I Am The Last Villainess He Has To Kill

Chapter 108 – Steps Towards Tomorrow

Both Juan and Myu were a little surprised. The Miss, who couldn’t even say what she had to say, cut off his words before he finished. So far, Rosanne knew she would be rejected, so she was scared to confess until after facing reality for sure.

Even though she traveled all over the Empire for two years, she realized that her heart was like a frog in the well.

—“Don’t get too attached to just one person.”

Although the realization was short-lived, it had enough power for Rosanne to leap forward.

“Thank you for your concern, but I’m really fine.”

But, Juan looked down at Rosanne with contempt.

“Love belongs to those who conquer it.”

“I… I don’t think so.”

“Are you sure? You will always lose.”

“Though… it’s not something you can do without a heart.”

“It is. You spoke well.”

Juan stood up, frustrated.

“That’s because His Highness is forcing Lady Bella right now.”

Rosanne, who had been confident until a moment ago, cautiously looked up at him. It felt like a young bird that came out of an egg and met an eagle.

“He doesn’t care about that Miss’ feelings and the Crown Princess was already chosen.”

Myu was listening calmly and tilted her head.

“No way… Even if the Crown Prince falls in love with Lady Bella…”

Then, the floating stories flew through her head.

When Bella came up to the imperial palace, she was said to have followed behind the Crown Prince’s line. Most of them thought that because she had come from another world and suffered humiliation, she was given the convenience.

“Oh, my God…”

“Your maid seems wiser than Miss.”

Rosanne was also shocked to hear what Myu said. With everyone at a loss for words, Juan turned around.

“I must go see His Highness.”

“…What? Sir Ian?”

He had no choice but to ask for an audience as Juan Cruelle. Even though the risk was great, he couldn’t let go of the fish he’d been looking for for over a decade.

Upon arriving at the Cruelle family, Mary was very nervous with Shuria Cruelle in front of her. The famous silver-haired Cruelle… Although she had the exact opposite appearance to Bella, the atmosphere she exuded was similar.

“Hmm. Bella said she wants to place the mercenary under her command.”

“Huh? Yes, yes.”

Mary, who was looking at Shuria, fascinated, responded urgently.

“Don’t mercenaries hate being tied down somewhere?”

“There are not many jobs. These days, monsters rarely cause trouble.”

Shuria looked at Mary puzzledly. They were usually embarrassed to talk about the real situation, but to say that there was no work like nothing at all.

“You mean I just need to give you money?”

“Most of my mercenaries are people who left home against the objection of their parents. Me too. We can enjoy freedom only when we have money.”

“Haha. Yes.”

Shuria liked Mary, as Bella wrote in a letter to her.

⎡ Mary has a similar disposition to Lady Shuria, so you will like her. ⎦

Even though she didn’t like it at first, she was going to do it because it was Bella’s favor.

“Then, will you accept the first request?”

“Yes, what is it?”

“There is an abandoned bandit base near Daisy, and there must be a man with a silver-hairlike me.”

At those words, Mary nodded her head.

“If he is still alive, wait until he is dead and report it to the village.”

“Yes.”

Mary bowed her head and tried to leave without saying a word. The next moment, she suddenly remembered a figure passing through her head.

“…Excuse me, Lady Shuria.”

“What is it?”

“Could that silver-haired man be Juan Cruelle?”

Shuria frowned at those words.

“I thought you were a mercenary with a lot of experience, but you don’t use your tongue well.”

Mary shook her hand in bewilderment.

“N, no. I am telling you because I saw Juan Cruelle at the Imperial Palace.”

Shuria’s expression became more stern.

“…What?”

“He was using the name ‘Ian’ as an escort to Miss Rosanne from County Psilia. I only heard that Miss Rosanne saved Juan from Daisy.”

Shuria snorted and sneered.

County Psilia. It was nearby, but it was an insignificant family.

“…Are you sure?”

“Daisy was the first place I worked. You may not know, but I have seen Juan Cruelle and Lady a few times.”

Tap. Tap.

All she could hear was Shuria hitting her fingers against the armrests of the chair.

“…Hiding in the Imperial Palace?”

Bella was sitting on the sofa, sipping tea, all her thoughts about Rosanne.

‘Hmm… I’ll have to try digging Myu too.’

With each sip she took, she was reminded of the person around Rosanne.

“Miss, are you thinking of something else?”

“…Uh?”

As she sipped the tea, Bella raised her head and glanced at Jenkins, who was frowning at her.

“There are so many things that Miss brought right now that you said you would do everything. And you are thinking of something else?”

Jenkins pointed to the documents lying on the table right in front of Bella.

“No. I was listening.”

“What did I say?”

Bella glanced at the document at the top and looked at Jenkins again.

“About the nation… Fire Kingdom.”

“It is not. I said we couldn’t find the imperial palace financial report.”

“Right! I said it was going to say the imperial palace.”

Bella acted and raised one eyebrow.

“No. I was talking about the fact-finding at the nursery school that Miss said during the contest.”

Jenkins was sarcastic when he saw Bella falling for the questioning.

“Ah, I was confused because there was so much work.”

“Then, why did you bring so many? Miss, there’s no one else to help you but me!”

Bella just coughed in embarrassment.

“Even though the young master stopped you, you said, ‘Let’s go!’”

It seemed that Rohan kept thinking of Bella as an ignorant young lady who was only strong, so she did it more on purpose.

“Oh, I see. So what do you want to say?”

“Do your work.”

Rosanne was more important than this. She found a glimmer of hope to avoid eternal hell.

“And Miss now has to be in charge of the social circle.”

“Hey, how can I do all this by myself?”

“Young Master has been doing about three times more than this every day, so why are you bluffing when you’re useless?”

Although she was annoyed by Jenkins’ comments, she couldn’t refute them.

‘Well. It seemed that Kiehl couldn’t even take a walk.’

She knew very well that he was so absorbed in his work that he rarely came out of his room.

“As for the social world, Iwer can help for a while.”

“Iwer?”

“Miss entrusted the ladies’ meeting to Iwer.”

“Did I?”

Bella stared at Iwer, who was leaning on her chin as she lay on the floor.

“Isn’t there a cooking meeting?”

Jenkins was also a little surprised, and he looked at Iwer.

“Ha… haha…. They were curious about my cooking secret, so I made a small meeting!”

Bella tilted her head.

“…Noble ladies ask about cooking?”

The next moment, Pur flashed and raised her hand.

“I know what it is! The other day she taught me how to pick out big, hard ones!”

“…What were you picking?”

“I was told to me by a lady who was eliminated during the first contest! Their local eggplant dishes are so delicious! Hohoho.”

Bella glared at Iwer with a frown.

“Suspicious…”

“I’ll do it for you next time.”

And Bella pointed her two fingers to her eyes and turned to Iwer.

“I’m watching you.”

“Anyway, leave the friendship to Iwer, and Miss, take a look at these one by one.”

And Bella ran through the things she had to do in the future one by one.

‘Well, that’s how it happened. I need to let Kiehl breathe, too.’

For days after the Tea Party, Kiehl’s work was out of his hands.

‘How could Bella do it all of a sudden?’

Anyone could see that Rohan was territorial towards Bella. Within a few minutes after he said he was taking her as the Crown Princess, she was bombarded with work.

‘Ohu.’

There was an external reason.

The Imperial Palace was a poisonous place.

It was the same even before Kiehl went back ten years. When he reentered the imperial palace and desperately searched for Bella, it was deeply etched into his bones. In his position as crown prince in name only, he took pills that diluted his memory whenever he missed Bella.

So, he had to pretend to forget the fading memories so as not to forget them. How people would get sick of him if they knew his weakness was her, and how much they would threaten him with it…

Kiehl was still uneasy.

— “I guess I love you too much…”

Just a single word, a single kiss did not put his mind at ease. It was because he knew that Bella had tried to run away many times. As he let out a long sigh once again, without giving him time to gather his mind, there was a knock in his room.

“Your Highness. This is Juan Cruelle.”

Kiehl glanced at the door with slightly surprised eyes. He was sure Shuria Cruelle said she was going to take care of him.

“…Come in.”

Juan was standing in a pretty neat outfit.

“Long time no see. The carriage overturned and you went missing, but you seem to be alive and well.”

“That’s right. It seems that the goddess of fate is on my side.”

Kiehl looked down and glanced over the latest correspondence from the Cruelle family on the desk. The most recent letter was that Sir Herod Cruel was about to pass away.

“Are you surprised?”

“I don’t think Lady Shuria said she found you.”

“Aha. As Your Highness knows, it’s because I’m being chased.”

Kiehl stopped looking at the correspondence.

“Were you being chased? If that’s the case, I don’t think you should be coming here.”

“I risked my life to come here.”

“What is going on?”

“I will tell you directly. Please let go of that Miss.”

Kiehl sneered at those words before hiding quietly and living a miserable life.

“Does that Miss know that Your Highness has a bad past?”

Appearing like this, he used Kiehl’s weakness and threatened him.

“Wow, people are scary. You did it to make an innocent, ignorant person your own.”

“….”

“You have great tenacity, ten years ago and now.”

“Sir Juan. You have a long tongue*.”
[ T/N: Idiom meaning they are talkative/talks too much ]

“It’s as long as Your Highness’ obsession. What to do? I heard that that Miss doesn’t like obsessive men.”

“What you are doing is also an obsession.”

“Please let go of that Miss.”

At that moment, the black cat knocked on the window.

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