-711- Prevent you from getting married?

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Accompanied by Rozen's straightforward words, a stifling silence filled the entire underground.

In this moment, neither Charl nor Henri could utter a single word, only maintaining their silence.

However, their expressions during this silence were entirely different.

Charl's eyes held a hint of bitterness but still exuded determination and a willingness to face death.

Henri, on the other hand, was filled with anguish, her face on the verge of tears, and even her grip on her sister's clothes loosened slightly.

Just based on this, Rozen could confirm his suspicion.

"You were threatened, weren't you?"

Rozen looked at Charl and said each word slowly.

"Because Alice Bernstein used your sister's life as leverage, forcing you to obey her orders, both in lowering yourself in front of me and opposing me at the Night Party, am I correct?"

This should be the unusual truth about Charl's actions.

It's likely that Alice found Henri, who had gone missing through some means, brought her to this academy, and then used her as a hostage to manipulate Charl into becoming her pawn, serving her interests.

"To protect your sister, whom you finally managed to find after so much effort, you chose to do this even if it meant turning against someone who had once been your benefactor. This should be the reason you acted against me, right?"

Rozen saw through this point.

This caused a hint of pain to well up in Charl's eyes, and Henri bit her lip, lowered her head, and trembled all over.

Rozen could only guess at the current emotions of these two sisters.

Leaving aside other things, let's talk about Charl. Even though she comes across as strong and proud, in reality, this young lady is someone with a strong sense of self-esteem and responsibility.

As a noble, her character wouldn't allow her to act selfishly or repay kindness with enmity, but for the sake of her sister, she had no choice but to make this kind of decision. Therefore, she is undoubtedly filled with pain and inner conflict.

On the other hand, Henri's personality seems entirely opposite to Charl's. She appears timid and weak, becoming an instrument for others to threaten her sister without reason. The agony, guilt, and torment in her heart can be easily imagined.

Now, these sisters are holding onto each other like a last lifeline, filled with pain and struggle.

"Sigh..."

Rozen sighed.

"It has been hard on both of you, becoming pawns in someone else's game for no reason."

After unraveling this mystery, Rozen didn't know what more to say to Charl and Henri.

After all...

"That woman's target is me; you both were just drawn into this."

Rozen summed it up that way.

However, Charl, in particular, seemed unable to accept this conclusion.

"Why can you remain so calm...?"

Charl glared at Rozen, her reaction as if she didn't know whether she was angry at him or herself, speaking loudly.

"I seriously wanted to kill you! Shouldn't you hate me...!?"

Charl yelled like this.

But...

"If hating you can make your situation a little better, then I'll just go ahead and do it."

Rozen glanced at Charl and then at the silent Henri behind her and sighed once more.

"Although, it won't serve any purpose at all."

This was Rozen's most honest thought.

"You...!"

Charl suddenly became agitated.

"Onee-sama..."

Henri firmly grabbed the back of Charl's clothes, her voice full of anxiety, causing Charl to grit her teeth and be unable to say another word.

The scene once again returned to a heavy silence.

Ignoring Charl and Henri, Rozen began to observe his surroundings.

Without a doubt, this was the underground of the academy, the battlefield of the Night Party.

"I never expected that the academy's underground would have such a place."

Rozen extended the magical waves of his Heaven's Eye around, even though it was pitch dark, he could still sense the surroundings.

This was a passage that seemed to lead somewhere, obviously artificially expanded.

Naturally, Rozen had never heard of such facilities beneath the academy.

"It seems like this academy hides many secrets."

A person's figure appeared in Rozen's mind.

"Edward Rutherford."

Rozen didn't believe for a moment that this place had nothing to do with the academy's headmaster.

At this moment, Rozen looked up.

"Crack..."

Stones were still falling from above.

Although his eyes couldn't see much, using the abilities of Heaven's Eye and Spirit Vision, Rozen easily detected that a large amount of rubble had blocked the passage above, and the ground had already become chaotic, with many people rushing to the scene.

"Now, the Night Party will undoubtedly be declared suspended, and someone from above will eventually come to rescue, right?"

Rozen made his judgment about the current situation.

In other words, as long as there wasn't a second collapse, they would eventually be rescued by staying put here.

However, if they simply wanted to get out, Rozen had plenty of ways.

"While I can't use Far Step to move in this world, breaking through the ceiling to escape should be no problem, especially with Kinu protecting me."

If he could use Far Step in this world, it would be even easier; he could simply teleport out.

Unfortunately, Far Step was a technique that could only be used to move within the spiritual veins, and it couldn't be used in a world without spiritual veins.

But that didn't matter; as Rozen had said, if they just wanted to get out, he had plenty of methods.

But...

"Now, I'm a little curious about this place."

Rozen followed the terrain information feedback from his Heaven's Eye and looked forward along the passage.

Then, Rozen quickened his pace and walked ahead.

"Where are you going...!?"

"Mm...!"

Behind Rozen, Charl and Henri reacted at the same time to Rozen's actions, and they were both startled.

In response, Rozen didn't even look back.

"Of course, I'm going ahead to see what's in front. Do you want to stay in a place like this where a second collapse could happen at any time?"

With that, Rozen finally turned around and looked at the two sisters behind him.

"Do you want to come along?"

This suggestion made Charl and Henri look at each other and fall into silence.

There was no way around it.

These two sisters had locked onto Rozen's life. One of them had just attacked Rozen at the Night Party, and the other had become the trigger for this whole incident. Now, how could they possibly follow Rozen?

Rozen was naturally not unaware of this.

So...

"I must warn you first; since this place is located underground in the academy and is unknown to anyone, it's definitely a secret facility."

Rozen said to the two girls very seriously.

"Once you're discovered by someone who doesn't want this place to be exposed, and you're caught, then, being killed is the least of your worries. If they do something to you that prevents you from getting married for the rest of your life, then..."

Speaking of that, Rozen shook his head regretfully and then continued to walk forward on his own.

"The... the rest of my life...!?"

"Can't get married...!?"

Charl and Henri turned pale, and they rushed to their feet.

"You... wait for us!"

"Don't... don't walk so fast!"

Charl and Henri hurried to catch up.

Rozen, however, didn't realize the triumphant smile on his face.