The Villainess Whom I Had Served for 13 Years Has Fallen chapter 61

61 – Ricardo’s Romance

I had a dream.

“Hey, messed up another blind date this time.”

“I didn’t mess it up, she was just too critical.”

“Seriously, someone who could cross the Pacific with their face alone.”

“If that were possible, would I be in this state?”

A typical neighborhood pub.

A blurry image of my past self, sipping on alcohol with fish cake stew as a side dish, flickered in my dream.

Same face, towering height.

The hair, not the fiery red it is now, but a glossy, jet-black mane from the past. In that moment, I was drinking with a former orphanage mate at the pub.

“Hey, it’s been a while. You scammer, running away with my money.”

I thought I’d be glad to see him after so long, but instead of joy, I felt an urge to lash out.

“You bastard.”

In my dream, I leaned over my glass, speaking to my friend. Playing around, I cracked a small smile, and the women at the adjacent table admired me surreptitiously.

My friend nudged my shoulder and spoke.

“Look, idiot.”

“Seriously.”

In my past life, I didn’t have a girlfriend.

Maybe my taste was peculiar.

Or maybe because my standards were high.

Or perhaps my personality wasn’t quite right, but I had lived past 23 still flying solo.

Reading novels was my sole hobby, and I was admittedly a dull fellow.

In a hushed voice that the woman at the neighboring table wouldn’t hear, my friend whispered to me.

“Stop reading those weird novels and try getting a girl. Who on earth dreams of heaven in a blind date?”

“I didn’t exactly say that. She was the one who said it first to me. Asked me what I’d do if everyone here liked me. I joked I’d take them all home.”

“That’s the point, idiot. At that moment, you should’ve picked the one you liked best.”

“Men should have broad minds.”

“Seriously.”

I chuckled softly, brushing off my friend’s words.

The me from the past liked novels.

It was good to see people like me, who grew up in unfortunate family environments, succeed in this world. It had been a long-time hobby of mine to watch protagonists who lived glamorous lives in a dazzling world, while my own life was filled with hardships. To be loved by beautiful heroines, and even by elves, was something I envied. Harem. It was an unbelievable story, but could I not indulge in such a fantasy once? After all, delusions are free. I hit my friend’s head and said, “But it’s a man’s romance, isn’t it?” “Crazy fool,” he replied. Looking at my past self, I muttered softly, “Not a single person was left out.” Too many. * A loud noise echoed. “Whoosh… Emergency alert…!!!” A noisy sound filled the mansion from morning. The energetic spirit of the young lady, who welcomed the refreshing morning, reverberated loudly on the second floor. Blinking my eyes, I welcomed the energetic morning as I stretched and sat up. “Ha-um… uh…?” Rubbing my eyes and standing up from the bed, I stumbled due to dizziness. -Beep beep beep- “Crazy…” [As a price for using ‘Rehabilitation Touch’ on a target tainted by black magic, ‘1% vitality’ was consumed.] Feeling a headache that felt like it would break me, I collapsed onto the bed. It was the aftermath of the force I had exerted last night. The pain in my head gradually spread to my chest. A pain as if my heart was about to burst. “Ha… haa…” I struggled to breathe properly.

It felt like my whole body was being pricked with needles.

A dreadful pain, as if my heart would burst, swept over me.

I clutched my throbbing chest and took a deep breath.

“Ugh… Haa…”

Since it was an ability that consumed my health, I knew there would naturally be side effects, but the pain that came was even more intense than I expected, leaving me speechless.

I clenched my teeth and restrained myself from making any sound.

“Pull yourself together.”

Compared to the agony caused by the dark magic, this was nothing.

I lay on the bed, breathing heavily, waiting for the pain to subside.

After about ten minutes, the pain that sent shivers down my spine gradually subsided.

I took deep breaths and tried moving my body.

I rotated my shoulders.

I even exhaled forcefully and checked if there was anything wrong with my body, but fortunately, it seemed to have no direct impact on me.

Perhaps it was because of the small percentage, but it seemed that my strength was unaffected.

There was just one nagging point.

“Achoo!”

I felt a slight decline in my health. I touched my sore throat and thought to myself.

“Sigh…”

Feels like I caught a cold.

It seemed that the aspect of vitality was influencing internally rather than externally.

I smiled at my handsome face in the mirror.

“Great.”

I walked silently towards the room of the loud lady.

“Excuse me!”

*

“Ugh… Ricardo. The sun is too bright.”

Once again, the lady engaged in a battle between the sun and her soul, not wrapping herself tightly in the blanket.

She had woken up from her sleep, but with a regret of not being able to dominate the dream world, she poked her face out through the window, facing the blinding sunlight and engaging in a fierce battle.

Pointing at the fluttering curtain, she said.

“The wicked sunlight. Take care of it.”

It was an unbelievable statement.

I grasped the edge of the blanket and shook it vigorously.

The tightly wrapped blanket fluttered, and the young lady curled up like a vampire, her forehead wrinkled in a fierce expression. She exclaimed, “Kkeueuug! Die… Die!” as if she had become a vampire warrior.

The scent of sincerity.

Although the young lady lacked talent in acting in her daily life, she transformed into a top-notch actress when she slept.

She blinked her eyes and looked at me.

I, who had interrupted her short nap, seemed to be resented.

“Ricardo destroyed the Chocolate Kingdom.”

“What’s the Chocolate Kingdom?”

“A dream I had last night.”

The young lady smiled happily and shared the story of her dream.

She described a gigantic chocolate palace with her hands spread wide and boasted that she had eaten it all.

While observing her smile, I couldn’t help but raise a small doubt.

“Isn’t it you who destroyed the Chocolate Kingdom?”

“No, it was Ricardo. I was just trying to eat it little by little.”

If the citizens of the Chocolate Kingdom heard this, it would be shocking news.

After finishing her story about the dream, the young lady flopped down on the bed. She looked as wilted as an unwatered plant.

It seemed like the hangover from yesterday’s drinking spree hadn’t subsided.

With trembling hands, the young lady asked for water, and I kindly handed her warm honey water.

She raised her thumb.

“As expected of Ricardo. Always well-prepared.”

“No, just the most handsome and perfect servant in the world.”

“…But something’s stuck on it.”

“Just drink your honey water.”

I brushed off the young lady’s realistic complaints with honey water.

“Hoo… Hoo…”

Clutching the honey water tightly and blowing a gentle breeze, the young lady worked hard to cool down the drink for her survival.

A comical scene, heavily influenced by the hangover.

She clung to the honey water like a life source but was taken aback by the appearance of an unexpected guest.

“Bearrr…!”

The young lady cast a fierce gaze at Gomtangi, whose sparkling eyes were wide open.

Gomtangi, tail swishing feverishly at the scent of sweet honey water.

An odd fellow who preferred honey over meat.

With a tail no larger than a baby’s finger, Gomtangi sought encouragement, wagging it to express his intentions.

“Goo-oom.”

“A pitiful master, give me some too,” Gomtangi, a humble companion creature, coveting the owner’s honey water.

Ignoring Gomtangi lightly, the young lady focused on the honey water. However, startled by Gomtangi’s hefty gestures, she felt a sense of threat to her life and exclaimed, “Get lost!”

“Goo-oooom!”

“I said scram! It’s mine!”

“Goo-oo-ooong!”

“Ugh! If I don’t drink this, I feel like I’ll die… Ugh…”

“Do not vomit here.”

“Ugh… I feel terrible.”

The young lady was suffering from a hangover.

As Gomtangi continued his hefty movements, the bed trembled slightly. Alongside the trembling bed, the young lady’s teacup started to sway, creating ripples.

Thud. A strong impact hit the bed.

“Ouch, hot!”

The young lady’s leg was splashed with honey water.

I rushed towards the young lady’s leg, where the honey water had spilled. It wasn’t scalding, but I doubted whether the delicate leg could endure it.

Swiftly pulling away the blanket covering the young lady’s leg,

She stared at her leg with a dazed expression.

“Huh?”

I called out to the quietly sitting young lady.

“Why are you just sitting there! Quickly…”

An awkward gaze met.

Looking at her leg with impaired vision and me, who had removed the blanket, I stopped in my tracks upon seeing the pale leg.

My face flushed.

Meanwhile, the young lady was blushing for a different reason.

I murmured softly.

“Bear panties?”

“Eeek…! No!”

She was a lady wearing modest underwear.

***

After a commotion.

The lady pointed to her leg.

“It was hot.”

In the embarrassed lady’s darkened complexion, I clenched my fist and said.

“It was hot?”

“Yeah.”

The lady vigorously nodded and didn’t take her gaze off her awkward leg.

I asked the lady again.

“Really…? It wasn’t hot from spilling on your hand?”

I tried to hide my excited emotions, but my trembling voice couldn’t conceal the hope I felt.

The lady couldn’t feel the sensation in her legs. Due to the severed nerves, she lost the sensation in her lower body, and she couldn’t feel the heat or the tingling in her legs.

In the lady’s excited eyes, I dropped the towel in my hand.

“Is it really true?”

“Um… Well, it felt hot.”

The lady blushed, pinched her leg, furrowed her brows, exaggerated a little ‘ouch,’ and opened her sparkling eyes.

Two years without feeling the sensation.

The lady still seemed awkward, pinching her leg and feeling pain.

Despite my impatience, I continued to question her. Worried that her legs might not move.

“Moving… Can you move?”

The lady tensed up and started exerting force on her forehead.

“Let me try for a moment.”

Concentrated lady.

“Eeek!!!”

With a loud shout and a forceful effort, I found myself unconsciously clenching my fist in support.

“…Ricardo.”

The lady looked at me with a gloomy expression and spoke.

“I need to go to the bathroom.”

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It still seems impossible to move.

“Is it a big one?”

“It’s impolite to ask a lady such things.”

“…A lady with bear underwear.”

The young lady shouted while looking at Bear Tang.

“Ask!”

– Growl!

“Ugh! Don’t bite me! Bite him!”

Bear Tang, as expected, obediently followed the owner’s command.

Watching that scene, I clenched my fist.

‘Thank goodness.’

It seemed like I might be able to solve the problem that had no answer.