The Baddest Villainess Is Back - Chapter 141
“The fact that the negotiations haven’t proceeded means the plague is still…?”
“No, regarding that matter, Kaluta brought it up first, and the negotiations on that are already concluded.”
Devon’s answer made Roxelyn let out a long sigh.
“That’s good.”
“The King of Kaluta also regularly has tea time with the Emperor, so they must be discussing it verbally.”
Roxelyn nodded.
She could roughly understand that Kaluta wanted her to be involved, even if only formally.
‘They really didn’t need to go this far…’
It was clear they were trying to boost her standing.
By involving Roxelyn in the negotiations, they created a justification to give her credit, thereby granting her some authority.
Kaluta had publicly declared Roxelyn as their friend.
“Did you catch the King of Makruxa?”
“No, the third prince refuses to hand over the person who kidnapped you, so we haven’t been able to interrogate him. That brat is quite stubborn… tch.”
At Devon’s explanation, Roxelyn recalled Arma’s pale face from the last time she saw him.
‘…He looked pale.’
Still, it was a bit surprising.
If someone were to rescue her first, she had thought it would be Gerun Wilfred, the Khan, or her father.
“Roxelyn.”
“Yes, Father.”
“May I ask why you were with that man at that time?”
Roxelyn hesitated at Zerti Bellion’s question.
“I was just kidnapped, that’s all.”
“Kidnapped? Why would you be kidnapped?”
“It seems that all my previous actions affected things that were linked to Makruxa, so I guess I was in their way.”
Zerti froze at Roxelyn’s words.
“What? What do you mean?”
“Apparently, Makruxa was involved in the missing persons cases, the arson incidents, and the recent plague situation.”
In truth, she had known and acted accordingly.
The Emperor must have suspected that she had an Abyss allowing her to predict the future.
“Lady Carmel was a part of that group, too, wasn’t she? Since I had driven her away, they must have found me to be a nuisance, and Second Uncle was suddenly imprisoned, so they must have thought I had some ill intentions.”
It was quite a coincidence that so many incidents overlapped.
From their perspective, it was enough to be suspicious.
‘Even though I did it intentionally…’
There was no concrete evidence, so they had to resort to kidnapping her.
‘I didn’t expect them to propose making me their Queen in this world either…’
Roxelyn slowly raised her head.
“What did that man say to you?”
“Oh, he asked me to become the Queen of Makruxa.”
“…What?”
“He asked me to become the Queen of Makruxa.”
As soon as Roxelyn’s calm words ended, a heavy silence fell.
* * *
Darkness, darkness, darkness.
In a space filled with pitch-black darkness, Aximus Valdur was gradually going mad.
He felt himself growing more emaciated.
At first, he became accustomed to it.
He constantly used his Abyss to light a fire, being the only light in the darkness.
But he wasn’t alone in that darkness.
There were all sorts of things.
When he lit a fire, everything the darkness had swallowed was there.
Things like corpses that had rotted away to mere bones.
And that fact instilled quite a bit of fear.
At first, Aximus Valdur was fine.
He had the Abyss of Fire, after all.
But everyone has their limits.
In the darkness, time seemed to flow very slowly.
It felt like more than a year had passed, yet he somehow remained alive.
Yes.
Aximus Valdur was alive.
He had nothing, but he survived. In what seemed like an eternal darkness and an unforgiving hell.
And today, after an unknown amount of time, he was dragged out from the darkness.