I TOOK OUT AN ENTIRE SEARCH PARTY NOT TOO LONG AGO.
COME TO THINK OF IT, I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN SENT BY THE PEDELIANS TO FIND YOU.
THEY WERE MORE PERSISTENT THAN I ANTICIPATED.
YOU'LL BE SEEING THEM AGAIN SOON.
DON'T WORRY.
DEON AGRECE.
IF I HADN'T STOPPED THE MONSTER BACK THEN...
DON'T KILL ACHILLE...!
...IT WOULD HAVE ATTACKED ROXANA'S MOTHER.
I'M NOT EVEN SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT HE KILLED HIS OWN HALF-BROTHER.
I'D ENJOY IT EVEN MORE IF YOU CRIED LIKE LAST TIME.
EVERYONE IN THIS FAMILY IS CRAZY.
SOCIAL NORMS,
LAWS,
AND ETHICS...
DON'T MEAN ANYTHING TO THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS MANSION.
STAYING HERE FOR TOO LONG...
...WOULD DRIVE ANY PERSON MAD.
THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY MOTHER.
COME TO THINK OF IT,
ONCE I ESCAPE FROM HERE...
...WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ROXANA?
IT'S FRUSTRATING.
THE MORE ENTANGLED I BECOME WITH HER,
THE MORE UNEASY I FEEL.
......!
?
ROXANA...?
UNGH...
ROXANA!
CAN YOU HEAR ME, ROXANA?!
ROXANA!
SHE'S BEEN...
...POISONED?!
YOU CAN'T--
YOU CAN'T GO OUTSIDE...
IT'S--
IT'S DANGEROUS...
I'LL PROTECT YOU...
YOU NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR, RIGHT NOW.
HER HAND IS SO COLD.
NO...
NO ONE CAN EVER FIND OUT ABOUT THIS.
THEY CAN'T...
...SEE ME LIKE THIS.
NO ONE...
AH--
"A POWER YOU CANNOT CONTROL IS NOT A GIFT, BUT A CURSE."
"YOU ARE NOT TO USE YOUR POWER TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS EVER AGAIN."
"WE ARE THE NOBLE JUDGES, THE PEDELIANS."
"NEVER FORGET THE MEANING OF YOUR NAME."
"WHOEVER LOSES HIS DIGNITY SHALL PERISH."
BUT...
IF I JUST LET HER DIE LIKE THIS...
...WILL I EVER BE ABLE TO FORGIVE MYSELF?
"YOU ARE NOW FORBIDDEN FROM USING YOUR--"
!!!
I CAN SENSE DEATH APPROACHING.
UGH...
WH-WHAT--
UNGH...
STOP.
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT, EVEN WHEN YOU'RE LIKE THIS?
I'M GOING TO BE FINE.
SO, YOU DON'T NEED TO HELP ME.
AH...
I RECOGNIZE THAT LOOK IN HER EYES.
THOSE ARE THE EYES OF SOMEONE WHO IS READY TO DIE AT ANY MOMENT.
NOW I FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHY SHE'S ALWAYS ON MY MIND,
AND WHY I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T IGNORE HER.
IT'S ALL...
...CLEAR TO ME NOW.
Roxana Chapter Draft 22 focuses on the crisis sparked by Roxana being found poisoned. As the annihilation of the search party sent by the Pedelians and the brutal order within the Agrece mansion are recalled, the captive planning to escape questions what will happen to Roxana. As her consciousness fades, Roxana refuses to ask for help and demands the situation be kept hidden, while the person facing her decides to protect her and find a doctor, seeing in her the gaze of someone ready to die at any moment.
