The Villainess in the Romance Fantasy Is Strange - Chapter36

36. Finding a Unicorn (1)

The climate of this world is almost the same as that of Earth in the 21st century.

It’s cold all year round in the north, and hot all year round in the south. It can be seen that the middle point is influenced by the north and the south in half, so that the four seasons exist.

Maybe that’s why, I wondered why it got hotter as we rode the wagon down to the south. By the time they reached their destination, Baron Lance, after about four days, they were sweating just by sitting still.

“Whoa… ….”

When people scared me that it was hot, I never thought it would be this much. After coming here, I can understand why they sang that it was so hot.

It’s sunny and humid even though it’s early April, and it’s steaming, so it’s no joke, it’s like being in a tropical area. This is exactly what it felt like after a squall poured down on South America, where I went to volunteer last time, maybe?

I briefly recall memories in South America where I met a robber armed with a gun in the distant past, which I can’t even remember now. Lia, whose expression was distorted from the heat, grabbed her by my sleeve and pulled it tight.

“Cain, am I the only one who is hot?”

“Yes, I am hot too.”

“I don’t think so, but Cain doesn’t look hot at all…… ?”

Leah looked at me with her eyes a little suspicious. Being hot is one thing for me too.

I’m a human too, so there’s no way I won’t get hot, right? She just doesn’t look that way because she’s been trained to be invisible.

“Ah, no way… ! Cain, didn’t you get some cooling magic or something without me knowing?”

“No, it’s not like that…. What.”

Before he even finished talking, it was a bummer. Leah came closer to her, and she almost hugged my torso and rubbed my cheek.

However, it only got hotter because of each other’s body temperature. Leah rubbed her cheeks a couple of times, but she must have lost her strength from the heat, and she clung to me halfway.

“It’s hotter this way, Lia-sama.”

“Whoa, I don’t know. I think I’m going to die of heat. Cain, carry me on your back…… !”

“… ….”

It’s a secluded place, so there aren’t many eyes to see, but is it okay to cling to it like this? You never know when someone might be watching us.

I was worried about pampering her, so I patted her on the waist and said quietly.

“If you feel really hot, how about praying to Venus-sama?”

“Huh? To Venus-sama?”

“Yes, she is a goddess. You may have one or two remedies against the heat.”

“Ah! That’s right, okay. Wait a minute.”

Lia joined her hands and said, ‘Venus, can you hear me?’ And began to offer her prayers. I tried to organize her thoughts by adjusting her disheveled collar next to him.

If I remember correctly, there was a similar situation in the original work. Stella and Edwin head north for Venus’ trial. It was too cold on the way, so I prayed with the feeling of being as good as I could be, and Venus gave me the ‘protection of fire’, a magic that keeps my body temperature.

So, on the contrary, it would be nice if we were given cold protection. For me and Lia, it’s not as desperate as Stella and Edwin’s case, so it’s probably impossible, right?

“…… Yes? Can’t you?”

Well, I guess so. Lia hadn’t officially become a saint yet, so Venus must have said that even this heat was part of the ordeal.

If you know that, Venus said something similar to Stella in the original story. ‘This cold is part of my ordeal, so bear it humbly,’ he said.

Then, when I really got to the point where I was about to die, I hurriedly gave him the protection of fire. As I said before, Lia and I are not in that desperate situation.

I thought it wouldn’t work, and gave up halfway.

“No, Lord Venus. This is different from a promise. Last time, he said he would give us the best support so we can focus only on trials!”

“…… ?”

“If Venus reneges on his promise first, then I will not be able to keep my last prayer. When I have kids, I don’t enlist them in the Order of Venus, I just take them all to Aphrodite…… !”

──Slowly.

It was then. All of a sudden, a cold aura spread throughout her body, and the dampness and heat she had felt just a moment ago disappeared as if they had been washed away.

Stunned by the sudden change, I glanced at Leah.

“Lia-sama, can’t this be?”

“Yeah, that’s right. It’s a blessing given by Venus. The protection of the cold air that cools the whole body…… ? A deal called!”

“Ah, of course. Thank you, Venus.”

──Whew… …. Yeah, that’s how it happened Please pass the ordeal safely…….

* * *

For some reason, I put aside Venus’ words that seemed to have put down a lot. Leah and I stopped by the castle of Baron Lance. The reason is simple, but in order to be recognized for participating in and observing the hunting festival, you must additionally submit a statement of reason with a stamp that symbolizes the Lance Baron family.

Once before the start of the Hunt Festival and once after it ends. After receiving a total of two stamps and adding a brief impression and review, the writing of the reason is finished.

– Kung.

A middle-aged man with a dark beard stamped.

It is a picture of a rider on top of a horse, holding a spear and rushing fiercely. It is literally a pattern symbolizing the ‘Lance’ family.

“Here you go. The Reinhard family’s master, the Eleves family’s daughter.”

“Yes, thank you.”

“What, good luck to you two.”

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I greeted the man who smiled warmly and went out into the hallway with Lia.

…… One step, two steps, three steps.

After moving some distance from the drawing room of her castle, Leah, who was glancing at her back, patted my shoulder.

“Cain, I mean the man who stamped that seal earlier. It’s like a demon.”

“…… Are you sure?”

“Yeah, sure. A black and sticky haze of mana was rising from the side of her chest.”

As if to ask her to look here, Leah stopped her steps after patting her own neck.

“And the same goes for the other attendants who were nearby. It looks pretty difficult to suppress demonic energy because there aren’t enough bowls, but I think I’ll turn into a monster after a few days.”

When a Mine who is unable to handle the overflowing demonic energy is reborn as a monster, instead of losing her reason, her physical abilities are amplified several times, making it quite difficult to deal with.

“A few days from now…. It must be the time when the hunting festival is still in progress.”

“Yup, that’s why Cain.”

Lea crossed her arms over me.

“Aren’t you supposed to do something with those people?”

That was right. It’s obvious that the long-awaited hunting festival will be ruined if left alone, so I’ll have to take action somehow.

“Yes, I do, but….”

However, the handling method is a problem.

Is there any good way to defeat the demons that would turn into monsters if left alone…….

“…… Ah.”

A thought crossed my mind as I was thinking.

Unicorn.

Isn’t it a matter of using a unicorn, which is no different from a miraculous beast in itself?

“Why, do you have any good ideas?”

“Well, maybe I can use a unicorn.”

“A unicorn? …… Oh, please Are you going to bring a unicorn and put it in front of the attendants?”

As expected, if you pretend, Leah, who is smart, grasped the intention of my words at once.

“Yes. Isn’t it said that unicorns have the property of drawing out demons, and are instinctively hostile to demons and monsters? So, just bring a unicorn and set it up in front of an attendant suspected of being a demon.”

“If you can’t control the boiling demonic energy and turn into a monster, then we can deal with it, right?

“If that happens, the hunting festival will be safe.”

“…… Yeah okay! That’s right, Cain is smart after all?”

Leah put her arms around me. However, I can’t just accept it, because this place is still inside the citadel, there are many people I run into.

So I kept my distance and quietly told Leah.

“Then, whatever it is, finding a unicorn is the first priority.”

“Yes, yes, but. The question is, where do you find him? The southern continent is very large. Besides, if you go too far, you won’t be back in time.”

How to find, how to find-. Lia, who kept muttering, glanced at me.

I’m sure you’re asking me with your eyes if you have any good ideas.

“… ….”

My Lia. You haven’t even heard of the strategy I explained the other day.

She let out a deep sigh and pressed Lia’s forehead with her index finger.

“I made it clear, did you forget?”

“Ah, ah…… !”

Leah looks at me with her eyes that are very unfair. I explained my strategy again while gently rubbing Leah’s forehead.

“Yes, as Lia said, the southern continent is very large. It would take at least a year or more to search the entire southern continent and find unicorns.”

“Yeah, so-“

“So, we are not going to search.”

“Huh? So how do you find it?”

Leah widened her eyes.

“We must make the unicorn find us, not find it.”

“I will make the unicorn come to visit us…… ? Is that possible?”

“Yes, it is possible.”

Although the conditions and environment creation are quite difficult. He said that there are very, very rare cases when a unicorn comes to a person on its own.

The source of this incredible information is none other than my brother. I don’t know anything else, but since it’s information provided by my older brother, who knows a mountain of information that ordinary people would never know, the credibility is certain.

“Uh, how? How are you doing? How?”

As if she was very curious about that method, Leah urged me on by pulling my sleeves.

I glanced around, made sure no one was there, and looked down at Leah.

“First of all, we need Lia-sama’s active cooperation. Are you okay?”

“Cooperation… ? Yea, I got it. If I can be of any help.”

“Yes, then. We’ll tell you how to make the unicorn come to you. Listen for a second.”

She bent over slightly and put her lips in Leah’s ear, whispering cautiously.

“Lia-sama, the unicorn is a horse. It is said that she likes to see a beautiful and chaste young maiden bathing.”

“…… Yes?”

“By the way, isn’t there a woman in front of me who meets that condition?”

Chin, I grabbed Leah’s shoulders with both of her hands.

“So, let’s go. Lia.”

“Go, let’s go? Where…… ?”

“Where is it?”

I looked through the window of the citadel at the vast expanse of forest.

“At the lakeside, take a bath.”