Chapter 4 (1/2)

Note: From now on, the male lead’s name will be Ricdorian. Thank you to Lyds for recommending Ridorian, and sorry it’s not the exact same as you asked for. haha.

Henrich Dorean -> Rick Dorian -> Ricdorian

Chapter 4: I became a Jean Valjean for you (1)

“That’s right, you have a lot of interest in the capital’s Black Rose.”

Baron Paradis knew many matters regarding the empire and was the type of person who liked to flaunt this knowledge of his.

And though I enjoyed listening to him talk about this and that, I specifically wanted to know more about the Domulit family.

Because that’s where the main villain was from.

“A flower that blooms underground will give off a scent that only people living underground will like. Some time ago, someone reported that a box to been auctioned off would contain a tiara that the emperor had previously lost.”

“I thought auctions could only be hosted by members of the imperial family?”

“Of course. That law has never changed, but that doesn’t stop the underground flower from holding their own auctions and markets.”

A flower that bloomed underground, a black rose. The black market. This was the Domulit family’s symbol. Actually, such illegal black market stories were typical of a villain’s actions, so I wasn’t surprised. A true villain indeed.

I knew about the emperor’s tiara. In the novel, that was what the female lead discovers in the villain’s room after she is released from prison.

So, the villain, Chaser Rube Domulit, goes to prison for a time under the crime of stealing the tiara, and later, after the female lead is put in prison, again, but under false charges this time, they have a reunion in Kambrakam.

“The imperial family has issued a searched throughout the empire, but they still haven’t found any traces of the tiara, nor do they have evidence to convict the thief. Though they have strong suspicions against the Domulit family.”

“I see.”

Well, since it’s the novel’s main villain, he must be extraordinary, enough to escape from the clutches of the imperial family.

Hmm…interesting. Wasn’t it? Despite being in prison, this baron knew so much about what was going on outside. Sensing my gaze, the baron smiled cheerfully at me.

“But Iana, have you heard that the Domulit family’s most precious treasure is hidden very deeply? I’m not exactly sure, but there are rumours that they are actually hiding a daughter. I know it’s just speculation, but isn’t it so exciting?!”

“Ah, I’ve heard about that rumour.”

“It’s a very widespread rumour throughout high society, after all.”

The villain Chaser Domulit had a younger sister. But other than that, there was no other information in the novel about her, not even a name, except that she had an early death.

I guess the sister was to show something like, ‘even the villain has something or someone he cherishes?’ So I quickly lost interest in this mysterious sister at that point.

“Anyway, I heard that the ‘adventure’ event you told me about was a lot of fun?”

“Ah, of course.”

Ricdorian was a bewitching beauty. The image of his teary face came to mind, and I shrugged it off.