The Baddest Villainess Is Back - Chapter 95
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“FIRE!!”
At that terror-filled scream, Roxelyn sprang up.
She pushed Zerti’s shoulder aside and hurried to the window.
From the center of the village, giant flames were already flickering wildly.
Boom! BOOM!
Sounds of explosions echoed from various parts of the village, likely due to flammable materials.
“Your Excellency, Lord Zerti!”
The door burst open, and a knight from the ducal house entered.
“It’s an arson attack! We must leave the village immediately!”
Zerti quickly got Roxelyn to her feet.
“Roxelyn, let’s go.”
“Yes.”
Though dressed only in a nightgown, the threat of death made such concerns trivial.
“Wait!”
In a rush, Zerti took off his jacket he was wearing and put it on Roxelyn.
“The world is full of thieves. Don’t just show your skin carelessly.”
‘…I’ve already shown it.’
Roxelyn thought indifferently as she was dragged out by Zerti. She had already worn the traditional dress of the Kalutans while in Kaluta.
“This could all be a heinous act just to see your skin.”
Ridiculous.
…she thought, but realizing that such words would be beyond disrespectful, Roxelyn kept silent.
“Roxelyn! Are you alright?”
“Yes, Arma.”
“…Arma?”
When Zerti asked, Roxelyn let out a low exclamation and then corrected herself.
“Right. Father.”
“Yes, Roxelyn.”
“I’ve decided to officially date His Highness the Third Prince, for a limited period of six months.”
As they were hastily packing and checking the personnel, about to leave the inn, Zerti stopped short.
“…My daughter, why are you saying such things while we’re fleeing from an arson attack?”
Especially when flames were shooting up right in front of them.
“I thought I should say it before I die.”
“No, in this situation, if you keep talking like that, someone might really might die, so please stop, my child.”
Zerti said sourly, then glanced at Arma, who had frozen in shock just as much.
“Let’s focus on getting out of the village for now.”
Zerti blocked Arma’s path, letting Roxelyn and the others go first.
After shoving everyone else out, Zerti was the last to leave, slamming the door shut right at Arma’s nose.
“……”
Left alone in the inn, Arma hesitated. When he finally opened the door and went out, the group was just starting to leave.
“…This is maddening.”
Arma felt his usually steadfast smile waver for the first time.
He quickly opened the door and went out, taking charge of leading the others. Roxelyn, too, oversaw the hurrying villagers and sat inside the carriage.
After staring out the carriage window at the situation for a while, Roxelyn frowned.
Just before the carriage started, Roxelyn tilted her head with a puzzled expression.
“Aaaahhh!!”
Screams came from all around.
Boom— Boooom—
The ground on the outskirts of the city began to rumble and swell.
“Something’s not right…”
Taking advantage of the chaos, Roxelyn slipped out of the carriage discreetly. She had never intended to flee from here in the first place.
“…Why isn’t he here?”
The man who would usually be the first to take charge and manage the situation was nowhere to be seen.
Hiding behind a tree, she waited until the carriage departed.
“Let’s go!”
Clip-clop, clip-clop!
The carriage took off.
Watching the carriage quickly recede, Roxelyn sighed.
‘I never intended to run away anyway…’
Only after the carriage disappeared from sight did Roxelyn emerge from behind the tree, rubbing the back of her neck.
Everyone was evacuating, the sounds fading away, and the inn she had been in was now silent.
She looked down at the bracelet-shaped seven-colored stones on her wrist.
The Seven Stones.
Each with different abilities.