Become Tyrant On My Own Way
Chapter 153 – ILENE BONDAGE NECKLACE
Sipping a cup of daarjeling tea, Ilene flipped through the sheets of newspaper she read.
“Is there any information that makes you very interested, Her Highness Princess?”
“No. It'sit's nothing. It's just that Brother Helios seems to have recently done an interesting thing.”
“Are you talking about the continental martial competition?”
“It's true. It seems that after the war, Brother is now focusing on strengthening his army ranks by looking for martial arts experts who can be used as the cornerstone of his pawn.”
There was clearly a worried look on Mellina's face when Ilene discussed this.
“I can tell you that the achievement of His Majesty Emperor Helios is extraordinary. This is the first time in the history of this country, a king can stand at the top without a single opposition capable of opposing him, especially controlling him.”
“Well, who is a sane person willing to defy a mad tyrant as dangerous as he is?”
“But Her Highness the Princess, if a country is in the hands of one absolute ruler, is, then one day the country will only be squeezed to the point of not being able to satisfy the lust of the ruler without anyone who can stop it again. Soon, this country will be destroyed. There must be an opposition party that stands to control the absolute power of the current king.”
Ilene's hand trembled as soon as Mellina alluded to it.
“Your Highness Princess, tea in your hands spilled..”.
Mellina was about to take the tea that would spill in Ilene's hands. But the shocked Ilene immediately brushed off that hand.
“Stop, Mellina!”
“Your Highness Princess?”
Whether the call ‘stop’ refers to Mellina who wants to hold her hand or refers to the taboo speech that Mellina just said, is less clear in the context of the sentence spoken Ilene. But from the next words of Ilene,
“Did you also tell me to oppose that monstrous monster?!” It seems to be the second context.
“No, that's not what I mean, Her Highness Princess.”
“Do you know, even to be able to survive from his supervision alone is already very difficult?! No one even knows that now he might still be watching me from somewhere with his familiar cockroaches that can sneak everywhere
“Your Highness Princess..”
“Mellina, I just want to live! Please, don't speak such a hideous thing again in front of me!”
It was clearly a sad look, no, it was a desperate look plastered on Ilene's face. He was honest from the bottom of his heart deeply afraid of the existence of that figure.
Seeing Ilene's extreme fear of her own biological sister, Mellina could only sigh as she replied, “I understand, Your Highness Princess.”
Mellina could only swallow her disappointment and left Ilene alone in the living room located in one corner of the main sacred temple building.
He walked down the corridor, but then a woman who appeared to be one among the sacred temple's sacred servants came to stop his steps.
“Head of the Holy Temple wants to see you.”
Mellina was surprised at why the head of the sacred temple suddenly wanted to meet her who was only a servant. But he immediately fixed the complicated expression on his face and followed the figure of the woman to the place she was led.
***
On the 21st day of the 10th month of the 532nd year of the Imperial Calendar of Meglovia, I just received some good news from the doctor who is now in charge of Talia's health. Talia is positive for our second child.
This is the most exciting news for me this year. I also celebrated it by having a small party with my loyal followers. But then hearing the news of the new family candidate, I suddenly remembered the figure of my sister Ilene. Missing, I also tried to connect my consciousness to the gift necklace I gave her that Ilene should still wear.
The necklace clearly still showed its function because if someone tried to forcibly remove the necklace from the neck of Ilene or Ilene in danger so that the protection in the necklace would be active, he said, then the danger signal would have come to me very soon.
Out of concern, I again tried to sneak some of my familiar into the main building of the holy temple. But again, the problem was that there was a huge energy dome inside the main building of the sacred temple, my consciousness so unable to connect with my familiar that I sent there.
Since I have not received any news from the holy temple until now, it means that there should be no problem with Ilene there. But for some reason, I couldn't let go of my concern for my sister.
To ensure the situation and to ease my growing worry, the, I immediately wrote a letter to Ilene and then I asked one of the palace guards to deliver her directly to the main building of the sacred temple where Ilene was located. I stressed to the palace guard that he should not go home until Ilene actually sent me a reply.
Come to think of it, none of my men are descended from Meglovia. Albert and Alice were from Vlonhard, Doctor Minerva from Rimuru, Yasmin from Ignitia, while Nunu and Olo from the southern islands.
It would be a problem if one of them was the one I sent to the holy temple to deliver my letter since the holy temple is known to be very racist with the nation outside Meglovia. That's why I chose to send an outsider to send Ilene the letter.
But until nightfall, the palace guards I sent to the holy temple had not yet returned to the palace. It then made me more worried so that I finally decided to go directly there even though it would definitely cause a political commotion the next day.
***
Mellina entered Ilene's room along with the sacred servant. Mellina informs Ilene of Vyndicta Eros's wish to see her in person.
Ilene agreed and followed Mellina and the sacred servant into the monk's private room.
But then, just as he was about to enter the outer door connected to the corridor where the private room of the monk Vyndicta Eros was located, the four guards standing there asked Ilene to take off the necklace Helios gave her on the grounds that they could detect the existence of an attack magic that was forbidden to be released inside, same with the sword and other sharp weapons.
Ilene initially hesitates a little, but then Mellina gives her a hint that everything will be fine. Ilene knew full well about how Mellina's skills in martial arts were even without a single weapon in her hands. It also made her feel safe even without the protection given by her brother.
No, Ilene was actually only afraid that releasing the gift of her brother's gift on her own neck would offend Helios and Ilene would receive tremendous anger from him.
But because this was already the official procedure of the sacred temple, Ilene also thought that it might be okay for her to release the necklace that became a symbol of her bondage to Helios for a moment. Of course, if his brother will be angry, the holy temple will certainly accept his responsibility.
Ilene entered the corridor along with Mellina and the holy maid who had been with them by leaving the necklace to the guards outside.
When Ilene took off her necklace with her own will, it was, ilene's connection to the necklace disappeared which, moments later, was detected by Helios without any prior warning coming to Helios since Ilene removed the necklace of her own free will, ignoring Helios' request that under no circumstances, Ilene should remove the necklace from her neck.
Ilene accompanied by Mellina and the sacred servant entered the monk's private room. However, the monk was not alone in his room. Right next to the monk was a red-haired, white-skinned woman wearing a striking red outfit that was also covered in blood-red thick lipstick.
“So this is the new curse container you prepared, Rahib?”
“That's right, Marie.”
Ilene could immediately feel the awkwardness behind the speech of the monk and the mysterious woman. But once he realized it, it was too late. The door was locked and both Mellina, the maid of faith, and the holy maid, both disappeared from the room, leaving Ilene alone with the monk and the mysterious woman inside.
“Well, let's just start the experiment, Marie.”
Said the monk while smiling very wickedly.
“As you wish, Rahib.”
Look out from behind Marie's clothes is a voodoo doll with a very creepy look that has a design of two long fangs in the upper canine teeth.
The doll was apparently able to move as if alive, then very quickly, even without Ilene noticing, the doll had bitten her neck and sucked her blood. A moment later, Ilene collapsed.
The monk and a woman he called Marie then approached Ilene's body which collapsed with a disgusting cynical smile plastered on their faces.
Yes, the mysterious figure is Marie, the fifth witch of the demon king's legion of witch, Marie the curse witch.