Because They Are Human, They Can Be So Evil (2)

“Stop.”

Thud!

Even after entering the room, I focused the four divine powers on Kyuri, who was still exuding vicious killing intent, causing her to quickly drop to her knees on the floor.

“There is a patient.”

Kyuri, who had been looking up at me with eyes full of resentment, wondering why I was doing this to her, listened to my words and looked at her son, who was sitting on the bed with difficulty, and quickly calmed her murderous intent.

However, although her murderous intent may have subsided, her eyes glaring at her daughter-in-law seemed ready to kill at any moment.

“Information.”

Mentioning information seemed to reignite her anger, and the few sheets of paper Kyuri handed me trembled in her grip.

I snatched them and began to quickly read through the documents.

As I turned each page and read the contents, I felt increasingly dumbfounded.

As I read, the woman known as Tess’s wife and the woman I wanted to kill overlapped in my mind, and a force filled the room.

The room was so silent that you could hear a pin drop.

Kyuri, who had been exuding killing intent towards her daughter-in-law, and Arun, who had been fidgeting with curiosity, both stopped moving.

“Sigh… Ah, I’m sorry.”

It might be that I’ve developed trauma regarding betrayal after the regression. That’s why sometimes I find myself overwhelmed by uncontrollable anger.

I apologized and simultaneously collected myself, finishing reading the documents.

The woman in front of me, known as Tess’s wife, was close to a typical villainess character. She had been feeding Tess and their son, Miku, mercury over a long period. The reason? Because of another man.

Did she love that man? Did they love each other so much they couldn’t live without one another?

It wasn’t that either. It wasn’t that she loved another man enough to decide to escape from her husband and her son.

No, the man in question didn’t even know this woman well.

He had set up a plan, aiming for her to get the position of a high-ranking noble’s concubine, a countess.

If we were to write a novel based on the facts in the report…

The report stated that the protagonist, Benefica’s family, was very poor.

Despite their poverty, her parents were diligent in production activities, resulting in seven siblings for Benefica.

Their home was always short on food, and Benefica, being a girl, was always the one who had to go hungry.

Then she saw Tess and decided to seduce this wealthy man, even though he was a commoner.

After that, Benefica dressed as neatly as possible in her shabby clothes and maintained cleanliness.

Men of the similar age as her who wielded power in the village approached her, but she never let herself be swayed.

Whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, like most villainesses, Benefica was beautiful and smart.

Feigning coincidence, she approached Tess and succeeded in marrying him.

At first, she approached Tess, who had a mother with the status of a baroness, and married him, but the married life wasn’t as glamorous as she had dreamed.

It couldn’t be helped. Even if he was wealthy, it was only generous compared to ordinary commoners, not enough to be considered noble wealth.

Moreover, her husband’s learned and skilled job was managing other people’s houses, being a butler.

But being a butler is ultimately a job of cleaning up after the nobles.

So, this woman, who used her beauty as a weapon to seduce Tess and even had a child at a young age, gradually fell into a fantasy about nobility.

Then she met the count in question.

Seeing the count’s procession from afar, Benefica was culturally shocked by the number of knights and servants following him. Tess, who was wealthier than most commoners, no, even some minor nobles, seemed insignificant.

And from that moment, Benefica began to devise a new plan.

She spent a lot of money on her appearance, decided to remove her husband and son, who would be obstacles, and set up a long-term plan.

Among commoners, Benefica had one of the hardest lives, and she remembered exactly what killed her father, so she procured mercury and slowly, gradually administered it to the two of them.

Over the course of a staggering two years.

The information in the report was enough to astonish me.

For two years, while poisoning her husband and son, she thoroughly maintained her safety, and in the meantime, she reportedly had four impressive encounters with the count, disguised as coincidences.

All while playing the role of a woman tending to her terminally ill husband.

Having built such a connection, if I hadn’t appeared, the husband and son would probably have died, and Benefica would have continued to play the role of a widow who lost her husband and son.

“Impressive, isn’t it?”

With those words, I handed the documents to Lee Hyo-ju, and Arun, looking disgusted, stood next to her, reading the documents together.

“In some ways, I’m impressed. Especially with the long-term plan and the four impressive encounters she orchestrated, disguised as coincidences with the count. It’s remarkable. Lee Hyo-ju, you should learn from this.”

“Yes…”

While Lee Hyo-ju was bickering with Arun and checking documents, she flinched at my remark.

Regardless, I continued to share my thoughts on Benefica.

“But you know, commoner girl. Do you know what kind of beings nobles are? Or did you start this without knowing their mindset?”

“…?”

“You don’t know. It was good that you made long-term plans and led natural encounters, but nobles have desires that are many times, even tens of times, greater than yours. Would such nobles take you as a concubine just because your face is somewhat pretty, but not an absolute beauty?”

“Th-that…!”

“No.”

“Th-this!”

“I dare say, absolutely not. Maybe they were interested in you. Even nobles who eat meat every day sometimes crave noodles. After having you once or twice, they’d probably discard you, giving you a few coins. But what if you do something unnecessary? Would it be easy or difficult for a noble to make a commoner disappear without a trace?”

“…!”

Tess, who was staring blankly at the shocked Benefica, started reading the documents handed over by Lee Hyo-ju.

Seeing this, I gestured towards Tess’s bed to Kyuri, who was sitting on the floor.

Noticing Tess trembling, Kyuri hurried to the bed.

Rustle, rustle, rustle.

As the two representatives, including myself, waited for Tess to finish reading, the only sound in the room was the turning of the pages.

Benefica, who was half-dazed from shock, and Kyuri, who looked at her son with worried eyes, kept their mouths shut.

“It was like this.”

“Yes, it was.”

“What should we do…?”

“This is something only you can decide.”

I could kill this woman or turn her into a notorious villain and harlot scorned by all.

Getting a butler who will serve with utmost loyalty for the next thirty years is worth that much effort.

However, the decision must be made by him.

“If only… if only she hadn’t touched our child…”

Tess, lost in thought, uttered regretful words while looking at his son beside him.

Tess’s eyes regained focus as he struggled to reach out and gently stroke his son’s head.

“Could you put our Miku to sleep for a moment?”

“Sure. Arun.”

“Yes?”

“Magic. Put him to sleep.”

“Cast a shock spell on the patient?”

What kind of nonsense is this?

“When someone says to put them to sleep, don’t you usually think of a sleep spell?”

“Oh! That’s right! You’re amazing… ha, haha, hahaha.”

I wish stupidity would choose the right time and place in his mind.

As Arun swallowed his words under my glare and chanted the sleep spell, Lee Hyo-ju shook her head at Arun in disbelief.

The short incantation ended, mana swirled gently, and Miku’s eyes closed as his breathing became steady.

The sleeping son. A son who, at just thirteen, had stepped on death’s doorstep. A son who received not love, but the sharp scythe of death from his mother.

Tess looked at his son with pity, not even glancing at the woman who was once his wife, and spoke in a calm voice.

“I am truly sorry and apologize. I already acknowledge that you are someone we must serve, but I am worried that if I leave it to my mother, she might be swayed by emotions and not achieve the results my son and I desire. Also, to be honest, I am afraid my mother might become the subject of gossip. So, may I ask you for one favor, the first and the last?”

“Alright.”

“Can you inflict a punishment on that woman more painful and disgraceful than death?”

“Certainly.”

“Thank you. On the day I open my eyes and see you again, I will serve you with all my heart.”

“Alright, rest.”

As if waiting for those words, Tess’s eyes closed and he fell asleep.

Seeing his even breathing, it seemed he had been forcing himself to stay awake until now.

As soon as I confirmed Tess was asleep in the chair, I stood up.

Benefica, frightened by my actions, loudly proclaimed her innocence.

“N-no! That’s not what I meant to do! I-it’s true! Miku! Tess! Wake up! Wake up and say something!!”

“Lee Hyo-ju, take her out for now. The patient’s room is too noisy.”

“Yes!”

Lee Hyo-ju was also a representative. Her physical stats were far superior to most knights.

Even as she was easily lifted by the delicate arms of Lee Hyo-ju and taken out of the room, she continued to call out her husband and son’s names, pleading to prove her innocence.

“You stay here.”

“What? No…! Okay…”

Leaving Kyuri in the room, Arun and I headed to the first-floor hall.

The woman who had been screaming to prove her innocence where her husband and son were sick was dragged into the wide first-floor hall, trembling like an aspen tree while keeping an eye on Lee Hyo-ju.

As Arun and I came down, she began to loudly insist that she had never done such a thing.

This woman is not human. Or rather, isn’t she a bad example of how vile and depraved a human can become?

Outside, darkness had already fallen completely, and in the garden, magical lights were struggling to drive away the darkness.

“Arun, when did you say the Tower Masters are coming tomorrow?”

“They said they would come in the morning. I informed them to arrive by 10 a.m. after breakfast.”

“Then, for now, make sure this woman is securely locked up so she can’t escape. Also, confine the two pieces of trash in separate rooms. After meeting with the mages tomorrow, there won’t be a need for separate surveillance in the afternoon.”

“Ah! Yes.”

“Then, let’s rest.”

Exorsus.

The city of superhumans living like ordinary people.

The first day in my home here passed by so busily.