The Baby Fairy Is A Villain [EN]: Chapter 183

It was well known that Count Vasilios was an exceptional mage, having studied under Duke Ivroyel for a long time.

But from some point on, Kieren didn’t use magic.
In the first place, he rarely ventured outside the Black Forest of the East.

Thus, Cyanor raised a question that no one had ever dared to ask.

Chesha and Serea’s faces hardened as they realized Cyanor’s intent.

Since becoming a black magician, Kieren had never publicly used magic, not even once.
The only reason to bring up that fact at this moment was obvious.
The Holy Emperor must have discovered Kieren’s secret as well.

However, unlike the others who were stiffening with tension, Kieren merely raised an eyebrow.

“No, why would you be curious about that?”

He asked back, feigning surprise as if the question was completely unexpected.

“Are you interested in me?”

“…….”

Cyanor stared at Kieren with a dumbfounded expression.

Serea groaned and covered her face with her hand.

“He’s an embarrassing disciple no matter where I take him…”

Chesha deeply sympathized with Serea’s low mutter.

“Answer the question,” Cyanor pressed again, and Kieren openly frowned, expressing his displeasure.

“Are you saying I should perform some magic tricks here? I’m not a clown.”

It was a rude retort that contained not a shred of respect for the Holy Emperor.

However, Cyanor did not get angry.

“Isn’t Count Vasilios a black magician?”

The declaration of heresy, directly proclaimed by the Holy Emperor, froze everyone in place.

In the chilling atmosphere where even breathing felt difficult, Kieren chuckled.

He neither affirmed nor denied it.

He simply shrugged and nonchalantly retorted,

“Then doesn’t the Holy Emperor have a widespread rumor of experimenting on fairies? It’s said that the Holy Emperor committed terrible acts in the name of God, and the head of the Inquisitors started a rebellion…”

Kieren, who had wiped the smile off his face, coldly asked back.

“What do you think of this?”

Cyanor let out a long sigh.

After a long lament, he looked at Kieren with a pitiful gaze.

It was the Holy Emperor’s gaze, trying to save a foolish person who did not know the will of God.

“I was looking for a way to defeat the monsters of the Black Forest.”

After the incident where monsters appeared in the Holy Empire, the secrets of the Black Forest and its monsters became known throughout the continent.

At that time, Chesha purified the monsters with the power of the fairies, which became an opportunity for the Vasilios family to become famous overnight.

“I was researching ways to defeat them using the captured monsters. I couldn’t leave such a heavy burden solely on the Vasilios family. This is originally the duty of the Holy Empire. It’s absurd to mistake that for experimenting on fairies.”

Cyanor paused and lowered his eyes.

The brief silence made people even more focused.

“But while investigating, I discovered something suspicious about you. Until now, I’ve kept silent for fear of questioning the Vasilios family’s loyalty.”

He lowered his voice gravely and asked,

“As Cyanor Hildred, the Holy Emperor of the Holy Empire, I ask you: Did the Vasilios family create the monsters?”

Kieren scoffed.

However, Cyanor’s words were not over yet.

“The reason why monsters suddenly appeared in Hildred. If the Vasilios family summoned the monsters, everything would make sense.”

“…….”

“The fact that only Vasilios can deal with monsters… From the beginning, doesn’t that seem absurd?”

Cyanor stared intently at Kieren.

“I want to punish the traitor Hylon and save the young fairy [referring to Chesha] from Count Vasilios, who has committed terrible acts of heresy.”

His gaze turned to Chesha.

Chesha saw the hand reaching out to her.

Cyanor called Chesha in a gentle voice.

“Come here. I’m sorry I’m late. I’ll save you now, even if it’s late.”

Chesha openly frowned.

‘What crazy talk is this?’

She wanted to split his head open with an ax.

But she held back for now.

Now was not the time to act recklessly.

Chesha waited for Kieren’s answer.

Kieren also couldn’t answer easily this time.

He simply stared at Cyanor with a blank face for a while.

Then, at some point, he suddenly burst into laughter.

“Haha, ahahaha…”

He laughed wildly as if he had really gone mad this time.

The surroundings fell silent at the sharp laughter that tore through the air.

No one dared to interrupt his laughter, and they were simply overwhelmed and suppressed by an unknown force.

“Really, so this was your intention. Amazing.”

Kieren, who had been laughing mindlessly, wiped the tears from his eyes.

He slowly took a breath.

With a hint of eeriness, Chesha suddenly realized.

Because Hylon had blown out all the lights, the banquet hall was covered in darkness.

The darkness spread around them ominously surged.

People couldn’t even scream at the bizarre sight they were witnessing for the first time, and they gasped for breath.

“Since you want it so much, I should show you.”

His red eyes gleamed eerily.

“The sight of me using magic.”

The shadows soared.

Following the spreading darkness, Hylon swung the chains of retribution.

Cyanor screamed at the chains and shadows covering all directions.

“Punish the heretics! You must kill these people!”

“Protect His Majesty the Holy Emperor!”

The Emperor also shouted urgently with a pale face.

The imperial knights guarding the banquet hall all drew their swords.

Some of the knights tried to request support from outside, but they couldn’t leave the banquet hall.

The nobles who were trying to escape were the same.

The banquet hall door, which had been working fine until the end, wouldn’t budge.

The windows also couldn’t be passed through, as if blocked by something transparent.

“Belzeon and the twins must be doing a good job.”

Serea grabbed Chesha with one hand while forming a magic circle with the other, and lamented.

“Do you have to be a traitor to be satisfied…”

It was a playful tone, but she couldn’t hide her complicated feelings.

Chesha felt the same way.

‘If this happens, Vasilios and Hylon will be branded as criminals.’

Even if they killed the Holy Emperor here, the aftermath would be a problem.

They would be branded as criminals throughout the continent.

Behind Serea, who was blocking the knights’ swords, Chesha quickly racked her brain.

‘Isn’t there a good way?’

While Chesha was pondering, the battle was steadily progressing.

Although there were only Kieren and Hylon, the dozens of priests and knights were being pushed back.

‘This is strange too.’

She couldn’t understand why the Holy Emperor had started a full-scale war, even though he knew that he could never win with force.

‘There must be something more.’

Cyanor wouldn’t have rushed into a battle where the outcome was obvious.

Even if he could tarnish Kieren and Hylon’s reputation with his death.

His goal was eternal life.

At that moment, a certain intuition struck Chesha.

“…!”

At the same time, she felt a strange yet familiar energy.

Chesha looked up at the sky.

A sinister sound leaked from the dark night sky.

It was a terrifying sound that touched the instinctive fear of humans.

With a thunderous roar, the sky split open.

Something black began to swarm and pour out from the gaping black crevice.

It was a monster.