The Revenge Kidnapping Drama's Transmigrated Female Lead - Chapter 82
VII. A Play
Not long after, Psyche barely regained her senses. Being alone in the room’s silence, dwelling in thoughts felt meaningless. She began eating dessert to regain strength, thinking Terche might return.
Suddenly, his carelessly thrown words before leaving the room brushed past her ears.
‘Please eat comfortably.’
…Did he consider letting her eat alone comfortably?
‘Terche being considerate?’
Perhaps it wasn’t consideration, but rather his way of manipulating her.
‘…In some ways, Terche seems more difficult than Helios.’
As she sighed, faint footsteps approached and the door suddenly burst open. She turned her head. She thought Terche had returned, but it wasn’t him.
“Come out.”
It was Rezus. Her throat tightened with tension at his words to come down to the reception room immediately. She unconsciously clutched her robe tightly. His demeanor was too ominous to refuse.
She followed him, walking arduously into the reception room. There, Serdin, Terche, and Helios were all already gathered. She swallowed dryly. It seemed like something serious had happened to Ruon, and they intended to show it to her directly. Like when they showed her Ruon’s broken arm. Fear was already surging. The moment she bit the inside of her lip, her eyes met with Rezus.
“…”
He stared at her intently for a moment before turning his head forward again. Soon, a large screen appeared in mid-air. On the screen, a young man with black hair lay bound to a bed. Thud, thud, someone approached the young man. Psyche flinched. This… wasn’t a photo but a video. Feeling her anxiety growing uncontrollably, she looked at Rezus. As if expecting her to look at him, he was watching her instead of the video.
It was when she reluctantly turned her gaze back, feeling pressured by his eyes telling her to watch the screen. Crack, with the sound of breaking bones, the screen turned pitch black. Though nothing could be seen because of it, it was easy to imagine that some part of Ruon’s body had been grotesquely bent. As she drew in a sharp breath, once again the chilling sound of breaking bones echoed. An agonized scream pierced through her eardrums.
How many more times did that sound repeat? The screams were no longer heard.
He must have fainted.
Her body began trembling uncontrollably at the fact that it was none other than her brother who committed such a horrific act. When Psyche staggered as her strength momentarily gave way, Rezus caught her and sat her on the sofa. He sat down next to her and murmured softly.
“Watch carefully, what kind of bastard your brother is.”
He gently placed his arm around her shoulder as if watching a romantic play with a lover, then gestured toward the screen with his chin. Psyche went blank for a moment. Though she couldn’t see anything due to the blackened screen, she could tell from the sounds that Ruon’s limbs had been broken. Yet… how could he be so calm.
‘In a situation where it wouldn’t be strange if he went mad and broke my limbs the same way right now…’
While feeling a disconnect from his calm demeanor that seemed almost gentle, Psyche desperately hoped. If he were to vent his anger, please let it be through s****l violation as he had done until now. Not through physical assault. She turned her head while clenching her hands that had become damp with tension. At that moment, as the darkened screen brightened, a face she knew well appeared in the center. Brother, Zephyros.
「I didn’t want to go this far…」
Zephyros glanced back, then furrowed his brows as if regretful.
「I’m truly sorry. Well, compared to my sister being defiled, this is nothing.」
For a moment, Psyche barely managed to hold back a burst of bitter laughter. As she glared at the man on the screen with hostile eyes, Zephyros laid out horrible words in his characteristic gentle voice.
「Still, given our relationship until now, if you withdraw now, I won’t touch Ruon Anocton any further. But if you don’t withdraw, next time you’ll see a video of this being repeated five times. Breaking his limbs, healing them, breaking them again, healing them… As you saw today, we can make Ruon wake up even if he faints. Fortunately, Tenon has an excellent healing ability.」
Psyche completely lost her words and stared at the screen with a vacant expression. Due to the dark screen, she hadn’t seen properly… Had they even woken Ruon through healing abilities after he fainted midway?
「Ah, how’s the seduction of Psyche going?」
Hilale
Judging by Rezus’ reaction ı think he is not Ruon