The Baddest Villainess Is Back - Chapter 157
“Why don’t you just be honest, grab the Emperor by the collar, and have a fistfight or something?”
“Are you telling me to die by the Emperor’s hand?”
“Now you’re even dropping formalities.”
Roxelyn’s words seemed to strike a nerve in him, and as he showed his anger, she let out a hollow laugh.
“Weren’t you prepared to die when you started this?”
At her blunt words, he looked at her.
“You didn’t think you could survive after causing all this fxxxing mess, did you?”
“Your language is quite harsh.”
“You dropped the formalities first, so I don’t feel the need to remain respectful.”
Roxelyn shrugged.
She hadn’t lived her life without hearing harsh words while navigating the outside world.
She had just tried to avoid using them.
“Sometimes things won’t be resolved unless you confront them head-on.”
“……”
“I thought my father hated me my whole life. I didn’t know until I died.”
And it was only after she died that she learned.
Roxelyn. Roxelyn Bellion, was loved more than anyone.
“Remember, Sir. Don’t touch what’s mine. Before I kill you.”
With that, Roxelyn turned around and brushed past the captain of the imperial guard.
“Thank you for escorting me through the garden, Sir. I remember the way, so I’ll find my way to the carriage.”
“……Do you really have no intention of becoming Queen?”
“I’ll ask you similarly, do you have any intention of turning yourself in and finding the light?”
Roxelyn lightly threw the question, not expecting an answer, and turned her body.
“It’s strange to think that I’d join just because you invited me, as if it’s such a great organization.”
“……”
“Your ego seems excessively inflated. You should consider reducing its size.”
After a short silence, he responded to Roxelyn’s added remark.
“That’s unfortunate.”
“I agree.”
“Lady Bellion.”
At his low call, Roxelyn stopped again.
No, to be precise, she didn’t want to stop, but she had no choice.
Her feet stopped on their own.
“The world is unfair.”
“……”
“After you were brought here, the Young Duke Bellion shut himself away for years.”
At his sudden words, Roxelyn frowned.
“And what happened after that? A sickly daughter, a duke’s heir who can’t go anywhere, a reputation in high society tarnished by a suicide attempt that brought the family name to the ground…”
By now, he was smiling in front of Roxelyn.
“Do you think your life has value? Wouldn’t it be better to use your abilities for me?”
Roxelyn’s eyes slightly blurred.
The captain of the imperial guard lifted her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze.
“A world not for the privileged, but equal for everyone…”
Roxelyn’s blurred eyes slightly twisted, and then she burst into loud laughter.
She held her stomach, bending forward as she laughed, and then she brightly smiled.
With her hands behind her back, she approached the stiffened captain with light steps.
“Sorry, Sir. I forgot to tell you something.”
“……”
The man lowered his gaze to look at Roxelyn.
His eyes clearly showed his surprise and confusion.
“Your Abyss.”
Roxelyn smiled.
“I know what it is.”
At her whisper, his eyes widened in shock.
“Lady Carmel’s brainwashing didn’t work on those who recognized that ability. And…”
Roxelyn stood on tiptoe and brought her lips close to the ear of the stiff captain, whispering.
“Your copied Abyss won’t work on me either.”
“…How did you know?”
“It’s a secret.”
Roxelyn whispered with a hint of laughter.
“They say a woman becomes more beautiful when she has secrets. Don’t dig too deep.”
“……”
“Of course, I also know that your Abyss can’t replicate abilities beyond your level, and that’s why you couldn’t steal His Majesty the Emperor’s Abyss…”
His cheek twitched.
Despite his fierce gaze directed at her, Roxelyn smiled brightly.
She was always the kind of person who could laugh more brilliantly and brazenly in the face of others’ hostility.
“I also know that you’ve got an inferiority complex to His Majesty. I know your Abyss can only copy three abilities at a time, and that you’ve been trying to copy my Abyss since earlier.”
With a smiling face, Roxelyn arrogantly extended her hand.
“Go ahead and take it.”
When Roxelyn shrugged her shoulders, the man wordlessly took her outstretched hand.
“But what a shame, I don’t have an Abyss you can copy.”
Roxelyn said, recalling the time she met the ‘King’.
His Abyss was the ability to copy the Abyss of those he touched.
However, he could only copy Abysses that were instantaneously effective without specific conditions or ones that were up to his level.
According to Sansar, Roxelyn’s Abyss was a conditional Abyss that only activated upon her death.
“If it’s not an Abyss, how did you know all this?”
“I told you, I died and came back. But I won’t bother revealing your identity, so don’t worry.”
Roxelyn added that she would be leaving and withdrew her hand before turning away.
‘…Ah, now my life might be in danger.’
Roxelyn sighed.
‘Can’t be helped.’
After a moment of contemplation, Roxelyn redirected her steps from the carriage back to the imperial palace.
