Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 72

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Chapter 72

Come to think of it, there was no way he’d be this triumphant just for having a few magic tools.

Does he really have someone backing him?

“…I still can’t believe it.”

“You may not believe it, but it’s true. That person was the one who taught us how our villagers could live prosperously. That person also gave me these magic tools. Everything we’re doing here is practically with permission.”

The Imperial Palace authorized this kind of thing? There had been talk about the poor state of fishing a few times, but no one had suggested monster blood as an alternative.

Getting caught up in the immediate catch could lead to even greater losses in military expenses.

If someone really was behind the Village Chief, it wouldn’t be some simple scheme to revive the fishing industry a little.

I crossed my arms and pulled up the corners of my mouth in a crooked smile.

“You’re just spouting nonsense because you’re afraid of being reported. If our Knight reports to the Temple, an investigation of this village will begin immediately. Even if the Temple officially dispatches an investigation team, will that precious person of yours protect you?”

“You’re young and don’t understand. Silencing one or two Knights isn’t difficult.”

“At least I know it would be difficult for a small village chief like you.”

When I retorted sarcastically, the Village Chief scowled and replied in a sharp tone.

“You don’t seem to grasp the situation properly, so I’ll tell you specially.”

The Village Chief put on airs and lifted his chin as he continued.

“The one who will become the Crown Princess is looking after this place! Do you know how merciful that person is? She has very deep ties with me!”

That ‘one who will become the Crown Princess’ couldn’t be me.

At my reaction, frozen with a bewildered expression, the Village Chief puffed up his chest even more. I stared at him blankly, then asked cautiously in a suspicious voice.

“…Don’t tell me, Lilia?”

“How dare you speak that noble name so carelessly! Watch your mouth!”

Really Lilia?

Was it Lilia who taught them how to use monster blood?

“Was it Lilia who gave you the magic tools you’re using now?”

“I told you to watch your mouth…”

“I’m asking!”

The Village Chief flinched and looked at me in surprise at my suddenly raised voice.

“Did you get that from Lilia?”

The Village Chief, who had frozen in surprise, cleared his throat and tried to speak in a deliberately calm voice.

“That person has been graciously caring for the lives of the Empire’s citizens even before becoming the Crown Princess.”

Can a person really have such terrible karma?

I stared at the Village Chief with an absurd feeling and burst into a hollow laugh. I had no idea what she was thinking when she did this.

“She told you to use monster blood for fishing? So you caught a baby Sea Monster?”

“Wh, what!”

“The Sea Monster whose baby was taken away eventually tracked down this village and attacked, but my Dura’han who coincidentally awakened around the same time blocked it?”

Without Ganic, this village would have been devastated by the enraged Lizardman.

Whether Lilia knew or not, thanks to her clumsy help, an entire village almost got massacred.

“Even after that, every time you drew blood from that baby, monsters swarmed here, and my Dura’han fought for you without knowing anything.”

“Wh, what are you talking about! A baby Sea Monster!”

“You know too, don’t you? That monsters are being lured by the blood that baby Sea Monster sheds.”

The Village Chief went pale and shut his mouth. How could he not know unless he was a fool?

He might have thought it was coincidence at first, but if it kept repeating, he would naturally suspect a connection.

He just knew but couldn’t give up the prosperous life.

What surprised me was hearing Lilia’s name even in this remote corner.

“You know too much dangerous information. I’m afraid I can’t just let you go.”

The Village Chief glared at me with fierce eyes.

At that moment, there was a cracking sound behind me, like something breaking. The Village Chief’s face contorted in horror as he looked behind me.

“Impossible!”

I turned my gaze following the sound. Cracks starting from the edge of the whitish barrier gradually spread toward the center.

And finally, with a shattering sound, the barrier broke in half.

“They said it would never break unless the Mage Tower Master or his disciple came!”

The barrier cracked into pieces and crumbled down. Beyond the barrier falling like glass shards, four headless Dura’han revealed their massive bodies.

I felt both joy and relief simultaneously. Despite everything, I seemed to rely heavily on these Dura’han.

“You said it would only break if the Mage Tower Master or his disciple came?”

I turned to the Village Chief with a bright smile.

“The person who gave you the magic tools must have lied because they had no real intention of protecting you desperately.”

At my mocking voice, the Village Chief trembled and looked back at me.

“The barrier is completely defective.”

“Eeek!”

The Village Chief, his eyes bloodshot, swung what he was holding toward me. Instantly, a light so strong it illuminated the entire cave burst forth.

I reflexively covered my face with my arms and urgently twisted my body.

Then I stepped wrong on a rock and fell backward. My hood was pulled back, and a sharp shock hit my buttocks.

[Captain!]

[Captain!]

Tristan and Palides, who were standing nearby, simultaneously blocked my front. There was an acrid smell and the sound of something burning.

[This bastard!]

[Jigol, don’t approach carelessly!]

Ganic grabbed the scruff of Jigol’s neck as he tried to charge recklessly. Jigol’s body stopped just before stepping on some unidentified substance pooled right in front.

“D, damn!”

I could see glowing fluorescent material stuck everywhere – cave walls, floor, all around. With faint smoke, the stone was slowly corroding.

“There were definitely three!”

The Village Chief apparently didn’t know Palides was also trapped. But whether there was one more or less probably wouldn’t greatly affect his chances of winning.

As I groaned and got up, clutching my aching buttocks, I heard the Village Chief muttering and grumbling.

“A, anyway, if I trap them again…!”

It was the moment the Village Chief tried to activate the barrier magic tool he’d brought.

“Kuk!”

[Oh, Captain. That guy suddenly can’t move.]

Palides said in a puzzled voice. No wonder, since the Village Chief was frozen while gripping the rod-shaped magic tool.

I, who had been hiding behind the Dura’han, stretched my neck out to check on him. After seeing the Village Chief’s face with only his eyeballs barely rolling, I looked down at the unidentified substance he’d scattered.

“Palides, Tristan. Are you okay?”

[We’re fine.]

[The armor melted a bit. It doesn’t matter to us, but it would have been terrible if the Captain got hit.]

“Right.”

Whether it was a magic tool or some other attack item, I could tell he swung it to kill me. I swallowed a groan and muttered.

“As expected of an illegal magic tool, why is the activation so slow?”

Actually, I had activated the magic tool I brought as soon as the Village Chief appeared. It was a trap that would stop an opponent’s movement when they entered a specific point.

I thought it was broken since it wasn’t working, but I was really fortunate the magic activated, even if belatedly.

I approached the Village Chief, carefully avoiding the substance on the floor. I took the rod from his hand and examined it from various angles, but there wasn’t much I could figure out.

“I’ll take this.”

I couldn’t get an answer from the Village Chief, whose tongue was probably stiff too. As I was about to pass him and come out, I suddenly looked back at him.

“The magic will probably wear off around sunrise. And if you ever meet Lilia later, ask her this: Did she teach you that terrible method with the intention of killing all your villagers?”

The Village Chief couldn’t move a muscle, but his consciousness should be fine.

I could picture him constantly worrying until the magic wore off, understanding everything I was saying.

“They say monster blood calls the blood of stronger monsters. Normally, after a few months of prosperity, the village would have been devastated. You knew that too, which is why you tried to keep the Dura’han as guardian deities.”

After my revival, I hadn’t particularly planned to do anything to Lilia, but honestly, I wasn’t good-natured enough to deliberately refuse an opportunity that rolled right to my feet.

Especially when I’d been indirectly harmed by her again.

“So then, could Lilia not have known that?”

I could feel the Village Chief’s breathing waver.

“You know what? She has precognitive abilities. Everyone who should know in the Capital knows it. Would such a person really give you that method and those defective magic tools without predicting this dangerous situation?”

Honestly, I didn’t really care whether Lilia knew or not…

“Think about it carefully.”

The whispering voice gradually grew quieter. Of course, it was still loud enough for the Village Chief to hear.

“By the way, I heard His Highness the Crown Prince misses his former fiancée.”

It would be nice if he got agitated, but if not, whatever.

“So can you imagine what kind of position the current fiancée might be in?”

With that amused question, I finally left the Shallow Cave without any lingering regrets.

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Finding the medium wasn’t difficult. Destroying it wasn’t difficult either, of course.

“Ha, this feels so refreshing.”

The Barrier’s medium was a small mana stone. The mana stone was found inside the belly of a fish living in a small Pond behind the Village Chief’s house.

I thought it would be in a hard-to-find place, but who would have thought it was inside a fish’s belly.

‘No matter how I think about it, that Village Chief is extraordinary.’

Jeon shook his head and quickened his pace. Whether it was capturing Dura’han to use as guardian deities protecting his Village, or the idea of using Young Lizardman blood to increase the catch.

It was hard to believe these were thoughts coming from the Village Chief of a small Fishing Village.

‘I see all kinds of strange things traveling with her.’

When I traveled alone with Nesi, every day was quiet and peaceful.

Actually, getting caught up in incidents like this wasn’t Jeon’s preference. He was specialized in running away and avoiding problems when they arose.

There might be situations where he had to step up depending on the atmosphere, but he didn’t need to solve every problem in the world.

Even without him, there were plenty of people who would step up in problematic situations. Holy Knights or the Guard Corps. Even through illegal methods.

In that regard, traveling with Anelli kept flowing in directions that really didn’t match Jeon’s preferences.

Anelli seemed to have the power to attract all the world’s problems even when staying still.

‘Well, she is a Reviver, so I suppose it’s natural.’

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