I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 52

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52.

Omberon Island was the most brilliantly shining island among all the maps of the Empire.

The Emperor’s exclusive resort, and the island of glory that opens its doors only to the first-place winner of the annual Hunting Festival.

Even before the ship reached shore, seeing that island sparkling with turquoise light from afar, I unconsciously let out an exclamation of admiration.

“Wooow….”

The admiration didn’t end there.

The Garden Palace made of white marble in the center of the island overwhelmed my vision even though it was still far away.

That place, called the Emperor’s summer palace, was designed with a structure that seemed to float on the sea.

Getting closer, I could see ancient Empire patterns carved into the floor, which made it appear to float on the sea when viewed from a distance.

In the garden, ether flowers that bloom throughout all four seasons were swaying in the wind.

It was said that when night falls, those petals absorb moonlight and emit a faint glow.

Because of this, Omberon Island’s nights were also called the twin star garden, where the stars of the sky and flowers of the earth illuminate each other.

“It’s truly a beautiful place.”

“Indeed. Beautiful enough that His Majesty plans to spend his remaining years here.”

“Oh, really?”

Surprised by the completely unexpected words, I looked at Lloyd, and he nodded once as he entered through the door opened by the castle’s butler.

“The ancient patterns on the floor aren’t just there for decoration.”

It seemed there was something in the ancient patterns capable of protecting an emperor who had abdicated from the throne.

In any case, this place wasn’t just a simple resort, but seemed to be a paradise removed from the secular world where even the Emperor could lay down the burdens of reality.

“Guests staying on the 1st floor, please follow me.”

“Guests staying on the 2nd floor, please follow me.”

“For the 3rd floor, please follow me.”

As soon as we entered the lobby, three young butlers came out to provide guidance.

Caroline and Greim, who would be staying on the 1st floor, followed their butler inside first, while Theor and I followed the butler guiding us to the 2nd floor up the stairs.

I could hear Lloyd and Perioze’s Sister having a conversation behind us. Just as I was about to turn my head, Theor called out to me.

“Are you alright with the seasickness?”

“Hm? Oh, I’m fine. Countess Caroline had it worse than me.”

“Elinea’s face didn’t look good either.”

“I’m okay.”

“Then… after we unpack, could we go for a walk? I heard from my father when I was young that there seems to be a small waterfall and hot springs inside the island.”

At Theor’s words, the butler walking ahead turned around with an “Ah.”

Because of this, both Theor’s and my steps stopped simultaneously.

“If you go out through the palace rear gate and head left a little, you’ll find it.”

There was a small waterfall and hot springs, and the hot spring water was said to have a gentle glow that absorbed moonlight both day and night.

He continued, saying there was a legend that soaking in that water would wash away not only the day’s fatigue but also the darkness of the heart.

Watching the butler speak with a somehow excited expression, Theor asked him to send a servant to guide us.

The butler readily agreed and then turned around again to resume walking.

The room where we would stay for a week was at the end of the 2nd floor corridor, facing the sea directly.

My room was positioned across from the room where Theor would stay.

Between the two rooms was a wide terrace and white marble railings connecting the corridor, with sky-blue curtains fluttering softly in the wind above.

It was structured so that opening my door would immediately show Theor’s door, so I asked the butler if the 1st and 3rd floors had the same structure.

“Yes, that’s correct. Rooms on 1st to 3rd floors are structured exactly like the 2nd floor. These are guest rooms mostly used by couples, equipped with comfortable flow and atmosphere.”

After nodding a few times at the butler’s words, I entered through the door he opened for me.

The room was calm and cozy, somewhat different from the dazzling scenery outside.

The walls were embedded with fine pearl dust, and the ceiling was carved with royal patterns in thin gold lines.

“During the day, sunlight enters through the curtain gaps to create golden ripples on the floor like now, and at night, moonlight travels across the sea to create silver shadows.”

When he pointed to the bed wrapped in white chiffon canopy, the room’s scenery looked even more beautiful.

Even the sound of waves breaking in the distance felt pleasant.

“It’s truly a beautiful place.”

I nodded to the butler.

While the servant who followed us in said they would be in charge of this place for a week and skillfully organized my luggage, I stood by the window and took in the outside scenery.

In the original work, the Hunting Festival had the protagonists so busy catching ancient monsters that they didn’t care about first place and never connected with this island.

So the reality I had changed with my own hands felt both bewildering and fascinating.

Since it had come to this, I should completely overturn the original story’s content and capture and imprison the dark sorcerer from the very beginning, so the Empress couldn’t use them to take even a single life of the Empire’s citizens.

Knock knock.

At the knocking sound, I turned my head to see Theor standing at the door looking at me.

I had expected him to come since he said we should go for a walk to the waterfall and hot springs if I wasn’t tired.

But his manner of deliberately waiting outside the door because it was a lady’s room was so admirable and cute that I unconsciously gestured to him.

“Want to come in for a moment? I don’t know what the view from Theor’s room is like, but this one is incredible.”

When I pointed outside the window with my index finger, Theor hesitated.

“May I enter?”

“Of course, I’m the one who asked you to come in.”

“Then, excuse me.”

Only then did Theor slowly step inside, scanning the surroundings with his eyes as he came to my side.

“The view is different from Theor’s room, isn’t it?”

“It seems so.”

His answer clearly showed he hadn’t properly looked out his window, so I smiled slightly and turned around.

“Let me see the view from Theor’s room later too.”

At my words, Theor’s face quickly colored with embarrassment, but he soon composed his expression and came to my side, matching his stride to mine.

“Of course. Come anytime.”

Together with him, I went down to the 1st floor and followed the waiting servant through the rear gate to go outside.

It would be nice if Perioze’s Sister and Caroline came along too, but they each needed to spend time with Lloyd and Greim, so I didn’t call them separately.

The path to the waterfall had pure white arched stone bridges, making it a structure that could easily be found even without a servant.

Theor must have felt this too, as he simply asked the guiding servant for directions and then sent them back.

Left alone together and starting to walk toward the waterfall, it felt like a proper date walk, making my heart flutter.

Waterfall or hot springs aside, just walking side by side like this felt healing.

But soon my eyes widened and my mouth opened involuntarily at the waterfall that filled my entire view.

“Wow, this place….”

The crystal-clear emerald pond below the waterfall was so clean and beautiful that I couldn’t take my eyes off it.

The sight of water mist meeting sunlight to create rainbow-colored silhouettes was so surreal that I wondered if what I was seeing was really reality.

“It’s much more beautiful than I expected.”

“Really. This is the first time I’ve seen such a beautiful place.”

At my heartfelt exclamation, Theor let out a small laugh.

Despite not being a very large waterfall, its presence was tremendous, and I let out exclamations of “wow, wow” several times.

“This is a view I get to see thanks to Elinea. I’m deeply grateful.”

“It’s thanks to ‘us,’ not just me.”

When I emphasized ‘us,’ Theor looked at me with a smile on his lips.

That gaze somehow made my heart flutter, so I quickly turned around and muttered about where the hot springs might be.

Theor, who stopped me by grabbing my wrist, looked at me with a gentle expression.

“I’ll escort you. Your hand….”

It seemed he could grab my wrist but needed permission for my hand. He looked down at my hand and trailed off.

I gently twisted my wrist free from his hand and then took his hand first myself.

Pretending not to notice the feeling of my ears burning hot enough for even me to notice, I started walking while pulling his hand.

Since I had no idea where the hot springs were attached and started walking blindly, a lush bamboo forest walking trail soon revealed itself.

“The hot springs are in the opposite direction from back there.”

At Theor’s words, I looked up at him with an expression asking why he was only saying this now, and Theor tightened his grip on my hand and started heading toward the walking trail entrance.

“Since we’re already here, let’s take a walk first and then go back.”

“…Yes.”

I answered while pretending to look around to hide my increasingly flushed face.

With all my nerves focused on our joined hands, my palms started to sweat.

While my sweat-soaked hands concentrated all my nerves, Theor looked around leisurely with a face that showed he didn’t care about such things at all and said.

“It’s quiet.”

“Y-yes, it is.”

“Would you take a walk here every morning?”

“Morning?”

“Yes, I want to wake up and walk leisurely like this with Elinea first thing.”

Does he mean he wants to spend time with me as soon as he opens his eyes?

This, isn’t this a confession?

My face burned hot to a degree incomparable to earlier.

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