The Baddest Villainess Is Back - Chapter 156
“Ah, you’re no longer trying to hide it. The reason is simple. It’s just something I’m not interested in. Overthrowing the world, fighting for the rights of illegitimate children…”
Roxelyn smiled lazily as she curled her lips.
“Isn’t that too cliché?”
Roxelyn would restore the past she regretted.
“Moreover, I’m inherently selfish and greedy… as long as you don’t interfere with my affairs, I don’t care what you do.”
By changing the past, she hoped her future self would be happy.
In the end, Roxelyn was selfish. Even wishing for others’ happiness was for her own happiness.
“But, our knight here has been getting in the way a lot lately.”
Roxelyn approached briskly, took out a fan from inside her sleeve, and lightly placed it under the captain’s chin.
“Have you heard what happened to Lady Carmel?”
“…Well, I’ve heard rumors that she lost her limbs and tongue and was discarded somewhere.”
“…Is that so?”
Roxelyn frowned at the unexpected end of Carmel.
Well, it was strange to expect her to be unharmed after trying to destroy an entire family.
“Anyway, just know that I can interfere with you and your plans as much as I want. So don’t harm anyone around me.”
“Around you, meaning?”
“The Bellion Duchy. Although the engagement is to be annulled, the Third Prince, who is my current fiancé, and Kaluta, who I’ve decided to befriend. Oh, and the princess’s fiancé, the Second Prince.”
As Roxelyn continued, the captain’s brow furrowed deeper.
“Lady Bellion, you are very greedy.”
“I know.”
“…It’s a relief that you do.”
The captain looked at Roxelyn with a look that seemed to ask if such a person could exist, but he appropriately played along.
“Well, I think I’ve conveyed my thoughts, so I’ll be going now.”
It was the moment Roxelyn turned around.
Sching—
With a chilling sound, a blade was precariously placed against her neck.
“As expected, I’m curious. How did you come to know about me? And about Makruxa…”
“…Obsessive and clingy men aren’t popular, you know.”
“Hoho, believe it or not, I was quite popular in my youth. It’s just that… I’ve had to live as the shadow of the sun my entire life.”
Roxelyn’s eyes widened at the captain’s words.
“…You, don’t tell me.”
“Little lady, some lives remain as shadows, forgotten for eternity. When they die, no one remembers them—they become beings who never existed.”
Hearing his low, murmuring voice, Roxelyn gently twirled the seven-stone bracelet on her wrist.
She had intended to use it if things became truly dangerous.
‘Why did I think only noble houses had illegitimate children?’
Upon reflection, the place with the most secrets is the imperial family.
Considering the numerous illegitimate children the imperial family must have hidden, his existence wasn’t surprising.
“If you kill me here, it will cause a big problem.”
“Well, I think it’s more dangerous to let you go, Miss.”
Roxelyn slowly took a deep breath at his words.
“My earliest memory is of my father, the Emperor, ordering me to be sent to a training camp as if disposing of a bothersome object.”
“…”
“My mother, who was supposedly living well, was killed one day to silence her. My half-brothers, who were sent to training and then to war, died one by one.”
Listening to his leisurely explanation, Roxelyn remained silent.
She realized that, as they were hidden by the tall rose vines, she probably couldn’t be seen from the outside.
“All for the sake of one sun.”
“It’s natural for the subjects of the empire to protect their monarch.”
“I spent my entire life training for a half-brother I had never seen, only to be thrown into battlefields to die. Now my father is dead, and my brother has become the great Emperor, loved and in love, with the same face as my father.”
Roxelyn remained silent in the face of the aged man’s voice, filled with resentment and hatred built up over a long time.
She understood his anger but couldn’t empathize with him at all.
After a moment of contemplation, Roxelyn furrowed her brows and spoke.
“You should have just run away.”
“…What did you say?”
“I mean, wouldn’t it have been resolved if you had just run away? I don’t understand why you wasted nearly half a century with those abilities.”
Roxelyn nonchalantly rubbed the spot on her neck where the sword had been as she spoke.
“I’m sorry if you were expecting empathy, but any normal person would just say that what you did was a complete and utter waste of time.”
The man’s face hardened at Roxelyn’s words.
