“I didn’t see it that way, Angela’s descendant. Disappointing. Is that child more important than me?”

“Enough. Please leave Roderick’s body quickly. How long do you intend to occupy someone else’s body?”

“Until I find Angela’s gravestone, I won’t leave…”

“Don’t even dream. Cooperation won’t happen unless Roderick is returned to his original state.”

Unable to speak against Diana’s cutting words, the man had no choice but to stay silent.

Faced with Diana’s firm attitude, the man changed his course, starting to act pitiful. Lowering his gaze, he put on a forlorn expression.

His lips were cracked, and the cheeks, beginning to bruise, were swollen, making him appear even more pitiful.

“You’re too cold. Don’t you know the saying ‘Respect your elders’?”

Diana responded with a laugh to his nonsense.

“Are all adults treated the same way? Trying to be treated according to age is already messed up. Ancestors.”

Noel, embraced by Diana, nodded in agreement with her words, and her eyes met with the man’s.

Noel, letting out a sardonic laugh, stuck out her tongue. In response to her unpleasant gesture, veins in the man’s temple bulged.

“Whatever you say, I have nothing to say to you, ancestor. Return Roderick. Negotiations will happen afterward.”

The release of magic from her body was not always consistent.

There were days when it would seep out a little several times a day and days when it wouldn’t come out at all.

As she absorbed Roderick’s curse, she pondered.
Is this really helping? Absorbing the curse was only a temporary means to alleviate immediate pain. It seemed that without finding the root cause, it wouldn’t be fixed.

What if she completely absorbed and eradicated Roderick’s curse?

If her body still wasn’t better at that time, wouldn’t she need to seek another remedy?

Amidst such concerns, Roderick’s ancestor provided an answer.

“Eradicate the source of the curse. Alternatively, deal with those connected to you.”

Roderick’s ancestor said. There were those who were using her magic.

It was said that if they used magic recklessly and drained it completely, she would die.

She understood that. She was becoming someone’s battery, for now, that was the situation.

“Why aren’t you answering? Roderick. Release him quickly.”

She, too, was shocked to find unknown scars and patterns on her back. However, that was it. She quickly handled the aftermath of the shock.

If faced with a problem, you just had to solve it. Let’s deal with things one step at a time.

“Huh, do we really have to go this far?”

“Who do you think you are? You even knocked on the door of an empty house. Did you get permission to enter?”

The man, sweating profusely, avoided eye contact. His arrogant attitude seemed to have disappeared, and he hesitated.

Under Diana’s persistent gaze, the man raised both hands as if admitting defeat.
“Got it. Fine, I’m leaving. Instead, I should stay with you.”

What’s that supposed to mean?

“No way, are you saying you’ll enter my body this time?!”

Diana, as if feeling unpleasant, hugged Noel and took a step back.

“…….”

The man looked at Diana with a somewhat dazed expression.

“Descendant, you really like unique ones.”

Roderick remained silent. He had been quiet for a while. With so much to see, he must have a lot on his mind. The man, seemingly indifferent, took Diana and headed towards Vigo.

“Alright, let’s go inside.”

In Vigo, where a vast amount of treasures were located, there was another secret door. He didn’t know there was something like this. Well, there are secret passages, so why wouldn’t there be hidden things?

The man proceeded forward without hesitation.

“This is where we gather our treasures.”

Among the treasures, they stood in front of a glass case positioned at the innermost part.

“So, are you going in here now?”

“Yes.”

It was a ring with a sapphire darker in color than Roderick’s irises.

The ring supporting the sapphire was filled with numerous diamonds, shining like stars. Overall, it was a ring that exuded an elegant atmosphere.

“This is a ring passed down through generations in our family. Only the owner can wear it. Now, take this.”

“But I’m not the owner?”

The man said, as if it weren’t a problem.

“Aren’t you going to marry this guy?”
It’s strange; ancestors and descendants are the same somehow. Why do they talk as if it’s so obvious?

From the start, Roderick wasn’t even the heir to the dukedom, and even if he married her, he had no intention of becoming the lady of the dukedom.

Why bother with this? Once she regains her health, she plans to live a comfortable life as a wealthy unemployed person, lounging around at home. She already had a lot of property. All she needs is to regain her health.

“Does the patriarch approve?”

“I approve, don’t I?”

Look at this ancestor. Why is he so shameless?

“If you say that someone who died a few generations ago allowed the symbol of the lady, would people believe it and say, ‘Oh, I see’?”

“It’ll be fine. Everyone seems to be afraid of this guy. They’ll probably just go along with it.”

“…….”