The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 161

Florin would be a necessary ingredient when his grand plan was realized someday.

That’s why, when Florin brought winter, Georges sealed her away with more joy than anyone else.

There were two things needed for revenge.

A material for alchemy and the King of Arkalik’s weakness.

As time passed, a Saintess appeared in the Magic Empire, and when it was revealed that the Saintess was the daughter of the King of Arkalik, Georges was thrilled.

Finally, all the conditions were met!

‘Now, the long revenge is over.’

The preparation was perfect.

All that was left was for the king to appear on this land.

He had heard about the king’s appearance countless times from his father, so he just had to avoid making mistakes.

“Yo, child of a sinner.”

But then.

Georges, engrossed in thought, failed to notice someone at the end of the dark hallway.

“…….”

The man waving at him had snow-white hair and red eyes, the symbols of the Arkalik people.

Georges flinched at that.

He didn’t know who he was, but he might be the owner of each island [referring to the floating islands of Arkalik].

Besides, he called him ‘child of a sinner’.

‘What should I do?’

After a few seconds of intense deliberation, Georges eventually tried to ignore him and pass by.

“You’re not using people for alchemy or anything, are you?”

However, Georges had no choice but to stop when he heard the chilling words grabbing the back of his neck.

“What are you talking about…….”

He turned around and paused.

The person who was clearly there had disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Georges’ face contorted at that.

‘Damn it. How much did he notice?’

His father had repeatedly told him.

He had to bring the king out by holding his weakness and threatening him.

He was told not to get caught before that.

‘He won’t be able to catch me right away, so there’s still some time.’

Let’s solve it within that time.

His heart was pounding, but in order not to show it, Georges tried to walk slowly back to his room.

Hwa-ran, who was hiding, stared at Georges’ back with strange eyes.

The first night since the guests arrived at the temple is coming to an end.

A strange tension swirled inside the Imperial Palace.

Chapter 13. My Daughter Born of the Heart

The welcoming party started from the bright daytime.

It had been so long since a banquet was held with people from other countries that all the nobles flocked to it, which made the banquet hall incredibly crowded.

The funny thing was that even in such a chaotic situation, the people of the Magic Empire and the Holy Empire were clearly distinguished.

Unlike the gorgeously dressed nobles of the Magic Empire, the priests from the Holy Empire were simply dressed.

They were all wearing plain priestly robes without any decorations and emerald-colored cloaks that were matched as a group, but they stood out more because they were neat.

I, too, quietly stood with my hands folded, wearing a cloak that fell over one shoulder.

The nobles sent me interesting glances, but they didn’t dare to come up and talk to me.

First of all, most of the priests around me were too busy eating to do that.

You couldn’t really have a conversation.

I know that the food nicely prepared in the banquet hall is not really meant to be eaten [as the nobles are more interested in socializing and being seen], but the priests who have never attended a banquet would not know.

Besides, they are high-end dishes that are hard to taste in the Holy Empire.

In a flash, Sandy, who made eye contact with me, jumped up and gestured.

“Saintess! You have to try this. It’s incredibly delicious.”

It was loud enough for all the nobles to turn around.

Feeling the pouring gaze, Sandy soon made an embarrassed expression and sat down again.

‘Oh, dear.’

If possible, I would like to sit down and eat with them, but I couldn’t because I knew the order of the banquet.

‘It’s been ten minutes since the group from the Holy Empire was thrown out as a spectacle. Then His Majesty the Emperor will be here soon.’

Ra-heen has not appeared in this place yet.

Yuri was not there, and Dante was not visible either.

No, the Driblane family itself is not in the banquet hall.

‘Then that means His Majesty the Emperor is bringing Ra-heen himself.’

It was natural that he would want to take the lead over the Pope and me.

“Why. Don’t you go and eat.”

At that time, the Pope opened his mouth to me in a kind tone.

I let out a hollow laugh and glared at the Pope.

“Would you have an appetite if you were me?”

“Hmm. Is that so? Still, if you do as you’re told, I’ll let you go. That bomb [referring to Ra-heen].”

“I’ll tell you in advance, I have no intention of attacking Ra-heen here today. Otherwise, I’ll be summarily executed.”

I almost said war.

If the Saintess of the Magic Empire attacks the Saintess of the Holy Empire in a place where the two Saintesses meet, war will naturally break out. But that was too ‘common sense’ story.

And the ‘Florin’ that the Pope knows is an extremely self-centered and selfish human being, so she wouldn’t even think about that.

“That’s a shame. I wish you would attack today.”

“……No, why are you so obsessed with her? What did that child do wrong to you?”

The Pope was somehow edgy.

It’s not certain, but the feeling is a little different from usual.

‘Is it because he met Hwa-ran?’

I frowned and deliberately added nonsense.

“What, is she an enemy from a previous life? Then why don’t you attack directly and make me do it?”

Until now, it was an environment where no one would know or could cover up even if the Pope wiped me out. So I just tried not to provoke him as much as possible.

However, the Pope could not use his power here.

He can’t kill me in front of so many people.

I had no choice but to be safe while the banquet was going on.

I believed in that and pushed the Pope.

Then the Pope narrowed his eyes and scanned me up and down.

“Well, if you were a proper Saintess, God wouldn’t have sent down a second Saintess, would he? It’s your fault, so it’s right for you to take care of it.”

“That’s a stretch. And you didn’t answer my question.”

“Haa. Why doesn’t our puppy listen so well……? I just have to do what I’m told, but why is she barking so hard?”

Oh, he’s annoyed.

It was very rare for the Pope to express his emotions.

He’s always just smiling, so that’s so annoying…….

‘He’s avoiding the answer?’

Hwa-ran came to me briefly yesterday before leaving for Arkalik.

‘She said that the Pope seemed to be as we predicted.’

Looking at this reaction, it seems that is really the case.

And Hwa-ran was worried that the Pope might do something today because he was worried that she would leave for Arkalik and report about the sinner to the king.

‘But even if he kills, he will kill Ra-heen, not me.’

Well, Ra-heen is the princess of Arkalik now.

“……More than anything, she’s not coming. I have to show up at the banquet to do anything.”

I replied roughly and took a step back.

No, Ra-heen really didn’t show up.

It’s already been twenty minutes since the banquet started.

“Oh, there! Young Master Ian is here!”

“Where, where?”

At that time, the attention that had been focused on the people of the Holy Empire scattered.

It was Ian’s appearance.

“Young Master Ian doesn’t come to banquets often!”

“We’ve got a windfall. I’m glad I dressed up pretty!”

The young ladies around him spread their fans and whispered quickly. An excited atmosphere overflowed and swept over a man who had just entered the banquet hall.

I felt a little uncomfortable watching the young ladies staring at Ian as if they were going to eat him.

‘He’s my man.’

Don’t look at him like that.

Perhaps the aristocratic society seemed to think that I would choose Dante or Yuri.

Ian is a non-mainstream candidate if you have to pick one.

No one seemed to think that Ian would become the head of the huge family in his 20s…… and I was bothered by that.

In other words, they are seeing him as their potential husband or son-in-law!

He’s mine!

“But why did you come?”

“I wonder if you were curious about the guests from the Holy Empire?”

“You’re not here to see the Saintess, are you?”

Then, stinging eyes poured towards me. Very unfairly.

Ian didn’t give me a glance.

But he slowly narrowed the distance with me.

He stopped when he was close enough for me to hear what he was saying, and he dealt with the people who gathered around him one by one.

“Do you happen to know when Ra-heen will be coming?”

“Ah, I heard she’s coming around this evening.”

“What? That late?”

“Something came up.”

Ra-heen does not appear immediately.

As soon as he heard that, some of the young masters sighed as if they were disappointed. They seemed to think they had come early for nothing.

But I applauded inwardly.

Ian somehow bought time!

No matter how fast Hwa-ran is, it will be this evening at the earliest for her to go to Arkalik and come back.

‘My dad will be listening to the report by now.’

Once my dad knows all the circumstances, he will somehow give me a solution.

I believed in that.

So what I needed was time.

‘I wonder if Ian met Father? I’m curious about that too.’

I perked up my ears and held a glass of non-alcoholic cocktail. And I pretended to drink it and focused on Ian.

“When is the new head of the family coming?”

“Haha, it’s nothing, but there’s a conversation I want to have about business matters…….”

As I was doing that, fortunately, this time the heads of each family clung to Ian.

They were not families that had been doing business with Driblane, but heads of families that I had never heard of.

Ian looked around at them with a soft expression and moved his shapely lips.

“The head of the family is already here.”