This BL Novel Is Ruined Now - Chapter 237
Chapter 237
Translator: Yonnee
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“It’s the Tusa clan. They haven’t cut off their ties with the traffickers they’ve been dealing business with.”
“……”
In fact, the Tusa clan’s betrayal was one of the expected scenarios. Reina and Zatro had described the Tusas as snake-like, so it was somewhat expected.
“Also, if Reina is kidnapped at this point, what would be the purpose? It’s highly likely that she did something to antagonize them.”
“You’re talking about ‘Resacillin’.”
A simple conclusion, but the most plausible assumption.
The problem for Ethan was his ability to ‘hear’ echoes.
Thanks to this, he was fully aware of the many secret desires and jealousies surrounding Reina, which is why even this simple assumption was not easily made.
‘I hate to admit it, but…’
This wolf bastard might actually be quite helpful.
“So I will start by investigating the point where information was leaked. Focusing on ‘Resacillin,’ the most suspicious ones are indeed House Bohr, so please go there, Your Excellency.”
“Are you giving me orders now?”
“Would I do that? You demean me whenever Reina isn’t here, so I never have any expectations that Your Excellency will follow my command.”
“……”
Ethan then realized he had been addressing Elijah informally, not using formal speech.
‘…I was being wary of him.’
It shows in his attempt to assert dominance.
But what does that matter?
Having recognized this subtle change in himself, he dismissed it from his mind and refocused on Reina.
“Fine. I will go to the Bohr estate.”
Ethan tossed a small ring to Elijah. It was a communication device he had made.
“Contact me immediately when you find a clue.”
With that non-command, he didn’t wait for a response from Elijah and activated a teleportation spell.
His next destination after this was the Chantra estate.
While the Bohrs’ involvement was clear, the echoes he had heard from the Chantra elders at a previous council meeting troubled him.
‘Hmm… the disgrace of the family, tsk.’
‘It’s become such a headache since she became a saintess.’
‘Her abilities are desirable, but why did they have to go to such a child…’
More than half of them were desperately frustrated by their inability to deal with Reina. Perhaps it was necessary to check them all.
‘I might also need to leave the search of the Chantra estate to Marquis Chantra herself.’
With that thought, Ethan’s figure hovering above the Black Mane knights disappeared.
* * *
Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the Bohr estate.
“Have you woken up?”
The voice that reached her ears was not particularly kind.
As if caring for a weakened daughter, Grace tenderly examined the woman tied to a chair.
“The Goddess’s compassion is merciless. My poor, dear Paul even threw up.”
Still not fully awake, Reina gulped nervously as she felt a situation similar to before.
‘To think the Minister would be the mastermind behind this kidnapping.’
It was a logical deduction that a family of healers would oppose the establishment of the new medical institution.
But frankly, she had thought the current Marquis Bohr, Grace’s father, would be the one behind this, not Grace, who was still just the next in line.
Because Grace was well-known for being kind.
‘Of course… this is exactly the kind of move a mastermind would make.’
How much did Ethan and the imperial family know about this?
Pretending to be asleep, she then felt Grace’s distinct rosemary scent approach her.
A refined voice resonated low in her ear.
“When someone superior speaks to you, you should respond.”
“……”
Reina reluctantly lifted her eyelids. A typical noblewoman, hands neatly clasped and chin lifted proudly, came into view.
“In such a situation, I don’t feel very pleased, Reina.”
Grace’s voice, warm as always, furrowed her brows in apparent sorrow. That coziness, exchanged over more than ten years, remained the same.
But to think all that was an act.
‘It really is impossible to trust anyone in this world.’
Reina had many questions she wanted to spill out, but she wisely kept her mouth shut. There’s nothing quite as useful as silence to make the opponent reveal information on their own.
“You’re speechless from the shock, aren’t you? After all, you wouldn’t have expected Paul and House Bohr to stand against you.”
Click, clack. Walking across the crystal hall in her glass slippers, Grace elegantly traversed what seemed to be a basement.
“But with such bizarre actions, what noble would remain passive?”
Her rhetorical question hung in the air as she approached a wall concealed by velvet curtains.
Grace traced a small circle with her finger, and the heavy red curtain whisked away as light as a feather.
A plume of pale dust rose as the curtains parted, revealing a very large mirror. Reina was finally able to see her own disheveled appearance.
Her clothes and hair weren’t terribly ruined, but her limbs, bound to a chair, looked quite ridiculous.
‘At least I don’t look like a complete wreck.’
But, suddenly. Why the mirror?
No sooner had the question arisen in her mind than Grace’s lips curled slightly.
“There is no punishment more terrifying than watching oneself become miserable.”
“……”
Only then did Reina realize the other’s intention.
‘I had forgotten for a moment. Mirrors aren’t common in this world yet.’
Since they couldn’t be crafted by magic.
Therefore, despite the high level of magic development, other technologies were basic here, and mirrors were quite precious.
And also frequently featured in chilling ghost stories.
Why one shouldn’t stare too long into a mirror, or why looking into one alone at night could steal your soul—likely, Grace thought so too.
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