For the Young Villain’s Happy Ending - Chapter 46

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Chapter 46

“The Betuzhenia Empire has welcomed a new sun.”

With the High Priest’s declaration, the imperial crown descended upon Kevenriak’s head.
Amid thunderous applause, my disciple became Emperor.
Raina Hart sat in the front row of the observation gallery, witnessing the spectacle.

“….”

An expressionless face.
Several unfamiliar nobles worried that the Archmage’s mood had soured.

‘He’s handsome.’

Raina felt a swell of pride at Kevenriak’s appearance.
Of course my disciple was handsome.
Draped in the Emperor’s regalia with the imperial crown upon his brow, Kevenriak seemed born to ascend to this throne.
Grasping the scepter, my disciple took his seat upon the throne.
An ineffable majesty radiated from him.
Enough to captivate every noble’s gaze in an instant.

‘Are they already eyeing him as a son-in-law?’

It was entirely possible. Where else could one find such an exceptional figure?
When his eyes met his teacher’s, Kevenriak’s lips curved into a gentle smile.
Gasps of admiration escaped from several around Raina.

“Are you crying, Master?”

Maverick, seated beside her, whispered teasingly toward Raina, who couldn’t tear her eyes from Kevenriak.

“Your carefully nurtured disciple has become Emperor. Though they say it’s a cursed throne.”
“….”

A cursed throne.
It was what the empire’s people whispered about—how every member of the Heteroven Royal Family except Kevenriak had perished in just a month and a half.

‘It will disappear in this generation.’

Raina Hart waved her hand slightly at Kevenriak Heteroven as she made her vow.
This time, I would never let him set his sights on Heteroven.

‘I’ll protect you, Keri.’

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Upon the city walls overlooking the magnificent city of Jenia.

“This will be the last of the walls.”

Raina Hart was inscribing magical circles at regular intervals along the city walls.
When the inscribed circles connected, a massive barrier enveloping Jenia would activate.
A barrier that dark magic could not penetrate.
Yet its function was not merely to block.
It was a barrier that, upon detecting toxins within its perimeter, would consume them—whether object or person—and send them to Raina Hart’s subspace.
Since several magical circles still needed to be drawn on the ground, it was not yet complete.

‘Let’s see whose face shows up this time.’

Raina Hart was grinding her teeth.

‘An element of the original story I didn’t know about.’

Before coming to the Imperial Palace, Raina Hart had gone to check on Tiernan Fargan and Vivian’s situations.
It was to determine how much the past settings of the original story she knew had changed with the emergence of this new hidden mastermind.
The conclusion was.

‘Nothing had changed.’

Tiernan Fargan and Vivian remained as they were.
Tiernan Fargan had discovered the diamond mine beneath the Lindraham Mine.
Vivian was still asleep.
The problem was the imperial crown sitting atop Kevenriak Heteroven’s head….

‘Damn it.’

I ran my fingers through my hair, my emotions growing increasingly complicated.
My delicate periwinkle strands slipped through my fingers.
There was no point in agonizing over what had already transpired.
Though I could blame the desperate circumstances, I bore responsibility too—I hadn’t stopped my disciple in time.

‘So they’re determined to force things to align with the original backstory, are they?’

I organized my thoughts.
If that were the case, there was at least one advantage in this situation for us.
The hidden mastermind in the original work had kept Kevenriak alive rather than killing him.
Even in the original story that would begin two years from now, Kevenriak had never directly confronted dark magic.

‘Why is that?’

I continued pondering the reason.
I couldn’t fathom why the mastermind who had slaughtered the entire Heteroven Royal Family would spare only Kevenriak.
…I’d understand once I caught them.

‘I trust you, my barrier.’

My barrier was one that couldn’t be broken by anyone below the 8th Circle of magic.
Unless that mastermind was a 9th Circle dragon, they would inevitably be caught by my barrier.

‘Don’t even think about lingering near my disciple. If you get caught, I won’t let you off easy.’

I looked down at the floor, curling one corner of my mouth upward like a villain.

“Master.”

Suddenly, my disciple’s voice from behind startled me.
I quickly replaced my villainous smile with a benevolent teacher’s expression and turned around.
While I was accustomed to my disciple’s teleportation, the imperial uniform he wore still felt unfamiliar even after a day.
It was as though the disciple I had known all this time had become an entirely different person.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Because you’re handsome.”

At my words, Kevenriak paused momentarily.
His expression remained unchanged, kind and serene. I clearly wasn’t concerned about what I had just said.

“Did you finish all the ceremonies for the second day?”
“Yes.”

Befitting the seat of Emperor of the Betuzhenia Empire, the enthronement procedures were quite extensive.
Until yesterday, my mentor Raina Hart had always been in the same space as me.
But this time it was a ritual that only the Emperor and priests could enter, so Raina Hart couldn’t observe.

“The necklace is working properly, isn’t it?”

Raina Hart approached Kevenriak Heteroven and placed her hand near his chest.
Through the shirt, I felt a small, solid piece of metal the size of a fingernail.
It was engraved with the same magic circle that Raina Hart was currently drawing on the City Walls.

“I’m always wearing it. This will protect Keri from dark magic.”
“What about you, mentor?”
“I’m wearing one too.”

Time was tight, so I could only make one for my disciple.
But if I told him the truth, he would worry.
Raina Hart slightly pulled out just the string of the necklace she was wearing from the neckline of her shirt.
If I pulled it all out, he would discover it was an ordinary necklace without any magic circle engraved on it.
Seeing the same string as his own, Kevenriak Heteroven seemed relieved and nodded.

“Please be careful too, mentor.”
“I will.”

Raina Hart gazed at the scenery around the City Walls with her disciple.
Behind lay vast plains. Inside the City Walls, buildings stood densely packed.
The sole empire of the Tan Continent—Betuzhenia.

“….”

And Kevenriak Heteroven, standing at the highest point of the Betuzhenia Empire.
From the lips of Raina Hart, who had been quietly lost in thought, words suddenly spilled out.

“Congratulations on your enthronement, Your Majesty.”

I felt Kevenriak Heteroven’s gaze from beside me as he looked at my bow.

“I don’t think I’ve ever said that to you.”

Ascending to the throne of Emperor.
All this time, I’ve been so preoccupied with preventing him from becoming a tyrant that I never got to celebrate my student’s growth.
I have no face as a mentor.
Raina Hart turned to look beside her and spoke.

“Keri is a remarkable student of mine.”

Just then, a gentle breeze swept through his black hair.
Kevenriak’s pale blue eyes were revealed as they curved beautifully in a smile—one he showed only to his mentor, Raina Hart.

‘When did he grow so much?’

The child who once trembled in an ice-cold bath, convinced he was a monster, had ascended to the throne without devouring the Imperial Palace, without killing anyone.

‘How admirable.’

I was impressed by how well he had grown.
My hand itched to ruffle his hair, but now that he was Emperor, I had to restrain myself.
Raina Hart turned her gaze back to the landscape.

“From now on, Keri will be able to do anything.”

Emperor. Master of the Betuzhenia Empire.
I would be satisfied knowing that my student’s crown was not a blood-stained crown born from his own hands.

‘Keri will never become a tyrant.’

Because I will be by his side.
Raina Hart was certain of it.
Unlike Raina, who poured out her overwhelming emotions, Kevenriak remained silent.
Since he was naturally taciturn, Raina thought nothing of it.
For now, she simply wanted to gaze upon this landscape and indulge a little longer in the feeling that her student had grown so well.

“Is there anything you desire? What might our Emperor wish for? Your mentor can bring you anything with just a command.”
“Yes, there is.”
“Is that so?”

Raina Hart’s face flushed with color.
He was a disciple without greed. Whenever she asked if there was anything he wanted, he always said it was fine.
That such a Kevenriak desired something was surprising.

“What is it?”

I turned my body fully toward Kevenriak.
I spoke brightly, saying he need only command me, and I would grant him anything as a commemoration of becoming his vassal.

“May I really say it?”

I smiled and nodded to him.

“Tell me.”
“You said not long ago that you would forgive any mistake I made, whenever it occurred.”
“I did say that…?”

It was then, as I stood bewildered at this sudden turn, that a clear voice flowed from between Kevenriak’s lips.
A clear voice flowed from between Kevenriak Heteroven’s lips.

“What I desired was only you, Raina.”

His blue eyes held only me.
I gazed at my own reflection within them, my mind churning as I struggled to comprehend my disciple’s meaning.
But before I could think further, Kevenriak spoke again.

That I admire you.

It was a confession calm yet unwavering.
As though he had been preparing those words for a long time.

“….”

I stepped back in confusion.
The Kevenriak I had always thought was a disciple I needed to care for now stood before me as an unfamiliar adult man.

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