Chapter 480
“It’s not that I didn’t try to persuade them. I even tried to convince them with lies. But no matter what I said in order to force them to choose Edina, they eventually learned the truth.
“I don’t know what you two think, but... People hate the Demon King much more than we imagine. It’s common for people to hate him enough to want to kill him. In fact, some people hate him so much that they would rather die themselves,” Riana said.
Both Harriet and Charlotte knew that people hated the Demon King enough to want to kill him. But they could also hate him enough to want to give their lives up.
Saving someone had inevitably led to someone else’s death. To save someone, someone else had to be killed. To protect something, something else had to be destroyed. Riana had had to kill those she had managed to save with her own hands.
Riana had been hiding this for about a year. Having knowingly sent subversive elements to Edina in the refugee transports, there had been numerous assassination attempts on the Demon King. If this extreme opposition to the Demon King continued to grow in Edina, it could eventually lead to Edina’s downfall.
After realizing that information about Port Mokna and Edina was spreading, Riana had begun to actually kill those who declared they would rather die than live under the Demon King’s rule. Riana’s hardened expression contained a resolute determination that could neither be broken nor marred. There was no grief or despair.
She knew that if she started getting entangled in such emotions, she would only flounder in endless despair. All she displayed was the resolve of someone who had decided not to think about such things.
“Whatever you wanted to know, this is the truth,” Riana said, looking at Charlotte. “So, what are you going to do now?”
Charlotte quietly met Riana’s gaze. “Why didn’t you tell Reinhart about this issue?”
In response to Charlotte’s question, Riana crossed her arms. “Do you know how Reinhart has been these past two years?”
“I don’t,” Charlotte answered calmly.