Rehabilitate the Villainess

103 – Conversation

The Baslet family’s prison with a spooky atmosphere in the cold air. Clie was still unconscious in prison.

‘What should I do now?’

When Clie’s blood clotting disease reaches its peak, she develops a high fever. After that, she died unexpectedly after living for about a week with a strangely healthy body.

So if left unattended, Clie would be dead within a week. Clié’s fever was slowly dropping.

Of course, I don’t want it to end like this.

When Clie broke into the Azbel family. He obviously could have caught me and Sael right away, but Clie let me and Sael escape.

‘Considering how fast it appeared at the end, it must have been to play tricks.’

Invading the Azbel family in the first place was a mortal sin. Clie had to be punished.

That’s why he risked writing down a list of people close to Clie in the prince’s room.

‘Is the family closest to the Baslet family the Count Tedel?’

If Clie escapes, he will go to Count Tedel’s house. Because it was also the family with the most people who had friends with Clie.

The Count Tedel family was also an important family in the original novel. So I could handle them easily.

‘It should be easy.’

Imagine in my head the plan to completely shatter Clie, and I sent a letter to Count Tedel.

I also prepared magic tools to use on Clie. Thanks to meticulous planning, the situation went according to my wishes.

It would have been more perfect except for Shael, who was glaring at me from the side.

“My fiancé, who gave me a hard time at the Imperial Festival, won’t do anything just because the festival is over.”

“I have never suffered.”

As soon as he came to the Baslet family, he spent time with Shael. Of course, it didn’t take long because I had to take care of things and prepare for my revenge against Clee.

Even Duke Ezran was coming soon, so to be honest, I didn’t have much time to spend with Shael.

Did I make Shael suffer at the Imperial Festival in the first place?

Obviously not. It was me who suffered rather than her. To be precise, the me of the past, who secretly kissed her every night.

“You don’t leave me alone every night, are you doing it for the Imperial Festival?”

“Ha, yes. Next time, I will aim for five figures.”

“If you do, your lips will wear out.”

I rather like it. Shael’s lips are worn out.

‘For now, spending time with Sael is the priority.’

It was natural. Because my most important treasure was Sael.

Walking around the Baslet family’s mansion together, and making Sael’s favorite dessert.

We also talked together in the garden, which is my favorite place in the Baslet family’s mansion.

“No, did Duke Jespen really gamble?”

“It’s real. Her mother is scolding her father ⋯⋯.”

Shael looked at me, blurting her words. It was only then that she remembered that her fiancé also gambled.

Shael scolded me, and conversely, I talked back to him in a cool way.

Suddenly, Shael asked me with a serious expression.

“I heard that her father is coming soon.”

“Yes, I am.”

“Looking at it before, it looked really awkward.”

As if Sael was reluctant to speak, he looked at me. It was a rare expression on Shael’s face.

“You can speak freely.”

“It’s strange. What the hell happened to you that made you so awkward?”

That was a bit of a difficult question to answer. Even though he regained her memories after breaking Clie’s ring, his relationship with Duke Ezran was very difficult.

So you can evade it any way you like. You can say that our relationship has become awkward, or you can say that it was like that from the beginning.

But.

I didn’t want to keep it a secret from Sael. Even if it hurt me, she just wanted to tell Shael the truth.

At some point, I began to see Sael not as a woman I loved, but as someone I could rely on.

“I grew up with infinitely kind people.”

Before I became possessed, I lived with my aunt all my life without parents. I was telling Shael the story from before she was possessed.

“I can’t see it right now…. I grew up relying on only one person, so it’s awkward for me to lean on someone else.”

It was completely incomprehensible to Sael, who did not know that I was possessed.

However, Shael acted differently than I thought. She had a sad expression on her face, as if she was trying to empathize with me.

“I’m also sad that I can’t see her mother ⋯⋯.”

Daria Baslett. She was the wife of Duke Ezran and the mother of Eran Baslet.

It seemed that Sael mistook the person I mentioned for raising me for Daria Baslet.

‘Well, I guess I have no choice but to think that way.’

If anyone could have raised Eran Baslet, she would be the only one.

Her heart ached for some reason. I also had a strange feeling.

I didn’t want to leave even the slightest misunderstanding with Sael. So it would be right to clear up even this misunderstanding.

Strangely, I didn’t want to. I listened to Shael’s words, struggling to resist grabbing her throbbing hair.

“Who were you?”

“He was kind and strict at times.”

Shael nodded her head as if to say more. She said Shael was listening to my story.

I decided to tell Shael more of her story about her aunt.

“He really liked drinking tea. You could say she was madly in love with it.”

Come to think of it, there was something that surprised me as soon as I became possessed in a novel. The Baslett family, famous for their swordsmanship, had a surprisingly large number of tea cups and various types of tea.

‘The question is, no one in the Baslet family liked tea very much.’

I only saw Duke Ezran drinking tea alone from time to time.

Thanks to that, I was able to bring various types of tea and enjoy it with Shael, which was a benefit to me. Memories with her aunt came back again and again.

What did you like more?

“He was also very fond of gardens.”

The Baslet family’s garden. Among them, if her aunt saw the overgrown place where Sael and I were sitting, she would be very happy.

I haven’t seen anyone go in and out except for Sael and me, but it’s also a place that feels like it’s well-maintained.

“Your mother had a lot of good hobbies.”

It’s my aunt’s business. Of course, I didn’t try to change Shael’s words. She just nodded softly and looked up at the high sky.

Dense trees covered the sky. Even so, the bright sun was shining down on me.

As I looked up at the sky, frowning like that, a shadow fell.

It was Shael. Sael was hugging me warmly as if trying to soothe me.

It must have been hot since he was wearing so many clothes. But I never really felt the heat.

I just hugged Shael and looked at the sky. Sael and I supported each other for a while, leaned on each other, and leaned on each other.

Brush.

I could feel the presence in the dense bush. It was clear that it belonged to Duke Ezran. However, I did not separate from Shael.

It was thanks to the feeling of Duke Ezran’s will to never let him go because he didn’t want to be disturbed.

‘I’ll be able to talk to you soon.’

I had a lot to say with Duke Ezran, and a lot to hear. At the same time, there was a lot of heart to share and receive.

You will have to solve the awkwardness that is difficult to overcome easily, and you will have to listen to the story about the Baslet family.

‘And….’

I have to change my mindset that I keep thinking of him as ‘Duke Ezran’. I needed to think of him more as a family member.

It was going to be a very difficult and difficult job. I was a little nervous, but as soon as I hugged Shael more, I felt relieved.

* * *

Duke Ezran stepped away from the garden. It was Daria’s favorite place, so I came to take care of her, but thanks to Eran, I didn’t have to.

That doesn’t mean that coming to the garden was meaningless.

ㅡHe was kind and strict at times.

ㅡ He also liked gardens very much.

ㅡYou really liked drinking tea.

I was satisfied listening to Eran’s story. In Eran’s story, Daria seemed to have lived a pretty happy life.

Fortunately, the deal he had paid for everything in the past seemed perfect.

Duke Ezran remembered the past. Duke Ezran was thinking of himself making a deal with a very dark being.

It was a deal that gave everything, but there were many things that came back as well. Daria seemed to have lived a satisfying life too.

But there was no laughter. I didn’t even resent the existence that took away those emotions.

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Keup.

Dark red blood flowed from Duke Ezran’s mouth as he continued to cough.

The brightness of the blood, which was getting darker and darker, was telling us the symptoms of the disease that was getting worse.

Even with the unknown incurable disease he acquired as one of the masters of retrieving Eran, his expression was still calm.

Duke Ezran just went out looking for work for the Baslet family.