Chapter 49: The Attack And Fury. (2)

Emily was, as always, sitting at her desk and working.

It was late at night, but she had a lot of work to do, so she was working overtime again.

Then someone knocked on the door urgently.

Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock!

“Who is it?”

“Young Miss. It’s Veron.”

“Come in.”

The person who opened the door and entered was the escort knight Veron.

Emily tilted her head at the sight of the urgent Veron.

He was different from his usual calm self.

“Young Miss. Baronet Rachel has been attacked by assassins.”

“What?”

For a moment, she thought she had misheard.

Her father’s business had ended well, and she thought it would end without incident, but suddenly Rachel was attacked.

Why?

As that question arose, she remembered the prophecy of the fortune teller that she had heard from Yona a while ago.

[Dies in an accident and is buried in a coffin.]

“I, is she badly hurt?”

“She doesn’t seem to be hurt, but she’s still unconscious.”

“What?”

Emily jumped up from her seat.

Her slippers came off as she ran.

But that wasn’t important right now.

“Excuse me, Young Miss.”

A female knight who was waiting outside picked up Emily and ran.

The cold night wind brushed Emily’s forehead.

She looked at the treatment room where Rachel was.

Her white eyes were shaking violently.

‘Please. Please.’

The fact that she was still unconscious even after being treated by a priest’s divine power meant that it was not a minor injury.

If something went wrong, she could die.

Suddenly, Emily imagined Rachel dying and being put in a coffin.

‘No. That can’t be.’

That shouldn’t happen.

They had just become friends.

She had just barely managed to drop formalities, and now she was going to leave so suddenly without any warning?

Strength entered her body.

She struggled to drive away the negative thoughts.

She entered the recovery room, which she had arrived at in an instant.

The place where Rachel was was the top floor, which only nobles could use.

A number of knights were guarding the door.

“We greet the Young Miss!”

“Salute!”

“Rachel is here, right?”

“Yes.”

Emily walked slowly and carefully opened the door.

The hand holding the door was shaking.

She went inside.

Rachel was lying on the bed.

The sight of her not moving even though Emily had come, made Emily’s body shake greatly for a moment.

“Phew. Phew.”

She was gasping for breath.

She was hyperventilating because of the unbelievable situation.

Emily barely supported herself on the wall and approached Rachel.

She sat down in an empty chair.

“Rachel…”

It was still awkward not to put a title after her name.

But she didn’t have time to worry about that.

Emily carefully took Rachel’s hand.

It was cold.

“How on earth did this happen. There are no visible wounds.”

She had heard from the knight that there were no major injuries.

She asked Liela, who was waiting outside.

“What is Rachel’s condition right now?”

“It’s not very good. She was directly hit by the aftermath of a battle between skilled aura users. There are no external injuries, but she has suffered many internal injuries.”

“The internal injuries should have all healed, so why isn’t she waking up yet?”

“It’s because of the poison the assassins used at the time. She’s being detoxified right now. It hasn’t been completely removed.”

Emily was furious at the word assassin.

Who on earth.

Dared.

On Muelia’s land.

To touch her friend.

Even though she was not an aura user, the surrounding air sank according to Emily’s mood.

It was the dignity she had gained from decades of politics.

Liela trembled for a moment at that dignity.

“Please go out and bring Aris.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Liela went outside and called Aris.

A moment later, the door opened and Aris entered.

“I greet the Young Miss.”

“Are you okay?”

“I’m holding up.”

She was currently bandaged around her upper body.

She had used strong herbs, so the bitter smell of the herbs was quite strong.

“I’m sorry to disturb you while you’re resting from your injuries, but I need to ask you now. Who attacked, and how. Tell me everything, without missing a single detail.”

“May I sit down and talk?”

“Of course.”

Emily offered the chair next to her.

Aris sat down in the chair and spoke about what had happened a while ago.

“At the time, I was following your request and was monitoring the surroundings from above Rachel’s mansion. Then, far away, dozens of assassins from Hown Forest headed for the mansion.

After that, while I was fighting them, the assassins chose to sacrifice their lives and kill Rachel.”

Gulp.

Emily swallowed in tension.

“Fortunately, a high-level artifact inside the house killed all the assassins, so Rachel was not harmed.”

“But Liela said she was poisoned?”

“The poison the guys used at the time was a deadly poison that steals the vitality of its surroundings just by existing. My range of action was also restricted so as not to be hit by the poison.”

Really strong poisons affect their surroundings just by existing.

Due to the battle between the teddy bear and the assassins, the second floor of Rachel’s mansion was now a mess.

The shock was shocking, but in particular, a small amount of poison spread on the floor spread into the air and entered Rachel’s lungs.

“Do you have any information about the assassins?”

“We’re investigating. There’s no confirmed information yet… but I personally think they’re direct hunting dogs belonging to the elders.”

“Belonging to the elders.”

Emily closed her eyes.

If Aris said this, there was a high probability that they were the elders’ hunting dogs.

Then why did the elders target Rachel?

The focus of this Great Forest expedition was the conflict between her father and the prince.

As Rachel said, the prince had set a trap to kill her father.

She had heard that news directly.

In other words, this incident was a conflict between the prince and the Muelia Duchy.

But Rachel, who had nothing to do with it, was suddenly attacked by the elders?

Emily racked her brain as much as possible.

‘Yes. Rachel intervened in this incident once.’

The prophecy about her father’s injury.

When they ate together to convey the fortune teller’s prophecy.

The only point of contact was created.

If the reason the elders attacked Rachel was because of that, it meant that the elders and the 2nd Prince were in cahoots.

“So that’s why.”

“What?”

The reason why the elders had been actively moving until now and the reason why she had to work overtime were here.

‘If the 2nd Prince succeeded in killing Father, I would be forced to become the head. But I still lack the power to control the family, so if the elders joined forces and attacked, the family would inevitably be split.’

The benefit the prince could gain at this time was probably that the elders would help him succeed the throne.

The elders would be able to eat the family they so desperately wanted.

The atmosphere became increasingly serious.

Aris bowed her head, looking at Emily, who was completely hardened.

“I’ll be going now. I haven’t finished my treatment yet.”

“Thank you.”

“Yes.”

Emily, who confirmed that Aris had left, sat next to Rachel again.

Tightly closed eyes.

The feeling of anger at the fact that those eyes might not open in the future came rushing in.

Grind.

“…I’ll get revenge for you. So please. Wake up safely.”

Her anger was directed at the elders.

She couldn’t touch the Imperial Family right now anyway.

But the elders were different.

Her father was already returning, and the elders would be lying low due to this failed assassination.

Although there were no survivors, so it was not enough to use this as a justification, there were many justifications.

The countless information about the elders that she had collected while giving up sleep.

Emily vowed to use all her capabilities to crush the elders on this occasion.

The iron-blooded aspect that was shown in the original work began to slowly emerge.

The next morning.

Yona ran breathlessly to the healing room.

She ignored everyone else’s greetings and headed straight for Rachel.

“Gasp. Gasp. Sister. Sister.”

She showed a hesitant appearance at the crossroads, not knowing where to go.

“It’s over there.”

“Thank you!”

She ran quickly.

Thus, Yona arrived at Rachel’s hospital room following the guidance.

She carefully opened the door and entered.

She approached Rachel, panting.

It was a great shock to Yona that Rachel, who always greeted her with a smile when she came, was lying down with her eyes closed.

Yona, who asked the healer about the situation, soon sat down on the spot.

“No. Why on earth, sister. Sob. Sob.”

‘Rachel said that what she fed me was the pill of Man-dok-bul-chim. If she had eaten it…this wouldn’t have happened, right?’

She blamed herself.

She was sad because it seemed like Rachel was sick because of her.

Then Emily entered quietly.

And then she picked up Yona, who was sitting down and shedding tears.

“It’s okay. Rachel will get over it soon. So. It’s okay. Let’s each do what we can.”

“Yes. I understand. But why is Rachel like that?”

“You can’t tell anyone this. Actually, the elders sent assassins because they were jealous of Rachel.”

“The elders?”

“Yes.”

Yona dug into Emily’s arms.

The small hand holding Emily’s clothes tightened.

Squeeze.