Louisa was stunned. “What… What?”
When Louisa was brought in, her eyes were covered with a blindfold. The room was dimly lit, with only a few faint, yellow candles flickering in the darkness,
So Louisa didn’t recognize where she was.
When she heard the voice and opened her eyes, she didn’t bother to look around. Instead, her gaze was immediately drawn to the figure standing about ten feet away.
Louisa asked in a panic, “Who… Who are you?”
Eliza noticed Louisa staring at her, her gaze fixed and unwavering. With a slight raise of her brow, she said, “I’m Eliza, the Holy Lady of Walden you’ve been searching for.”
“You? The Holy Lady of Walden?” Louisa’s weak voice suddenly shot up, her tone and expression filled with disbelief.
She shook her head. “Impossible! The portrait–you look nothing like the person in the portrait!”
Whether it was her appearance, demeanor, or even her aura, everything about Eliza seemed so different. It was as if they were two entirely different people.
Eliza chuckled softly. “Maybe the portrait you saw wasn’t of me.”
Louisa’s gaze darkened, her eyes sharp and intense. “Come closer. Let me get a better look at you.”
Eliza took a step forward.
Louisa said, “Closer… I still can’t see clearly”
Eliza took another step forward.
Suddenly, the sound of rattling chains broke the silence. Louisa yanked at her restraints and lunged forward, teeth bared, aiming straight for Eliza’s face.
“Your Grace!” Startled by the sudden attack, the Black Flag soldiers immediately drew their swords, the sharp sound of steel cutting through the tense atmosphere
Eliza stood motionless, not even flinching as Louisa lunged at her. In the end, Louisa’s teeth snapped down on nothing but air.
Eliza had anticipated Louisa’s intentions and stopped just a step beyond her reach.
That single step was all it took to keep Louisa’s vicious bite from landing
Realizing her effort had been wasted, Louisa slumped back against the torture rack, baring her teeth into a twisted grin. ” Oh, so you figured out I was going for your face, huh?”
Yes, this lunatic Louisa had just tried to rip the flesh off Eliza’s face with her teeth, all in a deranged attempt to ruin her beauty.
‘Did I need to guess?‘ Eliza remained where she was, her gaze calm and unshaken as she said, “Your killing intent has been so obvious. It’s practically written all over you.”
“So you really are the Holy Lady of Walden. But that just makes me want to kill you even more!” Louisa burst into a fit of maniacal laughter.
Her laughter was wild, unhinged, a clear display of her madness.
She couldn’t tolerate the existence of a woman more beautiful than herself. The moment she laid eyes on Eliza’s face, her murderous intent surged uncontrollably
“No wonder they call you the most beautiful woman in Hasen City. When I saw that portrait, I scoffed. A delicate, fake display of beauty like that? The so–called ‘most beautiful? But now that I’ve seen you in person, I realize those groveling servants in Hasen City dared to deceive me. One day, I’ll skin both the woman in that portrait and those servants alive!” Delicate… Hearing this description, Eliza immediately guessed who the woman in the portrait was.
Eliza sneered, “While 1, too, would be curious to see you skin the woman in that portrait. It’s a pity, Louisa, that you’re already beyond redemption.”
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