The Villainess in the Romance Fantasy Is Strange - Chapter52

52. Decision (1)

─I will start again. Be better!

Dumb-.

After a short break, the coachman’s booming voice was heard, and the carriage moved forward. Inside the swaying carriage, I looked out through the window and chewed on the leeway.

I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve been riding in a wagon like this, without a companion to protect.

It was almost 7 years ago that I accepted the job as an escort knight and first met Lia, so it must be about that time.

“…… It’s been a long time.”

Seven years is more than enough time to enlist in the army three times, to think that I spent that much time with Lia. I’ve known Lia for a long time.

It was a long time, but when I thought that it was definitely not a short time, it suddenly hit me.

I heard that you suddenly feel the flow of time when you look back after it has passed. The first time I heard it, I didn’t understand it well, but now I think I understand what it means.

“Seven years… ….”

While muttering something new, I glanced at the seat next to her.

For 7 years, the seat next to the carriage that someone filled every time is empty.

It’s not because of my mood that the empty seat feels especially awkward today.

“… ….”

This morning, the face of Lia, who was seeing me off, seemed strangely stepped on my eyes.

My mind wandered for no reason, I tapped on the window sill and thought of my schedule for the past two days.

It’s been about two hours since I left Count Eleves, so in three or four more hours we’ll arrive at Baron Reinhardt.

When I arrive, I meet my brother, talk, and do my personal errands, and the day will be over. Then, you could spend the night at home, and leave the next morning to return to the Countess of Eleveth.

The problem is, of course, the reason why I am going to meet my brother, my ‘married wife’.

“…… Mmm.”

Marriage.

A word unfamiliar to me passed through my mind, and a sigh came out without my knowledge.

Oh my God, marriage.

For me, who has never been in a proper relationship, I might have a spouse.

It would have been really nice if what my brother said to me was something I heard in a dream, but unfortunately it is a reality. That, too, is a reality that will shut up within half a day.

Nothing has been decided yet, but as long as there are no big variables, I will marry someone whose name I don’t know for the sake of my family, right?

When I thought that, my neck naturally stiffened. I gently massaged the back of my neck to loosen the tense muscles.

“Whoa… ….”

The thorough older brother didn’t make any preparations and never asked if he could find a marriage partner. Maybe there is a family that has been decided in your heart, or you have talked with the other family to some extent?

I’m going to have to worry about it again, but……. Who is the opponent

I tried compressing a lot of candidates for the last three days, but I couldn’t figure it out. My brother must have a very peculiar personality.

My older brother is a good person with good manners, and at a bad point, he is like a snake. He is the exact opposite of me, who is often described as stiff and knowledgeable.

“…… Ugh.”

Anyway, the weight classes between families have to match. If you think about it from the line of common sense, it is highly likely that you chose a family of the level of Baron Lance as your marriage wife.

If you go to the marquess and dukes, who have a higher weight class than that, the difference is so great that it is virtually no different from being absorbed and integrated. There’s no way my older brother, who has his own ambitions, would have lined it up.

Well, if you try to set the upper limit to the maximum, it won’t be impossible even for Count Eleves. I don’t know if there’s really a reason why the two of us should be put together, as someone said. In a situation where this is not the case, it is my greed.

“… ….”

Be greedy.

I kneaded the back of my neck and chewed on it, then laughed.

The fact that I keep having strange expectations and insignificant imaginations must be because I’m just a little flustered.

I leaned back against the rattling wagon and closed my eyes. And the moment I was about to meditate for a while to get rid of the random thoughts that popped up.

Jerky-!

─Hee hee hee!

The running carriage suddenly stopped, and the inside of the cabin shook greatly. I hurriedly opened my eyelids and managed to keep my balance by holding on to the protruding structure.

“…… Uh, what is it?”

Why did it suddenly stop? Could it be that the horse’s leg fell into the ditch?

It shouldn’t be a big accident, but I looked outside while thinking the same thing. The coachman sitting in the coachman’s seat is angry with his face reddening.

─Ibosho, you there! What would you do if you were blocking the wagon road?! A precious person is riding in this, and it’s almost a big trouble…… !

An angry coachman pointed at someone. I carefully observed a strange human blocking the wagon road.

He’s roughly 180 cm tall, and he’s wearing something like a hood on his head. Below his shoulders, he wears a robe with a strange design in black and white.

I don’t know how he looks, but he looks like a man because he has a strong physique……. What are you human doing?

“What is it?”

─Sorry. Well, there’s some vagabond blocking the way. I wonder if this guy is deliberately blocking the road…….

I realized it after hearing the coachman’s muttering as if he was in trouble.

Ah, man. A vagabond who blocks carriage roads with his body and extorts money in the name of tolls, something like that.

It’s not a common type of crime because if you do it wrong, you can get hurt, but I’ve heard that it’s often like this because outcasts risk their lives anyway.

“Then, give this to me and tell me to send it.”

I handed the one shilling coin to the coachman. This is enough to eat and sleep at the inn for a week, so he’ll be satisfied.

─Yes, I understand. …… Hey there! Nari is going to get this and go away!

The coachman tossed a shilling coin forward. The coin that rolled on the floor came to a stop right in front of the tramp’s feet.

However, the tramp wearing a robe with a strange design did not bend his back. Whether there is a coin at my feet or not. I kept my head down without even looking at it.

“Cain Reinhardt.”

How the hell did he know, he called my name in a low voice and slowly lifted his head. I slowly open my eyes and meet my eyes in the carriage.

“…… !”

In an instant, I felt an unknown hostility and murder. My back felt chills, and goose bumps formed on my forearms.

I almost instinctively jumped out of the wagon and drew my sword at once.

“…… What are you doing?”

He didn’t answer my question, just staring at me with shiny red eyes.

At the inorganic gaze as if he were judging him, I fixed my grip on my sword while glaring at him without losing.

“Hmm… ….”

He drooled and rubbed my chin, but I kept my tension and poised to counterattack. Even so, he knew my name. In other words, there is a high possibility that it was not a coincidence that he was standing blocking the carriage road.

I don’t know why he was openly waiting for me in the middle of the wagon road, not in a surprise attack. The hostility and murderous intent I felt was not fake.

I don’t know, but there’s a good chance he’ll attack first. So, I made up my mind to cut off my limbs first if I made a mistake. I waited for his advance, but…….

“Do you have any intention of joining the church?”

A strange question popped out of nowhere, and I lost my senses.

“Although daring to go against His will is a serious sin that deserves punishment……. Some time ago, there was his oracle.”

The guy who embarrassed me took off his robe.

“Give me whatever you want, conciliate.”

“…… What?”

“So let me ask you. What do you want? Money? Honor? Female?”

The guy who asked the question in a blunt tone, not feeling any emotion at all, turned his gaze to the side.

There was a coachman holding the horse’s reins, not me.

“Huh, uhhhhh…… !”

As he muttered something, the coachman suddenly opened his eyes, grabbed him by the chest, and collapsed.

The coachman desperately tried to open his mouth to say something, with eyes that seemed incomprehensible to the changes that had taken place in his body. Her outbursts could not be put into words, and she fell over and landed headfirst on the ground.

– Kung!

With a dull sound, the coachman’s groan disappeared. His breath, which he couldn’t even breathe, was cut off at once.

I was silently shocked when I witnessed the current situation that happened without my knowledge.

He took people’s lives without even touching them.

…… How?

Such an incomprehensible ability or magic could exist. Isn’t this completely different from the laws of this world I know.

I was staring blankly at the coachman who had turned into a cold corpse, then suddenly came to my senses.

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Now is not the time for me to be careless. I don’t know what kind of ability he has, but now that it’s like this…….

“You don’t have to be hostile to me. Cain Reinhardt. It’s just that the witnesses have been removed.”

His words that seemed to penetrate my heart stopped his left foot from moving forward.

“As I said before, I am in a position to conciliate you. “

“After killing people like this, you’re going to appease me?”

When I ask the coachman with a wink, he tilts his head as if it’s a problem.

“You’re not dead, so it doesn’t matter, does it?”

“… ….”

I don’t know anything else, but I know one thing.

That guy is definitely more insane than I could have imagined.

“Anyways, I will ask you again. Are you thinking of joining the Order?”

“If you say no, are you going to make me do this too?”

“No, you have to attend him, so I have no intention of touching him. But.”

He looked like he was worried for a moment, but he looked at me soon.

“Isn’t the situation a little different for those around you?”

“What?”

“Leah von Eleves.”

“… ….”

For a moment, it felt like my brain hardened.

“There could be a small problem with the woman you are talking about for such a cheap price. Maybe maybe…….”

“…… Hey.”

I took a step forward.

“Oh my gosh, you crazy bastard.”

I usually don’t curse, but I can’t stand this.

I bare my teeth and aimed my sword.

“Now, in front of whom are you mentioning Leah?”

Even if my heart stopped like this, if he spoke nonsense one more time, I was going to slit his neck.

“Hmm… ….”

The guy who didn’t know if he was embarrassed or relaxed didn’t speak.

“You seem very excited, so I’ll give you some time to think about it.”

He looked at me with a strange expression, then bobbed his head.

“I will see you again soon.”

Sususu-.

A dark red mist flowed from the hem of the robe, and soon covered his whole body.

The fog, reminiscent of a small whirlpool, quickly swirled around from head to toe, then disappeared without a trace at some point.

After I realized that his presence had completely evaporated, I took care of his drawn sword.

And then, I made a promise to myself.

“… ….”

I will tell my brother about my decision.