At that moment, a realization crossed Lilian’s mind.
Damian is the ultimate villain of the story. He is struck by Zagreb, an ancient weapon that attacks the mind, and loses a piece of his soul, and becomes completely insane after Lily Islar’s death.
Lilian Islar, who was nothing to him, also affected him by her suicide.
But…at that time, the method of death was the catalyst.
Now that she’s not trying to kill herself, maybe it’s okay.
But the problem was that it “might” be okay.
Although she’s at a loss because of the uncertain element of fear, Lilian will never give up. Seeing her like that, Damian smiled.
“Yes, my wife is a stubborn Turinian.”
Damian suddenly left Lilian and got up to go somewhere. What he soon brought with him was a small, slim dagger.
It looked like a beautiful piece of silver, but it was a knife with an awl-like blade. A strange force flowed out.
It was ominous.
“It is a sealed orb from the Magic Era. It has a spell that can seal the opponent’s mana when stabbed.”
“Why so suddenly…”
Taking Lilian’s hand, Damian smiled silently and forcefully squeezed the shiny silver awl.
“You have to hold it like this.”
Lilian, who had caught the dagger in Damian’s grasp, shot him a puzzled look.
“Your Highness!”
Damian calmly moved Lilian’s hand and pressed the tip of the knife to his throat. Lilian panicked and tried to pull her hand away, but it was useless.
“Calm down. Even if you stab me, I won’t die.”
“Doing this…!”
“You can’t hesitate. This is the carotid artery. You have to push everything until you can’t see the blade, and then you’ll be able to subdue me.”
“No!”
“You have to.”
Lilian screamed at first, but Damian was determined.
“If I hear what my wife is trying to say, I will surely lose my mind. I’m quite dangerous when I go mad.”
“If there’s something wrong with my body, my mana will instinctively try to restore it as a top priority. Therefore, I won’t have the energy to cause another incident.
If you do it right, you should be safe for about an hour.”
He wasn’t joking. Damian was sincere. He seemed crazy, but Lilian realized at that moment.
This is love.
Even if it was different from what is commonly called love, it couldn’t be otherwise…
Lilian’s fingertips began to tremble. Damian smiled like an angel at the look of realization and astonishment in her blue eyes.
Yes, she can’t. Even if he doesn’t die, she will never stab him.
So she won’t tell.
He asked, knowing that.
“What are you going to do?”
When Damian let go of her hand, the dagger slipped out of Lily’s hand as well. As if she had never held it by her own will, not even for a moment.
“How, how is that…”
The trembling that started in her hands spread throughout Lilian’s body. Damian quietly hugged the shaking Lilian.
It was something he did when he thought he’d be pushed away for being terrible and even slapped on the cheek. But Lilian didn’t resist. Rather, she embraced Damian.
“…!”
Damian, expecting disgust and contempt, was taken aback.
“You’re…angry, aren’t you?”
“It’s gone!”
Of course she was angry. He gave her a knife to stab him with, but she was so surprised and scared because she could feel that his words and actions were sincere.
No matter how much Lilian tried not to stab him, she was afraid that she would stab him with her own hand in this situation. She was angry now because she was scared.
But even if his throat was cut, she couldn’t get rid of the thought that he wouldn’t listen to the fact that she was going to die.
Lilian began to cry.
“How could you do this to me, how…”
“Yes, I was wrong. Please don’t cry.”
“Lies…!”
“I’m not lying. I know it’s wrong.”
He can’t say he won’t do it again. Damian thought as he comforted Lilian, who sobbed in his arms.
I will be scolded if I tell her never to forget what he taught her today.
No matter how much he thought about it, that was the surest way to control Damian Rupenwein, but Lilian wouldn’t accept it. Damian muttered subconsciously.
“That’s too bad.”
Hearing this, Lilian was convinced. There is something terribly wrong with this person.
It was as if the discrepancy she’d felt from the moment she’d first met Damian, the secret he’d been hiding, and the occasional mood swings had come to the surface. But Lilian couldn’t leave Damian behind.
The monster that rose to the surface loved her. Not wanting to hurt her in the slightest, he gave her a sword and taught her his weakness.
It’s horrible, but…
It was beautiful.
So she couldn’t leave him.
***
When Marianne was told that Ethan had been ordered to seduce Lilian, Marianne went mad.
“How could that be?”
Jang clang!
With a loud bang, Marianne’s favorite doll was smashed.
“Marianne!”
Duchess Blanchett stomped her foot with an even more painful look on her face. Why would she do something she would regret?
“Marianne, calm down and talk to mother. Okay? You’re the one who’s going to be upset if you break something that’s important to you like this.”
Crash! She threw the doll cabinet and had an accident. Marianne screamed as she wrapped herself around her slashed wrist.
“Marianne! My baby!”
Seeing the injured Marianne, Duchess Blanchett’s face turned pale. She ran over and embraced Marianne.
“Doctor, call a doctor at once! My darling!”
“Ah, ah, Mama…blood, blood…”
“Oh my God, how can this be?”
Holding her bloody arm, mother and daughter trembled and made a fuss. Eventually this situation was reported to Duke Blanchett.
“What a mess.”
After her most urgent moment was over, Duchess Blanchett glared angrily at her husband, who barely showed his face.
“How could you? If you hadn’t told Ethan to do that nonsense, none of this would have happened.”
Duke Blanchett clucked his tongue.
His wife had given birth to a late child, Marianne, after a long struggle. Maybe that’s why she used to lose her temper when it came to her daughter’s business, even if it was trivial.
However, unlike such a woman, Duke Blanchett was quick to calculate profit and loss. There were other reasons why he cared about his daughter, or pretended to.
In fact, Duke Blanchett intended to promote his daughter to the position of Crown Princess. The daughter of the Elector of Turin would end up as a Grand Duchess, but it’s his desire to make his daughter an Empress from a Crown Princess. But it wasn’t until Marianne was kicked out of the sorority that his calculations began to go awry.
Duke Blanchett was furious. Not because he loved his daughter, but because he thought he had made a mistake for the daughter of that wicked Turin.
As for the future Grand Duchess, Marianne’s position was suddenly narrowed.
The strict Great Feudal Lord Hemenlinna didn’t like him very much from the beginning, and then he completely abandoned her by touching the daughter of the Elector of Turin. His reason for supporting the Crown Prince, who hoped for the position of Crown Princess, disappeared as well.
Duke Blanchett immediately turned to the Emperor. Rather, he thought this would be a victory.
However, he had been silent for a long time, using the excuse of finding the best time to sell information out of fear of the Great Feudal Lord, who was still alive and well.
Finally, after the Great Feudal Lord died, after preparing his mind, he confessed everything, and the emperor’s reply was this.
“It’s too late, Duke Blanchett.”
Then he sent an invitation. It was a wedding invitation.
“If you had come a little earlier, it would have been fine. At least Aktura County would have been granted.”
Aktura County was a breadbasket and had a lot of tax revenue. Besides, holding one more earldom would have allowed Blanchett to rise in the ranks of the High Lords.
But all that was blown out of the water by his hesitation and fear.
In such a state, when the Emperor’s official mistress summoned him, Blanchett made a vow.
Whatever has to be done, he will do his best. And he will take the Aktura County and rise to the ranks of high lords. In the end, he will become the Emperor’s right-hand man beyond the Electorate!
He is still alive. As long as he’s alive, he still has a chance to defeat the dead Elector of Turin.
The Emperor’s official mistress, looking at the ambitious Blanchett, said.
“Come to think of it, the Grand Duchess and Blanchett’s son are getting along well, haven’t you thought of talking about marriage?”
Duke Blanchett immediately understood what Rachel meant. He didn’t think his stubborn son would obey him, but he nodded unconditionally.
Fortunately, even though his son showed his displeasure, he obeyed him in the end.
Oh, of course he should. He wouldn’t be fine without this father! He’s doing everything to cultivate something for him to inherit.
It’s been a long time since his son was so admirable. Even now, he thought he’d come to his senses. However.
“My brother must seduce that bitch! Do you know how strong that bitch is already, father?”
“Marianne, why is that important? It’s all a game anyway!”
He never thought that his daughter would go out with such a fit when all she had to do was receive the ready meal.
But the immature daughter said the Grand Duchess looked at her strangely, and she just reacted. Even after she stopped, the woman cried loudly and said she felt sorry for her baby. The Duke had a headache.
“Noisy! This is why women and girls…”
Finally, the duke slammed the door and left. At the betrayal of her father, in whom she had believed, Marianne collapsed, her eyes rolling back.
“Marianne!”
She caught her baby! The desperate Duchess comforted her.
“My baby! Don’t do this, okay? Who is your mother? Mommy will take care of everything!
Mom will kill that bitch for ignoring my baby. Hm?”
Only then did Marianne’s breath, which had been on the verge of fainting, return.
With a flushed face, Marianne barely spoke.
“Promise…”
“Didn’t you see what mom can do?
Just wait a bit, okay? Don’t hurt mom like that.”
When Marianne nodded, the Duchess hugged her daughter with a pathetic heart.
“Just trust your mother.”
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