Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 15

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Chapter 15

A sneer escaped me without realizing it. Roam has quite a talent for external propaganda as well. So if they formed a search party, I thought they would probably put up someone who looked the part.

While my busy father or Prisian Sister would be difficult, they would at least conspicuously put someone connected to me on horseback for all to see.

But Arin? What shameless audacity for a knight who stabbed his master in the back.

The situation was obvious. Arin, who had testified to false rumors about me, had been imprisoned for betraying his master regardless of whether it was true or not.

But after things turned out this way, the family must have pulled him back out. Because he would desperately search for me to make his return.

To others’ eyes, that would appear as the noble devotion of a knight desperately searching for his lady.

“We can’t pass through with the search party spread out like that.”

Jeon, who had been hiding in the grass and observing the soldiers visible in the distance, let out a sigh. If he could use magic, we could have found more diverse methods, but unfortunately, the current Jeon was just an ordinary person.

The rural village where we had met was now crawling with Roam’s soldiers. I didn’t know how they got there, but they had definitely caught some scent.

Perhaps the farmers who tried to capture me had reported somewhere. They might have recognized me from seeing a wanted poster.

“But what’s your relationship with that knight up front? He’s searching for Lady Anelli quite desperately.”

“…He was my knight.”

“A knight… Doesn’t that mean a relationship like hands and feet? Then couldn’t you seek his cooperation?”

Hands and feet – I had heard that’s what the relationship was like for some people. I twisted my lips as I replied.

“Even though the last image I remember of him is his face testifying before the Roam Family that I dragged men into my bedroom every night?”

Jeon, who had been moving his lips as if at a loss for words, cleared his throat awkwardly.

“…I was talking nonsense.”

“Good thing you realized it.”

I replied cynically and stared at the village visible in the distance. Right now they were only searching the village, but soon they would move into this forest. If they searched the mountain range, they would discover traces of our camping too.

To get to Gelben, we had to pass through that village, but other routes surely existed. But would the search party really only be in that village?

What if the search parties were sharing information and cooperating with each other?

No, that couldn’t be. If it was the Roam I knew. And if it was the Imperial House I knew, they would monopolize information and try to capture me first.

“We’ll have to take a detour.”

“Which way would be better?”

There were two routes going around the village. One had a river, the other had grasslands. Riding horses across the grasslands would be fast, but we’d be easily spotted, right?

“By the way, monsters might appear on the riverside…”

“Let’s go by the riverside.”

“You understood what I said properly, right?”

“You said monsters appear there. If they came here based on tips about me, they wouldn’t think I’d go to a monster habitat unless I was crazy.”

The people of House Roam would know better than anyone that I had absolutely no abilities.

Moreover, since I was known to have been kidnapped by a wyvern, they wouldn’t think I’d barely survive only to go to a place with monsters again.

“Besides, monsters are much more trustworthy compared to people.”

Jeon’s eyes widened in shock at my words.

“Are you serious about that?”

“Yes.”

“Huh, there’s another person like our master here.”

Wait, there’s someone who realized this truth of life without even dying, when I only learned it after dying and coming back to life?

“I don’t know who your master is, but they must be very wise. It’s unfortunate they have such poor luck with disciples though.”

When I muttered indifferently, Jeon looked at me with displeasure.

“Excuse me, do you know who’s working hard to help you right now?”

I stared at him blankly, then pulled up the corners of my mouth.

Are mages originally this simple? I remember the Mage Tower’s mages who were dispatched to Gelben being more meticulous and rigid.

The Imperial Palace mages I had met before were all cunning snakes hiding their true nature.

“I know, Jeon.”

Well, this kind of simplicity is better than acting suspiciously for no reason. I smiled slightly and stood up. Now I should stop dawdling and escape quickly. It would be terrible if we stayed longer and got tracked.

Thinking we might be spotted if we rode horses, I tried to move on foot, but I saw Jeon standing there blankly. Why is he acting like that?

“What are you doing?”

“Huh? No, it’s nothing.”

Jeon shook his head frantically and moved his body hurriedly. Why is he acting like that, really? Did he disturb a wasp? I continued walking, putting my curiosity aside.

As we got closer to the waterside, the fishy smell grew stronger. Perhaps because my senses had developed, the smell was particularly intense.

The rough sound of water was quite refreshing. We were almost at the riverside. With thick vegetation around, once we quickly crossed the river, we could hide without difficulty.

[There’s no smell of iron. No enemies following either.]

Thanks to Nesi’s occasional confirmations, we could move more swiftly. As I felt we were getting closer to our destination, my body naturally became impatient.

Moistening my parched lips with my tongue, I stared ahead as we approached. The sound of water came from beyond the thick vegetation. Ah, we were almost there.

We were almost there, but…

“Stop.”

Jeon hesitated at my sudden restraint. At the same time, Nesi bared her teeth and stared ahead as if sensing something.

In a crowded city it would be different, but in forests or riversides like this, my sensitive senses are quite useful. It’s much easier to detect human presence. Just like right now.

Nadab snorted as if displeased.

[Captain, I sense an unpleasant aura.]

I still don’t think the search parties would cooperate with each other. Both Roam and the Imperial House would try not to share information with each other. Even if a third party from a foreign country got involved, that would surely be the case.

But I had overlooked that the Temple might be different.

“What’s wrong?”

Jeon looked puzzled at my appearance, standing still and quietly staring ahead. If I turn around and run from here, they’ll follow me, right?

“Their target is me anyway, so you escape when you get the chance. You know the destination, right?”

“What?”

“I’ll pay later, so buy the goods in advance and wait.”

[The enemy’s aura is strong. I will protect you.]

Nesi stepped forward righteously. I glanced at Nesi and smiled faintly.

“Thanks, but protect your pack’s weak male first, Nesi.”

I slowly stroked Nadab’s spine and took a deep breath.

Alright, I can do this.

“Wait, Anel…”

“See you later, Jeon.”

I grabbed Nadab’s neck and leaped with all my strength. As soon as I mounted the horse and turned the reins, I felt the human presence by the riverside, which had been quietly waiting for me to approach, suddenly stir.

“Run, Nadab!”

Nadab stamped his feet loudly and shot forward. My body swayed from the sudden start, but I lowered my upper body as much as possible and endured the wind pressure.

Loud shouts and noise came from behind me. Among them, what I could hear particularly clearly was a familiar male voice.

Oh no, Samuel. How the hell does that bastard keep tracking me?

[Captain, people are gathering ahead!]

The pursuers behind me must have contacted the search party on the village side. I gritted my teeth and gripped the reins tightly to avoid falling.

“Can you break through?”

[Ordinary weapons cannot wound me.]

Nadab’s speed as he ran with all his might was faster than that of ordinary horses. If I hadn’t become healthy after my resurrection, I might have already rolled off.

“Then break through.”

Just then, human shadows began to appear ahead. The soldiers who had been murmuring and trying to block my path hesitated in fear at the sight of Nadab, who wasn’t slowing down.

A few brave ones blocked the path with their weapons raised. I bit down hard on my molars and lowered my body as much as possible.

The soldiers reflexively crouched in surprise at the majesty of the horse that had approached so close. At the same time, Nadab leaped over them.

The soldiers belatedly came to their senses and thrust their weapons, but Nadab skillfully dodged and continued forward.

“Your Highness!”

Clinging to the back of the bucking horse, my hood had almost come loose and was fluttering. The mottled dyeing job had no effect, as Arin recognized me immediately.

“Your Highness, it’s me, Arin!”

The soldiers couldn’t stop Nadab. Even if they threw their lives away to block him, it wouldn’t be easy, but seeing Nadab, who looked particularly robust and threatening unlike ordinary horses, they were already intimidated and couldn’t possibly stop him.

Good, let’s break through like this and enter the mountain range.

“Nadab, that way!”

I felt a few who had belatedly brought horses trying to follow. Whatever. I ran looking only ahead.

I planned to run deep into the mountain range, to a deep forest where monsters might appear. It was right in front of us. Having been lying flat and clinging on the whole time, I raised my upper body slightly.

I had definitely memorized the map, but perhaps because I was in a hurry, I couldn’t immediately recall the terrain of this place.

So if I go straight like this and then turn, there should be a forest, and that forest was probably where I met Nadab, right?

Familiar trees flashed past my vision in an instant. Ah, the Forest. The trees would properly conceal our forms.

If we crossed through the Forest, there would be….

“Ugh!”

The burning pain I suddenly felt in my arm cut off my fumbling thoughts completely. The strength left the hand that had been gripping the reins tightly, and my body swayed.

[Captain!]

My body, having lost balance on the rapidly galloping horse, tilted precariously. Nadab slowing down in alarm and my body flying off to fall over the thicket happened almost simultaneously.

I could feel the dense thicket, only half my height, providing even the slightest cushion against the impact of the fall.

Even so, my vision flickered momentarily and my head rang with a dull thud. Was I really going to die this time?

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