Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 185

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Chapter 185

Chechye resisted a few more times, but soon accepted the fact that she had no choice.

However, adapting to the situation didn’t mean she was actively cooperating. She seemed to harbor very deep resentment toward me.

When I practically kidnapped her reluctant self into the carriage and brought her to the roadside, she finally turned to Samuel with reluctance.

“I just need to clear it so you can pass through, right?”

She consistently refused to speak to me directly. She seemed to want to rebel in this way, at least.

I also had no intention of engaging in direct conversation with her. It would be more accurate to say there was no need to.

“Excuse me, Knight.”

“…Yes.”

Samuel, who was dealing with her in my place, seemed a bit tired, but there was no one else to handle Chechye.

As for Jeon, who Chechye was showing great interest in, he was deliberately avoiding conversation with her.

It seemed he was still bothered by my mention of using charm tactics. I was pleased that he was being tactful and keeping his distance.

Jeon and I decided to keep our distance and monitor Chechye’s work. I considered waiting in the carriage, but worried she might try something foolish, so I decided to just stand and watch.

Samuel, standing beside Chechye, surveyed the roadside.

“Can’t you remove all the traps?”

“That would take several days.”

Samuel looked at me as if asking for my opinion. When I nodded, he turned back to Chechye.

“Yes. Then please work so we can pass through immediately.”

Samuel set down the toolbox he had roughly gathered from Chechye’s house.

Chechye fiddled with the toolbox while looking up at Samuel with hope she couldn’t quite abandon.

“But, but doesn’t the Temple really have anything else to say? I directly faced the rampant evil…”

“I’m sorry, but encountering monsters was an accident, not the Creator’s choice. When civilians encounter monsters, they can fall into great danger, so it would be best to refrain from such actions in the future.”

“Then, then what about that woman?”

At Chechye’s question pointing at me, Samuel closed his lips as if troubled. But soon he answered bluntly.

“We came here for investigation.”

To the listener’s ears, it was an explanation that would be understood as me being an investigator dispatched by the Temple.

Yet he didn’t make definitive statements like the Temple dispatching us or me being a Temple investigator, so it couldn’t be called a lie either.

“Vague but appropriate answer.”

Jeon, who muttered quietly enough for only me to hear, clicked his tongue while looking at Samuel. Samuel calmly ignored Jeon’s gaze and urged Chechye.

“Please resolve this as quickly as possible.”

“…Understood.”

Chechye reluctantly stepped forward.

Crouching on the path that looked merely flat to the eye, she put on thick gloves and took out her equipment.

Before long, I could see traps I never knew existed revealing their outlines. After quickly dismantling the trap, she found a rope buried in the dirt.

At first glance, it looked exactly like magic. The way unexpected traps appeared in places where nothing had been.

Jeon, who was watching Chechye’s work with the same amazed eyes as me, clicked his tongue low.

“Whew, we would have been in big trouble if we had passed through unknowingly.”

“Indeed. It’s amazing that no one has been hurt yet. Hasn’t anyone reported this to the security forces?”

This wasn’t even an ordinary forest, but a proper road where people travel, and she had done such things.

“Civilians have no reason to visit Rocky Mountain. If someone bothers to come here, it would be hunters, but hunters usually have their designated hunting areas. That hunter is particularly famous for patrolling her territory. Recently, everyone has been avoiding confrontation because of rumors that she’s gone mad.”

Jeon, with his arms crossed, explained while keeping his gaze on Chechye’s back. Glancing at him, I replied in an indifferent voice.

“You know well?”

“I heard it from her own mouth before… Of course, it wasn’t me who expressed interest first, but that woman who chattered on her own.”

“Who said anything?”

Even at my listless reply, Jeon didn’t relax his expression. After checking his complexion, I casually asked about something that had been puzzling me.

“What on earth did you do to make that hunter so desperately attached?”

“Desperately attached! It’s not like that at all!”

Seeing Jeon jump and become serious, my sullen feelings mysteriously calmed down.

However, apart from my mood improving, I was genuinely curious about how he got involved with Chechye.

When I stared at Jeon without answering, he sighed and opened his lips.

“Just… I happened to see her getting into an argument with a neighbor and helped her a bit. Since they were fighting over the Dura’han problem, I thought if I took her side, I could easily get information… I smiled a bit and helped her out.”

“That’s charm tactics alright.”

“Charm tactics only work when used by charming people.”

Jeon waved his hands as if he had heard something ridiculous.

Watching such Jeon, I tilted my head and called him in a calm voice.

“Jeon.”

“Yes?”

“Look at my face.”

“…Yes?”

I quietly observed Jeon, who was blinking with a bewildered expression, then withdrew my gaze. Just then, I saw Chechye had moved quite far away.

The spot where she had disabled the trap was marked.

I began walking along the roadside with long strides, and Jeon, who had been standing dazed, belatedly came to his senses and quickly followed.

“Wait, Lady Anelli. What does that mean?”

Urgent questions poured out low and fast.

“Lady Anelli?”

Pretending not to hear Jeon’s call, I kept my gaze straight ahead and spoke to Samuel.

“Should we follow behind?”

“Yes, don’t touch that side and just go straight ahead.”

Perhaps because she was dismantling her own traps, Chechye’s work speed was quite fast.

The start had been slow, but as I watched Chechye’s back moving quickly, Jeon came close beside me.

“You mean you like my face, right? Are you only looking at the face? This face is enough, right?”

The quiet question carried a determination to get an answer no matter what.

At his rarely seen persistent appearance, I let out a chuckle and shrugged my shoulders.

“As if.”

After giving a brief reply and pausing slightly, Chechye had moved far away again.

Samuel, who was standing guard beside her to monitor whether Chechye was working properly, looked back at me.

I gave him a knowing look meaning I understood his gesture to come quickly, and said calmly.

“I look at the body too.”

Jeon froze solid once again.

Leaving him behind, I walked toward Chechye, and Jeon, who regained his senses faster than before, hurriedly followed.

While pestering me to tell him more conditions, I cleanly ignored him. This attitude seemed to make Jeon even more anxious, but…

“Ah, I hate persistent men.”

At my answer, seeing Jeon immediately shut his lips tight was simply delightful. Thanks to this, the time waiting for the trap dismantling work wasn’t boring.

Though this probably wasn’t the result Jeon had intended.

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The roadside where the traps had been removed was shorter than expected, so we arrived at Rocky Mountain in no time.

I had considered sending the grumbling Chechye back alone, but worried she might install new traps on her way back to spite me, so I had Samuel accompany her.

Samuel seemed genuinely reluctant, but was somewhat persuaded by my casually mentioned concerns. After sending them off like that, I summoned the Dura’han who had been in the separate space dimension.

[Wow, we’ve arrived!]

Jigore’s excited voice rang out as he flew through the air.

“Jigore, can you sense the energy?”

Palides also seemed inwardly filled with anticipation. Jigore, the most sensitive to his comrades’ energy among the Dura’han, flapped his wings vigorously.

However, no matter how energetically the small sparrow flew up, it looked quite insignificant before the massive rocky mountain.

[There is some faintly remaining energy.]

Jigore seemed unable to quite get a grasp on it. While Jigore moved around searching for traces, Bak and Tristan chatted amongst themselves.

[Who could it be?]

[Isn’t it Dasha? If it’s a bird of prey, it’s Dasha!]

[What’s wrong with Soana?]

[Want to bet on who it is?]

I didn’t know what kind of bet could be established between Bak the black bear and Tristan the bumblebee, but the two quickly hit it off.

Minte, who had been watching them with a look of disdain, let out a sigh.

[Idiots.]

Nadab also seemed to view their bet unfavorably, just like Minte.

[From what I can see, there don’t seem to be any dangerous beasts on Rocky Mountain. Since Bak is burdensome to keep around, how about we send him back?]

It had been Nadab who advised bringing Bak as a guard since they didn’t know what might be living on Rocky Mountain, and he could fight without being overwhelmed even in animal form.

And now, Nadab seemed to deeply regret his advice.

[Whatever beast jumps out, Palides will beat them all. With that human mage here too, we should be able to handle it.]

Nadab’s gaze turned toward Jeon. Completely unaware that he had gained Nadab’s recognition, Jeon was startled when Nadab suddenly looked back at him.

“I really didn’t abandon him. That horse ran off on his own.”

“When are you going to stop talking about this?”

“If you’re holding a grudge for no reason, please tell him to let it go.”

Jeon seemed to still feel uneasy about how Nadab had shaken him off and run after Mori during the monster attack.

From the way he wouldn’t even make eye contact, it seemed he was somewhat afraid of Nadab, who was a Dullahan.

“That horse keeps glaring at me.”

“He’s just looking at you.”

“That’s looking?”

[He’s not a very reliable mage. You’d be better off just keeping Bak by your side.]

Nadab said with a serious expression. Jeon had lost Nadab’s recognition again without even knowing he had received it.

While Nadab and Jeon were having their communication breakdown, Jigol, who had flown a bit farther away, shouted in an excited voice.

[There is, there is!]

At Jigol’s cry, the Dura’han who had been busy chattering among themselves all turned their attention at once. There was an excited air about the Dura’han as they rushed toward where Jigol was.

[Da~ asha!]

[Soa~ ana!]

Tristan and Bak shouted loudly toward Rocky Mountain. Their booming cries carried quite far.

I gazed intently at Rocky Mountain. At this point, something should start appearing soon.

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