The Villainess is a Millionaire Solver - Chapter 193

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Chapter 193

The place where we were standing could no longer be called a garden.

During the decisive battle with Tesseud, it had become even more chaotic, as if a bomb had fallen in the middle of the Imperial Palace.

Now that it had come to this state, it was about time for the owners of this place to appear.

“His Majesty the Emperor, Her Majesty the Empress, Her Highness the Princess, and Lady Peruvian have arrived!”

Amid the Butler’s belated announcement.

The imperial family and Queen Aunt looked at Tesseud with complicated and shocked faces. They all had the same look as if they had promised together, saying ‘How could such a thing happen…’ Even little Violet had the same expression.

“Your Majesty…”

Tesseud’s Adjutant tried to give a frantic report, but the Emperor waved his hand.

“We heard most of it, so there’s nothing to report. Just continue the conversation you were having. Aldensis, Zikren. Because of the incident from 11 years ago that was revealed this time, you will absolutely never be dethroned or expelled from the palace. You will not be pointed fingers at either.”

The Emperor said after letting out a long sigh.

“Because I, as the Emperor, have pardoned your mother’s sins.”

“Pardon?”

Aldensis and Zikren were surprised.

“Did you already know?”

“No.”

The Emperor shook his head.

“I knew nothing about what happened that night. I just believed what people said. That Windfairer had disappeared and no matter how much we searched, we couldn’t find her. I never dreamed that such circumstances were hidden behind that incident…”

He looked at his two sons.

“But I knew one thing. What your mother did for about 6 months from after the incident occurred until she took her own life.”

“What did she do?”

Aldensis asked.

Instead of answering, the Emperor turned toward the Attendants.

One Attendant came forward and presented a small notebook. The Emperor handed it to his two sons.

Aldensis and Zikren opened the notebook. After reading a little, their expressions changed.

“‘Cleared the false charges against death row prisoner Patricia Dalton and completed her release, rescued a newborn baby abandoned in a slum ditch…’ What is all this? Supporting surgery costs for terminally ill patients who asked for help, treating workers with full-body burns… What does all this mean?”

“These are the things your mother did for you.”

The Emperor answered.

“Your mother decided to turn her back on the world because of the sin she committed with her own hands. But before that, there was something she absolutely had to do. For you who would have to live as children of a murderer, she sought mercy from the people of the world.”

“In this way, by saving people who had no choice but to die?”

Zikren asked without taking his eyes off the notebook.

“Even though she killed one person, she tried to save others instead?”

“That seems to have been her thinking.”

The Emperor nodded slowly.

“All of these things were carried out thoroughly in secret through a fake identity called ‘Allen’, so no one knew except the parties involved.”

“Allen…”

Aldensis muttered blankly.

“That’s a name created by combining mine and Zikren’s names.”

“Yes.”

The Emperor sighed again.

“After your mother made that choice, Maid Grace over there brought me this notebook. She said it was a keepsake that Her Majesty the Empress left for His Majesty. I kept it for now, but I didn’t understand it at all. Why Imelda did these things during her last 6 months before dying. But now I think I understand.”

Silence flowed through the Imperial Palace Garden that had become a battlefield. Everyone was speechless for a moment.

Maid Eloise was blinded by greed and blackmailed Empress Imelda, cornering her until she was terrified.

That was certainly a great wrong.

How dare a subordinate who should have devoted loyalty insult the Empress of the Empire.

Depending on the trial, it was a serious crime that could even result in death.

But Empress Imelda didn’t seem to think that way.

Moreover, because of that incident, even the innocent Late Duke and Duchess Lacroix lost their lives. Although it wasn’t something the Empress directly committed, she must have been unable to bear the guilt.

But if she revealed this fact, it would mean putting her lover, who had committed murder because of her, on the execution platform with her own hands.

Even if she accepted everything, since Tesseud had already destroyed the evidence, everyone would think it was nonsense…

No matter where she looked, it must have seemed hopeless.

Her mind had collapsed, and she wasn’t in a situation where she could make normal judgments.

It’s no wonder she came to think that taking her own life was the only option.

However, only after atoning as much as possible in her own way.

“Now I finally understand the meaning.”

The Emperor muttered in a daze.

“She asked me to prevent the children from being branded as murderer’s children, saying she would repay her sins even in this way. She asked me not to abandon the children. I kept this notebook by my side for so long and looked at it, but I didn’t know its meaning. Now I finally understand.”

His voice became choked.

“How foolish… These children are our children, just as you said. Even if all the ministers insisted on dethronement, I wouldn’t have listened anyway.”

“…”

The Crown Prince Brothers listened to their father’s rambling with their heads bowed.

I turned my gaze to look at Tesseud.

‘I see. There was something that bastard didn’t know.’

In this solemn atmosphere, words suddenly burst out of me without realizing it.

“Empress Imelda left this record for Your Majesty? Only for Your Majesty and no one else?”

“As you can see, that’s right.”

“If I may speak boldly, I will say this. Can’t the Emperor of the Empire replace his successor by looking at his children at any time? The late Empress Imelda must have known that fact very well. But despite that, the fact that she made such a request to Your Majesty in preparation for when the truth was revealed…”

I spoke each word with emphasis.

“That means Empress Imelda trusted Your Majesty. She may have thought there was someone else she truly loved, but when the final moment came, what she thought of was Your Majesty.”

The Emperor’s expression changed.

I looked around at the people and said.

“Then the late Empress Imelda did love Your Majesty. Although it was slightly different in nature, it was still love. But, on the other hand!”

Pointing at Tesseud who was kneeling on the ground and being subdued, I shouted.

“Did you really love the Empress?”

At my words interrogating him like an opposing lawyer, Tesseud raised his head sharply.

Strangely glinting eyes turned toward me. From between his dried lips, a dark and heavy voice leaked out as if echoing from a cave.

“If this isn’t love, then what is?”

“Well?”

I shrugged my shoulders.

“I’m not sure. Your actions ultimately drove Empress Imelda into even greater pain. Could that really have been love?”

Then I turned my head sharply to look at Ruellian.

“What would Your Highness do if I killed someone?”

“There’s no way you would…”

“It’s just a hypothetical. Although because of the experience of being murdered, I received such a big mental shock that I don’t think I could kill even a bug, but what if I still accidentally committed murder?”

“Then I would have to defend you with all my might, focusing on emphasizing how the other party drove you into fear and anxiety, making you lose your reason. After reducing the sentence to a minimum, I would take care of you throughout your imprisonment, and if that’s not enough, I would somehow use my power to go to prison together.”

“Did you see? This is a normal reaction.”

At my words, murmuring could be heard from here and there.

“That doesn’t seem like a very normal reaction either…”

I ignored the chatter and said.

“If you love someone, you should think about holding hands and overcoming any crisis that comes in a fair and square manner, but covering it up by killing innocent people? How can that possibly be called love? It’s just pathological obsession.”

“Shut up!”

Tesseud shouted.

“What do you know to be babbling?”

“You’re right. I don’t know anything.”

I replied calmly.

“But at least I understand one thing. Even if the Empress loved you all along, she didn’t seem to love you at the final moment. If she had, she would have told you everything and asked you to take care of her children’s safety. But Empress Imelda didn’t say anything to you, did she?”

“…”

“Isn’t that right? Think about it. If she had been grateful for what you did for her, would she really have done that? Your love was poisoned! That’s what hurt the Empress! With this, the number of people you killed has become four!”

“Shut up!”

Tesseud screamed and twisted his body as if having a seizure.

But then.

Flames suddenly shot up, surrounding Tesseud in a circle.

“Huh?”

People pointed at the air.

At some point, a translucent mass of light was floating there.

It was Tesseud’s soul card.

Although the courtroom was completely destroyed, the trial was not yet over. Moreover, at some point this criminal was being judged by me.

“….”

Tesseud stared blankly at the flames surrounding him.

And then….

“Aaahhhhh!”

He let out a desperate scream and threw his body into the flames.

“My goodness!”

The Empress was startled and covered Princess Violet’s eyes.

Everyone was speechless as they watched this scene.

Did I go too far?

No.

Even in this situation, seeing That Person’s face sitting peacefully as if he had experienced the most noble love in the world made my stomach churn.

I wanted to make him see the truth clearly.

I was a victim who died by his hands. I should be allowed to do at least that much, right?

When I made him turn his eyes to the truth he couldn’t see, I didn’t expect him to immediately choose death….

But I felt this was the right ending.

“….”

Everyone quietly watched the flames.

The thick flames blocked our vision so we couldn’t see anything, but I felt like I could see his long white hair being consumed by the fire.

‘When Empress Imelda passed away, didn’t they say his hair turned white overnight?’

The reason he earnestly researched the Amaranthia Flower was probably to meet the soul of his dead lover.

He loved her and protected her honor even while dirtying his hands, but she left without a word overnight.

He must not have understood.

Thinking he wanted to meet her and ask her directly, he even dabbled in black magic, and in the end was destroyed like this….

Watching the fiercely burning flames, I thought.

‘If that was truly love as he believed, there would be no love more twisted than that in this world.’

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