This BL Novel Is Ruined Now - Chapter 124
Chapter 124
Translator: Yonnee
RP: Haebaragi_syk
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Looking as though she was in pain, her raised eyebrows soon became knitted together over her reddened eyes, barely holding back tears. And, looking as though she had gone mad, she let out a burst of self-deprecating laughter.
“Lady Reina?”
In the thick of her own reproach, everything became unclear and her senses became dull. But at the same time, ironically, it hit home even more.
‘The moment I leave… people here are really going to die.’
The priests would push through their amputation procedures regardless. Those patients had already become devastated, both mind and body, and with this the members of the Utta religion would just further lead them to the abyss with the notion that they deserve this fate due to them being ‘sinners’.
The more this sunk in, the clearer everything became.
“…Right. Even people who can still be helped would end up dying.”
Cornered and with nowhere else to escape, it was so easy to make people feel helpless. However, a deadly situation with seemingly no way out… can also bring out a person’s belligerence.
Her lavender eyes, previously clouded, became bright again.
“High Priest.”
As she had her shoulders hunched and her back bent forward from despair, she straightened her posture and stood up straight once again. No longer did she have her head bowed down. She was looking straight at the man in front of her.
As she opened her eyes slowly, the Chantra had a look in her eyes that the people here had never seen before.
“The only people who can drive out any member of House Chantra in this domain are the Chantras themselves.”
It was not too long ago that her despair could be felt so palpably in her demeanor. But in an instant, the atmosphere changed.
She stared wordlessly as the high priest’s hardened expression became more stained with infuriation, but nonetheless, she continued speaking with a commanding tone.
“As a member of House Chantra, of the Empire’s nine great households and ruler of the western sea, I order you all, priests of the Utta Temple—step down from the front lines at once.”
“Hoho… This place is within the domain of the Utta Temple.”
“Going by the law, the owner of this domain is His Majesty the Emperor, not the Utta Temple.”
The high priest stared back at her as she answered sharply while looking at him with narrowed eyes.
“Are you aware of the implications of your words just now?”
How could she not be aware? As a member of House Chantra, this meant that she was now directly confronting the Utta Temple itself.
Even so, this was life or death. The matter of politics mattered less right now.
“If I was afraid of any conflict arising, I would not have come here at all in the first place.”
The high priest made no response whatsoever and only remained silent. As he was silent, his dark gray eyes glared right at her as though an attempt to pierce through her skull.
Nevertheless, she expressed her firm determination and did not back down.
“I will not give up on my people.”
In the end, an expression colder than the midwinter frost passed over the high priest’s face.
“…If that is House Chantra’s stance, then it cannot be helped. So be it.”
He answered with deliberate calculation, and after saying his piece, he motioned wordlessly to a nearby priest.
“I will have to send a letter to the Holy See.”
Pretending to be unphased, Reina kept herself upright. However, it was with this brief comment that she felt the palms of her hands starting to sweat.
‘There’s no turning back now.’
House Chantra would definitely be in a mess not too long from now, and because she had cast the first stone, the empire would once again be wracked with an uproar.
A small hint of regret tried to intrude into her mind, but she shoved it back down.
‘Don’t regret it.’
Even now, she did not know about her transforming limbs, Lehman, fate, curses or the relationship between House Chantra and the Utta Temple.
But in the face of the resolution, ‘The people come first,’ all those things became meaningless.
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—I’m sending the knights of the second and fifth order to the Launcer village.
Hearing the elegantly domineering tone of Marquis Chantra through the communication device, the granddaughter’s eyes widened slightly.
“…You’re not reprimanding me?”
More than just being reprimanded, she was even considering the likely possibility that she might get disowned by the Chantra household, but this was what she’s now faced with.
But still, what’s there to be done when wheat had already turned into bread?
“……”
Maybe it’s because of the way she explained things that she unexpectedly got her grandmother’s support. Yes, perhaps that’s the reason. She’d been holding back on explaining the whole story without anything else hidden otherwise, but now she felt compelled to tell everything.
“Grandmother. Truthfully… I made a huge mistake.”
But this time again, the response she was given were words that she wasn’t expecting.
—Tsk. Whose people do you think have been by your side until now? I’ve already heard about everything.
“What? Then why didn’t you say anything?”
—Reina. I can’t say that you did a good job due to your rash words and actions. But all the same, I can’t say you were wrong either.
“……”
This person Reina was talking to through the communication device had been forcing her to get engaged all this time despite all her protests. Was this really the same grandmother of hers?
—Despite allowing you to go to that place, do you not know just how much your father opposes your presence there?
“I already know that he backed down because I kept bugging him about it. I’m sorry…”
—Tsk. He is the next head of the household, meaning the next lord of the Chantra Marquisate. There is no one else in this whole estate who can force him to do anything.
If she put it that way, it’s undeniable.
“Then why…”
—A leader who forgets their duty shall inevitably be ousted sooner or later. Your actions definitely can’t be said to be a step in the wrong direction.
“……”
—Though you are not the household’s successor, do not forget that you are a member of the ruling family of this domain, and just the same, you are part of the ruling class of the Empire.
“Grandmother…”
—That’s why your father couldn’t stop you.
She really did not think about this before.
Since her father and grandmother were two such people who were part of her everyday life, she never paid attention to their principles or worldviews.
Her eyes started to sting. Both at once, guilt and gratitude rushed through her.
She had only been looking in front of her, so it wasn’t until now that she realized just how fortunate she was.
—Reina, there is no future for a leader who abandons their people. Thus, certainly, you are not wrong.
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