Roselyn slowly scanned Galio from top to bottom, then smiled and asked.
"Alright, Captain of the Guard, what do you want from me? I’ll give it a listen, and if it sounds interesting, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to play along with you."
"...I would prefer you not to interfere with my work any further. It would be even better if you could lay your hand on me."
"So what do I get?"
"...What do you want?"
Roselyn tapped her cheek with her finger.
“Um. Sure.”
After seemingly contemplating for a while, she opened her mouth with a relaxed smile.
"You're dying."
"...Ha?"
"I wish you would die, Captain of the Guard."
"..."
It was unbelievably cruel, raw words that contrasted sharply with the innocent smile.
Galio paused for a moment, thinking he had misheard.
"...What are you talking about all of a sudden?"
"It’s not sudden. I just wish you would die."
"...You're crazy."
Galio spoke slowly as he drew his sword from its scabbard, having seemingly made his decision.
"You weren't even worth talking to. Now die."
Roselyn smiled.
"See, what on earth were you hoping for? You completely ruined another family, used my aunt, who was in a vegetative state, to create an illegitimate child, and exploited her for your own extremely private greed."
Roselyn slowly stood up, took out a fan, and laughed fiercely as she smacked the cheek of a man who was a head taller than her.
"Hey, how different do you think you are from the nobles right now?"
His cheeks, flushed bright red with anger, twitched.
"You stupid bitch...!"
"Captain of the Guard, shall I tell you something interesting?"
Roselyn grinned slightly, then parted her lips and wore a smile that bloomed like a flower.
"The business you invested in is going to go completely bankrupt within a week."
"Ha, what on earth is that?"
"Haven't you ever thought of it as fascinating?"
Roselyn lightly unfolded and folded the fan she was holding a few times, then smiled.
"How could I have known everything you had to do?"
"..."
"How was I already where you were going, and why did I know every single place you had touched?"
Roselyn tapped the sword that was barely touching the nape of her neck with her fan.
The captain of the guard slowly lowered his sword at that gesture.
Because it was strange.
No matter how smart she is, every single moment where she noticed even the unseen things and interfered at every turn, it was certainly incomprehensible by common sense.
"But I did tell you the truth the other day. It's just that you didn't believe me."
Roselyn muttered softly while staring at Galio, then smiled and lightly tapped his cheek with her fan one more time.
"Anyway, where should I start to make it interesting?"
Roselyn stood in front of him and smiled brightly.
"You know what? Actually, you were just playing right into the palm of my hand."
"...What the heck.”
"You see, I have a bad temper. I've never been able to live with being taken advantage of."
Roselyn spoke leisurely.
" I mean, if I get slapped once, I have to slap them ten times back, and even pour some high-proof liquor over their head to vent my anger. Of course, I was also very good at sowing discord..."
She quietly curved the corners of her eyes.
"I was also very good at selling information. Not only did I sell the information I sold to this family to that family, but I also silenced them and sold information about an unlucky family to another family to take revenge on their behalf..."
She crossed her legs and tapped her feet.
"People who were determined to kill someone would even hire someone to do it."
As Roselyn continued speaking, Galio's expression became subtle.
At least in his memory, what Roselyn said had never happened.
He hadn't heard any rumors that Roselyn was connected to such a mercenary guild, nor had any such request ever come to Makluxa.
"Do you know who I killed first after leaving the mansion?"
"...?"
"She was my stepmother. Lady Carmel."
Galio's expression grew increasingly strange at the softly flowing words.
He meant that he wondered if she had eaten something wrong.
"I hired an assassin with the money I earned from selling intelligence and killed my mother, who was rising through the ranks."
"...What on earth have you been talking about since earlier? If you're trying to write a novel or something."
"Look, even if I spoon-feed you like this, there is absolutely no point in explaining it if the listener is this stupid."
She shook her head with an exaggerated smile and grinned.
"Alright, for the sake of your seasoned stupidity, I will explain it a little more simply."
Galio frowned as he saw her let out an exaggerated sigh.
It's unpleasant.
It was unpleasant. That's how strange it felt. As if something was missing.
It would be over if he just cut off the head of that woman who talks nonsense, but he doesn't know why he can't pull off that one move decisively.
"Did you have a good trip to the mansion with the immortal children?"
Galio paused at Roselyn's words. It was because it was the incident that had provided the reason he came here.
"You saw a future in a dream, invested in a business, and made a lot of money. Right?"
"...How could you do that?"
"And not long after, you had another dream. This time, a 'Yellownite' was discovered in the mine owned by the business you invested in?"
"..."
Galio could not even bring himself to answer Roselyn calmly, due to the anxiety running down his spine.
As if to prove his anxiety, a streak of cold sweat trickled down Galio's cheek.
"How about that, Captain of the Guard?"
She leaned forward with her hands clasped, smiled, and opened her mouth.
"Aren't you curious about the future beyond tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after that?"
Roselyn opened her mouth leisurely with a smiling face, saying she would tell him for free, especially.
"Nothing special will happen tomorrow. It will probably just be a few ominous rumors circulating secretly."
Roselyn spoke as she slowly traced her memory.
"Like saying the business you invested in was actually just an empty shell. You’ll probably send someone out of anxiety."
She smiled as she tapped the bench.
"And the next day you will receive a call. Saying that they ran off with everything."
"... What."
"Isn't it fortunate, though, that your remaining subordinates will at least be able to secure the mining rights to the mine?"
She tilted her head gently.
"But, oh dear. There really is a Yellownite buried there..."
Roselyn smiled prettily as she admired Galio's face, which was turning from red and blue to pure white.
"So the visible reserves you saw are all there is...? Even that must have been dug up and blown away by those fraudsters."
"...This makes no sense."
"I heard that you emptied your pockets and poured all your funds into it..."
Roselyn rubbed her chin as if feigning pity.
"It won't be long before all the money you've saved your whole life and your business capital turn into scraps of paper."
"Don't talk nonsense!!"
He let out a loud scream, strode over, roughly grabbed her by the collar, and dragged her toward him.
All composure and dignity had already vanished from his face.
It meant that he looked no different from a beast, even worse than a palm tree.
"...What on earth are you!!"
“What?”
Roselyn widened her eyes as if to say, "What kind of stupid question is that?"
“What can I do?”
She opened her lips with a gentle smile and a radiant look.
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