I Bought the Villains With Money - CH 25.1

The test by Rumdrax was bound to be something easy for me.

First, I knew that Rumdrax would come. Also, about this house too.

This house was known as an empty house. I had spent the past few days at this house, but there had never been a single person knocking on the door like today.

Therefore, on the day Rumdrax was supposed to come, someone knocking on the door of this house, which was known as an empty house, was more than just a coincidence.

Next was the clothes.

Rumdrax’s clothes that he used to disguise himself as an old man were too luxurious. This neighborhood was two blocks away from the downtown area, but this area was a place where poor people lived.

As the kingdom divided the living areas according to the people’s possessions or wealth, it should be difficult to find someone wearing a high-quality suit in this neighborhood.

That was also why I changed into a simple dress.

However, the elderly’s clothes were too luxurious to match this place.

The third one was his eyes.

People said that the wisdom of life would be reflected in the eyes of someone that had aged. They should be deep and dark. To put it bluntly, they should be dull. However, the eyes of the old man who just knocked on the door were lively and clear.

And finally, he gave me a decisive hint–The name.

The Anaide he said was a reverse reading of my name Diana’s

‘Rumdrax is really good at disguise.’

When he gave the last hint, it was then I could be sure that the old man was Rumdrax.

“I guess there are kids who can’t be fooled easily.”

Rumdrax, who heard my explanation, looked at me with admiration. He removed all of his disguise attached to his body but kept his face wrinkled.

A lively voice and a wrinkled face created a contradiction.

“Are you going to keep that look?”

“No.”

“The bathroom is over there!”

I thought he was going to keep his makeup on. When I told him where the bathroom was, Rumdrax suddenly tore off his face.

“Ugh!”

Janice made a weird noise as the elderly mask slowly fell off the face of Roomdrax.

Rumdrax suddenly had two faces! The old one on his hand and the natural face that he had.

I knew he had a mask on his face, but such a realistic mask, I couldn’t believe it!

“That’s amazing.”

It was a pure admiration that flowed spontaneously from my mouth in many ways. Both his mask-making skill and his appearance impressed me.

Bright silver hair, a high nose, and fair skin. It was really an eye-catching appearance.

“Is that your real face?”

“Yes. I would rather meet the person who got me out of jail in person.”

Rumdrax looked away and checked if there was anyone else besides Janice and me. I flicked my finger in front of him, and his eyes instantly turned to me.

“It was me.”

I pointed my finger at myself so that Rumdrax didn’t have any chance to doubt me.

Then Rumdrax frowned.

“You’re the one who got me out of prison?”

His eyes looked at me in disbelief.

Why couldn’t he even have any idea about it when he admired my developed thinking throughout the conversation?

“Yes, I am Diana Viola Irenberg, and I am the one who got you out of jail.”

“Ha? You? A kid? A child barely over half my waist?”

While leaving him to talk to himself, I pulled out the contract.

When I dropped the contract on the table with a bang, Rumdrax’s self-mumbling stopped.

“Wow! It’s the Dragon’s Pledge!”

Rumdrax’s eyes widened.

“Is this your first time seeing this?”

“No, it’s not the first time, but can I have a look?”

He was also good at lying. He was making a fuss like he had never seen it before.

“Look, it doesn’t even look damaged.”

Rumdrax held the pledge as if it were a very precious treasure.

‘It is a treasure if you look at the value.’

I let Rumdrax observe the Pledge carefully.

His eyes narrowed. When I saw his curiosity, I knew I had chosen the right thing.

The Dragon’s Pledge

It was a rare magic item made in ancient times under the curse of the dragon.

If a contract was signed using the Dragon’s Pledge, the contractor couldn’t unilaterally terminate the contract without the other party’s agreement.

Moreover, no one could violate the terms and conditions made using the contracts.

Hence, the curse would only die when the contractor died.

If anything, the royals referred to an outstandingly valuable item; the Dragon’s Pledge was it.

Though in reality, they couldn’t get it even if they had a lot of money since only a few of these rare magic items were left.

I could only say that I was fortunate that I managed to retrieve the Dragon’s Pledge.

‘I didn’t know this was in my mother’s safe.’

How did my mother obtain such a thing? And why did she keep this in the safe?

‘It would be nice if she could just give it to Father, or sell it.’

As I couldn’t think of any possible reason why my mother had this rare item, I looked at Rumdrax.

“Is it real?”

“Does it look fake? Should I rip it off?”