The Baddest Villainess Is Back - Chapter 154
“…What? Don’t say such obvious things. If you die, I die too.”
“…What if there’s something I absolutely have to do, and I can only go there by dying?”
His breathing grew rough at her words.
Roxelyn glanced at Zerti and then closed her mouth.
From his wide-open pupils, she could sense his anger and betrayal.
“I was only speaking hypothetically. Don’t make such a scary face. What if I can’t go to the bathroom at night?”
“…Don’t even think about such things. You’re all I have left now, Roxelyn. Without you, I have no reason to live. Please, don’t leave me too.”
Roxelyn thought of her father in the original world, who had died at the hands of Lady Carmel.
‘…He wasn’t someone who should have died like that.’
Roxelyn slowly furrowed her brow.
“I’ll try.”
She looked at the septarian stone on her wrist.
‘Looks like the bead from this seven-stone bracelet I gave that guy has already exhausted its power.’
When they met again, he wasn’t shivering from the cold.
Although his body was covered in burn marks, a stone is still a stone.
Its effect would eventually disappear.
“…What do you mean by ‘try’? You said it was just hypothetical.”
“I meant I’d try to think of a way like that in my imagination.”
“You’re speaking strangely. Did something happen in the imperial palace today?”
Roxelyn slowly clasped his hand back and shook her head.
“Just….”
“Just?”
“I saw a wriggling worm.”
Roxelyn slowly closed her eyes.
“…An unforgivable little snake.”
She muttered softly and yawned.
“…I’m curious, but I’ll listen later. Get some sleep.”
“Yes, don’t stay up too late. Go to sleep after I fall asleep.”
Hearing the faint voice, Roxelyn recalled the events of the day as her mind blurred.
* * *
“Why did you propose to make me the Queen?”
At Roxelyn’s question, the captain of the imperial guard paused and frowned in confusion.
“What do you mean, all of a sudden?”
“I was just curious. Why did you propose making me the Queen?”
Both then and now.
It’s understandable now that she’s hindering everything Makruxa does.
But in her previous life, she never understood why he proposed making her the Queen.
Especially since he went as far as to reveal the face he had kept hidden so meticulously.
“Thank you for guiding me all the way here. I’ll be going now.”
Not expecting an answer, Roxelyn was about to climb into the carriage.
“Lady Bellion.”
If it weren’t for that call.
“Do you believe that light and shadow exist in a person’s life?”
“I’m not sure what you mean. If you’re asking if life has ups and downs… Yes, of course.”
“Rather, I mean the value of life.”
Roxelyn paused on the stairs and stepped back down.
She carefully stepped back and let out a short sigh as he chuckled softly.
“Did this old man ask something too difficult?”
“I’m still not used to the roundabout way nobles speak.”
To Roxelyn’s dry and blunt voice, the captain of the imperial guard shrugged without a word.
“If you had answered a bit faster, I wouldn’t have had to waste energy climbing these steps.”
“…I apologize for that.”
“Yes, as long as you understand.”
Roxelyn shrugged and nodded quickly at the captain’s apology.
While the captain frowned, she slowly extended her hand.
He let out a short laugh and silently escorted Roxelyn.
“How do you find the garden?”
“It’s nice.”
Roxelyn nodded, and the man courteously escorted her.
“Since Your Ladyship said that light and shadow exist in a person’s life…”
The captain of the imperial guard broke the uncomfortable silence and asked subtly.
