My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World - My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World chapter 81

81 – Memories of that day

It was a night when the moon rose.

A day when my heart was strangely upset and I couldn’t sleep.

Priscilla hid in my room with a depressed expression.

I also wanted to make some last memories with Priscilla, so we naturally left the Count Arbest’s mansion.

If you think about it, it was a truly strange thing.

No matter how emotional I was, I wasn’t so stupid that I didn’t know what kind of punishment my employees would receive if I committed such an unexpected act.

Nevertheless, I was overcome by an impulse, as if I had to do it, and while holding Priscilla’s hand, I headed toward the forest, which was too dangerous for her children.

“It feels like something mysterious!”

“Okay. “I feel like I’m going to meet a fairy.”

“Do fairies really exist?”

“God exists, so why not have fairies?”

No matter how bright the moon is, the forest at night is a scary place even for adults.

Nevertheless, we bravely walked through the forest as if we were walking through a field in broad daylight.

This too was truly strange.

I showed interest in hunting from a young age.

My father often took me out hunting.

There was always something he said every time that happened, and that the forest at night was a dangerous place even for knights.

─ Never set foot in the forest without a guard. This is Hwang Myeong.

─ Yes, Your Majesty.

My father mentioned Hwangmyeong, which is rare.

These are the words of the Sovereign of the Empire.

It was an order that should never be broken.

But at that time, I went deeper and deeper into the forest, forgetting even that golden name.

At the end of our journey, we found a large open space with no trees planted.

“Wow… pretty….”

A field of Lunaris flowers had grown up in a clearing in the forest illuminated by moonlight.

We headed towards the flower as if we were possessed.

Then, I felt my heart throbbing and pain.

It was a familiar feeling.

That was the feeling I felt when I went hunting with my father and made eye contact with a beast glaring at me.

“Priscilla, wait!”

“Yes?”

I belatedly came to my senses and pulled Priscilla’s hand, but Priscilla had already plucked the Lunaris Flower in front of her.

Something happens.

The moment we felt that, dizziness hit us, and when we came to our senses, the forest, which had already become broad daylight, greeted us.

Now that I think about it, I think it was closer to the dizziness you feel when using a teleport gate.

“Uh, uh… Suddenly, why is this….”

Priscilla was startled that it had suddenly become daylight, and she sat down on her floor.

I was also quite embarrassed, but Priscilla looked like she was going to burst into tears at any moment, so I held back.

“Wow, that’s strange! Well, I don’t know about this tree… !”

Priscilla was showing symptoms close to panic disorder.

So, I suppressed my fear and gently stroked Priscilla’s head.

“… “I think it’s a fairy trick, Priscilla.”

“Fairy, huh?”

“There are stories like that sometimes, right? “It is said that fairies play pranks and invite people.”

“Is that so?”

When the word fairy was mentioned, Priscilla felt noticeably genuine.

“A fairy’s mischief is always destined to return home. “I just went on a short picnic.”

“Yes, yes…” . Black….”

If you get lost in the forest, wait for the escorts to arrive.

My father said so, but it was a forest I had no idea where it was.

Because we couldn’t wait for help, we decided to proceed cautiously through the forest.

I carefully walked through the forest, holding a tree branch that was large enough to swing in one hand and Priscilla’s hand in the other.

For us who were still young, the forest surrounded by tall trees was literally close to a maze.

“Whoa, whoo…” .”

“Uh, uh….”

If I had the ability to climb a tree like Kyle, I would have been able to observe the forest from a high place.

But for me, who was still 9 years old at the time, climbing a tree over 10 meters tall was difficult.

Whether you go forward, backward, or sideways, there are trees everywhere.

We ended up collapsing in our seats, exhausted.

As I sat down like that, fear immediately came over me.

“Well… Ugh….”

But the presence of Priscilla sobbing next to me gave courage to my heart.

I guess she wanted to at least pretend to be strong in front of her fiancé, who was sobbing with anxiety.

Still, it seems that the child’s beating was of great help to Priscilla.

From Noble mtl dot com

“Well, I…” Black… Because she will be the future empress… Black….”

If the crown prince of an empire becomes emperor in the future, his fiancée naturally becomes empress in the future.

The empress of the empire should not appear like this.

Priscilla stopped crying and clenched her fists.

“Maximilian. “Drink water first.”

“I think I understand why water mana is essential for adventure, Priscilla.”

“hehehehe… “Would it have been helpful?”

“Of course.”

After drinking water, we felt relaxed and sat down to chat.

The night started to get a little hot.

It was a series of moments where we met in the room and talked because we couldn’t sleep.

As my tense body began to relax, I felt like I was slowly falling asleep.

It was a moment when my heart was relieved.

Crispy.

A sound like tree branches breaking was heard.

“Who are you?”

I immediately got up from my seat and positioned myself with a wooden stick with my back to Priscilla.

I felt the presence of something.

“Priscilla, prepare to run away.”

“Yes… yes!”

We began to run backwards, wary of the direction from which the sound came.

I was too preoccupied with watching my back, so this time Priscilla left a mark in the direction we fled.

Her heart was pounding like crazy and cold sweat broke out on her back.

The being that was targeting us was chasing after us, keeping a certain distance from where we could see, as if it was planning to stop and kill its prey.

It felt like the shadow of death was clinging to my back and not coming off.

After running for a while, we came across a clearing where a white old tree stood out.

Then my heart started pounding like crazy.

Anxiety, nervousness, fear.

The instinct shouts that this place is dangerous.

This time, I was on time and pulled Priscilla’s hand.

“Not here!”

“Huh?!”

I ran away from the clearing as far as possible.

There was no thought in my head about leaving a trace of where we had already been.

I had to live.

I don’t know how I ran away.

I think we just ran while praying and praying to the sun god to have mercy on us.

After running so frantically, we lost our footing and fell into a pit.

Splash!

It was a miracle.

Because the place where we fell was not the bare floor, but the water’s edge.

“Ugh! Ugh! Ma, Maxi, ugh!”

There was an issue with Priscilla not being able to swim, but that wasn’t much of a problem.

“If you stand up straight, your feet will touch, Priscilla.”

“Uh… Ugh, uh….”

It was at a level where I could barely breathe if I stood on tiptoe.

Priscilla and I crawled out of the water, completely wet.

“Ugh….”

It was cold.

Lack of sleep, cold, hunger.

My body became heavy due to the sudden release of tension.

I had to rest quickly.

We searched underground, gathered twigs and leaves, and with my clumsy magic, we managed to start a fire.

“Uh, uh….”

Priscilla and I were already at our limit.

With the fire lit, we fell asleep, covering ourselves with things like straw.

***

After waking up, we explored the underground cavity with hungry bellies.

“This looks like a place where people lived.”

“I see…. “This is like a bowl.”

At first, we were too distracted to recognize it, but after overcoming the crisis, we were able to calmly look around.

The angled, fairly wide cavity appeared to have been made by human hands.

“There may be preserved food.”

“… Would it be okay?”

“If it’s honey, it might be okay.”

“Honey?”

“Yes, they say honey has a very long shelf life.”

When the word honey came out, Priscilla looked slightly happy.

Just seeing that expression was enough reason to search the underground cavity in search of honey.

A vast forest with the same view no matter where you look.

In contrast, an underground cavity with traces of human hands.

The sense of stability that came from that difference was beyond imagination.

We searched the cavity, forgetting that we were hungry.

“Is this the sun?”

“It’s a picture of someone praying to the sun god.”

“What is this? It’s a painting offering a prayer to a woman….”

“It must be a leader or religious figure.”

“Is that so?”

I couldn’t find proper food in the joint.

It felt as if I had gathered all my belongings for a large-scale move.

There were only tables, chairs, or items that appeared to be beds that were too bulky to carry.

“Wow… This place is bigger and wider. “What was the purpose of this place?”

“I think they said this was called a ‘pantheon.’”

“What does that mean?”

“It means worshiping several gods.”

“Uh… In the empire….”

The empire was monotheistic.

However, this place seemed to be a place where several gods were worshiped.

What was particularly impressive was the engraved image of a worshiping human-shaped statue.

It appears that they were not bowing to a leader or religious figure, but were offering worship to a divine being in human form.

There was also a figure that appeared to be a small human with wings around it.

“Is this a fairy?”

“I guess so.”

Did fairies really exist here?

“It’s not here. “Let’s go a little further in.”

“Yes.”

We left the pantheon and went a little further inside.

How long was the cavity searched like that?

Crackling.

A sound similar to laughter was heard from somewhere.

“Maximil─”

“Shh.”

My heart is in turmoil.

The ominous feeling I felt while running away came over my whole body.

So, I decided to hold Priscilla’s hand and run away.

But before I knew it, the strange laughter coming from far away had stopped.

I felt a chill down my spine.

If you make a loud noise, you might get caught.

We decided to do so and kept our distance as much as possible, keeping our footsteps quiet.

“… “I’m going to the pantheon.”

There is no place to run to because the exit is unknown.

However, the Pantheon was a place with many places to hide.

And there was also a desperate feeling that God might take care of us.

That’s how we hid in the pantheon to avoid beings who might be our pursuers.

And there we met.

A monster that looks exactly like us.

We died there.

I stretched out my hand towards Priscilla, who I could not protect in her fading consciousness.

My consciousness was cut off there.

But at that moment, I felt something hot welling up inside my chest.

I want to live.

I want to go back and live with Priscilla.

You can’t die here!

I hope someone can help us.

It was a moment I had longed for so desperately.

It was as if I had turned back time, and the wounds on my body were healing.

I survived.

But it wasn’t Priscilla.

Priscilla, who died with a painful expression, still looked the same.

I prayed.

Thank God!!! Please please!!!

Any price is acceptable!!!

Please, Priscilla… ! Please save Priscilla!!!

I prayed and prayed.

More ugliness and earnestly than when she begged her father to save her mother.

I couldn’t lose someone precious this time either.

It is okay to pay any price.

I just prayed that he would be saved.

Anyone is good.

Priscilla cried out for help.

Then something ominous approached us.

Something ominous seeped into Priscilla, and her stiff body began to come to life.

“Ah, ah… Ugh, thank you… Ugh….”

I have already died once.

But the mana of the sun within me did not allow my death.

The sun’s mana, which rushed out to save me somehow, barely managed to grab my lifeline.

The price was fatal.

Because of this, Priscilla was neglected for as long as six years.

“Ah, ugh….”

The dark mana in Priscilla’s body saved her life.

I don’t know what kind of power it is or what kind of principle it is.

However, I could tell that Priscilla had saved her life.

As I held Priscilla unconscious, she prayed for something invisible to her eyes that might have saved us, to let her go home.

Has that earnest heart been reached?

Something tiny and silvery, like a firefly, was hovering around us.

It was a movement as if he was asking me to follow him.

I left the underground cave with great difficulty carrying Priscilla on my back, and wandered through the forest with Priscilla, who came to her senses along the way.

─ Kikikikikiki.

─ Aha, hahahaha, ha, ha, ha!

As I was walking through the forest following the guidance of the silver light, I heard the laughter of the monster that had taken our lives from somewhere.

That creepy laugh that seemed to be laughing at us made the hair on our bodies stand up and our teeth chatter.

As we were walking for a while, a monster that attacked us appeared along the way.

It was better than something that resembled that creepy human figure, but at this moment I was overcome with fear that I might die again.

But even if I die, I will definitely protect Priscilla this time.

Thinking like that, I drew out mana that I couldn’t use very often.

An imminent situation.

The mana that resided in Priscilla’s body swallowed up monsters at will.

Then the monster became noticeably weaker, and I was barely able to win by swinging my wooden sword at the attacking guy.

After that, as we walked along that small light, we were swallowed up by the strange vertigo that had kidnapped us.

From Noble mtl dot com

After returning to the County of Arvest, we ran away from the forest like crazy and returned to the mansion.

Then, my entire body felt weak and I was overcome with relief that I had survived, and after sighing, I remembered that I had broken the Emperor’s command.

We decided to keep what happened in the forest that day a secret.

After changing out of our messed up clothes, we went to bed as if nothing had happened.

I don’t remember the details after that.

According to so-and-so’s expression, his soul was torn to pieces, so the side effects must have slowly begun to reveal themselves.

7 Years have passed since then─

Priscilla and I arrived here again.