The Crazy Villainess in This Area Is Me

“Um? What are you talking about, Lia?”

As if to appease the fighting children, Endimion stepped forward. He jumped between them, never noticing that there was a spark that was hotter than a flame between the two women.

“Mari will understand everything. Right, Mari?” Then he smiled brightly at her.

Magorit gritted her teeth. Her narrowed eyes glared fiercely at Lobelia. While she was in his arms, Lobelia was smiling as if she was making fun of him.

Magorit could tell intuitively. That Lobelia didn’t lose her memory. She pretended to have lost her memories just to strangle her. It felt like an unpleasant goosebump wrapped around her neck like a snake. Magorit unwittingly swept her wound, which had been bandaged without her knowledge.

My eyes rolled slowly along her hand. One of my eyebrows raised.

All the windows and things were broken because of the mana that responded to my feelings, but I didn’t use magic. Well, since I strangled her to death, a bruise could have been left along with my hand’s imprint. However, that kind of bruise would have healed quickly if she used medicine, so I couldn’t figure out why she was still wearing a bandage.

I tilted my head slightly and raised the corners of my mouth, glaring at Magorit. It was a provocation telling her to do something if she wanted to oppose it.

“Mari.”

When the desired answer didn’t come quickly from her, Endimion urged Magorit.

“Think about it. You’re like a real mother to Merilly, whom you love so much. For Merilly’s sake—”

“Now, are you going to tell Merrily the truth?” Her forehead crumpled violently.

She had been secretly tormenting that child all this time under the pretext of worrying about her health. Sometimes, she touched her body under the pretense of healing her and playing pranks with her food, which wasn’t even funny. However, if they reveal that she’s an illegitimate child now, won’t that child realize that everything she has been through so far is because of that reason?

Unlike Roseni, her daughter, who was born from her own womb, Merilly was a pretty smart child, even though Magorit deliberately kept her from studies and books. She was sure that child would notice at one. The reason why did she have to suffer until now. Then, her anger would be directed at her, and she couldn’t even predict what Endimion and Kriella, who think so highly of their bloodline, would do to her.

Margaret closed her eyes in agony. Still, she shouldn’t have vented her anger on Merilly. No, this wouldn’t have happened if she had just let that woman go from the beginning. Endless regrets flooded in like waves. But even if she regretted it now, there was nothing she could turn back.

In the end, she had no choice but to collide. Finally, her dark green eyes opened wide with determination.

“All right.”

“Huh?”

“I understand. Let’s do that. You can bring that woman into the main residence.”

Although she was still trembling with fear, Magorit adjusted her expression to act as if nothing had happened. Then she smiled brightly, as if she were a benevolent person, and offered her hand to Lobelia. “If it’s someone you love, then yes. We can be sisters. Isn’t that right, Lobelia?”

“Of course, Mari. Thank you for saying so.”

Magorit’s facial muscles twitched as she looked at Lobelia casually calling her by a nickname. There was absolutely no way in which a commoner would dare call a noble by their nickname. But there was nothing she could do now. As long as that woman was holding onto her weakness, she had to endure it for now. Magorit had no choice but to force herself to close her eyes.

“…What the?”

Looking at her, I also held back from laughing at her.

Actually, I didn’t mean to come into the main residence today. I was just going to go back and forth by the window, hoping to scare her lightly. But the moment I heard the name ‘Merilly’ amidst the sound of the pouring rain, I couldn’t hold back. In an instant, the bruises left on my daughter’s body passed before my eyes, and my senses were instantly lost. Which parent can tolerate this?

My child is being beaten by someone. And that was under the pretentious name of ‘discipline.’ Because of that, black malice penetrated into my eyes like a shadow without my knowledge.

“But there is a condition.”

“Conditions?”

Endimion asked back instead of me.

“Yes. I have raised Merilly with love so far.”

Magorit shamelessly began to tell her lies without even changing her expression.

“That’s, Endi. You know best, right?”

“That’s right. Merilly also knows you as her real mother.”

I pressed my lips tightly, trying hard to hide my astonished expression. It felt like I was watching a play that was just right.

“Lia, you should be thankful to Mari. Mari really loved Merilly like her own daughter.”

On the outside, I just smiled quietly, but on the inside, a fire was burning again. Magorit is being Magorit, but when I looked at Endimion’s innocent expression, it made me mad.

It seemed better to give thanks to the dust rolling around on the floor than to her. At least they won’t harm my daughter.

How can he now know anything like that? No, what did I expect? He’s an extraordinary madman who lives in two houses and said crazy things about loving both of us.

Clenching my firsts under my dress, I stared at Magorit. For a moment, two similar yet dissimilar eyes met. Magorit smirked as if she were laughing at me.

“For Merilly’s shake….”

She, who had been blurring the end of her words as if she had something else planned, soon continued slowly.

“Please don’t reveal that you’re her biological mother.”

My eyes shook for a moment.

“That’s my condition.” Magorit smiled as if she had no malice.

Endimion tilted her toward her as if he couldn’t understand. “What do you mean? Of course, we should tell her.”

“Yes. Of course, we’ll have to tell her about it later.”

Magorit shrugged her shoulders slightly and continued. “What I’m saying is, let’s not reveal it right away.”

Her eyebrows drooped down.

“She’s a child who thought I was her mother all this time, so how much would it hurt her if we told her now?”

Magorit even took out her handkerchief and pressed it to the corners of her eyes where no tears came out.

“Besides, what about society? If it’s revealed that she’s an illegitimate child, our Merilly may be shunned by everyone at once.”

“As expected, Mari is kind and deep-hearted.”

Endimion hugged Magorit tightly as if proud of her. They were a fantastic couple who got along very well.

My eyes narrowed to the side.

She was outwardly pretending to care about Merilly, but in the end, she was doing it for herself. To prevent that child from telling the fact she had been abused by her.

Of course, I had thought about it too.

“Uh…”

With a subtle groan, I closed my eyes as if in pain and pressed my temple.

“Hmm? What’s wrong, Honey?”

With his wife by his side, Endimion headed to me.

“Ugh, my head…!”

“Are you alright? First, go back and rest…”

“Argh…!”

I screamed loudly and grabbed my hair. He held onto both of my shoulders as if he was worried about me. My body was shaking as if I was having a seizure.

“Lia!”

I, who had been breathing heavily for a while, let my tears fall and shook my head. “I think I remember… a very scary memory…!”

“Lia, get yourself together…!”

“Kyaaaaak! I’m scared. Endrew!”

“Lobelia, Honey!”

Then I hugged Endimion and looked at Magorit clearly. Soon after, my fingers slowly moved upward.

“That woman.”

“Honey.”

“That woman made me…!”

Magorit, who was very nervous, shook her head. At that moment, I raised one corner of my mouth very faintly. At the same time, my body swayed greatly.

“Lia!”

My pupils rolled back enough to see the whites. I lost my mind. No, I actually pretended to faint and fell toward Endimion.

Through my increasingly blurry vision, I could see Magorit shaking. However, my revenge hasn’t even begun yet.

As I listened to Endimion’s fussing voice, I closed my eyes.