Becoming the Villain’s Family - Chapter 253
Chapter 253
“Innocent?”
Yes, if he hadn’t supported the rebels in the first place, he would be innocent.
‘And perhaps, the one who was more innocent than anyone else was Allen!’
Not only that, but also the people who sponsored the school for the children, his friend Garnet, and even the children themselves…..
What Allen had referred to as the ‘land of dreams’ in the note, must have been a land where the children could rest, play, and learn in peace……
“How many innocent lives did you sacrifice?”
Sabina’s face, which had just learned all the truths that had been concealed by the Count, grew cold.
But her eyes burned like flames in hell.
“Did those children also die at your hands?”
“Any, anyway, the right to interrogate is invalid. Regardless of being Valentine, you have no right to interrogate Valois without any pretext!”
Completely consumed by fear, he suddenly changed his tone and spewed out a barrage of words.
And in a tone that was completely sour and unpleasant, he muttered.
“Can you just take me away as a rebel now? Shouldn’t you clear that man’s unjust slander even now?”
“Ha…”
Sabina exhaled a sigh mixed with tears, letting out a trembling breath.
For a while, she couldn’t regain her composure as boiling anger and relief simultaneously washed over her.
‘Allen didn’t cherish me so much just to use me.’
He had simply felt empathy for a young child living in persecution within her own family.
He had only shown kindness.
‘Just like he did for other orphans.’
Allen was simply a person dedicated to his beliefs.
He is exactly the same person Sabina had seen before.
Having realized all the truths, Sabina quickly regained her composure.
She wiped away the tears.
‘I can shed tears later.’
There was something she needed to do first.
“Count Valois.”
She discarded the polite titles that referred to him as her father.
“Nothing has changed. It’s just switched from a charge of treason to insulting the imperial family. Count, despite revealing the truth, do you think it’ll be enough for you to escape the punishment for tricking His Majesty?”
Do you think he would reconsider?
Sabina gave him a contemptuous look, as if she couldn’t even be bothered with his lingering attachment.
“At, at least the interrogation won’t be of any use now!”
The Count stammered out a rebuttal.
It was a desperate bid for survival.
He clenched the bars and shook them back and forth while shouting.
“Hurry and set me free!”
At that moment, Tristan, who had been showing a seemingly joyful smile by her side, chimed in.
“If it’s not for treason, we won’t need to put a noose around your neck to hang you at the castle gates anymore. You might even get yourself to the summary execution instead of interrogation.”
“Wh, what?”
“You might find it easier to handle this way. You should know that better than anyone, shouldn’t you?”
Certainly.
Treason charges were closely tied to the security of the state, making it extremely difficult to obtain the power of execution.
The reason Count Valois could obtain this power was that his opponent was a fallen noble from a vassal state.
But it was a different story when it came to an Imperial noble.
Valentine obtaining the power of interrogation was unprecedented.
“You sure talk a lot.”
Tristan reached out, mimicking the act of grabbing the Count’s neck in the air.
Just that action alone caused the Count’s face to turn a bluish shade, as if he was really choked.
“…I’m trying to be patient, but really, how long do we have to listen to this nonsense?”
He crouched down to Sabina’s eye level, looking at her while his head tilted slowly.
Like a dog receiving the command to wait.
“Stay still.”
This time, she didn’t restrain her own impulse.
Sabina’s hand briefly landed on Tristan’s head before she let it go.
She then took a seat in a chair, leaving Tristan frozen in place.
Standing for so long was quite hard.
“When I say even if you cut off their limbs, it doesn’t bring the dead back to life. I should probably take that back.”
What she was about to do from now on had a clear meaning.
“It holds quite a profound meaning.”
The Count had to pay for labeling innocent people as rebels and causing their deaths. He had to struggle in agony, enough to absolve the grievances of those who had unjustly died.
“Continue with the interrogation. I’ll watch from here.”
At this, one of the interrogators who had been waiting on the sidelines was taken aback and asked,
“Is that, really okay? Your stomach might churn…”
“Exactly, make it stomach-churning. I need to witness the agony with my own eyes.”
It had to be that way to soothe the spirits of the dead.
“You, come over here. Watch quietly with me.”
Sabina crossed her legs and flicked her fingers towards Tristan.
He initially made a startled rabbit-like face, then quickly revealed his teeth and smiled.
“Haha.”
He obediently went to stand by Sabina’s side.
Like a dog wagging its tail.
He willingly put the leash around his own neck.
“If it’s the Queen’s command.”
Sabina looked down at the gravestone bearing Allen’s name.
His body could not be recovered.
Obviously.
“Come to think of it, he always liked children quite a lot.”
But secretly collecting children and even trying to establish an academy?
“It would have been nice if he had shared some of his plans.”
She had a guess as to why it was kept a secret.
He probably didn’t want Sabina to be involved.
Unlike Allen, she was, a true Fineta Empire citizen.
“But I’m relieved that Allen wasn’t a traitor.”
Selfish as it may be, she was grateful that he had no intention of plotting treason.
Sabina’s sincerity towards Allen meant that he had never betrayed her even once.
“Now, rest in peace. I’ll build Allen’s land of dreams.”
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