I'm A Villainess, Can I Die? - Chapter 118
Translator and Editor: Effe and Tea
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Chapter 118
“How is the surveillance on the Marquis’ side proceeding?”
Aaron asked. Alogen, who had just been laughing until then, quenched his throat with the cold tea and replied.
“First of all, we are planting a few wizards and watching. There is no suspicious person going in and out of the house. However, because the mastermind uses magic, it is useless to actually watch the passage.”
The Magic Tower was in charge of monitoring the helpers. They were good at stealth, and they had the ability to observe from a distance.
Besides, they can feel the reaction to magic.
It was about ten days ago that they started to keep an eye on the Marquisate in earnest…… It was because of a wizard’s corpse found near the Marquisate’s Forest.
The body appeared to have been killed by a monster.
The corpse was so decomposed that it was difficult to recognize its appearance, but traces of the monster could be found in the clothes torn by the claws of a large monster and the strangely broken ribs.
In fact, the discovery of the body was the most awkward thing.
They used to pass through the forest several times to watch the Marquis, but they had never found such a body before.
The decomposed corpse, which seemed to have been dead for four months, was suddenly found in a tree about ten nights ago.
It’s like someone wanted to show it off.
It was suspicious because it was too revealing, but they couldn’t pretend they didn’t see it, even if it was evidence that was planted there deliberately. Because they could not rule out the possibility that the Marquis was a collaborator with the criminal.
So, while reducing the number of surveillance candidates to a few families, at the same time the number of guards attached to the Marquisate was doubled.
“It’s a mess.”
Marquis Lachapel was a man like a snake.
Aaron thought of his red eyes and gently closed his own eyes.
“If the High Priest is really behind it, there might be people watching over the temple. They can inspect the temple and destroy the evidence. Even if it’s a little urgent, we will take measures so that the next day, we can conduct an investigation focusing on the families that have now been on the list. Please secure the people from the Magic Tower as well.”
“Yes. Of course.”
Aaron closed his eyes and recalled the process of confiscating noble families.
‘First of all, making a request to the imperial family would be a priority.’
It’s not something that will be dealt with in a few days, but since this is a problem, it will be possible to get permission quickly. If they suddenly invaded, there would be some resistance from the nobles, but that didn’t matter.
For the time being, those who are innocent are frightened by the phrase ‘investigation behind the monster incident,’ and will respond to the investigation even if they are a little hesitant.
Nobles know how dangerous it is to be accused of a monster case.
The monster incident simply endangers the empire, it is not a problem that can be solved on one’s own. Putting the empire at risk, this was tantamount to endangering the imperial authority.
In a word, it meant treason.
And the consequence of treason…… is death
“Cough.”
In the darkness, the shabby figure let out a harsh cough. A handful of red blood was smeared on the hand of the man who had covered his mouth.
The man rubbed his trembling hands on his clothes. Wherever he moved his hand, red blood left traces.
“This…… damn it…….”
The high priest murmured as he looked at the blood on his hands and clothes. A groan of resentment flowed between the gaps between his sentences.
About ten days ago he had started coughing up blood. The day he decided to deal with all those who got in the way of his plans.
First, he dumped the body in the woods around the Marquisate in order to put all the blame on the unhelpful Marquis and gain time to escape.
‘Even if they think it’s strange right now, once the investigation starts, something will come to light. It can buy me enough time to escape.’
He and the Marquis had made a contract so that they could not reveal each other’s existence.
So, even if the Marquis was caught, he wouldn’t be able to speak about the High Priest
Such a contract was made in preparation for a day like this in the first place.
That stupid bastard wouldn’t have thought to use a contract like this on his own.
Then he moved to the outskirts and released the monsters. To kill Lucas.
There were at least twelve of them. It was a lot of pressure for him to use so many monsters at once, but if he could defeat Lucas…… It was worth it.
However, that was also his arrogance.
There he watched Lucas cut the head off the snake he had made. He picked up his sword and slaughtered the monster even though he was grazed by the snake’s venom.
When the poison had spread to his left arm, he used only his right arm, and even though he was out of breath from exhaustion, he stood firm and swung his sword.
The high priest had to listen to all twelve bursts that day.
The fact that twelve marbles were destroyed in one day was a bigger blow than anticipated.
He vomited blood that day, right after the twelfth burst.
As soon as he started coughing up blood, he began to feel very unwell. He was drying out, his hair was falling out……. To make matters worse, a few days later, while he was still not feeling well, the sound of a huge burst rang in his ears.
It was something he had never experienced before. A noise like a building collapsing right in front of his eyes.
The high priest could not even open his eyes properly for a while due to the shock.
In his dizzy mind, he struggled to pull the book from his chest and turned the pages. Before long, he was able to discover the identity of the noise on the ‘Red Marble’ page.
‘While using a red marble on a person, the probability of failure increases. The most prevalent side effect is that the marble explodes inside the body. In that situation, the shock to the caster is more than doubled.’
The high priest lost hearing in his right ear that day.
He continued to vomit blood, his strength declined, and he lost hearing in one ear.
Could there be anything worse than this?
The high priest was frustrated. He couldn’t figure out how it had come to this.
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