The Strongest Daughter-In-Law Of The Black Lion Family [EN]: Chapter 86

#86.

“I will obey whatever Father says.”

Ella leaned her head against Isaac’s knee, her expression innocent.

Unconditional loyalty was what Hebel always demanded.

‘What kind of father would abuse his daughter in a punishment room for not listening? A real father would never make his daughter play the role of a spy.’

Nevertheless, Hebel’s viciousness was evident in making her use such a title so disgustingly.

Ella felt nauseous at the dirty trick of deceiving an innocent child, but she suppressed it.

‘How many failures had I gone through to know that I had to obey like this?’

‘Still, it’s a relief that the Saintess came here not too late.’

She was a little worried because Chersea didn’t seem eager to come. If she used that much power, there must have been a backlash.

Seeing that Chersea came without Zerachiel’s permission, she seemed to know her condition. On the other hand, Zerachiel didn’t seem to know at all.

Ella’s eyes became serious as she recalled Zerachiel, who was usually cold, fidgeting in front of Chersea.

It was a docile appearance of Zabisi that she had never seen before.

‘Besides, Chersea Zabisi’s existence didn’t even exist before…’

‘Could this also be a variable that occurred as I turned back time?’

Ella was also taken aback by the sudden appearance of Chersea.

Chersea Zabisi was a child who didn’t exist in her previous life.

Besides, what was that power that was growing Tebi?

Ella recalled Tebi’s appearance at Zabisi Castle that day. She clearly said that it would take quite a long time for the power to return.

Not only did Tebi, who should have been in eternal rest, appear, but she even temporarily recovered her prime.

That meant the contractor’s power was that strong. If not, the contractor would not have been able to withstand it and would have died.

‘Should I watch a little more?’

She was an ordinary child on the surface. It was difficult to even guess the exact pheromone type because Tebi had hidden the pheromones.

To be honest, Ella was planning to maintain a friendship with Chersea even if Isaac hadn’t ordered her to. Ella herself had a duty to prevent the upcoming disaster.

If a variable occurred, the priority was to identify the variable.

In fact, there had been a lot of talk about Zerachiel Rune Zabisi’s marriage before.

Ella was also curious about the unexpected news of the marriage, so she followed Isaac.

She never knew that the head of the Zabisi family would go on a rampage there. In her previous life, he went on a rampage later than that.

Perhaps he was aiming for the fact that many outsiders would come to the wedding. Hiding in the gaps of an unspecified number of people would make it easier to avoid being suspected.

Ella sighed softly, recalling the bag of medicine she had taken from Victor.

It was a drug that would later plunge the Amitaras continent into chaos. Countless beastmen were addicted to it and went on a rampage.

She needed to find out who made it. To do that, she would have to give the evidence to the Zabisi side.

‘How should I deliver it?’

Since they were hostile to Hebel, she needed a way to deliver it while avoiding suspicion.

Perhaps the Zabisi side had already noticed that the rampage that day was artificial.

Since the head of the family, who should have died, was alive, there must have been some traces left.

‘But I would never have dreamed that there would be a traitor inside Zabisi.’

It was a traitor from within the Orban family. He was Zerachiel’s doctor even before the regression when he became the head of the family, so he must have trusted him quite a bit.

“Yes. A good child should do that.”

Isaac patted her head a few times out of obligation and left as if he had nothing more to do.

Finally alone, Ella collapsed on the bed. At that moment, a longing voice passed by.

‘Who are you?’

Ella bit her lower lip as Heathcliff suddenly came to mind.

No one remembered her as she turned back time. It was quite a heavy task to keep the memories of the future alone in this world.

Heathcliff’s cold reaction when she pretended to know him unknowingly still weighed heavily on her heart.

“Let’s forget it. After all, it’s a relationship I cut off.”

Ella put her upset feelings aside and pulled the blanket up to her neck. The fingertips holding the blanket were trembling slightly.

* * *

The next day, Nahaman came to me and said this.

‘It seems that it will take some time to review the contract. Before that, would you like to have a procedure to confirm whether you are the Saintess first?’

He seemed to be trying to buy time. But there would be nothing wrong with the contract.

It was a contract coordinated with Herman behind Zachary’s back. It was aimed at deleting or modifying clauses that were previously unfair only to Zabisi.

In the first place, they had been taking advantage of an absurd contract for 100 years, so if they had a conscience, they should have renewed it.

Also, they wouldn’t be able to get me if I didn’t sign the contract, so they would be worried. In the end, it was only a matter of time before the contract was concluded.

‘After all, this side needs to become the Saintess quickly.’

I looked down at the bracelet on my wrist. It was a silver bracelet in the shape of a Möbius strip [a one-sided, continuous surface], and a pearl symbolizing the ‘Pearl of Purification’ was hanging like a bead.

Tebi, who had not been seen for a while, stayed by my side as a bracelet after the wedding.

It was her daily routine to turn back into a fish and chatter whenever I needed her.

― Hebel’s children envy the Guardian’s contractors so much. Showing it off like this will prevent them from treating you carelessly.

It was as Tebi said. Just having the bracelet changed the attitude of the priests here by 180 degrees.

In particular, I was receiving enthusiastic support from the older elder priests, so I felt like I was puffing out my chest for no reason.

I was having a sherbet mukbang [an online broadcast where someone eats large quantities of food] alone when Rachel muttered, slumped on the sofa.

“You look really fine.”

“Are you having a hard time?”

“It feels like gravity is working twice as hard.”

Rachel said, lifting her arm weakly and dropping it. Honey badgers, which are characterized by strong force and toughness, said that their bodies became especially heavier when they came here.

So the power that could normally tear even a tiger to death was reduced by half. Of course, that was also a great power, but from Rachel’s point of view, it must have felt helpless.

That’s why Rachel couldn’t get her act together. I looked at Zerachiel, who was counting my hair next to me, spending time idly.

“Are you okay?”

“I can handle it.”

Zerachiel smiled slowly, then said, “Oh, I forgot,” and started counting his hair again from the beginning.

I sighed softly at the bizarre scene. Being able to handle it also meant it wasn’t very good.

Of course, he would almost recover his usual skills after a week, but I couldn’t help but worry.

If a problem arose in the meantime, Zerachiel would move even if it meant overdoing it.

‘But why am I so fine here?’

That was the biggest question.

At first, I thought that the power of pheromones was weak, so I was less affected by Hebel.

This was a place where the stronger the pheromones, the more restrictions there were.

But now that I knew my pheromones were very strong, that assumption itself was a contradiction.

That’s why Rachel was also looking at me with such a curious look.

“Am I a Mary Sue [a type of fictional character, usually female, who is often written as an idealized version of the author] if you know me?”

“Mary Sue?”

Zerachiel tilted his head at the word he heard for the first time. Rachel, who was next to him, went even further and said nonsense.

“Speaking of chicken, I remember the chicken beastman I tore apart.”

When I shook my shoulders in disgust at this, Kira, who was next to me, added.

“Rachel, that expression can be offensive and is not good for children’s education.”

In short, she meant not to say violent things in front of the children, but Rachel spat out even more gruesome words as a euphemism.

“Ah, my mistake. I suddenly remembered when I eliminated the chicken beastman from this world. It was a little pitiful when it cried, ‘Cock-a-doodle-doo.’ It was the moment I vowed to cut off its neck so it couldn’t even make a quack sound next time.”

“……”

“Ah! Now that we’re on the subject, shall we ask for chicken dishes for dinner today? I suddenly feel like it.”

Is she really a psychopath?

Feeling a chill, I sat down, slightly distancing myself from Rachel.