Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 39

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Chapter 39

Heinrich adjusted his glasses while subtly gauging the reactions of those around him. Perhaps because this was the place where a monster had appeared, the knights were also extremely tense as they guarded Maxel.

He had changed his appearance and secretly accompanied Maxel’s schedule.

His magical tool not only changed his appearance but also erased his presence as much as possible, so when he slipped in and posed as a porter, no one paid him any attention.

“Having Your Highness come all the way here brings us such relief.”

“Have you stationed guards inside?”

“We’ve strengthened the city’s defenses to focus on protecting the citizens. For this place, we’ve just closed the gates for now… Ah!”

The lord who had been continuing his explanation let out a short scream. The main gate that he claimed to have securely closed was wide open.

“Why is this open?”

“My apologies, my lord. I’ll look into it immediately.”

“Your Highness, if you give the order, the knights will check the situation inside first.”

Maxel stared intently at the open gate. Heinrich had a feeling he was thinking the same thing as himself.

“No, I’ll go in right away.”

The baseless hope that perhaps Anelli might be inside.

The workers were made to wait near the main gate. It seemed they were considering the possibility of combat breaking out.

Taking advantage of everyone being distracted by Maxel’s escort, Heinrich quietly hid himself in the grass.

The abundant petals of the blooming flower trees concealed him.

‘Anyway, Maxel will only travel along the paved paths within the farm…’

Heinrich, who had distanced himself enough that the voices of people grew distant and he could no longer make out their conversation, looked around the farm.

“…”

At the end of the endless rows of flower trees, farm buildings were visible.

If Anelli was really here, wouldn’t she be over there?

He would probably be able to explore those buildings before Maxel, who was advancing with the knights’ escort.

Once his destination was decided, his steps quickened. Heinrich approached the building almost at a run.

And when he finally almost reached it, he discovered a greenhouse next to the building.

Something was glinting in the sunlight on the ground next to the greenhouse.

“Glass?”

The side of the greenhouse was broken. Heinrich, eyeing it suspiciously, slowly approached it.

Despite trying to muffle his footsteps as much as possible, he stepped on glass and made a crunching sound.

Heinrich, startled by the sound, stopped abruptly. Just as he was about to take another step, someone covered his mouth from behind.

“Wait, wait a moment!”

He reflexively tried to shake off his opponent, but stopped his actions upon hearing the urgent whisper.

Realizing that Heinrich had completely stopped resisting, his opponent carefully asked.

“You won’t scream?”

Heinrich slowly nodded. After showing signs of hesitation for a moment, his opponent slowly removed their hand.

The moment he realized his opponent was trying to move away from him, this time Heinrich grabbed that wrist. It was a thin wrist that he could easily grasp with one hand.

Once again, just from the voice, he could recognize his opponent.

“Princess.”

He felt his opponent, who had been struggling to pull their wrist free, freeze at his voice. Anelli, who had checked his face with disbelieving eyes, openly frowned.

“Ha…”

For some reason, Heinrich wasn’t hurt at all by her exasperated sigh. Rather, he felt a little excited.

At the same time, he was worried that Maxel might come here at any moment.

“…This way.”

Heinrich, who had looked around while holding Anelli, led her to the back of the building for now.

“Wait, Your Highness?”

“Shh.”

Now it was his turn to silence Anelli. She seemed surprised by his sudden action, but followed obediently as if she didn’t want to cause a commotion.

When Heinrich, who had reached a secluded area behind the building, released Anelli’s wrist, she immediately put distance between them.

“Why are you here, Your Highness?”

“It would be better to lower your voice a bit more, Princess.”

Heinrich glanced behind him and calmly explained the situation.

“Maxel is here right now with his knights.”

Anelli’s rigidly hardened expression crumpled completely. She moved her lips as if dumbfounded, then irritably swept her bangs up.

“Damn, when luck runs out, everything goes wrong.”

Heinrich looked at her with surprised eyes at the unexpectedly rough language.

Though she couldn’t raise her voice loudly, her slightly moving lips were definitely spewing anger and irritation toward Maxel. It seemed the journey had been arduous and had roughened her personality.

“Ha!”

Thinking that even this was good, Heinrich forgot the situation and ended up laughing.

He could feel Anelli looking at him as if he were crazy, but he didn’t care.

A refreshing sense of satisfaction was dominating his entire body.

As expected, that bastard Maxel was alone, lost in foolish dreams.

* * *

My expression must be completely crumpled right now.

‘…What the hell is this.’

The situation was a complete mess.

I had worked hard to drive the crying Dura’han back into the greenhouse, when suddenly Prince Heinrich appeared. Along with terrible and unfortunate news.

「Maxel is here right now with his knights.」

Why the hell is Maxel here? Isn’t he supposed to be busy preparing for the capital festival right now? Why is the Crown Prince not doing his work and leisurely going flower viewing?

“Don’t tell me he came with Lilia? On a date?”

Lilia used to babble about wanting to travel to the provinces, saying she preferred the countryside’s simplicity over the capital’s glamour.

Maybe she had begged to see the Empire’s beautiful flower farm.

If that were the case, they’d be busy having a good time together, which would be good for me.

“Maxel came here after hearing news that a monster had appeared. She didn’t come.”

“…She’s still useless.”

She should have begged to come along on a schedule like this. Sending him to see this beautiful scenery alone?

“He’s planning to tour the entire farm, so you need to hide quickly.”

Even without Heinrich’s urging, I was already sufficiently anxious.

I don’t understand why the Dura’han keeps running away from me. What if Holy Knights are dispatched and a battle breaks out with the Dura’han in the midst of all this?

Wouldn’t it be terrible if someone disappeared and the secrets surrounding my resurrection weren’t unraveled?

Besides, seeing it keep running away made me more concerned.

But wait. Why is Heinrich here?

“Why are you here, Your Highness… No. Never mind. Thank you for the warning. Then I’ll be going now.”

“Wait!”

Heinrich urgently grabbed me.

“Let’s move together.”

“Why should I?”

“Maxel doesn’t know I came here. I also need to hide.”

“That’s Your Highness’s problem.”

“Princess.”

“I’m grateful for the warning, but I didn’t ask you to come, so are you planning to make me responsible?”

“Couldn’t you think of it as repayment for the warning?”

Repayment for a warning? What repayment for a warning I didn’t even ask for?

I naturally frowned, but thinking about it differently, thanks to Heinrich’s warning I was able to quickly learn of Maxel’s presence, so I couldn’t completely ignore it.

Just as I was frowning reluctantly and moving my lips, a new voice interrupted.

“Who are you?”

It was Nadab returning, whom I had sent to fetch Jeon. Jeon, accompanied by Nadab and Nesi, looked back and forth between me and Heinrich with a rigidly hardened expression.

Then he strode over and gently pulled me toward himself.

“I don’t know who you are, but step back for now.”

“You’re the one I don’t know, so don’t interfere.”

The two men glared at each other as if they wouldn’t back down, engaging in a war of nerves.

“I’m this person’s companion. If you have business, speak to me first.”

“This isn’t a place for a servant to interfere.”

“I said companion, not servant.”

Thanks to Jeon dealing with Heinrih, I had some breathing room. I didn’t care whether they fought or not—I just needed to resolve this situation quickly.

I shifted my body slightly so Heinrih couldn’t see me clearly.

‘They said Maxel is searching this farm, so we need to escape quickly… But what about that crying Dura’han?’

Gritting my teeth in worry, I moved Jigol, who had been perched on my shoulder squawking about defeating Heinrih immediately, onto my palm.

“Go inside and try to persuade them. Make them stop crying first since others might hear, and hide well together. Got it? I’ll step out briefly and come back.”

[Leave it to me!]

“Tristan is supposed to come this way later too, so join up with him. Can you hold out?”

[Trust me! This Jigol will meet the captain’s expectations!]

I could feel Heinrih looking this way as I suddenly whispered to the sparrow, but I didn’t have time to make excuses.

After lowering Jigol into the damaged greenhouse and returning, I grabbed Nadab’s reins and looked at Nesi.

“Did you happen to spot any back roads while wandering around?”

[As a leader of the pack, one must always scout safe escape routes. This place has three different ways out.]

“You’re the best as always, Nesi.”

Nesi lifted her head with dignity. And beside her, not only Heinrih but even Jeon had stopped their argument to watch this scene.

Those blockheads, seriously.

“Jeon, aren’t we going?”

“We should!”

Jeon quickly approached me. Just as I was about to turn around, I couldn’t overcome my uneasiness and spoke to Heinrih.

“Don’t just stand there—follow us for now.”

“Thank you, Princess.”

At Heinrih’s relieved smile, Jeon glared at him with displeasure.

Would he still act like that if he knew Heinrih’s true identity? I wonder how he plans to handle the consequences later.

Whatever. I need to retreat first and think about it later.

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