RISE OF EROS

There was nothing threatening Victoria at the moment, so there was no danger. What Elder Johan meant was not to let Victoria lose herself in revenge, which Andrew understood very well.

He would not allow his wife to fall into that. He accepted that she was the one to eliminate the Marchioness Vilotti because she is the murderer of her mother, but he would not allow that to mark her for life, on the contrary, he wanted that to help her heal her wounds.

Elder Johan, seeing that Andrew understood his words, said nothing more and continued with what was his responsibility. It is true that they had eliminated the demigod of the Vilotti family, but until they were completely eradicated, the job was not done.

Andrew, in the company of his guardians, entered the mansion again, where Aki secured the Marchioness and took her to the Dunnas Palace, for Victoria to judge her.

This woman might be very haughty and overbearing, but that was only thanks to the power of her family, but now that their most powerful warrior had been eliminated and she was in front of Andrew and the others, she could not withstand the pressure and fainted.

They did not care about her condition, they just grabbed her and took her away. The experts of the Vilotti family who were still in the mansion, seeing how everything developed, immediately began to flee.

However, it was an illusion to believe that they could escape the gaze of two powerful demigods. Elder Johan instructed Elder Arkos to carry Elder Bastas' body to the castle, for Daphne and Diana to see.

Their husbands died because of that old man, so it was only fair that they saw him before destroying his body. Meanwhile, Elder Johan began to eliminate all the fleeing experts.

While it was difficult for Elder Johan to chase after so many experts who ran in different directions, Andrew asked his guardians to help him and thanks to their immense power, none of the experts could escape.

They were dropping like flies. The speed of these four, especially the elderly demigod, was insane and the experts had no chance. They had only traveled a few meters and their heads were falling from their necks.

The slaughter was brutal and merciless. There may have been some innocents between them, but being part of the Vilotti family they shared their sins and therefore shared their fate and that was death.

The city was shocked by what was happening. The citizens did not understand what was happening and even the guards were shocked when the battle moved from Dunnas Palace to the Vilotti mansion, but they still did not intervene.

In fact, noticing that it was the royal family who was involved, they put aside the agreement with the Vilotti family and began hunting down the fleeing experts. They knew they had chosen the wrong side and wanted to vindicate themselves.

Obviously, Elder Johan could see through their hypocritical moves, but he did not intend to reprimand them because he knew that, although they acted wrongly by allowing themselves to be bribed, it all worked out for their plan, so he would not scold them, at least not now.

The capital city was not the only one that was in turmoil. Since the Vilotti family had many properties throughout the country, the fights could be seen everywhere.

The founding families had moved their experts to destroy all the headquarters of the Vilotti family, as well as their allies. The network that the Vilotti family had formed was not limited to a few families.

In fact, there were more than 30 affiliated families and although of a smaller degree, it was undoubtedly the largest clean-up operation among the nobles carried out by any country on the continent.

The news would soon reach the other countries, but for now, it was a bloody night in Dunnas. Meanwhile, Andrew in the company of Aki arrived at the Dunnas Palace with the captured Marchioness.

Without any modesty, they threw her into the prison they had made in the basement of the establishment. She was still unconscious and although Andrew had full control of the place, he did not leave her unguarded.

He left several guards watching her, while he and Aki went to the office to notify everyone that they had captured her. To be more exact, they were going to notify Victoria since she is the one interested in this woman.

When the girls saw Andrew and Aki enter, they immediately stood up, but they did not say anything, they just looked at them, and seeing their expressions, they understood that everything had gone well.

Victoria was the most upset and upon seeing them immediately asked, "Were you able to capture her?", to which Andrew replied with a smile, "She is in prison." Victoria wanted to quickly go to her, but Andrew stopped her.

He looked at the others in the office and said, "Can you give us a minute please?". The girls understood and left without saying anything. Now in the office, there were only Victoria and Andrew.

Victoria was confused, not understanding the reason why Andrew stopped her and wanted to talk to her alone, but she still tried to calm down and listen to him. Andrew, seeing her, nodded internally, as it seemed that Victoria had the ability to remain calm, even though she knew that her mother's killer was within reach.

Andrew did not rush to speak. He walked to one of the chairs in the office and sat down. His movements confused Victoria, but then Andrew looked at her and with a smile, motioned for her to sit on his lap.

Although she did not understand what he intended, Victoria obeyed and sat on Andrew's legs. He hugged her tenderly without saying anything, which confused Victoria even more, but suddenly she felt warmth and unexpected peace.

Noticing the change, Andrew stroked her hair and began to speak in a soft and calm tone, "It's good to be calm." Victoria did not understand, but she did not say anything and allowed Andrew to continue.

"I agreed that you get rid of that woman personally since she is the killer of your mother and you have every right, but remember, you are my wife now, you don't need to get hung up on revenge, just end it all and continue living," Andrew said.

At that moment Victoria understood what her husband was doing. Ever since she found out that it was the Marchioness Vilotti who orchestrated her mother's murder, she had been seething with anger and thirst for revenge.

Now she understood, that this was not a good state and that everyone was worried that she would lose herself in negative emotions once she had finished off her enemy. She snuggled into Andrew's chest and said tenderly, "Thank you for worrying."

"Don't talk nonsense. You are my wife, it is my obligation to worry," Andrew replied, caressing her. He tenderly made her raise her head and gave her a tender kiss on the lips, as if telling her that everything would be okay.

They stood there for a few minutes as if waiting for Victoria to calm down and when she did, they both stood up and left the office and walked to the underground prison where the Marchioness Vilotti was being held.

When they arrived, they found the Marchioness screaming at the guards, "Damn you! Don't you know who I am? Do you think you can escape from this?" but the guards didn't respond, they just let her scream.

When Andrew and Victoria entered, the Marchioness stopped screaming and when she saw them, she became frightened. She knew her sins and when she saw Victoria, she understood that Victoria knew everything and was afraid of what would happen to her.

It was Andrew who spoke first, "Screaming is of no use. Everyone already knows your crimes and right now the Vilotti family will cease to exist, so don't waste your breath".

This made her tremble. She was in disbelief, she had indeed seen the death of her family's protector, but the shock was so great that she had now blocked that memory out in denial that her reign had come to an end.

Victoria maintained her composure and approaching the cell, she looked at the Marchioness who no longer had her aura of grandeur and arrogance and asked, "What does it feel like?", and added before she answered, "How does it feel to know that everything you did is lost?".

The Marchioness felt anger as she heard her question. In her eyes, Victoria was gloating over her situation and she was not wrong, but Victoria really just wanted to know what she really felt.

The Marchioness lost the last thread of sanity she had left and began to rant, "Damn you, don't think you are superior. Do you think you defeated me? I killed your mother and you cannot change that."

She had already accepted her defeat, so she wanted to provoke her one last time, it was the only thing left for her to feel superior, but unexpectedly, Victoria did not get angry and as calm as she could be, Victoria smiled.

Victoria's smile was the most devastating blow that the Marchioness Vilotti could receive and when she thought of attacking her again, Victoria said, "It is true that you killed my mother, but in exchange, we destroyed your entire family."

The words that were going to come out of the Marchioness' mouth were choked. It was true, that she killed Victoria's mother, but in exchange, everything she had built was destroyed.

Such a blow left her speechless and defeated. Seeing how the woman in front of her, who was always arrogant and overbearing, seemed to have been abandoned by her soul, Victoria was glad, but her next move, no one expected.

She turned to look at Andrew and said, "I don't want to get my hands dirty. Love, can you eliminate her?" Even Andrew was surprised, as he thought Victoria wanted to finish everything with her own hands.

Victoria could see the surprise on her husband's face and smiling she said, "It's like you said, there's no need for me to drown myself in bad feelings and I feel like I'll lose something by doing it on my own."

Andrew smiled at her, walked up to her, and hugged her while saying, "I'm proud of you", and without waiting for her to say anything he made a movement with his hand and the marchioness fell lifeless like a puppet whose strings had been cut.