When the Nemesis Eats the Wicked Woman - Chapter 97

 

“Honey, don’t talk nonsense. Because of your soft temper, isn’t he a big baby?”

“Is it my fault that Kalen loves a married woman? If it’s a sin to have romantic sensibilities, then it’s a sin.”

Pamela frowned as she looked at her husband who had a relaxed posture as if he was amazed.

“Romantic? It’s romantic to freeze to death!”

“Just allow it.”

“….…”

Pamela’s husband.

At the words of ‘Bereudihi Caruso’, Pamela exclaimed as if she had been told to kill her own child.

“Are you crazy?!”

Bereudihi gracefully brushed his golden hair and took a sip of hot tea. Then he looked at his wife calmly with blue eyes. As if that passion and anger were not towards him.

Eventually, Pamela vented her anger.

“You can say that because he’s not your own son!”

It was definitely a statement that crossed the line. In a remarried family.

“It’s not because he’s not a real son.”

But Bereudihi did not lose his elegance. It was an attitude as if nothing had happened.

He looked at his wife and said with a slightly bored face.

“I know because I’ve done it.”

“!”

He had been crazy about Pamela in the past, and he married her, who already had two sons.

Berdichti pointed out the facts neatly.

“Pamela, you don’t know. If you’ve already reached that level…”

With his index finger, Bereudihi drew a circle next to his temple.

“You’re crazy. There’s nothing you could see in your eyes but her.”

“Honey!”

Pamela shrieked, and Bereudihi responded softly.

“I’m listening.”

He added quietly.

“And, don’t you think, my love for you and Kalen was proven by passing my title to a child who isn’t even my own?”

Pamela bit her lips tightly. There were no wrong words.

“It’s not that I don’t believe in your love. Think about why you handed over the title of marquis! It was all for Kalen’s happiness, right?”

“Pamela, a man is happiest when he is with the woman he loves. Don’t you see me?”

Bereudihi said with an indifferent expression.

“If I forcefully remove it now, I’ll shed tears of blood for the rest of my life and live like an idiot.”

Bereudihi was almost ‘introducing himself’, so everything he said was very convincing.

And just as much as he was convincing, Pamela felt upset.

“And Kalen is a ‘Marquis’. He’s no longer a child. How long are you going to lock him in his room?”

“If I don’t lock him up, he’s sure to go see her. I’ll never let him go like that!”

Bereuhidi shook his head, thinking it was Pamela’s fault that his adopted son was weak and immature.

“I’m so glad I met you not as a mother, but as a wife.”

When Pamela couldn’t stand it any longer and threw a cushion at him, he sprinted away in a graceful posture.

It was then. What appeared in front of them after a maid hurriedly asked for permission to enter.

“The Marquis… The Marquis…!”

The moment Pamela saw the maid who couldn’t keep up with her words with a stunned face.

Pamela correctly sensed an ominous feeling. Pamela and Bereudihi ran straight up to Kalen’s room.

“Kalen! Kalen!”

Ta-chak—

Upon seeing the scene as soon as the door opened, Pamela screamed in tears.

Kalen was lying on the bed, covered in blood.

And Kalen’s face, lying like a corpse on the bloody sheet, literally looked like a ‘dead person’.

Pamela clasped her son and shouted in anguish.

“Call the doctor now! Quick!”

* * *

On a sunny afternoon.

Yuria was sitting at a table in the garden of the Crown Prince’s Palace.

With her hair prettily braided, she was as beautiful as an angel today.

Here today, Yuria would meet Rixus. She was finally determined to capture his heart.

The Heart of Eros.

It was a dangerous potion that Yuria would use on Rixus today. no

‘Please, I need to succeed…’

Just yesterday, she was handed this ‘Heart of Eros’ by Deborah.

Of course, it wasn’t for free. Deborah proudly demanded two things from her.

“If you win the Crown Prince’s heart with this and become the Crown Princess… then give me the right to appoint.”

First, divide the authority of the crown princess.

“And I want 1/100 of the mining rights for Terra Mine.”

Second, provide a huge monetary reward.

“I don’t want to be greedy, I only want these two things.”

After saying that, Deborah smiled like an angel.

Yuria saw the devil in the daytime, but she meekly replied that she understood all the conditions.

The Terra Mine that was inherited to be used in a valuable place.

‘But let’s think about it this way, is there anything more valuable than spending it on one’s benefactor…?’

‘It’s worth the sacrifice.’

If this could save Rixus from despair.

If only she could repay the kindness he gave to her for giving her a new life.

However, her conscience remained and tormented her tenaciously.

‘Still, to dare to use this kind of drug on him…!’

A crazy feeling of shame and the desire to give up flooded her every second.

But in the next moment… 

It was true that there was a strange sense of excitement thinking about how Rixus would throw everything at her and cling to her.

‘It’s bad to think like this…!’

She couldn’t stop thinking.

Rixus would ‘love’ and ‘lust’ for her.

He would want to kiss her, he would want to touch her…

The more she imagined the scene of them confessing that they would be together forever, the more excited she got.

“…….”

Yuria groaned in a terrible sense of guilt and desire.

Soon, her cheeks turned as red as a girl in love.

Her face was still innocent and weak enough to not kill a single bug in front of her, so no one would ever imagine what she would do today.

“When the Crown Prince comes, you must leave.”

“Yes, my lady.”

Yuria calmed her excitement after giving instructions to her maids in advance.

But it was then.

From afar, a very tall, handsome man walked this way.

Rixus was walking with a frown on his forehead because of the sunlight shining down on him.

Just looking at that face made her heart feel like it was going to explode.

She couldn’t possibly hide her love and respect for him.

Yuria’s face turned red like a new bride’s.

“You asked for an audience to talk to me about business, Lady Mavis.”

As soon as Rixus arrived, he sat down without even saying hello.

His cold temper was shown on his face as it was.

But Yuria always loved even that expression.

After all, he had that kind of face towards all women, so that level of coldness was acceptable.

It was better than seeing him smile at another woman.

Perhaps he would show an even colder and harsher face to the terrible queen.

“You know, I’m busy. With wedding preparations.”

To Rixus’ indifferent remark, Yuria responded gently.

“I am well aware of that, Your Highness. But I don’t think it will be possible if it is not now.”

“….…”

“You know. Everyone wants the Terra Mine.”

The more one lies, the better one would get.

Besides, Yuria’s ability to learn was amazing, so today’s acting was quite natural.

Meanwhile, she was ecstatic to be sitting alone with Rixus for the first time in a long time, and her cheeks were blushing.

Rixxus looked at Yuria like that without a single change in his expression.

“Are you serious about entrusting ‘half’ of the mining rights of Terra Mine to the imperial family and developing it together?”

“Yes. I want to start there.”

In fact, it was an unbelievably unconventional proposal.

Three days left until the wedding.

The reason that Rixus made time for Yuria even in the midst of a hectic schedule was because of a business proposal with astronomical value.

But Rixus didn’t just like it.

Although it was obscured by his cold temper, he was prudent by nature, a human being who made things difficult for many enemies.

Rixus said, suspicious of her.

“If you are planning to mine Terra in earnest, it would be beneficial to the Mavis family to work with the Magic Tower, which has mining technology.”

“It’s the will of the Margrave.”

“….…”

“And it’s also the will of my parents. When they gave me the Terra Mine, they told me to use it for something of value.”

This was entirely. So Yuria’s eyes were full of confidence.

“According to the will of the family who have dedicated themselves to the Empire from generation to generation, I have decided to use it for ‘Aktoum’.”

After speaking quite thoroughly, Yuria smiled brightly.

Well. Were those words true? Rixus looked at her with his still contemplative eyes.

The Yuria he knew was not the type to sell herself to hostility or anger. However, the timing of the proposal to do business was strange.

It was three days before his wedding day.

Of course, it might not have been a problem if she was an ordinary young lady. But wasn’t she Yuria?

“So… you want to devote yourself to the Empire?”

“Yes.”

In front of Yuria who answered clearly, Rixus’ eyes narrowed.

“You’ve been holding the mining rights in your hand and giving me the alternative now?”

“!”

In a moment of embarrassment, Yuria gripped her hands under the table in a cold sweat. Then she tried, smiling and replying with,

“That’s… because there is a time for everything.”

“Right.”

Seeing him answering without much care, Yuria was confused. Did he read her own shaking eyes?

But she was a little confident.

Today’s ugly plan, if it was the usual Yuria, she would never have dreamed of it.

It was impossible for him to read until this sudden change.

“I appreciate the lady’s determination. Today, I’ll just review the proposal.”

Fortunately, Rixus said he would look at the proposal.

Yuria quickly handed over the documents she had prepared.

“…….”

Then, naturally, she picked up the teapot.

Badump. Badump.

Her heart began to beat loudly in her feeble ears.

Actually, the tea in this teapot was mixed with the Heart of Eros. And a drop of Yuria’s blood.

The subject that Rixus would fall in love with today, Yuria; it would be herself.

Shwiii—

As she poured the tea, her whole body seemed as if it would melt away from her nervousness.

“The proposal has been written quite carefully, did you write it yourself?”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Rixus took the teacup that Yuria had offered with an unsuspecting face.

His eyes were on the papers, he was very focused on it.

‘Drink, please, drink!’

He said looking through the proposal carefully.

“I didn’t know the lady had this ability.”

“Thank you, Your Highness.”

Rixus put the teacup down, and flipped over the papers. It looked like he was trying to focus.

“!”

His careful appearance in front of the business had unintentionally pushed Yuria to her brink.

One second, two seconds, every moment the time passed… Seriously, she felt like she was going crazy.

But she didn’t dare to recommend him to drink. Her courage wasn’t that big.

Only after enduring the nervousness that could melt her gut and until her heart wore out.

Rixus finally picked up the teacup and brought it to his lips.

Badump, badump.

Yuria’s eyes widened.

The potion in that teacup would destroy the entire heart of Rixus. He would only want her.

The affection, desire, and love she longed for all her life… 

‘Now I’ll be able to receive it entirely.’

She would have three of his children and live happily ever after.

While Yuria imagined that, Rixus suddenly stopped drinking.

“….…”

Then, he looked into the teacup.