The Regressor's Younger Brother's Insanity-Chapter 22: Kill to Silence

"Kneel and apologize"

The moment she heard those words, her whole body trembled with anger.

"Wh..whaat!"

When leaving her house Noah Bean had earnestly advised her to avoid revealing her identity unless absolutely necessary, but now she couldn’t bear it anymore.

She immediately removed her veil.

Beneath it, a beautiful face was revealed. She had shiny crimson hair and crimson eyes.

"Oh my."

"Wow..."

Gasps of admiration flowed from here and there.

Not only was her face beautiful, but she also possessed a truly noble appearance.

Even Aether was secretly surprised when he saw her face.

Who is this woman?

Beyond her appearance, the air of elegance she exuded was extraordinary.

It wasn’t something ordinary people could possess.

Then, the woman who had revealed her face glared fiercely at Aether and spoke,

"Rude fellow. Do you know who I am to do such a thing?"

Aether frowned at her words.

He had already guessed that she wasn’t an ordinary person, considering she had a formidable Swordsman like Noah Bean as a mere bodyguard and was wearing luxurious clothing.

However, even if she was such a woman, in a situation like this, she should normally be frightened, trembling, or submitting, yet she still maintained her composure.

Moreover, judging from her tone, she seemed to have considerable pride in her identity.

’Could she be from one of the Seven Great..’

Just then the left guardian send a voice transmission to Aether.

-Young lord, this woman is from the Ravenfall family.

’Ravenfall family!!!’

The Ravenfall family was one of the Seven Great Families of the Empire, just like the Noctvain family.

’Now that I think about it, the Ravenfall family is known for their red hair and red eyes, traits passed down through their bloodline.’

"Do you know who I’m? Who is my father? You dog." The woman shouted.

"Oh, you don’t know who your father is!!? Are you searching for your runaway father?"

"You bastard, I’ll kill you with my hands."

Instead of calming the situation, Aether took it a step further, even after learning her true identity.

"You’re escalating a matter that could be resolved with a single kneel."

"The one escalating things is you, bastard. Once you know who I am, let’s see if you can still behave so rudely..."

Crunch!

"Aaaaargh!"

Before she could finish her sentence,

With a terrible scream, Noah Bean’s shoulder was twisted, and his bone tore through the skin, sticking out gruesomely.

Witnessing that horrific sight, the woman who was about to reveal her identity turned pale and lost her words.

Aether then smiled and said to her,

"Shall I tell you in advance what will happen after you reveal your identity?

"..."

"I don’t know who you are, and I don’t care, But if you cause trouble by revealing your so-called noble identity just out of pride... then I’ll be forced to make a choice."

"A choice?" she asked, narrowing her eyes.

"Yes. I’ll make it as if nothing ever happened."

"What?"

"You don’t seem to understand. Have you heard of the phrase ’kill to silence’?"

’!?’ 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Kill to silence.

It meant killing someone so they couldn’t speak about what had happened.

When she understood what he meant, her proud and confident face turned pale.

Even the Left Guardian was shocked. If she revealed her identity, it would cause big problems. But if she was forced to stay quiet, later if she knew about Aether Noctvain, they could tell the Ravenfall family that they didn’t knew who she was.

’What a clever trick.’

However, Aether didn’t stop there.

He looked around the inn with cold eyes and spoke in a menacing voice

"How unfortunate. If that young lady opens her mouth, you all won’t be able to leave here alive either. Well, it’s not my fault, so blame the young lady."

The moment he finished speaking, the atmosphere inside the inn instantly turned deathly still.

Aether spoke casually as if it were nothing, but the overwhelming pressure was enough to drive everyone into extreme tension.

’This, this bastard!’

How could he steer the situation in such a way?

As she was about to open her mouth in disbelief, all the gazes in the inn simultaneously turned towards her.

She felt confused and scared by their angry and fearful looks. The feelings were so strong, it felt like she couldn’t breathe

’Why?’

The real target was that man, so why are they staring at me like that?

Then she saw Aether’s face

’!!!!’

He was smiling in a scary way, his face filled with nothing but malice.

Shiver!

A chill ran down her spine and throughout her entire body.

The moment fear gripped her entire being, her legs turned weak and gave out.

Thud!

She had never knelt before anyone. But now, she found herself kneeling without meaning to.

Her body wouldn’t stop shaking.

Shiver...tremble...

"You’ve knelt, so all that’s left is to apologize." Aether said

These words caused her eyes to tremble violently.

’I... I have to kneel and apologize to such a lowly thug? Me?? Thalia von Ravenfall’

Her name was Thalia von Ravenfall, youngest of the Great Ravenfall family.

For someone like her to suffer such humiliation was unthinkable.

She lifted her head with difficulty and looked at Noah bean, who was standing at death’s door.

"Argh"

Suffering in agony, Noah Bean desperately tried to say something to her.

’You... must... endure...yong...lad.y....’

Clench!

At Noah Bean’s words, she bit her lower lip hard.

Drip drip.

Blood began to flow from her cherry like lips.

"I... to you, sir... have committed... a great... sin... ugh..."

Drip drip!

Her pride was so wounded that tears wouldn’t stop flowing as she spoke.

"Please... forgive... me."

Finally, after submitting and completing her apology, all eyes in the inn turned to Aether.

Everyone had tense looks on their faces.

They feared, what if that fellow broke his promise and killed them all?

At that moment, Aether licked his lips and said

"Unfortunately, I’ll have to end it here."

’Unfortunately?’

At Aether’s words, the woman..no.. Thalia von Ravenfall sincerely clicked her tongue.

It was no different than saying he really intended to slaughter everyone in the inn if she had held out until the end.

Then Aether gave a signal to the Left Guardian.

"Let’s go. I’ve lost my appetite."

"Yes, young lord."

The Left Guardian sheathed his sword and followed Aether as they walked out of the inn.