Re-Overlord: I Can Acquire Anything!-Chapter 83: Deep Conspiracy?

As soon as Igaris heard their real names, his eyes narrowed into slits.

"It couldn’t be just a coincidence, could it?"

But as he continued questioning them, the truth slowly unraveled, stripping away the last layer of doubt.

They were indeed Aluna Woodinson and Daisy Brown, the two people he hated the most. His former fiancées.

Despite being engaged at the age of 8, after the collapse of Earth, he had cherished them as true friends. He once dreamed of marrying them both in a grand wedding, a beautiful union meant to solidify the bond between the Vance, Brown and Woodinson families.

But that dream had ended in a blood-soaked betrayal.

It was their families who orchestrated his family’s downfall. Yet, in his eyes, Aluna and Daisy were equally guilty. Despite being childhood friends, despite all they’d shared, they hadn’t lifted a finger to stand by him. Not even once.

There had been no sympathy. No messages. No mental or emotional support. Just cold silence.

The hatred and disdain they showed after the engagement was broken had carved itself into his memory.

How had it come to this? They used to laugh together, dream together... talk about raising a family of three.

Had it all been a carefully crafted lie?

Aluna and Daisy were completely unaware that the man they were sharing their secrets with was Igaris. Believing him to be just another powerful Summoner, they let their guard down and revealed everything, even the fact that they were World Divers.

At the mention of this, they eagerly offered him a proposal: they would help him escape this broken world and bring him to Orca, where he could live a better life and join them on various explorations across realms.

Igaris said nothing.

But his grip on the sword tightened.

His eyes slowly turned crimson, glowing with bloodlust. His aura became suffocating, terrifying once again.

"Hey... why are you still looking at us like that?" Daisy asked, her voice trembling. "We’ve told you everything, haven’t we?"

Aluna also flinched under his intense gaze. The icy calm she usually wore on her face began to crack. There was something deeply familiar in the way he stared at her, from a certain person from the past.

It was the gaze of a person who once looked at her with love, but now... looked at her as if she had committed an unforgivable sin.

"What do you want?" she growled, her eye spiting fire.

"Your life..." he said through gritted teeth. "My name is Igaris Vance."

As soon as he revealed his identity, he drove the Silver dagger straight into her stomach.

"Puchi!"

It sliced through Aluna’s fragile body like butter.

"You... what?"

Aluna’s eyes widened in shock as blood poured from her mouth and stomach with a gurgling sound.

"Ahh!"

Daisy screamed, unable to believe what she was seeing or hearing.

"H-How could you be him?"

"Stop this madness at once, Igaris!"

"Please!"

Daisy cried out, like a desperate lamb, as she watched Aluna’s body collapse in agony.

"Daisy," Igaris sneered, his voice dripping with scorn, "you think I would listen to you after what you and your families did to me?"

His gaze lingered on Aluna’s crumpled, dying form. A cold, vindictive satisfaction lit his eyes as she gasped for breath.

"You’ve gone mad, Igaris! We weren’t the reason for your family’s demise!" Daisy shouted.

"I know that..." he spat. "It was your families who betrayed us. They broke the treaty and informed the Emperor about the Earth State’s secret rebellion. I know everything. I know it all!"

Paah!

Then, without hesitation, he slapped Daisy hard across the cheek. The sound cracked through the air as her head whipped to the side, her skin turning red with the mark of his rage.

"And you two... you never protested," he continued, voice trembling with emotion. "I thought of you as friends. I thought you as my family. But you betrayed me. Treated me like a dog. Just so you could crawl to that bastard Adrian... the bastard who broke my legs."

His voice dropped, dark and final.

"You all deserve to die."

Daisy stared at him, disbelief twisting her face.

"Wait... our families did what? Since when? Isn’t everything that happened your own fault?"

Igaris paused for a moment.

"What nonsense are you spouting now, Daisy?"

"Yes, seriously," she snapped. "We were told you raped the Emperor’s daughter in your own home. That’s why he took revenge on you and your family. There was no rebellion. No secret plot. You are the reason your family was destroyed, Igaris. Not us."

"What... Ridiculous," Igaris said, snickering bitterly. "I still remember the day my father, bleeding out on his deathbed, told me the rebellion had been leaked by your families. The other four betrayed us. That same day, I received the report of my brother Izroth’s death on the battlefield. And then... Adrian stormed our home and broke my legs. They made me only a cripple so I would live in misery."

"Exactly!" Daisy snapped, her disdain bleeding through every word. "The Emperor made sure you suffer because your unforgivable crime. That’s what really happened."

Igaris’ eyes squinted. But he found no traces of lies in Daisy’s words.

"So what exactly is going on here?"

"Are they being manipulated? Or... is it just me who is manipulated?" he muttered under his breath.

His gaze shifted to Aluna, who was coughing up blood uncontrollably.

"Save me... I don’t want to die," she pleaded weakly.

"I have Cell Restoration Medicine, Igaris. Give it to her. You can still save her," Daisy added, pointing to the pouch near her thigh.

Igaris, confused and uncertain, hesitated before reaching toward her pocket.

If they were truly manipulated... then he had made a grave mistake in attacking them.

Though the deep love from the past was gone, a faint sense of responsibility from the promise they once shared still lingered. He couldn’t let them die. Not without uncovering the full truth. If he did, he might be playing right into the enemy’s hands.

So, for now... the two girls were spared.