The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 56

“Come here, Florin.”

“Dante, are you angry?”

“Florin is mine.”

Thud.

Dante, muttering under his breath, grabbed my wrist. The sudden pulling force was excessively strong, and I immediately frowned.

“Let go, Dante. It hurts.”

“…It’s unfair. If I had met you first, I wouldn’t have shared you.”

“Am I an object? To be shared or not?”

At first, I tried to understand, but Dante’s words sparked a surge of anger.

I was planning to give him a stern talking-to someday, and it seems today is the day.

“Let go of her hand, Dante. Florin is in pain.”

Ian, standing two steps away, spoke calmly.

However, Dante’s eyes were already half-gone [glazed over, indicating a loss of control].

‘Those are definitely the eyes I saw during his rampage…!’

Wasn’t Father taking care of Dante’s illness?

‘Ah, no. Instead of this, I need to bloom a flower!’

But there was nothing within reach right now.

Alchemy requires a price, but what would be in a hallway like this?

“I said let go. While I’m being nice.”

Worried that I might get hurt more, Ian warned coldly, his tone sharp with anger.

An oppressive force, completely different from his giggling demeanor just moments ago, descended heavily, filling the hallway.

“Mine. I won’t give her up.”

As if responding to that, dominant pheromones burst forth from Dante’s entire body.

The feeling of a saber-toothed tiger baring its sharp teeth and letting out a ferocious roar made things difficult for me.

“Ugh.”

I feel like I’m going to throw up.

The two powerful pheromones collided, trying to tear each other apart like a dragon and a tiger. It was so intense that the entire atmosphere seemed hazy with just the pheromones alone.

‘I’m dizzy.’

I need to bloom a flower. I need to calm Dante down… My vision is spinning, and I can’t do anything.

It feels like someone is pressing down on my body. I really can’t breathe.

“I really hate you.”

At that moment, Dante’s low mutter fell into my ear. Simultaneously, Dante’s hand gripping my wrist began to tremble slightly.

I don’t know if he’s saying it to me or to Ian, but what’s certain is that all reason has completely disappeared from Dante’s turquoise eyes.

Perhaps he’s given up trying to control his rampage with his own will…

‘Ah, what to do… what to do.’

Gasping for breath, I slowly realized that my legs were giving way.

The pheromones of the two berserk men were too powerful for an albino like me to withstand.

“Florin!”

My vision blurred. Just as my knees buckled, unable to endure any longer-

“I said let go!”

Paah!

My vision flashed white as if a bomb had exploded.

The last thing I remember was an enormous amount of pheromones erupting from Ian and the sight of Ian slamming the beastly Dante to the ground.

‘Ugh… what a mess….’

I muttered like that and closed my eyes.

My whole body ached and throbbed.

* * *

“Florin, open your eyes!”

“We must be careful. Right now, Little Miss’s body is on the verge of collapse. Magic won’t work!”

“Magic will only be more harmful. We have no choice but to let her overcome it naturally….”

That dawn, Florin’s bedroom was more chaotic than ever.

The smell of boiling medicinal herbs filled the air, and the family’s mages were discussing with serious expressions.

The family’s physician took her pulse and checked the back of her neck, while Linda, the nanny, and Evangeline sat beside her, constantly wiping the little girl’s face with a damp cloth.

Wheeze, wheeze.

As the rough and labored breathing continued, as if there was a hole in her lung, Inanna’s expression distorted as she watched this whole situation.

The head of the family, Emmanuel, who had been out due to external schedules, heard the news as soon as he returned and rushed over.

Following closely behind was Salones, who had unfortunately taken the apprentice knights to the training grounds outside the capital that day.

“Ah, how on earth did this happen!”

The two boys, kneeling with their arms raised, flinched at the sharp rebuke.

There was no room for excuses. It was their fault that Florin had become like this.

“Florin is…”

It was then that the man standing close to the bed opened his mouth with a chilling tone that made the blood run cold.

“An albino.”

“……”

“Albino people have been almost nonexistent since the birth of Iculus… and due to their constitution, they are not immune to pheromones. Surely you both know that.”

The reason Florin fell ill was, in a way, simple: she was drenched in uncontrolled, pure dominant pheromones. Not just one person’s, but two people’s.

Kiraxus twisted his lips as he looked at Dante and Ian, who were hanging their heads low.

“No matter how bravely Florin acts, that child is more fragile than you think. In this situation, she can’t even use magical healing, which others use so easily.”

This time, Dante’s head lowered even further.

Dante just wanted to die right now.

The moment he saw Florin smiling happily with Ian, something twisted inside him. Just as he felt the energy of a rampage coming on, he didn’t try to stop it. He wanted to use the excuse of a rampage to beat Ian down.

‘I… I was short-sighted. It’s my fault. All of it….’

Dante, who had rushed at Ian in a frenzy, didn’t even realize that Florin had collapsed. He just wanted to tear apart the opponent in front of him, throwing himself into that desire.

Fortunately, Ian had awakened his dominant pheromones at that moment, so he stopped him, so that Florin wouldn’t get hurt more.

And Dante was completely subdued by his uncle, who had appeared after recognizing the emergency situation, and regained his senses.

Of course, all that remained was self-loathing.

He wanted to apologize to Florin, but she hadn’t woken up for three hours already.

“You should have informed an adult from the beginning, Ian. Shouldn’t that have come first? If you had responded flexibly without confronting him, this situation wouldn’t have happened.”

“……I was wrong.”

Ian politely admitted his mistake to Kiraxus’s rebuke.

Afterward, Kiraxus immediately turned his gaze to Dante.

“You are…”

Flinch.

Dante, clenching his eyes shut, bit his tongue and tried to stop his body from trembling.

“You’re going to be a man who only takes care of his wife when he’s in a good mood, it seems.”

“……!”

“If you’re in a bad mood, you’ll act as you please and hurt her?”

In the end, Dante trembled all over, tears filling his eyes.

He had never imagined such a thing while at the academy.

Even if they were weak by his standards, they were all children who had received training. If they weren’t immune to pheromones themselves, they wouldn’t even be able to come near the academy if they collapsed just from being exposed to dominant pheromones.

But this is all just an excuse.

‘I thought I would protect her, protect her.’

What is this?

Drop, drop.

Large teardrops fell to the floor. Dante couldn’t say anything and just regretted and repented.

“Don’t… make so much noise….”

It was then.

A faint voice gently settled into the chaotic atmosphere. It was like a strand of yarn, like a rainbow that had slyly appeared after the rain, like the first raindrop that had fallen on dry land.

“I’ll, scold you….”

Terrified by the fading voice, Dante forgot that he had to keep his arms raised and crawled forward on his knees, crying.

“Hwaaa, Floriiiin! Don’t die. I, I was wrong.”

But Florin, who would have listened to his cries, fell back into a deep sleep.

“Let’s stop here. First, the child needs to rest, so only those who will take care of her should remain, and the rest should all go back.”

Soon, Emmanuel sternly wrapped up the situation.

There was no point in making noise here, as it wouldn’t help Florin’s condition, so the answer was to get everyone except the essential personnel to go back to their rooms.

“I will stay.”

“I don’t think you’ll be of any help, Kiraxus.”

“She will look for me when she opens her eyes.”

“Well, who can stop your stubbornness.”

Kiraxus summoned a chair from the air and sat down next to the bed, keeping a certain distance.

Kiraxus, who had been perfectly managing his pheromones to a frightening degree since earlier, didn’t take his eyes off Florin for a moment, as if he would discover even the smallest sign.