LADY GRIZELDA...
WHY DID LADY ROXANA HAVE EVERYONE GATHER IN THE ANNEX--
SILENCE.
IF YOU WANT TO LIVE,
YOU BETTER NOT MOVE AN INCH.
THINGS WILL GET UGLY ONCE MY BARRIER BREAKS.
WHAT? INTRUDERS?
NO WONDER IT'S SO NOISY HERE...
WHOEVER THEY ARE, WE'LL TEACH THOSE IDIOTS A LESSON--
XANA...
WHY IS THAT PLACE ON FIRE? I WAS THERE WITH XANA UNTIL JUST A MOMENT AGO.
DID SOMEONE SET THE ESTATE ON FIRE?
IS XANA OKAY?
SHE SHOULD BE... IT'S JUST FIRE...
THINK ABOUT IT.
SHE'S A STRONG PERSON.
IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T TRUST HER.
BUT WHY AM I SO ANXIOUS?
I NEED TO KNOW WHY.
F*CK OFF.
YOU'RE IN MY WAY.
ANYWAY...
YOUNG MASTER!!!
GET HIM!!
WHAT A MESS... IT LOOKS LIKE THEY BROUGHT THE WHOLE LOT.
TRUST ME, I WANT TO HAVE FUN WITH YOU GUYS.
BUT I'M KIND OF BUSY--
W-WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHAT IS THIS...?!
RED SNOW...?
SNOW? NO...
THEY'RE XANA'S BUTTERFLIES...
WAIT! DON'T MOVE!
EVERYTHING... JUST CHANGED...
OUR WEAPONS ARE GONE...
IS THIS A SPELL...?
AAGH!!
HELP--
H-HE VANISHED...
HOW DID XANA'S BUTTERFLIES...
...CREATE...
...A HALLUCINATION ROOM?
I WAS ABLE TO GET A ROBE AND SWORD FROM ONE OF THE DEAD EXECUTORS,
BUT HOW DID EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM GET WIPED OUT? WHO KILLED THEM?
GRIZELDA IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN CAST A MAGIC CIRCLE.
HOW MANY OF MY CHILDREN HAVE BETRAYED ME?
UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS...!
I'M GOING TO START OVER AGAIN.
I'LL HIDE IN THE SECRET PATHWAY UNTIL MY BACKUP ARRIVES.
AFTER THAT, I'M GOING TO KILL THEM ALL.
DEON.
I WAS GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME MERCY...
...IF YOU BEGGED FOR FORGIVENESS.
BUT FROM THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HERE TO DO.
I KNEW YOU WERE CRAZY.
BUT I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE DUMB ENOUGH TO LET A GIRL TRICK YOU INTO COMMITTING TREASON.
YOU WORTHLESS MORON!
TSK...
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU GOT YOUR SKILLS FROM?
YOU OWE YOUR LIFE TO ME.
I AM THE ONE WHO TRAINED YOU TO BECOME THE MAN YOU ARE NOW.
I TRUSTED YOU...
BUT SEEING AS HOW...
LANTE...
HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO YOUR OWN FATHER--?
...YOU SEEM TO BE ENJOYING THIS,
I SUPPOSE YOU REALLY DO TAKE AFTER ME.
Roxana Chapter Draft 43 opens with Roxana warning those gathered in the annex about the barrier, and chaos grows with the fire in the mansion. While everyone talks about the hooded figures, the young master pushes through the crowd worried for Roxana, Roxana's butterflies, looking like red snow in the sky, destroy the weapons and create a hallucination room. The father, who takes a robe from the dead executioners, questions the betrayal and plans to hide in the secret passage while confronting Deon and angrily holding Lante to account.
