Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 257

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Side Story Episode 1

“You fool!”

My eyes opened automatically at the loud shout that rang out from early morning.

Bright light was pouring in through the window. And the noise that probably woke me up seemed to be coming from outside as well.

“I’ve told you over and over again! Your handful and my handful are different, so don’t use your hands and use tools instead!”

I got up with my stiff body and picked up the indoor gown I had carelessly thrown aside yesterday.

As I roughly put on the gown and opened the window wide, the chattering voice became much clearer.

Below the window, in front of a beautifully decorated flower bed, Jeon was scolding someone with both hands on his hips.

He was holding a trowel in his hand, and it seemed he was angry because someone had touched the flower bed without using it.

“Hmm…”

I leaned against the window frame, rested my chin on my hand, and quietly looked down at the scene, clicking my tongue softly.

I know how diligently Jeon tends to the flowers, but… isn’t that a bit of a different problem?

Should I really call it normal to nag at a skeleton that can’t even understand words to use a trowel to tend the flower bed?

Jeon, completely unaware that I was watching from above, even demonstrated how to use it by directly gripping the handle of the trowel with his hands. At this point, I think he’s practically implementing cramming education.

At that moment, the skeleton that had been watching what Jeon was doing with a very uncooperative attitude raised its head.

[Captain! Did you cough!]

The skeleton’s bones rattled violently. Jeon, who raised his head following the skeleton, also spotted me and smiled brightly.

“Lady Anelli!”

He threw the trowel aside and flew up to me in an instant using magic.

“Why don’t you sleep a bit more?”

“I slept enough.”

“In terms of time, you couldn’t have slept much, could you?”

Jeon’s face as he looked at me with puzzled eyes showed not a trace of playfulness.

For a moment I was speechless and fell silent, then replied with a calm expression.

“…It’s enough.”

“That can’t be…”

“More importantly, since when could you communicate with skeletons?”

I completely turned my gaze away and changed the subject. Jeon didn’t resist and obediently followed my lead.

“Voice and text don’t work, but actions seem to work a bit.”

I glanced down at the skeleton with just my eyes. The skeleton that had been kicking the trowel and ended up with its ankle detached was crouching down, fumbling to put its bones back together.

Body language… It doesn’t seem to be working at all.

“At first, you were so creeped out just facing a skeleton that you were disgusted.”

“I still am.”

Jeon answered with a sigh-mixed voice and sat down on the windowsill next to where I was leaning.

“Since we have to coexist with those things anyway, I should keep trying body language at least.”

“How admirable.”

When I muttered with an amused voice, Jeon smiled brightly and asked.

“If I’m admirable, can we continue what we were doing yesterday?”

“…”

“I thought you should rest more, but looking at you now, you seem to have recovered your energy.”

I looked at Jeon with incredulous eyes as he subtly crossed over the window and slipped into the room, and asked without thinking.

“…Do you have a conscience?”

“Of course. My conscience is probably more solid than yours, Lady Anelli.”

I couldn’t deny it, but I felt a bit wronged. That conscience of his that’s supposedly more solid than mine seems to disappear only in specific situations – am I imagining things?

I frowned and opened my mouth to protest, but my words were blocked by lips that quickly approached.

In the end, I didn’t leave the bedroom until well past lunch.

* * *

Having a mage by your side was truly convenient.

And if it’s not just any ordinary mage, but a very skilled and powerful mage, the convenience of life increases several times over.

If I hadn’t reunited with Jeon early, I wouldn’t have been able to travel so comfortably between Beladia Castle and the outside of the Trebi Mountain Range.

In that sense, Jeon, who was not only skilled but also perceptive, was truly an excellent lover.

Jeon had not only organized Beladia Castle, but had also connected warp gates throughout the country for convenient travel.

Of course, those warp gates were personally installed by Jeon, so only authorized people could use them.

“Should I look around the capital again?”

After a late lunch, I looked down at the map spread on the table and fell into thought.

Since I hadn’t retrieved all the Dura’han yet, I was traveling around the country every day looking for them. Perhaps some of them might not be on this land, but at least a few should remain.

“If Bak had awakened in the Imperial Palace, there’s no way there wouldn’t be rumors…”

Honestly, I expected quite a number of Dura’han to choose to remain by my side. I don’t know if this is my arrogance.

So far, the total number of Dura’han I had retrieved was five. First I got Nadab back, then Jigol and Tristan, Mori, and Ganic who returned a few days ago.

Generally, they were in the same places where I had first taken them in, so we were able to meet again without problems.

However, in Palides’ case, I thought he would be in the Freya region like Tristan, but he wasn’t there, so I couldn’t specify where he might be right now.

And Soana and Dasha were…

I shook off my thoughts as I recalled the last moments of the two knights. Then I glanced to the side.

“What do you think?”

The bumblebee that had been busily flying around me was the first to actively offer an opinion.

[Shall I ask around through the insects in that area?]

As soon as those words ended, a black bulbul flapped its wings and interrupted.

[You’re going to stir up a hornet’s nest again! Do you know how many territorial fights happened because of you?]

[You’re just a bulbul with no friends to ask!]

[I’m going to tell Uncle Wyvern on you!]

Tristan and Jigol argued more fiercely than before they found peace. I’m sure they parted very affectionately when they first found peace…

[C-Captain might not have awakened immediately after being resurrected. I-I think looking for the capital again is a good method!]

Instead of Tristan and Jigol who were busy arguing, Mori poked his head out from the pocket and answered.

Mori, who looked up at me with bright black eyes, still looked like a small snake no different from an earthworm.

And he still liked being in silk pouches. More precisely, he seemed to like being able to stick close to my side.

“If Bak or Minte woke up a bit late, it would be natural that I couldn’t find them right away when I searched the capital.”

After reuniting with the Dura’han, I learned that they had awakened later than me. It was because they had entrusted their peace to my choice.

I had searched the capital right after I woke up, so if they had awakened later than me, it might have been natural that I couldn’t find them then.

“Right. It might be better to look for Bak and Minte first, since they have the highest probability.”

With Jeon by my side, it would be easy to move around using appearance-changing magic, and with the Dura’han here, I could gather information much faster than when I searched alone.

Since Bak is likely to be in the Imperial Palace, should I start by asking around about Minte?

Just as my mind was almost set on the capital, the lounge door opened and someone entered.

“Lady Anelli, it’s an invitation!”

The person entering while waving some envelope in their hand was Jeon.

“An invitation?”

The only people who knew I was at Beladia Castle were Jeon and Heinrih. Since Jeon was right in front of me, it meant the person who sent me the invitation was Heinrih.

I hadn’t met Heinrih directly since my resurrection. I had only exchanged messages through Jeon, and later received a communication magic device that was delivered through Jeon.

Even so, he was so busy that we had rarely actually communicated.

“Why an invitation all of a sudden?”

If he had business, he could just use the communication magic device directly.

To send an invitation to Beladia Castle, first he would need to send a letter to a village near the mountains through a trustworthy messenger, and then Jeon would have to come get it – a cumbersome process.

Since it was that complicated but he still used this method to send it, I could interpret that this invitation contained something extraordinary.

“It does have the imperial seal.”

To entrust an invitation with the imperial seal to a rural village.

I felt pity for the unknown someone who had temporarily received this invitation. How anxious they must have been, worried that the invitation might get crumpled.

“What does it say?”

“Well…”

The envelope only said it was sent to the owner of Beladia Castle, with no other information.

I tore open the envelope without hesitation. The stiff paper was made of such high-quality material that it was not only decorated with all sorts of fancy patterns but even sprinkled with glittering gold powder.

“Oh.”

I let out a low exclamation as I unfolded the paper. As I stared at the contents with wide eyes, Jeon stealthily approached and glanced at the paper.

I handed him the invitation and spoke up.

“A coronation is being held.”

This was an official invitation sent to me, the owner of Beladia Castle and a Reviver, requesting my attendance at the coronation.

“Good heavens, did he really commit such an act of defiance?”

“I didn’t hear anything like that in recent communications.”

And since the Emperor’s death would be impossible for all the Empire’s citizens to miss, he probably didn’t kill him. The Emperor was so stubborn, I was curious what kind of threats he might have used.

“But this is an invitation requesting that Lady Anelli attend publicly.”

Jeon turned the invitation this way and that with curious eyes, then soon frowned and muttered.

Knowing full well that I always changed my appearance when going around because I disliked people clinging to Revivers, he seemed to assume I would decline this invitation.

Heinrih probably sent such an official invitation with that intention too. He wouldn’t be someone who thought I’d be forced to accept the invitation out of submission to status.

It was his own consideration, not relying on our private friendship, telling me to feel free to refuse if I wanted to.

I took the invitation back from Jeon.

“I was planning to go to the capital anyway.”

“You’re going to attend?”

“I have to go to the coronation. It’s a coronation, after all. It’s obviously going to be an event pushed through forcefully, so how many entertaining sights will I get to see?”

And if I wanted to claim ownership of this Beladia Castle, I needed to step forward at least once.

Thus, without any benefit from pondering over the map, my destination for this outing was confirmed as the capital.

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