I Possessed the Wicked Empress (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 149

Countess Brienta’s house was cozier than expected.

It was far from the dazzling opulence Valière favored, yet perfectly suited for avoiding prying eyes.

Slightly removed from the capital’s center, it drew little attention and spared her from the unnecessary noise of passing carriages.

Valière sat alone in a room of that quiet mansion, gnawing absentmindedly on her fingernails.

Though it was already broad daylight outside, thick curtains blocked all light, leaving her hunched in a dark corner, lifting dull eyes—as if something inside her had gone sour—and staring blankly into the air.

Her murky hazel eyes did not illuminate the dim room.

In her vision, tiny embers still fluttered across the pitch-black night sky.

“Again?”

“Yes.”

At Countess Brienta’s words, a maid looked down gloomily at the soup bowl, still full as ever.

After the maid left with Valière’s lunch, Countess Brienta approached her with a gentle, warm smile.

She looked at Valière—burned down to nothing but a handful of ash—and wore a satisfied expression.

Valière’s emotions, having incinerated everything within her, had entered a lull, yet the embers still smoldered.

Countess Brienta now intended to toss dry kindling onto that starving flame.

“War has broken out with Priannton.”

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