I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 71

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71.

Everyone nodded at my words and agreed to do so.

Making sure no one dies as much as possible.

Thereby not feeding the Demon God and preventing the dark sorcerer from becoming stronger.

For now, we focused only on that part and each made efforts from our respective positions to prevent the disasters that would come.

My disappearance from the Empress’s Palace was concluded as getting lost because the vast Empress’s Palace was like a maze to someone of commoner origin.

Both our side and the Empress’s side agreed it was better to quietly let that part pass.

Before leaving with Perioze’s Sister, the Empress briefly called me, but convinced that I wouldn’t take her hand, she sent me back without saying much.

However, her eyes definitely carried the feeling that I would regret it.

The Empress surely conspired with the Imperial Court to frame me as a dark sorcerer, trying to tie my hands and feet.

But with the help of the Emperor and Lloyd, Caroline and Greim, Perioze’s Sister and Theor, that conspiracy ultimately fell through.

Of course, there were still some imperial citizens who believed I was a dark sorcerer, but thanks to the many nobles who had received help from me at the debut tent, such rumors no longer spread.

Moreover, when the plague recurrence I had worried about after returning home didn’t happen at all, the voices of suspicion gradually subsided.

Thus, we began making maximum efforts from our respective positions to prevent the Demon God from devouring more human souls and the dark sorcerer’s abilities from growing stronger.

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“We’ve set up defensive barriers around Failun Village and Hombogal Village. Even if landslides occur, they should hold for about two or three days.”

Theor, who visited our house, showed me a map with simple defensive barrier markings as he spoke.

I nodded and handed Theor the parchment paper with the disaster contents from the original work that I had organized.

“In the original work, the disasters occurred before the dark sorcerer revived the Demon God, so it stopped at this level, but perhaps more disasters might occur in the future.”

We had to make efforts to prevent all possible occurrences, including floods and landslides that could be artificially caused through dark sorcery, as well as water contamination.

“How do the Empress’s side’s movements seem?”

“They’re still targeting Crown Prince’s life. Recently, His Majesty the Emperor has also faced threats of poisoning about twice.”

“His Majesty the Emperor?”

“Yes, although it was revealed to be from forces completely unrelated to the Empress, we can’t rule out the Empress’s involvement.”

Nodding at Theor’s words, I became anxious that perhaps the Empress was extending her reach even to the Emperor to put Oslo on the throne.

“In the original work too, the Empress had a history of trying to assassinate His Majesty the Emperor. Crown Prince and Caroline stepped in to stop it.”

“…!”

“The evidence probably won’t come out until the end, but it must be the Empress’s orders.”

“If something happens to His Majesty the Emperor right now, Crown Prince will be in danger.”

Nod.

“That’s why they would do that. We should probably place Pandeum beside His Majesty the Emperor.”

“Pandeum?”

“Since it has the ability to remain invisible except to summoners, His Majesty the Emperor won’t be inconvenienced. However, since there are shadows separately guarding His Majesty the Emperor, I think it would be good to first inform His Highness that our summoned creature will be guarding His Majesty the Emperor’s side.”

“Yes, I’ll convey that to His Highness.”

Theor nodded once as he spoke.

As long as the shadows were protecting the Emperor, they probably wouldn’t send assassins or use dark sorcery to strangle the Emperor.

They couldn’t be unaware that failure would bring greater disaster.

“Please tell Pandeum that it must check everything that goes into His Majesty the Emperor’s mouth.”

Pandeum’s job was to avoid the shadows protecting the Emperor and identify poisons that could harm the Emperor.

Since people cannot live without eating and drinking, the Empress would surely try to harm the Emperor with poison.

“Do you have any schedule after this?”

Theor, who seemed to hesitate for a moment, carefully asked me.

“Schedule? No, dinner… Oh, would you like to have a meal before leaving?”

Since he had come all the way to my house, it seemed proper to offer food, but Theor didn’t answer and hesitated for a moment.

“Oh, are you busy?”

“No! I’m not busy!”

Theor, who firmly said no when asked if he was busy, soon repeatedly started to say something and then stopped again.

Then he suddenly asked me.

“Could you postpone Elinea’s dinner invitation to next time and accept my dinner invitation today?”

“Dinner invitation?”

“Yes. There’s food I want you to try. I think it will definitely suit your taste. If you don’t have time, tomorrow is fine too…”

“That sounds good.”

I cut off Theor’s words and readily nodded.

I had nothing particular to spend time on except visiting Perioze’s Sister and Caroline, so today or tomorrow made no difference at all.

Besides, I had to eat dinner anyway, and if it was food that Theor wanted to feed me, it would surely suit my taste too.

So there was no particular reason to refuse or postpone it.

Theor, who smiled brightly at my answer, stood up and said.

“Then, let’s go now.”

“Oh, is it far? How long by carriage?”

When I asked while getting up to follow him, completely unexpected words came out of Theor’s mouth.

“It’s a distance that requires riding Demorga.”

No, I don’t want to ride that thing?

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“Uhhhh…”

Although it was a monster I had tamed with my own hands to make it rideable, sitting on a misty body where bones were clearly visible and flying was still somewhat uncomfortable.

“What’s wrong?”

Theor, who extended his hand to me, looked puzzled as he watched me let out strange sighs without getting on Demorga.

“Can’t we go by carriage?”

“If we move by Demorga, we’ll arrive in 5 minutes. But if we move by carriage, it will take two more hours because of the roads.”

“Two, two hours is fine. Think of it as a date… Hah.”

Without realizing it, I covered my mouth with both hands.

Thinking of it as a date – my mouth must have gone crazy.

Seeing me like that, Theor smiled charmingly and said.

“I plan to have the date while enjoying delicious food, Elinea.”

“…!”

My face flushed at Theor’s words, not knowing whether he was joking back or being serious.

As I rolled my eyes not knowing what to do, Theor withdrew the hand he had extended to me and took a step closer to me.

“Are you uncomfortable riding Demorga?”

“…It feels like getting on misty fog where bones are visible, so I should say it’s scary…”

The bones were scary, but I honestly said that I had a kind of phobia about suddenly falling to the ground if the mist disappeared while flying on this thing in the sky, and Theor made a small sound of contemplation.

Then, as if he had a good idea, he spoke to me with sparkling eyes.

“May I touch you a bit, Elinea?”

“Huh? Oh, yes. That’s…”

When asked if he could touch me, I nodded meaning that touching was perfectly fine and extended my hand.

At that moment, Theor lifted me up and jumped onto Demorga.

“Kyaah!”

“Put your hands around my neck. I will never let you fall, so don’t worry.”

At Theor’s words, I instinctively hugged his neck tightly.

I was so flustered I couldn’t tell whose heartbeat I was hearing.

Moreover, Theor was holding my waist tightly with one hand, and I was sitting on his thighs, so my face was so red I couldn’t lift my head.

So whether Demorga was flying in the sky or not, whichever direction we were going, it didn’t matter at all.

Just sitting on Theor’s firm thighs while hugging his neck like a rope was enough to make my head feel overloaded.

While I was hugging his neck tightly and not knowing what to do, Demorga landed on the ground.

Having arrived in the middle of the bustling district, we received surprised looks from people around us as we sent Demorga away again.

Theor gently pulled my hand, which was dazed from the flight, and entered the restaurant he had mentioned.

Whether he had made a reservation, the staff quickly guided us to a window seat on the 2nd floor.

“Oh, that cafe over there!”

As soon as I sat by the window, I could see the cafe that Perioze’s Sister liked across from us, and I shouted without realizing it.

“Let’s have dessert at that place.”

Theor said to me with an affectionate smile.

Something about his smile made my heart flutter strangely. I quickly picked up the menu that a staff member had just brought over and hid my face behind it.

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