The Villainess in the Romance Fantasy Is Strange

13. Date (4)

“Uh, eh? What, what what…… ?!”

“…… ?”

What is this? Leah’s reaction is a little strange. Apparently, I understood everything until just a little while ago. I think I said that I was aware that the reason I came to the underground labyrinth was to cast off the curse of misfortune that resided in Lia herself.

For some reason, Leah seemed to have completely missed her own expectations. She screams shrilly with a face that looks like she’s embarrassed.

“Ka, Cain! What are you talking about? My body, my body, has a curse of misfortune… ?”

“Yes, I am.”

“Lies… ! That’s a lie, right? Are you kidding me?”

Where did the benevolent expression that I showed for a moment go, now that I’m a 10-year-old child, Lia grabs my sleeve and shakes it.

Seeing that pitiful sight, she wanted to tell her that it was a joke, but sadly she couldn’t. Because the truth is true

Without saying a word, I shook her head and patted the back of her neck, where the curse of misfortune was located.

Quickly, Leah hurriedly pulled out her pocket mirror. She angles her head well to reflect the back of her neck. She found a black reverse clover pattern clearly embedded there. She freaks out and drops her hand mirror.

“Oh, Mom… !”

I caught her falling hand mirror in the air and held Lia by the waist as she was about to fall in surprise. Then, when I handed her the mirror back, Lia, who had pursed her lips, seemed to have made up her mind. She asked, holding me tight by the sleeve.

“Hey, Cain. Just in case, when did you find out that my body was cursed with misfortune?”

‘The day Leah and I went to see the fig tree.’ If you say so, the credibility is lost. The curse of misfortune is designated as a forbidden spell, so it is a magic whose healing method is unknown, but it is obviously strange that as soon as you find out that you are cursed, you find a person who knows how to heal it.

At least, a month or so would make sense.

“Because I have good eyesight. I found out right away the day I first met Lia.”

“Sure. How did you find Grace hiding in the underground labyrinth?”

“The method of finding people is a trade secret in our family. Even Lia-sama can’t tell you.”

“…… Ah.”

Lia’s eyes roll quickly as she purses her lips.

As if trying to figure something out for her, she moved her body little by little and turned her gaze around. She let out a strange grunt and exhaled her excited breath.

“Well then, the reason why Cain kept overprotecting me… ?”

“Because that is my job.”

“…… Why did you sometimes look at me with very, vague eyes?”

That’s because I know you’ll become a villainess in the future…. I couldn’t say it honestly, so I shut her mouth.

Lia seems to have taken my silence in a different way.

Her mouth heh-. Asked Lia, wide open, blinking her big eyes.

“No way…. Because I look pitiful, cursed with misfortune?”

“… ….”

“Well, I don’t know that either. A strange delusion like an idiot alone…… ?”

Lia muttered something incomprehensible to her, as if she had misunderstood something, and lowered her head.

She then spread her palms out to cover her reddened cheeks, and then she covered her face. Like some kind of wild beast, she starts spilling her words that she couldn’t even speak.

“Ah, heh, heh, heh…… !”

“Hey, Lia. I’m not sure what you misunderstood. Don’t be too shy. Isn’t it said that humans are originally creatures of illusion? It is natural that misunderstandings pile up in life….”

“…… Don’t tell me! Cain, please don’t say anything-!”

* * *

“——So. Cain, you mean this wizard named Grace knows how to cast the curse of doom?”

About 10 minutes later. Did Leah, who was clinging to me and howling cutely, regain her composure? With her face looking pretty calm, she glanced at Grace, she said.

The way he crosses his arms with his dainty hands, to me, it seems like he’s doing this to show off an air of pride. If that’s the case, I don’t feel a single bit of charisma since I showed an angst mixed with aegyo a little while ago.

“Yes, I am.”

“Umm. Okay? That’s right. So, Grace. Please tell me how to cure the curse of misfortune.”

Me and Leah looked at Grace at the same time.

Grace, who had been kneeling quietly like a sack of barley she had borrowed, spoke sparsely.

“Uh, that’s it. I’m not sure where to start explaining this…. First of all, you know that the curse of misfortune is a magic created to curse a betrayed lover, right?”

“Yes, I know. Why?”

“Well, that is the point. Because it is a magic created to curse Jung-in who betrayed him, he is never allowed to do it alone. It’s always just the two of you, and you can’t be with just anyone. You need someone who can spend a long time with you….”

Grace looked back and forth between the two of us, then gulped down her saliva.

“Would you like to hear more… ?”

“Go ahead.”

Let’s make a chin gesture to mean to continue, and Grace continued her explanation.

“If there is such a person. The person with the curse of misfortune can kiss someone who will bear the same curse. Then, the clover pattern will split into two and be engraved on the bodies of the two, and the curse of misfortune will stop?”

“…… Keys, kisses?!”

Lea’s shoulders twitched as she had been listening quietly.

I squatted in place, squinted my eyes, and looked at Grace.

“Is there any other way? If you come out after finding it, I’ll take your limbs-“

“Oh no! Really! As far as I know, that’s all! I can swear to the sky, no, I can swear by the results of my dark magic research!”

Wizards are a strange species that value the results of their research as much as their lives, and there are also mana oaths to answer all of Lia’s and me’s questions wholeheartedly. It is right to see that there is no false part.

…… That is to say, yes. Is there really only a kiss to cure the curse of misfortune?

Involuntarily, my gaze turned back.

──Awkward!

Leah flinched as I met her gaze, then she wriggled her fingers as she wriggled.

Then, as if making excuses for someone, he looks at the wall instead of me and starts muttering.

“What, what-. At least once. Wouldn’t it be okay if I just closed my eyes…… ? Cain is also handsome, although she is a bit overprotective of me. Because sometimes she’s very gentlemanly…….”

The moment I was about to say something because the content was absurd. Grace belatedly added.

“Oh, and there are restrictions even after sharing the curse. People who share curses must be attached to each other for at least an hour every two days. Otherwise, the curse of misfortune assumes that one of the two has betrayed the other, and proceeds with the curse again.”

“Oh, how much. How much should it be?”

“It depends on how deep the grudge of the caster is, and how much magical power he has. Assuming that a black magician of the same level as me is a sorcerer.”

“Yes, assuming?”

“About 10 years? After that time, the curse will completely disappear.”

“Wait, 10 years? 10 Years?”

10 Years, not one year? I asked again, wondering if I had heard something wrong, but Grace shook his head. 10 Years sounds right.

“Yes, but don’t worry too much. Even if I look like this, I’m a high-ranking wizard who can use up to 6th tier black magic, right? Warlocks like that aren’t common in our church, so it won’t take more than 10 years.”

“…… Platform?”

I’ve heard it a lot somewhere.

Muttering instinctively, I checked Grace’s reaction. Grace looked at me with an angry expression, as if she wanted to regret what she had said, and quickly closed her lips.

“Grace. The church you just mentioned is probably related to evil spirits….”

“Hey, Cain.”

The moment I felt suspicious and tried to inquire, Lia, who had come closer before I knew it, murmured softly. I dusted off my seat and raised my lower body.

“Yes, Lia.”

“Well, no matter how Cain is, it must be too hard for him to stay with me for 10 years, right? It may be a little embarrassing, but I guess I should ask my mother for this….”

“Ah, indeed. I forgot to tell you. The curse of misfortune can only be shared between opposite s*xes of the same age. Because the princess who made the magic and the lover are the same age, there are restrictions like that.”

“…… What?”

Why are you telling us such important information now?

I looked down at my feet with only my gaze, and Grace shuddered as she screamed ‘Hee!’ As if she was frightened.

Tuk-tuk, Lia tugged at my sleeve.

“Ka, Cain. I don’t know any boys other than you…. What do we do?”

“… ….”

This is what you mean by asking me to stay by your side, right?

I have a mission, and I am Lia’s escort knight, so it doesn’t matter. Even if it’s a good thing, if you find someone else to give your heart to later, you might regret your actions today. Is that something you know?

“Lia-sama. Of course I want to help, but Lia-sama may regret this decision later.”

“Regret…. Why me?”

“Why? Yes, even later, Lia-sama may find a man she really likes.”

“I like Cain the best?”

“There may be a fiance chosen by the family, but if I stay by your side as an escort knight. Wouldn’t that be a lot of trouble?”

“Sure. Can’t Cain get engaged to me later?”

“Lia-sama. When she gets engaged to a noble, it means that she will get married right after the coming-of-age ceremony. I mean, you know that….”

“Cain, don’t you want to marry me?”

I, who responded with an expressionless expression, lost my composure in this attack.

“…… Marriage is with someone you like.”

“I like Cain…. Could it be that Cain hates me?”

“Oh, no. Of course, I like Lia-sama too.”

I don’t mean like that here. Say love, not like. But now I don’t know how to explain the difference between like and love to a 10-year-old girl.

I’m hesitant because I can’t come up with a good explanation method right away, but for some reason. After hearing my words, Lia cutely blushed.

“That, I see. Cain likes me too…… ?”

Leah, shyly twisting her body and touching the ends of her pink hair, was very cute.

But that’s it, and this is this. This means that I am not a foolish man who promises a future for the sake of momentary feelings.

In order not to fall for Lia’s unconscious temptation, I firmly hold her heart. Before planting even more -.

“Oh….”

“…… Lia-sama!”

The moment I was about to prepare, I saw Lia’s leg loosen. I quickly grabbed Leah’s waist.

“Lia, are you okay?”

“Ugh, sorry. Suddenly, her legs gave out….”

A conversation that seemed to have been shared in the not-too-distant past, a familiar sense of deja vu flooded my brain.

“…… Grace. The reason Lia-sama’s leg is now loosened is the reason.”

“Hmm, I don’t think that’s right? Unless you have a chronic illness, I have no choice but to explain that this is an abnormality caused by the ongoing curse of misfortune-“

That’s it. If you’ve heard that far, you don’t need to listen any more. I glanced at Leah.

“Lia-sama, do it.”

“Uh, huh? What?”

“What is it?”

Perhaps because he was in a hurry, the words ‘to curse the misfortune’ were left out. The next word came out.

“Kiss, come with me.”