No Evil Lady in the World (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 78

Meiana felt a shiver run down her spine once again. Even though it wasn’t cold, her body trembled as if a chill had settled in, and the back of her neck stung.

“Wrong…”

“You didn’t see it wrong.”

Sediloi’s tone, cutting off her words, was filled with strong conviction. Meiana’s shoulders shook as if seized by a spasm.

Sediloi spoke.

“No one else but me would have seen that sight. Even I thought for a moment I might have seen an illusion… but no, it wasn’t that. Joslin was definitely smiling, and she even seemed extremely satisfied.”

At that point, Meiana spread both palms to interrupt Sediloi’s words. She felt that if she kept listening, she herself might start to lose her mind.

Fine, Meiana thought. Alright. I understand that the person I’m dealing with is far crazier than I imagined. But I can’t catch Joslin relying solely on the Duke’s memory.

Meiana said.

“Is there any evidence or witness that Joslin, the head butler, killed those two? Is there anything like that?”

Sediloi silently lifted his downcast eyes. This—about Joslin—was a secret he had never told anyone until now. The fact that she was deeply involved in Verbo and Liriya’s deaths… and the fact that he suspected it had to be thoroughly concealed.

If even a whisper of this got out, if even a fragment reached Joslin’s ears, all his plans could come to nothing.

But he had told Meiana everything. Even the story of Verbo’s birth, which he had buried even from his father and mother.

Why had he done that? What was it about Meiana that drew the secret out of him? Sediloi was suddenly gripped by inexplicable doubt and self-reproach, but as he met Meiana’s gaze, those feelings soon faded. At least, it felt like he could bear that weight a little longer…

“At first, I couldn’t even think to suspect Joslin. It was that shocking. I couldn’t even look Ariante in the eye, overwhelmed by the guilt that I had killed those two. But as time passed… I started to feel something was off. That smiling face I saw, that face wouldn’t leave my mind.”

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