The Baddest Villainess Is Back - Chapter 100
“In the end, what I had ignored won’t come back. And you…”
Roxelyn slowly closed and then opened her eyes.
“Just as my wife, who I longed for in a parallel world, would never come back to life…”
Gerun hesitated.
“Roxelyn, you.”
His lips twitched as he clicked his tongue softly.
“That’s enough, let’s stop here. Throw the stone. We’re going back.”
Gerun forcefully took the stone from Roxelyn’s hand and threw it into the flames, too fierce to approach any further.
Crackle.
As the bead entered, the flames flickered.
Along with it, the mound of earth that had been obstructing all sides and even the sky was completely covered.
A dome made of tightly packed earth was completed, and beneath it, a translucent, red membrane enveloped the entire city.
The heat had nowhere to escape, making it hard to breathe.
Roxelyn hastily covered her mouth.
“We should retreat. Let me carry you.”
“Don’t start bullshxxxing me now, Gerun. I can still walk.”
Roxelyn said fiercely, wiping her cheek with her sleeve.
“…….”
Gerun Wilfred’s eyes widened slightly.
He let out a brief laugh.
The burning heat began to be greedily consumed by the bead.
Watching the flames being sucked into the bead, Roxelyn slowly lowered her head.
‘As far as I know, the bead that has swallowed flames can be retrieved.’
Since it wasn’t released.
The bead would continuously seek fire until it was completely extinguished.
Drops of sweat fell to the ground, leaving dark marks before quickly vaporizing and disappearing.
“You always manage to surprise and perplex me.”
“Hey, Gerun.”
“What is it?”
“If I remember correctly, wasn’t there one survivor in this village? A child…”
At Roxelyn’s words, Gerun slowly nodded.
“…It seems that was the case.”
“We’ll have to search for them. And…”
The heat began to subside gradually. The bead had nibbled away all the flames.
As the flames vanished, breathing became easier, but visibility was lost. Darkness so thick you couldn’t see an inch in front of you had settled over the city.
Because the artificially mounded earth created an enclosure blocking the moonlight, and the city lost its light with the disappearance of the flames that had been burning it.
Whoosh—
It was when Roxelyn, feeling a headache from the lack of oxygen, stumbled and reached out to Gerun.
Boom—!
A loud noise was heard from somewhere.
Following the sound, Roxelyn saw it.
Amidst the pitch-black darkness, small, brilliant orbs containing the blue sky were floating ethereally.
The blue moons, looking down below with a hardened expression, wrapped in the darkness like pitch.
“…Arma?”
As Roxelyn muttered softly, two blue moons reached her.
Arma, who had rushed over with a hardened expression, embraced Roxelyn then and there. Simultaneously, Arma, with eyes wide open, spoke.
“…Roxelyn? Your body, it’s too hot…”
“Ah, I thought it felt a bit…”
Roxelyn began, her eyes fluttering.
“Hot…”
No sooner had she spoken than Roxelyn’s vision blacked out.
‘Damn this frail body…’
That was the last thought Roxelyn had.
As she fainted, Arma, who had rushed to her, pulled her urgently into his arms.
Then, Gerun Wilfred chuckled with a low voice and tilted his head.
“Well, well… Looks like you’ve decided to drop the mask.”
Gerun Wilfred laughed as he slowly ran his hand over the gem at the end of his cane.
“Your Highness, the Third Prince.”
At the leisurely voice, Arma’s lips tightened slightly.
‘…I thought my heart was going to drop.’
The moment he realized Roxelyn had disappeared, his mind went blank.
The thought that he had to continue acting as he had always naturally done disappeared as well.
‘Why on earth…’
What was she, really.
He was surprised by his own actions.
‘…Since when have I.’
He looked dumbfounded at Roxelyn, who had collapsed into his arms, as if he couldn’t believe it.
“Shut it.”
Unable to suppress the irritation that welled up, Arma snapped in a sharp tone, then pulled her closer with a bit more force.
“…We’re going back.”
The darkness, sharpened like a spear, eventually shot out in all directions, breaking through the earthen dome in an instant.
And then, a soft moonlight slowly poured down over what seemed like an eternal hell.
Gerun Wilfred, picking up the red bead rolling on the ground, followed behind Arma, who was carrying Roxelyn.
