I'm A Villainess, Can I Die? - Chapter 114
Translator and Editor: Effe and Tea
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Chapter 114
So the three of us headed to the kitchen. As befitting a kitchen maid, the scene of the incident was also a kitchen. The kitchen was already crowded with people.
I don’t know why everyone gathered here just to see a scene. I tilted my head and walked slowly through the crowd.
When I appeared, the crowd opened the way. Is this how the miracle of Moses felt? I faced the scene feeling like I was looking at a mysterious path in a sea.
Indeed, it didn’t seem to be a false rumor that she collapsed vomiting blood. Traces of vivid red color remained on the marble floor.
I looked at it without much emotion.
It wasn’t that I didn’t have much tribute to the dead. However, because I had seen too many people dying due to a long life of caregiving, I just didn’t feel scared or anything like that anymore.
“The body is already taken?”
“Yes. Since it was a mysterious death, an autopsy is needed.”
“Oh my.”
I thought of the dark-haired maid who had been lying in the scene. Praying for the deceased’s peace of mind, I turned away without much result.
Seeing the scene did not seem to give me any relief. I only saw blood.
It was then. Tuk. Something caught me on my way back.
“What is this?”
As I muttered, looking at my toes, Jane and Aiden’s eyes turned to it. Aiden bent over and reached out his hand and picked up the stump at my feet.
“This…….”
Aiden held out his hand to me. On top of his outstretched hand was the object he had just picked up.
A piece of mysterious red marble.
“…… I must go to Brother.”
As expected, people’s senses sometimes work very well.
Aaron glared at the red pieces on the desk with a serious face. Alogen, who sat across from him, did the same.
“No matter how you look at it, it looks like a red marble, right?”
“Yes. It certainly is the red marble.”
“This was found in the maid’s mouth…….”
Muttering to himself, Aaron swept the marble. There were several pieces of it. As if it exploded and broke.
“Anyway, it seems that the human body couldn’t stand the red marble.”
“That means…….”
“She swallowed the marble, and it exploded inside.”
What a terrible thing indeed. Something exploded inside the human body. They felt sorry for the maid who lost her life in the aftermath.
“Could the maid be a part of them?”
Aaron frowned and asked.
“I don’t think she was a part of them…… She would have been used. Someone who knew about the red marble would not have thought of swallowing it. It seems that someone fed the marble to the maid named Bell, in order to plant a limb in the Duchy. But, it exploded like this.”
A sigh escaped from both of their mouths at once.
It was a sigh that came from sympathy for the person who died after being used, and the shock that a spy had been planted in the Duchy.
As the two sighed, someone knocked on the door.
“Brother, it’s me.”
“Ah, Selena.”
Aaron gladly responded to his sister’s voice, then glanced at the desk.
Indeed, he was worried about whether he could show this piece of marble to Selena.
But the troubles were quickly over.
As long as one spy was discovered, there was no guarantee that there weren’t more than one. It is better to tell her in advance and be careful.
Aaron got up and opened the door himself.
Selena stepped into the office with Aiden at her back. Jane was sent back.
“Sir Alogen is here, too.”
“Yes, Lady. Oh, should I step back?”
“No. You can listen to it, too.”
After Selena took a quick look at the people in the room, she decided to get down to business.
“I’m here to give you something.”
“To me?”
“Yes. This.”
Selena held out her hand and spread her palm. When the red piece she had clutched in her hand appeared, Aaron, who was smiling lightly, hardened his lips.
“I found it near the scene.”
Aaron had been looking at Selena’s hand and now looked at the desk with a side gaze. Selena followed Aaron’s gaze toward the desk.
“As expected, this is the marble.”
Selena muttered softly.
Aaron put Selena’s contribution on the desk, then suggested they move to the sofa.
A certain tension flowed between the four people sitting together on the sofa. Surprisingly, Selena was the first to break the tension.
Selena began to tell the story of ‘Bell’ who had died.
When Lucas mentioned her one day, her description of that day, and the testimony that the maid, Bell, was often absent-minded, and that the symptoms had started about a month ago.
As the story left Selena’s mouth, Alogen chimed in, saying it could be a side effect of the red marble’s magic.
“In that case, I guess we can do an investigation focusing on the activities from a month ago to today.”
As Aaron concluded, the three agreed. A few more words about the autopsy were added, and the discussion came to an end.
The meeting was disbanded, and Aaron stopped Aiden. Selena and Alogen returned to their respective rooms.
A heavy silence fell in the room where only the two of them were left. Sitting at his desk, Aaron let out a small sigh and faced Aiden.
“Aiden, take good care of Selena. It bothers me that the maid had entered Selena’s room. She surely didn’t approach it on purpose, or maybe it was just a coincidence…… but, just in case.”
“Yes. Lord. Don’t worry. I will protect her even at the cost of my life.”
SIncerity flashed in Aiden’s eyes. It was a grand answer, but it didn’t seem to contain a lie.
Aaron smiled bitterly and nodded.
“I’m sorry, but I’ll leave it to you.”
Day by day, he couldn’t feel comfortable.
“Who the hell could it be…….”
I muttered while stirring the black tea in front of my eyes.
I was enjoying tea time while resting my chin.
A person died in the mansion a few days ago, my family was pushed into war, and I’m having tea time.
I thought it was ridiculous, too.
However, my mouth was bitter and I couldn’t bear it unless I put in something sweet.
“Are you concerned about it?”
Aiden sat across from me and asked. After talking a little more with Brother a few days ago, Aiden had stuck by my side almost as much as Jane, perhaps even more than Jane.
Maybe it was a special order from my worried brother? To stay by my side?
It reminded me of the old days and I thought it was good. Well, when I tried to jump off the tower and got caught by Lucas.
I looked at Aiden without answering and only shrugged my shoulders. It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t concerned.
Everyone didn’t know it, but it must be because of me who made things move without realizing it. I was bound to be concerned about every move.
Well, thinking so, that maid also died because of me, right?
I felt depressed. I pushed people to death and now I’m eating cakes. I was disgusted with myself.
I moved the cake plate away and slammed my forehead on the table.
“Miss?”
“…… Sometimes, there are times like that. When you drown in guilt and suffocate.”
“Guilt?”
I closed my eyes without answering him. The child named Bell, who had died, kept popping in front of my eyes.
I felt like she was tightening my neck with resentful eyes and asking if it was because of me.
Oh no, it’s going to get carried into my nightmare. I rubbed my face and let out a deep sigh.
“Miss. Let’s get out.”
“…… what?”
I opened my closed eyes and looked at Aiden. I was still resting my chin on the table, so it would surely look funny.
“There’s nothing better than outside air to lift up the mood?”
Aiden reached out his hand.
A piece of leftover cake caught my eye. Staring at it, I reached out and placed my hand on his.
“Miss, do you remember the past?”
“What happened?”
He called me in a low voice, slowly following my steps.
“Don’t blame yourself.”
I raised my gaze and faced him.
As I saw Aiden’s face from the side, he was giving a small smile
“My fault becomes a habit, and even things that are not my fault also become my fault.”
Yes, I said that to the poor idiot who felt guilty for saving me. Anyway, I don’t know why this matter came out all of a sudden.
“I don’t know what the Miss’ guilt is, but…….”
The moment the word guilt came out of Aiden’s mouth, my gaze dropped from Aiden’s eyes and moved to his lips.
“Are you sure that it’s really your fault?”
“…… I don’t know.”
Yes. Is it really my fault? If not, then I had let the murderer go. Then, if the murderer killed another person…… Was it the fault of the person who let the murderer go?
I did not say anything.
First, since I don’t know who it is, I can’t even talk. I just acted as I chose.
The fact that they used monsters to inflict damage and killed a maid named Bell using black magic …..
“I don’t know. However, there are rational and emotional things. I know it’s not the case in my head, but I’m feeling it in my heart.”
Is this just self-evasion? Will the dead maid resent me? Is it really my feelings of guilt?
What I said became a boomerang and came back to me. It was funny.
Without giving any answer, we walked without speaking.
“Aiden. Wait a minute, I want to walk alone for a little while.”
“What? But, miss…….”
“Just a moment. A few minutes. You can follow after that. It’s because my head is complicated. Please.”
I wanted to walk a little alone. With Aiden by my side, it made my inside even more noisy. I feel like I’ve been caught doing something, and I don’t want to be caught.
Given the circumstances, I knew that Aiden was closely guarding me. I didn’t mean to force him, I just wanted to walk alone for a very few minutes.
When I made eye contact with him, Aiden nodded.
“If something happens, shout and call. Oh, and if that’s too difficult, use that ring. Master made it, so the ability is certain.”
I glanced at the ring on my little finger and nodded.
“Yes. Be sure to follow me in a few minutes.”
With that order, Aiden smiled mischievously. Ah, he has such a beautiful smile.
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