Chapter 48 (1/2)
Chapter 48
In the original novel, Diana was an assassin of the highest class
Light on her feet, fast with her hands, and had very sharp wits She was that kind of assassin
This was the result of failing to overcoer sister’s o down a darker path
It didn’t seem like she had killed anyone yet at this ti people in the near future’
In any case, as an assassin, she later became entirely loyal to Leo and served him as his hands and feet The reason for that was simple
It’s because Leo cured Ria of her illness
Aical research, it just so happened that there was one such ite from
Leo offered it to Diana, and the medicine had an exceptional effect on the child
Truthfully, it was a stroke of luck
As it was still being studied, the potion was incomplete and could still have had side effects
When Leo gave that medicine to Diana, it was only intended to be a ‘clinical test’ in the first place
Diana, in the end, did not know the truth behind this
Blind to the truth, for her, Leo was entirely just the ‘savior of my little sister’
And Diana was so for her benefactor
“It’s not a leap You will be deeply, exceptionally loyal Because you love and care about your sister very inal novel for a while, she smiled and replied like this
On the other hand, Diana couldn’t smile at all
In fact, she also knew about her own sharp senses
When she had to survive from the bottom of the pack, she had no choice but to have these senses
And, with that sharp wit, she realized that Rosetta’s words clearly had an underlyingsaid…
“Just nohat you’re saying… Are you saying that you’re taking e?”
She asked the question, yet no answer returned right away as she stifled her breaths
The silence was suffocating
She was so nervous because the silence could be interpreted as both a yes and a no
Diana’s fingers curled onto the floor
And her fingernails scratched through the rough, arid surface
“Before I cas about you…”
“Pardon?”
“I heard that you’re working for one of those shady guilds? And that you borrowed money there for your sister’s medication”
At Rosetta’s hushed question, Diana blinked
‘You found out so like that in such a short amount of time?’
Perhaps it was only natural for her influence over information to be that powerful because she was a ducal princess
Whenever she confirmed once more the htened up evencrazy fro alone outside the door
Soon, however, these emotions shattered and dispersed into the air
“That medicine It’s fake, you know”
Despite how offhandedly she delivered this fact, Rosetta’s words were absolutely shocking to Diana
“…What… are you…”
If words had a tangible form to them, Diana would have collapsed from them by now
It felt as if she’d been hit on the back of her head with a athered, it has effects like a painkiller, and your sister said she felt like she’s getting better, right? That’s only because she can’t feel the pain Besides the temporary anesthetic effect, there is a side effect that would radually deteriorate Perhaps even, she could lose her life any time soon”
“Lies…”
“Isn’t the botto yellowish brown little by little? Her hands are shaking, and her tongue is becoe color, too, I believe… It’s been a while since she drank the medicine, yes?”
Every time Rosetta recited the symptoms one by one, Diana could see her little sister’s face flashi+ng though her head
The deepening shadows of the yellon hue under her eyes, her hands that trembled frequently Even her pronunciation soible
‘Now that I think about it, these sy the ht about this, she ju from both of her knees when she had hit the floor with a loud thud earlier
However, she felt no pain at all
She wouldn’t feel any pain in her body She was seething with blind rage
“What do you plan to do?”
At Rosetta’s question, which she asked with the sahtly betrayed her restlessness
“I’ll have to pay them a visit I have to know if it’s true If it is, then I’ll kill them all”
At the frank remark that held not a trace of falsehood, Rosetta nodded back Then, she asked again
“How?”
“That…”
Hesitating at that point, Diana trailed off
She also knew that she wouldn’t be able to do it
“You cherish your life though Don’t you have to protect your sister? If you go to a place like that alone, then you know fully hich side will perish”
She couldn’t refute any of it Because she knew that what Rosetta said was correct
At thatwas a sense of helplessness, resenter boiled within her and becaed at her throat
That hot, acrid sensation prickled at her throat and around her eyes
“If you jointhe other way Whatever it is that you wish”
“……”