Rehabilitate the Villainess

7 – A Villainess Worse Than Poison

Sael and I reported this to the family.

Someone instigated poisoning to kill the bloodline of the duchy. And the poor maid got caught up in it.

The duchess of the Azbel family, who loved her second daughter, were furious. Then the next day was obvious.

Two dukes move to find the person who touched the bloodline of the Azbel family.

The Azbel family, famous for magic, and the Baslet family, famous for swordsmanship.

It was obvious that somehow they would catch the culprit. Because they were two dukes with power comparable to the imperial family.

For now, leaving the work to the two families, Sael and I were in Sael’s room as usual.

However, it was a little different from usual. It was because there was a maid, Astin, between them. Astin shuddered at her strangely terrifying atmosphere.

“It’s obvious that the Azbel family will find it first.”

That’s what the villainess told me. Of course, I couldn’t stay still. Even at this time, Astin was trembling as she shrank her body.

“Wouldn’t it be obvious that the Barsletts would find out first?”

“It can’t be.”

“⋯.”

“This is the Baslett family, famous for their swordsmanship.”

“The Azbel family is famous for magic, right?”

It was Astin who was silent. Did she ever fight? You must be thinking…

A crisis approached Astin. She is the wicked woman who has made her docile sheep the scapegoat.

“Astin, it’s only natural that the Azbel family will catch them first, right?”

“⋯Ah, that’s right, isn’t it?”

Astin looked at me and said. This is too much

If you ask the maid of the Azbel family about such a thing, she will give you an obvious answer with a sense of belonging.

No, even if you say you don’t have a sense of belonging, no one will give an answer in front of the boss that the boss doesn’t want.

Moreover, that boss is a villain with a bad personality.

Even with such an unavoidable answer, the villainess was not satisfied.

“I’m sure it is, Rani. That’s an answer I’m not sure about, Astin.”

“..Hib.”

She was a villainess who glared at Astin and talked like that. She gets Astin in too much trouble for even apologizing to him.

Well, there’s no way the villainess would care about such things. She, too, is an evil woman.

Shael demanded a definite answer from Astin, but…

But, of course, there is no way to give a definitive answer. Because the blood of the Barslett family is holding on with their eyes open like this.

Astin, who was in a difficult position, shuddered at her.

It must be very difficult to be caught between two nobles, but they are dog-dogs.

Moreover, it must have been even more shocking to Astin, who would have thought that Sael and I were affectionate, expressing only love.

Even her brother could be in danger.

But… It didn’t matter to the villainess. The only thing that matters to the villainess is to defeat me.

“Astin.”

“Yes, yes?!”

She was a wicked woman who urged answers. At the words that were colder than before, Astin responded with a fright. It was me who saved Astin from a situation where she was about to cry.

“Astin, go out.”

“Yes..Yes!”

Astin stood up as if he had been waiting. She then hurried to greet her and hurried out.

“⋯Why did you send it out?”

“If you ask such a question to the maid of the Azbel family, you will get an obvious answer.”

“Isn’t she afraid of losing?”

“It can’t be.”

“Looks right.”

I was a wicked woman who laughed at me. So I asked her

“But since when did she start to like Azbel?”

“Since you thought I could pin you down?”

A wicked woman who gives absurd answers. She didn’t answer that she liked it from the beginning, but that she suddenly liked it because she thought she could beat me.

“Ha, that’s absurd.”

“Are you sighing in front of me right now?”

Now he’s glaring at me. But the snowball fight never started. Because there were strange rumors going around.

Rumor has it that Shael, the villainess, was crying while looking at me. By the time rumors started to circulate, it was also rumored that I, her fiancé, was very upset when she almost ate her poison.

That’s why it was rumored that the Azbel family and the Baslet family moved. If such rumors circulated, it was clear how the story would play out.

Now that Sael and I have a relationship we can’t live without each other, we’re longing for love. That was what everyone in the ducal family was expecting.

Of course not.

The villain who gave up the snowball fight asked me a question.

“Why the hell did you get down on your knees?”

“⋯I don’t know.”

“Does she know anything about what she did if she doesn’t know why?”

I didn’t know what to answer, so I came up with an answer. But with another question, she hit it back.

“Then why did you bow your head?”

“I don’t know.”

“I don’t have anything on my head.”

“⋯.”

Reverse the attack. However, unexpectedly, Sael wasn’t glaring at me.

I was really just thinking about why that was.

It wasn’t long before Shael spoke.

“⋯Why did I do that?”

“What if you ask me about that?”

“⋯ Someone who is not helpful.”

Ah, now you’re glaring at me. It was Sael as usual.

“I can’t help you, who can I trust more than you?”

“⋯That’s absurd.”

“That’s what I want to say.”

“⋯ Ha.”

Now I’ve given up staring and don’t even look at me.

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Knock-tock-

What broke the brief confrontation was the sound of a knock.

There is no sudden knock on the door at this time. Then… The culprit who instigated Sael’s poisoning was finally caught.

“Come in.”

“Yes. The Baslett family has contacted me that the person who ordered the poisoning has been arrested.”

“Okay, let’s go.”

Shael and I woke up right away.

“Ah, the Barsletts caught the culprit. In the end, it’s my victory.”

“⋯Be quiet.”

A little fight was a bonus.

*

“⋯Esteel!”

“Oh, sister!”

Astin hugged my brother.

Fortunately, Astin’s younger brother was unharmed. But mentally it must have been very difficult. Because a little girl was kidnapped.

A man who committed the crime is tied up with ropes. Standing in front of such a person was Shael and me.

At first, I stopped Shael. It’s not good to see people killing people.

However, the wicked woman did not stop. Of course. There’s no way she can live up to my words.

The bound man who saw us said.

“Kuh…, Kuh… To fail without being able to feed poison… A useless bitch..”

I opened my eyes and looked down. Even so, the eyes of the wicked did not die. Rather, they look at me as if they would kill me.

I can feel the pure evil in those eyes, with no resentment.

This guy just wanted to kill Shael for his own gain.

If the Azbel family falls into chaos, all kinds of criminals can run amok.

I was rather fortunate. If there was a miserable reason for this person trying to kill Sael, it was because I would become miserable too.

Shael… Was looking at him with cold eyes. It was a look I could often see in the past.

After she poured her lust on her, her eyes gradually became harder to see. It was like freezing just looking at it.

A wicked woman and a wicked man look at each other. The wicked opened his mouth.

“Kuh, keuhuh… She survives poisoning like a terrible villain…! She’s like a woman who’s worse than poison!”

Even at the last moment, he only speaks evil words. Why the hell did this guy become a villain?

I can’t tell. It was too late to make amends, and he had committed too many sins. So, looking at this person, I thought of Shael’s future next to me.

Because Shael, the villainess in romance fantasy novels, also faces a fate like this. Shael doesn’t even admit the fault even in her last moments.

Yes. Just like this wicked man, he leaves only all kinds of curses as his will.

So I had several thoughts. As much as she is this villainess, she will definitely rehabilitate. She will not let her meet her tragic end.

Replay that promise in your mind.

Then Shael spoke.

“Okay, nothing more to say?”

“⋯You too. You will meet this end. And ugly words like me⋯⋯.”

There was nothing more to say about that.

“Kill it. It’s not worth listening to anymore.”

These were the words of an infallible evil woman. In her cold voice, there was deep disgust.

What was visible behind was the sword of a knight.

The wicked woman punished the wicked.

At this point, Shael looked very upset. In a way, it is natural she was trying to kill herself

It is very natural to be biased toward such a person. Even if you see that miserable end.

Still, I had a strange idea. Is it true that the wicked woman is angry because he tried to kill her?

It felt like there was a different reason.

Come to think of it, she seemed more angry when she heard her maid’s curse than when she heard her own.

There’s no way Shael, the villainess, would do that…

Was she upset by the mental anguish her own poor maid must have suffered?

Of course I couldn’t tell. Because the wicked woman was more poisonous than poison. If she tried to find out about her deadly poison, I would rather get hurt.

I just hoped that the deadly poison would fade someday.

So what I have to do is somehow regenerate her villain.