The Baddest Villainess Is Back - Chapter 61
“No, not that either! The thing before!”
“…Before?”
The only thing she had mentioned earlier was about awakening an Abyss.
“Oh, ‘I tried to kill myself but then awakened an Abyss instead’?”
“Yes, that!! Why would you try to take your own life?! Are you insane?! If you die, do you have any idea how much that bastard will rampage?!”
Ian Bellion yelled.
Roxelyn sighed with an even more annoyed expression.
“Anyway, withdraw from the Makruxa and also pull your hands off the herb import project you were working on.”
Ian Bellion’s eyes widened.
“How did you…?”
How did she know?
She had caught wind of similar activities on the other side, and upon secretly investigating, it seemed he was doing the same, so she was merely warning him.
‘Admittedly, it was a gamble to reveal that Second Uncle was involved with the Makruxa, even though Lady Carmel was a major player…’
Roxelyn just observed Ian Bellion.
The herb import project was a direct order from the ‘King’ to Ian. It was almost a secret known only to him and the ‘King’.
“I’ve warned you. If you don’t want to be entangled in the Imperial Family’s assassination charge, withdraw.”
“This young brat, where do you get off ordering…!”
Roxelyn’s expression soured further, as if she was looking at an old fool.
“Even if you do that, you won’t be able to catch the Makruxa’s ‘King’.”
“…!”
This time, Ian Bellion looked genuinely shocked.
Roxelyn briefly worried if a bug might fly into his open mouth.
“You…!”
“Your efforts won’t be enough to catch him, Uncle, and it won’t bring back Aunt either, may her soul rest in peace.”
“…”
Roxelyn spoke only that much and then stood up.
Ian Bellion’s face was no longer one of shock.
It had stiffened into discomfort from being unexpectedly struck where it hurt.
“…Did that gloomy bastard Zerti tell you?”
Despite the menacing glare that could kill a few people, Roxelyn met his eyes calmly.
“No, I told you already. It’s because of the Abyss.”
“What Abyss…!”
Roxelyn’s familiarity with the hostile glare made her shrug her shoulders more comfortably.
“If you don’t want to ruin the family, then forget about the dead.”
“Hey, you…! Spouting whatever comes to your mind…!!”
“It was you who ran away and left behind Aunt with her leg problems. And then you kept your mouth shut.”
Ian’s lips quivered palely at Roxelyn’s sharp words.
Roxelyn smiled brightly. The more the other person got angry or felt displeased, the brighter Roxelyn became.
She knew the pressure and discomfort her smile caused the other person.
“And since your mouth is open now, Uncle, let’s keep talking. It’s not like I’m saying anything that isn’t true.”
“How could you possibly know that!”
“I told you, because of the Abyss.”
Roxelyn shrugged her shoulders and turned around.
“Even if you don’t look for it, I will catch Makruxa’s King.”
Roxelyn declared.
Ian Bellion paused.
“I won’t have much long to live anyway. If someone has to act, it might as well be me.”
After adding those words, she opened the door and left.
She hadn’t mentioned it to Marquis Gerun, but Roxelyn was already at her limit before she even considered dying.
She would have died soon anyway.
Even before she was caught, she was already consuming more than a handful of medicines just to prolong her life.
And now, despite her sharp tongue, her body was far from healthy.
She would get a fever with even a little exertion.
“So, I’ve said all I had to, so I’ll be going now.”
“Hey! What the hell are you…!”
Bang.
The door closed right in front of Ian’s nose.
“Ah, what an annoying person.”
“Hey! I can hear you! Won’t you open the door?! Hey, you little brat, damn it! Unlock these chains!! That little traitor!”
Ian’s yelling could be heard from beyond the door.
Regardless, Roxelyn made her way to her father.
She’d been feeling rather unpleasant for the past few days because he’d been digging himself into a hole of depression due to her departure to Kaluta tomorrow.
