The Reason I Have To Be A Villain

[Renée’s POV]

“B, but……. What about Bradley? And Diwen? He got hurt, too.…. It hasn’t been a day since then, right? I didn’t sleep for weeks, did I?”

“…….”

“No, it doesn’t matter. What about Anastasia? Asha fainted…….”

Thud. 

Things happened in a flash.

Arms passed by the side of my face, and I heard a heavy sound and a shadow fell over my head.

At the same time, a cool scent that brushes the tip of the nose.

I was quite startled, looked blankly at the upper body that filled my field of vision, then raised my head.

His blonde hair, which had been brilliant just before, looked dry in the shadow.

Not to mention the dark red eyes located below it. The eyes, which are usually cold, were filled with contempt and ridicule.

Why?

Aiden. It’s nothing new that he hates me. However, he had eyes that looked like this, but he was not the kind of person who showed emotion.

Why all of a sudden? Did I say something wrong? To the point where he stares at me trying to get down to bed?

Stretching his arm to the head of the bed, he moved his lips with his upper body bent.

“Let’s cut it short.”

He spat out as if chewing, and a sneer drew on the corners of his mouth. And uttered unexpected words with a lot of sarcasm.

“Asha…? You shouldn’t call Anastasia like that, you.”

Crack, a vicious sound came out of his hand holding the headboard, warning me indirectly.

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A feathery voice parted between us.

“Stop doing things you’ll regret later, Duke.”

It was Horaisha.

She gently grabbed Aiden’s shoulder and looked at him with a critical eye, and he finally straightened his posture.

“Next time, don’t call me for this reason. Because it’s unpleasant.”

After saying hurtful things casually, Aiden left without even looking at me.

While looking at the closed door with a bewildered mind or an incomprehensible complex mind, a question arose.

What do you mean Asha?

Did I just call Anastasia that?

***

Horaisha, who explained that this is the royal infirmary and it hasn’t been a day yet, attached clean gauze to my knees.

“What about Anastasia?”

To be honest, it was not important that Diwen left House to take care of me and came to the palace as soon as he escaped the house with me in his arms.

Right now, my only concern is why I am alone in the royal palace infirmary.

“Anastasia must be here…….”

“Anastasia went to report as soon as she came to her senses.”

“Report…? But she even fainted. She needs to get some rest…”

“It’s what Anastasia wants, so don’t worry too much about it. Rather, it seems Renée has to decide what excuse to make to Reden.”

Horaisha pointed at my neck with her elegant fingertips.

“Seeing the handprints, you must have had a fierce physical fight.”

“Ah……”

I blurred the end of my words and stupidly touched my neck without thinking, then regretted it.

It hurt just to touch it.

More than that, what excuse am I really gonna say to Reden?

I was told not to go only to Horrenne House, but I went and got hurt. How angry he will be.

Already expecting what kind of expression Reden would make, I started to cry, but Horaisha threw my tousled hair behind my ear and opened her mouth.

“You’ll be busy from now on, but for now, leave your worries behind and take a good rest.”

“Busy? Me?”

“Yes.”

I tried to ask for a more detailed explanation of why I was getting busy, but I couldn’t.

This is because Horaisha took out the watch from the cape she was wearing on the outside, checked the time, and spoke first.

“It’s already this time. You’re not going to go home right away. Are you going to meet Anastasia?”

“Ah, if I could…….”

Blurring my answer, I lowered my legs under the bed, where I couldn’t get down because Aiden had blocked me earlier.

It was barefoot.

Ah, come to think of it, I took off my shoes in House and didn’t put them back on.

I wiggled my toes awkwardly, thinking that I had been walking around barefoot, but Horaisha gave me simple-looking shoes.

“Now, put these on.”

“Th, thank you? Can I just wear these?”

“Sir Diwen told me over and over again that Renée didn’t have her shoes, so I prepared them.”

She said it trivially like flowing water*, but I didn’t care.

TL/N: naturally, good at talking

That’s what Diwen said.

Suddenly, I remembered what had been held in his arms. And the fact that his arm supporting me was trembling slightly.

‘Come to think of it, Diwen also had a crack on his leg. Did he treat it?’

I’m sorry, it was only now that I finally felt concerned for him.

While contemplating whether to ask Horaisha if Diwen was okay, even thinking about whether or not I was confused, Horaisha tilted her head.

“What’s wrong with you? Are you that worried about Anastasia?”

Ah.

I didn’t want to admit that I was worried about Diwen, so I didn’t answer.

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As if taking my silence as an answer, Horaisha smiled like a crescent moon and covered her mouth with her hand.

“Anastasia is very vulnerable to heat, so she has a hard time being surrounded by hot fire for such a long time. But she quickly came to her senses and there weren’t many aftereffects. So don’t worry too much, Miss Renée.”

“Ah, yes…”

“And Sir Diwen…….”

Huh?

“Sir Diwen was not treated. He kept telling me to pay attention to Miss Renée because he was fine.”

“…That, why are you telling me that…….”

“It’s written all over your face, Miss Renée. You’re worried about Sir Diwen.”

What are you talking about!

There was no time to get angry.

Horaisha checked her watch again, got up from her chair, and reached out to me.

“It’s time. If you go out and walk down the hallway, you will find the person you want.”

“What?”

“Then see you next time.”

I was chased out of the infirmary in a blink of an eye… … No, when I came out, I stared blankly at the firmly closed door, then around for now.

However, for some reason, I couldn’t take my eyes off the infirmary easily.

Horaisha.

Now that I think about it, it was a very strange name. Because it was a name I had never heard in the story before.

Of course, Horaisha was not the first person whose name had not been heard in the work.

There was Zion right now, and the Bradley brothers…….

‘If I look at how you introduced yourself to me today, I’m sure this is the first time Horaisha and Renée Blair met, right? No matter how much it is, there will still be rumors that Renée Blair is a crazy woman, but to be treated so kindly… … ’

By the way, what does it mean to be able to see the one I want?

It was when I inadvertently questioned it. The road has just come to a halt and I could hear the sound of words.

For some reason, I had a feeling that I had to silence my footsteps, so I walked on tiptoe, and quickly but quietly clung to the wall and stuck my head out.

“I’m sick of it. Stop it now?”

“The important thing is missing. Where is the lady?”

“She needs to rest more. She must be bewildered by what happened today, but interrogation, are you crazy? Are you out of your mind?”

“…….”

“By the way, where is the Marquis and are you the only one here? Damn, don’t tell me you’ve been messing with me.”

What? It’s Diwen and Zion.

Was it the two of them that Horaisha was meaningfully referring to?

‘When did I ever want the two of them?’

In an absurd situation, I slightly poked my lower lip, but the door nearby where they were standing opened.

“I think I can finish the report here. I have a lot to deal with because of today’s incident and complaints about the collapse of House.”

‘Anastasia!’

A shout close to a scream came out of my mouth at the sight of a welcome person coming out of the door.

I barely endured it, I realized right away that the person Horaisha said I wanted was Anastasia.

TL/N: LOL HALP WHAT IMPECCABLE TIMING

“Yes. As Miss Anastasia said, let’s end it here for today. The interrogation is for the Bradley brothers. Come to think of it, where are the two?”

“After a simple treatment, they were put in an underground prison.”

“It’s scary too. It’s worse off than it was when Count Sirius.”

“They are different from Count Sirius. They used his bones with their own will and above all, they’re also the ones that collapsed the House.”

“Aha.”

Diwen, who responded in a sullen voice, rubbed the nape of his neck as if tired.

“Anyway, I’m leaving. Explain later why you came back before the Marquis.”

“Where are you going.”

“What are you going to do if you know.”

Diwen gave a sharp answer and moved on. That too, in very good condition.

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What. Horaisha said he wasn’t treated, but he’s walking well.

When I guessed that Horaisha was unaware that he had been healed, I noticed that his foot limped slightly as he went to the left at the turn at the end of the hallway.

What, were you pretending to be okay?

“That idiot…….”

You have to be strong enough!

It was the moment I whispered without even realizing it. Zion, who was staring at Diwen walking in the opposite direction, turned his head this way, and I quickly hid myself against the wall for some reason.

And I myself was dumbfounded with the millions of question marks that floated.

Why did I hide?

“Then I’ll go, too. You must be tired from the search, so please relax.”

Anastasia’s voice came indifferently.

Immediately, I was about to shake off all the question marks and appear in front of them to catch Anastasia who was about to leave.

If only I hadn’t heard another insensitive voice like Anastasia’s.

“Wait, do you have time?”

It was none other than the voice of Zion.

After a moment of hesitation, I peeked my eyes out of the wall again and witnessed it.

Zion, who caught Anastasia, who was going in the direction Diwen had stepped on.

‘Oh my God!’

As if I had seen something I shouldn’t have seen, I covered my mouth in amazement. Otherwise, screams would come out of my mouth.

Oh my god what the hell is this? What? What’s this, Zion grabbed Anastasia like that and blo, blocked her?

Even where Zion grabbed was Anastasia’s hand, not anywhere else!

It’s not anywhere else, but hands. More than anything, isn’t that a pickup line?

I suddenly remembered that this place was in a romance fantasy novel. The main character is Anastasia and there were many candidates for the male lead.

Until now, many things have happened and I have been struggling with the missions, so I didn’t know, but there must have been something between Zion and Anastasia.

Wait, so Zion is one of the candidates for the male lead, but why did I hear the name Zion for the first time after I was possessed?

I decided to think about the miscellaneous things later and waited for Anastasia’s answer as if I was watching a play.

Anastasia’s answer that came out soon.

“There isn’t.”

Ahhh! What should I do? Sir Zion Glass, you have hit the iron wall of Anastasia! How will he react!

“I see.”

Eh?

I was excited about the broadcast without spectators, but I immediately opened my mouth at Zion’s answer, which instantly made my pulse drop.

And the grave reply that makes the mouth open even more.

“Then take a rest.”

“Yes, sir.”

I looked at Zion’s back with cold eyes at the conversation between the two, which was plain and dry enough for them to split.

Look here, Mr Zion, who seems to be a candidate for the male lead. What to do if it turns out like that.

More, eh, conversation, huh? You have to lead her.

Of course, it was nice that he respected Anastasia’s opinion and didn’t force her to make time. Because it wasn’t coercive.

But now it’s, it’s a little…

I was trying to vaguely understand why Zion wasn’t mentioned in the story.

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Then, suddenly Zion’s voice came out.

“What are you doing there?”

Surprised by Zion’s voice without an object, I quickly hid behind the wall again.

And I prayed please that Zion was just talking nonsense in the air.

“It was the young lady. You were peeping.”

However, people’s wishes were not so easily fulfilled. At the same time as a shadow was cast nearby, a calm voice could be heard nearby.