I Sought Out the Tragedy’s Scheming Mastermind

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Because she’s already seen his inability to kill her several times.

‘The relationship’s been reversed.’

Eliana calmly arranged the situation.

The Hanev tried to kill her but failed.
No, it was more like it was impossible to kill her.

And now, his face showed he was severely terrified of being touched.

‘Verkley acts the complete opposite from the Hanev.’

Unlike the Hanev, Verkley wanted to keep touching her.

Come to think of it, this was full of strange things.

It was suspicious how he expressed his favoritism even though she didn’t do anything.

It was also strange how his headache died down after maintaining a close relationship with her.

At the time, she thought he was just adapting to the power, but she was suspicious of the Hanev’s overreaction.

Verkley lost control of his body to the Hanev because of his inability to fully control his power.

‘The Hanev’s power doesn’t work on me?’

Eliana reached a conclusion in her head.

She didn’t know what it was, but she believed she could block the Hanev’s power.

It was worth a try if anything.

Eliana came to her decision and spoke to him with confidence.

“I’ll tell you if you come closer.”

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“How can I trust you?”

“If you’re not curious, then why don’t you just stay still?”

“Oh, you’re crazy.”

The Hanev quickly fell for Eliana’s provocation and strode to her in rage, stopping when their noses almost touched.

Then he looked down at her as if waiting for her to say something.

Eliana didn’t miss a beat and grabbed him by the face.

And before the Hanev could bite her surprise, she kissed him, just like that.

He tried to shove Eliana away in distress.

Eliana wound her arms around his neck and tightly pulled him against her.

She tasted a hint of metallic on her tongue because of how hard they smashed into each other.

His strong movements and resistance were getting weaker and weaker.

A moment later, Verkley collapsed and fell forward onto Eliana.

‘I wasn’t sure of it, but my theory was correct.’

Verkley wants to touch her, but the Hanev avoids her.

She didn’t know exactly what power it was, but that wasn’t important right now.

Eliana dragged Verkley onto the bed with him in her arms.

Then she turned on the bedside lamp and examined his complexion.

She immediately checked his eyes.

Fortunately, they were back to blue.

Eliana sighed deeply.
“Where are we, by the way?”

This was not Verkley’s bedroom.
Eliana frowned, not knowing where the Hanev had taken her.

Besides, after that kiss, a strong sense of fatigue overcame her.

She, too, felt like her body was losing its strength.

The moment Eliana decided to lay beside him exhausted…

Someone burst through the door.

Startled by the ruckus, Eliana sprang up and turned in the door’s direction.

It was difficult to keep her eyes open as a strong light poured in.

Eliana was blinded by the sudden light and shielded her eyes with her hand.

“Shh.” 

There seemed to be no sign of harm, and when she carefully lowered her hand, the sudden uninvited guest pushed a finger against his lips, warning her.

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As he quickly closed the door, only the lamp light shone dimly in the room.

Eliana stared at him with a bewildered face.

The first thing she noticed was the color of his hair, which was definitely silver.

“Rube…?”

Rube smiled softly at the sound of his name.

He drew closer to Eliana.

Eliana still stared at Rube with a surprised expression.

‘What the hell is going on?’

First of all, she was flustered to see that he was there.

“What happened?”

“You surprised me when you suddenly collapsed.”

Rube placed a warm wet towel on Eliana’s wrist with nonchalance.

At that moment, she felt a stinging pain in her wrist.

Relying on the soft light to see, she saw the marks covering her wrist were gone.

She had a few spots with bloody bruises.

When Eliana frowned, Rube apologized softly.

“I’m sorry, His Majesty was so stubborn that I could not stop him.”

“…”

Eliana blankly stared at Rube’s upset face.

She had seen Verkley’s red eyes before she collapsed.

And that strange smile he had on then.

She could guess that Verkley was out of his mind.

‘I’m sure Rube saw his eyes, too…’

Despite knowing the Hanevs mark, Rube showed no signs of surprise.

He should’ve known that Verkley signed a contract with the Hanev, but he was too quiet.

Plus, Rube was on Hera’s side.

Having identified Verkley’s important weakness, he should have gone to Hera instead of coming to this unknown place.

Because the Hanevs are the enemies of Algiers, he might accuse Verkley of heresy.

Of course, if Verkley’s incident reaches Hera’s ears, things will become difficult.

Hera discovers Verkley’s secret only when Verkley reveals it himself.

‘But… that’s not the case.
This is a completely different situation from the original story.’