I'm A Villainess, Can I Die? - Chapter 108
Translator and Editor: Effe and Tea
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Chapter 108
A full night, when everyone was asleep.
Standing in front of the window of my room, I felt the silence of the night.
Actually, I didn’t intend to feel any silence at this time.
Normally, I would have just tucked into bed and slept. However, today I couldn’t.
I ate too much for dinner, and felt sick and couldn’t lie down. I had to lie down. I would sleep once I lay down. Because I can’t sleep standing up.
This is why I overate.
After taking a walk with Aiden and his teacher earlier, I returned to my room alone.
Then Jane was startled and asked where I had been.
It turned out that it was the day I decided to have a meal with my family.
I lost my focus to the wizard and had completely forgotten about it. About 30 minutes after the promised time, I hurriedly went to the dining room.
My family was waiting for me without eating. Even so, they never complained about my lateness.
They just smiled and welcomed me.
I was sorry and thankful for that, so I shoveled food right up to my throat in an attempt to show a good side of myself, so I got very sick.
I shouldn’t have done something so stupid.
My stomach was tight. A long time passed after taking the medicine Jane brought, but my stomach did not feel better.
I thought that I would not be able to sleep easily because of the bloating. I sat still, and after I came to that conclusion just sat there.
Even if I go to bed early, I won’t be able to sleep much anyway, so I just sat down and passed the time.
Even if I fell asleep, I would wake up at dawn drenched in sweat.
Anyway, it was the half month mark. The bright full moon gradually shrank into a half moon. It was probably a slender crescent moon on the day of the subjugation.
I pulled my knees up and buried my face between them.
Ah, I wish I could close my eyes like this and wake up after time had passed quickly.
So after spending a moderately peaceful and comfortable time, temperately opening my eyes…… In the end, the subjugation ended without incident.
Forget it. Let’s stop thinking about this.
First, the most urgent thing is to organize my memories based on the information I got today. I tried to dismiss the useless thoughts and recall the conversation.
I fiddled with the necklace I received as a gift from Sir Alogen earlier.
‘A magic that makes memories clear, or a magic that reminds you of the correct answer to an incident? Hmm…… There is no such thing. First of all, tampering with the memory or the mind is a taboo for wizards.’
When I asked about a magic that could make memories clearer or bring to mind the correct answer to an incident, Sir Alogen answered like that.
‘Ah, there is something similar to that among the magic tools instead. Actually……It’s more like a child’s toy or a superstition rather than a magic tool. Still, there’s something called self-suggestion.’
Then he rummaged through his sleeves.
No, how much was in those sleeves, every time he was searching for something, he took something from them. I thought about that for a moment and waited for the thing he would pull out.
‘Here it is. This is a necklace that is said to improve memory. It’s just how it was told. If you don’t mind this, I’d like to give it to the Lady.’
I nodded. Of course, I also expressed my gratitude verbally. Sir Alogen smiled, then handed me the necklace.
‘And I’ll give you this, too.’
What he held out was a ring designed to wear on the little finger. A thin silver ring with a small green gem set in it.
‘What is this?’
‘Use it when Lady is in an emergency. Then Aiden will come running.’
‘What? Me?’
Perhaps Aiden himself had never heard Sir Alogen’s words before, when his name was called, he widened his eyes and asked back.
Sir Alogen nodded and stroked my beard cheerfully.
‘Yes! You! Why? Won’t you come running when the Lady calls?’
Aiden’s gaze landed on me.
The green eyes did not waver. The bewilderment he had been experiencing soon disappeared.
‘Of course I will run.’
Recalling earlier memories, I glanced down at the ring on my finger.
In the end, I didn’t get the results I wanted. There was no magic related to memory.
However, it was not something to regret. By attending that meeting, I learned quite a few things I didn’t know.
Behind the scenes, black magic, red marbles.
As I put those clues together, it was clear that the countless things that I hadn’t known would gradually diminish.
Among them, this came to me as the biggest clue of the day.
‘There is someone behind the monsters.’
There was someone hiding behind the monster incident. It never occurred to me. Well, I need to know a little bit about how the incident goes so I can try to guess something similar.
It reminded me of the red marble that Sir Alogen held in his hand earlier.
It showed off a mysterious red ambience. Thinking of it crumbling in the wizard’s hands gave me goosebumps.
It seemed that the red marble was the medium to control the monsters.
When he took it out, no one was surprised. I was surprised, but it probably didn’t show on the outside. Anyway, judging from that reaction, everyone except me seemed to already know about the existence of the marble.
In this situation where I didn’t know anything, how could I have thought that there would be someone behind it?
So anyway, let’s just forget it.
Let’s just focus on who is behind the monster.
In the original story, nothing special happens during this period. It was all about Selena, the villainess, acting stupid and nervous.
That means there was no reason behind the incident at this time.
However, something got twisted because of me, and the background of the story had to cause an incident.
If so, what’s behind it…… Wouldn’t it be a person who has a one-sided relationship with me or is related to me in the slightest?
The things I changed were minor, if not trivial. Even if I thought hard about it, it meant that the things I had done were not so great that they would affect the entire empire.
First of all, it was just things that were within my radius of action? I went the furthest only to the capital. However, even that happened after the incident had already started happening.
In the end, the ‘person’ who will be affected by the changes in those trivial things…… It seems it was inevitably connected to me somehow.
Whether the connection was direct or indirect.
I felt like I was looking for something, just a little bit of an answer.
It would be nice if everything was resolved before that moon becomes a new moon. I buried my face in my knees again.
“For the great warriors of subjugation!”
“Yes!!”
Clank!
How many toasts is this already? Even if it’s a toast, I’m just lightly lifting a glass.
I looked at the liquid in the glass, then shook my head and lowered it. There was already enough alcohol going around.
If I drink this, won’t I soon walk on all fours? That shouldn’t happen.
I lowered my glass and looked around. There were bright smiles on everyone’s faces.
A bright smile that didn’t look like people who will go to the subjugation in the next two days.
In the evening, a small party was held in the banquet hall of the Duke’s residence. It was more of a get-together than a party.
The purpose was to boost morale ahead of the subjugation. The purpose itself was faithfully achieved. The exhilarating atmosphere and endless laughter proved it.
Familiar faces were mixed among the people who were smiling joyfully.
Lucas and Brother dealt with the people around them with kind faces. Father was talking about something with a friendly smile and firm eyes. Mother smiled softly beside him.
Also, Aiden, with a troubled look on his face, was caught on the spot with the wizards he had a conversation with last week. Ian with a hard face talked to new people next to the Doctor.
Familiar faces. Precious people. Are those smiles sincere, or are they just a mask?
My insides hurt. It was so bitter that I couldn’t stand it. It was hard to even look at the people around me because I was stuffy inside.
I moved slowly.
My weak legs staggered just a little bit, but fortunately it wasn’t enough to draw attention.
I arrived at the balcony of the banquet hall. A balcony where people can rest.
As I stepped out onto the balcony, the fresh, cold air hit my skin.
Oh, I felt better for a while. I leaned against the balcony railing and let out a hot breath.
I drank some alcohol and got a headache.
No, I should have never had such a delicious drink before. It was so sweet that I couldn’t keep up with it and chugged it down my throat.
Besides, everyone is toasting here and there in such a joyful mood, so what would I be doing alone?
Oh dear. I didn’t draw the curtains on the balcony. I have to draw the curtains to know the place is occupied.
As soon as I smelled the cold air, the alcohol rose in an instant.
My brain was muddled.
I dragged my weak body and took a few steps to draw the curtains on the balcony.
As the colorful lights were obscured by the curtains, I felt quite satisfied.
I returned to the railing I was leaning on and sat down. Then I twisted my body and looked at the scenery under the railing.
It was dark, so I couldn’t see very well…… There are many roses there, and there are many trees… … Ah, over there. There are a lot of lilacs there.
Even if I couldn’t see it, I could tell where it was. Because it’s my house.
This is my house.
Oh, my head rang. My body trembled as my head rang. Or was it because my body was shaking?
It would be the question of the century just like the question of whether the egg or the chicken came first.
I stopped thinking. Whatever I thought of, it would be useless anyway.
As soon as I stopped thinking, I leaned over to the side.
Stretched out on the balcony in a funny way, I continued to breathe heavily.
I thought the more I breathed in the cold air, the faster the intoxication flowing through my body would go away.
A thin moon was visible through the alcohol-blurred gap in my vision. It was an annoying crescent moon. An angry crescent moon.
“Selena.”
I was just pointing my finger at the moon for no reason, when someone knocked on the wall next to the balcony and called my name.
I knew who the voice belonged to, so I answered without getting up.
“Yes, come in.”
Suddenly, the curtains on the balcony swayed open. I closed my eyes against the bright light.
My, it’s so blinding.
The swaying, open curtains hurriedly closed.
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