I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 79

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79.

Lloyd’s drive was incredible.

No, perhaps it was his faith in Theor that was incredible.

Lloyd, who had received the story of Marquis Goatania’s estate through Pandeum, quickly sent a messenger bird to Marquis Goatania’s estate without bothering to verify it separately.

Of course, if he had verified it, the truth would have been revealed anyway, so perhaps he didn’t bother checking separately, but still, the Crown Prince taking direct action was significant.

Lloyd was someone who knew very well how much influence each of his actions had on the Empire, especially on the nobles.

In any case, Marquis Goatania, who received Lloyd’s messenger bird, turned pale and ordered his aide to quickly proceed with the village’s repair work first.

I felt like making him pay for delaying work and trying to use the support funds from the Imperial Court for personal investment, but since Marquis Goatania’s family had declined enough that they needed reconstruction support from the Imperial Court despite originally having plenty of money, I decided to let it slide.

“I don’t know how long the current head of the family will keep making the family struggle with reckless business ventures and investments.”

“Investment and business are similar to gambling. It won’t be easy to quit.”

I thought that Marquis Goatania should stop obsessing over useless business ventures and investments and just focus on protecting his current wealth, hoping he would come to his senses as soon as possible.

“We’ve confirmed all the villages hit by landslides and plagued by disease, so now will you give me Elinea’s time?”

As soon as we left Marquis Goatania’s estate, Theor asked.

“Aren’t we going to look for a place suitable for breeding Demorga now?”

Before returning to our bodies, we had promised to use the advantage of being able to move freely as souls to survey the entire Empire land and choose breeding grounds for Demorga, so I thought we were going to look for that place now.

But asking for time.

I looked at Theor with a puzzled expression.

“Do you remember what I said before, about coming to the North after the prayer meeting ended?”

“The North…?”

Ah…!

I remembered.

He had said he wanted to show me beautiful places in the North after the prayer meeting ended.

“Yes, I remember.”

“I want to show you now.”

Since we could easily move anywhere as souls now, we could tour all the beautiful places in the North within a short time without having to choose specific locations.

Theor probably had the same thought when he asked for time.

“Alright, Theor. I also have a place I want to visit in the North.”

I naturally took Theor’s hand first as I spoke.

Theor’s eyes seemed to widen slightly, but he quickly composed his expression and took my hand, heading toward the North.

“Is there a place you want to see first?”

I hesitated for a moment at Theor’s sudden question, then mentioned Snowstorm Waterfall, which came to mind first.

Snowstorm Waterfall was the first place Theor took Caroline to in the original story, where there was an episode of his heart fluttering unconsciously at Caroline’s beautiful reaction to the place.

It wasn’t that I particularly wanted to go there first because that’s how it appeared in the book, or rather, in my other memories.

In reality, there was no connection between the two at all, so Theor wouldn’t think of Caroline when remembering that place, and I wouldn’t have to be jealous of the two of them.

After all, it never happened here and wouldn’t happen unless there were special circumstances.

But if there was any part that shared even a little similarity with the original story, perhaps that place was what Theor most wanted to show me first too.

If that were really the case, I might be caught up in complicated feelings again, but rather than eating away at myself with my own imagination, I thought it would be better to ask outright and be sad with a clear answer.

“Did you want to show me that place first too, by any chance?”

“Ah… No. I wanted to show you Silver Mist Lake first.”

My eyes widened at Theor’s words.

Silver Mist Lake was a place he had never been to with Caroline.

That place was filled with memories of Theor’s grandmother and Theor, feeling more like Theor’s personal place of memories rather than a tourist attraction in the North.

Of course, the mist that felt like silver powder was sprinkled rather than white mist created scenery that was beyond mysterious and even wondrous, enough to be listed alongside other tourist attractions.

But Theor and his father, Etheran Duke, did not include that place among the North’s tourist attractions.

“You may not know, but that place is classified as private property of the Etheran family, not separately opened to the Empire’s citizens.”

I know, that it’s a place Theor’s grandmother loved dearly and managed.

Wanting to show me such a place first – isn’t this something anyone could misunderstand?

Of course, I had received his confession.

However, that confession might have been emotions flowing from a momentary situation.

Because I had already seen Theor loving Caroline through another version of myself.

Even if it was a relationship that would never come to be in the present, seeing Theor fall in love with Caroline in another world made me think there must be good feelings about her, even in his latent emotions.

So Theor’s confession wasn’t purely happy for me.

“Is it okay? To take me to such a place.”

Having received his confession and having confessed myself, it was a bit ridiculous to ask such a question, but since it was a place with great meaning to Theor, I wanted to confirm.

As if reading my heart, Theor smiled gently at me and said.

“It’s a place I can only allow Elinea to visit.”

“…What?!”

My heart couldn’t handle the meaningful words, so I couldn’t ask about the meaning of those words.

Anyway, the words “only I can be allowed” made even a fool think “Ah, I’m special,” so I felt overflowing happiness in many ways.

Silver Mist Lake, which we visited while embracing such happiness, was truly a mysterious and beautiful place.

“My goodness, it’s like a divine realm…”

Theor looked at me as I muttered in admiration.

His eyes had grown quite wide, making me wonder if I had said something wrong, and I was flustered.

The reason soon became clear from the words that came from Theor’s mouth.

“You said exactly the same thing as my grandmother.”

“Ah…”

“Do you see the flowers blooming around the lake?”

“Yes.”

I nodded while looking at the flowers blooming in the same silver color as the silver mist floating over the lake.

The grass, flowers, and trees near Silver Mist Lake were all shimmering silver as if silver pearl had been applied to them.

“My goodness. It’s so pretty even during the day, it must be truly beautiful at night under the moonlight.”

“That’s right. Grandmother really loved the night scenery of this place. So…”

Theor pointed to a tomb on one side of the lake with his hand.

“She also left a will saying she wanted to rest here.”

“Ah…!”

It seemed that another reason for not using this place as a tourist attraction but keeping it as private property was grandmother’s tomb.

I quickly let go of Theor’s hand and headed toward grandmother’s tomb.

Then I observed a moment of silence in front of the tomb.

She probably couldn’t hear my inner thoughts, but just in case, I gave a greeting with content that would be acceptable to hear.

Since I didn’t say anything particularly important other than asking her to take good care of Theor’s well-being from heaven, the greeting ended quickly.

Then suddenly, I thought that since we were also souls now, perhaps we could see grandmother’s soul.

“Since grandmother’s tomb is here, if we stay here until night, couldn’t we meet grandmother?”

“That probably won’t happen. Even though we’re only moving as souls now, we are still living people.”

Theor said that living spirits and dead spirits have distinct differences, and that this was content he read in ancient books in the Imperial Palace, so it was probably true.

Well, if those who are unconscious and moving only as souls could meet the souls of the dead in the same space, the order might somehow be disturbed.

I nodded in agreement with Theor’s words, but still said I was a little disappointed.

“It would have been nice if we could have seen this beautiful lake at night with grandmother, whom Theor loves and misses most.”

Theor, who looked surprised for a moment at my words, soon smiled beautifully enough to melt and said to me.

“Just being able to see it with Elinea makes me truly happy.”

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