The Male Leads Were Stolen By The Extra [EN]: Chapter 65

That crazy bastard. How dare he throw a dagger at me?

He was the Vice Guild Master of Finest.

In other words, before he was Grace’s stooge, he was a member of Father and the Vesin family.

How could someone like that throw a sword at the Vesin Duchess?

He must have really lost his mind.

“Ella.”

“Yes!”

Ella rushed to Celonia’s call. Then, as if she had been waiting for it, she began to search Gillian’s body.

“What are you doing?”

Gillian, with his arms and legs tied, couldn’t avoid it and only glared with fierce eyes.

“My lady.”

Ella relentlessly took out items from Gillian’s grasp and handed them to Celonia, not caring about Gillian’s struggles.

What Ella found in Gillian’s possession were matches, a palm-sized flat flask, and parchment.

Celonia grabbed the familiar parchment and unfolded it. Just like she had seen before, Grace’s name was written along with a magic circle.

“Explain. What is this parchment for?”

“I don’t know.”

“Really? Then shall I try using it? Whether it’s a scroll, a transfer magic, or even a communication magic.”

“…….”

Gillian’s pupils widened in surprise.

He thought that her saying she was looking for magic books in this store was a trap, so he remained ignorant, but Celonia really knew exactly what it was.

“You even used parchment, which isn’t commonly used these days, to avoid leaving traces, but what a pity. You’ve been caught.”

Gillian’s jaw trembled at Celonia’s relaxed attitude.

His face was already pale, like a rat cornered in a trap.

“Tell me, before I use it and find out.”

“…It’s communication magic.”

Gillian dropped his head as if in resignation and answered obediently.

Now that the parchment had been taken away, he would be able to find out soon enough if he tried it.

He couldn’t make Grace any more difficult by keeping his mouth shut here.

“Ha, since when? Since when have you been Grace’s stooge?”

“…….”

“Don’t tell me? Did Grace entice you?”

“That never happened.”

“So, it’s a voluntary betrayal?”

Celonia scoffed in disbelief.

She could find out whether Gillian was tricked by Grace’s scheme or not by using healing magic.

However, Celonia didn’t want to do that.

She didn’t want to waste her power on such a criminal.

She deliberately didn’t ask what kind of food Grace had fed the male leads. If she asked that, Grace would know that she knew the truth.

‘It’s better not to reveal that I know until I get clear evidence.’

If she acted rashly, she might miss the evidence and not find out what Grace wanted.

Another reason she didn’t ask Gillian about Grace was because she wasn’t planning to kill him.

She was going to make Gillian pay the price for his crimes properly, even for the sake of Wicklander and Henrik, who had helped her.

If she killed Gillian as he was, the cause of the fire at Wicklander’s shop would remain a simple accident.

So, she was planning to punish Gillian legally, so that Henrik could know the truth as well.

If Gillian was imprisoned, he could contact Grace again, so she shouldn’t let him know that Grace had fed something to the male leads.

Celonia opened the lid of the flask that came out of Gillian’s pocket and brought it to her nose. Instead of the smell of alcohol, the smell of oil was wafting out.

As expected, he was planning to set fire to the store again by sprinkling oil appropriately, since he even brought matches.

Suddenly, a good idea came to her mind.

A way to use the magic tool Maxwell gave her to more surely, and undeniably frame Gillian as an arsonist.

Taking advantage of the gap when Gillian wasn’t looking at her, she quickly grabbed the magic tool Maxwell had given her from her pocket without showing it.

Then, she secretly activated the magic tool and threw the matches and the flask onto Gillian’s thighs, saying.

“You used this to set fire to Wicklander’s shop, and now you’re trying to set fire here in the same way?”

“…….”

Gillian avoided her gaze, but the corners of his lips were twitching like someone who had been stabbed in the heart.

“Why did you do that? Why did you set fire when you could have just stolen the books and left?”

“…….”

“Can’t you hear me? I’m asking why you even set fire to Wicklander’s shop and killed Wicklander.”

“Because that old man saw my face. So, it’s natural to get rid of him, isn’t it?”

At that moment, Gillian suddenly glared at Celonia with murderous eyes and sneered, as if revealing his hidden true self in a way she had never seen before.

It was then. Before Celonia could say anything to that brazen act, Tan’s fist flew towards Gillian.

Pow! With a tremendous thud, Gillian’s face turned.

Surprised, Celonia stopped the operation of the magic tool she was holding and looked at Tan.

Tan’s red eyes were burning fiercely, frighteningly so. His thick neck was bulging with veins, wondering what he was so angry about.

“If you look at her like that one more time, I’ll gouge out your eyes.”

He was spewing out words like a beast, and a murderous aura was flowing from his body.

Tan was furious at Gillian in front of him.

How dare he look at her like that. He wanted to dig out those eyes that didn’t know their place right away.

“Ha, pu ha ha ha!”

Gillian burst into hearty laughter, feeling the bitter taste of blood flowing from his aching jaw and burst mouth, like a crazy person.

Soon, he stopped laughing and scanned Tan, who was guarding Celonia’s side like a gatekeeper, with sharp eyes.

“You have a reliable escort knight.”

“What is Grace trying to hide?”

“I don’t know either.”

“Does your father know? That you’re Grace’s stooge.”

“That can’t be. If he did, I would have been dead already.”

Gillian answered Celonia’s question with a relaxed face.

Celonia felt that there was nothing more to dig out from Gillian.

And for some reason, she didn’t think Gillian was tricked by Grace’s scheme.

Because she didn’t feel the blind emotion towards Grace like Emily had shown before.

If so, he had voluntarily become Grace’s stooge for some reason.

“Ella, now. Call the knights.”

Celonia gave a signal to Ella because she had no more business with Gillian.

Ella immediately opened the back door of the warehouse and ran out.

“Duchess, now that I’ve been caught like this, let me give you a piece of advice.”

Gillian opened his mouth as if doing a favor.

Celonia looked down at Gillian, who was acting presumptuously, with cold eyes.

“It’s better not to be too nosy.”

“Really? You better not babble anymore, unless you want to get hit again.”

“Hahaha. I’m saying this for the Duchess’s sake. You don’t know anything… Ugh!”

Gillian couldn’t finish his words and groaned miserably.

His head turned to the side again because Celonia punched his jaw.

Because she didn’t have time to listen to Gillian’s nonsense.

“That hurts quite a bit.”

She looked down at her tingling hand. Her fingers were red.

“What is this… !”

“That’s not how you hit; this is how you hit.”

Tan cut off Gillian’s words, who was getting angry, and swung his fist once again as if to show Celonia.

Pow!

The sound, which was on a different level than before, echoed loudly inside the store.

“…….”

Gillian, who was hit by Tan’s deeply swung fist, couldn’t even make a sound and slumped down powerlessly.

Like a deflated balloon, he was unsightly.

Moreover, his deeply bowed head showed no sign of rising.

Celonia looked at the back of Gillian’s head and tapped his body with her foot.

Whether he was dead or unconscious, Gillian’s body didn’t move.

“He’s not dead, is he?”

“He’s unconscious.”

Tan chuckled as if Celonia’s actions were cute.

Even though her body looked frail, she was never easy.

Sometimes she showed a stronger side than him. That’s why he liked her.

This person who seemed fragile enough to break, but never fell.

“Then that’s good.”

Celonia turned around without regret.

Then, she activated the magic tool she was holding and placed it on the counter, and left the store with Tan.