The Villain Of The Horror Game Dreams Of The Heroine Every Night - Chapter 113
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Chapter 113
Celine could now read the flow of magic. The curse meant for Leonhard washed over her without effect. All she could feel was a shiver down her spine.
Leonhard murmured, still leaning his chin against her head.
“If I can’t use magic as you did then, what will you do?”
“It’s better than Leonhard killing that person.”
Celine spoke earnestly.
The game was over, and he had escaped the fate of becoming a villain. Nonetheless, the curse intricately woven by the warlocks might not have disappeared completely.
They couldn’t just sit back and relax.
Despite the fact that she had been discussing with Leonhard about ways to find and eliminate the warlocks, she only found extreme rejection. So, knowing the reason well, she couldn’t strongly assert herself.
‘Now that I won’t come back to life…’
Whether she liked it or not, she was now wholly a part of this world. She couldn’t recklessly exploit her status as a player who would revive indefinitely as before.
Celine quietly slipped out of Leonhard’s embrace.
“Let’s go down quickly. Lou seems anxious…”
“Just a moment.”
Then, he strode towards Cordelia’s remains and rummaged through them with Rashr.
‘…As expected.”
Something sparkled amidst the black blood, looking like nothing but filth.
“What’s….that…?”
“It must be the mark of the princess.”
“….”
“I heard that Cordelia Unsorem… was very proud of the fact that she was the Empire’s princess.”
…Proud enough that she became a warlock for the Empire.
Leonhard swallowed the rest of his words. Whatever the motivation, becoming a warlock had been her deliberate choice.
He picked up only the sparkling jewelry, ignoring other remnants.
‘His Highness Ricardo would surely like this.’
While descending from the mountain after tidying up, Celine abruptly stopped in her tracks.
“Why are you stopping?”
“…I forgot about Lute Dave.”
“I thought you deliberately let him go.”
“Leonhard!”
“He must have fled by now.”
He shrugged.
The reason she was able to subdue Lute Dave was due to the innate difference in their magic. Still, she had poured out her magic to kill Cordelia, and the difference in the leftover magic might have been enough to let Lute Dave escape, considering his skill as well.
And Celine grimaced as she explained this fact.
“Why didn’t you explain this earlier?”
“It’s too late to chase him now.”
“….”
“And I have a feeling he didn’t run away.”
“You think he’ll go back to Count Sharpe for help again?”
“Who knows.”
Leonhard shook his head.
“He must have had a reason to cooperate with Cordelia. He won’t leave here until that’s resolved.”
“What could it be?”
Leonhard didn’t answer.
While there were guesses, it wasn’t enough to tell Celine.
It wouldn’t be too late to talk about it when things became certain.
“Lord Leonhard!”
Count Sharpe came running out as soon as she received the report of their arrival.
“You have returned safely. But, what about Lute Dave…?”
Leonhard stated simply.
“He was a servant of the warlock.”
“….!”
The Count’s eyes shook uncontrollably.
“And I have something I want to discuss in private.”
Her face contorted at those words. Just knowing that Lute Dave was a servant of the warlock made the situation sensitive enough. It was not clear what even more had to be discussed.
A while later, Count Sharpe sighed in a tiny windowless room.
“I see. Princess Cordelia…”
“Don’t address her with titles.”
Leonhard warned.
It was fortunate that Count Sharpe had some knowledge about Princess Cordelia Unsorem’s fate. If she hadn’t, she would have had to obtain the Imperial Family’s permission to announce the fact that the Princess was a warlock and died on her estate.
“Currently, she is just a sinner.”
“Still, she was once a princess.”
“As far as I know, the two of you have never met.”
“Yes. The Princess was like that… before I was born.”
Count Sharpe looked down at her hands.
“Still, she was a princess, so I admired her. She was exceptionally talented. When I heard that she hadn’t actually died, it felt like the sky was falling.”
“I was a little surprised. I knew it was very rare for people to know her.”
“That’s right.”
Nodding, Count Sharpe looked directly at Leonhard.
“My father was always afraid of something. I couldn’t understand the reason until I became the official successor. On the day I became the official successor, my father told me.”
Celine held her breath.
She could easily guess the contents Count Sharpe was about to reveal.
“After being expelled from the imperial family, the Princess came here first. Until then, no news came, so my father gave up everything. He even revealed the secret entrance to the mine that only the lord and the successor could know…”
“So, Cordelia was in the south all that time?”
Count Sharpe nodded.
“We tried, but it didn’t quite work out. Instead, a significant number of magic stones stored in the mine for the future disappeared.”
“…You must have paid a high price.”
Even though Celine was taken aback by Leonhard’s somewhat cold tone, Count Sharpe seemed to understand.
“It was a wrong choice to extend a hand to the Princess. It was only natural that the relationship between the Imperial Family and our house could never return to what it was before.”
Celine had to make an effort not to show her surprise.
The refusal of the Imperial Family to respond to the desperate distress signal from the South was rooted in deep-seated resentment. On the other hand, there might have been fundamental faults in the imperial Family that concealed the fact that the Princess was a warlock, but she couldn’t bring up that topic here.
“…It was a big mistake to refuse the rescue request.”
Although there was no subject in his statement, everyone knew who it was referring to.
“Thank you.”
Count Sharpe raised the corners of her stiff mouth slightly.
“Please be cautious in the North as well. The recent rumors were unusual…”
“I won’t deny that.”
“You can always ask for our help.”
“I feel reassured.”
Leonhard expressed his gratitude briefly and then stood up.
“Can you arrange a carriage to Livron Castle right now?”
“Right now, you say?”
Count Sharpe looked momentarily puzzled but soon smiled.
“That’s very Lord Leonhard-like. Please wait a moment.”
Celine reclined her body comfortably on the plush seats of the carriage. Now, there was no reason for her and Leonhard to share the same carriage, but it was hard to imagine being separated.
‘I’m so tired…’
It took quite a bit of time to travel to Livron Castle.
It was all because of Lou.
Lou tried to follow them all the way into the carriage, then broke two luxurious carriages before eventually giving up and choosing to ride on the roof of the carriage.
At first, Count Sharpe had prepared various ornate carriages adorned with various carvings for distinguished guests, but after the fifth carriage broke down, she gave up and provided a sturdy carriage.
The interior of the baggage carriage was quite cozy, as it was decorated by more than ten servants bustling around.
Leonhard, leaning back in his seat, also gazed at her with warm eyes.
“I’m so very tired.”
“You’ve been through a lot.”
“We don’t have to pursue Lute Dave?”
“….”
He hesitated for a moment.
“Lute Dave is not someone I can do anything about.”
“What do you mean?”
“I can only execute warlocks or those suspected of being warlocks.”
“….!”
“I’ve come across those kinds of people quite a bit. Those who try to manipulate me by taking advantage of the fact that they’re not warlocks yet….”
Leonhard spoke bitterly.
“Even if I were to chase and capture them, there’s nothing I can do.”
“You can detain them!”
“I don’t even have that authority. If this were the North, as the heir, I could make immediate decisions, but… that’s not the case here.”
Silence fell.
Celine swallowed a gulp. Although he was hiding something from her, she was a little afraid to find out the reason.
“…Leonhard, that’s not the only reason, is it?”
He winced.
“If that’s true, then it’s a problem that I left Lute Dave alive. I’m not even a noble.”
“The Hunt family was noble for at least two generations.”
Leonhard corrected, but Celine didn’t back down.
“I wasn’t originally a noble. I was even lower in status than Lute Dave.”
In an instant, an absurd impulse arose in his mind.
If her lower status than the County’s wizard were a problem, then marrying her would solve the issue. However, because it was not something he could speak out loud, he kept his mouth shut, taking a deep breath and trying to control himself as much as possible.
“Leonhard?”
Celine looked at him with concern.
“Did I say something wrong?”
“…No.”
He exhaled heavily as he replied.
“You’re right. There was another reason I didn’t chase Lute Dave.”
“What is it?”
“I left a mark on Lute Dave.”
“….”
“He was clearly scheming something. I’m not sure if it’s related to Cordelia, but… if I were to kill him, I’d never know the truth.”
“Why didn’t you tell me that?!”
Seeing her face was genuinely angry, Leonhard forced a bitter smile.
“That’s a problem I could handle on my own. I didn’t want to burden you with more.”
“Leonhard…”
Celine felt something welling up in her chest.
Since the day the game collapsed, she and Leonhard hadn’t undertaken particularly dangerous missions. While they had taken down several top-tier monsters, their honed skills from traversing through stages had made it easy to resolve them.
However, it seemed he had a different perspective.
‘Or perhaps it’s because I stopped him, who was trying to kill Cordelia, and ended up killing her instead….’
Celine looked directly at Leonhard.
“First of all, thank you. For thinking that way about me.”
“….”
“But now, I can’t live without you by my side, Leonhard.”
“….!”
As she covered her mouth, Leonhard’s face turned red.
‘What am I saying…?!’
Celine wanted to rectify the situation and hesitated, but once the words were spoken, they couldn’t be taken back. With a feeling of wanting to bury her head in the ground, her head drooped.
And at that moment, a trembling word reached her.
“…Me, too.”
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HeathBar
C’mon you two, just a liiiiiiiiiittle more…!
Thank you for the translation! 😘