The Villainess in the Romance Fantasy Is Strange

11. Date (2)

As I said now, the labyrinth ‘Lirinthos’ does not have a large part in the original work.

The reason is simple. Stella, the heroine, received the dragon’s tears as a gift from the crown prince, which can cure the curse of misfortune. This is because the other people around them do not even know that Stella has been cursed with misfortune.

In other words, put it simply. There is no reason to come, so it is not treated with great importance.

In the first place, since the episode in which Stella is cursed with misfortune is a one-time thing, isn’t there any reason to dedicate this stinky and drab underground labyrinth story to the paper? It’s not enough to just tell a beautiful love story between a wonderful prince and a pretty heroine.

…… Well, it’s not a beautiful love story anymore when a new character pops up at the end and confesses that she’s pregnant with the male lead’s child.

Anyway, for the reasons mentioned above, Leah and I entered the underground labyrinth of Lirinthos, which is rarely covered in the original work. I had been walking forward for about 30 minutes to find out if it was Grace, a demon who could cast the curse of misfortune.

“Hmm….”

According to the description of the labyrinth, Lilinthus, which is less than one page in the entire original work. If you walk from the entrance to the right wall for about an hour, you will come to the center of the labyrinth.

Speaking of this, you might wonder why a two-hour round-trip cave-like place is called a labyrinth. The reason why Lyrinthus is called a labyrinth is not the complexity of its structure.

It is because the surrounding land, including the labyrinth area, is covered with enchanting magic that makes it impossible to get lost no matter how much you walk.

The enchantment magic that starts from the center of the labyrinth is the 4th tier magic. Unless you are a tolerable mage, parfait is impossible. Ordinary people who are not sensitive to mana do not even know that there is charm magic.

So it must have been quietly sleeping in the basement of our Reinhardt estate without being discovered until now.

Now that I’ve found the right path. Illusion magic, the concept of deceiving the world, will go awry, and sooner or later others will discover the entrance to Lyrinth.

-Duk, Duk.

Water dripped behind me, lost in thought. Lia, who was walking one step behind me, was hit by the water that flowed from the stalactites. Suddenly she freaked out and trembled all over her body.

“──Ha!”

“Lia, are you okay?”

“Okay, it’s okay, but… …. There you are. Cain?”

“Yes.”

“Cain is, that. I like dark places like this… ?”

“Yes? What is that Do you like it?”

“…… Ah, nothing!”

“Oh, yes.”

Why don’t you talk blandly?

It seemed like he didn’t want to talk about it, so he pretended it hadn’t happened and finished what he was doing.

Leah gives her left hand to catch her sleeve. With her right hand, she pressed one side of the wall of the labyrinth and continued to urge her steps.

So, after walking for about five minutes. Finally, I was able to see the monster living in Lirinthos.

─Kurrureuk….

“Ka, Cain! A monster, a monster has appeared… !”

“Yes, I see.”

The name of that monster that makes an unpleasant cry is Hellhound. As the name suggests, a black body that looks like it just came out of hell. It is a beast monster with three heads resembling a dog.

Contrary to how it looks, it has great combat power, so in the original work, it was said that you would have to be a regular knight to win one-on-one?

It’s the first time I’ve actually seen a hellhound, so I’ve been concentrating on observing its appearance without realizing it. Kuuk, Lia grabbed the hem of my clothes and pulled it straight.

“Kayin… ! Don’t just watch, how. Please do something I mean, I’m scared….”

“Oh, I see. Sorry. Lia.”

I grabbed the handle of the sword with my free right hand. The well-forged sword blade is sereung-. The street made a rustling sound, and I heard it in my grasp.

─Kleurreuk, Kreurreuk-!

Perhaps it recognized me as an enemy when I pulled out the sword, the hellhound let out a distinctive cry and leaped towards it. Leah screamed, and I moved my hand.

-The sharp blade of the sword cut the hellhound’s head in half exactly in the middle. It was like cutting water with a knife, and the weak point, the hellhound whose head was split in two, fell to the floor.

It was a clean death with no rigor after death.

“…… Uh, how was it Cain?”

“Yes, I sent it to Pluto.”

The word sent from this world to Pluton-sama is a noble twist to the word killed.

Perhaps Leah knew that too, she opened her tightly closed eyes and looked at her floor. The sight of a hellhound with its head split in half in her middle made her wince.

“Huh, hi!”

“You shouldn’t be this scared, Lady Lia. There is still a long way to go.”

“…… Can’t I just go home?”

Leah asked, looking up at me with her moist eyes.

It was such a pitiful figure that it almost shook her heart for a second. I made up my mind and shook my head.

“Yes, no. Let’s go together.”

“Hey….”

* * *

On the other hand, the center of the labyrinth ‘Lirinthus’.

The demon Grace, who was sitting on the chair she had prepared and watching Cain and Lia’s group heading toward the center of Lirinthus, was shocked again.

‘Don’t be ridiculous. Really nonsense… !’

The reason was because of Cain’s swordsmanship skills that exceeded Grace’s own expectations.

The kid I saw before, namely Cain, is not enough to cut off her hell hound’s head like a piece of paper. Her skin is as hard as stone, so she splits the cave orc in half, which is famous for being difficult for swordsmen to attack.

Even Wraith, a spiritual body impervious to physical attacks created in preparation for intruders, was annihilated in one blow by slashing with mana in the sword.

‘Well, there are all ignorant and strong children…… ?!’

I recognized that he was a nasty little boy from the time he cut down a trickle whose fighting power had been enhanced by strengthening his body. I never thought I would have known how to use a mana sword at such a young age.

If this happens, all the intruder countermeasures Grace has prepared will be useless. Since the kid’s swordsmanship skills are amazing, the monsters scattered everywhere won’t be of much help. Even if I send out demons made of spiritual bodies, it is certain that they will all be cut down with a mana sword.

‘…… Uh, what should I do?’

I don’t know how the hell he found out where he was and found him. If left as it is, it will only be a matter of time before those little ones come to the center of the labyrinth, where they are.

What if that kid found me? If that dark-haired kid, who couldn’t see even the grime on his nails, saw himself as a black magician who dipped his hands in taboo black magic… ?

…… I don’t know, but I will never leave it alone.

Creepy-.

The moment when Grace, who had a premonition of her future and felt chills running down her spine, was restless. Leah’s urgent voice was heard in the ears of the cave mouse who shared her vision with Grace.

[Cain! Down, under your feet!]

[Yes? Underfoot, what is that?]

[Something is approaching beneath our feet. I can feel the strong flow of mana!]

[Okay. Lady Lia, hold on to my neck!]

Cain, holding Lia in the arms of the princess, quickly jumped from her place and stepped behind her. And right after that, a giant centipede burst through the floor of the cave and swung her sharp jaws. Cain and Leah broke the place where they were standing just now.

Cain, who was able to avoid her surprise thanks to Lia’s warning, swung her sword and cut off her sharp chin. She cut it in half from the top of her head down and she finished off the giant centipede.

[Cain, are you okay? Aren’t you hurt?!]

[Yes, I am fine. Is Lia-sama not injured?]

[Yes, I’m fine.]

[In that case, I’m glad. Lady Lia, how did you know that something was approaching under our feet?]

[That’s…. I’m a little sensitive to the flow of mana. So we could instinctively know that something was coming under our feet.]

[Oh, is that so? That’s fortunate. If it wasn’t for Lia’s sensing ability, both of us would have been in big trouble.]

[Eh, no. If it wasn’t for Cain’s swordsmanship skills, it would have been useless for her to find out in advance.]

[Then, shall we say that this was a collaboration between the two of us?]

[Ah. Is that so… ?]

‘…… These things.’

The rest are serious enough to die, but these b*tches with no blood on their heads are making love while hugging each other in the underground labyrinth.

At Cain and Lia’s untimely salting, Grace almost started talking to her in a moment of heat. I barely endured and swallowed my anger.

“…… Whoa.”

Calm down, Grace. This is not the time to be distracted by things like that. Didn’t I say that a crisis is an opportunity? At this moment, when those little kids aren’t paying attention to their surroundings, they’re going to subdue them by hitting them in the back… !

Grace concentrated. It uses black magic, life creation, which corresponds to the 6th tier.

Even though he is lowly in his realm, he can only create imperfect life forms. It should be enough to use to subdue two careless kids.

Above the magic circle of the s*xtile, where ominous energy overflows just by looking at it, the form of a poisonous insect created by Grace, the caster, appeared.

Grace gave her will to her newly created creature, commanding it to fly over Cain and Leah’s heads and inject deadly poison.

“Whoops. In the labyrinth, the front yard of someone else’s house, it is forbidden to be careless. Kid….”

At the same time Grace showed off her strange smile, her creature, the venom, left the center of the labyrinth and flew at high speed towards Cain and Leah.

The place where the two are located is not too far from the center of the labyrinth. So, the poisonous insect was able to reach the top of the two heads in less than 30 seconds. To pierce Cain and Lia with poisonous spittle. The poisonous insect quickly descended and performed an aerobatic flight as if it was thrusting down onto the top of Cain’s head….

──f*ck!

[What is this?]

…… Oxidized in the air. The reason is simple. Grace didn’t know it, but Cain’s five senses were pretty good. This is because, if she concentrates, she can even hear the flapping of a bird’s wings in a place 30 meters away.

“Oh no… !”

Looking at the poisonous insect that died because of Cain’s careless gesture, Grace involuntarily screamed.

I didn’t expect to even notice this, and it’s because I didn’t have any more means to counter it.

As if driving a wedge into her. Leah, who was staring at the corpse of the poisonous insect, pointed her index finger somewhere and said,

[Cain, that bug. It seems to have flown from the other side.]

[Yes? How did you know that?]

[I felt a suspicious flow of mana when the insect flew. I’m sure, the source is over there.]

‘Uh… ?’

Grace stared at Lia’s fingertips. It was because the direction Lia pointed at matched the center of the labyrinth she was in without an inch of error.

“…… Omg!”

The desperate Grace jumped to her feet.

I don’t know how that kid found out where he was. It’s not important to have a workshop in the yard where everyone is caught.

A workshop or something, I need to get away quickly before those little kids reach here. Workshops are important to wizards, but their lives are more important than those that can be rebuilt.

The moment Grace decided to take her step, Cain squatted in her seat. With her index finger and her thumb, she picked up the already corpse head of the venomous insect.

[Hey, the guy who sent this. Can you hear me?]

“…… What, what?!”

[So just wait there. By any chance, you run away and get caught?]

[Then I’ll find it somehow and make it into a body that can’t use magic again. Would that be more painful than not being able to use your limbs?]

[Take care of yourself.]

-Swish, Cain threw away the poisonous insect’s head and moved on.

Through the eyes and ears of the cave mouse, Grace saw and heard all of Cain’s actions.

──Thump.

Cain’s red eyes, which threatened her, were still kind to her.

“Ah, ah… ….”

She slumped in her seat, almost incontinent….