Chapter 50: The Attack And Fury. (3)

After leaving the healing room, Yona headed straight for the library.

“I have to be helpful.”

Now that Rachel was down, objectively speaking, there was nothing she could do.

She wasn’t a healer or an alchemist, so she couldn’t treat her illness, nor could she help Emily catch the culprit.

For the first time in her life, she felt self-loathing.

A precious person was attacked by assassins and was hovering between life and death, and all she could do was just lie in bed.

Also, even though Emily was working all night, there was nothing she could do.

So, after thinking carefully, she came to a conclusion.

‘I have to do something too.’

She had to find the talent she possessed as a member of the Muelia bloodline.

But before that.

“I want to help Rachel’s treatment at least.”

She looked for books about poison in the library.

She didn’t know if her efforts would be of any practical help, but you never know.

Yona took the books and sat down to read.

Even picture books made up of drawings were boring to her.

But she persevered with the single will to help the two of them.

Thus, the first step of Yona, who would later be called the Poison King, began.

Unlike Yona, Emily returned to the mansion and immediately contacted her father.

-What’s the matter? Emil. You don’t look very good.

“About 5 hours ago, Rachel was attacked by assassins. Did you hear about it?”

-Communication was not smooth until just now. But an attack? And Rachel of all people?

Delkarmen felt a lot of gratitude to Rachel, who had informed him of this attack in advance.

Because the trap the prince had prepared was deep enough that he could have been caught if it weren’t for her warning.

“Yes. Thanks to Aris and the artifact Yona gave her as a gift, she wasn’t injured, but she was exposed to poison and is being treated. She’s unconscious.”

-I see. For Aris, who is trained in assassins, to miss it, it must be of a considerable level, have you identified who is behind it?

“Yes. As Aris said, it seems that the elders are involved. And it seems that the elders have joined hands with the prince.”

-This is a good opportunity. You already have a reason to hit the elders, right?

“Of course. Father, you just need to come.”

-I give you the authority to move the family’s execution squad. Arrest them.

“Yes.”

She hung up the call with Delkarmen.

Emily was pleased to hear that she could directly move the execution squad.

The execution squad was a force that was loyal only to the head of the family, and it was responsible for arresting criminals within the family.

They were in charge of the force and were all made up of skilled individuals.

Not only that, but the execution squad could search and detain all members of the family.

In other words, even if the elders tried to flaunt their positions, it was meaningless.

A moment later, someone knocked on the door.

“Young Miss Emily. I am the leader of the execution squad. I have come to pay my respects.”

“Come in.”

A woman with white hair and an eyepatch on one eye entered.

“It’s been a while, Young Miss.”

“It has been a while, Aunt.”

“Haha. I will formally introduce myself. I am Muelia Yu, the current leader of the execution squad. Currently, by the order of the head of the family, I entrust the work of the execution squad to Young Miss Emily.”

That’s right.

The reason her eyes and hair were white was because Yu was a blood relative of the Muelia family.

In terms of family tree, she was Delkarmen’s older sister.

Emily, feeling a little awkward, gave an order to Yu.

“Starting with the 2nd Elder, up to the 8th Elder. Arrest them all.”

The 1st Elder was currently in closed-door training, so he was not involved.

Even if he wasn’t in closed-door training, he was close to Delkarmen, so he would side with the head.

The problem was the other six elders.

“Yes. I understand.”

Yu nodded and went outside.

Since the execution squad was moving directly, it was only a matter of time before the elders were caught.

Meanwhile, Emily organized the wrongs the elders had committed.

To inform the family members.

Thus, the execution squad followed Emily’s order and arrested the elders.

Only Emily knew that the execution squad was moving to catch the elders.

In other words, the fact that the elders were the culprits of this attack had not been spread.

The impudent elders were shamelessly sleeping in the mansion.

“We are the execution squad. Move aside.”

“What? Oh. Yes. I understand. Please wait a moment.”

“What are you doing? Are you going to inform the master? Arrest him.”

The execution squad entered the room and tied up the elder.

The elder, who was suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping, opened his eyes wide.

“What is going on!”

“It is the order of Acting Head Emily to arrest the elder. Shut up and come.”

The elders naturally protested, citing their positions, but it was useless.

“Where are you taking me?”

“That’s none of your business.”

“Kugh.”

The elders were gathered in one place and imprisoned.

From the 8th Elder, who was the first to be brought in, to the 2nd Elder, who was the last to enter.

Seven elders were tied up and crawling on the floor.

“Where is this?”

“I’m innocent! I wasn’t involved in this!”

“Who is it?! Who dares to treat me like this!”

The lights that had been turned off were turned on.

A wide, empty underground space.

Emily appeared from afar.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

The elders’ gazes turned to Emily.

They all expressed their innocence, anger, pain, and so on.

“Young Miss! Is this your doing?! You haven’t even been appointed as the head yet, and you’re using the execution squad!”

“This is a clear violation of the family rules! Release these restraints immediately!”

Emily’s reaction to them was one thing.

“Haha. I see.”

She responded with a laugh.

The important thing was that it was a laugh without any upward curve of her lips or eyes, just a sound.

“A while ago, Baronet Rachel was attacked. And the 2nd Prince tried to kill my father.”

“Was there such a thing?”

“You can pretend you don’t know. Your fate is already sealed anyway.”

“What do you mean…”

The elders felt a sense of foreboding at Emily’s confident attitude.

Especially, a few of them saw the image of the Iron-Blooded Duke in Emily’s face.

“Please come out.”

“Hmm. Should I appear now?”

A red light flashed in the air and transformed into the form of a woman.

It was Armil, the current lord of the Blazing Castle.

“Emily. So these guys dared to touch Rachel?”

“Yes. As you saw earlier, she’s still in a coma.”

“Ha.”

Armil roughly ran her hand through her hair.

Her red eyes were filled with fierce anger.

“Can I do whatever I want?”

“Yes.”

After hearing Emily’s answer, Armil walked towards the elders.

She had been in the laboratory until just now, and had come in a hurry after receiving Emily’s call.

For her, Rachel was someone she liked personally.

From the way she treated her to her brilliant mind.

So she was planning to meet her often and have a drink or two when the tower became less busy.

She thought she could open her heart to her.

But suddenly, she was attacked by assassins and collapsed.

At that fact, Armil felt the emotion of anger for the first time in a long time.

She was even angrier because there had been no one to offend her since she became the tower master.

“Y, you’re Armil? Why is the tower master here?”

“What’s the point of knowing that? Hmm? I think you should be more worried about your own fate right now?”

“Our fate?”

For the elders who hadn’t grasped the atmosphere yet, Armil moved personally.

The flames that came out of her hand were transferred to the elders’ feet.

Whoosh.

Their legs began to burn.

The most severe pain a human can feel is said to be the burning pain of flesh being burned by fire.

The elders screamed.

“Aaaah!!! Damn it! Put it out! Put it out now!”

“Fire! Fire!”

“Argh!”

The elder, who couldn’t stand the pain, foamed at the mouth and collapsed.

Armil lowered the firepower as if it were a mistake.

The pain was less than before, but it still hurt.

Rather, she adjusted the pace so that they wouldn’t lose consciousness, and the elders went back and forth between heaven and hell without even being able to faint.

Tap.

She flicked her fingers and retrieved the flames.

Surprisingly, the legs that had been burning to ashes just a moment ago were intact.

“Gasp. Gasp. How is this.”

“I’m the master of the Fire Tower, how could I not do this? From now on, you will be burned by fire without even being able to die. Until you confess your wrongs with your own mouths.”

The elders’ eyes widened.

The pain just now was incredibly painful.

But they had to keep feeling this?

The elders, who were shedding snot and tears, knelt down and began to beg.

“P, please save me. Please.”

“What did we do so wrong to deserve this?”

“Gasp. Gasp. Save me. Please.”

They began to act servile.

Pain is sometimes the thing humans fear the most.

It would be stranger if they didn’t break when they were threatened with torture right in front of their faces.

Armil looked at Emily.

She was asking for Emily’s opinion, who had informed her of this matter.

“Use them as experimental subjects. Do whatever you want. Just don’t kill them.”

“Wow. You must have inherited a lot of your father’s blood? Okay. Then I’ll take them now.”

Flames engulfed the elders.

In the blink of an eye, Armil and the elders disappeared from sight.

Emily stared blankly at the place where the elders had been pissing themselves just a moment ago.