Chapter 272 – Mistakes
“Hasene, you would know. How Alicia is now.”
A feeling of pressure on all sides.
Hassene’s red eyes trembled violently in the middle of the thick murder that seemed to make quite a few people pass out on the spot, let alone stand.
And the questionable answer that comes right back.
“Hwa, did something happen to the princess?”
It was a reaction full of bewilderment.
Wolfgang guessed two possibilities from his sister’s attitude. Either that she doesn’t really know what’s going on, or that she pretends not to know.
Although he lived what people commonly call a war hero, her life was not completely flawless. Behind a shining reputation lies a shadow.
Even the blood on her hands is easily counted over a thousand, and she has survived more than five years in a place called a battlefield where human malice can be faced in the most gruesome form.
In other words, it means that he knows how to achieve a few things without the help of others by using ‘appropriate means’ to extract the truth from his enemies.
And the suspicious kinship in front of her was far more like an enemy than an ally by Wolfgang’s standards. His family, who left only bad memories with each other, are, in a way, more difficult than enemies.
Hearing Hassene’s answer, Wolfgang’s life grew thicker.
“Are you going to pretend? Well, it doesn’t matter.”
Besides, his sister was trying to brainwash her step-sister, whom she met for the first time.
What happened once could well happen twice. And usually the second is easier to do than the first. That is why, when a crime occurs, ex-convicts who live near the place of the crime are the first to become suspects.
There was no reason to take a soft attitude.
Rather, if you show a foolish look, you might try to do something stupid by taking it easy on the other person.
—Goooh… !
“Keheuk…?! Oh, brother! Su, breath…!”
“I know. I read your body’s reaction. It’s a body that has been trained quite hard. Without breathing at all, it should be able to maintain life activities for the next 3 minutes and 20 seconds. Please think of the right answer within that.”
Hassene’s pupils constricted and small convulsions began to occur throughout her body.
Right now, Wolfgang was holding his sister’s slender body as if it were about to break, approaching the line and injecting plenty of his thick mana into it. In other words, he was in a situation where he had completely secured the right to escape from life or death.
Under imperial law, the principle of presumption of guilt instead of the principle of presumption of innocence is applied to ex-convicts, so sometimes a little harsh interrogation is conducted. Many people unfortunately lost their lives in the process.
Of course, the woman in front of her was his sister, but that fact had no effect on Wolfgang.
—Touk, took… !
“Do you have 30 seconds left? 3 seconds will be enough time to answer. Think carefully within that time.”
Fully bloodshot eyes and a pale face. Hasene, feeling that her life was threatened, struggled with her hands around her, choking on her breath. Somehow she was in order to escape Wolfgang’s clutches.
She wanted to say something, but her throat was locked and she couldn’t even say a word. Her face, which boasted of her deadly beauty, had long since been a mess with flowing tears.
She really intends to release her just before she runs out of breath.
Called ‘the last breath’, this torture used to be used as the most efficient means of interrogation on the battlefield. No matter what kind of venom or liar, at the last moment when the light of life was fading, they had no choice but to spit out the truth.
A bluish complexion and a limp body from convulsions. Staring indifferently at the ghastly face that was no different from a corpse, Wolfgang calmly opened his mouth as if giving an ultimatum.
“Hasene. What did you do to Alicia?”
Before long, the answer that barely came back just before I literally ran out of breath.
“Ah… Nothing…”
“What…?”
Wolfgang couldn’t help but be greatly embarrassed for a moment.
He stared into his sister’s eyes the entire time, because of the possibility of cheating.
Every sign of lies he knew, fluctuations in blood flow and subtle mana flows, as well as the unique mental waves flowing from his brain, were thoroughly monitored.
Nevertheless, not a single sign of falsehood was felt. People can lie, but the human body cannot lie.
In other words, Hasene confessed the unmistakable truth to him.
—Slowly…
Faced with the unbelievable truth, Wolfgang’s grip naturally gave way, and Hassenne’s slender body collapsed forward as if it were about to collapse.
Her sister’s white shoulder was mangled by the gruesome bruises he had left behind, and her asphyxiated body lay limp in his arms, motionless.
“You…”
Wolfgang, with a confused face, only belatedly began to slowly energize his sister’s body.
It was very complicated in many ways.
No matter how dire the situation, the reason he acted so harshly was because he believed that Hassene had betrayed Alicia’s trust.
After the situation with Count Schwarz was settled.
Despite Wolfgang’s concerns about her, Alicia gave her a chance to rehabilitate, keeping Hasene closest to her rather than trying to brainwash her.
Of course, he had mercy on her because she was his sister and she was worth using. Anyway, she was risky, putting a ticking time bomb next to her, and she thought it would definitely happen someday.
And Wolfgang judged that complacency had returned to its worst form today.
Her regret and regret for not being able to stop Alicia at the time, and her resentment at Hasene for betraying her benefactor, pushed her sister to the brink of death.
What if she really scared her innocent little sister who was trying to get on with her new life?
She’s rather Hassene, she’s literally made her big mistake by not being able to win over her emotions.
Wolfgang felt guilt run down his spine.
“Uh… Oh, brother.”
“…Hasene.”
As he grabs her by the wrist and invigorates her, Hasene quickly closes her eyelids in Wolfgang’s arms.
It was amazing. In the first place, the last breath itself is a method that has no aftereffects despite the risk of death and extreme pain, but even so, it is not enough to wake up in just a few minutes.
Does her sister also have a bizarrely strong life force like her brother?
Eventually, when Hasene completely regained her strength, Wolfgang lowered her head with a confused expression.
“I’m really sorry. I want you to…”
“Ah, no. Rather, it might have been a little better… I think I’ve come to understand the princess’s tastes.”
In response, Hassene blushed and carefully avoided Wolfgang’s gaze.
She had such a soft attitude that she couldn’t believe that she was the woman who had been tortured by her brother just before.
“What?”
“Ahaha…! It must have been nothing but nonsense! But brother, what the hell is this all about?”
“That reaction, after all, you really didn’t know.”
Wolfgang let out a big sigh at the sight of her sister, who couldn’t even figure out what the hell was going on. It seemed that I had misplaced my feet.
On the other hand, Hasene glanced at her older brother who was sighing heavily in front of her with sharp eyes several times, and calmly settled the situation.
“Hmm, I guess I understand it roughly. What’s wrong with the princess now, and my older brother suspects me as the prime suspect, so I feel good… No, I guess he tried to interrogate me in a rough way?”
“It’s accurate.”
“Then it seems that the problem is more in the mind than the body.”
With just a few words, Hassene draws conclusions that are close to the truth in an instant.
Even though she was tortured and tortured, let alone told Wolfgang about her situation, she was surprisingly good at judgment.
Could it be that there was a good reason for winning the position of successor over his older brothers in the family of Count Schwarz, where a weak and clumsy person could not survive?
Even if she were a younger sister, the only common denominator that existed between Wolfgang and Hasene was her short, brief memories of her childhood.
‘… It’s a strange feeling.’
In fact, Wolfgang, who had lived as an only child, was unfamiliar with his brother’s appearance for the first time.
“Brother?”
“Huh?”
In the midst of that thought, Hasene, who seemed to be thinking about something about her while holding her chin, smiled at her Wolfgang and said.
“For now, should we go to the princess together? If it’s a mental problem, I think I can help.”
“I will.”
In response, Wolfgang readily nodded his head.
As long as Hasene’s innocence is revealed, her help as a person with the ability to paranormalize the spirit world will be of great help in resolving the case.
