When the Nemesis Eats the Wicked Woman - Chapter 91

“It’s funny. The Queen is the first person to stand there and say things like that.”

“It’s fair. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen an idiot who dared to say I’m ‘talking’.”(TL/N: in the previous episode, Berylia wasn’t ‘asking’ or ‘talking’, she was ‘demanding’ or ‘ordering’.)

Shadow finally burst into laughter.

To make a good trade, you need to try to trade on an equal footing with the opponent.

If you take a low stance from the start, you have no choice but to start at a disadvantage.

‘Of course, it was also a habit to fix that.’

The subordinates of Shadows still had their knees bent and heads bowed in an ‘extremely polite posture’.

Shadow, who was looking at them, frowned and asked,

“How long will my men keep their heads down like that?”

“Well. Until I feel better?”

“They’re children who are ‘softer’ than they look.”

‘……Excuse me…… Where is the tenderness and where are the children?!’

I checked Shadow’s men again, wondering if I had misunderstood.

It was a series of faces that looked as if each of them had at least 10 previous convictions, and were now either in life imprisonment or death row; to the extent that it felt like they had just robbed the prison for heinous criminals.

‘Hey, how can they be so thick and ugly without any omissions?’

Having seen people with facial features at the peak level, I thought that my eyes were strong during this time.

It was all thanks to Rixus and Johann. Fortunately, Shadow, who was in front of me, was a bit more bearable.

“I ask you respectfully. Let my men raise their heads.”

“……Sure.”

‘I’m not going to make Shadow suddenly attack me.’

I gathered back my powers, and Shadow’s minions let out groaning noises.

“Leader, she’s a terrible woman!”

At that moment, Shadow’s expression suddenly changed, and he looked at his subordinate with a terrifying light in his eyes.

“Shut your mouth.”

“!”

“When the queen returns, see me, you guys.”

“….…”

Even though I withdrew my abilities, the subordinates froze.

‘They’re pretty scared. It was said he was a scary ruler.’

It was clear that the statement was true. Now he was smiling at me again.

I was relieved that I felt like I could communicate with him, and at the same time, I was horrified by the description of Shadow in the original work, which I suddenly recalled.

‘It was written that he suddenly changed after smiling like that.’

There was even a man he burst out laughing with, but then burst his head instead.

‘I have to keep my senses.’

So I steadied myself and walked to the table he was guiding me to.

It was the best treatment, considering his usual humiliation of kneeling on a wooden plank and making a deal.

Of course, the wooden chair was hard and there was even a strange moldy smell from the seat.

Shadow bit the cork of a large wine bottle and pulled it out. A clear sound was heard.

“This is the best drink of Yggdrasil.”

“Is it blood rum?”

These madmen had a custom of mixing a drop of blood into the rum and drinking it, to commemorate the blood of ‘the most vicious human being caught’.

I really didn’t want to drink it. Rum with blood in it.

“Hey, how do you know? The ‘Noble and Precious’ Queen.”

“….…”

I felt a strange irony, and my insides caught fire.

I laughed coldly.

“Of course I know. In the Swamp where I was in, poison was mixed with rum.”

He raised his eyebrows as if a little startled.

“Is it true?”

“Of course.”

Of course it was bullshit. Why would you put poison in there and drink it……? In the swampy area, people were busy taking dew and mixing it in like chocolate syrup.

“I want to be treated next time.”

“Okay. If the deal goes through today.”

I could burn even a lethal dose of poison from him.

All of a sudden, my crude wooden cup was filled with rum.

He swung his hand toward me and held out the glass, his eyes twinkling with interest.

Whether I would drink it or not, he wanted to try it out.

Seeing the blood spreading in the rum not long after the blood had been added, I felt like I was about to gravitate towards an obituary.

However, I made a loud statement about drinking poisoned rum, and I couldn’t back out now.

‘I really do all sorts of things.’

I closed my eyes and drank the strong rum in one gulp.

The alcohol content was so high that it felt like I was stabbing my esophagus with a torch.

“Heh, pass.”

“Thank you. I’ll give you a drink too.”

I poured blood rum into his glass till it was overflowing.

Shadow drank the poison in one gulp too. A smile of inward delight spread around his mouth.

‘But it worked.’

‘Is it like the proud sentiment that Koreans feel when they see foreigners who eat kimchi and tteokbokki well?’

I thought it was a good thing I tolerated that disgusting thing and drank it well.

“So… what does our Queen want me to do?”

“Let’s get down to business.”

I slowly opened my eyes and said.

“A woman named ‘Deborah Douglas’ must have been here.”

“….…”

I waited for his answer, but he only looked at me, stroking his lips with his index finger.

He didn’t really answer.

‘Well, he’s not falling for it. He isn’t even telling me if she’s a customer.’

“Tell me more. I’ll listen and tell you.”

I continued speaking.

“What did she get from you recently?”

“…….”

“I want to know the details of the transaction. Of course, I’ll pay enough.”

He narrowed his eyes and tapped the table lightly.

“…Hmm, I’m thinking about it.”

“What’s your concern?”

‘You haven’t even asked me what I’m going to pay you with, have you?’

But you have something to worry about?

‘What are you up to?’

I looked at him keenly. After a while, I opened my mouth.

“Will it be profitable to ‘hand over’ the Queen to Madam Deborah, or will I be ruined by leaking my client’s information?”

“!”

“Oh, you’ve come to a conclusion?”

Swish! It was instantaneous. Dozens of swords pointed towards me.

It really happened in the blink of an eye.

The dogs of Shadow had ferocious eyes as if they had awakened. Previously, they were just dogs, now they were military dogs.

Sweat went over to my temple, and goosebumps crawled up my spine.

It felt like the extremities were burning.

“There is no way the Queen would have informed anyone that she had come to Yggdrasil…”

He softly patted his chin, his eyes gleaming meanly.

“It’s like crawling into a trap with your own feet.”

Then he leaned forward and looked straight into my eyes.

His crimson eyes were burning bright red.

“If I sell the queen’s corpse to my customers, it will leave a fairly large profit.”

“…….”

He spoke calmly, like a butcher who would definitely cut the pig’s neck and sell it. The meat was trembling.

However, I raised the corners of my mouth without batting an eye.

“Does that mean you want to test my powers? Dogs will be killed in droves in Yggdrasil today.”

“Heh… don’t pretend to be relaxed. We have magicians too.”

I snorted.

“You mean ‘that’?”

“!”

Towards the eyes of the wizard who pretended to be a beggar earlier, sharp ice crystals were aimed at him.

The completely frozen wizard barely shifted his eyeballs to look at his leader.

“He’s not the only wizard I have.”

“Even if you bring 100 people, the result is the same, Shadow.”

I meant it. I had the second strongest setting in the worldview, so no matter how rough the dogs of Yggdrasil are, I wouldn’t die here.

‘Shadow, you also noticed how strong my abilities are.’

So please make the right choice… When I thought about it like that, he spoke sarcastically.

“If you explode my powers here, won’t there be a rumor in Aktoum? ‘The new Crown Princess has gone to Yggdrasil to make a deal.’”

“!”

“Then this marriage will be broken and war will break out on the continent.”

He rolled his eyes and laughed.

“Weren’t you trying to get married to prevent war?”

‘This bastard knows exactly what’s going on.’

In the end, it meant that even if I had the power, I couldn’t unleash it enough to leak out of this space.

Then the odds of winning were unclear.

“You mean bastard…!”

At the same time as I cursed, he tore the corners of his mouth and laughed happily like a demon.

“I hear it as a compliment.”

Then he calmly closed his eyes and ordered.

“Kill her.”

“!”

Countless daggers fell towards me in an instant, and I used my powers to strike them all down.

Kwakwaquawa— bang!

Then, during the gap when the wild beasts stopped, I shouted.

“Shadow, are you going to let Amelie die?!”

“!”

Then I took out what was in my pocket and laid it roughly on the table.

“The price I pay is the life of your daughter, Amelie.”

Shadow’s eyes widened, and all the dogs stopped for a moment.

I could feel the density of the air increasing due to the tension.

I looked straight at him and pronounced each word clearly.

“A half-descendant of the village cursed by Zephyr and Ross.”

“….…”

“The King of Yggdrasil, also known as ‘Shadow’. Real name, ‘Macinto Zephyross.”

When I uncovered his identity in an instant, his eyes shook violently.

On the other hand, his expression hardened eerily, bloodier than any face he had ever shown me.

Soon, a low, hoarse voice came out, as if scratching the vocal cords with dragon scales.

“Who the hell are you… how do you know my name?”

“…….”

“It’s a name I’ve never told anyone.”

I calmly scratched my head.

“A person who knows everything without being told that much.”

“!”

I slowly pointed to the opposite seat with my palm.

“Sit down, Macinto.”

“….…”

“Now let’s start the ‘real’ negotiations.”