WHAT?
IS IT TRUE?
YES, MY LADY.
YOUNG MASTER DEON REVOLTED AGAINST LANTE AGRECE, AND LANTE IS NOW IMPRISONED.
DEON REVOLTED AGAINST LANCE...?
LADY SIERRA?
DID DEON REALLY PLOT AGAINST HIS FATHER?
NO...
DEON WAS ONLY A PUPPET.
THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THIS PLAN HAD TO BE...
MY LADY.
I NEED TO GO SEE XANA.
NO!
IT'S DANGEROUS!
THE ESTATE IS IN CHAOS!
WHY DON'T YOU WAIT UNTIL EVERYTHING CALMS DOWN--
!!
!!
LADY SIERRA...!
GET BEHIND ME...!
YOU'RE...
EVERYONE IS SCRAMBLING AROUND...
...LIKE A BUNCH OF ANTS IN PANIC.
ALL OF THIS WILL BE IN VAIN ANYWAY.
ROXANA IS A FUNNY GIRL.
DO YOU LIKE FUN THINGS, GRIZELDA?
I PROMISE THAT I'LL SHOW YOU THE MOST INTERESTING SCENE YOU'LL EVER SEE IN THIS HOUSE.
SO... CAN YOU DRAW ME A MAGIC CIRCLE?
I STILL REMEMBER THE PROMISE OF THE 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO TOOK AWAY MY SEAT AT THE DINNER TABLE.
DESIGNING A MAGIC CIRCLE IS LIKE PUTTING TOGETHER AN INTRICATE WATCH. ONE WRONG PIECE CAN CAUSE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM TO MALFUNCTION.
THE PROPERTY OF A MAGIC CIRCLE RESEMBLES THAT OF A GLASS WALL. A SINGLE LAYER MAY BE FRAGILE, BUT THE LAYERS ARE STRONG WHEN STACKED TOGETHER.
DO THEY HAVE ANY IDEA THAT THE LITTLE GIRL HAD PLANNED THIS ALL ALONG?
DON'T HATE ME TOO MUCH, FATHER.
I'M ONLY DOING THIS TO SURVIVE. THIS IS WHAT YOU TAUGHT ME.
IN ADDITION TO MURDERING MY OWN KIN, I WAS TAUGHT TO BE STRONG AND TO PUT MYSELF FIRST.
THE USELESS HAVE NO PLACE IN THIS FAMILY.
THIS IS WHY THE AGRECE CHILDREN HAVE NO LOVE FOR THE FAMILY.
I AM ALSO,
HER PAWN...
WE WERE RAISED TO BE INDIFFERENT TOWARD LOVE.
GRIZELDA...
BUT PERHAPS...
I DON'T WANT TO DIE!
...OUR CHILDHOOD WAS TOO BRUTAL TO KNOW LOVE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
TONIGHT WILL BE A NIGHT OF CELEBRATION.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GRAND PARTY TO COMMEMORATE THIS MILESTONE EVENT.
IT'S ONLY BEFITTING. DON'T YOU THINK SO TOO, FATHER?
UGH!!
YOU LOOK MUCH BETTER IN SHACKLES.
OH DEAR... I FORGOT THAT YOU CAN'T ANSWER ME ANYMORE.
HRGH
GRGH
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I WAS THINKING WHILE LOOKING AT YOUR DISGUSTING FACE FOR ALL THESE YEARS?
I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT KIND OF DEATH WOULD HUMILIATE YOU THE MOST. I WANTED TO SEE YOU HOWL IN DESPAIR.
FOR A LONG TIME, I PONDERED WHAT WOULD CAUSE YOU GREATER PAIN THAN DEATH.
I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'RE AN AGRECE TOO. THE POISON BUTTERFLIES WILL DEVOUR YOUR FLESH, BUT YOU WON'T DIE JUST FROM THAT.
PLEASE STAY ALIVE FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN MANAGE, FATHER.
I WANT TO REPAY YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE FOR ME.
W-WHAT IS THIS...?
DID YOU KILL HIM?
YEP.
I'D BEEN WANTING TO RIP HIS HEAD OFF FOR TOO LONG.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. FROM THIS DAY ON, I WILL BE YOUR PERSONAL TEACHER.
REMEMBER, YOUNG MASTER JEREMY. I WILL DISPOSE OF YOU MYSELF IF YOU FAIL THE TEST.
MAYBE I WAS TOO NICE. HE DESERVED A MORE PAINFUL DEATH.
YOU'RE INSANE...!
YOU'LL GET DISPOSED OF FOR DOING THAT TO A TEACHER!
DISPOSED OF? BY WHO?
IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LANTE, HE'S GETTING TORTURED TO DEATH IN THE PUNISHMENT ROOM.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALLOWED IN THE ROOM TOO. I'M GOING TO GO CHECK ON HOW FATHER IS DOING.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT A MESS HE IS. I HOPE THERE'S ENOUGH OF HIM LEFT FOR ME TO BEAT.
BUT BEFORE THAT,
DON'T YOU FEEL WRONGED? WE WERE TERRORIZED BY THE TEACHERS AND EXECUTORS FOR OUR ENTIRE CHILDHOOD...
THEY HAD A HOLD ON OUR LIVES.
SO...
WHO WANTS TO GO KILL THE REMAINING ONES WITH ME?
In Chapter Draft 39 of the Roxana series, great chaos erupts in the mansion as Deon's father overthrows and imprisons Lante Agrece, while Roxana confronts her chained father. As Lady Sierra questions who the real mastermind behind the events is, Roxana promises her father a pain worse than death with poisonous butterflies. Meanwhile, Jeremy moves to slaughter the tutors who once terrorized them in the past.
