If You Are Suited for the Villain's Secretary - Chapter 68

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If the Villain’s Secretary Suits Me
Chapter 68
7. A Slip of the Tongue
“Hello there… oh my.”
“Secretary…”
Luther, whose lips had been twisted in frustration, burst into tears before I could even finish my greeting.
“I, I ran my mouth on the train… *sniff*.”
According to the subordinate they’d captured, upon hearing that I frequented Aden’s House, he’d deemed me the perfect candidate.
Since I was close enough to Aden to access confidential documents, or so he’d reasoned.
I merely laughed silently to myself. Thank heavens he hadn’t mentioned the pancakes we’d eaten together…
“I told him if anything happened to you, I’d burn down the Investigation Bureau, *sob*.”
“Ahem.”
“What! Did I say something wrong? Why did you drag someone out at this ungodly hour for such a trivial matter and create this whole mess!”
Luther’s fierce rebuke was directed at none other than Oswald, Ezekiel’s adjutant.
As Oswald retreated hesitantly, Luther advanced with blazing eyes.
“And you had the audacity to attach a tracking device to my secretary.”
“B-but thanks to that, we were able to find you after all…”
“If you were going to attach it, you should have monitored it properly! You could have noticed the irregular movement pattern just by comparing coordinates, but you didn’t catch on until the Director arrived. You’re incompetent!”
“Ugh…”
“And how many times did we tell you that Crimson was likely behind this? You ignored us then, but now that things have blown up, suddenly you’re rushing to conduct additional investigations… If you mess up again, then…”
Luther rolled up his sleeves and spoke with ominous intent.
“Burning down the Investigation Bureau won’t be the end of it.”
At this chilling threat, Oswald nodded repeatedly, looking half-dazed.
As I watched La Mar’s problem-solver work in this manner, Luther turned back to me and suddenly began sniffling again as if nothing had happened.
“Anyway, you need to be careful, understand?”
“Yes, of course.”
“I’d like to follow you, but the Holy Knights have made such a mess of things, I mean from La Mar’s perspective. Anyway, I have to stay here for now…”
After repeating his warnings multiple times, still uneasy, Luther glanced back several more times before finally returning to the Investigation Bureau, but not before giving Oswald one last piercing glare.
Oswald, who had been dazed, finally came to his senses and gestured.
“L-let’s board.”
He led me to the Holy Knight Order’s official carriage.
“Will you be alright?”
When our eyes met, Oswald hesitated.
I shrugged.
“I don’t get motion sickness. When else would I get a chance to ride the Holy Knight Order’s official carriage? I hear it’s incredibly fast.”
“No, that’s not it… I mean, you still look unwell, and without any rest, you’re heading straight to Branch 11 where the incident occurred, so I’m wondering if there’s a particular reason…”
Whether he was probing or genuinely concerned.
I studied Oswald carefully, then deliberately coughed.
“There’s a Mage Tower in the Central Region that cooperates with La Mar. A mage named Sherwood there is currently preparing an antidote, so I plan to receive treatment as soon as it’s completed.”
“Ah… I see.”
“I can give my testimony on the way there as well.”
In the end, Norbert slipped through my fingers, but we arrested all his subordinates.
The problem was that Kaileb Crimson was too frightened to open his mouth, so my testimony as the victim was necessary.
“The knights mentioned they were heading to the Central Region where Marquis Vito’s Residence is located for additional investigations, so I requested to accompany them. I was a bit anxious about taking a train or something like that, you see.”
“Ah, yes, of course. I understand.”
Oswald, who had been watching my expression, quietly handed me a blanket.
“We’ll take your testimony in a simplified manner, so don’t worry too much and get some rest for now.”
“Thank you. And I’m also grateful that you installed a location tracker in my glasses.”
“Uh, yes…”
I accepted the blanket and draped it over myself, gazing out the window.
What I told Oswald was naturally far from the complete truth.
My actual destination wasn’t Branch 11, but the Plibie County Estate nearby.
‘…The path hasn’t been smooth.’
The greatest obstacle wasn’t persuading the knights to let me ride in their official carriage.
“What on earth are you talking about?”
It was Aden.
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The moment Aden heard my request to be dispatched to the Plibie County Estate, his expression hardened.
“Absolutely not.”
“But there are still four days—no, sixty-eight hours left.”
“Absolutely not.”
“You asked for my opinion. This is what I want to do.”
As Aden swept his hair back, the veins in his neck suddenly became prominent.
“You may not fully realize your current condition. But I witnessed you coughing up blood. How could I possibly stand by and watch you head toward the residence where Kaileb Crimson’s daughter resides?”
“…”
“I have no intention of taking such risks anymore.”
He bit his lip as if tearing into it, then quickly steadied his voice.
After adding “wait a moment,” Aden returned with a glass of water.
“Besides, we already have an employee posing as a maid at the Plibie County Estate, gathering intelligence. We’ve secured Odette Crimson’s custody through that person, so there’s no need for you to directly confront that woman yourself.”
Aden seemed to believe I wanted to take personal revenge on Crimson.
Having regained his businesslike tone, Aden handed me lukewarm water.
“So you stay here. Leave the rest to me.”
But Aden, standing as if to protect me, couldn’t possibly know.
Though he had steadied his voice, the cold, sharp glint and killing intent lurking in his eyes remained unguarded.
He said “handling.” Moreover, he said they had secured Odette Crimson’s “custody,” not merely her “information.”
“What exactly do you intend to do with this ‘handling’?”
I asked to confirm.
Aden chose his words carefully, then delivered a chilling answer in an almost languid tone.
“The Crimson Family will no longer be able to harm you. …That’s all you need to know.”
Was he planning to do what happened in the original story?
In that brutal manner.
Aden had no intention of laying out his plan in detail for me.
‘If I disposed of the Crimson Family using Aden’s methods, I’d feel satisfied immediately. If I locked them away in Prison like in the original story, I’d want to install surveillance magical artifacts just to watch while eating popcorn.’
At this point, I had no intention of playing the saint. Kaileb Crimson had already come far too far for that.
But the problem was that Ezekiel and the Holy Knight Order had become entangled. No matter how discreetly I eliminated them, there was still a risk of the trail being discovered.
Furthermore.
If I disposed of the Crimson Family, Aden would experience a magical power rampage not long after.
‘That incident would serve as the trigger that finally severs Aden’s composure and self-control.’
In the end, I had to stop Aden.
So then….
I gazed down at his face rippling across the water’s surface for a moment before finally steeling my resolve and opening my mouth.
“I have no intention of taking risks either.”
“I see, so then….”
“I won’t stand by and watch the Director get captured because of a mere human like Kaileb Crimson.”
“…What did you just say?”
I drained the water completely and fixed my gaze on Aden.
I didn’t want to watch Aden be consumed and destroyed by magical power.
Besides, the plan Kaileb had devised to bring Aden down—circling back around, it would culminate in his death. Of course, Kaileb probably never considered that he’d die in the process himself.
‘I absolutely refuse to do anything that benefits Kaileb.’
To prevent such a thing, what ultimately needed to be done was simple and clear.
‘Conversation.’
Simple enough, but given that my opponent was Aden, it was perhaps the most difficult thing of all.
‘But I’ve already drunk the poison—what more could possibly frighten me?’
So I decided to ask honestly. I found the courage for it.
“If I’ve misunderstood, please tell me.”
I spoke calmly.
“But you intend to kill both Odette and Kaileb in the end, don’t you? Isn’t that right?”
A direct fastball without any sugar-coating.
Aden went rigid.

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