Team villains except me

Chapter 502: The Collapse of the Niedo Eucalyptus

The night is so deep that it seems like ink is about to seep out.

There were only a few hours left until morning, but the Rose Mansion was brightly lit.

Dooku and Arinshu were already asleep, Nolvia and Irene were sitting in the living room on the first floor, Ellit and Zhu Ying were at the long dining table, and Fiana and Shute were in their respective rooms.

The light was warm. It was a windy autumn day, and the whistling sound shook the roses outside the castle. The moon had disappeared.

Ochiev pushed the food cart and put warm coffee in the hands of Irene and Nolvia, then asked Zhue and Ellit what they wanted to eat.

Spider's dinner at Trentsiden was a long one, held in the very restaurant where she had first met Falanquin, and it was not only Applewood who dined with her.

She ate the snacks Fiana had prepared and shook her head at Ochif.

Ochef turned to Elliott, who waved his hands weakly. Ochef wouldn't give him what he wanted to eat. He didn't know if it was because he had indulged himself at Lanier or because of what happened tonight, but his teeth began to ache.

He didn't know exactly what had happened. Only Nolvia had been sent away by Francher, while he and Dooku stayed at Zanna's house. But he had a rough idea of what had happened. So when Arlinsh asked him what had happened, he gave a brief answer.

Short and precise.

"…Nedo Euan has gone crazy."

……

On the second weekend of the month, without warning, Antananarivo contacted all organizations in France and ordered them to launch an attack on Lanier's capital, Fortsu.

When Ben Alice received the order, she thought someone was secretly plotting something. She thought about many things. Perhaps Nedoan had been kidnapped, or the King of Lanier had discovered them, or perhaps Nedoan's order was too vague and had mutated during transmission into the message she was receiving.

She handed the work at hand to her teammates, and then she quietly found Bitti who was working in another city.

Beatty also didn't know what happened. Ben Alice and Beatty sneaked into France to look for traces of the Nedo Eucalyptus.

Nedoan hadn't been kidnapped. She was just haggard, her face frozen cold, the bloodshot eyes weaving like spiderwebs.

"I gave the order. There's no time."

Nedoan only said these two sentences. She did not explain, but just looked through her notes and issued one instruction after another.

Nedoan simply wouldn't listen to anyone, but Ben and Biti both knew that it was not the right time to rebel. Such a hasty decision was full of flaws and would easily lead to failure in the end.

Ben asked Bitti to stabilize Nedoan first, and then she ran to the lord's mansion to find Franche.

Franche also noticed this abnormality. She had blocked the news and suppressed all changes. When Ben found her, she was about to lead the female eagle to arrest Eucalyptus nedo.

French initially shared Ben Alice's thoughts, believing that Nedo had met with misfortune. However, after dispatching her subordinates to investigate, she determined that Nedo had made the decision himself.

She couldn't measure her disappointment. Betrayal had never disheartened her, but the one who betrayed her was Nedo An.

Where did the conspiracy begin, when did the betrayal begin? She had given her trust.

Her trust was strong, and she could bear the weight of the city of France. She believed she had made the right decision, and that she had not been deceived. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her, and she would not allow anything to undermine her plan or the city she was protecting.

She had called Norvia Riley back. She was monitoring all the students in the same college as Nedoan, and she knew Ben Alice was coming to see her.

This made her feel a little more at ease. Nedoan's assistant was unaware of this and had immediately sought her help after noticing something was amiss, which meant that Nedoan was the only one who was acting abnormally.

French said some comforting words to Ben Alice, but she still restricted Ben Alice's actions and asked her subordinates to put Nedo in jail.

During this time, she waited for Nolvia Leli to arrive.

Norvia Laili represented Musa. She trusted Musa, or rather, she admired the legend who stood only one step away from becoming a beast warrior. But she knew some things were easily corrupted. If all this planning was a conspiracy, if even a legend like Musa became an accomplice of the king, then tonight she would transform France into a completely free haven and release all the female eagles.

She had made all the arrangements, she had chosen her own grave, she looked at the endless sea, holding a dagger in her hand.

The worst-case scenario is that the war starts tonight.

Strangely, she wasn't afraid. She stared calmly at the sky beyond the sea until Nolvia Laili approached her.

"Something happened? Something to do with the Nedo Eucalyptus?"

The white-haired, blue-eyed mermaid asked her softly, having obviously noticed something unusual on the way here.

She turned to look at Nolvia Laili, her smile still appropriate.

"I'm sorry to bother you so late... Miss Laili, do you know what Nedoan did?"

Norvia shook her head.

"I don't know. But I'm friends with Nedo's teammates. He asked me half an hour ago to keep an eye on Nedo's mood and to send him a message immediately if she shows any unusual behavior."

"So you weren't involved in this, and you didn't betray me?"

"Yes, my lord, you can trust me."

Franche said nothing. After a moment, she nodded.

"You didn't lie."

Franche didn't believe Norvia's words. The divine item in her hand proved her truth. While she was researching Norvia Leli, she wondered why the mermaid was collecting divine items. Out of curiosity, she bought two of them: one to ward off spells, the other to detect lies.

She now felt that she should have bought a few more divinely gifted items. She also felt that she should have researched the life stories of these foreigners more carefully, especially the Niedo Eucalyptus.

Just as Franche was thinking about the Nedo Eucalyptus, her communicator vibrated at the right time and her subordinates sent her news about the Nedo Eucalyptus.

"...E. Niedo attempted to escape from prison."

Of course, of course, Nedo would escape.

Franche was not surprised, she made a gesture of invitation.

"Ms. Laili, now, it's time for us to go see Nedoan."

……

Norvia sees Eucalyptus globulus outside France's prison.

She had clearly seen Nedoan before, but the Nedoan she saw now felt strangely unfamiliar. Although Nedoan was short before, she always held her head high. But now something had changed.

Nedoeuan was like a trapped beast in despair, bumping around like crazy and confused.

"Nedoan, can you tell me why you chose to do this?"

Franche walked straight towards Nedoan. She wasn't angry or disappointed; even her tone was the same as before. She vaguely realized that Nedoan hadn't colluded with outsiders to betray her; Nedoan had simply...broken down.

But, can an emotional breakdown lead to the death of the female eagles? She has endured and planned for so many years, and the future of so many female eagles... She will also collapse, but she will not do the same as Nieduoan.

"No reason. This is my project at Lanier. I am the overall person in charge of this project. I have the right to decide the progress of my project.

Instead, you, Franche, why are you holding me captive? My time is limited, so don't get in my way. "

Nedoan looked at Franche and Norvia coldly. Her hair was messy and her nose and eyes were red.

"Nedo-an, this is not just your project."

Franche's tone intensified, her facade of aristocratic female eagle fading. She felt she and Nedoan were the same—they both cared about the female eagle's future. So, despite their different strategies, they were still traveling together.

But Niedoan said it was just her "project".

"Nedo, countless lives are behind your project. Even the slightest mistake will lead to failure. The future of the Lanier Eagles depends on what you consider a 'project.' This is not your project, and it is not a means for you to gain fame."

"What does it have to do with me? Why should I care about the future of you female eagles? I'm not a female eagle. What makes you think that I risked my life to come to Lanier just to help you?

I've told you why I came to Rainier. I repeat, I'm not a philanthropist. I work day and night here, bringing together various organizations, donating time, money, and effort, not out of obligation to help you have a better future. I want to dethrone the current king and elect any female eagle as king. That's my project."

Niedoan raised her head and gave a cold smile.

"As for the number of casualties, and whether the elected female eagle can defend this country, that's not something I need to consider, and I don't care. I want my project to be operational and to verify the results."

"impossible."

Franche's voice was restrained. She stared at Nedo Eucalyptus closely.

"I want to know why you want to accept the results now."

"It has nothing to do with you."

"Is it related to your family?"

Nedoan paused, then she looked at Franche with contempt.

"Have you checked me out? How much do you know about me... You know nothing."

"Really? I know you were adopted. Your mother was already very old when she adopted you, and her relationship with you was very dull. After you were admitted to Abersig, she fell ill, and you rarely went home."

"The relationship is dull? What do you know, Franche? You know nothing. You don't know what my mother sacrificed to save me. You don't know how hard she worked to raise me. You don't know the warmth of her palms. You don't know how tall she is. You don't know how much she loves me. You know nothing. You are just an ignorant, arrogant female eagle!

What are you so proud of! If I were an Eagle, I would do better than you. I would change Lanier and he would not be what he is now! "

When Nedoan finished speaking, her voice was as high-pitched as a strong wind sweeping over the hills. She was breathing heavily, as if she had used up all her strength.

Norvia understood one thing from Nedoan's words: the mockery Nedoan showed when he spoke of Franche's refusal to cooperate wasn't disgust, but envy.

It's not arrogance, it's inferiority.

Niedoan feels inferior because he is not from the Eagle tribe.

Franche also heard it, and she understood more. She understood why Nedoan chose Lanier, why he knew Lanier so well, why he proposed such a project, why he suddenly broke down, and why he wanted to speed up the project...

"Nedo Eucalyptus. Your mother is the female eagle that escaped from Rainier, right?"

Nedoan did not answer.

But Franche already knew the answer. Nedoan's mother was already quite old. The female eagles who had escaped long ago had always done so with the thought, "Only by leaving can Rainier become a better country, a country that truly belongs to us."

Back then, there was no France. Only the most cruelly abused female eagles would decide to escape. Their hearts bore indelible scars: a sense of betrayal, an uneasiness about leaving, a fear of foreign lands... These emotions profoundly affected them.

Niedoan's mother is sick.

Those strong emotions will surge out even more vigorously.

When sick, the old, stubborn female eagle becomes even more sensitive and fearful, and therefore even more xenophobic. A strange country, not being the daughter of an eagle, a homeland to which she cannot return—these things torment both her mother and herself.

That's why Niedoan hated not being an Eagle. That's why Niedoan wanted to change Lanier. Niedoan's mother must have described the country she longed for, believing that after all these years, her country would become the beautiful version she had imagined when she left.

Niedoan's mother is seriously ill.

Nedoan wants to give the perfect Lanier to her mother and wants her mother to leave without regrets.

She wanted to make her mother proud, even though she wasn't a female eagle.

Franche was silent for a moment. Then she asked Niederdoan.

"How much longer?"

Nedoan closed her eyes, grief emanating from her small frame. She trembled, and each word she uttered was difficult.

"...less than a week."

"sure?"

"My teammate is a healer. He's interning at the Temple of Medicine. He wouldn't lie to me."

"Nedo, declaring war now will surely lead to failure. Even if this month ends, this war may still have no conclusion. However, France is now the future of all cities after victory. France welcomes all female eagles. This is the best solution I can come up with.

I have a responsibility to my people, Neddo, and I will not let you ruin my plan. If you insist on starting a war now, I will not let you leave France.

Don't make me make that decision. We are not enemies."

……

Norvia didn't know what Franche and Nedoan talked about next. Her communicator rang. It was Joshua who contacted her using Yusli's communicator.

Joshua is concerned about Eucalyptus Niedo.

Nolvia told Joshua the general situation.

After the call ended, Nedoan and Franche seemed to have reached some kind of agreement. Nedoan looked much more tired, and so did Franche.

Fortunately, there will be no war tonight.

Nedoan is going to leave Rainier temporarily and she plans to bring her mother to France.

It was already late, and Norvia and the others still needed to return to Futsu. After the matter was resolved, Norvia, Elliott, and Dooku were finally able to leave the heavily guarded France.

In order to express his apology, Franche personally saw Norvia and the others off.

After watching Norvia leave, Franche looked at the calm and dark sea, his voice low and a little confused.

"Why, outside of Rainier, are mothers still considered noble and supposed to dominate their offspring... Is it because the mother of Eucalyptus globulus is a female eagle?

Fortunately, I don’t have a mother.

I won’t be that mother.”