I’ll Become the Female Lead in this Trashy Webnovel - Chapter 39-1

39. The Culprit Is In Here (1)

The carriage carrying Sohee was heading back to the Crown Prince’s Palace.

Her eyes narrowed, giving the withered plants planted on the roadside a meaningless stare.

“’Trendspaper’. Where have I heard it?” She murmured.

Trendspaper, the company’s name written at the edge of the newspaper Bianca threw, continued to linger in her head.

Mary, who was sitting across her, answered quickly as if she had been waiting.

“I know that newspaper company! It had topped monthly sales this time, defeating the newspaper made and distributed by the McKinley Royal Household?

“A newspaper company?”

“Yes, My Lady. The company suddenly got a huge investment and went viral.”

So-hee’s eyes widened in shock.

She naturally thought of Bianca upon hearing the word ‘huge investment’.

When she mentioned that the newspaper’s name sounded familiar, she recalled that she had written it herself in the plot.

The Eurecia Family had created this newspaper company.

Kelly, who had suffered an impoverished life, was able to stand her ground with Bianca’s help, eventually creating a situation where her father, who had been ignoring her her whole life, had to be nice to her.

In the end, the role of this device was to use the newspaper to form a political opinion and take revenge on the villains who tormented him.

Unfortunately, the newspaper’s current role was to bury Ariad.

It was ironic that the device the author made herself was threatening the plot development.

If the newspaper company’s informant was Bianca, she would have attached a spy next to Ariad.

Obviously, her black-and-white photo at the Filtmore mansion was Ariad before Sohee possessed her body.

However, it was necessary to look around to see if anyone had followed her there.

After enough contemplation, So-hee smirked.

“It’s not fun if everything just goes smoothly. This has to be interesting!”

At Sohee’s murmur, Mary gave her a puzzled look.

As Mary continued to look at her strangely, So-hee fell into her own world and kept muttering under her breath.

“Joshua. If you’re helping me, why don’t you make it a bit obvious? How can you do things so quietly? You must be a very strong shield. Hahaha.”

Anyway, the female lead had no choice but to win in this world.

No matter how hard she would be tormented, it wouldn’t be so difficult as long as she received Joshua’s love and protection.

Mary’s eyes narrowed upon seeing her constantly smiling like a madman.

“Excuse me, My Lady.”

“What?”

“We have arrived but… Isn’t the atmosphere a little strange outside?”

Only then did So-hee, who had been so immersed in her thoughts, glanced at the Crown Prince’s Palace through the carriage window.

The building was already familiar to her but, as Mary said, the servants seemed a little busier than usual.

“Why is everyone running around like that?”

“That’s what I’m saying, my Lady.”

Puzzled, So-hee stepped out of the carriage and approached them.

The almost inaudible thump of her shoes stepping on the carpeted floor gradually accelerated to a run and soon reached the third floor where Joshua’s office was located.

“Please don’t run, My Lady!”  Mary gasped after So-hee.

When Ariad arrived at the floor where Joshua was staying, the little bit of anxiety she felt grew to panic the instant she saw the stains on the marble floor.

The bloodstains down the hallway had extended to Joshua’s study.

The servants were mopping hard but the dried blood couldn’t be erased from Sohee’s mind.

So-hee caught a mopping maid and asked.

“What’s going on?”

Then, she answered quietly in a trembling voice.

“His Highness, The Crown Prince, is hurt.”

* * *

This world’s strongest man was attacked by an unknown terrorist.

So-hee stared blankly at the man sitting across from her.

To be exact, his arms were seriously injured and he was unable to move.

“You’ll probably say that your wounds aren’t a big deal.” Sohee’s small and thin voice echoed through the office.

Unlike her, whose body was slightly trembling, Joshua’s face, with his back against the setting red sunlight, seemed infinitely relaxed.

“Just say, ‘It’s nothing’ even if you can’t use your arms at all.”

Joshua hadn’t brought up anything yet, but So-hee felt desperate that she stopped him in advance.

The man watching So-hee calmly drew a beautiful smile that didn’t seem to fit the situation.

“It’s not that I can’t use my arms forever. I just can’t use them for a while.”  He dared to correct her even if he thought it was unnecessary.

After laughing due to embarrassment, Sohee fell into thought.

She couldn’t believe that the monster appeared at this time and no matter how she thought about it, it was a very bizarre development.

Even Joshua’s current injuries would be an integral part of the web novel but none of it was recorded in her synopsis.

If the synopsis had become so twisted because of her, the attacker must have been connected to her as well.

Upon reaching this flow of the accident, Sohee began to assume that the criminal was among those involved with Ariad.

First of all, Bianca didn’t make it obvious but she loved her son very much so there was no reason to attack Joshua by making other people do it for her.

PASS.

Next was Kelly.

Even though she was blinded by jealousy, she had no reason to attack a man she had a crush on so that’s a PASS.

The only person in this wasteland who would do this to Joshua was Daniel McKinley since he wanted to fight for the throne.

However, he was currently on the battlefield and appeared only at the end, interrupting Kelly and Joshua’s love.

She must pass Daniel, as well.

So, who’s left?