A Terminally Ill Villainess Refuses To Be Adopted - Chapter 19

At the same time.

The head of the Imperial Family, who has been involved in all the misfortunes of the North family from generation to generation, listened to the report from his subordinates with a bored face.

“Therefore. You mean you couldn’t find one single child?”

“……I’m sorry.”

A low-pitched voice with a profound charm rang out. It was very attractive, but no one in the room could feel the attraction.

“Useless.”

The man’s once beautiful face was slightly distorted.

With eyes filled with unending questions directed at someone, the Emperor of Bridium gave an order.

“Take care of it.”

He had to wait a week for this meager news, and he wasn’t merciful enough to let it slide any further.

One Count, who had come to report to him, was cut down.

Thus, the connections to the Guild of Athos were reduced by one. 

“Are the spies alive and well?”

Those spies have worked hard for a long time to infiltrate the North family. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this rebellion was successful because of them.

“There are still some left, your majesty.”

“Tsk.”

It was hard to believe that their numbers dwindled in a week.

“But their credit is huge.” 

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Is there anyone who wants to come back?”

“Yes, everyone wants to come back now.”

“They are loyalists. They are also those who have made great achievements, so we should treat them with respect.”

The Emperor twisted his lips and smiled.

“Let them go without pain.”

“As you command.”

The Emperor’s dog disappeared in an instant.

As soon as the dog arrives at their location, the spies will die alongside him. The Emperor could care less if that was what they wanted, but it must have been an honor nevertheless. 

“Huh…….”

The Emperor smiled softly.

He has caused such damage to a family that has cursed him his whole life, he was sure that even the future generations would appreciate what he had done.

“If only the young one is safely found, everything will be perfect.”

If I find him, I will draw out all the blood of the young beast.

“A lifetime of enmity resides in that blood. Don’t you think so? Prime Minister.”

– You are right.

A crackling sound echoed through the air.

The Emperor smiled and waved his hand.

“Wait a little longer while taking other measures. It’s not an area that we can touch without preparations.”

– Yes. Even if the House of North finds him first, we are willing to intercept it.

“Not bad.”

The Emperor laughed lowly.

“Really, not bad.”

The faces of those who have lost their Little Lord in front of their eyes will be worth seeing.

“If you do that, make sure to get a video clip.”

The sound of laughter echoing through the air grew harsh.

With a grin, the Emperor raised his knife.

Suddenly, blood gushed out from the steak that was being cut. Red flesh was crushed between the teeth seen on the moving mouth.

“It tastes better today.” 

The meal time of Argos Bridium, called the gentle tyrant, passed like that.

Peacefully, as if nothing had happened.

* * *

I was surprised that time has already passed like this. 

‘Two weeks.’

Come to think of it, it’s time for the North Family to change the direction of the search. 

It was the same in the original.

‘When the vassals found out that Raven was not in the imperial palace, they left the forest and searched in the {End Villages}.’

In the original story, Raven had not yet arrived at the Imperial Palace, so he was not in the palace, but…

‘At that time, he was being smuggled by the slave traders, but now that he’s with me, there won’t be any conflicts.’

If they are currently searching the {End Villages}, the speed of the original remains the same.

‘After about two weeks, they will start to get on their real game.’

This is also possible because the North Family has a space movement portal.

The only people who could teleport in this world were the direct descendants of the North family, and the only place where a portal of space movement exists is inside the North Family mansion.

‘That’s why they build a mansion in the deep forest to live comfortably.’

In the original work, despite having such abilities, it took a month before they could confirm Raven’s whereabouts in the Imperial Family due to a conflict in the middle.

It was because they realized a step later the series of events that had led Raven back into slavery.

When Raven was re-sold, the Guild of Athos twisted the route around with the North family’s pursuit in mind.

And only after a month, Rastavan, who had barely come to his senses, was able to protest against the Imperial Palace.

The Emperor himself said that he only bought one black-haired slave, but it was said that there was no evidence that the child was Raven North, who he had never seen before.

The North House couldn’t use their hands because the Emperor’s words implied that the child was being held hostage.

Rastavan had to pay a high price for the sacrifice attempt to rescue Raven. His magical power was in an unbalanced state making him run wild and become the Demon King.

Just like all other endings met by the successive heads of the North family.

After Raven escaped, he was forced to lead a broken family and subdue Rastavan by the Emperor’s orders.

It was the North family’s duty to subdue the person who became the Demon King, even if it wasn’t the Emperor’s command, because they had a covenant with the Imperial Family.

However, just before they set out to subjugate Rastavan, a red-gold bracelet flew in.

To be precise, a black eagle dropped it and went away.

It was Rastavan’s.

A memento that means that his magic was no longer felt and that he was dead. 

Raven took it, went into his office, and stayed silent for ten days.

And he went crazy.

But all those unfortunate events were things that would not happen anymore. There will be no need for him to be brought to the Imperial Palace again this time.

Perhaps if the vassals find Raven in this village, won’t they take him away?

‘No, it’s more likely to get caught by spies, so it might take longer to go back.’

Another incident shook the North family while they were searching for Raven.

The spies were trying to run away and the Emperor’s dog was ordered to kill them.

They exploded at the same time.

At that time, many people in the mansion were in critical condition, and many died as a result.

It was a decisive blow to the collapse of the North family.

The Emperor even said ‘It was a glorious death.’.

He was a very cruel man.

I quietly counted the time.

‘So, roughly, it will happen in the next month or so.’

Even if the vassals find Raven, I don’t know if they’ll take him right away. It will also take a little longer to find, as Raven has cleaned up his traces too much.

‘It’s going to take more time if they are doing both things at once: to search for Raven and to evade the Emperor’s dogs who spy on the family knights.’

I looked towards the forest of the shadow where the North family would reside.

Quickly.

Come on, take your precious child safely.

If possible, it would be nice to be able to prevent that unfortunate incident, but I don’t have the strength to do that, so I hope they can safely take Raven after that.

Because I don’t want him to die.

‘But is there really no way to avoid that explosion?’

I wanted to prevent people from dying even if I didn’t know them.

Besides,

‘I’m a little nervous.’

Our villain, instead of going to the Imperial Family, maybe he will be blown away together with the mansion.

Either way, thoughts began to flow in a terrible direction making me ponder quite seriously.

So I didn’t know.

That Raven was looking at me with cold eyes as I was looking at the forest side with a worried face.

* * *

(Raven POV)

April 4th.

It was only when I looked at the calendar that I knew what day it was today.

Raven paused after checking the date.

It’s the anniversary of my mother’s death. 

When he was in the family he wouldn’t bother to take care of it, but he never forgot it.

“…..”

Raven quietly looked at the calendar and moved on.

Even if it’s mother’s death anniversary, you can’t neglect to warm up. My body is heavier than usual, probably because of my mood.

So, another day began.

Daily life continued as usual.