The Crazy Villainess in This Area Is Me

Roseni left the place immediately. Tears came out, and she couldn’t listen anymore. Her small steps ran quickly into her room. After locking the door, she climbed onto the bed and covered herself with a blanket.

“What should I do…!”

A cry burst out through her fingers, covering her mouth. The conversation between Lobelia and Magorit was echoing in her ears.

She thought her mother had a mental illness.

So she tried her best to stop her. Roseni believed everything would settle down when her mother came to her senses.

“My mother… a murderer…”

Roseni couldn’t believe it. Even though her mother was strange, she was a loving mother to her. So she tried her best to protect them both. Although she was worried about whether to tell elders about it, she was unable to do so. She tried to stick with Merilly as much as possible for Merilly’s safety. Because her mother never did any strange behavior when she was with Merilly. However,

“Merilly is not my biological sister… and that’s why she harassed her on purpose…?”

Her world was twisted.

Even a six-year-old child knew exactly what adults should and should not do to the child.

Whatever happened between the two, her mother should never have landed a hand on Merilly. Even more so if the absurd reason was that Merilly’s blood was half mixed with a commoner.

“

…!”

A scream came out of Roseni’s mouth at the horrifying realization that her own mother had been deliberately abusing a child and that her mother was a killer. It was too painful for a six-year-old to go through.

“

”

Then she heard the door open. Roseni stopped crying and covered her mouth. Someone’s warm hand went up to the blanket.

“…I’m sorry, Roseni.”

It was Lobelia’s voice.

Did she know that Roseni was eavesdropping?

The child rubbed her red eyes and gently rolled up the blanket. “…Did you notice?”

“…Not from the beginning.”

Lobelia looked very distressed.

“Why do you have that look on your face…”

“Roseni, it’s because I’m really sorry.”

In the middle of the argument, I felt someone’s presence. And soon, I was able to realize that it was Roseni. If I had realized sooner, I wouldn’t have said such things, at least not where the child could hear. Pain surged through me as if my heart was being tightened with a rope.

The fact that her mother was such a wicked person must have been a huge burden to this child.

“That kind of expression…” Roseni continued her words, crying again. “Is something that my mother should make.”

My heart sank at Roseni’s words.

“Why is it my mother…”

“…Roseni.”

“Why is my mother a murderer…? Why, why…!”

Her broken heart soon collapsed. Roseni punched the blanket with her fists and cried out loud. All I could do was hold the child in my arms.

“As an adult, I feel sorry… I shouldn’t have hurt you…”

“

Why, why…”

Roseni, who had been crying in my arms for a while, slowly lifted her head up. Her tear-filled eyes sparkled in the light.

“Someone like you is not my mother…”

“I…” I gently stroked the child’s hair and spoke in a low, soothing voice. “Will do everything. As Merilly’s mother and Roseni’s mother.”

My voice was as soothing as a lullaby. Roseni blinked her eyes and hugged me.

“So, let’s not cry, Baby…”

The touch on her back was so warm that the child slowly fell into sleep after crying for so long. I carefully laid the sleeping Roseni on the bed. Since she’s an unusually cautious child, Roseni wouldn’t tell Merilly the whole truth right away.

I wiped away her tear-stained face, then pulled up the blanket. My hand covered her little quivering eyelashes as if she was having a nightmare. A clear blue light glistened slightly, and Roseni’s complexion improved in an instant.

“I hope you have good dreams.”

I hope that I didn’t hurt her heart in her dream. I soon came out of her room after using my magic.

“

?”

It was the moment when the door closed. As soon as I came out, I faced round, pretty eyes that looked like mine.

“

Merilly.” I quickly wiped away my remaining tears and greeted Merilly.

She tilted her head and glanced at the door. “What about Roseni?”

“She’s sleeping.”

“

I was going to play with her.”

As if disappointed, Merilly’s head instantly dropped.

“Then would you like to play with me?” Seeing her cute figure that made you want to hug her, I gently raised my eyebrows and made her an offer.

“Huh? What are you doing?”

“Ah, we had guests earlier. They brought lots of presents for Merilly and Roseni. Shall we go take a look at them together?”

“Presents?”

Merilly’s eyes twinkled unknowingly. She was still a child even if she pretended to have no greed for things.

I smiled and nodded. “Together. Let’s organize the gifts together.”

“Good idea.”

Merilly naturally held my hand. The warmth of my child emanating from her small hand warmed my heart, which was dry with sorrow. I smiled slightly as my heart seemed to melt.

“Oh my, you two look like mother and daughter.” Seeing our sweet appearance, a maid passing by smiled and spoke.

At that, Merilly’s eyes turned to me. “I know, right? Your eye color is really similar to mine.”

“There are many fates and coincidences in the world.”

A little bewildered, I glossed over the meaningful words. Fortunately, Merilly didn’t seem to mind that much.

“

!”

Gift boxes were piled up like mountains there.

“Open it.”

At my words mixed with laughter, Merilly rushed to where the gift boxes were. She then picked up the smallest box.

“…That’s the smallest box, right?”

My child’s shoulders trembled at my question. Merilly lowered her eyebrows and smiled bitterly.

“But Roseni might want to open the boxes too.” The child, who answered weakly, fiddled with a small box the size of her fist.

Because Magorit always forced her to yield, yield was ingrained in her. Of course, with Merilly’s character, she would have yielded even if Magorit hadn’t told her. However, there was a difference between doing it voluntarily and being forced to do it by someone else’s pressure.

“…I’ve separated the boxes for Roseni.” As I had felt Merilly’s situation, I continued. “This is all Merilly’s.”

“Yes?”

Her already big eyes opened even wider.

“They are all the same gifts. The guest chose the same thing so that Merilly and Roseni could share them instead of fighting for them.”

These were special gifts and considerations prepared by Bella. If Roseni’s mentality had resembled Magorit’s, Bella would only send gifts from Merilly and wouldn’t care if what she was doing was childish. But having received a rough summary of Roseni’s work from me, she prepared the same gifts for the children.

“B-but… My mother won’t allow it. She always says that a big sis should have less than her younger sibling… That’s the virtue of yield…”

“Yes. Yielding… It’s true that it is a virtue.”

So, there was no need for Merilly to make any more yield.

“But you don’t have to have two identical things.”

Roseni didn’t have a greedy personality.

“If you have both of what this person doesn’t have, it’s called greed, not yield.”

“…Roseni is not like that. She always gave everything back to me without my mother knowing.”

“I’m glad you two are on good terms. Now, do you want to open them?”

“Yes, yes…!”

A smile spread over the child’s face. Merilly excitedly opened the presents. Various types of gifts popped out of the boxes, including hats and dresses with lots of lace, accessories made of precious gems, decorations to decorate the room, and even books for her to read.

“This is a book I really wanted to read…!”

“Do you like it?”

“Yes…! This is my first time receiving so many presents.

” The child smiled awkwardly.

“You don’t have to yield anything now. You don’t have to put up with it.”

“Yes?”

“If there’s anything you want, tell me anything. If there’s something you want to read, I will even build a library for you.”

“

, thank you,” Merilly answered brightly as she opened the presents. Didn’t notice what kind of expression I was making.

Looking at my daughter like that, I clenched my fists through the hem of my dress. “I will protect Merilly.”

The child’s head slowly turned toward me.

“Lobelia?”

Two eyes that looked exactly like decalcomania met each other.

At that moment, a strange voice passed through Merilly’s ears.