As the mysterious girl turned to face them, Rio was taken aback by her otherworldly beauty. Her visage was reminiscent of a serene moonlit night, casting an ethereal glow that was both enchanting and mesmerizing.
Despite her stunning appearance, Rio couldn't help but notice the flicker of hatred and sadness hidden within her captivating blue eyes as they gazed at the duo. She wore a white dress that seemed to amplify her presence, her confident smile radiating an aura of power. Rio sensed that she was far stronger than him, even though he had recently surpassed Lia in strength.
What shocked Rio, even more, was the sight of Emperor Dylan, bound like a commoner to a chair. Upon hearing the girl's voice, Dylan opened his eyes and looked at Lia and Rio. However, it was evident that he lacked the courage to maintain eye contact, as though ashamed of something.
Lia's voice turned icy, chilling the air around them. "How dare you imprison Father?" The temperature in the garden plummeted as her anger fueled the freezing environment. Yet, the mysterious girl showed no fear in the face of Lia's wrath.
"Is my greeting not to your liking, dear sister? I thought, at the very least, my beloved sibling would greet me with love and embrace me, but it seems I was mistaken," the mysterious silver-haired lady said, her voice laced with a mix of sadness and bitterness. Though she appeared to be feigning her disappointment, Rio could sense the genuine heartache in her words as she lamented Lia's reaction.
"Sister?" Lia's brow furrowed in confusion, unable to grasp the meaning behind the woman's claim.
"Don't pretend you're ignorant," the woman continued, her voice seething with resentment.
"Even if you truly don't know, allow me to enlighten you. We were born on the same day, but I wasn't as fortunate as you, for I was born with blue eyes. Emperor Dylan blamed our mother for my impure bloodline and deemed me an embarrassment to the empire.
Mother had no choice but to take me away, and we were forced to leave the castle. Why? It was because my sister was born with the pure Devlin bloodline, while mine was tainted by our mother's human heritage, which manifested in my eyes." As the woman narrated her tragic story, her voice trembled with hatred and sorrow, the depth of her emotions directed at both Dylan and Lia.
The person standing before him was none other than Madame, the one who had wanted to kill him time and again. She was the person who sought to see him dead, and he had never understood why she was after his life until now.
Moreover, he finally discovered that the real villain behind his separation from Layla was actually this Madame, not his grandfather. Even after learning the truth, he didn't feel any more affection for his grandfather, just disappointment that the old man had been so easily swayed to harm Rio.
"When I attempted to manipulate the other clans, your friend dared to interfere," she hissed, her voice dripping with venom. "I have a little present for you." With a sinister grin, she reached into her spatial beast soul storage and produced a severed head.
The lifeless eyes stared blankly, the mouth twisted in an eternal grimace of pain and terror. She callously tossed it, the head bouncing and rolling across the ground, leaving a gruesome trail of blood in its wake. It came to an abrupt halt at Lia's feet, revealing the horrifying visage of Emily, her features frozen in a haunting expression of suffering and betrayal.
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