I Became the First Love of the Impenetrable Male Lead (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 142

“Lady Rosebelia?”

I snapped back to my senses at the soft call. Daisy’s face filled my gradually clearing vision, her eyes brimming with concern.

“I’m sorry, Lady Daisy. We were talking about the expedition, weren’t we?”

When I gave her an apologetic look, Daisy shook her head gently, offering a faint smile as if to say it was all right.

“Shall I call your personal physician if you’re not feeling well?”

“No, it’s just… my mind’s been rather tangled lately, I suppose.”

“That’s understandable. You’ve had so much on your mind, especially with the expedition starting tomorrow.”

Yesterday, the punishments for the members of the Riley Family were publicly announced. Their crimes were too numerous to list individually, but foremost among them was their callous disregard for others’ lives and their arrogant abuse of power.

Calisto, after consulting specially with the nobles, devised punishments that mirrored their own cruelty.

Grand Duke Riley begged the guards each time they met to spare his life, while Evelyn and Dylan declared they’d rather die than spend their days imprisoned.

Thus, Calisto sentenced Grand Duke Riley—who clung desperately to life—to public execution, while Evelyn and Dylan, who claimed death was preferable to prison, were condemned to lifelong imprisonment.

Evelyn’s crimes weighed especially heavily, given how many lives she’d taken; she was stripped of her noble status and reduced to the long-abolished rank of slave within the Empire.

Not only would she never leave prison for the rest of her life, but she would also suffer treatment far worse than that of livestock.

After Hermann’s visit, Olivia—who had shown signs of mental instability—hanged herself in her cell.

When the guards found her, she was unconscious on the floor, and two days later, when she finally opened her eyes, she had lost all her memories.

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