The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 140

“That’s not the time yet. But I can tell you one more thing instead.”

But this time, there was no response to my question.

I felt a little uneasy, but there was no way to force him to tell me if he didn’t want to, so I puffed out my cheeks in dissatisfaction.

“The world beneath the surface and the world above the surface. This is a story about that.”

Swish.

A strange wind blew inside the tank, and divine power gathered into one, shining white.

I could see a faint shape centered around the light mass, but it wasn’t clear.

“Now that you firmly exist in the world above the surface, the world below the surface is about to disappear. That’s the story that will happen in this world if you’re not here.”

Perhaps the Celestial God put his index finger on my forehead and poured some warm power into me.

I accepted all the permeating information without missing anything, but there was no information about the contractor of the Evil God anywhere in it.

There were still things the God hadn’t told me.

“Don’t be impatient. You will know everything the day you first face your adversary……”

The Celestial God murmured softly.

“Oh, and I think I used a lot of power today, so it will be difficult to talk to you for a while.”

With that, the last word scattered faintly.

Leaving behind the information that the extremely bleak book I read while living as ‘Kim Ah-ram’ was actually the world beneath the surface.

‘But with that alone… I don’t really know.’

Is the reason why the Celestial God tried so hard to return me to this world really because everyone would be unhappy without me?

‘No. There’s definitely more he’s hiding.’

With just this much information, I felt that the reason why there should be two Saints in this world was not fully explained.

* * *

That night, as I returned to the Dribblyane mansion, I thought the situation had become quite comical.

Yuri, who has the support of God. Dante, who the family is pushing.

Father and Hwa-ran chose Ian, right?

‘How can opinions be so divided?’

It would have been easier for me to choose if support had gathered for one candidate.

‘I don’t know. I just want to rest.’

Without even changing my clothes, I collapsed on the bed in my outerwear, wriggling like seaweed, and suddenly realized that tomorrow was Ian’s time.

‘He said let’s go on a trip.’

I want to go. I will go.

If I left the capital with Ian and went somewhere where no one knew me, I felt like I would feel liberated.

A faraway place without the Pope, the Emperor, the Crown Prince, or the priests.

Take me to such a place.

“Princess!!!”

It was then.

Someone suddenly appeared in the window I had opened because I felt stuffy.

“Are you okay! Are you hurt anywhere? That shark dared to! The Papal State tried to kidnap you! I’ll kill them all!”

Hwa-ran, who had climbed over the windowsill with a distorted face, looked very angry.

He seemed to know everything that had happened to me in the Imperial Palace.

I calmed the rampaging Hwa-ran and asked.

“Did you hear it from Ian?”

“Yes! I was very worried because I hadn’t felt his presence since he said he was going to the Imperial Palace. I was about to turn the Imperial City upside down when I met Ian.”

Thinking about it, so much had happened in a short period of time.

I had my debutante, danced with Yuri, and encountered the Pope disguised as a regular priest in that garden.

Thanks to that damn handkerchief, I became a weasel… and Ian stepped in to help.

After becoming human again, I probed the Pope.

Then Yuri locked me in the tank, and just when I thought I was free, the Celestial God suddenly appeared and said that Yuri was the contractor…….

I couldn’t believe that all of that had happened in just a few days.

‘From Hwa-ran’s point of view, it would have seemed like I suddenly disappeared after the debutante.’

He must have been worried.

I sighed and grabbed Hwa-ran’s hand tightly. Then, I opened my mouth seriously and clearly.

It was time to put the past behind us and think about the future.

“I think the Pope is an Arcalic [a criminal exiled from Arcalic]. I suspect it.”

“……Yes? Suddenly?”

“I’m not kidding. They say the Pope never shows his real face. Only when he dies and goes into the coffin. But it seems like he usually wears several faces.”

Seeing my expression, Hwa-ran calmed down and closed his mouth. He was pondering over the fact that the Pope was an Arcalic.

“That could be true. It’s not a completely absurd guess.”

“Right? And I felt like he was trying to use me to bring Dad back. He even attempted to kidnap me.”

If I were just an ordinary twenty-year-old, I might not have noticed such malice well.

However, I was a person who had repeated countless lives as a trivial being, and those experiences accumulated within me, raising my mental age beyond my actual age.

I trusted my gut, so I told Hwa-ran about the conversation and reactions I had with the Pope.

“We cannot completely rule out the possibility that the Pope is a criminal.”

“Shall we assume he is an Arcalic and investigate with Ian?”

“I will, Princess.”

If the Pope becomes a threat to Dad, we must cut off the bud in advance.

Hwa-ran gritted his teeth and thought about something, then took the strength out of his body and pretended to stroke his chest.

“Honestly, when Ian told me earlier that you were trapped in the tank, Princess. I was really about to go on a rampage, regardless of friendly relations with other countries. I rushed over to check if you were safe, but if you hadn’t told me about the Pope now, I might have really gone to overturn everything……”

“It seems like it would be fun for me to overturn the Imperial City, but not now. It’s good not to be noticed by the Pope. Because we have to investigate properly.”

Many things change depending on whether the Pope is a criminal exiled from Arcalic or not.

If he is a criminal, Arcalic will have a justification to intervene.

“He’s like a rat, trying not to reveal himself…… But who am I? The owner of Hwa Island! Isn’t it Hwa-ran?”

“I feel reassured.”

“I heard that the Pope wants to either kidnap you, Princess, or execute a high-ranking priest named Merebanno. In the end, he got what he wanted without dirtying his hands, so from the Pope’s point of view, it’s all profit.”

Hwa-ran muttered, unable to forgive.

‘He’s cunning.’

The Papal State forces that had been constantly harassing me since I was young come to mind.

The Pope must have been behind it.

“By the way, Princess.”

Soon, Hwa-ran sat back on the windowsill and looked at me.

He still had a serious expression, but he seemed to be trying to lighten the mood with a playful look.

“Isn’t it about time you chose someone?”

“Ugh, Hwa-ran, are you talking about that too?”

“I’m just curious who you want to choose.”

I was about to answer vaguely, but I flinched.

Hwa-ran’s question isn’t who will you choose. It’s who do you want to choose.

It was a subtle difference, but the former and the latter were definitely different.

The latter is asking about my heart.

I glanced at the ring safely and securely on my finger and slowly moved my lips.

A name drawn only with lip movements, without any sound.

At that, Hwa-ran smiled and nodded.

“I see.”

“It’s a secret.”

“Of course. This Hwa-ran has a heavy mouth.”

Even if Dad pressures you, you’ll answer.

Of course, I believed that he would keep it a secret from everyone else besides Dad.

“Then I’ll be on my way. I hope you have a comfortable and happy week.”

“Thank you for wishing me that.”

The time I spent with Yuri was so difficult that I was exhausted.

I hope nothing more happens here.

With that wish, I was about to pull the string to call the maids.

‘I need to change my clothes. I need to wash up. And also…….’

As soon as I returned to the mansion, I closed the door and told everyone not to come near me, so everyone must be worried.

In particular, Dante must be restless in the hallway, so I need to see his face quickly and tell him that I’m okay.

“You’re dressed beautifully.”

But at that very moment when I turned my back to the window, a sweet voice reached me as if embracing me.

I immediately recognized who it was and stopped my hand heading towards the rope.

“Ian……?”

“I came to pick you up, baby.”

“I haven’t even said I’m going yet!”

Even as I said that, I couldn’t suppress my joy and almost ran towards Ian.

But I couldn’t easily hug him like I did Dante.

Somehow, I felt a little awkward.

“Oh, I was hoping you would hug me.”

Ian, sitting on the windowsill, stretched out his arms towards me.

But he never came forward any further than that.

As if he couldn’t come into my room.

“Hwa-ran too, why do you all come through the window?”

“It’s faster than going through the front door.”

Ian replied softly and shook his hand slightly, as if to remind me that he was still holding out his arms.

“I can’t lower my arms unless someone hugs me.”

“Shall I give you a doll to hug?”

“That’s good too…… but I’ve been very surprised lately, so I need someone’s warmth.”

Ian drooped his eyebrows as if acting pitiful.

“The woman I like is almost kidnapped. And to make matters worse, I only left my seat for a moment, but when I came back, she was trapped in a tank.”

“!”

“I’m worried because it seems like all the crazy people in the world like you, Florin.”

Should I kill them all?

Ian said that and smiled.

But I couldn’t hear any words.

‘He said… the woman I like. Just now!’