The Male Leads Were Stolen By The Extra [EN]: Chapter 137

“You’ve really done a number on him.”

MacRyan clicked his tongue, surveying Galloway’s sprawled form.

His battered appearance rendered him almost unrecognizable.

Covered in ash, the skin visible beneath Galloway’s clothes was entirely blackened. His eyes were swollen, bulging like a goldfish’s, and his lips and chin were smeared with blood and other fluids, as if he’d vomited blood.

Galloway’s limp, flaccid body barely seemed alive. It was hard to even detect any breathing.

“Tan, is he still breathing?”

“Of course. Whose words are these? Want a demonstration?”

At Celonia’s prompting, Tan confidently reached out. His hands seized Galloway’s left ankle, which lay awkwardly on the floor, and then…

“Ugh… Ughaaaaack!”

“Father!”

Glace cried out as Galloway screamed in agony. Tan had twisted Galloway’s left ankle grotesquely inward.

In the process, the bone seemed to have completely shattered, as Galloway’s ankle dangled unnaturally.

“I suppose to prevent him from escaping, it would be wise to finish the other side as well.”

“You’re insane! Stop it! He’ll die before he can even be judged because of you!”

MacRyan, looking thoroughly disgusted, shouted at Tan, who was uttering such cruel words without a shred of emotion.

However, Tan completely ignored MacRyan, turning to Celonia to gauge her intentions.

“It’s better to be sure.”

“You…”

MacRyan turned his gaze in surprise. He hadn’t expected those words to come from Celonia’s mouth.

Celonia was resolute. In her blue heterochromatic [having different colored eyes] eyes, there wasn’t a trace of pity or compassion.

“Ugh. Fine, do as you please. Do as you please.”

Since Celonia was the one who should be the most furious, MacRyan threw up his hands in surrender and stepped back.

Tan smirked, pleased with Celonia’s decision, and this time grabbed Galloway’s right ankle.

“Wa, wait… Ughaaaaack!”

Galloway’s hoarse voice echoed pathetically.

As long as he was still breathing, it didn’t matter if his legs were ruined. With ruined legs, he wouldn’t be able to escape, which was all the better.

“Father! Aaaack! You barbaric bastards! Do you think you’ll get away with this?!”

Glace looked up at the four, seeing Galloway seemingly faint from the immense pain.

“What can you do? In that state?”

Celonia sneered.

Glace was furious, but all she could do now was flounder on the floor, like a fish out of water.

“I won’t let you get away with this! Do you think I’ll die alone?! I won’t let you! I won’t let you!”

“How won’t you let us?”

“Ha! You seem to have forgotten whose body you’re in. You’ve stolen my body. Yes, you are Celonia Vessin now. Do you think you’ll be safe if my father is caught?!”

“…Hahahaha!”

After a moment of silence at Glace’s words, Celonia suddenly burst into hearty laughter, as if she had heard something incredibly funny.

“Wh, what is it!”

Glace, taken aback by the laughter that was not only irritating but also insulting to her pride, raised her voice.

If everything were revealed, not only Galloway Vessin but also the Vessin Duchy would collapse.

No matter how unrelated she was, Celonia Vessin, Galloway’s daughter, would have a hard time escaping this incident. Even if not sentenced to death, she would face a heavy sentence or be imprisoned for a long time. Naturally, her status would also be stripped away.

Even if she were released after some time, the treatment a woman who had become the daughter of a traitorous family overnight would receive was obvious.

And yet, she’s laughing?

“Ah, how can you not deviate from expectations even by an inch.”

Celonia, who had been laughing so hard that tears welled up, wiped them away with her finger.

Then, she lowered herself towards the father and daughter, who were stuck to the floor in accordance with their situation.

“Father, your esteemed real daughter only knows one thing and doesn’t know two.”

“…Ugh.”

“Oh dear. It seems difficult to answer.”

Celonia lowered her eyes as if she were feeling sorry. From Galloway’s mouth, who was almost unconscious, only meaningless groans were coming out.

He was drooling, overwhelmed by the pain that had seized both ankles.

“…”

MacRyan and Reyev, chilled by Celonia’s appearance, swallowed hard. They knew well that this was the real angry look that they had only seen a few times.

“This.”

Celonia indifferently turned her cold gaze away from Galloway. And she held out what she was holding to Glace.

“M, my earring, what about it! You stole my body and now even my earring…!”

“Do you know what this is?”

Celonia calmly stared at the earring in her hand, cutting off Glace’s absurd words.

The sapphire earring taken from Glace’s ear.

She had been suspicious of this earring from the moment she first encountered it.

She had felt a subtle aura of Tan from the earring. Moreover, the same red flickering she had seen somewhere before.

So, just in case, she had asked Tan earlier, and as she had thought, she was right.

“You probably don’t know. If you did, you wouldn’t be wearing it yourself.”

“Wh, what does that mean…”

Glace stammered, her heart shrinking at the meaningful words.

That was the earring she had given to the Princess as a gift yesterday. However, the black magic she had infused into it hadn’t worked, and fearing it would become evidence, she had gone to the Imperial Palace today to retrieve it.

Even if Celonia knew that she had used black magic on this earring, it didn’t matter. With everything already exposed, adding that one thing wouldn’t change much.

Yes. This is just an ordinary earring.

“Oh my. What am I going to do? Did you think I’d be scared if you said that? Pfft! As if that would happen? I can see your ridiculous tricks clearly.”

Glace, having made her judgment, arrogantly raised her chin.

To think she’s trying to threaten me with something like this. She’s so high and mighty, backed by those men.

“Even if they protect you, you’re a thief who stole my body. Celonia Vessin. If I die, you die too.”

A bitter smile formed on Glace’s lips.

Due to the soul transfer, Glace, Celonia, and Galloway were intricately intertwined.

Glace was confident because she knew that no matter how much Tan, MacRyan, and Reyev sided with her, it was impossible to prove complete innocence.

If she fell into the abyss, she would grab that woman’s leg and drag her down with her.

“Is that so? Do you really think so? Hmm… Alright. Reyev, you said there are knights lined up outside?”

Celonia, who had been pondering slightly, suddenly asked Reyev behind her, as if she had made a decision.

“Yes. They have surrounded the mansion.”

“Come out peacefully! Otherwise, we will use force to arrest you!”

It was then.

Just in time, a resounding voice from outside reached them. It seemed to be the knights.

Celonia looked down at the earring in her hand. Even if all the facts were revealed, this was the only way.

“You brought this on yourself.”

Celonia smiled at Glace and took a step forward.

“Who do you think you’re scaring?! Kyaaack! Let go of me?! How dare you treat me like baggage? I really won’t let you get away with this!”

Reyev lifted Glace, who had been lying on the floor.

Glace, who was not being held elegantly in his arms but rather placed on his shoulder like livestock, screamed in humiliation.

“Always just loud.”

MacRyan glared at Glace with a look of disgust, picked up Galloway, and followed.

“Celonia. You don’t have to announce it.”

Tan said in a low voice, matching his pace with Celonia. He looked worried.

“No. It’s for my sake.”

Celonia smiled faintly and shook her head.

She had to strike first before she was attacked. In that sense, this earring would be a great help.

“Thank you.”

“Alright. If that is your will, then gladly.”

Tan, as if unable to dissuade Celonia’s firm decision, chuckled and extended his finger.

The long finger tapped the earring on Celonia’s hand. Then, the sapphire attached to the earring instantly disappeared and turned into a flashing red orb.

They quickly left the mansion.

Outside, it was already dark due to the setting sun, and countless knights were surrounding the area.

“Stop! Do not move a single step further!”

Vice-Captain Rudd, having confirmed the people coming out of the mansion, shouted and drew his sword. That became the signal, and all the knights assumed a defensive posture and raised their swords.

Lord Rudd and the knights were flustered.

Naturally, they had expected the people coming out of the mansion to be Galloway Vessin, Celonia Vessin, and Glace Bennett.

But there were more people.

Duke Hushbrook, the dragon MacRyan, and even the paladin Reyev.

“What on earth is this…”

Lord Rudd was confused.

Could all of them have been involved in black magic? Otherwise, it was inexplicable that they came out of that den of evil that devours people.

In the midst of accumulating confusion, it was that moment.

“Kkyaaaack! Save me! The Vessin Duchess threatened and assaulted me!”

Glace, who was being carried by Reyev, who came out last, seized the opportunity and deliberately shouted.

“Hic, please save me! Save me!”

It was a masterful performance that even brought tears to her eyes. Some of the knights were almost fooled.

But.

—Gale.

—Move it.

Clearly, Glace was sobbing and crying, but her voice was coming from somewhere else.

Everyone’s gaze shifted to the place where the voice was coming from.

“Wh, what…!”

Glace, who recognized the voice at once, also turned her head. The face that had been pathetically crying until just now had disappeared, and she froze.

In the air above where Celonia was standing, the scene of her using black magic on the Princess through Gale was clearly visible.

‘She really did everything.’

Celonia chuckled, looking at the video that the red orb was projecting in the air.

This was a video orb that Tan had planted in the Princess’s earring during the Princess’s birthday banquet.

Tan, noticing that the earring was strange, had anticipated that Glace would come back to retrieve it and had taken measures in advance. He remembered that she had used a video stone to catch Gillian before and had copied it.

But Glace had not only retrieved the earring but had even worn it herself.

Thanks to that, all the circumstances were captured.

“H, how, how can this, this be…?”

Glace stammered like someone whose mind had stopped. Too surprised, she didn’t realize what she was seeing or what she was saying.

What is this? What is this…? Could it be that the earring she mentioned earlier…

—Do you like living in my body?

—Pfft! Have you finally grasped the situation?

Glace’s voice, laughing as if it were amusing, echoed around. The knights who had gathered were in an uproar at the enormous truth that was pouring out one after another.

They had clearly seen and heard it, but they couldn’t believe it because it was so unexpected and impossible.

“N, no! This, this isn’t it! Father, Father…!”

Glace, trembling and strongly denying as if this couldn’t be happening, screamed towards Galloway.

However, Galloway, who had been beaten by Tan to the point where he was barely alive, was only groaning, held by MacRyan.

—But Father! Look at that woman’s attitude! She’s acting like she’s the real Duchess, not knowing her place!

—Haha. It’s all for nothing. You are my only precious daughter.

The video continued to play endlessly. The father and daughter were confessing their crimes without omission.

The arrogant father and daughter, caught up in their self-importance, answered every question that Celonia, who had noticed it was a video orb, asked as if she didn’t know.

—I really didn’t want to suffer for half a year after running away from home. Besides, demon subjugation. It hurts. Ugh, I hate sleeping outdoors in the mud instead of a bed, and besides, demon meat. Ugh! It’s disgusting just thinking about it.

—Not all humans are the same. I’m the protagonist, and you’re nothing. So, isn’t it better for you, who are insignificant, to sacrifice yourself instead of me, the protagonist, suffering? Isn’t that right?

“Aaaaaack! This is a lie! It’s a fabricated fake! Don’t believe it! I said don’t believe it! I’m a victim who had my body stolen! That woman stole my body!”

“…”

Whether she had finally lost her mind, Glace screamed with a red and blue face.

However, along with the suffocating silence, a cold contempt settled on everyone’s faces.

In the face of clear evidence, not a single person listened to Glace’s words.

“What are you doing! How dare you look at me with those eyes?! Don’t you lower your eyes?!”

Glace, sensing the atmosphere, rolled her eyes in uncontrollable anger and flipped out.

Eun-yeong looked at such Glace pitifully and raised the corners of her mouth.

“Celonia.”

“How dare you say my name…!”

“Thank you for confessing.”

She smiled brightly, looking at Glace’s dumbfounded expression as if she had been hit.

“Arrest those two outrageous traitors immediately!”

Lord Rudd, judging that there was nothing more to see, shouted with an angry expression.

The knights, as if they had been waiting, approached the bound Glace and Galloway.

“This is a setup! I’m the real one. I’m telling you I’m the real one! You have to catch that fake! Father, Father!”

Glace’s voice, desperately calling out to her father while struggling to the end, echoed pathetically in the dead Duke’s mansion.