I Sought Out the Tragedy’s Scheming Mastermind

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As Mary stared at the ceremony with confusion, Kallius lifted her.

“…Liana, Eliana! Can you hear me?!”

“Ah…” 

In the end, Eliana couldn’t stand the pain and let out a shallow moan, giving into the darkness.

Rube was trying to hold on to Eliana, who collapsed, but someone quickly snatched her away.

Black hair shielded Eliana’s face.

Verkley’s eyes were still red and with the same unsettling grin.

He cast a cold glare at Rube.

Rube stared at Verkley with a hard face.

Precisely focusing on his right eye.

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When Eliana opened her eyes, there was only darkness.

She couldn’t believe she lost consciousness in that uproar.

She tried to get up and figure out what was going on, but her body wouldn’t cooperate.

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Strangely, she was lying on her back with her hands tied together.

She felt a soft bed mat below her, but the air was cool.

Eliana tried using magic to untie the bonds but then froze.

She sensed movement right beside her.

As she turned her head, she squinted, adapting to the darkness, finally noticing the bright red eyes staring back at her.

‘Verkley… No, that’s not Verkley.’

Eliana flinched as she looked into his eyes, shining brightly in the dark.

The eyes peering down at her were so unfamiliar.

He looked down at Eliana as if he were examining a very interesting creature.

It was like he was contemplating whether he should kill her or not.

Goosebumps rose across her skin when she realized the person inside Verkley was not exactly Verkley.

‘A small snake swallowing a piece of gold larger than its body…’

Eliana feigned a laugh as she checked the mark on his right eye again.

She thought it felt familiar, but to be so close.

It’s become embarrassing to see how hard she’s struggling to survive.

Verkley made a deal with the Hanevs, not a demon.

Eliana continued to laugh in vain, whether Verkley’s face became cold or not.

‘Because those who have signed a contract with the Hanevs always have tragic endings.’

She remembered what Rube said.

Somehow, while she thought things were going well, they weren’t.
Rather, she was in a twisted situation.

It’s impossible to reverse the fact that Verkley has already favored her.

Eliana once again felt like she only knew a fraction of the story.

Not knowing the novel’s ending was a great risk.

‘Come to think of it, every time Verkley appeared in the novel, there were constant incidents.’

If all of this was caused by the deal with the Hanev, Eliana had stepped into a complete curse.

“You’re not surprised?” The Hanev asked in a cool voice.

He was expecting her to be somewhat shocked.

His expression was different from Verkley’s.
He had mischievously written all over him.

He seemed to have only an instinct for power.

Eliana stared at the Hanev with a hard face.
“Where’s Verkley?”

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Eliana was surprised to hear herself ask that question.

It was funny how she worried about his safety in this situation.

“Aren’t I Verkley?”

The Hanev responded with a skeptical voice, but it was an unseemly joke.

Verkley couldn’t have tied her hands and intimidated her so openly.

‘You used the demon’s power, and now you’re being controlled by him.’

Whenever he used the demon’s power, sometimes he couldn’t control it, so the demon would take over his body.

The Verkley standing before her was not the real Verkley.

It was the same with how she was Eliana but not the real Eliana.

Eliana showed no signs of disbelief, and the Hanev’s mouth drew into a straight line.

“You knew something, didn’t you?”

Eliana stared at him silently.

In the novel, Verkley had no memory of being controlled by the demon.

So it was okay to act more comfortably with the demon.

Eliana thought for a second before sharply responding with a question.

“You’re going to recklessly take control of the contractor’s body?”

The Hanev had done a lot of difficult things on Verkley’s part whenever he controlled his body.

It was the same now.

The real Verkley wouldn’t have tied her hands and locked her in a secret room.

She knew this, but she couldn’t say anything to the Hanev because he was borrowing his power.

The Hanev chuckled at Eliana’s question.

“You’re not saying that while you’re recklessly controlling that body, are you? You don’t own that body.” 

The Hanev cocked his head with a smile.

Eliana’s eyes widened at the Hanev’s words.

Since entering the novel, she’s never told anyone that secret.
And now, it’s just been revealed.

Eliana was completely captured in his eyes.

A piercing persistent gaze.

Eliana thrashed her body violently out of fear she would be exposed to him.

A warning sign went off inside her head, telling her she had to get free and run.

Then he chuckled and roughly grabbed Eliana by the chin.