The Villainess Whom I Had Served for 13 Years Has Fallen - Chapter 8



8 – The Villainess Who Wants to Go to the Academy.

The room was left with just Olivia and me after Hanna left.

I greeted the evening by stroking Olivia’s sleeping head.

It was quite a busy day today.

I fought with Ruin, and Hanna came to be Olivia’s friend before leaving.

It felt like a tiring and exhausting day in many ways.

But it was fun too.

“Was it fun?”

I asked as I continued to stroke Olivia’s sleeping head.

“Well… Well… Mihail…”

I wanted to tease her for calling for Mihail in her dreams, but I could understand today. She must have been tired and had fun too.

I could see various expressions on Olivia’s face.

Especially Hanna’s expression was quite a spectacle.

– The moment when Mihail, a senior who used body-enhancing magic in the inter-class tournament, swiftly moved behind Senior Ruin and swung his sword.

– Oh…!

“I was so impressed that I almost fell in love.”

“Oh… oh oh!”

“What am I doing?”

While talking about Mikhail, she was getting more excited and passionately expressing herself, but then she realized the reality and said, “Ah…”. It was nice to see.

The only worry was Olivia.

She couldn’t add any comments when it came to Mikhail’s story, but today she was listening to Hanna’s story with a vague expression. It was like she was a person who was unsure if mint chocolate tasted good or bad.

[Death Moon Olivia Lv. 0.5]

[Occupation: Unemployed]

[Affinity: 50]

[Favorite conversation topics: Mikhail/Academy]

[Disliked conversation topic: Mikhail]

Fortunately, there was no change in affinity.

I just wonder what has increased.

I pondered while looking at her affinity.

“The academy… I guess.”

The purpose of those guys coming today was to return to the academy. Not the young lady, but my return.

I don’t know why.

The young lady is much more talented than me.

If you ask me if I want to return and study, of course I would want to say yes.

I wanted to see the main character and the male lead flirting after returning and also thought that attending the academy would be much more beneficial for my life in the future.

There’s so much to learn.

I can also build connections.

In many ways, it’s advantageous, but…

“Droong… Kwool… Kooo…”

I couldn’t imagine leaving behind a villainess who can’t do anything without me.

I couldn’t even imagine entrusting Olivia to someone else, and honestly, I didn’t think there was anyone else who would take care of her besides me.

Sometimes getting angry.

Sometimes feeling sad and crying.

Getting humiliated and laughing.

I’m not a bad person, but there are more people who see the villainess, who is excessively honest, in a negative light rather than in a positive light.

I gently covered the sleeping villainess’s nose.

“Whew… Kruueeek… Alert…!”

“hehehe…!”

The villainess frowned.

She’s so cute it’s driving me crazy.

How did I end up tangled with Olivia like this?

I wanted to avoid this villainess at all costs.

I don’t understand why anyone would like a villainess who appears in the novel as the most miserable and wicked.

Maybe it’s because of our first meeting.

Looking at the pouting young lady’s face, memories of my days in the slums came flooding back.

The days when I possessed without knowing a thing and caused a ruckus.

I got beaten up a lot.

By the thugs who came to collect protection money.

By the bakery owner.

By the nobles.

Being a beggar for the first time, I was beaten because I didn’t have enough protection money for the thugs. Due to my lack of skill, I got caught stealing bread from the bakery owner every time.

If luck wasn’t on my side, I would get beaten by nobles for no reason.

It was my first time experiencing getting beaten for no reason, so I was completely flabbergasted.

Having grown up in a world where democracy was the norm, my unyielding spirit of freedom had shattered my character.

I got beaten every day.

And I beat back every day.

Three times more than I got beaten.

One could argue it was too much, but what could I do? I got angry.

“F***. Life is f***ing unfair!”

Yelling out against the injustices of the world. That’s when I met Olivia. How scared I was when the noble young lady in her splendid dress approached me. I wonder if Olivia knows.

“You’re noisy! You beggar!”

“You little brat, who do you think you’re talking to?”

Of course, back then, I was invisible. The young lady didn’t see me either.

“Brat? Did you just call me a brat?”

“Well, who else is here besides you, punk?”

-eeek!!!

I was the victor.

The experience of scrounging for leftover rice in the slums and honing my skills in dogfights from my past life helped me win. Of course, the fight with the young lady who had plucked the hair of numerous noble ladies in high society was not easy, but I emerged victorious.

The young lady blinked her eyes.

Her expression was one of unjust grievance.

Funny thing was, she didn’t cry.

“You, I’m going to kill you.”

“Pfft. Go suckle on your mother’s breast and come back.”

“You go suckle on me!”

“I… I don’t have a mother.”

“Uh… Well! I’ll give you money, so go buy and eat!”

And that’s how I became friends with the young lady.

It wasn’t a normal meeting.

Becoming friends after fighting, we weren’t fools. But Olivia and I became friends in this foolish way.

“Did you come again today?”

“Yes! I’m going to beat you senseless today.”

“Pfft.”

The villainess who came every day.

And me, who struck down noble young ladies without mercy.

“This damn brat!”

“Damn brat~”

From Noble mtl dot com

“Don’t copy me!”

“Don’t copy me~”

“Sniff… Sniff…”

“Don’t cry. I’m sorry.”

Looking back now, I was insane back then. The fight between a noble young lady and a commoner was a capital offense in itself. But the young lady forgave me for all of it.

To the knights who came to stop us, I said, “Don’t you dare touch this brat! If you do, I’ll kill you!” The knights and the maids couldn’t intervene in our fight.

They all knew the young lady’s temperament.

Perhaps that’s why, even after the fight was over, the knights didn’t bother me. Instead, they quietly slipped me some hush money and asked me to go easy on her.

Anyway, that’s how we became friends.

Then.

When I almost died for real.

-“Just live in my house.”

The lady saved me.

The lady is my friend and benefactor. That’s why I care more about her and can’t abandon her.

“Drum….”

The lady sleeps well.

She has been a good sleeper since she was a child.

It seems that the rumor that beauty sleeps a lot is true.

“She sleeps peacefully.”

I saw her fondness for me again.

There are more topics she likes to talk about.

“Academy….”

The words that Olivia mumbled earlier passed by.

-Do you want to return to school?

-Uh…. uh? No?

She had a rather bewildered expression.

She was not talented in lying, even now.

I could tell. She longs for the academy. It’s strange that I couldn’t realize her feelings after 13 years of serving as her caretaker.

But I had to ignore it.

Because there was nothing I could do.

She has already been expelled from the academy.

Going to the academy in her current degraded state is not a good choice.

The lady is not a fool who doesn’t know that either.

She could be bullied.

She knows that she might have a miserable life there.

But still, it seems like the lady wants to go to the academy.

-Uh….

The voice of regret lingers in my ears.

I looked at the lady sleeping soundly again.

Even when I pinched her cheek, the young lady didn’t wake up.

“Uhe…”

She only made foolish sounds.

I pinched her cheek and asked, “Do you want to go to the academy?”

“Hmm… Yes.”

The young lady answered her inner thoughts in her sleep.

Snickering, I couldn’t help but laugh.

Seems like such a natural concern. There’s nothing impossible for a possessed person like her.

“I should do something.”

I took out a small piece of paper that I had tucked away.

– Histania Hanna.

It’s a business card given to me by the young lady of the Histania family.

It says that if I need a little extra money, I should come, as her family runs a small group of knights, and they will take care of me quite generously if I work there for a short time.

I gently stroked the young lady’s head and stood up.

***

Preparations were complete by 9 a.m.

I secretly took the sword the young lady had bought as a gift for Mikhail and strapped a small dagger to my belt.

I temporarily set aside my usual servant’s attire and put on my active wear for the first time in a while. I looked at myself in the mirror and felt a sense of self-satisfaction.

“Oh… I look handsome, even in my own eyes.”

The young lady, with her sleepy eyes, asked me, “Where are you going?”

“To earn some money.”

“Money?”

The young lady had countless question marks in her head. I kindly explained our mansion’s financial situation.

“Don’t you want to eat meat?”

“I do.”

“Then we need to earn money, right?”

“We don’t have money?”

“We’re poor.”

Only yesterday, the young lady realized her pitiful financial situation with a faint “aha.” With fierce determination, she tilted her head and asked another question.

“Why are you going?”

“I’m going to catch some monsters.”

“Monsters?”

The villainess fell deep in thought.

The young lady pointed at the desk with her finger.

“Give me that.”

I picked up the paper on the desk and the pen.

“This?”

“Yes.”

The young lady quickly began writing.

Her handwriting was exquisite, like the calligraphy of a noblewoman from the past.

I could never write like that, even if I died. No one could imitate my handwriting, to put it in a negative way.

While I admired the young lady’s writing skills, her work was already complete.

Confidently, she handed me the paper.

“Here.”

She extended the paper to me with excitement on her face.

My heart was moved.

I thought she had written a charm for the butler who was engaged in dangerous activities. I held back tears of emotion as I took the paper.

I had a surprised reaction.

[What I want to eat]

Meat.

Ice cream.

Apples.

Chocolate.

The spicy rice cake dish I made before.

It was a paper containing the young lady’s food list.

As expected, her actions always went beyond my expectations.

Nevertheless, I liked the cute handwriting, so I put the errand note in my breast pocket.

“I will skip the chocolate.”

“Oh.”

Olivia, disappointed by the firm rejection.

I smiled brightly at her reaction.

“Instead, I will buy candy.”

Olivia’s eyes widened.

I left her behind and opened the door.

“Uh…”

“Yes?”

“Be careful.”

Olivia waved her hand.