Roshan explained in a stamr, how he was approached by soone to et an important mber of the Preston's household staff. And then, they told him to do things according to their instruction with the paynt of 100 gold coins.
Emlyn listened to his story attentively.? Everything that she had heard co out of Roshan's mouth only confird her suspicions that Ellena and her family were behind all this.
She gritted her teeth in anger when she thought about how her sweet mother-in-law was killed. solely just to fra her.
Wait.. maybe not just to fra Emlyn. As she thought more about it, Emlyn was reminded of Mars's words when he explained to her how Ellena broke the curse that befell him.
Ellena told him she was made to kill soone by the evil witch.
Now that she thought of it, Ellena always avoided the question when Mars or Gewen asked her to share more about who she killed and how.
Maybe...
What if Ellena was made to promise that she would kill Queen Elara? She only said that she was made to kill soone, without specifying the person and the ti.
Mars and Gewen just carelessly assud Ellena had done it. What if she had not killed the person before she returned to Draec?
Now, things started to make sense. Emlyn sighed when she realized how Ellena was sent back by the witch with the mission to kill the queen, in exchange for lifting the curse from the man she loved.
This only showed that Ellena was truly a selfish person. She only cared about how she could marry Mars. She didn't care that his mother's death would break his heart and drown him in sorrow.
Truly selfish... and heartless.
Emlyn rembered her husband's appearance today. The man looked aggrieved and devastated.
Oh, how Emlyn wished she could co to him and hug him, share his pain and grief together.
She bit her lip so hard that it was bleeding. "So, Ellena is behind all this."
Roshan nodded haltingly. "I believe so, Your Highness..."
Of course, he would throw Ellena under the bus to save his behind. Once Emlyn let him go, he would disappear that even the king's best spies wouldn't be able to find him.
He would be like the Bellevars who managed to hide for almost three decades and avoid the king's wrath.
"Can you testify against her before the crown prince then?" Emlyn asked Roshan.
The butler suddenly beca stiff when he heard her question. No way in hell he would go back to the castle and tell the prince that he was involved in the queen's assassination plot.
He could imdiately imagine the punishnt that awaited him if the king got wind of this information.
No... no, he couldn't let it happen.
He was this close to freedom and living a good life. He must not ruin his chance.
"Answer ."
Roshan felt the tip of the sword pressed deeper into his flesh. Blood seeped out and trickled down to the ground. Now, he felt the pain.
"No.. please, Your Highness... You said you will let go if I gave you good information," the man pleaded with Emlyn, looking very pitiful. "Don't send back there. The king will kill ."
"No, he won't," said Emlyn with a smirk.
She knew the king would not kill the traitor. Instead, he would torture Roshan until the man forgot his own na. Then, the king would send his soldiers to find Roshan's family and kill them before his eyes.
At least, that's what she heard from other people regarding the king's ruthlessness.
It looked like Roshan knew this too. Suddenly, he dropped to his knees. His strength was gone and he couldn't even think about his gold coins. The thought of being punished by the king was too much for him to bear.
"Please, no...." He cried like a child. "I cannot see his majesty. Don't take there...."
"Hm... I thought so too," said Emlyn coldly as she pulled her sword and then swung it toward Roshan's neck.
WOOSH!
In one clean swoop, the butler's head was separated from his body.
When killing people, the first ti was always the hardest. It got easier with each kill.
Now Emlyn was not as affected as she was before, when she killed the thug who kidnapped her. What she did back then was self-defense. It was done out of necessity to survive.
This ti, she killed Roshan out of hatred and it felt so much easier. Especially when she thought about Roshan's involvent in the queen's murder and how she dread of the butler trying to smother Harlow to death.
She didn't even flinch when she swung her sword to kill that treacherous bastard.? It actually surprised her. She was not even shaken by the experience, unlike the first ti.
All she thought about was how she had saved Harlow from being killed by this snake.
Emlyn actually felt good. Her heart felt so much lighter now, knowing that Roshan was now dead. Gosh.. if she could kill Roshan ten tis, she would.
She bent down and picked up the bag that fell down next to Roshan's body. It was splattered with his blood. When Emlyn touched the bag and felt the blood on her fingers, she winced in disgust.
She took the bag to her wagon and tried to get an old rag to clean it but she couldn't find any. Finally, Emlyn just tossed the bag of gold into the back and drove toward the hut where she left Mrs. Adler.
Emlyn knew Roshan wouldn't want to testify against Ellena and expose his own involvent in the cri. He was such a coward.
Besides, even if she could bring him to see the prince or the king to testify, Ellena could always argue that Emlyn forced Roshan to tell lies.
Or worse... when they arrived before the king, Roshan would accuse Emlyn of threatening him to make a false confession. As the main murder suspect, Emlyn's words are worth nothing.
Wouldn't it be better if Emlyn found another way to prove her innocence?
One of her options was to find Thessalis the witch or Duke Bellevar, which she endearingly called 'Grandpa Elroy' to testify that Ellena was sent ho to kill Queen Elara.
Or.. what about her dream? That mysterious woman she saw in her dream said that Emyn would find all the answers she was looking for in Myreen. She just had to find that girl.
Mrs. Adler said, based on her recurring dreams, this must be an invitation. They all must be connected, the curse that befell Emlyn, and also the queen's death.
So, would she find the answer to prove her innocence in Myreen? She had no way to find out, unless she went, right?
She had to cross the sea, go to Atlantea and find Myreen. Once she arrived in Myreen, she must find the girl in her dream.
Too bad she didn't see her face. Emlyn only saw the girl from behind. She had this long hair and an elegant appearance. Other than those, Emlyn didn't have any other clues.
"Grandma... I am back," said Emlyn in a tired voice after she arrived in their hut. She ca to find Mrs. Adler cooking soup for dinner.
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