The Villainess Whom I Had Served for 13 Years Has Fallen - Chapter 387



387 – The Times Consumed by Revenge -8-

A dark evening in the imperial palace.

“…Butler!”

The second prince, drunk in the darkness, began to call for the butler angrily. He felt a great sense of shame about what had happened this afternoon.

The second prince, whose swollen cheek still stung, looked at the running butler and began to speak in an angry voice.

“Did you find out anything about that guy?”

The butler, with trembling eyes, nodded in response to the prince’s question. He was talking about the man who dared to hit the prince of the empire.

“His name is Ricardo, the exclusive butler of Desmond Olivia. He is in his early twenties and is currently on leave from the academy.”

“You know that’s not what I want to ask. Do I have to ask again?”

“N…No!”

The butler, startled by the prince’s sharp reaction, began to read from the notes he had written down.

“And…”

He was talking about a man with no detailed information, as if someone had deliberately hidden it.

It couldn’t be obtained even from the information guild.

– I’m sorry, but we cannot provide information about the Desmond family.

– I’ll pay any amount.

– I’m sorry.

– This is an order from the second prince! If you don’t provide the information, you could face severe punishment!

– I’m sorry, but we cannot provide it.

Talking about a man whose information cannot be bought even with a fortune.

Even the notebook I am holding now was information bought with a huge sum of money. Information about his whereabouts in the West.

“Ricardo is a knight who participated in this beast subjugation squad. According to the information investigated, he possesses tremendous martial prowess… and is said to have made significant contributions to the beast subjugation.”

“And.”

“And… he bought chocolate in large quantities in the West.”

“…”

“And he also bought chocolate when he returned to the capital.”

The prince gritted his teeth and shouted.

“I’m curious about how that guy knew about the medicine…!!!”

“…!!”

“The moment this leaks to Father, I’ll be kicked out, prince or not, and my brother won’t even look at me and will cut me off…!”

“…I’m sorry.”

“How much chocolate did that guy buy? Forget that, bring me proper information. What are his weaknesses? How can we kill him…!”

At that moment, the second prince smiled as if he had a good idea and muttered to himself.

“Kill…?”

The second prince was thinking of an assassination plan that was bound to fail.

*

The time of the afternoon when the sunset was rising.

The sound of organizing the desk could be heard in the office.

“It’s finally done. Your Highness.”

The guild master, who had finally finished restoring the documents torn by the second prince, wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Shaltia.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Shaltia, holding the bundle of documents, smiled as she looked at the guild master.

“Oh…?”

“Yes?”

“You feel different from usual today?”

“What do you mean?”

“No… should I say you seem more human? Should I say you seem more approachable…”

“I’ve always been human.”

“…No.”

Shartia shrugged at the guild master’s bewildered reaction and then began organizing the documents again. She didn’t forget to compliment the guild master’s new disguise.

“A new mask. It suits you well.”

“…Is your death day approaching?”

“Pardon?”

“Nothing.”

“I’m sorry for causing you trouble because of me. If it weren’t for my brother, you wouldn’t have had to change your disguise.”

“No, it’s time to change it anyway. By the way…”

The guild master asked, seeing Shartia preparing to leave early.

“Are you thinking of moving your base? There’s no place as safe as the academy…”

“Base? No.”

“Then…?”

“I’m planning to leave early today.”

“Pardon?”

“Yes.”

“Is there something wrong?”

“No, nothing at all.”

The guild master looked at Shartia, who was planning to leave early, as if she were a ghost.

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Shartia, who hardly ever left early, saying she would go first was something he never expected. He thought she would definitely work overtime because of the bad incident with the second prince the day before, but the guild master, who was able to leave early, looked at Shartia with a bright expression.

“Finally, leaving work…!”

“Why… are you looking at me like that?”

“No, it’s just unusual.”

“Pardon?”

Shartia shrugged and spoke to the guild master.

“You should leave early today too, guild master.”

“If you had made me work overtime alone, I would have cried.”

“That was close.”

The guild master cautiously spoke to Shartia, who seemed unusually bright today.

“Your Highness.”

“Yes.”

“You’re not terminally ill, are you?”

“Yes?”

“It’s strange for someone to change overnight.”

Shalltear, who smiled at the guild master’s question, thought for a moment and then spoke the answer that came to mind.

“A friend told me to take a day off. They said life doesn’t taste good if you only work all the time.”

The guild master, with a sly smile, spoke to Shalltear, who was blushing.

“Wow… Men are really good, aren’t they?”

“It’s not like that, so get ready to leave. If you keep teasing me, there will be no leaving.”

The guild master hurriedly started packing at Shalltear’s words.

“Then I’ll go first.”

“You pack really quickly.”

“There are a lot of guild tasks piled up… haha.”

“The guild master is worse than me.”

“…That’s why I want to become unemployed.”

Shalltear slowly walked down the corridor after leaving the office.

“Hmm…”

She wanted to visit the flower garden Ricardo had shown her once more, but she held back. She also wanted to ask him to drink again if he was in the capital, but she held back.

“We met yesterday, so asking to meet again is a bit…”

Today, there was something she had to do.

– Would you like to view it?

It was about solving the task that had been tormenting her.

Shalltear, who wanted to know what information the blue window would show and who had plotted such a thing, smiled slightly and walked slowly towards the dormitory.

Upon arriving at the dormitory, she made tea and sat leisurely in a chair.

“…What is it?”

The suddenly appearing blue window.

She couldn’t know who had plotted such a thing, but she knew for sure that the contents she would see from now on would be very different from what she knew so far.

It wasn’t done with ordinary care.

“It can’t be a god.”

Maybe a goddess had bestowed her grace upon me, who was living miserably. After all, goddesses sometimes gave foresight in the dreams of priests.

Of course, whether it was a real goddess or a falsehood created by illusions, no one knew, but if one could infer the culprit who created the phenomenon before her eyes, the conclusion could only be ‘god.’

“…”

So.

“I’m curious.”

I became more expectant.

“…”

And also scared.

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-Confirmed the existence of the Loyal Sword.

1. Go to the place where the ‘Loyal Sword’ made a pact. (1/1)

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

3. Find the existence of the ‘Loyal Sword’. (1/1)

As a reward, you can read the story containing the eternal sorrow of the ‘Tyrant’. The 15th side story ‘The Rebellion Sword for You’ is available.

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I don’t know what the death of the Loyal Sword means.

The Loyal Sword is Ricardo.

Perhaps what the Blue Spear wants to show me is what happened when Ricardo served ‘me’, not ‘Olivia’.

“…”

And the result would be Ricardo’s death.

“I don’t know…”

Honestly, I hoped that the present would be a better future than the story the Blue Spear tells. Although it might not happen in reality. Because his death would not bring joy to my life.

“…”

I hope it’s not the worst moment.

I hope I appeared good to him.

Shaltia, who always wanted to be the giver in another story to the one who always received, slowly closed her eyes.

A white flower field.

The entrance to the imperial palace.

As she recalled the place of promise with him that felt chilly, the Blue Spear appeared to her once again and asked.

-Would you like to read it?

Shaltia closed her eyes and said.

“Yes.”

Let’s see.

*

One day.

In a story you don’t know.

After Desmond Olivia ‘died’ due to a botched dark magic, you became the master of the sword that lost its owner. Because you promised to fulfill his wish.

In that story, your life was a series of hells.

You lost your mother at the hands of your second brother. You lost all power to the crown prince’s scheme, who joined hands with Wolfgang.

An evil witch.

A woman trying to bring down the empire.

You were even branded a heretic.

To crush your growing power day by day.

You swallowed your pride and asked your eldest brother to help you avenge your mother’s death, but it was useless. You sought help from your father, but the only answer you got was silence.

You sharpened the sword of revenge.

What did you strive for?

What did you suffer for?

Because a crack appeared in your fortress that crumbled in vain in a single moment.

But you, who lost power, were weak and terribly lacking to achieve what you wanted.

So.

During the hard times.

You met him.

Your sword that shines brighter than the sun.

Part. 1 (The Sword of Rebellion) begins.

– The 15th side story ‘The Sword of Rebellion for You’ begins.