Rehabilitate the Villainess

42 – Strange Promise with the Villainess

An old book that Ruel gave me. It was easy to realize that there would be information in this book that would be of great help to me.

The first thing I noticed was the preservation magic on the book. It was a magic that had been put too much effort into betting on a book.

As soon as I opened the book, I could see why. From the first chapter, the details written in detail were very important.

This book was about having to go back to the past.

If Ruel came to the past, this might change the happy future. No, of course it will change.

Slight changes can make a huge difference.

But there was a very simple way to prevent that change.

The pearl that Ruel gave me. This was to be handed over to Ruel, who would one day be born.

If that happens… what happened to me now will happen to me in the past.

It was clear that the future me also sent Ruel for this reason.

In other words, in all time zones, I will meet Ruel from the future.

If that time passed and Ruel was born and raised, she would have sent him to the past for a while.

Is this possible?

I don’t know.

To be honest, it was complicated enough to make my head pound.

But it was written that way in the book I received from Ruel. So I just believed.

Flutter

I turned over more books.

Many things were written. Some of them were recipes that complemented the recipes Sael would love to death.

Once I closed the book. My head is pounding. I was the one who poured out my magic to penetrate Ruel’s magic circle.

I needed a break. You can go to the Baslet family as it is.

But I went in the opposite direction. The destination was the Azbel family’s mansion.

* * *

An empty Azbel family’s cooking room.

Incongruously, someone was concentrating on cooking.

“⋯⋯ What are you doing?”

“I’m making muffins. Can’t you see?”

I didn’t ask for that. Now… It was a time when the Azbel family’s cooks were engrossed in demonstrating their skills.

But Shael is cooking alone.

It was clear that the villainess had kicked out the cooks.

I’m your employer, so it doesn’t matter?

Anyway, that wasn’t the point.

Shael was making muffins without a recipe.

“Where is the recipe Kayla gave you?”

“⋯⋯ Has turned into a blank piece of paper.”

Come to think of it, Ruel was hugged by Shael right before they parted ways. It is clear that the paper was stolen then.

As expected, it is Ruel.

“I’ll make the muffins for you later, so why don’t you go to your room first?”

Sael suggested it because it was impossible to make perfect muffins without a recipe.

At those words, Shael smiled confidently.

She said arrogantly, as if she was proud of herself.

“I don’t need you anymore. From the ingredients to the order, I memorized everything.”

While doing so, Shael pointed to the ingredients piled up in the corner.

Surely, the ingredients for the muffins of the recipe Ruel gave were placed there.

But there were also strange ingredients mixed in. Even ingredients that would never go into a muffin.

The most important ganellajet powder is Gapriet root. And Baniel’s juice… With basil powder.

There are more than one ingredient brought by mistake.

Could it be that you memorized only the first letter?

Isn’t it?

But I’m sure I don’t know why.

⋯⋯ Because the villain didn’t have a good memory.

My face rotted at that thought. The evil woman confirmed this and said with a grin.

“Please sleep while using the air purifying magic tool.”

“⋯.”

It was an order not worth answering. I grumbled.

“Then, may I not serve dessert from now on?”

“⋯.”

Shael is silent for a moment. There are only two recipes she claims to have known.

There was no way the villainess would be satisfied with that.

So Shael could not hastily nod his head at my question.

The wicked woman shamelessly shook her head.

Before I could say anything more, Shael turned her head as if she were going to start cooking.

The problem was after the wicked woman started cooking.

“Bring me that.”

“Here you are.”

I couldn’t refuse an order from Sael, who was engrossed in it.

“Take this away.”

“⋯Yes.”

“Leave this too.”

The villainess took my favor for granted. If we go on like this, there will be no end.

She’ll pull out the snake’s orb next, she promised.

But Sael no longer gave me orders.

The villainess was concentrating on cooking alone. Normally, she would continue to make me do chores.

⋯⋯ What is it?

Anyway, it was a good thing for me.

I leaned against her pillar and started to rest watching Shael.

Shael works hard at making muffins. Wrong ingredients aside, the order was also messed up.

I sighed and looked out the window. Some time passed like that.

I turn my head at the sound of metal. Shael was handing me a tray. Something was placed on top of it.

Shael has finally finished cooking.

“⋯Would you like to try it?”

To offer me muffins that the villainess would love to die for without even trying them first. It was very surprising.

But it wasn’t long before I found out why.

“Are you asking me to eat this?”

An object strange to be called a muffin was placed on the tray. It looks like it will get sick after eating.

Actually, it was the expected result.

Shael, who couldn’t even remember the order of cooking, had no way of knowing the amount.

Because the ingredients were wrong in the first place.

The result was obvious.

So the wicked woman handed me the muffins first.

“⋯⋯Your fiancé made it hard for you, are you rejecting it?”

“⋯How would you eat something your fiancé worked hard for first?”

I barely got it back. The villainess treats me as her fiancé only at times like this.

“Take it.”

“⋯I don’t like it.”

When we had a brief confrontation like that. The door to the kitchen, which had been firmly closed, opened.

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Kikiiikㅡ

It was Duke Jespen who entered. He was smiling like he was excited.

Seeing Shael handing me a muffin didn’t seem to be the reason.

In that case…

If it wasn’t for Sael, there was only one thing he would smile at. It was only related to her wife, Enella Azbel.

Duke Jespen, who confirmed Shael, quickly put the ingredients he was holding into the magic bag.

Did you come to cook for Enella?

It was clear that Sael and I interfered.

Duke Jespen, who hardened his face for a moment. Then he opened her eyes wide as he looked at the tray containing Sael.

“⋯⋯!”

He was looking at him as if he wanted to eat Sael’s muffin.

At this, Shael handed a muffin to Duke Jespen.

Duke Jespen ate the muffin with a look of emotion on his face.

Those muffins that don’t look appetizing at all.

“⋯⋯Delicious!”

But what came out of Duke Jespen’s mouth was completely different from what I expected.

Is that delicious?

To be honest, I couldn’t believe it. Could I be lying for my daughter?

Shael also looked at Duke Jespen with a questioning gaze. Then Duke Jespen spoke.

“It is clear that it resembles the excellent cooking skills of the lovely Enella.”

This time, his words were sincere. It wasn’t like Enella-sama couldn’t cook.

You really think those weird looking muffins are delicious?

Duke Jespen continued. It was a tone that felt a little urgency.

“⋯Enella. I miss Enella. ⋯⋯Then let’s go.”

Duke Jespen hurriedly left. Feeling strange for some reason, I amplified my hearing with some restored magical power.

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It was the sound of Duke Jespen coughing.

The love of Duke Jespen for his daughter was great. He even eats unknown food deliciously.

My future daughter, Ruel, is a good cook.

She turned her head to Shael.

After watching her muffins closely for a moment, Shael stood up from her seat holding her tray. Shael was walking toward her room.

I also followed Shael to her room.

Suddenly, we were sitting facing each other in Shael’s room.

Shael reached out for her muffins on her table. She then took a bite of the muffin.

“⋯⋯.”

Shael, who was frowning on her face, placed her muffins. At the same time she made excuses to me.

“⋯⋯I definitely made the ingredients and order right.”

Not at all. The material was strange. The order was messed up.

“Is that so?”

“⋯The recipe must be wrong.”

This, too, was not true. But I didn’t bother to correct it.

Why?

Because what I said won’t change anything.

It was clear that even if I gave her a proper reason, she would be of no use to the villainess.

Even when faced with a difficult situation, he does not try to find a solution. Just blame something else.

That was the villainess.

So she’ll just blame something else this time.

I just expected that.

But not this time. Shael, who was silent for a moment, opened her mouth.

“You will make the dessert yourself.”

Shael was looking for a new way. It was meaningless to say it with an infinitely serious expression.

Shael added.

“⋯⋯ Forever.”

I looked at Shael with an absurd expression. Then she said Shael grumbled.

“⋯There is nothing else to do.”

I didn’t mean to add to her request. But I didn’t really care.

Resisting the laughter that was about to leak out, I also spoke to Shael.

“⋯⋯Yes, I’ll make it for the rest of my life, so don’t worry.”

To make dessert for the rest of my life.

It was a strange promise with the villainess that anyone would laugh at.