The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 133

“Let go! The Pope will officially protest this!”

“I wonder how you even became a senior priest with that pea-sized brain. It would be better for the Vatican if you just cleanly stepped down.”

“What? You…! How dare you not release me!”

“Ah, but would I be doing too good of a deed then? I feel like I should be getting a commission instead…”

As Ian scoffed, Roxanne, who had been silent until now, burst into laughter, giggling and even shedding tears.

I couldn’t understand where the situation was heading, so I widened my eyes in confusion.

Seriously, why is she laughing like a madwoman again?

And I know Ian has grown into a dangerous person, but… surely he’s not really thinking of killing a priest, is he?

“Ah, this is so funny. *Puhuhuk*… You conspired with Merebanno, but now that you’re at a disadvantage, you’re looking for the, the Pope. *Pwahaha!*”

Roxanne laughed almost to the point of crying.

After a while, she straightened herself up and apologized to me.

“Sorry for startling you. I wasn’t really going to kidnap you.”

“……?”

“This was instructed by the high-ranking priest Merebanno. I had to pretend to follow his orders to get evidence to oust him, so I was acting a bit. But it seems like I’ve already been found out… I should stop now.”

Found out about what?

I didn’t really understand, but Roxanne looked at Ian with a smiling face.

Then, Ian tilted his head.

“So, you’re finally willing to stop that charade.”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. But I did get hit once, so can’t we just call it even?”

Call what even?

Before I could even ask, an intense divine power erupted from Roxanne’s entire body.

The old priest, who had been squawking, realized the divine power and trembled all over in horror.

“Yo, Your Holiness…!”

“Yes. It’s me.”

“Your identity was certain, but since when!”

“From the beginning. I’ve had this face since I left the Holy Empire.”

Tsk tsk.

Roxanne, no, the Pope, clicked her tongue and shook her head.

“I knew Merebanno was foolish, but… to be blinded by power and go along with it. I’m truly disappointed.”

“But wasn’t it Your Holiness who handed it over in the end!”

“That’s right. He passed on the worst task to me, the youngest and weakest. It was regrettable.”

Looking at the situation, it seemed that the priest named ‘Merebanno’ was the one who tried to kidnap me. And the Pope had changed her face and infiltrated them.

‘Wait, then did you really have to pretend to offer me the handkerchief?’

What was with the nonchalant suggestion to wipe my eyes?

“I’ll take that incompetent priest and discipline him, so can’t you just let it go?”

My insides were boiling, but the Pope was as smooth as ever. However, with the addition of the imposing divine power, she felt like a completely different person. It was like her words had real weight to them.

Of course, I had no intention of just letting it go.

‘The problem is, how big should I make this issue?’

If possible, I wanted to completely and permanently get rid of those leech-like guys at this point.

If I could make it related to national interests, it wouldn’t be difficult to get His Majesty’s power. Should I just blow it up into an international issue?

“I can’t let it go.”

Oh, right. It would be good to start with that one word… huh?

“Trying to kidnap a distinguished guest from Arcalik is a serious crime. And coincidentally, the evidence, the handkerchief, is lying on the ground.”

A voice as cold as if it would freeze my bones echoed in my ears.

But this voice wasn’t Ian’s. The energy that made my spine tingle wasn’t Ian’s either.

‘I can’t, breathe.’

Soon, pheromones like icy bubbles washed over me from behind. The overwhelmingly powerful force rushed into my lungs as if to pierce them, and finally felt like it was gripping my heart.

“To dare do this in my country.”

“……”

“The price for this will be very high, Pope.”

Even though we were out in the open space where the light flickered, shadows still clung to Yuri’s face.

The energy of a predator that roams the ocean freely was a type that was hard for me to endure in my current state, which was no more than a small weasel.

‘It’s like sinking into the deep sea.’

Clearly, this was the Imperial Palace garden, but suddenly a torrent raged inside me. It was chilling, as if I were buried alive in a cemetery built in the sea.

It seemed to be the same for the old priest who was holding us, as his complexion grew paler with each passing second.

“Oh dear, are you alright? Would you like to take a deep breath?”

Eventually, Ian noticed that I was starting to pant and reached out to tickle under my chin.

“Hooa…!”

Then, miraculously, I quickly felt better. My breathing had been blocked and my lungs felt like they were shrinking, but as Ian’s touch continued, it felt like my airways were opening and my lungs were expanding again.

“That’s right.”

Ian smiled warmly like a summer breeze. Judging by the fact that I could actually feel the heat around me… it seemed like he was enveloping me with his Iculus [Ian’s unique magical energy].

Yuri glanced at me for a moment before turning his gaze to the Pope.

I could see the veins standing out on Yuri’s neck, but I tried to ignore it. It didn’t seem like it would be good to acknowledge it.

“Oh my, oh my. Things are getting bigger. Inevitably, I’ll have to offer the head of a high-ranking priest.”

“It would be a miscalculation to think it will end with that.”

The Pope chuckled and shrugged her shoulders even amidst the aura of the two alphas.

Yuri curved his eyes to match, but his gaze was dry.

“Florin.”

Soon, a knight who had followed Yuri picked up the handkerchief that had fallen on the ground with long tongs.

Only after securing the evidence did Yuri approach me and offer his hand.

“We have to go together.”

It sounded calm at first glance, but each syllable was sharp.

But I didn’t want to get on Yuri’s palm. Rather, I wanted to ask Yuri how he knew about the ‘handkerchief’.

‘You, you appeared after I transformed into an animal.’

Yuri must have arrived a step later than Ian. There’s no way he would have come earlier than Ian but not appeared in front of me.

In other words, the handkerchief was already on the ground when Yuri appeared… how did he know?

‘That the handkerchief is evidence.’

Moreover, the handkerchief was currently just lying around in the grass. No matter how you looked at it, it wasn’t an object that Yuri would be interested in.

“So it was true. That you know everything I do, wherever I am.”

“……Florin.”

As I muttered quietly, Yuri called my name again.

It sounded like he was holding back his anger in one way, and it sounded endlessly desperate in another way… but either way, it didn’t really matter.

“I don’t want to be like this. After I transform into a human later.”

“The dress, I told them to prepare it… so when you go in, the maids will put it on you right away.”

Thank you.

Those words disappeared futilely in my mouth.

‘Come to think of it, I forgot… Yuri could also communicate with me by writing letters in the air.’

I really liked those messages you sent me back then, but now it gives me goosebumps.

Did you know everything I was doing back then too?

“……”

Yuri clenched his empty hand and turned his body away.

His stiff expression and frozen back faced me.

It felt as if Yuri was declaring a severance to me, and at the same time, my heart ached. The shark’s attachment, that mental illness, makes it so that even if Yuri wants to cut ties with me, he can’t.

Even if he turns his back like that, he’ll end up circling around me again.

‘It’s not normal.’

Ah, Father needs to get the medicine.

The reason I can’t accept Yuri’s feelings is because I know that Yuri doesn’t really love me.

In my opinion, Yuri is obsessed with me, wants to possess me, and wants to monopolize me. At first, he tries to appease me with kind words and confine me to his territory, but if that doesn’t work, it seems like he would not hesitate to use force.

If people with similar powers to Yuri hadn’t been keeping him in check and protecting me, I could easily imagine what a devastated situation I would be in now.

‘Because… even just now, look. Rather than being considerate of me and reducing his power…’

He was more focused on crushing the opponent who had angered him.

I’m not saying that’s wrong. It’s just that he’s not the kind of husband I want.

The priest, who had been scratched all over as he escaped from the climbing roses, was grabbed by the back of the neck by the Pope and dragged away.

I released all the tension from my body, which had been strained due to Yuri’s energy, and slumped down.

“Our baby, were you very nervous?”

“Uh-huh.”

“I’ll have to say something to him later. I’ll tell him to properly control his pheromones in front of you.”

No, don’t do that. You’ll end up fighting…….

I didn’t even have the strength to speak, so I shook my head.

Then, Ian, who had been chuckling, poked my cheek.

“I didn’t expect to be reunited in this form. Cute.”

“……!”

“But I still want to see you in human form. You’re an adult now.”

I’ve been waiting a long time.

Ian, who added playfully, winked one eye.

The golden eyes, as if sucking me in, held the heat of August, and for some reason, I felt choked up.