Chapter 117
“Speak, I will speak! I have a guess!! I'll tell you everything!! So please don't leave me here, madam…… !!”
Confined in a dungeon and given poisoned food and water, Eucalyptus was very rejected. He managed to hold on for up to two days, but now he was at his limit. At this rate, he never knew when he would put the poison he had made into his mouth his. Eucalyptus, who desperately wanted to avoid that, brought out his words.
“Actually, there is one more thing that Your Majesty has instructed me to do separately.”
“What is it?”
“He instructed me to keep an eye on the relationship between the mistress and my master. He kept an eye on the relationship between the two of you, and emphasized to report it especially when the relationship between the two of you was bad. Judging from this, His Majesty's intentions are probably…….”
Eucalyptus couldn't bear to speak and bit her dry lips. Rafel was now breathless and focused terribly on her words. But she gritted her teeth as if she could n't stand her impatience her, since she was the one who was far from Her patience her in the first place. But in this situation, unexpectedly, Annette opened her mouth.
“Okay. I think you know what I mean. After you poisoned me, Your Majesty was probably trying to put the blame on Rafel. Isn't it?”
“…What?”
Rafel's eyes shook at the shocking words. It's shocking that her beloved wife almost died, but she was going to take the blame herself? It was a terrible conspiracy that would make you vomit at the mere mention of it. Reality they faced.
Annette patted the back of his hand, feeling sorry for Lapel's agitation nearby.But now was not the time to take her eyes off Eucalyptus.After confirming that Eucalypse's expression hardened at her words, Annette asked the question again.
“Am I right, Eucalyptus? After you kill me later, you intend to testify that Rafel ordered you to do it, right? Especially when Rafel and I are on bad terms. Unless that's the case, there's no reason to give an order to report when the marital relationship is bad.”
“…….”
“Where shall I guess? His Majesty probably meant to make you give false testimony. And he would have pretended to put you in jail and promised to get you out later. Perhaps with a pretty hefty payoff.”
Eucalyptus could not bear to admit this and shuddered. Seeing this, Annette smiled bitterly. Apparently, this was King Celgratis' method. He pretends that the chess pawn he has been using so much is actually someone else's. Committing a crime but deferring the responsibility to others. Annette regretted why her former self had not known this.
“Stupid eucalyptus. You have been tricked by His Majesty.”
Annette's words made Eucalyptus' eyes shake.Although he had no choice but to confess, it seemed that he had not yet abandoned the string of hope.I don't know what kind of reward King Celgratis promised, but it seemed like he showed me a pretty sweet dream. Annette felt the need to shatter that dream.
“Did you think there were only one or two people like you? I've been through this situation before. And at that time, I saw how the palace attendants who were used by His Majesty were treated. 'Re curious? It will be your future anyway.”
“Well, what are you talking about… Lady…….”
“The poor attendants carried out Your Majesty's orders. And, believing in the soon-to-be rewarded, he was quietly imprisoned in the dungeon. Then, one dark morning, the guards suddenly came and beat them up. In sacks and were carried out on carts. Then, it was burnt in an incinerator and buried somewhere behind the palace garden.”
“…….”
“By now, yes. Could it have been a pretty camellia flower? That's how His Majesty keeps promises. Do you understand now?”
After finishing his words her, Annette smiled neatly like a single camellia flower.It was not even a lie anyway.He only slightly exaggerated what he had heard from Rylin.Shocked by this,Yukali murmured as her hand her her her gripping her spear her her trembling.
“It can't be, I can't……. Your Majesty must promise me…….”
“Okay. Tell me, Eucalyptus. What did His Majesty promise you in exchange for poisoning?”
Then, like a mute who had eaten honey, Eucalyptus shut her mouth.She seemed unable to say what she had been promised in exchange for killing her in front of Annette.But it didn't matter.It was enough to ask Raileen to investigate .
But Rafel didn't seem willing to wait until then.The lapel that he had managed to suppress the bloody intent to kill so far suddenly exploded.The brazen woman in front of her was also good at putting up with my brazen attitude.Lafel, Unable to hold back his anger until the end, smashed the bars with his fist.
Quaang-
With a tremendous roar, part of the bar on which the eucalyptus was hanging dented. It was truly explosive power. Eucalyptus was so shocked that she couldn't even scream and turned white.
Lapel, who completely terrified Eucalyptus with a terrifying force, shone with a lifelike gaze. He roared close to howling, baring his white molars.
“Say it!! Tell me what you were promised!! What the hell did you get, my wife!! Tell me if you are trying to kill my person!!!”
At first glance, his shouting that he almost lost Annette with both eyes open was heartbreaking. Rafel's terrifying eyes her glare at her right in front of him, and Eucalyptus fell into incontinence. Eucalyptus, who had been unable to breathe properly and was making conv hiccups, finally came to his senses.
Rafel, who was looking at this, wordlessly grabbed his spear. It seemed that if I didn't pull out and kill Eucalyptus right away, I wouldn't be able to get rid of it. Now I know love, I know the warmth of a precious person, but I almost lost all of this. Because of that stupid councilman who was only deceived by the king's flattery.
“Lapel, what are you doing?”
Annette, surprised by his vicious spirit her, asked. However, Rafel, whose eyes were red with anger, silently tore off the bars. In his large grip, the iron bars bent and twisted like weak tree branches. And end Eucalypse's breath. Seeing this, Annette hurriedly stood up and grabbed his forearm of her.
“Calm down, Lapel. We still have to keep her alive.”
“…Why?”
Fortunately, it seemed that Annette's voice could be heard even in the midst of her anger Rafel asked the reason in a muffled voice, engulfed in anger.In response, Annette gently stroked his forearm as if to soothe him, and explained softly .
“There are still many things I haven't been able to ask of Eucalyptus. If Her Majesty learns of her ways of contacting her, we might be able to take advantage of them. If so, you may be able to obtain more credible evidence. And witnesses. It's something that I can use later to accuse Your Majesty.”
Lapel's hand, which was roughly tearing open the iron bars, stopped. As always, Annette's training worked.
Rafel slowly lowered his head and consciously took a deep breath Annette was right At least one piece of evidence would have been more favorable Going mad with the fury right in front of his eyes he did n't help much now was n't revenge.
Rafel's first priority was to protect Annette.His sword his his should not be used to oppress others or rise above.It had to be used to protect the woman who showed me love for the first time in my life.Himself.
'I don't mind being a sword master now.'
Originally, it was the realm that I longed for so much. It was a regrettable goal that slipped in the end, even though it looked like it was going to be reached just as close to it as his chin-up every time. I have a more important goal than that.
Rafel now prioritized what was most important to him. He thought that as long as Annette was safe, he would not need any of the world's wealth and glory. Some might call her foolish, but she was her own glory her and her own treasure her So what more could you ask for?
Rafel somehow felt as if he had gained a new realization. His eyes his, which had been clouded by anger until just now, regained their original light. Then, what caught my eye was a lovely face looking up at me with worried eyes from the side. Every moment her lips she called her own name was special.
“Lapel….”
Lafel's hand was itching to wipe that beautiful cheek right away. He casually tossed the half-broken bar in his hand. He was worried that he might brush against Annette while holding such a hideous thing. It must be because of his mood.
Annette's her pupils her seeing this scene, suddenly caused an earthquake She pointed her finger at the iron grate that Lapel had thrown out with an uncharacteristically startled look on her face.
“You now… Did you stick the grate into the stone floor?”
What is this sound?Rafel thoughtlessly turned to the side where he threw the bars.And his eyes widened too.The bar, apparently thrown at random, was unexpectedly deeply embedded in the stone floor.Soft mud.
Rafel himself did not know what was going on, so he gave a puzzled look. Why is it stuck like that? There was no way the blunt end of the broken bar could pierce the stone floor. Loaded.
At this time, Annette carefully grabbed his wrist with a trembling hand and lifted it up.And he reached out to Rafel as if showing off.
“Lapel, your hands are shining! Can you see?”
