I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 80

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80.

My face instantly heated up at Theor’s words.

While slowly walking near the lake shrouded in thick silver mist, holding hands tightly, my heart raced as fast as my burning face, making it difficult to breathe.

Such a pleasant time passed that I wished time could stop like this.

“Elinea.”

“…Yes?”

I was blankly staring at the lake when Theor called my name.

As soon as I turned my head, my eyes met with Theor’s, who had been watching me without me knowing when he started.

My already flushed face burned frighteningly hot.

“I hesitated whether I should do this or not since I have nothing prepared…”

Even now after saying those words, Theor seemed to hesitate, closing his mouth briefly and falling into thought.

Then he soon met my eyes and continued speaking.

“This place is extremely important to me, and I feel like I would regret just letting this moment pass if this time goes by.”

“…”

I blinked slowly, not knowing what he was trying to say with such a lengthy explanation.

Seeing me like that, Theor tightened his grip on my hand.

“Please become my companion.”

“…”

“Though we may still be young, we are adults…”

I couldn’t hear well from that point on.

My mind was already in complete chaos.

Starting from ‘Companion? So what does that mean?’ to wondering if this was perhaps a proposal to me, or if it wasn’t that meaning but just talking about companionship in terms of pursuing future prosperity together and walking the same path – my mind became completely tangled up.

So I couldn’t say anything and just stared at Theor’s eyes with a blank face for a long while.

Theor, who had been staring at me like that, soon kissed the back of my hand and continued speaking.

“It’s a proposal.”

“…!”

“I didn’t prepare a ring, and on top of that, I tried to hold back thinking it wasn’t right to do this hastily in this state, but still, I wanted you to know right now how deep my feelings for you are…”

Theor felt very sorry about proposing first with just words without any preparation.

But he said he wanted to show his feelings right now toward me, whom he had brought for the first time to this place where Grandmother’s grave was, where his beloved grandmother rested.

He said he planned to properly prepare and do a real proposal later so I wouldn’t feel disappointed, and asked me to please understand his sincerity.

‘We’re… going to become husband and wife?’

Understanding his sincerity and all that – we had just finished our coming-of-age ceremony, and he wasn’t talking about engagement but promising marriage, so I couldn’t help but be shocked beyond words.

I knew his confession of liking me wasn’t false, but I hadn’t thought it would be deep enough to consider marriage.

I suddenly became curious.

“Theor doesn’t know this, but I hate going back on words I’ve spoken aloud. So, so this isn’t me reproaching Theor, but normally these things should be thought about thoroughly and considered sufficiently…”

“Elinea.”

At my disorganized, flustered words, Theor called my name in a gentle voice.

“I understand well what you’re worried about. We are still young if you consider us young, and there isn’t yet enough of a bond between Elinea and me for marriage talk to come up. We’ve only confessed, never started dating or had proper dates.”

That was true.

We had heard confessions and I had made one too, but suddenly jumping ahead to marriage.

That felt somewhat ambiguous in many ways.

“But Elinea. You didn’t spare your life for my sake.”

“…Th, that!”

“I would certainly have protected Elinea over my own safety if I were in Elinea’s situation. I have no doubt about myself on this matter.”

“…I think so too. I don’t doubt Theor’s heart.”

Since even his wish to the spirit was entirely for my sake, there was no reason now to deny and doubt Theor’s feelings toward me.

And I too had instinctively thrown my body to save Theor, so it would be natural to know that I regarded Theor with feelings beyond just liking.

“What more sincerity would be needed? I think I will probably love only Elinea for my entire life.”

“…”

Well, I too can’t think of anyone other than Theor right now.

But we have just become adults, and there will be countless people we’ll encounter in the future.

Just as Theor loved Caroline in the original story and now loves me, he might someday come to love someone else.

That’s what love is like.

When you fall in love, it becomes an intense conviction worth risking your life for, but when that love cools, it scatters in an instant.

This is probably the part I’m worried about, having never properly been in love – just at the beginning stage.

I think it’s somewhat dangerous to be too certain too early about love that might change later.

“My love might seem doubtful.”

“Oh, no. Rather than doubt… it’s more…”

“If you don’t like me enough to marry yet, I’ll wait. Of course, I don’t think my feelings and Elinea’s feelings are the same. Though you risked your life for me, I think that might not be romantic affection.”

“Th, that’s…”

“I’ll wait. Just please understand my feelings toward you.”

Theor apologized to the flustered me for bringing this up too hastily.

But he added that he didn’t regret it.

Whether I believed him or not, the man who confidently said there would be no lifelong companion for him other than me told me I could forget about it for now if his words were burdensome.

But he asked me not to forget that he loved and wanted me that much.

And he made a vow.

“Elinea will be the only woman in my entire life.”

He wouldn’t see any other woman as a woman besides me, and couldn’t.

“I’ll… think about it.”

To him, I could only say these words.

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We passed Silver Mist Lake and looked around Snowstorm Waterfall and Snow Village where snow had never stopped falling even once.

Though Theor said he wouldn’t burden me anymore, he subtly mentioned wanting to discuss ways to change these places so more Empire citizens could come for tourism if we lived in the grand duchy.

I too thought there seemed to be much to develop as tourist destinations while looking at Snowstorm Waterfall and Snow Village, so I had lively conversations with Theor about how this or that might work.

After touring the entire North like that, we headed to McKenzie Estate.

“Sister’s estate seems like the best fit for raising Demorga.”

Open plains with forests on both sides – the best place for avian monsters to be active.

Demorga had the habit of practicing flight on flat ground, so even in the Forest of Monsters, places with plains surrounded by forest were their habitat.

“How about here?”

I pointed to the place in McKenzie Estate where we could best raise Demorga and spoke to Theor.

Since I had already come here many times by carriage with Perioze’s Sister and Caroline, it was very easy to find.

“It’s good. Considering Demorga’s habits.”

“Right? It also fits very well with their habit of hiding in the forest and continuing flying practice when the young ones start flying.”

Nod.

Instead of answering, Theor nodded and said this place would work.

“Which method will you use – flowing attribute power into the eggs or flowing attribute power into the mother laying eggs to brainwash even the eggs?”

“If Elinea chooses the method you want, I’ll do the other method.”

“Hmm. Then I’ll flow dark magic into the eggs.”

“Then I’ll take charge of the mothers.”

To take the first step in brainwashing Demorga to use them as the Empire’s transportation, Theor and I talked about it, losing track of time.

We moved around from McKenzie Estate to the Imperial Lands, discussing how many places we should raise Demorga.

And when night came, we went back to Silver Mist Lake and enjoyed the nighttime scenery there.

Though Theor said he would wait, he still showed me his feelings and constantly tried to seduce me.

“I wish I could see this scenery with Elinea even when we’re old.”

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