This Three Year Old Is a Villainess-Chapter 231

I stomped into Dad’s study like thunder.

“Grimier pushed into Jörmungandr’s lair?”

Dad inside the study answered with an indifferent expression. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

“Yes.”

The older brothers who had gathered before I came looked grim.

Balzac spoke with a scowl.

“Are you crazy? Lagon’s supposed to appear above the imperial palace, yet Grimier’s storming into Jörmungandr’s territory.”

“So he decided to break in after all?”

“Yes. He intends to kill all the soldiers.”

I snorted.

‘Tomorrow is the Empress Dowager’s birthday, so today’s the only chance.’

But how could he break into a dragon’s nest in just one day?

It was absurd.

Joshua was deep in thought, rubbing his chin with his fingertips.

“Joshua?”

I asked, and he looked at me, saying “...Yeah.”

“What are you thinking about so intently?”

“Grimier’s behavior is strange.”

“Yeah, something’s... not rational.”

“No matter how coveted the Central Tower is, it’s meaningless if you lose all your troops and come back with just the relic.”

Balzac leaned crookedly against the wall and nodded.

“He’ll get cursed out like mad. Called an idiot and pointed at.”

“Right, and more than anything, Grandpa will judge him as ‘such a desperate man willing to do anything to get into the Central Tower.’”

Grimier’s strength lay in public opinion.

The Astra family’s foremost ‘good man.’

That mask earned goodwill everywhere, forming his support base.

‘Pushing through despite risking all soldiers? That’s just strange.’

“Since when did Grimier enter Jörmungandr’s territory?”

“A report arrived fifteen minutes ago that he encountered Jörmungandr. They requested reinforcements.”

Fifteen minutes...

Balzac suddenly grabbed my neck tightly.

“Would be great if Grimier just died too. Should I go pray at the shrine? Huh?”

I frowned.

‘Why risk losing more than gaining?’

Just then—

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Urgent footsteps sounded outside, followed by loud knocks on the door.

“Urgent news, milady!”

It was Han Jihyuk. His voice was serious.

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“What’s wrong?”

“Something happened to Mari.”

“Because of illness?”

“No, seems magical. Alexis is controlling it.”

I widened my eyes.

Mari was a commoner.

Such a child shouldn’t be afflicted by magic.

I dashed back into the room.

“Joshua, Balzac!”

“Hm?”

“The Blessing Stone for teleportation!”

“Oh, right.”

As they handed me the stones, I quickly threw one to Han Jihyuk.

“You go to the Ishiron manor and bring Cain Lord!”

Han Jihyuk nodded, and I teleported immediately.

At the Ishiron manor’s servant dormitory.

As Han Jihyuk said, Alexis seemed to have tight control; no one was coming or going.

‘Which room?’

I entered the dormitory with a serious expression.

No need to ask the location.

There was a tremendous wave felt from one place.

I hurried there.

From the open door came a scream-like cry.

“Sis... sis...!”

“Stay back.”

Alexis was stopping Masah from running to her sister.

“Let me go! Please! Sis... sis...!”

I firmly pushed Masah’s shoulder.

“My lady...”

“If you get caught in that wave, you don’t know what’ll happen to you.”

“B-but, but my sister...!”

“I said step back!”

“How can you be so heartless! We’re sisters. We’ll die together even if it comes to that...!”

This was real.

I clenched my teeth and glared at Masah.

“That kind of thinking won’t help at all, so if you want to save your sister, shut your mouth.”

“...!”

Masah froze, swallowing dryly.

I was cold to her like this for the first time; she seemed taken aback.

“L-lady...”

I ignored her and approached Mari.

Mari lay collapsed on the floor.

As I reached out to her—

Tsutsutsut!

A tremendous spark flew through the air.

‘No wonder she couldn’t be moved to bed.’

“Mari, are you conscious?”

“...”

“Mari, if you lose consciousness, magic can’t be dispelled. So you have to—”

Mari gave no response.

‘She must be unconscious...’

Then even Cain Lord’s arrival wouldn’t help.

Masah flinched at my words.

“Aren’t you taking her to a hospital? A healer! Call a healer!”

“Healers don’t move for commoners unrelated to blessings.”

“Isn’t it a waste of money?!”

“...”

“You can do it! You’re the Duke Astra’s granddaughter, so you can...!!”

Masah twisted her skirt tightly and yelled.

I looked at her coldly.

Calling a healer would mean admitting ‘Mari is special’—a secret we mustn’t let Grimier find out.

I gritted my teeth.

At that moment, Alexis’s hand touched my shoulder.

“Erilot.”

“...”

“We have to call a healer.”

His blue eyes reflected my pale face.

If Mari dies like this, do you think you can live properly?

“...”

“...”

We stared at each other silently.

I squeezed my eyes shut.

“Alexis, call the healer—”

Then—

[Erilot.]

Words appeared over Mari, who lay limp with closed eyes.

I hurriedly looked at Mari.

“Are you conscious? Can you recognize me?”

[I’m okay.]

She was definitely conscious. She just didn’t have the strength to answer.

Masah sobbed and screamed.

“She’s unconscious! What’s the use of calling? Call a healer...!!”

While Masah wailed, I prepared to dispel the magic.

‘I don’t know this formula at all. But this kind of language is definitely...’

“Alexis, pigeon blood, big brush, something with high mana conductivity... Crystals are best. And bring Ares’ herb.”

Alexis nodded and hurried off.

After he brought the items, I bit my thumb and drew a circle mixing blood with pigeon’s blood.

I painted a seal around Mari with a brush.

Masah grabbed Alexis’s waist and asked,

“Wh-what are you doing? Huh? Do you have healing powers, milady?”

“...”

“Please, master... I don’t think she can even breathe... Please save my sister—!”

Amid the commotion, I concentrated as much as possible.

Agron’s formula.

Isept.

Koel’s script.

I summoned all the knowledge I gained in my first life to draw the seal.

I placed quartz crystals around the seal so mana could flow well.

Then I tore some herb and sprinkled it on Mari’s body.

Just as I finished, Han Jihyuk brought Cain Lord.

“What happened— Ugh.”

Cain Lord frowned at the waves filling the room from Mari outward.

“What’s going on?”

“Mari was hit by a binding spell.”

“Binding spell?”

Cain Lord laughed hollowly.

“This is not something a human can do!”

“...What?”

Cain Lord gathered mana in his hand and stirred the air.

The symbols revealed were...

“Ancient language.”

Alexis muttered.

That’s right. The script wrapping Mari’s body was ancient language... no, Korean.

[“Open the Gate of the Four Beasts.

Annihilate the enemy who targets the nest.

When the world is overturned, only the chosen remain.

I, who opened the Gate of the Four Beasts, summon the one born with the first grail.

Annihilate the enemy who targets the master.

Annihilate.

Annihilate.

Annihilate. Annihilate.

Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate.

Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate. Annihilate.”]

There was something eerie about the script.

Hatred and anger... and unknown emotions.

My chest tightened, and an unfamiliar surge of emotion rushed from my toes upward.

I had felt this before.

‘When Lagon became a dragon...!’

I stared stiffly at Cain Lord.

“Could it be... this?”

“Yes, it’s dragon power.”

I asked urgently.

“What is the Gate of the Four Beasts?”

“Well, according to ancient records, it’s a gate to another dimension. Perhaps the Gate of the Celestial Realm.”

I grit my teeth hard.

“This was it.”

“What?”

Han Jihyuk looked at me as if to ask what I meant.

‘The reason Grimier headed to Jörmungandr’s lair despite huge losses!’

Saying he was searching for the former emperor’s treasure was an excuse.

It was so he could make up an excuse to gather troops for Grandpa.

The real purpose was,

‘To summon Dahlia!’

“It’s not the Celestial Realm. The gate that opens is the Earth’s gate.”

“Earth?”

Cain Lord and Alexis looked at me confused.

But only Han Jihyuk, the dimensional traveler, understood and frowned.

“We have to dispel it.”

“How can humans dispel dragon power!”

“We have to! Or Astra...!”

“What?”

I couldn’t say more and looked at Cain Lord.

“Please. Do whatever you can.”

“...Damn it.”

Cain Lord pinched his forehead.

Then he stepped forward.

“I told you clearly. This might fail.”

I immediately brightened and shouted.

“Uncle...!”

“Damn it, close the curtains! Block out as much light as possible. Kid, lock down the building so no one gets in.”

Alexis nodded in acknowledgment.

I drew the curtains, and Alexis went outside.

Cain Lord, who had sliced his palm with a dagger, dripped blood onto the seal I drew.

“Begin.”

“Yes.”

Another powerful wave shook the dormitory building.

Jörmungandr’s lair.

Jörmungandr howled, shackled in chains of light.

Surrounding him were the members of the Veil.

Hera, a Central Wonhwa and member of the Veil, spoke in a trembling voice.

“I can’t do this... twice...”

The twins barely sat against the cave wall; one had a huge hole in his abdomen.

A figure in a robe hurriedly healed the twins.

Cough!

The twin’s younger sibling coughed up blood, muttering,

“Dub... du... answer... me.”

The man lying down did not move.

The robed woman checked his pulse and shook her head.

Hera—no, Suhurmashi of the Chronot Council—was furious.

“We lost Dub! Girtab lost one right leg and an arm! We even used the only holy relic left by the gods to subdue the dragon!”

He glared at the figure watching the dragon from among the people.

“This better be worth it... Grimier Astra!”

The Chronot Council’s 12 Guardians had been pushed to the brink of death, barely subduing the dragon using the great relic.

A man in a white robe beside him spoke.

“The Gate opens.”

“They connected the Gate to their bloodline at birth.”

“...Cruel ones.”

“The father gifted his daughter ‘the glory to hold the first grail.’”

Grimier’s lips curled bitterly.

The gods of this land forbade creatures here from possessing the ‘first grail’ to protect world order.

So they must bring souls from another realm.

“The world will soon be in our hands.”

“...I hope you haven’t forgotten your promise.”

“We will remove all false powers, blessings, from this world... Kumal.”

“All for the gods.”

The 12 guardians on the ground placed hands on their chests.

“All for the gods.”

“All for the gods.”

Then—

Kwaddddddrrrt—!!

With a tremendous sound, the chains cracked.

Hera staggered to her feet.

“What?! What’s happening!”

The Masitavba twins stared rigidly at the chains.

Grimier shouted with a grim face.

“What...! What’s this, Kumal!”

The white-robed man called Kumal hastily pulled off his hat.

“Someone is invading the Gate.”

“What? The Gate is a door to another realm. No creature of this land can approach the Gate!”

So they didn’t know.

Who the hell was invading the Gate!?

‘Could it be...’

Kumal looked outside the cave.

Ishiron dormitory.

By past midnight, the magic hadn’t been dispelled.

Cain Lord’s mother, Marchioness Madillo, Alexis, the older brothers, and even Dad came to help, but...

‘They don’t stand a chance against dragon power!’

I clenched my teeth.

“If it comes to this, there’s no choice.”

The three older brothers injecting mana into the seal looked at me.

“What?”

“A dragon must be fought with a dragon.”

“What...!”

Should I just let Grimier succeed like this?

Absolutely not.

I took out the small flute hanging around my neck and blew.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP—!!

A sharp sound echoed through the world, and I shouted,

“Lagon!”

It’s all over!