Even being able to maintain a normal state of mind in the face of an enemy's assassination, this could not be explained just by having a "big heart."
Therefore, Barbara, Meela, Taeko, and Chelsea all clenched their hands tightly, the expressions on their faces very conflicted.
"Late tonight... they will make their move."
After struggling for a long time, Barbara finally sighed and helplessly revealed the resistance's plan in its entirety.
"I thought you would lie to me; what changed your mind?"
Kerridwen was somewhat surprised; Barbara had lived in the imperial palace of the Northern Country for such a long time without revealing the assassination plan, which was enough to show her loyalty to the resistance.
And now, when asked by Kerridwen, this old woman had completely lost her previous sharpness and instead became peaceful.
Clearly, something she didn't know had happened...
"Because during the time I lived in the Northern Country, I discovered one thing."
"The Empire doesn't think about the common people at all; the resistance has some, but not much, and most of the time is spent on distributing benefits... The only one that truly thinks about the people, and even takes action to realize its ideas, is the Northern Territory Empire you created."
"So I choose to pledge my loyalty to you!"
Barbara took out a short staff from her bosom, which immediately caught the attention of the three apprentices beside her.
"Is this the deputy leader's token?"
"Teacher, what are you doing?"
Upon seeing this token, the expressions of the three apprentices immediately changed; the reason their Assassination Society had such a high status within the resistance was due to the deputy leader's appreciation and the token given by the higher-ups.
As long as this short staff in Barbara's hand remained, they would always be treated as friends by the resistance, even if they were to leave the resistance in the future.
But Barbara directly ignored the gazes around her, forcefully snapping the staff that served as the token, and threw it on the ground like throwing away trash.
"Haha, you are really interesting!"
Watching this incredibly familiar scene, even Kerridwen couldn't help but laugh, but the faces of Barbara's three students were filled with confusion.
"Teacher, why?"
"Because we have already been abandoned by the resistance!"
As someone who had been struggling in the assassination world for decades, Barbara, after exploring during this period, completely understood the resistance's intentions.
She and her apprentices were bait, just to attract Kerridwen's attention, while the real killing blow had already been prepared in the dark.
As long as there was an opportunity, the people from the resistance would probably take action against her directly, or even brutally kill her apprentices!
Since you are heartless, don't blame me for being unrighteous!
The attitude of the resistance had truly angered Barbara, which was why she was so determined to rebel.
And after hearing about the darkness of the resistance from their teacher, the faces of the three disciples also turned terrible.
They had almost focused all their attention on life in the Northern Country during this time and hadn't thought in this direction, and now...
"This is simply too much!"
"That is why we need to seize this last chance at survival!"
Either be killed by the resistance or be killed by Cerydra... So, in order to continue living, along with her three disciples, Barbara chose to surrender.
"A wise choice!"
Cerydra's strategy of recuperation had truly made things difficult for both the Empire and the resistance; they could neither defeat the other side nor prevent their rise... That was why they decided to take such a risk, even going so far as to sacrifice the members of the Assassination Society!
However, this also gave Cerydra an opportunity, an opportunity to increase her subordinates!
Don't forget, Cerydra still had the task of recruiting subordinates; she had to recruit five characters from the original work as her subordinates.
But currently, there were only Esdeath, Najenda, and Lubbock... Since the final battle was approaching, Cerydra should consider increasing her mission progress.
"Then, leave the matter of the resistance preparing to assassinate me to you all to resolve... my lovely Golden Descendantss!"
As a drop of crystal-clear golden blood dripped into Barbara's mouth, her body began to grow younger and fuller at a speed visible to the naked eye...
The Assassin, who now looked like a dried-up stick, had once been a beauty with a fine figure!
"I will not let you down!"
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