I Am The Villainess With A Maxed-Out Luck Stat - Chapter 141
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141. If your tail is long, you will be stepped on by the Knight Commander.
“Why do you ask that?”
There was a wary look on Count Blaine’s face.
Seraphine also seemed curious as to why I was asking such a question.
“Let me ask you again. Your Majesty, do you know who the noble child who died in the orphanage fire is?”
At that, Count Blaine’s pupils dilated. Seeing that reaction, he became convinced.
“So you knew. That kid, is he still alive?”
“How do you… … .”
“I’m also digging into the truth of that day. Can you tell me the story about that child?”
However, Count Blaine only hesitated and could not easily open his mouth.
“If you cooperate with me, I will provide you with a safe place to live and money to live without fear for your life. How about that?”
“!”
“Your Majesty!”
For a moment, Seraphine and Viscount Blaine’s gazes were focused on me at the same time.
Seraphine seemed quite surprised by my suggestion.
“……great.”
Viscount Blaine, who had been observing his daughter’s expression, opened his mouth cautiously.
Count Blaine began to talk about a blond boy with red eyes.
“It was not only his unusual appearance that caught my eye, but he was even more memorable because he was brought in by strangers.”
“A stranger?”
“Yes. He wasn’t a local, but a foreigner from another place. He said he picked up an abandoned child while traveling around the area. Thinking back, that’s when things got strange.”
I nodded.
They were probably servants sent by the Empress or the Marquis of Balton.
Count Blaine recalled the child’s childhood as if it were yesterday, and also talked about the fire incident.
“It happened in the middle of the night. While I was away, a fire broke out in the orphanage. When I ran to the orphanage, I saw strangers loitering around the building.”
“… … !”
“I saw with my own eyes that they were holding a child in their hands. I am certain that they are the real perpetrators of the arson incident.”
Seraphine’s eyes widened.
It seemed like she didn’t even know the inside story.
“But why did you take all the blame for it? Even though you saw the real culprit.”
“I thought it was more important to put out the fire than to catch the culprit. While I was putting out the fire, the culprit escaped. Afterwards, I pleaded my innocence in court, but no one listened to me.”
“Oh, like that.”
Viscount Blaine lamented painfully.
“I was determined to reveal the truth because it was so unfair and because I felt sorry for the dead children. That was also the reason I joined a secret organization.”
“So, did you find out anything?”
“We found out that the person who kidnapped the child had a bigger force than we thought. It was connected to a place that the world calls ‘the research institute.’ The child was said to have been sent to the research institute after the fire incident.”
He searched for the missing child, but it is said that even he could not easily find out what was going on inside the research institute.
One day, several years later.
You heard news of your child in an unexpected place.
“I was gathering information about the research center when I heard that there was a strange boy at the slave shop.”
“What kind of child was he?”
“He was a child who was abandoned by a slave trader shortly after birth. The slave trader sold him to a research institute, but soon after, the child returned to the slave trader on his own.”
It was a story I was familiar with.
Because it was the unfortunate childhood of Cayenne’s daytime personality.
“It was an unbelievable story. A child blowing up a laboratory and coming back alive alone? I’ve never heard of such a story before.”
“… … .”
“But, perhaps due to the side effects of the experiment, the child who returned as a slave was said to have very different appearances during the day and at night. Among them, the appearance at night was very similar to the child I was looking for.”
It seemed like the story was about Cayenne’s two personalities splitting up.
“From then on, I started to look after the child. I was worried that the force that had kidnapped the child might retaliate. At the time, I thought that was the least I could do to atone for the child.”
It’s atonement.
Is it my imagination that Seraphine’s face becomes darker and darker as he reveals his past?
Viscount Blaine continued.
“I tried desperately to protect my child.”
“… … .”
“I changed the slave trader’s base several times, and I even pretended to sell the child to someone else and took the child away to other places several times. Looking back, all my efforts were in vain.”
“It was a waste of effort?”
“That child didn’t need my protection in the first place. That child… …was the central figure of the underworld.”
“!”
Count Blaine’s voice became heavy.
* * *
As Count Blaine’s explanation continued.
He had been talking so intently that he didn’t even pause for breath, but his condition suddenly worsened, perhaps because he had overworked himself.
Seraphine and Viscount Blaine hurriedly returned to Viscount Blaine’s mansion.
I escorted them both and returned to the room.
Even after being left alone, my mind was still noisy.
It was a wonder that Viscount Blaine had survived so long while holding such a huge secret.
If I were the Empress or the Marquis of Balton, I would have gotten rid of Viscount Blaine first.
‘Come to think of it, it was at the crown prince’s birthday banquet.’
Wasn’t there another reason for inviting the frontier nobles, the Viscount Blaine?
For example, sending an invitation to see if the late Count Blaine was still alive.
‘… … Is this an excessive speculation?’
Oh, I don’t know.
I want to stop racking my brain and talk to other people.
‘Why hasn’t the manager come yet?’
He left home early and still hasn’t returned.
I spoke to him telepathically.
[Where are you?]
[I just sent Viscount Blaine back. I have a headache because I found out such a huge secret… … .]
[I’ll tell you the details myself.]
[Come in quickly.]
But no matter how much time passed, there was no reply.
‘Has something happened again?’
My manager used to nag me not to do anything reckless, but in my opinion, he was even worse.
I wonder if he’s going to meet some bad guys and throw himself at them again this time.
I had such concerns, but I couldn’t press him further because of the note the manager left behind.
[Don’t be too surprised if I go into hiding for a while.]
[The manager’s fancy outing? An affair? Something like that.]
[Pohang Port. ꉂꉂ(^ᗜ^*)]
‘… … Irresponsible.’
All I could do was always wait.
It was unfair.
Unlike the omnipotent Mr. So-and-so, I am so powerless.
‘Are you sure it’s okay?’
Looking at the sky that had suddenly become dark, I couldn’t bear it any longer and called for escort.
* * *
“I, I didn’t kill him. I… … .”
Aiden muttered in confusion.
I tried to heal the man’s wounds later, but he was already growing cold.
Since the heart has been stabbed deep, no matter how many doctors come, they will not be able to save him.
Aiden became thoughtful as he realized there was no way to revive the man.
“Oh, how, how did this happen… … .”
Marquis Balton ordered Aiden to keep an eye on the man.
There was also a warning that no matter what happened, the man should not be hurt or killed.
Even though I urged him so earnestly, Margrave Balton would never remain silent if he found out that the man died because of me.
“Oh, what should I do?”
Aiden looked around hurriedly.
It was a deserted alley, so there was no one around.
After hesitating for a moment, he wrapped the man in his robe.
So meticulously that it was impossible to tell if the thing wrapped in black cloth was a person or a load.
In the process, he did not even notice the bloodstains on the Silver Knights’ uniform.
He hurriedly put the man on his shoulder and ran out of the alley.
* * *
By the time Aiden arrived at the palace, it was already getting dark.
He tried to secretly collect the body and come back, but it was already long past time for him to return to the Knights Templar.
He had skipped afternoon training without permission. If he delayed his return any longer, people would become suspicious.
He had no choice but to carry the man on his back and head to the knight training grounds, intending to bury him in an abandoned campsite behind the training grounds.
‘It might be better to bury it somewhere I can visit often.’
Even as I thought that, cold sweat kept breaking out on my hands.
“Aiden. Are you coming in now?”
As he was about to pass the knights, someone called out to him.
“All, Captain?”
The one waiting for him was none other than Brecht, the commander of the Imperial Guard.
Aiden’s recent actions have been suspicious enough to reach the Knight Commander’s ears.
Aiden was so startled that he almost lost sight of the man on his shoulder.
In response, Brecht looked at Aiden even more suspiciously.
“You’ve been going out a lot without permission lately. Where on earth have you been going?”
Brecht strode towards Aiden.
“What are you carrying on your shoulder? It seems like bringing in outside items is prohibited. Didn’t anyone stop you on your way here?”
“that is…….”
Brecht, who had been admonishing, paused for a moment.
“Wait a minute, is this blood?”
It was hard to see from a distance because it was dark, but upon closer inspection, I saw that there were bloodstains on Aiden’s knight uniform.
Brecht’s eyes became sharp.
“Hand it over here.”
“This, this is not right!”
Aiden resisted desperately when he tried to take his luggage by force.
It was at that time that the two were wrestling and fighting.
“Aiden, you’re here. I’ve been looking for you for a while.”
“… … !”
When I looked back, I saw a familiar shadow approaching from far away.
As the black figure got closer, Aiden’s blank face turned even paler.
“Well, Marquis Balton!”