Chapter 46: Ruthless and Gentle

DAHLIA'S POV

“I..It was Dahlia! S...She was the one who did this to me! S-She was manipulating us this whole time! She's the real de...cough—” He wasn't able to finish his words when he coughed up blood, making his state become pitiful, especially in the eyes of his people who were looking at him with worry and sympathy.

I glanced at Kaleid and raised my brows. “He can talk?”

Kaleid smiled and nodded his head while he leaned closer to my face, stealing a kiss from me.

“Yeah, I didn't cut off his tongue because he still had to have his tongue in order for him to spout nonsense and talk to his loyal believers to clear his name because they wouldn't believe us if we probably felt Mayor Phil's tongue and would just think that we were lying.” Kaleid explained, making me fell into a deep thought and couldn't help but feel relieved.

I almost dug a pit for myself. It was a good thing that Kaleid saved me from the pit that I dug.

“Damn! It's that Hail Family again! I told you that they are cu