The Villainess is a Millionaire Solver - Chapter 190

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Chapter 190

Like the wind, like a ghost.

The knight who appeared in that place without sound or presence was none other than her beloved lover.

The Empress finally came to her senses.

Since she had been avoiding him all this time, this was their first face-to-face meeting in nearly ten years since Tesseud’s return.

The two of them momentarily forgot the passage of time and looked at each other.

But soon the terrible reality struck them.

The Windfearer, tainted with sin, had somehow escaped that space and vanished without a trace.

Then what remained?

The fact that the Empress of a nation had stabbed and killed her own subordinate with a national treasure she was supposed to safeguard.

And it was none other than Empress Imelda, who had been respected for her excellent character and for bearing two outstanding sons…

While both were stunned by this shocking crime.

Tesseud’s sharp senses caught some presence.

Someone else’s breathing.

Though it was very faint, it was definitely the breathing of two people.

“…?”

Tesseud quickly regained his composure and traced the source of that presence.

It was the outer balcony.

He opened the door and rushed outside.

Beyond the balcony that stretched along the building’s exterior wall, he saw two people quickly disappearing into the darkness through a door to some room.

If he had been just a few seconds later, he would have barely missed them, but he managed to catch sight of them.

Their figures appeared to be the Lacroix couple.

The Lacroix couple…

It was a reasonable assumption.

During balls, all the famous paintings and treasures in the hall are removed and stored separately in various rooms.

The Lacroix couple didn’t particularly enjoy social activities. Moreover, the Duke had a hobby of collecting objects, so he was far more interested in paintings and treasures than in balls.

So whenever there were events, the couple would make excuses to slip away midway and wander around by themselves. Everyone knew this fact.

“The Lacroix couple must have been wandering around that day as well and happened to approach the scene of the incident. They probably heard the sound of Eloise collapsing and her pained groans, wondered what was happening, and looked into the adjacent room through the balcony.”

Grace’s story continued.

“The possibility that the Lacroix couple witnessed Empress Imelda murdering her maid. Lord Tesseud felt tremendous dismay. That’s when I appeared at the scene. Something seemed strange, so I cleared out all the miscellaneous people in the corridor and entered the room. At that time, I still had influence as the Empress’s most trusted maid.”

I see. That’s why I was able to examine the scene afterward without any interference.

It made sense.

All the questions were being answered one by one.

“When I opened the door and entered, the Empress was sitting collapsed in a daze, with Eloise’s cold corpse in front of her. Lord Tesseud was standing there with a pale face. At first I was just bewildered, but it didn’t take long to understand the situation. What followed was utter chaos.”

As she reached the most painful part, deep wrinkles formed on Grace’s forehead. She continued with difficulty.

“I tried to take the blame for the Empress’s crime, but the Empress desperately opposed it. She said she would go to His Majesty as she was, confess everything, and pay for her sins. That’s when Lord Tesseud spoke. He asked if she would make Aldensis and Zikren the children of a murderer.”

Several people among those listening intently exclaimed “Ah!” and nodded their heads.

“The son of a murderer cannot become Crown Prince. His investiture would be canceled and both children would be expelled from the Imperial Palace. They’re not ordinary people but transcendents – how would they live from then on? At Lord Tesseud’s earnest words, the Empress seemed to fall into confusion again. I felt the same way.”

Grace continued with a pained expression.

“Lord Tesseud immediately picked up Eloise’s corpse and rushed outside. I thought I needed to somehow pull myself together and went to get a sedative for the Empress.”

This must be when she encountered me.

I had guessed as much, and indeed it was so.

“On my way back, I suddenly thought there might still be someone remaining in the corridor. Earlier I hadn’t checked very thoroughly since I didn’t know the situation was this serious. If someone had noticed something strange, I planned to silence them forever, so I went out with the medicine bottle and discovered Princess Aristina.”

Grace’s gaze turned toward me.

“That’s right.”

I nodded.

“At that moment, I was fleeing after witnessing the Empress alone at the crime scene. I had come there out of curiosity after seeing Lord Tesseud running away carrying the corpse. Grace didn’t seem to completely trust me, but she let me go without doing anything.”

“I see…”

Father Duke Carnel let out a groan.

“That day when you came home, you were writhing in agony and kept screaming about seeing a ghost. It wasn’t actually a ghost – you had seen the scene of a murder.”

“That’s right, Father.”

Duke Carnel looked at Grace.

“You must have been obsessed with protecting the Empress then, yet for some reason you didn’t harm my daughter and just let her go. I’m grateful for that.”

“The Young Lady was too young.”

Grace replied indifferently and continued her story.

“After sending the Young Lady away, I returned to the Empress. Lord Tesseud also returned shortly after. He said that everything had been resolved well, and now we just needed to retrieve and return the missing Windfearer, so there was nothing to worry about. At those words, the Empress and I looked at each other. What did he mean everything was resolved well?”

Grace’s face and voice became almost painfully contorted.

“Eloise’s corpse aside, what about the Lacroix couple? The Empress asked what had happened to them, and Lord Tesseud gave no answer. Understanding what that meant, the Empress screamed and fainted. That’s as far as I can tell you.”

Grace said this and lifted her head sharply.

“This concludes my testimony. The late Duke and Duchess Lacroix were murdered by Lord Tesseud that night for witnessing Empress Imelda stabbing her maid to death. Meanwhile, another witness, Princess Aristina Rosen, was also murdered by Lord Tesseud for the risk of revealing what happened that night.”

And she raised her finger to point directly at Lord Tesseud.

“You are a murderer who killed three innocent people! My part in helping to frame an innocent person according to your words is something I will regret forever, even in death! The Empress also regretted letting you have your way! Just before she died, she didn’t love you at all!”

“Shut up!”

Tesseud, who had been listening in a daze, roared.

He seemed to have been lost in memories of the past and snapped back to reality, shocked by those words. The black energy that had briefly subsided rose violently, forming whirlwinds that came crashing down.

Ruellian immediately extended one hand to strengthen the barrier and block them.

But…

Grace’s body, which he had been supporting with one arm, suddenly went limp.

Ruellian looked at her in surprise.

“Grace?”

I was also startled and quickly grabbed her body.

The old maid looked at both of us silently, then let her head drop. A stream of red blood flowed from her tightly closed lips.

“…?”

I looked around in disbelief.

The black magic Tesseud had sent couldn’t penetrate the barrier.

Grace had taken her own life.

Everyone who witnessed this scene was shocked.

“No, no…”

Father also approached with a horrified expression.

“What happened? I was planning to take this old woman to our house and treat her well, but why…”

“She seems to have taken poison beforehand. The kind that spreads slowly through the body.”

Ruellian answered while examining Grace’s mouth.

“She seems to have been prepared when she started her testimony. The guilt must have been too great.”

“…”

I was speechless.

Giving false testimony and helping an innocent person be framed was certainly a crime.

But the actual murderer was standing right there perfectly fine?

I was furious beyond endurance.

“In the end, you killed one more person!”

I shouted at Tesseud.

“Is this really for the late Empress Imelda? Is this really something you did thinking of Aldensis and Zikren? Absolutely not! You’re insane! You’re just completely mad!”

Tesseud just listened silently.

If his obsession for over ten years had been to cleverly manipulate evidence and control people’s thoughts to keep secrets…

What he was showing now was madness.

From the figure of the knight with white hair flowing amid the thick black energy, I felt true madness that went beyond simple obsession.

My heart sank for a moment.

‘He’s planning to just kill everyone.’

It seemed he intended to silence everyone present so that the fact that his beloved Imelda had committed murder would never spread outside.

“Everyone run!”

I shouted, but it was already too late.

As Tesseud raised one hand high, an aura incomparably more intense and dense than before began to form.

That’s when it happened.

“Run away!”

With a sharp voice, someone suddenly burst out from behind Tesseud and grabbed hold of his body. Silver hair could be glimpsed through the pitch-black aura.

“Sion!”

“I’ll take this monster with me.”

A blazing rose-colored radiance bloomed from Sion’s hands. It was the sacred aura of our Rosen Family.

Father and the Elders cried out in shock.

“That’s…! Sion! Are you planning to die?”

“Young master!”

No answer could be heard.

Was he really planning to sacrifice his own life to kill Tesseud? Because he was terminally ill anyway?

That was nonsense.

I rushed forward while shouting.

“Sion!”

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