I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 26

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26.

 

I couldn’t help but laugh at Theor emphasizing that he was two years older than me, but then winced as my injured mouth hurt from the blow I’d received.

 

“Ah…”

 

“Does it hurt?”

 

Theor immediately turned his head to look at my cheek with a worried expression.

 

Somehow he looked so excessively worried that the area below my heart began to flutter like wind was blowing through it.

 

“No, I’m fine…”

 

“That’s why I’m telling you to just use your healing power.”

 

“I said I don’t want to.”

 

“You’re too stubborn, Elinea.”

 

“My, how is this being stubborn?”

 

When I looked at him with an incredulous expression, Theor spoke to me with a rather serious face.

 

“You’re being unreasonable even though you’re in pain, right now.”

 

“I said it doesn’t hurt.”

 

“You were just in pain a moment ago.”

 

“That was just a little… No, even if it hurts, it’s my pain, so why are you making such a fuss?”

 

Somehow afraid that the increasingly loud sound of my heartbeat might be heard by Theor, I deliberately spoke loudly while frowning.

 

Then what came out of Theor’s mouth was quite something.

 

“It’s not just anyone else but you who’s in pain, so of course I’d make a fuss.”

 

At those words, my face immediately burst into flames.

 

I don’t know what intention he had when saying that, but really, this man was going to be the death of my heart, making my head feel complicated.

 

“Hu-hurry up and go. I want to see Perioze’s Sister.”

 

Unable to look at his face properly, I hurried my steps as I spoke.

 

Theor followed behind me, muttering that he couldn’t understand why I liked the Princess so much.

 

Hmph. These kinds of feelings can’t be explained with simple words.

 

* * *

 

“Elinea! This won’t do. I have to go to that bastard right now!”

 

Just as I was stopping Perioze’s Sister from going to kill Maxton again after seeing my swollen cheek, fireworks announcing the start of the Hunting Festival exploded.

 

Perioze’s Sister and I, along with Theor and Lloyd, stepped into the hunting grounds together.

 

I stuck close to Perioze’s Sister instead of Theor because I wanted to see my favorite use fire magic to catch monsters.

 

This naturally made Lloyd and Theor walk together, and watching the two handsome men walking side by side was a feast for the eyes.

 

Lloyd had a princely feeling befitting the Crown Prince, while Theor had an appearance perfectly suited to being the cold Northern Duke.

 

Seeing them standing side by side, I realized that my taste definitely leaned toward the Northern Duke type.

 

Just like my favorite sister, do I like the cold and sharp-looking type?

 

“I don’t understand why the Countess is clinging to my partner’s side when her partner is Theor.”

 

Lloyd said while glancing at me walking arm-in-arm with Perioze’s Sister.

 

I realized I had been stupidly lost in my own thoughts and looked up at Perioze’s Sister.

 

“What is it, Eli?”

 

I released my hands that had been tightly holding Perioze’s Sister’s arm and said.

 

“I was thoughtlessly monopolizing His Highness the Crown Prince’s woman. Now I’ll graciously send back this girl’s beloved sister so the original couple can unite.”

 

“What are you saying, Eli.”

 

Perioze’s Sister looked flustered at my words and glanced at the Crown Prince.

 

She seemed bothered by the phrase “His Highness the Crown Prince’s woman” that came from my mouth.

 

“Good thinking, Countess. My friend who had his partner stolen by the Princess was just about to decide to take you and move separately.”

 

At Lloyd’s words, I looked at Theor and approached him, and Theor naturally extended his hand to me.

 

When I instinctively grabbed his hand, Theor’s body flinched.

 

Oh, this isn’t right?

 

“Haha, the Countess is so unpredictable that she’s never boring.”

 

Lloyd smiled brightly, unusually for him, and extended his folded arm to Perioze’s Sister.

 

Perioze’s Sister naturally linked arms with Lloyd.

 

Ah, that’s how it’s done.

 

As soon as I saw Perioze’s Sister and Lloyd linking arms, I looked up at Theor.

 

You have to offer your arm like that to link arms, but when you extend your hand, I thought you meant to hold hands.

 

When I gave Theor a wordless look, Theor shrugged his shoulders once as if he didn’t know.

 

I tried to pull my hand away to link arms like Perioze’s Sister, but Theor tightened his grip and said to me.

 

“We’ll have to let go anyway when we reach where the monsters are, so let’s go like this until then.”

 

“No, if we have to let go anyway, couldn’t we let go now?”

 

“I feel like you might get lost if I let go of your hand.”

 

“I won’t get lost, am I a child?”

 

“You give off exactly that feeling of a child left by the water, so that expression seems fitting.”

 

“Theor!”

 

Somehow annoyed at being treated like a child in front of Perioze’s Sister, I called his name loudly, and Theor laughed, “Haha.”

 

It was a joyful laugh like Lloyd’s, but several times prettier than Lloyd’s.

 

Ah, my heart again…

 

I had to swallow dry saliva several times at my heart that was jumping around regardless of my will.

 

* * *

 

The biggest reason I had been waiting for the Hunting Festival was because I thought I’d be able to watch Perioze’s Sister kill monsters with fire magic in real time.

 

I had seen it quite a lot in text, but this was my first time in reality, so I wanted to see the elemental abilities Perioze’s Sister used with my own eyes.

 

So I had quite high expectations, but the reality was that I could never see it unless Perioze’s Sister and I became partners.

 

Especially because the Monster Hunting Zones were divided, which wasn’t mentioned separately in the original work, Perioze’s Sister and Lloyd went to their zone while only Theor and I ended up moving together.

 

In the original work, Perioze’s Sister, enraged by Maxton’s stupid actions, takes it out on Caroline and gets abandoned by Lloyd, returning home.

 

Lloyd, by the Emperor’s command, pairs up with Caroline who lost her partner Maxton instead of Perioze’s Sister, enters the hunting zone, and gets injured facing monsters that should never appear there, receiving treatment from her.

 

So this time I was determined to finally see Perioze’s Sister make a great showing with fire magic and catch monsters in first place with my own eyes…

 

Actually, I was planning to secretly use black magic to help Perioze’s Sister gather monsters more easily.

 

So that both the Hunting Festival Best Couple Award and the championship would belong to our sister.

 

Of course, since Perioze’s Sister and Lloyd were roaming the hunting grounds as a couple, there was no way they wouldn’t come in first place.

 

But what was the prize for first place again…?

 

In the original work, Caroline and Lloyd couldn’t receive an award because they were busy dealing with ancient monsters that shouldn’t have appeared at the Hunting Festival due to the Empress’s forces trying to kill him.

 

Perhaps because of that, I couldn’t remember at all what the first place prize was.

 

Actually, I don’t even know who received it.

 

I looked at the back of Theor’s head as he still held my hand tightly and led us into the hunting zone where we would hunt monsters.

 

If I had known this would happen, I should have thrown a tantrum to become partners with Perioze’s Sister.

 

Although it was rare for women to be partners with each other, there was no law against it, so I should have partnered with Perioze’s Sister, won the first place prize that I still don’t know what it is, and given it to my sister.

 

Then there wouldn’t have been this current situation of going monster hunting alone with Theor, holding hands, feeling somehow uncomfortable, awkward, and having my heart beat painfully fast.

 

As I was thinking such thoughts while entering deeper into the hunting grounds, Theor suddenly stopped walking and let go of my hand.

 

“Elinea. I want to see black magic’s combat style.”

 

His expression and tone made it clear that there were only the two of us here now.

 

“Alright. I’ll show you specially!”

 

I nodded and turned my gaze to the opposite side.

 

As it was a hunting ground for the Hunting Festival, low-level monsters that could be easily dealt with were gathered there.

 

I first targeted a flower monster with an extending neck at the edge of the path.

 

That’s because if we tried to go along that path, that monster flower would open its mouth and attack us.

 

I bit my thumb with my teeth to draw blood, then drew an attack formula in the air.

 

The formula connected by blood emitted a bright light and merged with my body.

 

Flash!

 

The black magic power that flowed out of my body streamed through the aerial formula as if it were a door, creating black, sharp blades that attacked the monster’s flower.

 

Being a low-level monster, the monster flower couldn’t even open its mouth properly and died withering as its body was cut by my blade while extending its neck.

 

“How fascinating.”

 

Theor, who had been staring at this, let out a murmur mixed with genuine admiration.

 

“Except for needing a formula to use black magic, it doesn’t seem much different from the darkness attribute you have, Theor.”

 

“I see, but…”

 

Theor continued speaking while looking down at me with a somewhat serious expression.

 

“Do you really have to draw blood like that?”

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