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Translator: Xini
Proofreader: Silavin
POV: Violet
“Sorry, my child. You got hurt, all because I asked you for a favor.”
“GRRRR”
“Alright, I get you but could you listen to me just this once? Drive away anyone who gets close to this place. If they put up a fight, you can rough them up.”
Even against Fenrir, which looked ready to pounce on us, Schwarz acted as if nothing was out of the ordinary. Her tone was cheerful as if she were conversing with a friend and she spoke with the Fenrir on equal terms and had it leave the place.
… So she’s capable of communicating with and controlling even a Fenrir. I wonder how this woman gained such an ability.
“Well then, it’s not exactly mercy but I’d like to have a conversation before doing my job.”
Sounding as friendly as ever, she pulled out what looked like a military sword from her shoulder bag. She turned around to face us and smiled.
“Don’t mind my reasons for doing this. But I can answer a few of your questions.”
“Ques…tions?”
What is she talking about?
My head feels foggy and I can’t move my body as I wish. I can’t gather any mana when I try to cast a spell. There’s just too many things I can’t wrap my head around.
The only thing I do understand is that this whole incident was orchestrated by this woman. And in order to do her ‘job’, she has to…
“What… do you mean… you have… to kill me…?!”
I earnestly and almost foolishly, asked the woman who just declared that she would kill me, her reasons for wanting to do so.
I didn’t care if she told the truth. However, I wanted to learn from her reaction, what her reasons were for putting together this little play. Be it through scorn or lies or a bargain. I would use anything to try to understand the situation even if just a little.
“Ah, I can give you a straight answer to that.”
However, this woman answered me honestly. I really didn’t want to hear the truth.
“I was told as such. That Violet Heartfield was a woman unbefitting of being part of an ex-ducal house. Before she adds on to her disgrace, eliminate her quickly.”
… Ah, I see.
Was it father, mother, father’s secretary, a classmate who I’d harmed, enemy of the Valentine family, my guardian or His Highness?
I’d rather it be anyone but His Highness. I thought to myself and slowly realized the weight of those words.
“Unneeded…”
In the end, I guess it didn’t matter.
This past month, no matter how hard I tried to mend things or continued to do my best without denying my past as Lord Clo had suggested, I’d already been declared as having fallen too far from grace. At the very least, I was determined to be such a menace that they had to send an assassin after me.
“Ha…haha… what a joke. So I’m going to cause trouble for people around me to the bitter end. So even here, I brought about nothing but misfortune…”
“Not really. You having to die and being a curse are two different things.”
“You dare speak when you had a monster attack a child and had it lure him into the forest just so you could kill me…!”
I tried my best to put on a brave front, as I forced my limp leg to move. I stood up to put myself in front of Cyan and Apricot, shielding them from Schwarz.
… They need to be safe. I need to save them. Maybe then, even the likes of me, at least in the end, would…
“… I was against that too.”
However, Schwarz’s response was different from what I was expecting.
“The client, who expressed interest in my children wanted one of them, so I had one follow him.”
Schwarz chewed her lips, her expression showing her hatred for this abhorrent being.
… So strange. Her expression just now seemed spontaneous, I thought absentmindedly even in the face of danger.
“But the client was impatient and kidnapped the kid, thinking they were helping me out. Us talking here like this, is my way of apologizing for that, and personally atoning for my sins.”
However, she soon shook her head as if to pull herself together, pointed her sword at me and looked into my eyes as if she were a saintess about to grant me mercy.
Saintess… the completely inappropriate impression was a result of Schwarz looking beautiful, illuminated by the lightning flashing outside the cave.
… Her speech and conduct are strange, but she is certainly beautiful.
Schwarz approached me one step at a time.
Her movements were measured. The aura around her was so cold that it felt like she would immediately lop my head off, if I were to try to cast a spell.
“Will you harm Ms. Cyan or Apricot?”
“…Hmm. I’ll convince Fenrir to leave them be.”
“…I’m glad to hear that.”
Upon hearing her answer, a smile, unlike the one from before, escaped my lips.
How strange. That I would smile when someone is trying to kill me.
Did I give into despair? Maybe so. But the thought that no one would end up losing their life after becoming involved with the likes of me, gave me some solace.
… But this kind of thinking might make Lord Clo angry with me.
Please don’t deny the part of yourself that fell in love with someone and always put her best foot forward.
Lord Clo accepted me and said that I should be proud of myself.
We never got to do anything remotely romantic. Would he mourn me if I died? Or would he be relieved that a troublesome woman was gone for good?
… That would make me a bit sad. Even though I’m not good enough to be entitled to do so.
“Don’t worry. To carry out this job, the surroundings were…”
And when the sword was just shy of my skin,
“…?!”
A shadow appeared behind Schwarz.
The moment she became aware of the presence behind, Schwarz ducked and a fist swung from the side at the spot her head had been a few seconds ago.
The shadow lost no time to cast a spell and set fire under her feet, which had Schwarz leaping to the side to put some distance between them, but she soon flipped over and quickly regained her balance.
The shadow put itself between me and Schwarz, and stepped forward, shielding me.
“….Who…?”
The back looked familiar.
Though he was shorter than His Highness, strangely enough, his back felt much bigger.
The very unaristocratic man that I was growing used to seeing.
“Good Evening. It’s been a while.”
Standing there,
“Well, I’m in no mood to listen to your excuses, Ms. Schwarz.”
Was Lord Clo.
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