Rehabilitate the Villainess

11 – The Evil Woman Regrets

A day has passed since Sael served me tea. As usual, I was drinking tea with Shael.

However, even today, Sael seemed strange to her. She feels like she’s lost her will. Of course, that motivation is used when it bothers me, but…

Even so, I had my doubts. Why did the evil woman suddenly lose her will? Could it be because I drew her sword?

For that reason, she was a villainess who ridiculed me many times after I drew her sword at her.

“Why are you so weak?”

“⋯Never mind.”

After saying that, the villainess bowed her head. Seeing the evil girl doing this, who was only trying to bully me, made her feel bad.

I wished that her villainous wickedness would go away, not that her ambition would go away.

Then, how can I get my usual bad girl back? After thinking about her, I immediately spoke to her.

“You look stupid.”

“Ha.”

At last, she was the villain who glared at me as usual. ⋯Does this method really work?

But after a while, Shael lowered her head again. What method should she use this time?

What came to mind was magic. There are various magics in this world, and of course there are fancy magics as well.

Mysterious magic makes you feel good just by looking at it. More than anything, I thought that it would be nice if Shael was interested in her magic and she would learn magic.

Her Because she needs her strength to protect her.

So a flame rose in my hand.

“⋯All of a sudden what?”

“Fire magic. Isn’t it pretty?”

“⋯Who didn’t know that and asked?”

She still focused her eyes on my hand. If you were from the Azbel family, a famous family of magic, you would have lived your life watching magic until you got tired of it.

But the villain is different. Because the wicked woman up until now had rejected magic. For some reason, the villain in the novel does learn magic.

But it was no longer a novel. The evil woman, Shael, is alive and breathing in front of me. And a lot has changed because of my intervention.

While thinking that, I used magic. A flower made of flame bloomed in my hand. The villainess made it because she liked flowers.

Of course, the reason she likes flowers is that they are easy to trample, which is a bit unusual, but…

I’m going to go into detail.

A flower blooming in my hand. That kind, too, was probably her favorite rose.

The rose made of flame looked like a red rose.

“Do you like flowers?”

“Yes, I like it.”

“You also like to trample flowers.”

The wicked woman looked at the flower in dismay.

“⋯Don’t trample this flower.”

“Ha, do you think I’m an idiot?”

“If you just look at a flower, you will trample on it.”

“⋯.”

Shael is glaring at me. It seemed that such an action had rather slightly regained her usual motivation.

So this time I had another idea. I thought I should say something that would be of some help to Shael.

It was to rehabilitate the wicked woman even a little.

“How nice would it be if I just looked at it like this even then?”

“Right now… It’s hot, you know?”

“Even some common flowers have thorns that can hurt you.”

Shael was silent.

“If you just look at it, wouldn’t you enjoy it longer?”

“⋯.”

The flower in my hand withered before she could answer.

This time, what I made in my hands were small birds made of ice.

“Do you like cute birds?”

“I like it.”

“So you passed among the birds then?”

“⋯ What is that?”

She was talking about the time she was following the wicked woman. After she saw the wicked woman trampling on the flowers, she dared to see the wicked woman passing among the little birds.

The wicked woman saw the little birds in my hand.

“How nice it would be if you could just look at me like this even then.”

“⋯.”

The villainess was silent. However, seeing that she didn’t curse at me like usual… I could think that it might have worked a little.

Now it was my turn to invite her to learn her magic.

“How about learning magic?”

“⋯It’s annoying.”

⋯Of course, it wasn’t easy to make the villainess learn what she hates.

Because the villain is very stubborn.

*

She couldn’t bother Eran as usual. The reason was that I kept thinking about yesterday’s events.

This person didn’t actually hate me? I can’t believe it.

Come to think of it, Eran could directly break off her engagement. After all, he was the son of a duke.

However, Eran never tried to break the engagement. Even when Sael ignored Eran, even when he bullied him.

I can’t figure it out. If Eran didn’t hate himself, then what on earth was that foul habit of mouth?

-‘Bitch like a dog.’

What Eran said to him in the past came to mind.

No one can say that to someone they like. It was a natural fact that Sael, a villain who had no interest in dating, knew.

“You look stupid.”

Ran said to herself who was lost in her troubles. Yeah, she can’t say that to someone she likes.

However, Shael lowered her head again. She felt as if Eran had said those words to comfort herself.

This is nonsense. How can that word sound like soothing to oneself? She herself, like my fiancé, wondered what had happened to her hair.

It was the same when the fiery rose bloomed in the fiance’s hand. She seemed to be working her magic for herself.

And it was when small birds of ice were created in Eran’s hands.

“How nice it would be if you could just look at me like this even then.”

When she heard that question, another thought popped into her head.

Surely, what she did to the little birds would seem strange to others.

Her favorite birds roam and squirm on the ground, and she dares to pass between them.

So what about you?

What the hell do you mean? If the effect of the drug, which would only tell lies, was real…

It means that your fiancé likes you.

Then why on earth did she curse at her fiancé, saying that she was a bitch like a dog?

No, why didn’t he hate himself in the first place?

She never knew. She obviously thought he would hate her. Because she’s been bugging him for a long time.

So Shael stopped thinking about her. Okay, shouldn’t we just check if the effect of the drug is real?

So she secretly took out her pills in front of Eran. Then she put the little pill that was over half full into her mouth.

“⋯What did you eat?”

It was the sound of Shael chewing a pill. She looked at Eran.

Now, she will say that she hates Eran very much. Because the effect of this pill would be fake.

However, this choice was one she would regret very much.

“⋯I like it.”

“⋯ Yes?”

No, it was a choice I would regret for the rest of my life. A twinkle shone in both of her eyes.

You mean the medicinal effect was real?

But the important thing now was not the medicinal effect. The problem was my fiancé, who was flustered after hearing my words right in front of me.

“⋯That, this… So…”

I was so flustered that I couldn’t even speak properly. Oh, I have to make an excuse quickly. Quickly, I must say it was a joke.

“⋯What did you say..?”

“⋯I really like it.”

Of course, those words of excuse also turned out to be lies. It was Shael who had become an idiot because he was so flustered.

“What the hell is this?”

My fiancé got up. She was coming towards herself.

What should I do?

Yeah, if words don’t work… You can justify with actions.

So she tried to slap the approaching fiancé. After that, they will run away. For now, you have to endure alone until the effect wears off.

She slammed her hand down on her fiancé.

Wow!

Of course, that sound was something she had come up with. The sound of Shael slapping Eran’s cheek. I should hear that sharp sound.

But she heard something different than what she had thought of.

Pook

She was covering Eran’s cheek with her hand. Like a lover It was then that I remembered the auctioneer’s words.

ㅡ’When using it once, you should use it in very small amounts. If you take a lot at once, you will not only say the opposite, but also do the opposite.’

Come to think of it, she swallowed more than half of the remaining pills whole.

⋯ Oh, it’s ruined.

Why the hell is he touching Eran’s cheek?

If even the action were to be reversed, wouldn’t it be that she should stretch her own arm back rather than touch the cheek?

She resented the auctioneer.

Can’t you even run away? Of course, that was impossible. Rather, she moved closer to Eran.

“⋯.”

“⋯ What?”

Eran expresses a question. The two were looking at each other from an incredibly close distance.

Shael was silent. Eran was also silent.

There was silence for a while.

Of course, that silence was broken when Duke Jespen entered.