The Villainess Hides Her Wealth - Chapter 85.2
Chapter 85.2
“… That boy?”
The power that came to the members of the Red River clan was a sorcery that their ancestors had practiced in the past. The abilities may differ from person to person, but they inherited that power with a similar essence.
The child Lilika spoke of was also someone with that kind of power. The peculiar thing was that the child’s power was so ominous that even those who possessed it did not use it.
Other powers usually ended with a weak or mild curse, but there was a man who was mindless of everything, so much so that even the Red River clan shunned him.
The memories of that day were clear even for the young Lilika.
“You, are you really that anxious to get rid of our clan?”
“But! This is a special power that descends upon us…”
“A power that makes people ominous is not a power, it’s a curse!”
A person who had been healthy until then collapsed helplessly, and the one who couldn’t even move a finger got up as if he were fine.
A strange power that was hard to understand.
There was a corner in people’s hearts that was terrifying.
“What’s wrong with my power!”
A power on an unprecedented scale.
A child who wandered around because people were ominous and said he was cursed, even in the Red River clan that could never be called good.
“… Are you making that choice? What on earth are you going to do?”
Lilika smiled darkly.
There was such deep madness in her eyes that it made the members of the Red River clan stop.
“You said you wanted me to do well, didn’t you? For that to happen, you’ll have to cooperate.”
With those words, Lilika took out more of her personal belongings that she had brought from the duchy.
As if what she had given them before and what she had shown them now were not the only things she had.
“If I do well, you will too.”
From the moment she came here, she thought it would be like this.
If this was a dirty quagmire anyway, she would roll around properly.
***
After hearing the story from her clan, Lilika went to visit the cursed child.
“Hello? Long time no see, Jacob.”
The man in front of her was taller than when she saw him as a child.
However, his shoulders were narrow, and his eyes were sunken. A thin body. Saggy clothes.
It was difficult to say how well he was or how well he had grown.
“Damn it, who is talking when I’m sleeping so well!”
But Lilika liked that.
Soon after, Jacob’s mouth opened, and Lilika’s eyes folded into a beautiful smile.
“What is this? Why did the lady who turned her back on her clan and went to the duchy come here?”
“I was nearby, and I remembered you.”
“Ah, why were you nearby?”
A fierce momentum and a grin.
“Were you kicked out? Did they say that a vulgar illegitimate child isn’t suitable for the duchy? Hahaha. You’re stupid. Did you really think your dream of living happily as the duke’s daughter would come true?”
Thorny words flew at her.
It was an awkward and embarrassing situation for the other person who simply said hello.
Or it would have been if it was a normal person, but not for Lilika.
‘He’s probably like this to other people as well.’
An unfriendly personality on top of a low level of sociability.
The kind of person who thinks they’re smart and only finds the negative aspects that others don’t necessarily mention.
Lilika’s heart was quite complicated until she came to meet Jacob.
Even if she knew from experience that her exceptional appearance would be effective, there were too many variables when it came to a person.
But… it seemed like things would be easier than she thought.
‘Did he even realize at once who I was when we just met when we were young?’
On the other hand, Lilika could not remember Jacob’s face or name at all.
If she hadn’t listened to what the clan members said, she would have just walked by the tree Jacob was leaning on.
‘He’s not like the other members. Compared to the head of the clan and the adults who spoke insidiously earlier… It’s too easy.’
The more careless and emotional he was, the better.
Lilika did her best to stop the corners of her mouth from going up.
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