The Villainess is a Millionaire Solver - Chapter 126

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Chapter 126

“…What is that thing?”

Zikren muttered while fixing his gaze on it.

A grotesque form so bizarre that even he, who had hunted monsters multiple times, was momentarily bewildered.

It was right before our eyes.

A lumpy mass that looked like black lava had hardened. From within it, countless tendrils stretched out in all directions like capillaries spreading outward.

In the center of all that, spewing out thick black darkness, Sion was trapped.

The darkness surrounded him so densely that only his pale face with the blindfold was visible.

Anyone could see this was the moment he lost control of black magic energy and went berserk.

Of the two lion cubs that fell off the cliff, this was the moment one of them plummeted down below forever.

But…

I thought this moment would be quite thrilling, but it wasn’t.

“Ha… Right. Nothing surprises me anymore.”

Hearing Duke Carnel mutter in despair, I felt angry rather than satisfied.

While I had been exposing all the hidden dark forces in the household to the Duke and strengthening him…

It was definitely different from when it was Eunice, who was a complete stranger. As the dejected feelings of Duke Carnel and the elders reached me, my heart also began to feel complicated.

The Duke sighed.

“When I told you to work hard by any means necessary, this isn’t what I meant!”

“Don’t be angry, Father. He’s not worth it. The moment he touched black magic, Sion left our family of his own accord.”

I spoke coldly and turned my gaze to the side.

“But what are we going to do about that?”

The real major accident is over here.

My heart sank when I first saw it.

I wondered why Ruellian, who said he’d come right away, couldn’t make it. One of the legs extending from that giant mass Sion created was tightly wrapped around his arm, holding him captive.

It was only because I could see his sacred mark functioning properly.

Otherwise, I would have been shocked thinking he was dead or seriously injured, but he just seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep. Or he was extremely concentrated.

Such intense light was bursting through his hands that his black hair looked pure white.

Thanks to that powerful divine force, the black magic mass that was trying to expand like capillaries was held in check.

“Did he run into it while looking for a way? That’s so like Sion. He can’t even die alone.”

When I tried touching it with Windfearer, sparks flew with a crackling sound!

“Be careful, Princess.”

Aldensis approached and swung a sword made from his own energy, trying to cut the black magic binding Ruellian.

But it didn’t budge at all.

“Wait. Look at this.”

Zikren pointed to Ruellian’s hand.

Looking closely, Ruellian was also tightly gripping one of the strands protruding from the black magic mass.

“Did they attack each other and fall into a stalemate?”

The moment Duke Carnel and the elders approached, suddenly a transparent barrier-like thing spread out before our eyes.

“Dangerous!”

Aldensis and Zikren immediately stepped forward to block.

Something unfolded in the air beyond them. It was shaped like a stained glass window of various colors.

I was surprised.

‘Stained glass?’

Something similar to the stained glass in the Master Guild in the basement of the chapel appeared in mid-air.

The massive system Ruellian uses to gather information.

‘Could he have been trying to extract information that Sion possessed? Things like his memories? This is a special space where people’s consciousness and the real world are mixed together.’

I was thinking that…

Sure enough, the Duke’s elders pointed at the stained glass and shouted.

“Your Grace! Look at that!”

The image of young Sion appeared on the transparent surface.

Judging by his suspender shorts and young master’s outfit, it seemed to be shortly after he entered the Duke’s family.

He was chasing some figure in the forest, shouting.

“Teach me what you just did too! If you don’t, I’ll spread rumors about everything I saw!”

A hunched mysterious figure in a cloak. Sion learned black magic by threatening him.

Back then, he was triumphant about gaining power.

But his world soon turned ashen.

What the mysterious figure taught was some kind of words among black magic. No matter how much Sion begged, he only taught him exactly one word.

‘That is…?’

I turned my gaze to look at Violet. That child was also looking at me.

“Your Highness, that’s right, isn’t it?”

“That’s right.”

Violet nodded.

The strange sound we heard when we two were walking through the maze. The black magic the mysterious figure taught was exactly that.

Through Sion’s consciousness, we could finally understand what it meant.

-Die! Die! Die!

At the resounding sound, Violet covered her mouth with both hands.

It was evil black magic that took away life.

But there was one fatal problem.

‘Words that come out of one’s own mouth are bound to enter one’s own ears too.’

Every time Sion used this black magic, he also suffered damage himself.

Covering his ears naturally didn’t work. Even purifying his soul only temporarily diverted people’s attention.

Sion’s lifespan was being shaved away in real time.

“At this rate, even if he becomes the family head, won’t he not live long?”

Duke Carnel who had been furious, the elders who had been greatly disappointed, Crown Prince’s brothers and Violet too.

Everyone was shocked. I muttered in disbelief.

“Why on earth would he go that far…?”

I couldn’t explain it.

Gaining power. Rising to the top of the family that made him this way.

Because he had been running toward that one goal. Because he had already become too obsessed.

But…

“Black magic? He’s not in his right mind. This is really unwise, Sion.”

My image scolding him with a terrifying face was shown.

And also my image pushing Violet away with all my might and taking the black magic attack in that child’s place.

“Th-this isn’t right…”

The stained glass trembled along with Sion’s voice.

It was a murmur filled with deep regret, but his hands were still moving.

‘What? Is he being controlled or something? Not acting or manipulating, but for real?’

Well.

I shook my head.

Even if that were true, it seemed like nothing would change.

If someone killed a person while driving drunk, that’s the responsibility of the person who drank. Isn’t it the fault of the person who touched it knowing it was wrong? Either way, they have to pay for their crimes.

As I was looking with such cold eyes, the stained glass that had been showing memory fragments gradually faded and disappeared.

“…”

Everyone was lost in their own thoughts.

Then Zikren was the first to emerge from his thoughts.

“Anyway, let’s sort this out later, but first we need to get these two out. Looking at it, I think we can break it. The problem is, someone might get hurt…”

“There’s a solution for that. What we just saw showed us the method.”

I looked at Violet.

“Please.”

Violet quietly stepped forward.

And she began to sing a nursery rhyme.

“Blue sky, white clouds….”

The song filled with divine power spread out resonantly, suppressing the evil language.

“Violet?”

“Your Highness?”

While everyone stared with wide eyes.

The exact same phenomenon that had occurred with my wound happened.

Among the black strands trying to spread in all directions, the small and thin ones began to disappear first.

One by one they vanished, until finally only the central mass remained.

“Birds are singing….”

As Violet raised her voice almost to a scream, the central mass finally grew faint and disappeared.

Sion’s body collapsed to the floor with a thud.

The family Elders quickly went to support him. Aldensis and Zikren took care of Ruellian. And Duke Carnel and I took Violet’s hands.

“Let’s go out now.”

Following the Duke’s lead, we all exited through the door.

As we stepped out into the blinding light, the space immediately changed.

Basement of the Main Palace.

Helmut was lying on a stretcher receiving treatment from a doctor.

The other Elders were waiting with the Heresy Inquisitors, and when we emerged, they all rushed over.

“What? Has Your Excellency been injured as well?”

To the Holy Knights’ question, Zikren and Aldensis answered while helping Ruellian sit against the sofa.

“It seems he just exhausted a lot of divine power. You should arrest and take away that heretic over there….”

“Someone go to His Majesty immediately and inform him. Princess Aristina has reclaimed Windfairer.”

“What?”

A noisy commotion broke out.

The palace Butler and several others who heard the news came running. They questioned Aldensis, Zikren, and Duke Carnel about the details of the incident.

There were people approaching me as well, but I said I was tired and sat down next to Ruellian.

When he woke up, there was one thing I wanted to ask him.

No matter how I thought about it, I couldn’t understand.

“…Strange.”

The moment I muttered unconsciously.

“What is?”

Ruellian, who had been unconscious with his eyes closed, suddenly asked back. I was startled.

“Are you conscious?”

“What’s strange?”

He asked with his eyes still closed. He looked like he wouldn’t be satisfied unless I answered.

I opened my mouth.

“You must have seen Sion’s memories that we saw too. Then you would have known that singing with divine power could suppress Sion’s black magic. Why didn’t you use that simple method and end up like this? Was it because you were embarrassed to sing?”

“What are you talking about?”

Ruellian replied as if it was absurd, still with his eyes closed.

“I deliberately created this situation. To show that scene to everyone – Aldensis, Zikren, Duke Carnel, and all the others.”

“Why?”

“Haven’t I conducted Sacred Tribunals once or twice? This could be a very troublesome situation if someone keeps pressing the issue. The fact that the heretic learned black magic on his own, unrelated to the family’s education. The fact that the family was completely unaware of this. The fact that a family member found out late and tried to correct it, and actively worked to remedy the damage caused. I needed to leave all of this as evidence so that the Duke wouldn’t have to face any trouble if he’s ever called before me later.”

“….”

“Besides, even in that unconscious state, Sion kept thinking about the Princess until the end. It looked like he would cling on like an evil spirit, so I just used a trick to capture him.”

I was speechless.

The more I heard, the more amazed I became. I thought it happened because we got lost and ran into Sion by chance….

“It was deliberate. Wasn’t that too reckless? What if I had just left this maze?”

“I naturally thought you’d search for me desperately. Don’t I still have value for you to use?”

He continued speaking with his eyes still closed.

“Speaking of which, I got a small injury while trying to capture Sion. It’s a wound that might reveal my secret, so I can’t show it to a doctor. So if you want to keep using me, the Princess will have to heal my body….”

Contrary to his calm tone, his face was gradually turning red.

I flinched.

‘What? What is he thinking?’

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