Extra: Yandere Milfs Obsessed with me!-Chapter 231: Kris going full dark Sasuke mode? It couldn’t have fallen better to discredit him

Chapter 231: Kris going full dark Sasuke mode? It couldn’t have fallen better to discredit him

"Lord Predator! The materials you funded arrived this morning!" announced a craftsman as he approached.

"Good. Prioritize the homes near the rift."

"Yes!"

A knight, covered in dust, dropped to one knee.

"Without your intervention, the breach would have swallowed the entire city."

"Rise, valiant knight. Under the eye of Nostradamus, everyone is equal. Just make sure this does not happen again."

Isabella felt her heart tighten.

She had always heard of The Predator as a notorious criminal who executed nobles...

And yet...

No one here looked at him like a monster.

He was their savior.

After a few minutes, Kaiser resumed walking. Isabella followed, still troubled.

"It’s..." She hesitated. "They love you."

"They respect the one who acts for their cause."

They passed in front of a partially rebuilt house. A family carried planks while an old man repaired a door.

The Predator spoke again:

"This is the reality for commoners. Those raised lower than dirt. As a noble, you never know when a monster will attack your home. Paying the weekly offering to the Holy Cathedral never bothered you."

Isabella did not reply.

He continued:

"So tell me, Isabella, do you think right now these people have money to pay offerings or imperial taxes??"

She remained silent.

She had never thought about it that way.

For her, taxes and offerings were part of the natural order of things. It was how the Empire normally functioned.

However, seeing these families rebuild their homes with injured hands, seeing these children walk barefoot in rags near monster carcasses, she understood that this normality did not benefit everyone.

"I..." She searched for words. "As a noble, I have never lived through this kind of thing. I didn’t know."

He turned his head slightly toward her.

"Exactly."

They passed a row of makeshift tents.

Isabella watched a woman distribute rations to emaciated children.

Her expression changed.

"At... At the Donoghan duchy, is it the same?"

"The commoners always have a hard life even if Duchess Dyana has improved their lives quite a bit..."

He paused briefly.

"But living in this situation is a drop in the ocean."

Isabella lowered her eyes.

For the first time, she concretely understood what it meant to govern.

And that nobles were definitely hypocritical bastards. Ruling lands, it was they who decided who survived while they remained comfortable enjoying the benefits...

And in the middle of this broken city, The Predator advanced without seeking to be glorified.

For Isabella, the image she had of him had just cracked permanently.

...

They continued walking through streets still cluttered with rubble. The sound of hammers, saws, and tired voices formed a constant background noise.

Isabella stared at a woman trying to lift a beam too heavy for her alone.

"If we really want to help them..."

She interrupted herself, thinking aloud.

"They need to get out of this state of impoverishment." She continued Kaiser’s thought seriously. "One-time donations are not enough. The structure needs to change."

Kaiser turned his head slightly toward her.

"You are probably wondering why, if they are humans just like you, the Holy Cathedral or the emperor leaves them to their fate?"

Isabella shook her head.

"No, I wonder why a theocratic empire openly commits injustice, and no one says anything."

A man passed near them carrying bricks, respectfully greeting The Predator as he went by.

Kaiser replied calmly:

"Because, just like you, most nobles don’t care or are unaware, and the commoners are far too alienated by the Holy Cathedral, until they starve to death."

Isabella clenched her fists under her cloak.

"But the angels?" she continued. "They see everything... They are the true rulers of the Holy Cathedral. How can they allow this kind of thing to happen? Shouldn’t they hold The Holiness accountable?"

"You still haven’t understood anything."

Kaiser looked at her from the corner of his eye.

"There are many things in this world that would surprise you if you learned the truth."

Isabella frowned.

"What truth?"

Just as they were about to spout a bunch of nonsense, Eleanor’s voice rang in his head.

[Kaiser.]

He slightly raised his eyes toward the sky without making it look suspicious.

’What’s up? I hope it’s important for you to disturb me with your beautiful voice.’

A brief mental silence.

[Kris is attacking the Pendragon faction. I thought it might interest you.]

Kaiser’s gaze changed imperceptibly.

[Good, good. Tell Ragnar to teleport me there.]

Without warning, the shadows around them thickened. They stretched from the corners of buildings, slid across the ground, and enveloped them.

Isabella jumped.

"What the—"

The world distorted.

Then the scene changed. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

They now stood on the edge of a rocky cliff. Below, a student camp had been reduced to a field of ruins.

And in the center... Kris.

He advanced among the bodies with absolute coldness.

Dozens of students lay on the ground. Some were still trying to flee. Others screamed. There was no hesitation in his movements.

He struck with all his strength, tearing their flesh, breaking their bones...

Isabella felt her breath catch.

"No..."

Kris crushed a student’s skull against the ground before hurling another against a rock with a simple backhand.

There was no visible anger.

Kaiser positioned himself slightly behind her.

"Now you see your brother’s true face."

"How is this possible?"

Without context, Kris could really look like a genocidal maniac. But of course Kaiser was not going to explain all the ins and outs.

Her voice trembled.

"He... he would never..."

She took a step forward and tried to jump off the cliff to stop him. But Kaiser firmly held her by the arm.

"Do you want to die too?"

She struggled.

"Let me go! He’s my brother! I can’t let him become a monster!"

"He already was, Isabella..."

Below, Kris threw his spear with terrifying precision. A student trying to flee at a distance collapsed instantly.

Isabella froze.

A thought rose in her memories: that Kris had tried to buy a sex slave.

She had dismissed it as slander.

But now...

She remained motionless.

Her gaze did not leave the scene.

"I..."

Her voice became lower.

"I want to go back..."

Kaiser stared at her for a few seconds, then simply replied:

"Fine..."

The shadows swallowed them again.

When they reappeared elsewhere, Isabella remained silent.

In her heart, the truth was painful... She might not know her brother as well as she thought.

If that was really him.

After escorting Isabella back to her quarters and making sure no one would disturb her, Kaiser left Black Neon without another word.

"Dude... Kris going full dark Sasuke mode? It couldn’t have fallen better to discredit him."

The duke had asked to see him in person, so he immediately returned to the Valerius duchy.