KFBRV Ch 120
- Mar 14
- 7 min read
[Reporter] "Oho."
The calamity specialist reporter's eyes shone as if he had caught a scoop, and he snapped photos of the scene.
Put me down. I have no intention of returning to the Summer Palace yet.
Just as she was about to spit out those words, she shut her mouth at the status window that appeared before her eyes.
[Johan's Loathing decreases by 2.]
[Johan's Loathing: 3]
Because with just that action, his Loathing had decreased by 2 more.
Now if I lower it by just 2 more, it will be 1...
A dream figure where even if hit by the 61-times beam, it wouldn't reach 100.
I have no intention of going back, but being piggybacked for a moment should be fine.
However, Zion restrained Johan with a cold voice.
[Zion] "Regrettably, Your Highness. You can't go to the Summer Palace."
[Johan] "Zion?"
[Zion] "The capital must be in chaos right now. Since I just withdrew all my Mind Control. To prevent a catastrophe, both of us must return to the capital immediately."
[Johan] "Zion, I clearly ordered you to go first earlier, didn't I? You depart immediately."
[Zion] "When the foundation of this Empire turns away from its people, is there any reason for a mere retainer to depart first?"
Johan glared at him in response to his typically insolent answer. The menacing atmosphere suggested a fight might break out at any moment.
Let's not get involved and just stay quietly piggybacked.
Thinking this, the moment she draped her arms around Johan's neck, another status window popped up.
[Zion's Loathing increases by 1.]
[Zion's Loathing: 9]
The target of his fight is Johan, so why is his Loathing toward me increasing?
Startled by the unexpected increase in Loathing, she looked at Zion. A sense of betrayal was clearly etched on his face.
Why...? What on earth did I do wrong?
Was he thinking she was hindering him from dragging the Crown Prince to the capital?
[Zion's Loathing increases by 1]
[Zion's Loathing: 10]
[Zion's Loathing increases by 1]
[Zion's Loathing: 11]
It seemed that was the correct answer. Seeing the numbers climb hopelessly confirmed it.
Johan's Loathing only decreased by 2. At this rate, I'm losing more than I'm gaining.
She immediately removed her arms from his neck and spoke.
[Odette] "His Excellency is correct, Your Highness. Please go to the capital. I also have no intention of returning to the palace right now. It seems I need to treat more people here."
Since the calamity specialist reporter had arrived, this was actually the time to treat people more diligently to achieve the quest. According to her revenge plan, staying here was also more advantageous.
[Zion] "Are you crazy, Albrecht?"
[Johan] "No, Odette."
But the two Transcendents tried to dissuade her simultaneously.
[Zion] "Look in the mirror. Do you even know who the patient is right now? You're that pale, yet you want to treat someone?"
[Johan] "Zion is right, Odette. You need to rest now."
You were fighting a war of nerves just a moment ago, so why do you agree so well only at times like this?
But she had no intention of backing down.
[Odette] "No. I have no intention of returning until I treat everyone."
There's a reporter here. And a calamity specialist reporter at that!
What if he writes an article titled "Lady Odette! Helps people diligently, then leaves cold-heartedly as soon as she feels sick!"?
Damn Transcendents!!! Since only articles full of praise appear for you every time, you lack desperation.
If a lousy article were published and the people at the Summer Palace solidified their minds thinking, "Hmm, as expected of the villainess Odette," consider the consequences.
Loathing would increase by 10 each. She would be saddled with a whopping final total of 20. She couldn't ruin the Loathing levels she had worked so hard to lower.
[Odette] "Please go. You said the capital is in danger. I will take care of things here."
The two male leads tried to stop her several times, but comically, the more stubbornly she insisted on staying, the more their Loathing decreased.
[Johan's Loathing decreases by 1]
[Johan's Loathing: 2]
[Zion's Loathing decreases by 3]
[Zion's Loathing: 8]
How long did they argue?
[Johan] "I understand your will, Odette. Instead, I will leave my aides behind, so you must prioritize your health and safety above all else."
[Zion] "Albrecht, unreasonable help is not a good deed. It is a foolish act."
After dozens of pleas, Johan and Zion, saying they could delay no longer, soon left for the capital. Two B-class Transcendent aides of the Crown Prince remained, but she didn't care much about them.
I feel more uncomfortable with the male leads being on Athena Island.
It was more reassuring for them to leave for the capital first than to be anxious about them running into Charlotte.
She spoke to the aides.
[Odette] "Earlier, I discovered a girl with pink hair who was severely injured. I am worried she might have been swept up in the calamity, so could you possibly find her?"
Transcendents would be more efficient than finding her personally.
[Aide A] "Yes, Young Lady. We will do so."
[Aide B] "Leave it to us."
She saw the B-class aides ordering their subordinates to find the person.
After that, she focused on treating the remaining patients, feeling the reporter and aides tailing her closely the entire time.
By the time she finished treating the patients, quite a lot of time had passed.
However, during that long time, none of the aides' subordinates could find the girl with pink hair.
Odette, feeling anxious, was personally inspecting the beach where Charlotte had been earlier. But not even a strand of pink hair was visible.
How can not a single person among so many patients have seen her?
Even asking the patients she met while continuing treatment, it seemed Odette was the only one who had seen her.
Looking at the sea, she remembered Charlotte's laugh, making her feel even more grim.
Do I have four months left?
Since Charlotte had left the mountain village earlier than the story of The Only Savior, couldn't she also appear in the capital sooner?
It was then. The existence of an item flashed through her mind.
Open Inventory. Check item 'Invisible Sincerity'.
At her command, the inventory window opened, and one of the many square slots expanded before her eyes.
[Invisible Sincerity (Dagger)]
[Dagger to cut out the invisible in 4 months.]
[Reward: None]
The same description as when she first saw it.
However, the moment her gaze shifted to the '4', with a chijijik static sound, the 4 was erased, and the number changed.
[Dagger to cut out the invisible in 2 months.]
It seems my ominous premonition is trying to prove itself right.
She smiled bitterly.
This wasn't the time to complain about the status window being creepy. I almost got hit by the 61-times loathing in just 2 months without knowing anything.
Charlotte appearing 2 months early meant Odette couldn't stick to her current revenge plan.
Then... I have no choice but to advance the plan.
Her eyes shone. It seemed she would have to use the status window more actively.
[Mueller] "Ah, you have finally come? Lady Odette!"
As she returned to the shelter, a man greeted her warmly.
This man is...
Surprise colored her teal eyes.
[Mueller] "Nice to meet you. The pregnant woman you saved earlier is my wife. As a token of gratitude, I wanted to offer you a ride in our carriage when you return. Though it is not a luxury carriage."
The capital's greatest detective, Mueller. The man who would help Charlotte in the <Athena Island Episode> one year from now.
The setting was that he came to his hometown, Athena Island, with his pregnant wife for recuperation, but his wife died there, leaving him to live as a broken man.
In the game, he was a widower whose wife had already died.
To think that the wife was the pregnant woman she had treated.
She looked exceptionally critical. That pregnant woman was originally destined to die.
Anyway, the reporter had left, and she had treated everyone in the shelter. She was just about to return to the Summer Palace.
[Odette] "Thank you. Then I will gladly accept the ride."
She boarded the open-top carriage with Mueller's assistance.
However, she accepted his kindness wasn't just because it was convenient for returning.
Mueller might already be in league with Charlotte. The two were a duo with great chemistry originally, weren't they?
She intended to probe Mueller, and if she judged he had already joined hands with Charlotte, Odette would immediately use this man to track her.
That calculation was the real reason she accepted the ride.
But Mueller, having finished assisting her, asked her an unexpected question instead of going to the coachman's seat.
[Mueller] "Young Lady, I happened to overhear earlier... are you looking for a girl with pink hair?"
Is he probing me as Charlotte's helper?
She was wary inwardly but spoke without showing it.
[Odette] "Yes. I clearly saw her before the calamity, but when it disappeared, that girl suddenly vanished as well. I was worried she might have been swept away, so I was looking for her."
At that, he remained silent for a long time, then spoke with an uncomfortable expression.
[Mueller] "I think my wife met that girl."
[Odette] "What did you say?"
To think the witness of Charlotte, whom she couldn't find no matter how hard she looked, happened to be that pregnant woman.
Wasn't she the one who had been in deep sleep ever since returning to the shelter?
Is this a trap dug as Charlotte's helper? Or is it real?
[Mueller] "My wife woke up briefly earlier and spoke with me. She said that even though the tower bell rang, it was difficult to move quickly because she was heavily pregnant. As it happens, our house is two stories, so she couldn't evacuate quickly, but then a girl with pink hair approached her. Saying she would help."
Typical of the altruistic Charlotte. It's an action she would take.
But betraying her thoughts, unexpected words came from the coachman's mouth.
[Mueller] "But she said that woman pretended to support her, then pushed my wife down the stairs. That is why my wife's injuries were so severe."
[Odette] …..!!!
W-What?
She was engulfed in shock.
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