The Strongest Daughter-In-Law Of The Black Lion Family [EN]: Chapter 161

#161.

“……I see. So, the woman I ran into at the banquet must have been Yanou.”

There was no need to search; Yanou was that woman.

Had I gone to Dane Village, I would have realized it sooner.

If Ebensev had been leading the Butterfly Organization by borrowing Yanou’s body all this time, everything would be explained.

Ella cautiously asked,

“So, Yanou is Ebensev, right?”

When I quietly nodded, Ella continued,

“But they said Ebensev turned to stone. What exactly is going on?”

“To be precise, she was the one who got trapped. Fighting loneliness for an eternity, with a body that can’t die.”

“But how…….”

“It seems Yanou’s village chief interpreted the Ebensev scriptures and found the place where Ebensev was. And then she had her body stolen.”

Perhaps her ultimate goal, even to the point of stealing the body of a priestess who revered her, was to regain the power of the Divine Beast.

‘First, I needed a vessel to contain my soul. After that, I have to take back everything I lost.’

The scope of everything she was talking about was quite broad. One thing for sure was that she was fanatically obsessed with the Divine Beast and hated me very much.

‘But Larien, don’t think you’re the only one who will be happy forever.’

She had shown a determination to jump into a burning fire for my misfortune.

And the one who possessed the Divine Beast’s power she desired was Zerachiel, the reincarnation of Vasilij.

“We have to get Zerachiel back.”

“But we don’t know where he went, so how…….”

Ella stopped mid-sentence. It was because I smiled and pointed to my wrist. It was the spot where the mark was engraved.

“Ah.”

Only then did Ella let out a soft exclamation, as if she had asked a pointless question.

I tried to say cheerfully,

“First, I have to go help Isla, who must be wandering around nearby.”

* * *

At that moment, Isla was trapped in an illusion, unable to move forward or backward. She was going around in circles in the same location, and all communication networks were down.

As she struggled to escape, she ran into Ivan, who was wandering alone. Ivan, who found her, was both pleased and annoyed.

‘Where have you been? I’ve been looking for you for ages!’

‘Why are you here, of all people? What about Sarvan Castle?’

‘The castle was successfully captured. However, the number of people was suspiciously small, so Zerachiel-nim went this way first, but didn’t you see him?’

‘I didn’t see him. I think he must have passed by without me noticing because of this illusion…….’

‘Then why did I meet Isla-kyung [Isla, using a respectful title]?’

‘That’s what’s strange. It’s like they deliberately sent only Zerachiel-nim…….’

After that, they walked and walked like crazy, trying to find the entrance. They couldn’t stay still, thinking that something was seriously wrong.

And then, on their tenth lap, Ivan muttered, panting,

“I think we’ve fallen into a trap.”

“It’s not ‘I think,’ we have.”

“Ehh? You knew that and kept going around?”

“You’ve been going around too. I thought you knew.”

“So, Isla-kyung couldn’t find a way out either. I don’t know if I should be relieved or not.”

Ivan felt a sense of competition but kept looking around anxiously.

To think that there was a Suin [a race with animalistic features] in the North who could cast such a powerful illusion.

Had they miscalculated the other side’s strength all along?

But somehow.

This was a situation that was difficult to dismiss as simply pheromones. An illusion that could trap so many Suins at once.

Frankly, it didn’t feel like pheromones. It felt like something on a higher level. That feeling rather dampened his fighting spirit, causing Ivan to feel a sense of helplessness.

Isla shook her head in agreement.

“There’s nothing. It’s too perfect of an illusion. If it were an illusion caused by pheromones, there would definitely be loopholes. At this rate, we’ll be here until the opponent lifts the illusion…….”

Isla hadn’t even finished speaking when Cersia suddenly appeared before their eyes.

Ella and Heathcliff appeared with her, but there was no time to look back at them.

Isla uttered a flustered voice.

“Cersia-nim?”

How did she suddenly get in here? Were they perhaps driving everyone here? It would be a problem if Cersia-nim was in danger too.

As all sorts of thoughts ran through her mind, Ivan strode up to Cersia. Then, he fiddled with her face and said,

“Is it real?”

He seemed to think it was an illusion. Then, Cersia said sternly,

“It’s real, so take your hand off before you get hit, Ivan.”

“Heok, you’re being so violent to me, so you really are Cersia-nim?”

Ivan made a fuss and took his hand off. Then, as if he had never smiled, he said seriously,

“No, then it’s a big problem. Even Cersia-nim is trapped here. At this rate, we might all starve to death. Zerachiel-nim needs to come quickly so we can get out.”

He still had a face that didn’t understand the situation. Well, it was a natural reaction since he had been wandering around here for a while.

Cersia sighed deeply and said,

“Don’t worry. The illusion is already broken.”

“What, did we have such an excellent Suin on our side? Where is he? I’ll hand over my position right away and retire!”

Only then did his face brighten as he pretended to look around, even shading his eyes with his hand.

Well, he wouldn’t react like that if he didn’t know about Cersia’s unique constitution.

‘Actually, I didn’t really think it would work.’

Cersia recalled the time when she broke the illusion with her own hands.

After the first episode, she felt that the restrictions on her other pheromones had disappeared. After that, the cycle in which Zerachiel’s pheromones didn’t work became rapidly faster.

At the time, it was difficult to gauge what type of pheromones she had.

But judging from what had happened so far. Her pheromones seemed to be specialized in neutralizing the pheromones of other Suins.

Seeing that she had invalidated this illusion, it seemed that Ebensev had been using pheromones to use the relics.

Then Isla approached.

“Cersia-nim, are you really okay? So, this is Cersia-nim…….”

Isla, who had noticed her characteristics even a little, seemed to have belatedly realized that she was the one who had broken the illusion.

Cersia smiled.

“I’m okay. There’s nothing wrong with my body.”

“That’s a relief, but…….”

“More than that, we need to hurry back to Jabishi Castle and prepare. There’s nothing more to gain here.”

“Yes? But Zerachiel-nim hasn’t come yet…….”

When Zerachiel was mentioned, Cersia muttered with a gloomy face.

“Zerachiel was captured by the Butterfly gang.”

“Yes? Are you kidding? Our young master wouldn’t be captured so easily? He’s especially sensitive these days, isn’t he?”

Ivan blinked his eyes as if he had heard a ridiculous story. Cersia said,

“I’ll explain on the way.”

* * *

Inside the study of the Jabishi Castle lord.

Zachary frowned after hearing all the series of events that Cersia had explained.

“So, you’re saying you’re the reincarnation of Larien, and my son is the reincarnation of the damn first lord?”

“I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s true.”

“This is unbelievable!”

Zachary slammed his fist on the armrest, enraged. Rachel often broke them, so he had prepared a sturdy one, but it was cracked.

Rachel said,

“So, do you know what they’re trying to do with my son?”

Cersia continued, as if she were about to invade Hebel right away.

“They’re going to use Jabishi’s madness to spread the epidemic soon. At that time, Hebel will seize the opportunity to thoroughly define Jabishi as evil and act as the savior of Amitaras.”