I Reject the villain’s ending.

Episode 11

I think I’ll stop teasing Iros now. I have work to do.

‘Let’s make ourselves comfortable here, then. Mei, you can sit anywhere.’

‘Well, can I sit at the saint’s feet?!’

‘……?’

This is some kind of Iros thing.

With so many perfectly good sofas and seats available, why would anyone want to sit on a rug, much less at her feet, I questioned her taste.

I pointed firmly to the sofa and said.

‘Just sit there.’

‘Hmph. I’d love to sit next to you and rest my head on your lap.’

Me, me. What is she talking about?

He must have learned the wrong way from watching Iros’ behavior.

This is why I can’t drink cold water in front of the kids.

‘Now, Pink, get up and sit on the couch with me.’

‘Why can’t I…….’

‘If you want to sit down, sit down. That’s an order.’

I said it with a stern face like I didn’t give a shit, and he got up and sat down on the couch as if he had no choice, his eyes filled with displeasure.

Iros shot Mei a harsh glare and turned away.

‘Now then, I’ll tell you about the schedule.’

‘Yes, I’ll listen!’

‘As I’m sure you already know, Iros, we’re leaving in two days for the Elotta region for a raid.’

‘A raid?’

‘Yes. To hunt down and investigate warlocks.’

I told May, who looked surprised, what had happened at the meeting.

‘So there will be five of us, the Saint, the Guardians, and me, traveling to the faraway land of Elotta?’

‘We’ll be traveling by carriage, but we’ll have to camp out if we have to, are you okay with that?’

‘I don’t mind, I’m used to sleeping outside, but do you think you’ll be okay?’

‘I’m sure I’ll be fine, I’m used to sleeping outside, I slept outside most of the time before I came to the temple.’

A bastard child would not be given a good bedroom at the Earl of Elgraton’s, and she often slept under trees or in the stables, so camping would be fine.

As she spoke, she felt the heat of the stares and looked up.

‘Huh? Why are you all looking at me like that?’

Iros looks like he could kill anyone, and Mei has an earthquake in her eyes.

A very bad earthquake.

‘Anyway, you don’t have to worry about me, but since we’re going to hunt down a warlock, at least bring a weapon to protect yourself. Mei, a dagger, and I’ll take a bow.’

‘Weapons are dangerous. Bows can hurt your hands, and I’ll always be there to protect you, so you don’t need a weapon.’

I nodded as if I’d known that was the case, looking at Pink as she shouted her disapproval.

‘Then let’s do this. I’ll get my bow ready and I’ll take a shot, and if it’s no good or too hard, we’ll give up. How’s that sound?’

‘It’s still dangerous.’

‘Pink, you know I’m stubborn, right?’

‘…….’

‘Am I a doer?’

So, for me and me alone, the probability of a stubborn Iros beating me converges to zero.

* * *

In the end, we borrowed a training ground for paladins to learn the bow.

There we met an unexpected person.

‘By the way, I didn’t realize Diane and Eldrakis were here?’

Eldrakis is holding a bow, and Dian is holding it for him, so it seems that Eldrakis was trying to learn the bow before he left Torment.

Diane dips her head slightly when she sees me.

‘I see you again.’

‘What are you doing here?’

Sandwiched between Eldrakis and me, who was openly displaying his wariness, Diane looked desperately at Iros.

But Iros didn’t seem inclined to stop me.

‘Ho ho ho. There is no place in the temple that I, a holy woman, cannot go, Eldrakis.’

‘Aren’t you the kind of person who rarely leaves your room, let alone a place like this? Oh, except when you go shopping.’

No, but this bastard.

I looked at Eldrakis, who was sarcastically laughing without even looking at me, and my reasoning was cut off by his smirk.

No matter how much I was influenced by ‘Kim So-won’, the original version is ‘Sierra’, so where would that temper go?

Eventually, my pent-up anger burst out and I approached Eldrakis, but when he saw my face, he hesitated and backed away.

I grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and pulled him towards me, smiling wryly and speaking low.

‘You must look very watery to be smiling and being so kind to me, but as you’ve heard, I have a nasty temper.’

‘Moo, what……!’

‘I know you don’t want to get involved with me, but when you talk to me, look me in the eye. Okay?’

I smiled in satisfaction as Eldrakis choked and gurgled.

This is why I was the Confucian girl of the Eastern Court.

Of course, Zhang Yuyu was a rice roll.

How old did Wisdom say I was? I don’t know. It doesn’t matter.

My tirade ended with Diane stopping me just as Eldrakis’s face was growing pale.

The weakling Eldrakis, now free of my grasp, glared at me, coughing and with tears in the corners of his eyes.

‘Ah. I’ve messed up again.

I’m supposed to be shedding my villainess image and moving away from the blackness, but I’ve been smiling all the time lately, and it’s like my pent-up instincts have exploded.

It’s a small relief, but I can’t help but feel a mixture of fear and disgust as the paladins, Diane, and Eldrakis stare at me from the theatre.

‘Damn it. I’ve been such a good boy, and now I’m not helping.’

‘Why, why are you looking at me?!’

‘You’re the one who got on my nerves, mate.’

I laughed and said irritably, causing Eldrakis to drop to the floor and look up at me in surprise.

I must have looked very watery to him, because I smiled and showed him respect, but I’m not the kind of person who uses respect.

‘You’ll co-operate when you’re nice and respectful, not when you’re pissing people off like this.’

‘……!’

‘I wish I could pull out all your pretty hair and make you bald.’

‘You, you savage!’

As if those were the only swear words he could think of, Eldrakis shouted at me, ‘Savage! Savage! I don’t recognize that as a saint!’ she screeched at me.

‘Pink, is she Wisdom? She’s a barbarian with a vocabulary so large, she should at least be able to say XX or XXXX or XXX.’

‘Hehe, how could you say such a disgusting thing……! You’re a savage!’

I shrugged off Eldrakis’s shocked outburst with a snort and grabbed an arrow and bow from the rack.

Then Eldrakis, furious, ducked behind Diane and poked his head out.

‘Are you going to kill me? Murder is not allowed in the temple.’

‘You’re being too self-conscious, aren’t you? If I pick up a cup of water, you’re going to pour it on me.’

It’s not like it’s some kind of morning soap opera.

As I said this with a look of disbelief on my face, Eldrakis, who had been hiding behind Diane, burst out like a flaming sweet potato and shouted at me.

‘Yi, yi……!’

‘That finger.’

‘……?’

‘Do you want to break it, Wisdom?’

Of course, Iros wasn’t about to take this lying down.

He drew up a dark holy power that was not quite alive, but sharp enough to cut, and his petal-like eyes narrowed as he pressed down on Eldrakis.

He would cut off a finger or two if I ordered him to do so.

Eldrakis shuddered and trembled before Iros, like a mouse before a cat, looking as though he might suffocate.

I thought I was going to catch her, so I stopped her.

‘Pink, stop it, or I’ll get you.’

Eldrakis was flailing his legs, and Diane was barely holding on to him.

Diane, looking troubled, turned to Iros.

‘That’s enough, Iros. That’s enough.’

‘You’re out.’

Oh, you. Who knew our meek pink could use such a word?

As I stare at Iros in pure admiration, Diane presses Eldrakis’s head against mine, bowing her head to me.

Iros seems to have turned his attention to me, the only one he can communicate with.

‘I apologize, Saint. Ella was rude to you in her impetuousness. Please forgive her.’

Ella? A pet name for Eldrakis? It’s a cuter nickname than I thought.

I looked at Iros, who was also furious and patted his hand to stop him.

‘I’ve already got you by the throat, I don’t need to cut off another finger.’

In the old days, I would have scooped up another drink and slit my wrists, but I’m trying to be nice now.

Before I could finish, Iros reverted to his gentle puppy self, breaking the momentum.

But still, the way he looked at Eldrakis was like a growling puppy.

It was quirky and cute.

‘You’re so cute.’

I never thought I’d be in the position of having to tell Iros to stop.

Still, I was impressed that he would defend his master when he was criticized.

‘Even if she’s not the most polite of Anhamuin, and sometimes her behavior crosses the line.’

‘…You bastard.’

Me bastard? I’m the one who’s kidding. What the hell was that? Take that back. Give me back my touch.

As I stare intensely at the sculpted side of his head, Iros turns to me and his eyes soften.

His eyes are like spring as if the ice in the north is melting away for a short summer, leaving the ground damp with moisture.

Excitement.

I could feel my heart beating strangely well, and then her lips, a fine pinkish color, opened.

‘But she’s my saint, after all.’

‘……!’

‘So don’t be disrespectful to the saint, Wisdom.’

I asked her to return the favor, and she was touched and excited.

Eldrakis’s lips parted in a dumbfounded expression at the temperature difference. Diane seized the moment and urged Eldrakis on.

‘Go ahead and apologize to the priestess. You were certainly rude this time, Ella.’

‘Uh, uh, I was a little rude, I’m sorry, Saint.’

‘I’ll accept your apology.

After accepting the apology from Eldrakis and diane, I turned away from the resentful-looking Eldrakis and slung my quiver of arrows around my waist.

‘Saint, are you sure you want to shoot the bow?’

‘Yes.’

‘Hah. Then let me show you how to shoot a bow.’

‘Huh? No thanks. I’m a good bowman.’

‘You’ve never held a bow before, have you?’

‘No, I haven’t.’

I narrowed my eyes and looked back at Iros.