The Baddest Villainess Is Back - Chapter 232
“Anyway, let’s cut the nonsense. I’m sure you know we don’t have all the time in the world.”
“I have plenty of time. It’s only you who doesn’t.”
She shrugged as she spoke.
“I could honestly stay here chatting all night. This is my mansion, after all, and you’re just a stray dog poking its head into a den of predators.”
“…You insolent girl. If you don’t want to die, I suggest you watch your tongue.”
Galleo bared his teeth in a fierce expression.
“Finally showing your true colors, are you?”
Roxelyn shrugged and moved her red lips in a leisurely manner.
“Now this is the kind of conversation I can get into.”
She lifted her chin, smiling slyly.
“How much longer are you going to talk while wearing that mask? Isn’t that right, Captain Galleo?”
“…Hah, seems this little girl knows no fear of the world…”
“Why would I be afraid?”
Roxelyn laughed as if amused, then shrugged again.
“Shall I be blunt?”
“……”
“You’re an enemy commander who’s come to beg for your life on the brink of defeat…”
At the humiliating words, Galleo’s eyes flared.
Roxelyn tilted her head innocently.
“So why on earth would I be afraid of you?”
Galleo glared at her, his eyes bloodshot.
“Should I keep guessing what’s going through your mind?”
Roxelyn rubbed her chin dramatically, smiling as she continued to watch his reddening expression.
“You’re probably debating whether to kill me or keep me alive and win me over to your side…”
“Why on earth would I even consider…”
“Because you’re curious how I’ve been able to see through all your plans and obstruct them.”
As Roxelyn cut him off, Galleo froze, his face contorting in frustration.
It was hard for him to believe that someone not yet twenty had managed to read him so thoroughly.
His pride stung.
The sound of teeth grinding or fists clenching seemed to echo in the quiet, cricket-filled garden.
“You might be seeking to overthrow an unfair world, but I’m only in this for fun.”
Roxelyn smiled brightly, her red eyes, crimson lips, and stark white hair forming a strangely innocent yet vibrant smile.
“After all, isn’t that what villains do?”
With an arrogant expression, she parted her lips.
“So, why did I go out of my way to block your path?”
She shrugged.
“Because it annoyed me.”
“…Annoyed you?”
“Lady Carmel.”
Her lips curved into a deeper smile.
“Your underling, the one you planted in my way, kept irritating me even after I warned her…”
“……”
“It just made me want to crush you all.”
Roxelyn pressed her index finger down on the bench as if squashing a bug, and Galleo’s eyes widened.
The sight of her made her seem more like a true villain, and for a moment, Galleo swallowed in fear.
Even though she had no particular power or strength, he felt as though she’d trampled all over him.
In reality, Roxelyn had planned to ignore everything. It was Lady Carmel who provoked her by disregarding her warning.
If Lady Carmel had backed off, Roxelyn would’ve left the house long ago, closing her eyes to the ensuing events.
There would have been no lingering regrets, and she would have simply continued living in this world.
But Lady Carmel ignored her warning, and the members of the ducal family had shielded Roxelyn.
“…You mean to tell me you destroyed my lifelong dream… for something so trivial…”
“For a lifelong dream, it was awfully easy to disrupt…”
Roxelyn shook her head in feigned pity.
“You…!”
“What? Aren’t you thinking of killing me?”
Roxelyn tapped her foot as she looked at Galleo, who had approached her in large strides.
Standing face-to-face, Galleo’s size was formidable, as one would expect from a longtime captain of the imperial guard.
The pressure he exuded was no small thing, yet Roxelyn remained unfazed, her calmness making Galleo hesitate.
‘Does she have something to rely on?’
Galleo clenched his jaw, trying to maintain his composure.
