I'm A Villainess, Can I Die? - Chapter 100
Translator and Editor: Effe and Tea
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Chapter 100
The man asked for the forbidden book to be burned in the temple then left after praying, and the high priest opened the book out of simple curiosity.
The contents of the book were interesting.
Indeed magic that could transcend the wizard…. no human realm was described.
The high priest fell into the book in an instant. He thought it was too wasteful to throw it into a fire.
The High Priest called his wizard friend and discussed the contents of the book.
His friend, who was a high-ranking wizard of the Magic Tower, read the book and drooled as soon as he saw the phrase “forbidden magic” and cast magic right in front of his eyes.
The results were disastrous.
His friend was brutally annihilated beyond recognition.
Covered head to toe with the blood of his friend, the high priest looked at the book with fearful eyes.
It, too, was covered with blood, but the book was intact.
The high priest lifted the book that had fallen to the ground with a trembling hand. Whether he burned it or whatever, he had to pick up the book.
But as he touched the book, the dead friend’s magic began to flow into his body.
It was a weak power, but in today’s world, weak magical power was better than weak divine power.
The high priest’s blue eyes began to glow with desire for the power that made his fingertips tingle.
Yes, that day was when all of this started.
The high priest gradually obtained magic and began to feel great greed.
The desire to have more power and strength.
Coincidentally, the book also had a magic spell to steal others’ power and make it his own.
With magical powers, he began to use black magic. Even though his friend had exploded to death right in front of his eyes, the joy of the power accumulating in his body was greater than the fear.
There was a condition to steal other’s powers through black magic.
The condition was…… The age of the target is an adult. At first, the high priest killed the old priests in his temple and seized their power.
And the number gradually increased.
One, two, and so on until the victim number was too much that he couldn’t count them.
“This is…… It’s for the future of the temple. Everything is Ariana’s will…….”
Every time he killed someone, covered his hands in blood, and usurped someone else’s power, the High Priest rationalized his actions. He needed strength to raise the name of Ariana when the authority of the temple had hit rock bottom.
It was a strange rationale.
Under that twisted excuse, it had been five years since his horrific acts began.
He met a boy.
The boy was a child living in an orphanage. He was a boy with dark hair, black eyes and a hard face.
High Priest Vanessa found his gaze drawn to the child in an instant. It wasn’t because the child boasted outstanding looks.
But rather the divine power overflowing through the child’s body.
That’s right, he was fascinated by the boy’s aura, understanding the child would make a great future sacrifice.
The high priest decided to take the boy named Ian to the temple and raise him.
Ian was given a closed temple as his residence. There was only one reason. Priests do not easily reach that place, and it was …….easy to hide the magic circle in such a place.
The magic contained in the circle was a kind of brainwashing magic. Ian would slowly lose his confidence, and gradually make people around him hate him.
The high priest whispered to him every day while Ian slept in the magic circle.
Your power is useless. You are useless. I am the only one who takes care of the stupid and incompetent you. So, you…… You must listen to me carefully.
This is all for you.
Ian’s coming-of-age ceremony was just a few years away after raising him as a sacrifice while taking care of him.
Before Ian became an adult, the High Priest made plans seriously again.
After appropriating Ian’s power, how will he increase the authority of the temple?
Yes, how can he stand tall above everyone and rule people with the will of God Ariana?
So the high priest vacated the temple for a while.
In order to find a person who could provide the money needed for the plan, as a link to the noble society, and feed the priests and wizards who will become his prey. And the first thing that caught his eye was the Marquis.
A snake without fangs, known openly as the head of the anti-emperor faction. A dying family that cannot let go of the glory of the past.
The high priest’s eyes shone.
Thus, the two began meeting.
The High Priest said he would listen to the Marquis, and the Marquis nodded.
Soon the two wrote a contract.
They will work for each other, and if they reveal the other person’s name, they will compensate with death.
The contract burned red and left an imprint on their bodies. It was an imprint that would not disappear unless one of them died.
What the Marquis wanted was to destroy the duchy.
Destroy the Duchy and rise to the top as the only real power in this empire.
The high priest said he would be happy to cooperate. Instead, once the Marquis becomes powerful, he will give the temple appropriate power.
Since they wanted similar things, it was clear that the contract was satisfactory.
But the problem lay behind that contract. When he returned to the temple with a pleasant result…… his sacrifice had disappeared.
The high priest worked his head in agony.
Should he go and bring Ian right away, or should he bring Ian back gently? He can’t let go of him and have him taken away like this?
‘Ian, you don’t fit in there. Come back. Come back! Come back to your place!’
He wrote dozens of letters.
In the end, he couldn’t send any to the duke’s residence and threw them away in the trash can.
The high priest, who had worked hard for a long time and missed a large prey, went half crazy.
He had to take away Ian’s power and increase the temple’s power, so he had to pay for all the neglect and humiliation he had executed so far and stand tall on top of the nobles……. In the meantime, the news of the failure of the plan to use Jacob also came to his ears.
Putting Jacob next to the lady was the first incident since he joined hands with the Marquis.
The decent-looking, empty-headed man ran away from the Lady with no result.
Fortunately, the contract went into effect, and the empty-headed man truly became a fool, and the traces of the contract were burned away.
He knew that the Duke’s personnel were conducting a covert investigation, but it was clear that they would not find out that the priest and the marquis were behind it.
Still, the high priest remained anxious.
His cherished treasure was in the hands of others, and his plan had failed from the first step.
Anxiety blowing feebly in his heart soon turned into a storm and disturbed his head.
In the end, the high priest wrote a letter and sent it to Ian after thinking over and over again.
Each day he waited for the reply was a bloody time. It had been a while since Ian left the temple, so the effect of the magic circle must have faded.
And in the reply Ian sent, it was written that the Lady invited him.
The high priest thought it was a good opportunity.
If he could see Ian’s face, convince him well, and appeal to his emotions, even that stupid Lady would let him go.
However, the reality was different.
The Lady wished that Ian would remain, and the timid sacrifice confirmed that he would remain there himself.
The high priest was quick-witted. He already realized that the situation was irreversible.
He was robbed of his sacrifice, and Ian’s magic was nearly broken.
He’s even more stubborn here, so if he tried to take Ian by force…… After Ian’s death, the arrow of doubt will return to him.
The high priest quickly withdrew.
Instead, he changed the purpose of the meeting to making a good impression.
Because a good impression makes people vigilant. Maybe someday it will help.
In the carriage back to the temple, the high priest gasped in anger.
‘Because of that girl….’
All his anger at being deprived of his long-labored prey was directed at Selena.
‘The reason why the man named Jacob failed and why Ian decided to leave the temple and stay at the duke’s residence is all because of that woman!’
The High Priest’s eyes were turned upside down.
Yes, it was right to say that his eyes were turned upside down. He made up his mind to destroy the Duchy as soon as possible, even by using a radical method.
With bloodshot eyes, the high priest flipped through the dark magic book. Then, he stopped on a certain page.
Monster. Magic that allows him to revive dead monsters and control them at will. Yes……. If he used this, he could destroy the duchy……. He might even be able to cut off that girl’s life.
Moreover, he could build a new image of the temple by taking advantage of the chaos. Historically, there was a time when people were enthusiastic about religion, and usually at times when the country was in chaos and danger.
He went straight to the Marquis and described his plan to use monsters.
He can control the monsters himself, so he wanted to prepare wizards to be sacrificed for sufficient power. With that, he could destroy the Duchy in one grand action.
The Marquis gladly joined the plan.
At first, he was not good at controlling monsters, so he started by simply creating fear.
Since it would be easy for religion to infiltrate the territory where fear existed, the damage gradually increased after that, and around that time, the Duchy also started killing monsters.
The moment the first monster died, the High Priest felt pain as if his body was being cut, and he realized.
Instead of controlling the monsters, if they die, it will hurt him too.
Still, he couldn’t give up.
Because of his promise with the Marquis? No. It was because the High Priest was already half mad.
In the end, that’s how the monster situation had continued to this day.
The reddish eyes gradually found their own light.
The round, raised eyes curved again and soon changed to the gentle expression the high priest always wore.
“Hoho, what good would it be if we raised our voices among ourselves? Aren’t things going very well now? I succeeded in entering the Duke’s residence, and even had a maid to convey the situation of the duke’s residence. And above all…….”
The priest held the bottle of wine, red like his blood, in his hand and poured it into his glass.
The wine filled the glass in an instant, but Vanessa didn’t stop his hand. The wine stained the glass red, and even bathed the table.
Satisfied with the mess, Vanessa picked up a glass and poured its contents down his throat.
“I planted the seeds of the black flower in the Lady. Now she will die in less than half a year. Everything is going our way.”
The Marquis also hated the Lady for the same reason.
The woman who humiliated his daughter. Even so, if the woman who the family members of the Duchy care for terribly dies……. It will bring further confusion to the Duchy.
When he imagined the current duke’s distorted face, there was nothing more pleasant than that.
“Hahaha, right. That’s right. Yes…… And when the subjugation begins soon, let’s get someone to take down that cheeky knight and duke. Everything…… is as planned.”
The Marquis muttered to himself in delight as he brooded over the situation. Vanessa sneered at the Marquis and put the empty wine glass on the table.
‘Actually…… It’s not perfect because it’s a sudden plan, but……. that idiot doesn’t seem to care. Well, I have the power, so if I have to, I’ll put everything on top of that human, hide for a while, and aim for another chance. Besides…….’
Even if all the attacks fail, at least the Lady’s death will succeed.
The gentle-faced Vanessa faced the Marquis and nodded happily.
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