The Villainess is a Millionaire Solver - Chapter 87

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Chapter 87

The crow’s owner familiarly extended his hand toward the bird flying toward him. The crow dove down sharply to land on that hand.

But at that very moment, something like black fog came rushing toward us. I was startled.

“What is that?”

“It’s okay. This is from the crow’s perspective.”

Ruellian said. Even so, he reflexively moved his body to block in front of me.

At the same time, the crow’s desperate scream could be heard through the stained glass.

The bird’s vision shook violently, and the scenery mixed together as it plummeted upside down.

And everything became blurry.

I got goosebumps.

‘It’s dead.’

Ruellian hurriedly approached the stained glass and infused it with divine power.

“Stop!”

The scene that was about to fade stopped like a freeze frame.

In the shaken afterimage, the figure of someone could be seen. Though it was blurry, it was roughly recognizable.

A silver-haired young man with an eyepatch over one eye.

‘That person is…?’

I was shocked.

Silver hair, eyepatch, handsome young man.

There was exactly one person who came to mind.

Though he stayed in a distant place and didn’t actually appear, he was an important figure around Aristina and had been mentioned several times.

‘That’s him, right?’

The memories stored in my head came back clearly. Along with his name.

“Sion…”

Sion Michael.

An illegitimate child of the branch family. Aristina’s cousin. Rainer Rosen, Duke Carnel’s younger brother, didn’t have a very good relationship with his older brother.

He lived as a wastrel with no interest in politics or business from his youth, then secretly eloped with some beautiful silver-haired singer and had an illegitimate child.

That child was Sion.

Rainer, who had been wandering here and there, was eventually killed by branch family forces who hated him. His terrified mother fled far to the frontier with Sion. Then they were captured by bandits and sold into slavery.

His mother died not long after. Left alone, Sion suffered such miserable abuse that he lost one eye.

After many hardships, he barely met a Duke’s family elder who had been searching for ‘Lord Rainer’s illegitimate child’ and was dramatically rescued.

By this time, Duke Carnel had already taken control of the family.

The Duke didn’t like his younger brother, but he was shocked and enraged that a child with Rosen family blood had suffered such a miserable fate.

But an illegitimate child was still an illegitimate child. He thought it was clearly different from a legitimate heir of the family, however…

“Your Grace, Lord Rainer went through divorce and remarriage procedures before he passed away. Only the approval was delayed.”

“Be quiet. Anyway, if he didn’t receive approval, he’s still illegitimate.”

The child seemed to know Duke Carnel’s feelings and respectfully kept his place. Moreover, he was so clever. No matter how strict and rigid a tutor was, after teaching the young master once, they would bloom with smiles and pour out praise until their mouths went dry.

So Duke Carnel couldn’t help but be moved. What he wanted was exactly such a bright child.

His scoundrel daughter with an empty head who only brought shame to the family, and his nephew who was so loyal and smart that he would drink poison if ordered.

Which one would be more helpful for the family was so obvious that there was no need to even ask.

Anyone couldn’t help but give their heart to Sion.

In this atmosphere of the household, Aristina was furious.

“Get lost! I can’t stand the sight of you!”

“Sister, I’m sorry. How dare a lowly illegitimate child like me surpass your achievements. You have every right to be displeased.”

“Don’t act nice! You cunning bastard!”

“Aristina! Won’t you stop this?”

“Uncle, please don’t scold sister. It’s all my fault that sister is angry. I was presumptuous, hovering around sister without knowing my place…”

“Shut up! You hypocrite! Fraud!”

“This is really too much, Young Lady!”

The Duke’s family elder who had first found Sion finally burst out with the anger he had been holding back.

“Do you even know how much the young master defends and protects you every time? No matter what, the way he treasures you as his only sister is pitiful to watch from the side!”

“Helmut, stop.”

“Yes, young master! Let’s stop! At this rate, there won’t be a single quiet day in this house, which will only harm His Grace! Since the Arel Domain has requested support troops to subdue the northern monsters, we’ll go there! Rather than suffer more humiliation here, let’s leave quickly, young master!”

The ‘old tiger’ who had devoted himself to the Duke’s family for 30 years. Helmut, the former captain of the Duke’s knights.

He left for the north with Sion and other elders. Since he couldn’t oppose the Duke’s own daughter who was his master, he left with the feeling of avoiding something disgusting.

After that, they stayed in the north for two years subduing monsters.

Victory reports came endlessly. The business using spoils obtained from monsters also flourished, and the branch guild quickly rose to the top ranks.

Sion, who had already monopolized affection, became even more the pride of the family.

“Ability, character, reputation, contribution to the family. Isn’t he excellent family head material in every aspect? Is there even one thing the Young Lady surpasses the young master in? She even failed the heir qualification test…”

“We must look at the person themselves. How many times have families faced dark periods by prioritizing bloodline and putting incompetent people as family heads? Anyway, it’s practically the same as a formal marriage, just without approval.”

Among people, public opinion grew that Sion should be designated as heir instead of Aristina.

The Duke was someone who prioritized ability and character more than anyone else.

But…

‘Everyone is being deceived.’

I knew the truth.

“If you’re stupid, you should at least be quick. Did you get everything stolen again by this ‘lowly illegitimate bastard’?”

“Shut up! I’ll tell father everything you’re babbling to me!”

“Who would believe that when you’re just insisting without evidence? Just how stupid are you planning to become, sister?”

“You slave!”

“Well said. That very slave will become the master of this family, so watch carefully. Everything here will all be mine.”

Eyes full of contempt. Mocking words whispered in her ear. This was his true nature.

In front of others, he would act like an angel saying “Sister, sister,” but when alone with Aristina, he would reveal his vicious nature and trample on her.

A complete personality disorder.

Actually, considering his upbringing, he couldn’t have turned out normal.

His experience of being abused as a slave filled Sion’s heart with desperate poison. Moreover, he deeply hated the Rosen family members who had killed his father and made his mother flee. He firmly resolved in his young heart to definitely take over that family and get revenge.

‘From the moment Sion first came in, he only thought about taking over the Duke’s family. He’s just hiding it with that angelic face.’

Young Sion’s target was Aristina, the stupid legitimate heir.

When Aristina was about to receive some attention, immediately stealing the spotlight and becoming the protagonist.

When Aristina did something wrong and tried to cover it up, pretending to worry while deliberately announcing it loudly.

Occasionally when Aristina cherished something, stealing it or destroying it horribly…

Sion’s actions were so cunning, and everyone pitied the child’s tragic story, so Aristina could only be helplessly victimized.

He was someone prepared to do anything to eliminate Aristina and take over the family.

But while he was away on expedition to the north, I thought he couldn’t do anything…

‘He was secretly approaching Eunice, making her dream of marrying the Duke, and instigating her to harm me?’

The more I think about it, the more surprising it is. To think that Sion was the mastermind who manipulated Eunice.

Come to think of it… communicating with the Northern Arel Estate was also Eunice’s job. It would have been convenient for them to plan together.

‘I never thought he would reach out to me in this way.’

The warning lights in my head flashed brightly.

‘Dangerous.’

A prime suspect who had motive to kill Aristina and the ability to commit a perfect crime without leaving any evidence.

Combining the knowledge I had with Aristina’s memories, there were about five such people.

Among them, Ruellian, Aldensis, and Zikren were confirmed to have alibis.

The remaining two had sufficient motive and ability, but were pushed down in priority because they were too far away.

‘But actually, they weren’t as far as I thought.’

Looking at the freeze frame remaining on the stained glass, goosebumps covered my whole body. Trembling slightly, I said.

“The crow’s owner was Sion. My cousin.”

“…”

There was no response.

“…?”

I turned my head to look at Ruellian.

And I was surprised.

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