I will not die a Villainess's death

The gathering was getting extremely noisy as more and more people started blaming Elysia. She had not done anything but the nobles were happy to have found a scrap goat for pointing fingers toward.

Between the panic of getting attacked and blaming Elysia for calling all these monsters, nothing of importance could be done in this meeting.

In the end, the one who could not take it anymore was Sara. Her sensitive ears were ringing and she was also afraid that Lord Sorias would explode and kill a lot of humans.

"EVERYONE, KEEP QUIET."

The gathering looked at Sara with a stunned expression but she refused to indulge them. They all needed a dose of reality to be shoved in their faces.

"Now listen here. I do not care what or who you are but you need to show a little intelligence here. Elysia didn't even have the mirror when it reacted so why are you blaming her? If you want to live then use your arm muscles and not your tongue."

The nobles were red-faced at being called out like that. Many of them wanted to teach Sara a lesson but they could not speak anything against Sara.

She was the Saintess's familiar and she was also a high-ranking member of the temple now. No one wanted to be held responsible for insulting her.

The monsters were raining their attacks harder and harder now. Their fists were hitting the barrier harder and harder. Even was having a tough time keeping these monsters at bay.

"S-Someone, Anyone, hurry up and help me out. What are you looking around for?"

Eve asked as her barrier shrunk. She was hurting her magic by protecting all these people. There was no doubt in anyone's mind that she was the Saintess and a holy being.

Lord Lucas headed out to help clear the monsters. He was not the only one but he was the most prominent one.

His knights were also the ones who were the most forward in attacking the beasts nearby.

The nobles were mostly useless during the fight but they did have their mini armies that made handling so many monsters easier.

"Let me go and have a look in the mirror. I might be able to reverse the flow of magic in it."

Elysia asked as she asked the priest holding to let her go. The priest looked caught up in the middle. They wanted to let Elysia go but they did not have the authority.

Head Priest Yohan had asked them to imprison Elysia and they could not go against his wishes.

"Let her go and give her the mirror. Elysia, hurry up and solve this situation."

Elysia felt delighted at hearing Head Priest Yohan giving her permission. It was rare for him to give Elysia the time of his day like this.

And Elysia was determined to prove her worth. The mirror was a minor inconvenience she could take care of.

The mirror was letting out weird energy for most people but for Elysia, it was a different case. She could feel a core's aura leaking out of the mirror.

The connection on the other side of the mirror had not been terminated and that was what attracted these monsters toward it.

Their eggs had been thrown inside the portal that had connected the two worlds and their instincts were forcing them to fight to get to them.

But no matter how much they tried, their large bodies could no longer fit inside the portal that their kids had been thrown into.

"I can get this mirror to stop but I will need some time. Can I get some time?"

Elysia asked as she looked toward the Head Priest. It was up to Yohan to decide and Elysia was afraid that she would be denied.

"Go ahead and hurry up. But you will be locked after this for some time."

Elysia agreed as she send her core's aura into the mirror. It was beginning to respond to her wishes and shutting up the portal.

It would still take some time before the portal would close but Elysia was willing to bear the burden of all that magic.

The monsters looked toward Elysia as one. Her magic was tempting them all toward her and it made them easy targets.

"I don't care how easy it is to kill these monsters, there are still so many of them. Where are all these beasts emerging from? Is there a monster farm nearby?"

A temple priest called out which caused the nobles to flinch. They were guilty of trying to start one long ago but that had been a foolish dream of theirs.

It had not been possible in the end.

Elysia used a mixture of magic and core aura to guide the mirror. It flashed a bright white before settling down.

As soon as that light settled down, so did the monsters around them. They had lost any interest in the gathering in front of them.

"They are going back? Does that mean that we won?"

Sara asked as she repelled the last of the monster waves. She looked around for Lord Sorias and the others who were sitting on the other side of the garden.

It was a mess of monster bodies all around the garden, painting its grass a bloody red. It will be a bitch to clear up later but the gathering was only happy enough to see themselves safe.

"W-We managed to survive."

Most people were happy to see themselves alive but it was only the damage control who wept at the extra work they would have to do.

"Now, let's get going, Elysia. You need to brief me about what you went through. It feels like you have a lot of amusing things to tell me about."

Head Priest Yohan extended his hand toward Elysia. It felt like a devil's temptation for her that she should not take.

But Elysia was compelled to take that hand. She had been conditioned to follow Head Preist Yohan's lead.

If he wanted Elysia to come with him, then she would follow him. She was sure that she would be still alive by the end of this investigation.

And it was her fault for touching the evidence without any notice. The mirror was responsible for the monster attack that happened. And it was common sense to aim at the owner of the mirror.

"Don't look back right now. You need to focus on saving your energy. The first night in the confinement would be tough for you."

Elysia was not sad about getting stuck in jail for a few days since it was a small sacrifice for her to be able to come back home.

However, if it ended up helping her brother out in the end and clearing him of suspicion, then Elysia would gladly go away and be locked up.

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When Adam and Eve finally arrived back at the gardens, they were not able to see Elysia anywhere. The people around them only looked away when they were faced with a glare.

"Where is she? I won't repeat my words so you better tell me outright where Elysia went."

Adam threatened everyone present in the garden space. But no one wanted to open their mouths for him. All of a sudden, everyone seemed to have gone mute which annoyed Adam.

However, Eve realized what was going on. She had noticed that there was one more person who was absent from the gathering right now.

And that was her adoptive father.

Head Preist Yohan and most of the people he had brought along with him were missing. She quickly tugged at Adam's sleeve to make him let go of the semi-innocent person.

"We will need to visit the temple and file an official appeal in Elysia's name. You better get your head in gear and get started on that document."

Elysia could wait but Eve could not wait around any longer. She had already spent a year without Elysia by her side.

She did not want to spend even a day more without her.

"Fuck. I cannot tell if this is the best birthday I ever had or the worst one. The only redeemable thing that happened today was that Elysia came back."

Adam spoke those words and then all but sagged down. His words hit him all of a sudden and relief circulated inside his body.

"Fuck. Elysia is finally back home. I cannot believe that this is happening."

Adam seemed unable to believe his luck and Eve felt happy and sad for him. Even she was only realizing that Elysia was back home right now.

"Lucas Dirac, help me out right now. How do we write an official appeal for Elysia?"

Eve turned toward Lord Dirac as well, her eyes full of hope to know a solution.

But Lucas Dirac looked unconcerned as he stared back at them. He was a little pale but seemed happier than any other time Eve had seen him before.

"Don't worry. I will take care of this matter."