I Will Divorce the Female Lead’s Siscon Brother (Novel) Chapter 90

                                                              


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"......"

Elliot couldn't speak for a moment as he held his head. Was it because Count Miloam treated him like an idiot?

"...I, uh?"

It seemed to be a type of blasphemy that Elliot had never heard before. Indeed, the madness that had dominated him until a moment ago had disappeared.

"Ha! Who's an idiot?"

After some time, he regained the ability to speak, but other issues arose. Bright red blood began to flow from Elliot's nostrils.

"I-I didn't hit you that hard..."

Count Miloam, who had struck him before, tried to stop.

"No, I hit his head, why is his nose bleeding? And didn't you say the person who hits him feels pain due to that artifact or something?"

"Blood..."

Elliot's body collapsed when he noticed the nosebleed in his palm.

"Hey, why are you like this? Hey, genius!"

He fainted. I opened the cell door with the key I had and approached Elliot. When I touched him with my hand, I noticed that he had a hot forehead.

We laid Elliot on the cot in a corner of the cell. A doctor from the security office's medical unit examined him and shook his head.

"No special injuries?"

"Then why does he have a fever? Is it a cold?"

When I asked, the doctor shook his head.

"Usually, colds don't cause nosebleeds."

"Then why did he faint with a nosebleed...?"

"Doesn't he have an overloaded mind?"

Overloaded? The conversation wasn't complicated enough to overload a genius's mind, right?

"It's a joke. Normally, your nose doesn't bleed just because you use your head too much."

"Oh, right..."

"I'm not a charlatan, but there really is nothing particular to point out. If it's not a physical problem, isn't it due to a curse or something?"

I didn't know about the curse, but Elliot was the one with the artifact embedded in his body. The artifact in the body may have caused an abnormal reaction.

"Well, no matter how I look at it, there's nothing wrong with his body. The nosebleed has stopped, and the fever has disappeared, so he should wake up soon. Please have him take it easy for now."

With that, the doctor returned to the medical unit. Elliot regained consciousness the next day, as if he had just woken up.

"Well, I brought you lunch."

"......"

"Aren't you going to eat? You didn't even have breakfast, did you?"

"......"

"I'll leave the tray here, so you can eat it if you feel like it."

"......"

I left the room, leaving Elliot alone, who ignored me to the end. Still, since the expression on his face was the same as before, it didn't seem like he had any serious physical or mental problems.

Count Miloam arrived at the usual time. In the hallway, he asked me in a low voice.

"How is his condition?"

"He doesn't eat or speak."

"That's strange."

"I know. His body looks fine."

Vinetta intervened.

"Isn't he doing that just because he's embarrassed?"

"Is he embarrassed?"

"Yes. Yesterday, he raved about someone so cute and lovely or something. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if he came to his senses?"

"That shameless guy?"

Count Miloam said this and expressed doubts, but I thought Vinetta's assumption was plausible.

"If you think about it, he said a lot of quite illogical things. Maybe it's because he doesn't want to admit that he said something so illogical..."

Anyway, this was just an assumption. I made a request to the count who came to see Elliot.

"The matter of dethroning the Crown Prince? Well. Don't worry. I don't have enough tact to bring up a complicated topic in front of someone who fainted yesterday."

Today, the emperor officially announced his intention to dethrone the crown prince at a cabinet meeting. He revealed everything his son had done for his lover, without exception.

It was one of the few cases in the empire's history where a crown prince was dethroned, so, of course, there was a great commotion. A variety of opinions emerged, ranging from sympathy theories suggesting how much the Crown Prince must have loved Princess Cassius, to conspiracy theories that the incident itself was fabricated because his actions were too absurd.

"There will be more tension in politics."

Since the position of crown prince became vacant, Terence's presence would surely grow even more. Many couldn't ignore the possibility of Terence being crowned crown prince instead of the dethroned Michael.

"Terence will be busier in the future."

It was clear that as we progressed, it would be harder to meet him. Still, it's good that his friend is getting better. With that in mind, I entered Elliot's room with Count Miloam.

"How's your nose? Oh, what about your forehead?"

It seemed that the Count still couldn't stop thinking that Elliot had fallen because he had hit him.

"...You can only say that because you didn't see it."

At that moment, Elliot opened his mouth for the first time today. No, that guy... he continued to ignore me.

"Can you do it because you can't see it?"

"About my teacher. She asked where such a person existed in this world."

"Ah, is that story again?"

"Lady Liena is a wonderful person. Until I met her, I never imagined I would feel that way about a mere human."

"Yes, yes. She's so great. That young lady is truly amazing."

"Don't give a quick answer!"

"No, if I had to talk about someone I don't know well..."

"You don't know Lady Liena very well? This is outrageous! Are you still a noble of the empire? I think you lack general knowledge."

"It's natural because I don't have much interaction with Duke Cassius. I went there a long time ago to get some money, and they received me at the door."

"Ah, there are so many people trying to befriend Cassius that I've ordered anyone whose goal is money not to even set foot in the mansion."

"Was it your fault?!"

"Before working in Iver, I worked for Duke Cassius."

Count Miloam spoke in a low voice.

"...Anyway, I don't think Lady Liena is a good person."

"You don't know anything about her!"

"I don't know. But I read in the newspaper that the young lady left the palace prison last night."

Elliot stared at me.

"Really?"

I nodded. Since he didn't read the newspaper here, he wouldn't know.

"I don't know the details, and there hasn't been an official announcement yet, but I can understand the situation broadly. The girl is free, and you are locked up."

"She didn't abandon me."

"Then why didn't she come here? Judging by what you said yesterday, it's not like she didn't know the crime you committed."

"...You can say things that are more logical than I thought. Your head also spins in its own way."

"That's not important! If it were me, if my subordinate had been imprisoned for my crimes, I would have come right away. No, first of all, I wouldn't have passed on my sins to my subordinates."

"He didn't pass them on. I made my own decision."

"Even so, she would come to see him. If it were me, I would have run to see him as soon as I came out of prison."

"What's the use of coming if they don't allow you to meet with them?"

"It's not about whether we can meet or not. It's a matter of the heart. Even if I know I can't see you, I can't help but come to see you."

"That would be the case for an irrational person like you. Lady Liena is smart. I'm sorry, but now is the time for her to be careful with her behavior. There's no reason to make a scandal just to see me..."

"If that's a reasonable person, I'd rather be an irrational and stupid person."

"...It's like that."

After that, Count Miloam left the room while talking about various things with Elliot. He asked me before leaving.

"Miss Ethel, how many more times can I come to see that guy?"

"Tomorrow is the last day. Elliot is scheduled to be transferred to another location the day after tomorrow."

Tomorrow marks the end of the additional three days Terence gave me. No matter how long he was in charge of this investigation, it would be difficult to take more time when it was clearly confirmed that Elliot was the main culprit.

"Then I guess I'll have to come early tomorrow and stay late."

"Do you also have affection for Elliot?"

"That's unfortunate too. For someone so young and smart, it's either life imprisonment or the death penalty."

"...Yes."

After the Count left, I invited Vinetta to take a short walk with me.

I had something to think about, and I wanted to get some fresh air. But as we left the police station, we ran into Terence.

"Oh, what happened?"

"I came today because my schedule ended early. Where are you two going?"

"For a walk! Do you want to come with us, Tay?"

"I would be happy if you allowed me."

At that moment, Vinetta suddenly said she had to go back.

"I think we should keep an eye on Elliot Rudd."

"Anyway, I'm just going for a short walk..."

"You two, have fun."

Vinetta, who said that, walked away without notice. I came up with a plausible hypothesis about her suspicious behavior.

"Is it possible that Vinetta also has a connection with Elliot?"

"Probably not."

In the end, Terence and I ended up going for a walk. We talked about where to go and quickly decided on the destination. The Wandering Forest. It was quite close to the police station and was the place where we first met.

We lowered our hoods and walked along the trail bordering the Wandering Forest. It was only a few months ago, but the past seemed like a distant memory.

"Oh, that's the temple we went to before!"

It was the small temple where we got holy water, an essential ingredient for preparing medicinal tea.

Terence suggested.

"Would you like to go there?"

"Yes."

When we entered the temple, the statue of Goddess Miella, whom we had seen before, greeted us from the front. I whispered softly.

"I've felt this before, but it's the statue of a goddess that leaves a strange impression. For a statue of Goddess Miella, it's not very large, and it doesn't seem elaborate, so why?"

"According to legend, the Wandering Forest is the final resting place of Goddess Miella."

"Really?"

"It's not a very famous legend."

"Well, hearing those words somehow makes me want to pray."

"Let's do it. It's not difficult."

We stood side by side in front of the goddess statue, clasped our hands, and closed our eyes. I prayed that any decision I made tomorrow regarding Elliot would not be the wrong one. I prayed quite fervently because it was a matter that depended on a person's life.

At that moment, I felt a strange sensation as if a warm wind caressed my head. At the same time, something like a voice resonated in my head.

"You're finally here."

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