make contact with it, you get dragged somewhere. Into a ‘nightmare’ according to His Highness the Crown Prince’s expression.”

Something was very ominous. It seemed they needed to get out of here quickly.

But the darkness surrounding the Crown Prince and Second Prince was blocking the exit. It was impossible to break through there.

Duke Carnel’s face filled with worry.

“We have no choice but to wait for Their Highnesses to escape quickly…”

The darkness was gradually spreading.

The Duke and elders looked at each other.

‘If they can’t get out, we’ll have to combine our strength and escape by ourselves. Just like we’ve always done.’

Everyone thought that way, but…

The enemy’s identity was invisible, and even the Transcendents were captured like that and couldn’t escape.

It was extremely ominous and unsettling.

Their reason was strongly telling them they absolutely must not be dragged in.

When would the Crown Prince brothers come out?

While everyone was anxiously waiting, blocking the gradually spreading darkness.

“Huh?”

Lord Wilford pointed to one spot. Everyone looked in that direction.

From beyond the rippling corridor, a brilliant ray of light was extending out.

Someone was walking quickly along it.

Golden hair shining brilliantly in the radiance. Red eyes clearly visible even from a distance.

Clothing that was torn here and there but still maintained its splendid appearance.

Duke Carnel cried out in surprise.

“Aristina!”

“Young Lady!”

The elders were also surprised.

In Aristina’s hand was a massive sword.

A sword with a gem resembling a reptile’s eye embedded in the center and a wing-shaped handle.

It was undoubtedly the legendary Windfairer.

Duke Carnel and the elders momentarily forgot even their sense of crisis and looked at each other with moved expressions.

“This is incredible…!”

“The Young Lady has done it!”

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