How to Be a Dark Hero’s Daughter

“Take care of the fallen people!”

Once they were able to survive, the people became calm.

“Get up, everyone.”

“Come after me!”

Children and adults dragged each other and ran through a secret passage.

“This is a underground waterway! It’s water!”

“We’re alive!”

I cautiously stepped on the ground.

The floor of the passage was… covered in mud. I could hear faint sounds of water coming from somewhere.

“It will be safe here even in case of fire,” I breathed a sigh of relief.

When Collen snapped his fingers, the black snake flicked its tail and began to emit light in all directions. It was like a living lamp.

“Let’s make sure no one is left behind.”

The people checked each other’s faces without stopping.

Mira looked around and murmured with a ghostly face.

“Lady Claire is not here!”

Soon there was a sound in the darkness.

Soon, a voice came out of the darkness again. Claire was murmuring, “Oh, my poor drama festival, it’s ruined…” She was walking like she was out of her mind.

“Oh, Lady Claire, please come to your senses.”

The royal maids grabbed Claire’s hand and practically dragged her along. As we walked, we eventually arrived at a path blocked by rocks.

“The path is blocked….”

“I can hear the sound of the wind.”

“Push the door!”

“People pushed the rock together with their strength.

Kugugung.

The rock moved to the side like a miracle. It was a rock-shaped door.

“We’re outside!”

When I regained my senses, I was in the royal garden. The cold winter air touched my cheeks. I’m alive.

“We made it out…” Angel muttered and sank to the ground.

‘It was Angel who asked me to switch roles today…’

It was Angel who gave me the role of stabbing Lavigne.

‘It’s suspicious, but…’

Something felt off.

As I approached Angel, I flinched.

Everyone was looking at me.

“That child saved everyone,” someone muttered.

“Leticia.”

Whoosh.

My body was lifted into the air. Collen had lifted me and embraced me, as if protecting me from the gaze of the people.

“I left Lavigne behind. My daughter might still be alive…” a woman cried out.

It was the queen. The stares directed at me became even more piercing.

“…She didn’t breathe,” I said, frozen.

It wasn’t my fault. But Lavigne… She clearly wasn’t breathing.

“Send that child over here.”

When the king spoke, Collen looked at him quietly and then smiled slightly.

“I refuse.”

“Duke … I have no intention of harming that child. But we need to investigate what happened…” The king spoke hesitantly.

But Collen spoke coldly.

“I’m not a fool. You can’t suspect that she wanted to kill someone from your family. She hasn’t been with us for very long since we adopted her.”

“But she stabbed Lavigne! The princess of this country…!”

“Yes! To the princess of this country.”

“So what do you want to say?”

Collen spoke firmly.

“This child is not an assassin. So if we investigate, we’ll do it according to the procedures of the Duke’s family.”

“Duke!”

“If you take this child away, the kingdom will lose the Duke.”

“I won’t harm her. But this child… may have killed a member of the royal family.”

The king tried to convince Collen.

‘It’s not me. I didn’t kill anyone!’

I bit my lip.

“This is my child. She’s mine, my person, and my family.”

Collen snorted.

“Duke…”

“I’ve been holding back from enforcing strict magic regulations on her, but I won’t tolerate anyone touching her. We’ll investigate within the Duke’s family.”

Collen tried to protect me. I felt like I was going to cry.

But this can’t go on. No matter how much Collen… I…

I looked at my hand.

It was definitely a fake knife that stabbed Lavigne, but how did it turn into a real one? Moreover, the sensation of stabbing Lavigne’s flesh was vivid in my hand.