@Tacitus said in The Villainess Speaks Not Vol. 2 Discussion:
The boy hired to spectate her poisoning and the swarm attacking her, seems to be death worm? Death worm was noted to be fixated on someone and the boy was fixated on her, both are also associated with apples. Death worm was noted to be summoned by the main family of the Bringers in this week's part. Is the duke really involved with the Bringers since he was checking her survival personally?
Agree that Death Worm and the boy are the same individual. I also believe he has the ability to control the miasma swarms.
@Tacitus said in The Villainess Speaks Not Vol. 2 Discussion:
The merchants from the empire seem to be targeting neutral nobles for whatever reason.
I think they are targeting the neutral nobles to avoid suspicion, and the "hexed" cloth they are selling is part of the conversion process for creating swarms.
@Tacitus said in The Villainess Speaks Not Vol. 2 Discussion:
Though the duke has been heavily implied to be involved, I wonder if it's a red herring. The "noble with a competent butler" rode a horse to the noble sector after the swarm, while the duke was noted to stay in the castle and unlikely to go home before Liliana could leave for her estate. Though I might be reading too much into that since whoever's targeting Liliana would need access to her bedroom, and unless that is a different plot from whatever the mystery noble is up to, her father is the prime culprit for messing with her sleep.
The Duke's family is said to swear loyalty to a single individual for life and for the Duke, that individual is assumed to be the original King (Riley's grandfather). So him wanting to resurrect the king could definitely be a red herring. Especially seeing as how his "deceased" brother devoted himself to the Duke, heavily researched magic and curses, and the butler should be loyal to both. Though I believe the butler is the one discussed preparing the "vessel", assumed to be Lily.