Celebrity Lady

Chapter 127

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Swish!

“Ugh!”

As the knife that had pierced his side was pulled out, blood once again spewed from Victor’s mouth.

“Brother!!”

I approached Victor, my thoughts still frozen.Điscover new chapters at novelhall.com

“Why, why...”

Struggling to maintain his gaze on me with weakening eyes, Victor finally mustered the strength to twist his body. Holding onto the carriage until the end, he aimlessly swung his sword while I watched.

“Get, away...”

“Why, why did you get stabbed by the knife?”

“Captain? What’s going on?”

In the midst of misfortune, perhaps there was some luck. The bewildered assailants seemed to have no intention of further attacking Victor.

Nevertheless, I couldn’t calm down.

Victor, standing there, barely holding on amidst the ceaseless flow of blood from his wound...was such a despairing sight.

Drip.

As if trying to wash away this tragedy, raindrops began to fall from the sky.

Amidst the sudden relentless downpour, the assailants’ voices occasionally broke through.

“This is an unexpected situation. Taking her with us could be problematic. We all should...”

“Yes, sir.”

With no thoughts in my mind, I held Victor from behind and asked softly,

<—— —.>

As if waiting for my question, Wishit responded, and I closed my eyes, feeling my strength drain from my body.

***

At the secret hideout within the capital.

Nathan, who had been waiting for Rubette, asked Pose, “I can’t help but think we didn’t need to send that many assailants. In fact, there wasn’t even a reason to ask the assailants to bring her.”

“Better safe than sorry. What if the guards next to her are incredibly strong?”

“Hmm.”

Following Pose’s advice, Nathan had sent over thirty assassins to Rubette. He looked suspiciously at Pose, who wore a consistently playful expression. “You do realize that if anything goes wrong, both you and I will die, right?”

“What could go wrong? I just told them to bring her without hurting a single hair.” ...Of course, only Rubetria, that woman.

Pose bit back the rest of his words and chuckled secretly into the empty air.

Pose was aware of the fact that the summoning of Boulder, Victor Diollus’ spirit, had been interrupted.

‘Is he dead?’ he wondered.

No matter how skilled he was, facing over thirty assassins without the protection of Victor’s spirit would be challenging. Pose was hoping that Victor would be eliminated this time.

‘If that stupid girl really tried to work with the wretched Nathan, she’d surely change her mind after this incident.’

If Rubetria decided to help Nathan intentionally, it would be problematic. If Victor were to die this time, Rubetria might hold a grudge against Nathan, which would be a good outcome.

However, it wouldn’t be bad either if Victor were somehow saved through Wishit’s abilities. If Rubetria used up her three wishes and became powerless, it would be advantageous for Pose.

‘Rubetria... Please, just stay quiet, still, and safe.’

She had to. At least until all the nobles of this empire were defeated.

“Your Highness!”

At that moment, five armed assassins swiftly entered the hideout. Nathan’s eyes widened when he saw a large leather sack slung over one of the assassins’ shoulders. It was quite evident that there was a person inside.

“What... What is this?” Nathan approached the sack and removed it instantly.

“...!”

With hands and feet bound and a gag in her mouth, Rubetria emerged from the sack. Her eyes were swollen from crying.

“Are you insane?!” Nathan shouted angrily at the assassins. “Who told you to bring her like this!?” He was genuinely furious. Even if they had to use force to calm her down, it was entirely unnecessary to treat her like this.

“We apologize, Your Highness. But she was resisting too fiercely...”

“You were holed up in your room, drinking and whining about missing Mom; in that dream you were shown, did she thank you for it?”

“...”

“You close your ears and mouth. You didn’t even know what your daughter was going through under the same roof. You have no right to be a father to Ruby.”

Lark quickly intervened, taken aback by Victor’s blunt words, “Sir Victor, please stop.”

However, Victor continued without any regard, “That girl’s so patient. You can’t even care for her; but you call yourself her parent.”

“Victor, I know you’re angry, but your words to Father are too harsh. Just calm down for a moment.”

When Viego grabbed his shoulders, Victor shook his hand off. “Shut up!”

“Victor.”

“You’re not even worth mentioning. Just get lost, seriously.” Victor roughly grabbed Viego by the collar. “When that girl asked for your help, what did you say?”

Viego remained silent.

“She openly said grandma hated her; and what did you reply with? You bastard.”

“...”

“You’re the same. No, you’re the worst.”

Victor’s fierce eyes welled up with tears.

Viego remained speechless, his lips trembling.

“I am, too.” With a deep sigh, Victor’s strength drained from his hand. His face, now turned to the front slowly, was contorted agonizingly. “I’m garbage too...” Amidst the silence that enveloped everyone, only Victor’s sobbing voice continued, “A coward...”

Suddenly, he jolted up. Despite the intense pain from his wounds, Victor gritted his teeth and endured it. “I’m taking Ruby and leaving this place. Don’t ever think about seeing her again in your life.”

“Sir Victor.”

Lark quickly blocked Victor’s path and stood in front of him.

“Brother Victor knew everything.”

“Everything? From where to where?”

“Everything. Really everything. I’m not sure, but he even mentioned something about spirits to me at the end. I don’t know how he found out...”

Two days ago.

Rubette had met with Nathan. Everything had gone as smoothly as planned, except for one thing.

The variable named Victor had emerged. It was like a bolt from the blue.

Lark had feared the explosive reaction from Victor and had been waiting for him to wake up, guarding his side.

“Calm down and let’s have a private conversation. Could the duke and the young duke please give us some space—”

Lark halted mid-sentence as he tried to speak to Leonard and Viego as Victor harshly grabbed his collar.

“...Sir.”

“Victor, please! Please calm down!”

No matter how out of his mind he was, grabbing the prince’s collar was...

Amidst the chaos, Viego, flustered by the unexpected turn of events, tried intervening, but Victor didn’t even blink.

With his face inches from Lark’s, Victor muttered, “I’m disappointed, Your Highness.”

“...”

“A dirty family feud should be your problem to deal with. Why are you using my sister?”

Lark’s eyes narrowed. “You’re misunderstanding. Please, calm down and listen to me.”

“No. There’s no need to listen. You used my sister, didn’t you? Even if she offered to help, you should have refused. Weren’t you, as His Highness, supposed to foresee the danger of Ruby getting involved in your affairs?”

“...”

Victor ridiculed Lark’s frozen expression and added, “You knew everything. You knew, but you kept quiet and continued to use her for your benefit.”

“Sir.”

“My sister is a summoner!”

In an instant, as if admitting defeat, Lark pursed his lower lip and tightly closed his eyes.

Viego and Leonard fell silent.

“You knew. Right?”