Struggling as a Villain

Chapter 107: Chapter 106- Ritual

After school, Amelia was asked to stay in the academy for some reason. When he asked her she said she was summoned by the student council—which reminded him that Amelia indeed joins the council in the canon.

Well, it was for the better that she was not returning with him since she would have insisted on coming along. And Richard didn't want to involve her in this whole clone matter. He didn't tell her that he would be searching for that last remaining clone today as well.

Although Lilia said that Amelia would be hurt, Richard had no other option.

After school, he went to the library and found the centre of many passing gazes; Princess Nora was standing under a tree while looking at her diary.

He casually greeted her, "Good afternoon, Your Highness. Are you ready to leave or is there someone else you are waiting for?"

Nora instantly closed her diary before she looked at Richard and shook her head, "No, no one. I didn't tell anyone about it in the first place." Although she said that, Richard doubted her words.

Nora couldn't hide such a big thing from her sisters. But well, until they aren't interfering he didn't care about it.

After leaving the academy premises, they united with Lilia, who was currently wearing her usual maid's uniform, to not look suspicious and get questioned by the authorities.

"Won't you feel uncomfortable in that? We might have to walk for a while you know?" Nora asked in concern since walking around in long skirts could be difficult.

She had a bad experience with that.

However, "I was mostly trained in this apparel when I was getting educated to become a maid, Your Highness, so no, it won't hinder me."

Richard flashed a smile, "And even if you get tired, I have got some study arms to pick you up, so don't worry."

Nora blinked, and slowly, her eyes widened upon realizing that she didn't hear him wrong. She looked at Lilia, and expectedly, her ears were burning red after hearing that. But that smile on her face told her that it wasn't the first time for Richard to flirt like this with her.

She shook her head, tearing her gaze away from the duo. It was hard to believe that this Richard was the same man who once insulted women without a second thought, spouting cruel words that could have earned him a mountain of bad karma in an instant.

"Now, shall we go?" Richard asked, bringing Nora back to her senses.

She nodded before asking, "You are carrying any weapon?"

Lilia nodded to that before she took out a dagger and handed it to Nora, "I thought you would need it."

Nora took the dagger without thinking twice before thanking her, "Thanks; I needed it."

Students can't carry weapons around the school unless it is granted by the instructors and only during any assessment or practical lessons.

Now, thanks to Lilia, Nora didn't have to go back to her room to fetch her weapon.

Hanging the dagger on her waist, Nora said, "Let's go."

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Suddenly two shadows emerged from behind the clone and took the same shape as their parent body.

"Take care of them," The two other clones attacked Lilia and Nora who were already prepared for combat.

Only Richard remained facing the primary body of the clone who had yet to look away even once after Richard insulted the piece of crap.

Richard wasn't concerned about Lilia and Nora's safety since he was aware of their capabilities; especially Lilia's

What he was concerned about was the overflowing ether which belonged to Ethan in the doll. It seems after death, the other clones weren't burnt or destroyed. Rather, their energy was absorbed by this one.

Or he might be wrong.

But there was no time to think about it. The subject of his revenge was right before him, and Richard would be a fool to let this chance slip away.

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Inside a dark room where most of the people were wearing a shroud to hide their faces, a meeting was currently ongoing.

The leader of the cult has been given the task of deciphering the ritual of summoning and arranging the necessary equipment for the ritual.

Now, inside the conference hall, all those who held a significant role in the cult were present. And one among them couldn't help but ask the leader,

"Master, shouldn't we think about this agajn? After all, the summoning ritual pulls someone with a strong presence from another world and that could prove to be risky for us as well."

The number of people in the cult weren't too many and with many of the members away to tend to some duties it was highly preferable to not take any chances against an unknown entity.

The grey-haired man, who was also the leader of the cult, snickered, "Why are you wussing out now, Allen? We have already come too far, and we all know that this ritual is necessary to revive our lord."

The person named Allen wasn't allowed to say another word as someone called out,

"All preparations are done!"

The other members turned towards their behind where a huge circle of ritual was drawn and five heads of dead humans were resting on the edges.

Blood and sacrifice it all takes to trigger Dark arts. And through this ritual they could call forth something which would be enough to demolish Eldoria and retrieve what belongs to the cult.

The ultimate goal of every member was to revive the Lord they worship. And for that, the detailed plan which Phil—ex Prime Minister of Eldoria—prepared, was necessary.

Looking at the drawn ritual, the grey-haired man couldn't help but smile in excitement as he parted his hands and proudly announced,

"Now, let's call out our messiah!"

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A/N:- Yeah, yeah. Go for it.