Chapter 44 Confirmed Death Penalty Destruction Course
Rhiannon was trapped in a dark, quiet dungeon.
There was a damp bed and a simple chair, but both were covered in thick dust like snow.
Rhiannon frowned, brushed off the dust carefully, and sat down on the chair.
Every little movement Rhiannon made echoed strangely in the dungeon.
She thought she faintly heard someone moaning from somewhere, and she shivered.
"Ugh, no way, is this a hallucination? Maybe the ghost of a noble who died before their time is wandering around this dungeon, or something..."
Rhiannon, who wasn't good with scary stories, forced herself to think about something else.
She felt like she would go crazy if she didn't.
After that, Rhiannon was left alone for quite a long time.
The dungeon, with no sunlight, distorted her sense of time, and she couldn't tell how long she had been there.
However, considering her oddly accurate internal clock, it was probably almost morning.
Normally, this was the time when Kaine would come with tea.
Suddenly brought here, Rhiannon was in her nightgown and robe, and the draft coming in from somewhere was making her body cold.
"If it's this cold, I would have changed properly! That guy Stanley or whatever, he didn't let me prepare at all."
Stanley, the captain of the knights who had come in the middle of the night and captured Rhiannon saying, "I have a warrant," seemed to be quite taken with Sarah.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be treated so badly.
In fact, since being brought here, all she had been given was water, and she hadn't received any food at all.
Rhiannon was starting to feel hungry.
(Ah, I'm so hungry. It's too late now, but I'm sure my aunt is worried about me... And Kaine too...)
When the knights burst into the townhouse, Kaine hadn't shown up.
Normally, Kaine would be the first to rush over, but he must have been out at that time.
(What would happen if Kaine found out I was trapped in the dungeon. Would he get angry? Or would he be sad and blame himself? ...Well, before he could do any of that, he would surely make sure those who put her in this situation faced appropriate punishment. That could be a bit dangerous, though.)
Rhiannon's concern for safety wasn't about Kaine.
It was about the knights, starting with their leader, Stanley, who had locked her in the dungeon.
After all, Kaine was the strongest butler.
No matter how skilled the knights were, they probably couldn't match him.
However, given the current situation, the only person Rhiannon could think of who might help her was Kaine.
She believed that, being the capable butler he was, he would show up eventually.
Still, she thought that moving carelessly wouldn't solve anything.
Just as Rhiannon decided to wait quietly for Kaine's help, she suddenly heard voices in the distance.
It seemed that someone on patrol was coming.
Huddling in the corner of the dungeon, Rhiannon listened carefully.
"Hey, did you hear? That noble lady in the dungeon is supposed to be executed secretly today."
"Oh, so it's because of the royal privilege the princes have, right? What on earth did that lady do..."
Rhiannon's shoulders jolted.
"That noble lady in the dungeon" could only be referring to her.
(What? Executed today under royal privilege!? Me!?)
It was completely out of the blue.
Rhiannon turned pale.
Royal privilege, as the name suggested, was the right held only by royalty to carry out executions at their discretion.
The fact that royal privilege had been invoked meant that the arrest warrant for Rhiannon had undoubtedly been issued by either the first or second prince, both of whom were Sarah's lovers and likely acted on her orders.
(Th-this means I'm in big trouble, right? I mean, this is definitely a path to doom!)
The word "doom" loomed large in her mind, and Rhiannon turned even paler.
It was a sudden and dire doom flag.
The men continued to talk in their gruff voices, unaware that Rhiannon was listening.
"Well, no matter the content, if the royalty doesn't like you, whether you're a noble or a commoner, you'll be killed without a second thought. It's a terrifying story, really."
"Yeah, for sure. To earn the royal family's ire, that woman must have been incredibly reckless."
"Absolutely!"
The men laughed heartily.
The truth was, Rhiannon hadn't done anything at all.
She felt an urge to shout, "How was I supposed to avoid this doom flag!" but managed to hold it in.
Eventually, the sound of their footsteps faded away.
Rhiannon bit her lip.
"I have to escape."
Staying here and waiting for help would likely lead to her doom.
She had heard that the execution was scheduled for today.
This meant the time for her execution would come soon.
"I'm sure Kaine will help me, but if I die, he might blame himself again."
Rhiannon pictured Kaine's sad face in her mind.
In her past life, Kaine had suffered from her untimely death, and she didn't want him to go through that again.
As she paced around the cramped dungeon, she thought about how to escape.
It was clear that throwing herself against the iron bars would be useless.
After thoroughly searching the tiny room, she suddenly spotted a drain covered with iron bars under a dusty bed.
It looked big enough for a child to fit through.
"This is...! A man probably couldn't fit, but maybe I can squeeze through!"
Rhiannon managed to remove the iron bars and without hesitation, she wriggled her body through the opening.
She heard the sound of fabric tearing as something snagged, but she didn't care at this point.
A little while later...
"Hey, Stanley, you did catch that detestable woman, right?"
"Yes, indeed."
"I've heard that woman is quite skilled. They say she can use magic."
"I don't believe that's the case..."
With the voices of several men, the sound of 6 pairs of footsteps echoed in the dungeon.
"Prince, it's really dark here, isn't it? I'm so scared~."
The high-pitched, cat-like voice belonged to none other than Sarah Belts.
She had come to watch Rhiannon's downfall with a sense of curiosity.
Sarah was accompanied by 6 people: the first prince, Serio Gehetz, the second prince, Roldán Gehetz, the knight commander, Stanley von Wolf, and 3 skilled knights serving as guards.
All of them blindly followed Sarah.
"Don't worry, cute Sarah. We'll finish this quickly, and then we can drink sweet tea under the roses in the garden later."
"You idiot brother, who decided that?"
The two princes began to bicker loudly, and Stanley, looking irritated, tried to calm them down.
"Both of you, please stop. Kind-hearted Sarah is worried. And more importantly, ...Rhiannon Mimi Clahsen is right nearby."
Stanley whispered as if speaking the name of a terrifying witch.
The princes immediately fell silent, looking tense.
Sarah covered her mouth with the fan she had brought──hiding her smirk of joy at finally being able to trap the villainous noblewoman.
"Rhiannon Mimi Clahsen! You are sentenced to execution for harming Sarah Belts──."
Serio's loud voice echoed through the quiet dungeon.
In response, Rhiannon Mimi Clahsen quietly spoke.
"Someone, help me..."
What Sarah and her group saw was Rhiannon, stuck in a drain with her bottom wedged in, unable to move, in the most pathetic state imaginable.
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