Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 271

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Side Story Episode 2

“No, those words are quite touching, but…”

I naturally expected him to be moved to tears, but for some reason Jeon’s expression was strange. He looked somewhat displeased, giving me an unsettling feeling. Instead of an exaggerated fuss, what took its place was a voice that hesitated awkwardly somewhere.

Wait, is that the right reaction to me saying your love is enough?

I narrowed my eyes and glared at Jeon.

“What’s with that expression?”

“I’m moved.”

It was an immediate answer, but to me, already wrapped in suspicious feelings, it didn’t sound sincere. Rather, the unnecessarily quick response only fueled my uneasiness further.

“That’s not it though?”

“It is. Very touching, and, uh.”

Jeon, who had been frowning in thought, suddenly widened his eyes. His previous ambiguous attitude disappeared, and his face became clear like someone who had found a definite goal.

“First, I’ll work harder.”

Jeon usually fumbled around in front of me as his normal behavior. From experience, when he suddenly showed such a spirited attitude like this, it was right before he said something outrageous.

“…At what?”

“At everything. For now, I’ll do my best for your physical pleasure.”

I stared blankly at Jeon, then snapped to attention only when I saw him approaching me with sparkling eyes.

“Are you in your right mind? The sun is high in the sky right now… Wait!”

Without even a chance to escape, Jeon suddenly lifted me up in his arms. Having deliberately exerted effort to carry me in both arms, he stepped forward as lightly as if flying.

“But this is joy that only I can give you. I was already struggling to hold back from rushing out the entire time I was at the Magic Tower…”

“This seems more for your joy than mine though?”

“To be precise, it’s for both of our joy.”

I looked up at him with incredulous eyes, then gave up on scolding him. Though it was midday, during the few days he had been away from Beladia Castle, I had also been inwardly wrapped in loneliness.

In the past, even when he went to the Magic Tower, he would come to the castle for a few hours when night fell, but after becoming the Mage Tower Lord, he didn’t do that anymore, so I had to spend several nights alone.

With the warmth I felt after several days being so welcome, there was no way I could truly push him away. Though the fact that it was daytime was embarrassing, that too was quickly erased from my mind.

Anyway, this was Beladia Castle, and I was the owner of this castle. Without needing to mind anyone’s opinion, I had every right to enjoy pleasant time with my lover.

When I leaned my head against Jeon as if giving in, I heard a low laugh. Somehow my heart felt warm and fuzzy.

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In the quiet night, Jeon checked Anelli’s face as she slept soundly, then got up. Just in case, he went to the room farthest from the bedroom and took out a communication device.

The bright light of the communication device illuminated Jeon’s face. Perhaps due to the shadows, his expression looked particularly full of worry.

“What should I do?”

At the words blurted out as soon as the communication connected, the other party frowned.

—What do you mean what should you do?

“Lady Anelli has absolutely no interest in marriage!”

At his cry full of despair, Seisian, who was Jeon’s teacher and now an elder of the Magic Tower, narrowed his eyes. Though he wasn’t clear in the communication device, his emotions were definitely being conveyed through his displeased frown.

—…So what?

“So what?!”

Seisian, who had been looking at his fussing disciple with a sour gaze, sighed.

—So are you going to cancel your proposal plan?

“That’s not it!”

Jeon replied almost reflexively, shouting, then immediately frowned.

“But what if she rejects me?”

Seisian, who had been tormented to a sickening degree every time he faced Jeon, no longer batted an eye at most of Jeon’s ridiculous antics.

He had once tried to comfort the fussing Jeon, but fundamentally, he couldn’t understand even a speck of Jeon’s blind, sometimes worship-like emotions. In Seisian’s eyes, Anelli looked more like an undead who had been beheaded and came back to life, so it was natural.

Wasn’t that right? Though the world praised her as a messenger of god, from a mage’s perspective, interpreting Anelli’s very existence as resurrection through unknown ancient magic was much more convincing.

And Seisian personally had no interest whatsoever in resurrection magic or magic related to the undead. So he was simply fed up with whatever his disciple was babbling about.

—If she rejects you, then you get rejected. A marriage proposal rejection doesn’t mean breaking up. It just means continuing as you are now.

Jeon immediately responded to Seisian’s composed answer.

“But lovers can be replaced anytime.”

Right after saying those words, Jeon’s expression became even more serious. Rubbing his chin while thinking for a moment, he muttered as if talking to himself.

“Besides, Lady Anelli is a Reviver praised wherever she goes, and there are still stalkers persistently hovering around her.”

—…Haah.

“And because I became the Mage Tower Lord, the periods of separation from Lady Anelli have increased. I have to go to the Magic Tower more often than before.”

When he finally complained about his position as Mage Tower Lord, Seisian couldn’t hold back anymore and raised his voice.

—A Mage Tower Lord should be at the Magic Tower! How long are you going to keep breeding monsters in the mountains!

Jeon widened his eyes, not backing down.

“Breeding?! The monsters residing in Beladia Castle are all entities with independent consciousness! Besides, thanks to those guys, the Magic Tower’s research results have increased dramatically. We’re also easily securing high-grade materials. Didn’t you see this quarter’s Monster Research Team results?”

—If they’re creatures that live well on their own, then you shouldn’t have work to do either! If there’s no work, why do you keep going back and forth there so often?

“I’m protecting Lady Anelli’s side.”

In the end, it was Seisian who gave up first.

—…Everyone knows you two are together, so isn’t it time you suppressed that separation anxiety? Should I assign more healers to you?

The two hadn’t made any official announcement or anything.

However, when the Reviver very rarely appeared at official events, everyone knew about the red-haired mage who always followed along. Not only did he follow like a loyal dog, but he was the only person the Reviver, who didn’t accept anyone’s service, treated kindly, so it was impossible not to notice.

Meanwhile, as the owner of the Magic Tower changed, his identity became somewhat known out of necessity. Word spread instantly that the one who inherited the Magic Tower was that very red-haired mage who had been following the Reviver around. And naturally, people came to know that the Reviver and the Mage Tower Lord had some kind of relationship.

It was a relationship known by virtually all continental people. Jeon clearly knew this fact too, but he seemed completely unsatisfied with this level.

Seisian couldn’t understand why his disciple behaved so pathologically. Well, it was natural. Only Jeon had seen Anelli disappear before his eyes.

“It’s not a problem healers can solve. Everything’s fine as long as I’m by Lady Anelli’s side.”

It was something he couldn’t tell anyone. The story of how his beloved was swallowed by green light before his eyes, then disappeared without a trace, only to reunite by fate on the road.

Having experienced something like Anelli’s death, even briefly, Jeon was left with trauma. Though he couldn’t tell Anelli outright, he felt a vague anxiety that the cruel and selfish goddess might reclaim Anelli’s life at any time.

Seisian didn’t know the fundamental cause but instinctively recognized his disciple’s condition and called all sorts of healers. Afraid that Anelli might discover his unstable mental state, Jeon sought ways to stabilize himself in various ways whenever he went to the Magic Tower, but it wasn’t easy.

He even thought it might be better to research ways to kill gods instead.

At least if he could kill gods, if he knew how to kill them, he could fight back whenever they tried to take Anelli away.

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