12 – The Villain Doesn’t Play
“⋯I’m sorry I interrupted you.”
This was what Duke Jespen said to Shael and Eran, who were looking at each other.
He turned his head to the side, but at least his eyes were on his daughter.
To think Shael was caressing Eran’s cheek. It is absolutely unbelievable.
The corner of his mouth was raised before he knew it. I was thinking that the rumor that Eran and Sael were in intense love was true.
No matter how much Shael was silent in front of the rumor, it was Duke Jespen who couldn’t believe the rumor at all.
At this, Shael stiffened.
Why on earth did he come in now? The situation was so bad.
“Hmmm, if you want each other so intensely, can we get married?”
Duke Jespen said while hiding a smile.
Eran and Shael were only engaged, and the date of the wedding had not even been set. That’s why Duke Jespen had a lot of worries.
However, an opportunity like this is coming. There’s no way I won’t catch it
“⋯That might take me a while to think about.”
Eran said in trouble. Fortunately it was Even if it wasn’t her, Eran rejected it instead.
She’s in a situation where she lies when she tries to say something of hers, so she just chooses to keep her silence.
“I like it.”
Ah, even the silence didn’t go his way. Shael’s mouth was moving on its own.
At her words, Duke Jespen grinned and said.
“I don’t know how you made my daughter this far.”
“⋯.”
It was Eran who was taken aback by those words. Of course, Sael, who would normally enjoy being embarrassed by him, felt the same way.
More than Ran was surprised, she was also distraught.
If you can’t even be silent, what on earth should you do? I don’t know how long the medicinal effect will last…
“Then why don’t we set a date for the wedding in advance?”
Hearing her words, Shael thought. If the negative goes to the positive, wouldn’t the positive go to the negative?
“Yes, I like it.”
But even that was a wrong idea. Come to think of it, it was a pill that would only tell lies.
So no matter what she did, she would lie.
“Yeah, hahahaha! I’m the only one who can’t figure this out.”
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That was before Eran spoke her words. Duke Jespen hurriedly left before then.
Because Duke Jespen wanted grandchildren. Moreover, it was because he thought that Eran was the only one who could accept Shael, who had a bad personality.
“What should I do?”
“⋯What is it?”
She was supposed to remain silent at Eran’s question. Still, she asked back as if what was wrong with this situation.
“⋯.”
Damn the auctioneer. In her mind, she cursed the auctioneer.
I was told that she would only lie, and that an overdose would reverse her behavior, but I was not told that she would not even be able to remain silent.
Someday, the auction house will be ruined.
Inwardly, she ruminated against the auctioneer.
Bastard. Dog-like guy.
⋯ A guy worse than Eran.
Those were the biggest curses she could do.
No, the one worse than Eran canceled. No one could be worse than that.
Because I’m a crazy person who curses at my fiancé all over the place and even draws a knife.
“⋯Shael?”
“What?”
It was fortunate that I was able to speak crookedly. It was a comforting fact.
“Are you crazy?”
Eran speaks bloody words. Normally, he would have sighed and asked if he was crazy, but now he wanted to say that he was crazy.
Why did you eat the pill there? Even though it was short, it was too short. Did I have to take pills?
Not at all. No matter how much you wonder about the truth of the medicinal effect, shouldn’t you try feeding it to someone else?
No, even if you said you were taking medicine, why did you take that pill in front of Eran in the first place?
She must have gone mad, Shael thought.
“No, that’s normal.”
But she was a Sael who couldn’t even say that she was crazy. Fortunately, Eran didn’t look at him strangely.
Because someone knocked on the door.
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Knock-tock-
“Come in.”
The lady-in-waiting, Astin, came in. Judging from her blushing face, it was clear that she had overheard her conversation with Duke Jespen earlier.
“The Duke calls.”
Duke Jespen calls. This meant only one thing. Everyone in the Duke’s family will know all about this by tomorrow.
Shael got up from her seat. This, too, was not of her own will.
So she followed Astin to her big door. She was a restaurant in the Azbel family.
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When I opened that large door, I saw the Duke and Duchess of Azbel.
The Duke of Jespen was talking to his first wife, Enella.
The appearance of a very spleen couple. Doesn’t it look like he’ll convince the two of them to get married?
Just like this without consulting? Shael couldn’t help but panic. She had no idea that her father would be so ignorant.
Aside from Rin herself, who gave her false answer because of her strange pill, she created this place without even listening to Eran’s opinion.
She thought Eran was just a pure and kind person, so she must be like that, Shael thought.
She might be cursing ‘she’s ⋯ a dog on the inside’.
Yeah, her own fucking fiancé, Eran, was in fact the owner of her vicious personality.
Shael and Eran sat down. Then Shael’s mother, Enella Azbel, asked.
“⋯Did you really come to like Eran, Shael?”
“Yes, I’m sure.”
No, not at all. She was Shael who was thinking that way. Of course, my mouth spewed lies at will.
The corners of Enella’s mouth also went up like Duke Jespen and couldn’t come down.
I finally see my grandchildren. That was both of their thoughts. The Duchess’ question, Sael’s answer, and Eran’s silence.
By repeating this, the meal was over. Eran suddenly took Shael’s hand and left her mansion.
“⋯So, explain what happened.”
“⋯.”
Of course, Sael couldn’t answer. Yes, it was because the medicinal effect was still continuing.
“Do you really like me?”
“Yes, I like it.”
It was Shael who wanted to die by biting off her tongue. Why is this person asking such a question?
“⋯How much do you like it?”
I hate it enough to want to kill it. But the answer never came.
“I love you to death.”
“⋯Is that so?”
Eran was grinning. Something was wrong with her. Why are you mocking me instead of panicking?
“So, why are you taking strange medicine?”
“⋯!”
You knew that. Eran said she knew she did it because of the pills.
“I’ll let you go.”
A weak wind blew from Eran. Then, her body felt lighter.
The effect of the drug has finally been released. If so, she had decided what Shael would do.
“⋯Did you know?”
“Yes, why the hell did you eat that?”
“⋯.”
Shael was silent and glared at Eran. Still, she was relieved inside.
What if you heard that question while the medicine wasn’t working?
I was wondering if you liked me, so I would have given the same weird answer.
Relieved, then annoyed.
“What the hell, why didn’t you release it sooner?”
“It was interesting.”
“⋯ Ha.”
A situation where I would have cursed normally. However, another thought popped into her head.
If so, is it because Ran directly solved her medicinal effect yesterday?
“Perhaps, yesterday’s incident…”
“Yes?”
“No, no.”
But Shael decided not to ask. Yeah, what if her own fiancé likes her or hates her?
The important thing was that she hated her fiancé.
So the villainess ignored my curiosity.
*
The next day.
I was sitting in front of Shael today as well.
“How about learning magic?”
“⋯You must have said no the other day.”
It was one of the things I have been proposing to her lately. Learning magic to protect oneself.
Of course, it wasn’t easy. The duke and his wife must have suggested and persuaded countless times.
But persuasion is not the only way.
“You will learn.”
“⋯I won’t learn even if I die.”
“Even though my fiancé, whom I love to death, recommends?”
The villainess glared at me at those words. Then she said, “I’m sorry,” She said with a laugh.
“⋯Did I say that?”
“Yes, I did.”
“Oops, I can’t remember.”
She was an evil woman who pretended not to be pretentious. I pulled something out of her arms.
Wow
“Do you know what this is?”
“That’s my snake bead⋯.”
“No, it’s mine now.”
“What, what?”
I wasn’t the one answering her absurd questions. It was a bead.
-‘Hmmm, if we’ve come to want each other so intensely, can we get married?’
-‘I like it.’
She raised her eyes and looked at me.
-‘Yes, I like it.’
-‘I love you to death.’
“⋯Ah.”
Shael sounds like an idiot.
“As you know, it is a snake orb that can store its voice whenever it wants. It cannot be manipulated.”
“It’s…”
“Isn’t it?”
“⋯.”
Yes, this was one of the steps to rehabilitate the wicked woman.
In order to deal with the villain, catch her weakness.
⋯And intimidate.