Becoming the Villain’s Family - Chapter 236
Chapter 236
In fact, what had happened that night bolstered Sabina’s guess.
The morning after hearing a terrible scream from the palace where Grand Duke Valentine was imprisoned.
Sabina overheard the conversation of the maids who had come to tidy up her room.
“The screams last night, did you hear it?”
It was information she didn’t really want to know.
It’s just something she wanted to dismiss as just hallucinations or dreams and then let it go.
As Sabina lay in bed and missed the timing to get up. She pondered for a moment whether or not she should let them know.
If only she hadn’t listened to the maid’s chattering words.
“I heard that the ones who worked at the annex died, that’s of course. It has been noisy all day today.”
“There was a reason why everyone was desperate not to be assigned to the annex.”
“But why in the world did they die? I don’t understand. It wasn’t just a day or two since they worked at the annex.”
“The barrier is broken.”
“What?”
“Is there a barrier?”
The maids looked at the sleeping Sabina and whispered in a lower voice.
“Actually, the magic tower wizards came from the imperial palace because of the barrier of the annex? But it broke?”
“Well, it seems that even the wizards can’t handle the Grand Duke.”
“What? That’s truly a big deal.”
“Still, there is no way for the Grand Duke to come out of the annex at all because of the several layers of barriers in the annex.”
“Should I say that it’s fortunate…”
The maids let out a sigh of relief, but they seemed unable to fully hide their anxiety.
“I heard from a wizard, they say that the barriers built in the Ingo Mountains are relatively weak. They say even ordinary people can break through if they know the tricks.”
“Is that okay? If there’s an outside invasion…”
“It’s Valentine. Few people have the guts to do that, and they have to deal with beasts of the Ingo Mountains.”
And they have to deal with the Grand Duke too. After hearing the maid’s last words, the rest of the maids became quiet.
Sabina, who was pretending to be asleep, was also alarmed, but she agreed.
In that sense, Valentine was an impregnable fortress that could never be breached.
‘That’s why it’s worth trying somehow now that the Grand Prince is not here.’
It was a loophole created by trusting only one Grand Prince.
Gathering her resolve, Sabina shook off her thoughts and stepped outside the terrace ledge.
And she cautiously stepped on the pieces protruding from the outer wall of the building and held on to them as she descended.
Sabina jumped lightly onto the grass, then surveyed her surroundings while holding her breath.
There was no one.
Although she already knew because she always looked out of the window every hour and checked the employee’s movements.
At that moment.
Sabina drew her sword when she felt a presence behind her.
As expected, she can’t completely avoid them even if she identifies their movement patterns……! As she was thinking about that…….
“What…….”
It was a wolf. A terrifyingly large wolf she had seen in the Ingo Mountains.
Sabina now knew that it was the Grand Prince’s wolf.
“Leading me to the master?”
She put her sword back into the scabbard, laughing for some reason. She knew that the wolves were well trained and would not attack her.
“Grr…..”
But the wolf howled lowly.
It lowered its body to the floor, shining silver eyes that looked just like its master, as if it was about to rush at her…….
‘Did you really notice that I was trying to run away?’
So it did want to present her to its master? Should Sabina draw her sword again, she pondered as she placed her hand on her waist.
“Hey!”
Suddenly, the wolf pounced on Sabina, threw her off balance, and placed her on its back and started running.
“No, you mad wolf!”
The wolf resembles its master, so it’s mad too!
To keep herself from falling over the wolf, Sabina reflexively looped her arms around the wolf’s thick neck.
After running for a while.
“Gasp, gasp.”
Sabina gasped for breath as she managed to get off the wolf’s back.
Her eyes spun from how fast they had ran.
“Where the hell is this…”
Looking around, Sabina was startled and lost her words.
It was because she was near the Ingo Mountains.
“What are you…”
It’s as if the wolf was trying to help her escape.
Sabina panicked and called the wolf. However, as the wolf ran back the way it came, only its thick black fur was fluttering.
‘What is it? Is it a real trap?’
As she was holding onto her messed up head with all sorts of disturbing thoughts…….
Kuuuaanggg-!!!
The ground began to shake with a tremendous roar.
The sound was coming from the Grand Duke’s castle’s side.
“…!”
Sabina stumbled and managed to balance herself on a nearby tree.
Her eyes were bound to one place.
A gigantic flame wrapped in a bright red line, enough to make the eyes sore even in the thick darkness, instantly filled the sky.
‘No way, the wolf knew that an explosion would happen…… ?’
From the annex where Grand Duke Valentine was said to be imprisoned, black smoke rose nonstop and covered the sky.
It was an ominous shape she had never seen in her life.
‘Grand Duke Valentine went out of control.’
She didn’t know why he was imprisoned in the annex, or why he was imprisoned in several layers of barriers. She didn’t even want to know.
At this moment, Sabina could no longer pretend she didn’t know.
Grand Duke Valentine is in such a dangerous state that even the wizards can’t handle it, and there’s no way to control him right now…….
‘No, no. It can’t be. Because the annex had several layers of barriers, they said the Grand Duke couldn’t come out.’
The wizards of the Magic Tower are famous, so they should be able to prevent an explosion like that.
And even if the barrier is broken, they can just overpower him again and lock him up?
“It’s okay. Don’t worry about it. If you run away now…”
Sabina turned back.
Grabbing the strap of her bag tighter, she took a step forward.
No, she wanted to move. Right now.
She gritted her teeth.
Rather, it was a good thing. There was no one coming to stop her who was running away in the middle of the mess.
And if there was a problem with the Grand Duke’s barrier, maybe the wizards would have lifted the barrier magic on the mountain range.
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