Villainess X Villain: They are obsessed with each other!-Chapter 98 -: 97 It must be him!
A few hours earlier, at the lakeside.
Julius stared hard at the crumpled paper in his hand.
His eyes narrowed, then suddenly lit up with sharp certainty.
"It must be him!" he muttered under his breath.
He leaned back on the bench, his brows pulling together in deep thought.
’However, I don’t think he knows that I transmigrated,’ he thought.
A small, confident smirk tugged at the corner of his lips as the pieces clicked together in his mind.
"If he really knew I transmigrated, he wouldn’t have been able to predict that I would steal the divination board."
"To reach that conclusion, he would need to know that the new saint trial was my doing."
Julius’s expression grew more and more sure. He tapped the paper lightly with one finger, his eyes sparkling with amusement.
"It wasn’t anything obvious. Nothing in the original story would have told him that I was behind the saint trial or that I would steal the divination board."
He tilted his head, a playful grin spreading across his face.
"His suspicion must have started when I proposed to Rosalina. That’s why he sent spies to check on me. But that wasn’t enough proof. In the main story, the real Julius only showed up much later."
Julius suddenly sat up straighter, his eyes widening with excitement as another piece fell into place.
"Then I took Rose away before that trash could even arrive at the academy. That must have been the moment he realized I had transmigrated. He probably thought I was manipulating the plot to survive."
He let out a short, cocky chuckle and shook his head.
"But everything changed when I set up that saint trial. He must have noticed it wasn’t in the original plot."
"That’s when he realized I was an outside factor, someone who could change things."
Julius’s grin turned colder, more dangerous. He clenched his fist lightly.
"Still, to predict that I would steal the divination board, he had to believe I was the real Julius, not just some transmigrator."
"After all, only someone as reckless and scheming as me would pull off something like that."
He paused, rubbing his chin, his expression turning thoughtful again.
"So he warned the academy that someone would steal the divination board... but he didn’t give them my name. Why?"
A spark flashed in his eyes.
"Did he think I would get caught anyway? Or was he trying to hide my name so my all-seeing eyes wouldn’t notice?"
Julius laughed softly, clearly proud of himself.
"It’s probably the second one. My all-seeing eyes work best when something dangerous is about to happen to me. They’re basically cheats, honestly."
His smile faded a little as he continued.
"But it didn’t work. My cheat eyes kicked in, I escaped the trap, and I still stole the divination board."
Julius’s face suddenly grew serious. He leaned forward, elbows on his knees.
"Then he probably got anxious. He realized that if he did nothing, he was finished. After all, Rose’s goal includes wiping out her entire family... and I would definitely help her."
His eyes suddenly widened in shock. The color drained slightly from his face as the full picture hit him.
"He came up with his next desperate move..."
At that exact moment, the image of Rosalina’s lonely back walking away flashed in his mind.
Her figure looked so distant... so vulnerable.
"Rose is in danger!" Julius muttered, his voice urgent.
He shot up from the bench so fast that the paper flew from his hand.
"Alfred!" Julius turned to him immediately. His face started turning pale by the second. "Rose is in danger."
He swallowed hard, his eyes wide with worry.
"He must have informed his father that Rose was in a relationship with me. She doesn’t even like me that much yet... but he must have created some fake evidence against her."
"And knowing that old man, he will definitely get angry at Rose. He might try to punish her... or even kill her."
Alfred, who had been waiting silently for orders, asked calmly, "So what should we do, my lord?"
Julius’s voice grew tighter. "That son of a bitch won’t go easy on her. And that’s exactly what Nickel wanted."
"That’s why the First Elder showed up today. They will either kill her or force her to obey... because they think she betrayed the family."
Julius’s anxiety was growing with every passing second.
He started pacing back and forth in front of the bench. Alfred stood still, waiting patiently for his next command.
Suddenly, an even worse possibility hit Julius. His steps faltered.
"That’s right... they wouldn’t kill her. She is an unrivaled talent. They will probably try to control her instead."
He kept pacing, running his hands through his hair. Alfred waited quietly.
Julius sank deep into his thoughts. ’If they sent their First Elder, then they are definitely planning to take her away...’
"Alfred," he spoke up suddenly, stopping in the middle of his pacing.
"Do you think you can take out all the people gathered there?"
He already knew the answer would be complicated.
Alfred had passed the second heavenly trial of the void stage, but the First Elder was no weakling either, he was also at the second heavenly trial.
"I can," Alfred replied honestly. "I can take down the First Elder. However, it will be hard to fight him while everyone else is around."
"Elders usually don’t travel alone. So it will be difficult to take them all down while also protecting you."
Alfred’s voice turned firm and stern.
"However, I cannot compromise your safety. If things go badly, I will retreat with you immediately."
Julius heard those words and clutched his head with both hands, looking completely stressed.
"I’m fucked..." he muttered under his breath.
He stood there for a moment, eyes squeezed shut, desperately searching for a way out.
Then, suddenly, an idea struck him.
"Alfred!" He looked up at him right away, eyes now filled with hope.
"You have investigated the First Elder and Nickel thoroughly, right?"
Alfred gave a small nod. "Yes, my lord."
Julius stepped closer, his expression turning eager.
"Then... are there any of their loved ones in this city?"
