Rehabilitate the Villainess - Rehabilitate the Villainess chapter 112

112 – Happiness

The day I first confessed. We maintained a more awkward silence than the atmosphere then.

“Is there anything you would like to eat?”

Normally, it was Shael who would have put up with her shame by saying, “D, dessert ⋯.”

However, Sael couldn’t answer at all, just opening and closing her mouth repeatedly.

If this happens, Duke Jespen might find out what happened last night. Because Duke Jespen had a great eye for Sael.

“Let’s go for a walk first.”

There were only a few days left before the wedding. The reason was that as soon as we decided to get married, we set a date as soon as possible.

Of course, there was no need to rush. Until the day comes when we will be together, we can spend time taking a walk.

I walked down the hallway of Baslet Street with Sael.

The Baslett family was very busy. It was a pity that there was no one to invite to the wedding.

I realized this while thinking about the people I would invite for the wedding, but Sael and I had a very narrow relationship.

No. It was not narrow, and it would have been correct to assume that there was none at all.

When sending wedding invitations, I just stayed silent and stopped moving.

Duke Jespen, who saw it, broke into a cold sweat and gave us words of comfort.

⋯It was fortunate that there were many members of the Baslet family and the Azbel family.

As I was contemplating if there was anyone to send a wedding invitation to, I heard Shael’s voice.

“Why is that?”

“I was wondering if there was someone I could send a wedding invitation to.”

I don’t have to worry because there were members of the two duke families. Still, it was a pity that Sael and I didn’t invite anyone directly.

Shael tilted her head. It seemed that Sael hadn’t even thought about her worries.

Still, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime wedding. Isn’t that too much?

“There is no one to send.”

“Isn’t that the same for you?”

It was also Sael’s fault that I couldn’t make friends with anyone else in the first place.

She used every day for self-improvement in order to satisfy her wicked woman, Sael, and even spent her spare time on Sael.

Even now that her personality has become a little milder, I couldn’t even make a single friend because she was Sael who couldn’t see me talking to anyone.

‘Still….’

There will be no such thing in the future. Sael filled my loneliness by herself, and she will have a family one day.

“I will just live like this from now on.”

That thought seemed to be the same for Shael. We made a promise to each other that we would confidently live without sociality.

It had to be a really funny promise.

“That is such a ridiculous statement.”

“I said I would play with you from now on, are you dissatisfied?”

“To be honest, am I not kidding you?”

A small quarrel is a bonus. Even then, it was Shael and I who kept thinking about yesterday’s events and blushing.

As if we were following the traces of the past, we toured the places we had traveled together before our love blossomed.

First of all, the first was the Azbel family mountain range. It was a mountain that Shael, who hated me, had to carry on me because her legs hurt.

Is Sael’s physical strength still bad? Sael, who was panting and gasping for breath, sent her soft eyes to me.

So, it was inevitable that Sael would be carried on her back. It was possible in the past, but it was difficult to refuse Sael’s request now.

She was just teasing her mouth towards Shael.

“You seem to be heavier than before.”

I immediately felt a pinch at the nape of her neck. But even in that cowardice, I could feel the consideration for me, and I laughed.

Blowing air around the pinched area so that it doesn’t hurt, and pinching her part while changing parts so that it doesn’t hurt as much as possible.

I was conscious of it before, but Sael has changed. All the hard work I’ve done so far has paid off.

The villain in the novel became a woman who couldn’t live without me, and her cool-headed personality that would argue with anyone had disappeared.

Actually, he had a little bit of the old coldness.

I was satisfied with the fact that the end of that character was not directed toward me and toward the innocent.

“Even if I become heavy, you won’t get a divorce.”

I put on a foolish face at Shael’s words that he deliberately spoke shamelessly.

‘At this rate… You’d laugh even if Sael bullied me?’

I wondered when I became so stupid. However, it didn’t feel bad again, so I laughed.

It meant that I fell in love with Shael.

The cute villainess didn’t even know that, and she continued to give me strong hugs as if she was going to tease me for daring to tease her mouth.

Even then, the random question was a bonus.

“Since when did you like me?”

“That is a very sudden question.”

Unlike the words that came out unconsciously, my head was thinking about the answer to Shael’s question.

When did I start liking Shael?

Failed to get the direction, let alone answer.

‘What made you fall in love in the first place?’

If you can’t find the answer, looking back at what came before may help. What made me fall in love with Shael?

But even that was not an easy question. I decided to think more about the past.

The very first thing.

I hated Shael. Of course, I felt a slight crush when I read the novel, but not after being possessed by the novel.

It is natural. She spent six months suffering, but what she got as compensation was Shael’s bruises.

‘The first opportunity for her was probably ⋯⋯.’

The act of swearing at the villain in the novel who had cold eyes.

She was more insignificant than I thought, and had an erratic side.

Shael’s charm was revealed there. I could feel the indescribable cuteness in her words, and her affection only added to it.

The accumulated affection was great, and the experience of hurting each other so far made that affection sticky.

So, the question of when did she fall in love was not appropriate.

I didn’t even know when I started to love Sael.

I fell in love at some point.

However, I was sure of the size of her love. It was bigger than anything else, and it was solid love.

Recalling her love, she answered Shael’s question.

“I don’t know.”

I couldn’t see her expression because she was carrying Sael on her back. Is she making a fuss or is she getting annoyed?

“⋯ Stupid.”

Sael said with a grunt. Even so, I didn’t feel any cold feelings.

Of course I didn’t want to lose, so I asked Shael in reverse.

“Then, when did you start to love me?”

Shael was silent.

Thought with all one’s strength, thought over and over again.

Through hard use of the head, agonizing over and over again.

The answer Sael finally came up with was a bit clumsy.

“Mo, I don’t know.”

“You are stupid.”

It was only natural for me to return the revenge I had just a moment ago to Shael.

“Are you stupid for something you might not know?”

“Who said you were stupid in the first place?”

“That and this are different.”

“It looks the same to me.”

Random quarrel. The childish squabble, never admitting defeat, continued.

As always, the end was a happy smile made together.

* * *

A few days have passed. Even though it was a short time, those few days felt like eons of time to me.

‘And….’

Finally today.

The day has come when Sael and I will bond even more firmly.

It felt like my pounding heart kept hitting my chest, so even though it was still early in the morning, my body wasn’t tired.

On the contrary, his eyes were alive and his whole body was full of energy.

‘Shael is sleeping.’

I’m sorry. I am so nervous and warming up. Who is immersed in a sweet sleep?

Of course I didn’t wake him up. He just raised his hand and drew a wide smile on Shael’s face.

After that, I pictured the future in my head.

Shael is still sleeping in my imagination.

‘It’s a sight I’ll keep seeing in the future.’

If that’s the case, I would have whispered softly to Shael, who fell asleep in the future.

How long are you going to fall asleep leaving me alone? I wondered if you were tired of kissing me secretly last night.

Then, when Shael wakes up, he’ll come up with strange excuses, and she’ll even laugh while arguing with each other.

It was a very happy future that I had no choice but to look forward to.

I hugged Sael so that he could sleep more comfortably. My shadow cast over Sael’s body as if she would protect her.

Contradictively, it was a warm shadow. It was a fact that could be understood by looking at Shael, who had a warmer smile.

Closing my eyes, I put a warm smile on my face, just like Shael.

The gloomy sunlight warmed up my emotions, which were already hot.

The ticking grandfather clock made me look forward to the wedding that I was still looking forward to.

The end that announces a new beginning is approaching.

In other words, it was a time when true happiness blossomed into a bright flower bud, nourished by numerous efforts.