The Villainess in the Romance Fantasy Is Strange - Chapter40

40. Progress of the relationship (1)

The forces of the ‘Cult’ that Cain and Lia are pursuing exist in secret everywhere on the continent. They have three main bases.

The first is somewhere in the imperial capital where the emperor resides.

The second is the heart of the Duchy of Dante.

And the third one, deep beneath the land of Baron Lance. It is ‘Maya’, an underground city of ancient people whose existence has not yet been announced to the world.

“Stop, saint. I will report you.”

10,000 Years after the cataclysm, the heart of Maya has not lost its original color even while the continent’s hegemony has changed over ten times.

An altar dedicated to the evil god Sisyphus, and in front of the golden throne called the ‘throne’ among believers.

Behind the man who reverently knelt down and prayed, a woman prostrated herself cautiously, sweating profusely.

“Yes, how was it?”

“Look, that’s…. W, I can’t reach you.”

“I can’t reach you…… ?”

As the man in the black robe twitched, her voice cracked.

Although no expression can be seen, the woman, realizing that the ‘saint’ has become uncomfortable, draws her forehead so tight that it makes a thud.

“Is it Taldan?”

“…… Yes?”

“I asked if you were leaving the group.”

Delete.

The great sin of refusing to serve Sisyphus, the one worshiped by everyone in the church, and daring to take someone else’s heart.

If defection is certain, you will be ranked first for elimination according to the church’s rule that heresy is not tolerated.

The woman who knew that fact all too well answered with a trembling voice.

“Ta, it’s not like leaving the group…… I will. It was only until this morning that we were able to reach you, in my humble opinion. Perhaps they have an unavoidable situation.”

“It is an unavoidable situation… ….”

Took.

The man with his robe pulled back slowly rose from her seat.

Black black hair, white skin. Red pupils shining brightly.

A man who looks more like a well-made wax figure than a human being, as if emotions don’t exist. She looked down at the woman with a colorless, odorless gaze.

“Shinto-nim’s remark sounds like there are more important things than serving God’s will…. Is it my mistake?”

“Oh no! I don’t mean that…. Sorry, sorry sorry…… !”

Her man moved her steps and knelt down in front of her woman on one knee.

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“Shindo.”

“Yes, yes…… !”

“His cause should not be disrupted, so please try to contact him again.”

At her man’s low-pitched words, the woman hurriedly took out her magic tool for communication.

Flash-.

With a flash of blue light, mana flowed in to activate the magic tool.

Chi-jik, chi-jik-.

— … Oh my gosh, you monstrous bastard!

─Now, what…… !

But when I thought the communication was connected, I suddenly started to hear an urgent voice of unknown reason from the magic tool.

“Hey, follower of Gilbert? Why haven’t you contacted me until now…….”

─sh*t, won’t you shut up? It’s a problem with contacting me now, oh billion!

─Pureung, Purung-!

—Cain, now!

“…… Give it here.”

The man who pushed the woman away and stole the magic tool for communication asked in a low-pitched voice.

“Shindo. You seem quite urgent, but what is the current situation…….”

─Nimi, what kind of situation and Nabal? They’re all going to die now!

—Cain, magic tools! We have to deal with the magic tools for communication!

─Yes, I understand.

──Thump, poop!

The communication was cut off with a loud noise.

Her man tilted her head and tried to blow her mana into her magic tool again. There was no reaction from the other side.

Forgot, forgot…….

The blue light flowing from the magic tool for communication has disappeared. This means that one of the two-way connected magic tools has a problem.

The man handed over the useless magic tool to the woman.

“… ….”

How did this happen?

The moment I tried to make a guess with fragmentary information, Giying. Another communication magic tool in the woman’s arms flashed.

Among the members of the church who were dispatched with Gilbert, a call came from another person.

The woman hurriedly took out her magic tool and blew her mana.

Jijik-.

“Iris follower…… ?”

— … Dear Elin. It’s urgent, so I’ll just say it once. Now two heretics and a horse are mercilessly slaughtering our believers.

“Yes, yes? What is that-“

─One is a man with black hair and red eyes. One is a woman with pink hair and blue eyes. And one of the horses has a pure white body and a horn on the crown, reminiscent of a divine beast, a unicorn…….

—Cain! Hey, that woman on the second floor! What are you hiding in your arms and muttering!

Immediately, the woman’s voice cut off with a very loud burst.

─Magic tool for communication…. It seems that this woman was also part of a gang.

─How are you, Yuni? Mine right?

─Purreung, Purreung─!

─Come on, Cain!

─Yes.

— … Ugh, coke.

With a scream-like mortification, Pulseok.

The communication was cut off.

“This, what the heck… …. How, how did it happen…… ?”

As if he couldn’t understand the current situation. Unlike the woman who muttered in dismay, her man, who had been putting her whole situation together with a consistent demeanor, rubbed her own chin.

‘Cain, Cain… ….’

Obviously, I must have heard of it somewhere.

The man thought about it for a moment, then she realized that it was a meaningless action and stood up from her seat.

Cain.

I don’t know why her name is familiar to her own ears.

If she interferes with His will, she will only rule it out.

The man pulled her robe over and straightened the hem of her dress.

And, to see the face of the heretic who dared to defy her plan head-on.

Jerbug-.

Slowly moved her steps.

* * *

“Keuuu, ugh. Heck…… !”

A man whose abdominal cavity was pierced by a unicorn’s horn can’t stand the overflowing demonic energy, and turns into a strange monster moment by moment.

Among the facial features, the only thing that looks fine is the neck. All other parts are violently twisted, a terrible appearance that even arouses disgust. I immediately cut off the hideous neck of a guy that no one could think of as a human being.

– Took.

He was a demon until a while ago, and now his supply and demand has fallen to the ground. This is exactly the tenth.

Coming to this point, even the head of the Baron Lance family, who didn’t trust us at first, could only nod with a confused expression.

“Huh… …. Oh, I never thought it would be true that Mine sneaked into our stronghold….”

Muttering in a voice that was half absurd and half surprised, Dangju looked down at the supply and demand of monsters. He waved his hand in disgust as if he didn’t want to see it.

“T-get these horrible things out of my eyes. Its appearance is so terrifying that I can hardly keep my eyes open to see it.”

“Yes, yes.”

As if I was surprised at all, the attendants who answered stutteringly dragged the corpse of the monster and began to move it outside the fortress.

I took a quick look around, closed my sword, and moved closer to Lia.

“Is this all high-risk group, Mr. Lia?”

“Yeah, I guess so. Good work, Cain.”

“Yes, thank you.”

-Pureung, Purung─!

“Ah, yes. Our Uni did a good job too.”

After hearing Lia’s praise, she seemed satisfied only then, and the unicorn gave up her truce and glanced at me.

-Pureung─.

“… ….”

I feel like this guy is looking at me with the same eyes. Will you lean on me?

“…… Really. I almost forgot Did I say Cain Reinhardt or Leah von Eleves? If it wasn’t for you guys, I wouldn’t have known that the long-awaited hunting festival would be ruined. I express my sincere thanks.”

The owner of the house, who cleared his throat, asked me to shake hands.

I looked him in the eyes and gently held his hand.

“No, Leah and I are just students at the Bern Academy. I just did what I was supposed to do as a noble. There is no need to express gratitude.”

“Huh. His skills are great, but he’s so humble. After all, the famous swordsman, the Reinhard family, are they different?”

A warm impression, soft eyes. Mouth drawing an arc.

From the outside, it seems that he is extremely kind, but he admires Lia and I for their performance and expresses his sincere respect.

“… ….”

As if trying to penetrate my insides, the back of Dangju’s eyes staring at me with an unwavering gaze was full of unspoken murderous intent.

The reason why the head of the Baron Lance hostiles us like this…….

“Ah, that’s right. The two of you, have you decided where to stay until the day of the hunting festival?”

“No, I haven’t decided yet.”

“Really? Then, how about staying in my citadel in the meantime? As long as it’s okay with the two of you, I promise to treat you my best. To repay you for protecting the citadel from the demons.”

“…… Cain.”

Leah tapped her own breasts with her fingers, then stretched out her index and middle fingers. He pointed to her head.

While seemingly meaningless on the surface, this gesture was a secret hand signal between me and Lia.

What does this action mean? It means ‘I can feel demonic energy near the opponent’s chest.’

…… That is, in other words.

“…… Then, regardless of shame, I will take care of you for a few days.”

As well as the head of the Baron Lance family. It is called ‘Mine’.

* * *

Same time, different place.

To the room of Ruin Reinhardt, the acting head of the current Reinhardt family and Cain’s older brother. A straight line of mana wave arrived.

This mana wave suddenly fired from afar was none other than the head of the Eleves family. By Macmillan von Eleves.

“…… ?”

Belatedly recognizing this fact, Ruin Reinhardt took out a magic tool for communication and infused it with the mana wavelength.

Chijik-.

“…… Hello, Count Macmillan. Hasn’t it been two years since we’ve been in direct contact like this?”

—Mmm, Ruin Reinhardt. Is it you

“Yes, I am. Why is your voice so urgent, unlike a count?”

‘Could it be that Cain connected the communication to reveal my identity and interrogate me?’

It was Ruin Reinhardt who had made such an assumption for a while, but soon shook his head.

This is nonsense. If that were the case, wouldn’t Earl Macmillan’s personality make him contact you in such a very indirect way?

Since the bear-like fox had no intention of doing anything that would cause him any loss, he must have been pouring out abusive words in an attempt to overcome it, rather than actually doing something like this.

If you catch the opponent’s weakness, isn’t it Macmillan von Eleves, the head of the Eleves family, who will bite and hang on to the end?

While Ruin Reinhardt was continuing such idle thoughts, Macmillan behind the magic tool tapped the desk with his finger.

—Mmm, that’s what I mean. Nothing else, but I have one question for you.

“Earl Macmillan, you mean me?”

─I ask straight forward. Is it true that our daughter is secretly dating your brother Cain Reinhardt?

“…… Yes?”

What are you talking about again?

It was so out of the blue that Ruin Reinhardt almost fainted for a moment, but his head started spinning quickly.

‘Earl Macmillan couldn’t have said anything in vain.’

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In other words, Earl Macmillan must have heard a story from someone and ask me to confirm the facts.

…… I don’t know the details, such as what kind of story I heard and who I heard it from.

Ruin Reinhardt seemed to be able to take advantage of this situation if he did well.

─Don’t be shy and answer. Did you know or not?

“Well, that’s…. I’ve never heard of a definite answer. I was vaguely aware of it.”

— … What? Is it really?

Of course this is a lie.

Recently, the interval between Cain’s regular reports has strangely increased, but isn’t that enough to arrive at the fact that the two are dating?

If that’s possible, you should become a fortune teller. Why are you doing all the troublesome paperwork here?

“Yes, that’s why I’m asking. Count Macmillan.”

The first is a small technique that can give you an edge in conversation.

If possible, take the opponent’s mind off of it.

Ruin Reinhardt intentionally took a long break. She laughed secretly and opened her mouth.

“When would be a good date for the engagement ceremony of the two of you?”