Chapter 24

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‘Tomorrow morning…… It’s dangerous, but I’ll have to find Grace.’

She couldn’t visit her in person because Raul was nearby.

Nicole packed up in a hurry and felt deeply tired.

‘Raul was around here. When should we move?’

But it was difficult to leave right away.

Freya’s condition was surprisingly serious that night.

Sometimes her consciousness was blurred and she even talked nonsense.

“Mother, I’m sorry. But I couldn’t help it.”

“Why are you sorry? My daughter.”

Freya said quietly.

“I’d rather…… If I’ve hidden this…….”

“It’s not your fault. You handled it very well. Everything.”

“…….”

“Don’t ever doubt yourself no matter what happens from now on. Your judgment is right, and that’s our family’s way of living.”

Freya squeezed Nicole’s wrist. It was mysterious where such strength came from.

“Remember, you have to protect our family. Please….”

Freya said.

“Mother, please. Tell me everything you know. It’s better if I know everything. To prepare for what’s going to happen.”

Freya barely nodded. Over the course of that night, Freya awoke repeatedly from unconsciousness.

When she was in good condition, she told her all the secrets about the family.

There were facts that Nicole already knew and information that she didn’t know.

“Nicole… There’s something you need to know more than anything.”

Freya called Nicole to her side when she was most conscious. As Nicole leaned down, Freya whispered to her and told her something.

Nicole’s eyes widened when she heard Freya’s whisper.

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A long night has passed. It was not until dawn that Nicole curled up in her chair and managed to fall asleep.

How long has it been?

She suddenly felt strange in my sleep.

?Kyahahahahah!?

Outside, someone laughed and ran wild.

It was like the devil’s laugh from hell.

‘It’s so hot. It’s hot…….’

Why is she out of breath?

Nicole opened her eyes with difficulty. The room was filled with acrid smoke.

At that moment, Nicole’s heart sank at the realization.

‘The house is on fire.’

She looked for Mother in a hurry.

Freya had a pale face and was breathing faintly in bed.

“Mother, wake up! We have to get out of here! There’s a fire!”

“Noona!”

“Jay!”

Nicole coughed and coughed.

Smoke rose everywhere. Jay ran into the room and picked Freya up.

She couldn’t remember what happened after that.

Jay ran to the front door with Freya on his back. Flames flared everywhere.

It was not a big house, so it would be quick to get to the door. But why do those steps feel so long?

Something fluttered before her eyes as she heard something. Her skin was hot.

?Kyahahahhahah!?

Once again, she heard laughter outside. Nicole recognized the sound of laughter.

It was Karen’s voice.

‘Window!’

Nicole saw a girl standing far away before the fire spread through the window.

There was no laughter in Isabel’s eyes as she looked at the house.

Chang—

Isabel threw something into the garden.

Then she turned around and started running. Two other figures were running in front of her.

‘Karen, Jen, and Isabel are running away.….’

At that moment, another thought came to mind at the same time.

Isabel locked us in a house on fire

What Isabel just threw was the key.

It’s to show Nicole the locked the door.

Hwareuk—

Fire began to approach the front door.

Jay, holding Nicole and the fainted Freya, stood at the door and was at a loss.

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Click—

Grace, with a loaded martan gun, was dressed in hunting clothes.

Her elegant face made her age impossible to guess. Her creepy expression glistening in the moonlight made her look even more beautiful.

“The rat must have run away.”

She came to the cabin as Nicole had written in her letter to organize it from here.

She was going to deal with Karen and Jen. But as if people had stayed there until just now, the living cabin was empty.

“Since they emptied their nest, it will be a hunt then.”

After chuckling low, she began to walk slowly toward the forest where the moonlight still permeated.

As expected, she was more used to hunting people.

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‘Stupid idiots! How dare they lock me up? My whole body was itchy until dawn and I thought I was going to die.’

Isabel chuckled. And she walked with her back to the house that had started to burn.

“It’s lucky that Karen and Jen came!”

Karen, who has a good sense of intuition, says she’s felt a cold sensation since this morning.

So she didn’t stay in the cabin and wandered around.

It was such a lucky day. This is because Isabel could not inform Grace in advance that she had noticed Karen and Jen’s presence.

‘And something was a bit off.’

Jen mingled in the crowd this morning with his face covered.

It was to see what happened to children with milk sickness.

But the result was unexpected.

The children’s diarrhea was being treated, and Grace’s servant no longer brought milk and sold it.

Feeling something strange, Jen snooped near Isabel’s house, wondering if there was any way to discuss it with Isabel.

?If you don’t see me for a few days, open the door to our warehouse and help me escape.?

Isabel had asked them to do so several times before.

A few days ago, Karen gave Isabel a small present.

It was a whistle.

At first, it sounded like a bird crying at night, but it was a very sharp and far-reaching sound.

Isabel was smart.

So she hid the flute in the warehouse because she was afraid of being locked up for wandering outside.

It was easy to hide because it was a small item that could be hung around the neck.

And she was really locked up in the warehouse.

Her hands were tied and her tongue was hardened.

However, Isabel moved her body little by little and got her hands on the hidden flute.

Soon after, when she felt a movement outside, she blew the flute with her nose with all her strength.

Her teeth gritted at the thought of being subjected to all sorts of ugly things. She looked like a worm.

‘Fortunately, my tongue had loosened by then.’

As time passed, the paralysis was relieved and she could speak.

“For locking you up, those things deserve to die.”

When Isabel escaped, Karen and Jen’s first job was to collect all the firewood and oil behind the house and light the house.

“I’m going to kill you. I’m going to kill you.”

Isabel gritted her teeth.

To burn and die as painfully as possible. It was the most fitting end for her family.

“There is no time for this. I’ve given it a shot this time anyway. Let’s go to the city.”

Karen understood the word.

Isabel was smart. She memorized recipes for many drugs and poisons, including hallucinogens.

If this turned out wrong, Isabel would go to the city and make illegal drugs and Karen and Jen would sell them instead.

“Whoa, the killer hallucinogen you made, you’ll make a lot of money. Don’t worry. There’s nothing we can’t do.”

Karen flirted and held Isabel’s hands. Isabel walked with them along the forest path.

Jen said foolishly, scratching his head.

“Hey, the fire is getting bigger and bigger. What if there’s a forest fire?”

“Then it will die off by itself. It often rains in the mountains.”

Karen said.

“And what does it matter? Even if this mountain burns, it’s not ours. If we leave before then…….”

It was that moment.

Ping—-

There was a small noise somewhere. It sounded like a person.

Isabel felt something strange spreading on her fingertips. And the next moment…….

“Argh! Argh!

Karen, who was holding her hand, fell to the floor.

“Karen, Karen!”

Jen bent over to Karen. Karen was bleeding in the middle of her forehead.

“Shut up!”

Crush, crunch—-

A tall woman whose age is hard to guess approached.

There was an elegant smile around her mouth.

“This mountain is mine. It’s right for you to die if you touch someone else’s private property.”

“You witch! What are you doing!”

Jen’s face grew red and jumped at her. But she kicked Jen who was running.

Then she put the gun exactly on Jen’s head and pulled the trigger.

“Kyaaaahhh!”

Jen fell to the floor bleeding. His body trembled and soon drooped.

“Oh, oh, oh…”

Isabel crumbled to the floor.

Grace looked at Isabel with disgust and kicked her in the stomach.

“Ugh! Grace. Well, for me. I’m—”

“Shut up.”

Isabel collapsed just like that.

Towards the burning house, she pointed a shotgun at the front door.

Taaang—-

The bullet hit the doorknob exactly.

“You shouldn’t lock people in your house and set them on fire.”

She said as she clicked her tongue.

Soon people ran out of the house. It was Nicole’s group.