When The Villainess Loves - Chapter 10

The reason he hates our Leticia unnie is because his and her personalities don’t match.  I liked his unconventional personality.

 “ Now I’m saying this because I don’t want to let you go”,  said I to him while smiling softly.

“It’s not a big deal, Sir. After sending out a lot of people, I suddenly thought of it.”

The silver-gray eyes without much emotions in them, the eyelids which covered the vigilance, were peeled off. Eugene De Bolton is currently a free knight of the Imperial Palace, but he was on vacation on his own. The position of a strong free knight was so powerful that no one could say anything about him. Originally, he would return for Ariel’s sake, to stop Leticia-unnie bullying Ariel after the events of the original begin.

“Do you expect me to come back?”, asked he in a tone that was hard to read. I shook my head immediately and he tilted his head slightly in response.

“Why did you come to the palace in the Empire?”

He has been frowning but faithfully answered the question that he skips strangely.

“There are many strong men in the Empire.”

It was a roundabout way to answer to a certain extent. One strong man he wants to meet is Cain, the Duke of Irick. In the original the Crown Prince took advantage of the differences between Cain’s and Eugene’s personalities to create a deep rift between the both of them. He even used Ariel. He did not hesitate to make false accusations. And so the crown prince triggered a fight between them.

“Strong man, I see.”

There was no winner. One lost his honor and an arm while putting his life on the lin, meanwhile the other one lost his life.

“What are you going to do once you meet someone strong?”

“I will fight them.”

“Until one side dies?”

“It’s not a dogfight.”

But it is a dogfight.

“I see”, nodded I and got up from the grass beneath me. It’s been quite a while.

“I don’t wish fo you to return. I just think I’d like to see you in an unrestricted state for once.”

I belatedly gave a specific answer to the earlier question.

“Every time I’ve you, Sir Bolton, you looked frustrated.”

“You’ve taken a quite close look”, Eugene, who was still listening, replied with a smile. I just laughed because it was an innocent and comfortable look.

“I hope you meet a strong man who will satisfy you as soon as possible.”

With that said, I picked up the handkerchief I had sat on it.

“I’ll wash it and give it back to you, Sir Bolton.”

“…….”

There was a strange silence for a moment. Eugene, who looked at me silently for a moment, suddenly burst into laughter.

“Why?”

“No, your highness will wash it for me? Hahaha!”

“Then should I just give it back to you like this? “

“No, it’s not that, hmm, hmm.”

Eugene, who barely calmed down his laughter, extended his hand with a pleasant smile unlike before. It was a polite gesture full of playfulness.

Oh, because of this handsome guy I can’t keep my heart still!

I was stunned by his happy touch all the way back under his escort.

For about three days like that, I chatted leisurely with Eugene while I spend my time with him as my companion similarly like before. with him about the same time as my first companion. It was a really special experience. The stories that Eugene had experienced while traveling, which weren’t mentioned in the book, were surprisingly very interesting.

“Oh right, Sir Bolton.”

I decided to bring up the business while he was much more comfortable than before.

If I do it like this now, I think he’d take the favor as a favor.

“About the strong man you’ve mentioned before.”

“Ah yes, Your Highness.”

He smiled again at the sincerity of washing and ironing his handkerchief myself and turned his head with a smile on his face.

“Have you ever heard of Duke Irick?”

At the moment, his expression hardened slightly. Then, he looked at me with a determined look and replied in a relaxed manner.

“I have heard his name before. They said he is a shadow knight.”

That’s all? Didn’t you just come here because Cain is rumored to be the best knight in the Empire?

I explained, looking at him pretending not to know him well: “He usually stays in a space where only the royal family or people authorized by the royal family, can come in and out. It’s hard to see him unless he comes out on his own. What do you think?”

“What do you mean?”

Eugene’s eyes were shining brightly despite him pretending not to know.

Oh, he looks so cute, although this man has a dazzlingly beautiful face.

“It’s about your wish to compete with someone strong. He’d be a great fit for your goal. If you were to compete with him, you wouldn’t be tied to the palace anymore….”

The more I talk, the more his eyes sparkle.

“I thought he’d be a great opponent. What do you think of this?”

“Of course, I think it’s great.”

Pff, I burst into laughter. The answer that came out as if he had waited was so cheerful. He also had a smile on his face.

“Oh, good. Then shall we go?”

“Thank you for that.”

Eugene quickly reached out his hand. I burst into laughter again and accepted his escort.

But to my dismay, before we could set off, I found unnie‘s fourth memory.

“Oh, I forgot about the date!”

By calculation, today was the third day. Ugh, I was possessed by that face. He seemed to have responded calmly, but what is this composure of him? It was very clearly possessed.

“There’s blood coming out again.”

I sighed while looking at the blood on my hand and wiped it off with a wet towel. I’m lucky no one was there. Fortunately, there were two hours left until the appointment with Eugene. I will go directly to the Duke, but because of my low stamina I had extra time to relax. As I washed my hands and got ready to set off, I reflected on the new memories.

The memory of a four-year-old was also quiet. My unnie, who was staring blankly at the sky outside the window, somehow looked a little sullen. Small Leticia-untie was so quiet that I didn’t hear much of her during the four fragmentary memories I’ve received till now.

“It’s too bad“, I mumbled and buried myself on the bed. Now that I’m ready, I’ll sleep a little before I depart. After I woke up on time, I left the palace in a hurry. But as soon as I came out, I met Eugene.

“Eugene? What are you doing at the palace?”

“I walked because I was bored to just stand around “, said Eugene while I listened to the ridiculous excuse to the end and smiled brightly at his face.

“Oh, I see.”

“Ugh.”

We certainly got close faster than I thought. I haven’t even introduced you to the Duke yet. Eugene, who had been embarrassed for a while, gradually lowered the corners of her mouth while looking at me.

Oh, I’m probably pale.

“Your Highness.”

I answered first to the serious look on his face, before he could say more: “It’s because I’m too weak.”

He tilted his head slightly at my words and looked at me, the he laughed scornfully and said: “Oh, really?” The smooth smile felt incredible, but it didn’t matter. The smile itself was so dazzling. I stumbled overpowered with the sudden emotions.

“Your Highness, are you sure you’re all right?”

You, you destructively handsome man!

I shook my head weakly while looking at him sorrowful: “It’s all right, let’s go.”

“…….”

He, who looked at me with a slight disapproval, stood next to me and clicked his tongue once. His hand, which was supporting me, was cold, but I was very excited nevertheless . I decided to prepare my mind while I was on the way to Cain.

Cain, the Duke of Irick. He was one of the three sub-male-leads along with Eugene and Herace. Of course it was said that his appearance would be on par with Eugene.

“…happy.”

“What?”

Oh, why do I feel so happy all of a sudden?

I shook my head to Eugene who looked at me curiously .

“Nothing, let’s go.”

Eugene looked at me with a very strange look for a moment, then we walked off together.

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At that time, Rox, a doctor of the imperial family, was looking everywhere to slow down the progression of the princess‘ disease even a little. In fact, the emperor summoned him while he was quietly investigating by himself. After Rox confirmed her illness to the emperor, the emperor ordered him without saying much.

It was to actively cooperate and carry on with what he was already trying to do. In other words, it meant working with selected people. He has been really busy the past few days.

“Is there really no one who knows about the fruit of Trojan?”

The fruit of Trojan. It was a legendary panacea, the only gleam of hope that he had found. In fact, it was too vain to even be a gleam of hope. He was now clinging to this, since he couldn’t yet figure out the relationship between Raphaelis and mana.

“Oh, well, maybe he will know something about it!“

“Ripley, if you know anything, tell me!”

However this is the palace of the imperial family. It was a place where the most prominent members of the empire accumulated.

“Ripley. Hurry!”

The emperor said to select the most prominent people in the palace. And he told me to pick up the best ones among them again and work together with them on this topic. There was no warmth in the face of the emperor while he said so. Trying to erase it from his memory, Rox pressured his junior impatiently.

“What do you hesitate about?”

However, even the carefully selected doctors shook their heads. He was pretending to be researching and received the advice to stop his research before he’d fall too deep for it. Rox was furious. So here he was, in front of a junior who was a herbal maniac, where he finally found a clue.