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Chapter 116 - I Became the Narrow-Eyed Character in the Little Prince Game

I Became the Mastermind Who Betrays the Heroines,but characters keep taking an interest in me.DBT,Korean,Novel,Translation,NEPG,Academy,Fantasy

Kingdom (2)

Affection or yearning.

The complexly intertwined emotions make the body heat up.

The girl recalls the warm stew.

The kindness of a stranger that came like a miracle when she had fallen to the very bottom.

It was a scene that now felt distantly unfamiliar.

-Everyone, eat slowly. We're still cooking, so there's more food.

The dining table that used to feed the hungry foxes.

At the time, she was wary, thinking there must be a hidden motive, but looking back now, it was the moment when all the miracles began.

Because now he had become a part of her life, someone she could rely on completely.

Someday, she hoped to become as strong.

Just as she relied on the boy, she hoped the boy could rely on her, that she would become someone he needed.

So as not to be abandoned.

To be loved, even a little.

"···What am I thinking?"

Irene shakes off the unnecessary thoughts.

The corners of her mouth twist bitterly.

Her hand, which had been hesitating, eventually chooses the simplest menu.

The decided dish was none other than beef stew.

This seemed better.

Rather than ruining an unmanageable dish by burning it all, it seemed better to serve a simple, safe dish, even if it was humble.

If it were him, he would surely praise her, even if her skills were poor.

A smile inadvertently spreads across her face.

The girl's steps became lighter.

"······."

A shimmering shadow like a heat haze.

Without even knowing that someone was tailing her from there.

***

Meanwhile.

An alley untouched by human footsteps.

A strange woman was peeking out from there. Yellow eyes followed the receding figure of the fox.

Mana sparks in the air along with her flowing hair.

Her alluring lips move slightly.

"Hmm~ So that's the target this time?"

Her tone was filled with a unique sense of ease.

Although she was covered in a robe to hide her identity, that didn't erase the aura of a strong person.

A sharp tension filled the alley.

The woman murmurs, seemingly enjoying herself.

"Her face is quite to my taste."

Her identity was as follows.

The unreliant, the injustice.

A big shot carrying out the fourth sword of the monarch.

Originally, her role was to assist her master as a member of the royal guard, but today she had infiltrated theAcademy under special orders.

That order was to bring the recently noisy snake to the 'Kingdom'.

Injustice quietly licks her lips.

'As expected··· it's too dangerous to touch the snake directly. He's not the type to obediently follow along just because you tell him to.'

The war that took place in the underworld of the Empire.

The usurpation.

Having experienced that incident, Injustice knew how cruel the snake was at that time.

He still appeared in her nightmares from time to time.

He was a part of a myth.

Single-handedly, he crushed the criminal organizations in the underworld one by one, and in the end, he even devastated the 'Kingdom' that the monarch had built.

The monarch, who reigned as the top figure at the time, had to give up his right-hand man.

A one-sided defeat.

He was truly a figure with monstrous footprints.

Injustice wipes away a cold sweat.

'I didn't want to meet him again···.'

She chews on a brief complaint.

She still had nightmares.

Cold, sunken eyes.

If she were to face those inhuman eyes again, Injustice was confident that she would piss herself without hesitation.

To that extent, the snake was a being engraved with intense fear in the woman's mind.

But.

That didn't mean she could disobey orders.

Instead, Injustice decided to use a trick.

'It would be easier to target those around him, right?'

She scans the target she's tailing.

The target was a servant who was known to have lived closest to the snake recently.

Fox ears and a tail were perched on her head and hips, respectively.

She heard that she was a fox beast-person brought from a businessman's auction, but since the information came from the ever-sly Distrust, its reliability was low.

Injustice fiddles with the whip in her hand.

The plan was simple.

Her master had ordered her to bring him as soon as possible, but he had not placed any restrictions on the method or number.

Even if she did something drastic, she had insurance, so it was fine.

The snake cares for those around him.

If they kidnapped one person and ran away, he would have no choice but to chase them to the Kingdom to get them back.

Even if there was a clash, she had a form of insurance, so it was fine.

The woman hums happily.

"The hostage is to my liking, too~ Shall I have some fun while he's chasing after us?"

Injustice was quite strong.

Since her abilities did not have an aggressive tendency, she couldn't compare to the force of the other royal guards, but she could still twist a student-level opponent with a single finger.

After all, she was one of the five negations that protected the monarch.

She could erase a girl who was still a fledgling from the world without anyone knowing.

Injustice continues her leisurely pursuit.

'Should I ambush her when she enters the dormitory?'

She waits for the hostage to become a rat in a trap on her own.

The fox carrying a shopping basket.

As the fragile steps finally entered the dormitory building, Injustice immediately tears through space, leaps, and ambushes the target.

The shadow appears in the air as if blinking.

Fzzzt-!

"Peek-a-boo!"

The woman smiles brightly.

Injustice sharply swings the whip in her hand.

The fox's eyes are filled with panic.

"······!"

The girl reacts to the ambush late.

But.

Injustice had already narrowed the focus to close range.

The whip flies at supersonic speed and strikes.

Thud-!

A dull bursting sound fills the air, and a shadow collapses to the ground.

A leg kneels with a faint moan.

It all happened.

In an instant.

***

After finishing my duties, I returned to the Academy.

Dragging my tired body, I opened the dormitory door, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of incongruity.

It was because of the thick darkness.

"······."

Beyond the wide space, only silence remained.

It was long past sunset, and it was strange that the lights inside were still not turned on.

I move, suppressing my presence.

I waited for a moment, but the voice that would normally come to greet me was not heard.

At that point, I sensed that something was wrong.

Rustle-.

A shopping basket was rolling in the hallway.

As I was picking up the meat and vegetables that had fallen to the floor, a faint presence suddenly brushed past my ear.

It was a sound coming from the innermost room.

-Ugh,hng···.

A faint moan.

It almost sounded like someone was sobbing.

I immediately run towards it.

"Miss Irene...!"

Bang-!

I roughly kick open the door at the end of the noise.

There isn't even a hint of hesitation in such a movement.

As the shattered planks scatter, the hot heat lingering in the room makes me frown.

I urgently look around inside.

What greeted me there was none other than...

"Waaaaah!! I'm sorry! I was wrong!"

A loudly wailing voice.

In the corner, a girl with yellow hair was kneeling with both arms raised as if being punished.

Her face was a mess of tears and snot.

There were black soot marks all over her body, as if she had been playing with fire somewhere.

I raise a question mark.

"······?"

What?

My brain freezes for a moment, and then a girl suddenly greets me indifferently.

Flames flutter gracefully around her.

"Welcome back. You're a bit late today."

"Miss Irene?"

At the center of it all stood the fox.

Her once orange hair was now dyed red, and her mana was burning with intense heat.

The dignified appearance of crimson flames dominates the atmosphere.

The sword, also clad in flames, is ruthless, and its tip is aimed at the kneeling child.

I ask, not understanding the situation.

"What happened?"

"I was ambushed."

"And?"

"I won, though?"

"······?"

My head tilts once again.

The girl explains.

"I was being followed from the shopping district, so I wondered what was going on, but then I was suddenly ambushed, so I beat her up."

Thump-!

The fox strikes the woman's head with the back of her sword.

A startled reaction returns.

"Eek, eek...! I, I'm sorry! I was wrong!"

The girl trembles and rubs her hands together.

No matter how you looked at it, she was barely ten years old.

I look back at the fox without a word.

She awkwardly avoids my eyes, then mutters as if making excuses for her sins.

An explanation added in a barely audible voice.

"······I think I hit her too hard."

As if to supplement that statement, the woman bursts into tears that she had been holding back.

Thick tears fall.

"Ugh, hng... I won't do it again, s-so, that hot thing, p-please stop it..."

"······."

"······."

A frail voice crying as if the sky were falling.

We looked at each other without a word.

"Miss Irene."

"······."

"Have you ever heard of child abuse?"

"She was originally an adult... She gradually shrunk while we were fighting, and in the end, she became small like now."

"Then what about excessive force?"

"······."

The fox remained silent.

We had to stand there for a while amidst the awkwardness.

Until the kidnapper stopped crying.

[T/N: Thank youuu author nim~! I wasn’t ok with another damsel in distress situation!]


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