The Baddest Villainess Is Back - Chapter 116
“Makruxa? That damned group?!”
“Yes.”
At Yuldian’s cursing, Roxelyn nodded.
Gerun Wilfred, too, seemed taken aback as if he hadn’t expected it.
“Wait, Roxelyn. You’re saying this guy is from Makruxa?”
“Yes.”
“So, you’re telling me that Makruxa orchestrated this missing persons case?”
Roxelyn looked at Gerun pensively and then slowly nodded.
She hesitated for a moment, debating whether to tell Gerun the truth.
But the hesitation didn’t last long. She felt no need to consider Gerun’s feelings.
“Not just the missing persons case, but the current epidemic and the arson incidents as well.”
Gerun froze.
“What?”
He asked in a subdued voice.
Gerun probably didn’t know. After the death of his wife, it was said that Marquis Gerun Wilfred had secluded himself for a long while.
In fact, Roxelyn had accidentally learned that all these separate incidents were linked to Makruxa.
If the King of Makruxa hadn’t come to her to offer the Queen’s position blatantly, she wouldn’t have known either.
This organized crime group, structured like a dotted line, was that dangerous.
After a long period of seclusion, Gerun Wilfred had emerged and eventually followed Roxelyn.
‘Well, thinking about it now, it seems it was never about killing her but about shifting the timeline…’
So, perhaps Gerun Wilfred had caught Roxelyn before others could kill her and thrown her into an underground dungeon.
Of course, even if he knew, it wasn’t something that could be forgiven.
“…”
Roxelyn looked at Gerun Wilfred.
His pupils, vertically slit, stared at the unconscious man.
โWait, vertically slit pupils?โ
How could a human’s eyes be vertically slit?
Roxelyn widened her eyes and then took a deep breath.
It was extremely rare for a species to have their pupils vertically slit when excited or agitated.
Fortunately, since he was bowing his head, only Roxelyn, who was shorter than Gerun, could barely see this.
“Gerun.”
Roxelyn called out to Gerun.
Gerun’s eyes slowly rolled towards Roxelyn.
“Don’t dwell on the past. I’d rather you listen to everything first. Letโs go somewhere quiet.”
At Roxelyn’s words, Gerun looked down at her and smiled, his expression unchanged as usual.
Suddenly, with his usual gaze returned, Gerun lifted the young man.
“I could use a little more venting, though.”
But at that, Roxelyn replied slyly, causing Gerun to hesitate.
“But we have that priest here. Isn’t that right, Intermediate Priest Asidore?”
Roxelyn smiled brightly.
The priest, looking down at the bloodied young man, nodded with a pale face.
“Ah, yes…”
“Then, it wouldn’t look good to do this here, so I’ll receive your favor later.”
Gerun did not explicitly refuse.
“And… it seems we have quite a lot to discuss, don’t we?”
“Not at all.”
Roxelyn answered firmly.
At her resolute refusal, Gerun chuckled softly.
“Roxelyn, it stinks here, let’s just leave.”
Just as he was about to speak, Arma carefully pulled her back.
Naryan seemed to have lost interest in this side and was already pulling Yuldian to explore the market.
“Speaking of which, priests are also skilled in the art of hiding things.”
With a smiling face, Gerun tied up the young man and pushed him into the priest’s arms.
“I hate getting my clothes dirty. You, take this guy to my mansion.”
“โฆPardon?”
“And Roxelyn. If you dislike being my daughter, being my granddaughter is fine too.”
“You’re insane.”
“Wait, what about your daughter now? Roxelyn?”
As they chattered and moved away, Priest Asidore’s face crumpled.
He bit his lower lip as he saw blood staining various parts of his pristine priestly garb.
“Damned nobles…”
He looked down at the responsibility thrust upon him with a troubled gaze and sighed.
“Stupid fool…”
With narrowed eyes, Asidore placed his hand on the young man’s forehead.
At the same time, a white light of healing began to seep from his fingertips…
“I knew it would come to this.”
A voice came from behind.
“The traitor isn’t far, see?”
Asidore’s body tensed up.