The Villainess Whom I Had Served for 13 Years Has Fallen - Chapter 380



380 – The Times Obsessed with Revenge -1-

[The Sword of Rebellion for You]

In a story you don’t know.

In a story unknown to someone, there was a loyal sword.

The sword wielded itself in the dark shadow of its master.

It stained its hands with the blood of hundreds.

It swung itself alone towards countless enemies.

The master used the sword.

Because a sword that didn’t expect anything in return was just a perfect tool to use as one pleased.

The black sword was not a fool.

Even knowing that the master was using him, he nodded, comforting the master’s sorrow while struggling to move forward in a better direction.

When the master faced trials and fell, he became a cushion to lift him up, and when an inescapable situation arose, he became a shield to protect the master.

Against the forces hostile to the master.

He pointed the tip of his sword at those the master disliked.

Thus, ‘your’ sword became a villain hated by the world.

Rotten eggs flew at the place where he passed, and the criticism and disregard were so overwhelming that he couldn’t lift his head.

Still, your sword was smiling.

Saying, ‘I’m glad I can remain your sword.’

Driven by revenge for losing his mother, ‘you’ wielded the sword, and the sword danced to fulfill your wishes.

Of course, the sword’s end was not good.

(!) Find the man who was your ‘loyal sword.’

1. Go to the place where you made a pact with the ‘loyal sword.’ (0/1)

2. Go to the place where the ‘loyal sword’ died. (0/1)

3. Find the existence of the ‘loyal sword.’ (0/1)

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The cold blue spear was making an unknown sound. It was impossible to understand what ‘rebellion’ was and why it was making such a sound.

‘…Mental magic?!’

It didn’t seem like magic.

The guild leader next to him didn’t seem to feel anything.

If the guild leader, a top-level magician in the empire, didn’t notice it, it was likely a personal issue.

“…”

Shocked by the appearance of the blue spear, which brought questions like a tail, Shaltia rubbed her eyes and tried to regain her composure.

‘Have I been overworking lately?’

She thought she was seeing things due to overwork.

It was an absurd situation from the start. The information given by the blue spear.

She had never met a ‘loyal sword’ who didn’t expect anything in return, so it was ridiculous to hear such a story out of the blue.

Not a fool, but a ‘sword’ that doesn’t expect anything in return, it was laughable.

Even the guild leader in front of her was hoping for the revival of the guild and a title if he gained power.

Knowing better than anyone that the altruistic ‘existence’ mentioned by the blue spear didn’t exist in the world, Shaltia closed her eyes tightly and sighed.

“Is something wrong?”

The guild leader, alarmed by Shalltear’s sudden silence, looked at her with a worried expression.

“You don’t look well.”

Shalltear shook her head and replied.

“No, it’s just that I’m tired.”

“…You’ve certainly been overworking yourself lately.”

“Guild leader…”

“Yes?”

“Do you see anything strange? Like a blue document…”

At Shalltear’s question, the guild leader shrugged and shook his head.

“No.”

“Sigh…”

“It would be good to take some breaks while working. If you’re seeing things, it means you’re very tired.”

“…Understood.”

“I’ve also seen floating documents when I was extremely busy. It’s not a bad idea to get some good sleep before you collapse.”

Shalltear’s gaze was fixed on the blue window floating in the air. Even though she tried to reassure herself that it was nothing, it was hard to stay calm when experiencing something for the first time in her life.

The moment she wished for the blue window to disappear in her mind.

‘…Huh?’

The blue window that had appeared before her eyes vanished as if it had never been there.

“I must be really tired.”

Shalltear let out a hollow laugh and shook her head, then sighed wearily and ended her meeting with the guild leader.

“Shall we call it a day?”

“I think that would be best. Don’t do anything else and just get a good night’s sleep today.”

“Understood.”

“We like seeing you work hard, but if you collapse, that would be a bigger problem.”

Nodding at the guild leader’s concerned words, Shalltear promised to rest.

“Understood.”

With the crown prince’s affairs causing more busyness, seeing things was the last thing she needed.

At such an important time, her rapidly deteriorating health only brought more sighs.

“…I’ll get some sleep today.”

My heart was pounding.

Like a frightened child.

*

-You arrived early, Princess.

-…Ah…Ahhh…No!!!

It’s an unfamiliar space.

-Don’t cry.

-Don’t speak…! Just rest without saying anything.

-Haha…! It’s an honor that the Emperor of the Empire is so worried about me.

-…I said don’t say anything!!!

-I’d like my name to be in the history books. As one of the great figures who illuminated the Empire…. Is that too much to ask because of my bad behavior?

-I’ll do everything, so please be quiet…

-Haha…! Ha… Well, I have a mouth, so I want to say something, but it’s hard to speak today.

In the unfamiliar space, I was holding someone and crying sadly.

-I feel strangely sleepy.

-…

-I’m so sleepy that I want to sleep, can you allow it?

-I can’t allow it… It’s an imperial command… You must obey.

-Haha… This is troublesome.

The wind was blowing.

The sunset was setting, and the spring breeze was blowing as if beautiful embroidery was made in the sky.

But.

-Princess.

-Don’t die… Please… Don’t leave my side….

-…For the first time, I’m going to disobey an order.

-No… Please…

Holding the man whose face was hidden in the darkness, I was shedding tears as if I had lost the world.

I looked like a lover who had lost a loved one.

Crying out not to leave, endlessly caressing his face and praying for him to be alive, I looked like a girl who had lost the most precious person in the world.

Pathetic.

Miserable.

And.

-Please…!

It seemed to be filled with irreversible regret.

In the dream, I was crying out to a god I had never sought before. Begging to be saved, threatening to take revenge if this person was killed.

The small me in the dream, trembling as I cried out to the god.

-Please…!

The sunset was fading away.

“…”

As if the scorching sun was now calling upon the darkness to rest.

Just a dream.

-Get up…

Just a memory that will disappear once I wake up.

-What am I supposed to do without you?

My heart ached like crazy.

-We promised to watch it together.

My chest…

-You said you’d stay by my side!!!!

It hurt as if it was being torn apart.

*

“Gasp… Gasp…!”

Shaltia, who had risen from the bed, was breathing heavily as she sat up.

“Haa… Haa….”

Shaltia wiped the sweat from her forehead, looked at her hands, and then wiped the tears from her eyes, her pupils trembling.

‘Did I cry?’

It was a strange dream.

A dream I had never experienced or seen before.

Like the day I dreamt of my mother dying when I was a child, the tears on my eyes carried a delusion of profound sadness.

As a child, I found comfort in my mother’s arms, feeling relieved that she was alive, but now, I couldn’t figure out how to alleviate this anxiety.

“…”

Thoughts become complicated.

I don’t know how to express this feeling right now. I couldn’t call it a ‘memory’ because it was something I had never experienced, and I couldn’t call it a ‘nightmare’ because the tears left in my eyes were saying otherwise.

What on earth is this?

Who was the man in the dream that made my heart ache so much? Shartia couldn’t understand.

“Sigh…”

Just as the inexplicable emotion was starting to annoy her.

[The Sword of Rebellion for You.]

As if to tell her that she was the cause of all this, a blue window appeared before her eyes, and Shartia clenched her fist.

“Why on earth are you doing this?”

Who are you to show me something like this?

What do you want that you’re doing this?

It didn’t seem like someone’s sorcery. There was no one who would do something like this without gaining anything.

Not for money.

Not for her life.

The blue window, as if trying to make her regret something that hadn’t happened, was incomprehensible.

“…”

As her head started to ache from the complicated thoughts.

Shartia sighed, grabbed her coat, and stepped outside. She felt that if she went back to sleep, she would have the same dream again.

Thinking that a walk might make her feel a little better, Shartia slowly moved her body.

When she passed in front of the imperial palace.

-Ding.

It started to appear along with a chilling alarm.

-Quest completed.

2. Go to the place where the ‘Loyal Sword’ died. (1/1)

The cold words of the blue window said.

“Huh…?”

Her heart started to tremble madly.

For no reason.

Nothing had happened.

Her heart began to sink as if it were filled with terrible sadness.

And.

-Drip.

Tears, for no reason, flowed from Chartia’s eyes.