Not Redemption

(The dormitory lights were broken, so I could only write in the dark...)

"And then you faked your deaths and hid behind the scenes to watch the show?" Bai Ye's voice turned icy.

"Of course not... We had long been prepared to face our own deaths... Biedermann would die, and so would I. We had planned it all... It was just that, before dying, I intended to do one thing—I never expected you to find us first."

"Now, you can kill me... After all, we're already two 'dead men.'"

"Because it has all begun... Biedermann triggered the first riot. It was Biedermann who led them into attacking the power furnace. Once there was a first riot, there would be a second, and a third—our plan has already succeeded."

No one from Rhodes Island knew what to say.

Just as they had said, they had planned everything long ago. Now, even killing them could not change Wolumonde's fate. The riots would eventually consume the entire town, and the Infected and non-Infected would fight one another.

Everyone would be dragged into this upheaval—and only such an upheaval could draw the nobles' attention.

To save Wolumonde, these two had orchestrated everything from behind the scenes.

"This doesn't count as salvation at all..." Bai Ye shook his head. "Your hands are stained with innocent blood. You ignited a riot. You haven't saved anyone— even if the gendarmes could reach Wolumonde today, people have still died..."

"No one wanted to come this far... My original plan was to deal with that wedding, but I failed..."

"Brother Bai Ye... then what should we do?" Suzuran asked cautiously from the side.

Bai Ye was about to speak when, at that moment, a dagger slipped from Thor's sleeve.

He cut through the ropes. Then, before everyone's eyes, Thor