How to Be a Dark Hero’s Daughter

‘Did I really stab Lavigne?’

I was never stabbed anyone before, and even if I had stabbed with all his might, could a kid like me easily kill a person?

‘The knife went in too easily.’

Lavigne fell into the fire along with the bed, and the knife fell next to her body.

‘The knife was either taken by the culprit or it’s around here somewhere.’

Collen noded his head, but he looked uncertain.

“What about the princess not breathing?”

“They must have installed a needle with drugs on the bed to temporarily induce that state. If it was injected, there should be needle marks on Lavigne’s body.”

I lifted Lavigne’s burned clothes. There was something on her chest.

“And the fake blood packet for the play burst.”

As a child, my physical strength was weak. People wouldn’t die that easily.

‘If I think about it calmly from the beginning, it was easy to figure out.’

The culprit was certainly an insider who knew the sequence of events that would happen today in the play.

“Princess miraculously survived the fire.”

“But it’s possible.”

In this world.

They say that the white wizard Kondan survived even in the fire.

‘Magic, or magic potions…’

In this world, anything is possible.

It was a 5% probability I had imagined. I’m glad it wasn’t just a fantasy.

“Let’s get out of here for now.”

“Wake her up.”

I nodded my head and gently slapped Lavigne’s cheek.

“Lavigne, wake up. Lavigne.”

“Ugh… huh…”

Lavigne groaned and slowly opened her eyes.

“…Leti…cia?”

“Yes, it’s me. Come on, wake up! We need to get out of here.”

“Am I alive?”

“Whether you’re alive or not doesn’t matter.”

Lavigne looked at me for a while, then shook violently as if having a seizure.

“I, I was on fire. And then I fell to the ground. Then the fire… disappeared. I thought I was dead because I couldn’t move my body or open my eyes… but then…”

Lavigne spoke through sobs.

“We need to run away now! That person is coming!”

That person? I widened my eyes.

‘Come to think of it…’

If the culprit was someone who was at the theater, they would probably be confined to the Star Palace by now. All the nobles who were at the theater should be in the Star Palace.

‘Then who moved Lavigne here?’

A shiver ran down my spine.

When I looked at Collen, I saw that he had the same thought as me.

“Who is that person?”

I asked Lavigne.

“I don’t know either. Someone grabbed me tightly, covered my mouth, and dragged me here. That person… should be here.”

An accomplice. There is an accomplice.

‘That’s highly likely. No, if it’s a kidnapping case, there should be more than one culprit.’

One is an insider, and the other is waiting in the underground passage.

That must be the plan. Collen quickly supported Lavigne.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

We started walking quickly.

That’s when it happened.

Crackle. I heard someone’s footsteps.

‘The accomplice Lavigne mentioned!’

I instinctively covered Lavigne’s mouth.

“Mmm.”

Lavigne swallowed her scream. Then Collen gestured to us.

You go first.

That was the look in his eyes.

‘Will my dad be okay?’

“Just keep walking. Feel the wall with your hands as you go.”

Callen whispered. I swallowed my tears and started walking briskly.

Collen stood with his back to us.

“Let’s see what kind of guy he is and how to be nice to him. I think I’ll have to do it with my fists here. My daughter will get hurt if I use magic incorrectly,” Collen muttered quietly.

I swallowed my tears and started walking quickly, holding Lavigne’s hand with one hand and the candle with the other.

‘Let’s just focus on moving forward. Don’t be afraid, it’s okay. Your dad is here. I can do this.’

Swish.

A small breeze blew from somewhere.

The candle I was holding went out in an instant.

‘I can’t see anything!’

Everything around us turned pitch black.

I held my breath.