I’m a Villain, but I Want to Live a Long Life - Chapter 61

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Baxter’s face crumpled with rage.

 

“Th-that day, you used dirty tricks—!!”

 

“Dirty tricks? Do you think we’re the same as those noble knight wannabes? In battle, there’s no such thing as clean or dirty.”

 

“What, what?”

 

“The reason you lost that day is simply because you were weaker than me.”

 

Baxter’s face became even more menacing.

 

“Don’t make me laugh! If you’re so great, why did you mess up today’s match? Not only did you become a burden along with your stupid sister, but you’re shameless too!”

 

Rin closed her mouth. Tears welled up in Dosha’s eyes as she hunched her shoulders beside them.

 

Baxter clicked his tongue and glared at Dosha with contempt.

 

“Your stupid sister is starting to cry again. How did someone with that kind of mentality even get into ‘The Shadow’ in the first place!”

 

Finally, Hover, who couldn’t stand it anymore, stepped forward again.

 

“…Baxter. Dosha has saved your life several times.”

 

But Baxter only held his head high and raised his voice.

 

“Rin Anosa. You know the Prince’s temperament well. You should be prepared to step down from your leadership position after this incident.”

 

“…”

 

“No matter how great you think you are, you who couldn’t cut even a single Tigris soldier’s belt have nothing to say!”

 

Baxter burst into mocking laughter. Several soldiers around them snickered and joined in.

 

“Baxter’s right. The Prince is someone who judges ability harshly.”

 

“Yeah, it was definitely ridiculous. A Tigris knight charging in and getting dragged away so quickly. Even paper wouldn’t be that light, Dosha.”

 

Then. Rin’s expression, who had been keeping silent, turned ice cold.

 

“You guys… did you know that bastard was taking Dosha away?”

 

The soldiers froze momentarily. Soon one of them seemed flustered, closed his mouth, and coughed awkwardly.

 

“…Well, we did know. But it happened so quickly…”

 

At those words, Rin completely distorted her expression.

 

“Then you should have at least tried to stop it!!”

 

At Rin’s angry shout, the soldier’s eyes widened, then he frowned.

 

“Don’t raise your voice, Rin! I don’t want to hear lectures from an incompetent leader like you!”

 

“Leader? Did you just say leader?”

 

Rin stood up from her seat.

 

She took a deep breath as if holding back her anger, then muttered mockingly.

 

“Have you guys ever acknowledged me as a leader even once?”

 

A cold silence fell over the waiting room.

 

Rin was glaring at each soldier with gritted teeth.

 

“Just like that bastard Baxter said, you’ve been busy interfering and nitpicking at every turn because I’m from the Beggar Gang.”

 

The soldiers closed their mouths.

 

“Or maybe your pride was hurt because you kept losing in skill evaluations? So, how does it feel to lose to a beggar you looked down on so much?”

 

As soon as those words ended, Baxter stepped forward aggressively. Then he roughly grabbed Rin by the collar.

 

“Who the hell lost to someone like you!!”

 

Hover sighed and approached to separate them.

 

“Stop it, Baxter! This is insubordination. No matter how bad the current situation is, Rin is our leader!”

 

But Baxter couldn’t calm his excitement and continued seething.

 

“Shut up, Hover! Today I’m going to show this arrogant bitch what reality is!”

 

Rin smiled bitterly and retorted.

 

“Reality, what reality. Go ahead and try if you can. Of course, that’s only possible if you survive here today.”

 

A low growl escaped through her teeth. Soon, black fur began to slowly sprout from her neck as well.

 

Baxter didn’t back down and put more strength into the hand gripping Rin’s collar.

 

The soldiers who had been snickering in the back spoke with voices full of mockery.

 

“Baxter, take it easy. Our leader must be a bit tired from fighting so hard alone.”

 

“Right. Playing an unsuitable leader role, taking care of an incompetent sister. How many worries she must have. Right?”

 

But then Baxter, emboldened, roughly pushed Rin. She was pushed back helplessly and collapsed to the floor.

 

Dosha approached her sister with a pale face.

 

Rin’s beast transformation had stopped progressing and remained halted.

 

She had not only maintained her beast form throughout the entire match but had also consumed enormous amounts of mana enduring Tigris 17’s ability.

 

Rin frowned and gasped for breath.

 

Baxter approached the sisters. Then he threateningly muttered to Dosha, who was blocking Rin’s path.

 

“Get lost, you useless idiot.”

 

Dosha trembled but bit her lips tightly and stared straight at Baxter.

 

“…Th-this isn’t fair! Sister is exhausted right now!”

 

“Really? What touching sisterly love. How about I make you take responsibility for today’s results together?”

 

Dosha’s eyes turned bright red.

 

“Y-you guys were the ones who just watched when sister was fighting hard!! You deliberately did nothing to corner sister…”

 

Dosha couldn’t finish her words.

 

The other soldiers who had been watching were also approaching her one step at a time.

 

Hover, sensing the ominous atmosphere, spoke tensely.

 

“…Hey, really stop now. Going any further crosses the line.”

 

But the soldiers’ faces showed no signs of softening. Their eyes were filled with hatred born from inferiority complex.

 

Just as Rin had said, they had never once acknowledged Rin as their leader.

 

She was from the Beggar Gang, and her attitude that seemed to look down on them was unpleasant.

 

“Get out of the way!”

 

Finally, Baxter roughly pushed Dosha aside.

 

He left Dosha, who had tumbled helplessly to the side, behind and raised his fist high toward Rin.

 

Rin stared directly at him without blinking an eye. As if daring him to try.

 

At that expression that seemed unaffected despite being cornered, Baxter gritted his teeth as if disgusted.

 

And the moment he threw his punch.

 

“Well, what’s all this?”

 

Everyone’s gaze turned toward the door.

 

“You’re all making quite a scene, aren’t you?”

 

A cold voice echoed through the military waiting room. Baxter’s fist was frozen in mid-air.

 

Carton’s soldiers hesitated as they recognized who the voice belonged to.

 

Rin also froze in place with her eyes wide open.

 

“You there.”

 

The owner of the voice spoke again.

 

She was an unexpected person.

 

The Lady who had been giving orders to the Tigris soldiers in the final match.

 

Seleneae Tigris was standing at the door.

 

“What exactly do you think you’re doing?”

 

The Lady’s gaze, coldly glaring at them, slowly turned toward Baxter.

 

Baxter froze at the sudden situation. However, he soon frowned and retorted.

 

“…This is Carton’s military waiting room, but why is the Lady…”

 

“I asked you a question. What do you think you’re doing?”

 

Baxter closed his mouth. Seleneae muttered quietly.

 

“Answer me. If you make me ask again, I think I’ll really get angry.”

 

Baxter involuntarily flinched. Then he hesitantly backed away from Rin.

 

He wondered if the Lady before him was really the same person who had been smiling brightly in the spectator stands.

 

While Baxter hesitated, Dosha crawled urgently on her knees toward Rin.

 

“Sister!”

 

Rin was trembling slightly with a pale face.

 

Dosha placed her trembling hand on Rin’s cheek with teary eyes.

 

“A-are you okay? Just hold on a little, I’ll get a priest…”

 

“Seleneae!”

 

At that moment, someone else poked their head into the waiting room.

 

“Estelin, you’re here.”

 

The expressions of the Carton soldiers hardened.

 

Not only Lady Tigris, but now Lady Laurent as well?

 

Lady Laurent looked extremely urgent. Estelin’s eyes, which had been scanning the waiting room, widened when she spotted Rin.

 

“My goodness! Lord Tatio was right. Your mana seems completely tangled.”

 

Estelin hurriedly approached Rin and Dosha.

 

She examined Rin’s pale face and muttered with a voice full of concern.

 

“Lord Anosha, you’re in quite bad condition, aren’t you? It’s because you absorbed Lord Tatio’s ability while manifesting your beast transformation ability. Sometimes when abilities overlap, mana can get tangled.”

 

Estelin rolled up her sleeves without hesitation and placed her palm against Rin’s wrist.

 

Soon, a faint light began to emanate from her hand.

 

“For now, just untangling the twisted mana a little should help.”

 

Rin looked at Estelin, who was healing her, with a bewildered expression. Dosha also froze in a daze with her eyes wide open.

 

Rin’s complexion, which had been deathly pale, was definitely improving rapidly.

 

Her labored breathing was gradually stabilizing as well.

 

Estelin drooped her eyebrows and spoke apologetically.

 

“I can’t restore depleted mana for you. So if you’re feeling too unwell, please visit a nearby temple and have a priest examine you…”

 

“What in the world are you all doing?!”

 

At the voice that suddenly interrupted, Estelin closed her mouth and turned her head.

 

A short distance away, Baxter was glaring at them with fierce eyes.

 

“Not only did you suddenly barge into someone else’s military waiting room, but now what are you doing to Rin Anosha?”

 

It was a very aggressive and irritated tone. Estelin remained frozen in place, blinking blankly before answering quietly.

 

“Uh, well, I was worried about Lord Anosha’s condition…”

 

“Ha! Do you think this is some kind of hospital?!”

 

Baxter glared at Estelin and the Rin sisters with a menacing expression.

 

“We may have participated in the Erbia Empire’s gladiatorial event, but we are strictly soldiers who came as representatives of the Kingdom of Carton! Yet you suddenly barge into a waiting room where military secrets might be discussed…”

 

“Military secrets?”

 

Baxter turned his head. Selene was staring at him with an expression of disbelief.

 

Startled involuntarily by that cold gaze, Baxter said.

 

“Y-yes. Military secrets. We may not look like it, but we are…”

 

“Are you really insane?”

 

Baxter closed his mouth in bewilderment. Selene took a step closer to him and muttered.

 

“…Right, something seemed strange. I heard that ‘Shadow’ only has formidable experts, but the matches ended quite disappointingly.”

 

At the word ‘Shadow’ that came from her mouth, the faces of the Carton soldiers hardened.

 

The fact that they were the assassination squad ‘Shadow’ was classified as top secret.

 

“H-how do you know that…”

 

“Is that what’s important right now?”

 

Selene, her face coldly hardened, stared directly at Baxter and added in a low voice.

 

“What’s important is that you guys participated half-heartedly in the matches to screw over Rin Anosha.”

 

Baxter frowned.

 

“Not only did you mock your lord Prince Din Jed, but you also treated countless nobles of Erbia and even the Emperor like decorations. Do you still not understand the situation?”

 

The soldiers’ faces turned pale.

 

‘We mocked His Highness the Prince?’

 

No. They had simply wanted to give that arrogant Rin Anosha a little trouble.

 

Of course, it was true that the Tigris soldiers had been more powerful than they had imagined.

 

Especially when Soldier 17 used an unexpected ability, cornering them.

 

But they had never intended to deliberately lose.

 

Baxter cried out desperately.

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