At the End of Ruin, There You Are (56 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 46

It seems there will be times when I must stop you from doing what you’re about to do. Please understand in advance.

Was that what you meant earlier? Caella felt her heart sink helplessly.

What on earth is Pheon doing to Beatrice Lavalle, whom the Emperor specially dispatched through a magic device?

‘This just won’t do.’

Oddly enough, even she—who had already experienced death and was prepared to accept yet another—thought exactly that. This just won’t do. This is going to be a disaster.

If they defied the Emperor, even the meager support flowing into Lusenford would be abruptly cut off, and if things worsened further, the Emperor would raise an army and trample Lusenford underfoot.

She didn’t want to witness again the catastrophe where innocent blood would be spilled upon the snow, and wails of despair would blanket the land.

In Klein, he’d silently agreed even to marry Caella just to appease the Emperor’s whims—but why this behavior toward Beatrice?

They were the two whose tragic love was already rumored to be recorded in history for generations to lament.

For Caella, it was already a deep humiliation to be remembered in history as the obstacle, the foreign element disrupting them—and yet Pheon, after once declaring they weren’t just anyone to each other, so suddenly turned hostile? Did that make any sense? Pheon and Beatrice were supposed to be immortal lovers.

“Hey, Pheon, what’s gotten into you? We’ve known each other since we were kids.”

If Caella was flustered, how much more so was Beatrice? This simply couldn’t happen in the world she lived in.

Whenever the three childhood friends gathered, she had always held unquestioned dominance, and Caella was merely an annoying hanger-on. Now was she really being told to show her respect to that hanger-on?

She’d been fashioned to prioritize Beatrice and the Empress above all else—had Pheon gone mad?

“You think that because we’ve known each other since childhood, manners and decorum don’t matter? Then you should also refuse the courtesy the Viscount shows you. Taking what you want while refusing to give anything in return—quite convenient to twist imperial law to your liking, isn’t it?”

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