I’m a Villain, but I Want to Live a Long Life - Chapter 85

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Time passed quickly.

 

“…Miss, Miss.”

 

I opened my eyes with a deep frown at the gentle hand that was carefully shaking me awake.

 

Reflexively looking at the wall across from me, I saw the clock hands pointing to eleven in the morning.

 

“I came to wake you at eleven as you requested. You said Miss Estelin and Miss Rosette would be coming, right? Should I tell the kitchen to prepare brunch?”

 

“What would you like for the menu?”

 

I looked back and forth between Anna and Peony standing beside her with sleepy eyes.

 

“Oh my, you broke out in cold sweat again while sleeping. Peony, could you bring some ice water?”

 

“Of course. Miss, I’ll bring it with a slice of lemon.”

 

Peony replied and hurried out of the room with quick steps.

 

After Meg went to the monastery, Peony had successfully transferred to work at Tigris and had been working here for several months.

 

And Peony was very pleased with life here.

 

The scar that had been large enough to cover half her cheek had also faded considerably with Martin’s help.

 

I finally shook off sleep and muttered with a groaning sound.

 

“It’s too hot.”

 

“Right? It’s completely summer now.”

 

“Yeah. It’s even more terrible here without air conditioning.”

 

“Air conditioning? What’s that?”

 

Anna asked with wide eyes, so I realized my mistake and answered.

 

“I meant a cooling device, I misspoke.”

 

Then Anna smiled brightly and looked at me.

 

“Who puts a cooling device in their bedroom? Anyway, you sweated so much that the bedding is damp again. Did you have another nightmare?”

 

Anna’s green eyes looking at me were full of worry. I sat up and nodded.

 

“Yeah. I feel like I’ve been having them more frequently lately.”

 

“…Why does our Miss keep having nightmares? Even Doctor Martin says he doesn’t know the cause.”

 

“I have some idea what it might be.”

 

I said that and smiled at Anna reassuringly.

 

It had already been almost a year since I came to this place.

 

I was still suffering from intermittent nightmares just like in the beginning.

 

They were mainly dreams featuring things I had experienced in my previous life, and in those dreams, I was…

 

‘So pitiful, so sad.’

 

Reliving the life of Lee Sebin, who had no money, no connections, and literally nothing but her body, was not an easy thing to do.

 

“Still, it’s frustrating that we can’t know the cause when you’re suffering like this.”

 

Anna peeled away the hair that had dried and stuck to my forehead.

 

It was probably because I was a possessor.

 

Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense to suffer from such frequent, inexplicable nightmares in the first place.

 

Actually, whenever I had nightmares, what I feared most was something else. That the new life I had gained here would disappear when I opened my eyes.

 

If I opened my eyes and found myself back in that miserable and lonely life again…

 

Just imagining it sent chills down my spine.

 

I was shaking my head to dispel these thoughts when the door opened and Peony entered.

 

She held a glass of ice water in one hand and a tightly sealed letter in the other.

 

Peony first handed me the glass of water, then placed the letter on the bed.

 

Soon she brought a letter knife from the nightstand.

 

“Miss. I ran into Sir Walter downstairs, and he asked me to give this to you.”

 

I tilted my head and looked at the letter.

 

The pattern stamped on the sealing wax looked strangely familiar.

 

“Then we’ll go to the kitchen to help prepare the meal. Take your time reading it and come down?”

 

Anna smiled brightly, bowed her head, and left the room with Peony.

 

I used the letter knife to break the sealed wax and took out the single letter inside.

 

My eyes narrowed as I read through the letter.

 

“…It’s hot.”

 

“You’re right, it really is hot.”

 

When Rosette muttered while languidly fanning herself, Estelin replied.

 

I, who had been sprawled under the large canopy, also nodded.

 

“All three of us are weak against heat.”

 

Estelin smiled as she looked at me panting.

 

“Everyone in our family is weak against heat. Father too, and Eria too. Oh, Mother also hated summer terribly when she was alive.”

 

“Well, how many people actually like summer anyway.”

 

Then Rosette turned to me.

 

“Strangely, Martina likes it.”

 

“Oh, Martina does?”

 

I widened my eyes at hearing a name I hadn’t heard in a long time.

 

Martina was the purple-haired girl who had been clinging to Rosette’s side the day I first met her.

 

I asked with a pleased expression.

 

“Come to think of it, how is Martina doing? It feels like it’s been a while since I’ve seen her.”

 

“Well, she’s doing fine. Since last spring she’s been staying in the Academy dormitory, so it’s hard to see her.”

 

“Martina entered the Academy?”

 

“Yeah. She’s a year older than us.”

 

I blinked in surprise.

 

There was exactly one prestigious academy in the Erbia Empire.

 

The academy’s name was Rision.

 

Students who entered this Rision Academy were usually nineteen years old.

 

Occasionally there were people who entered early at a young age, but it was rare.

 

This was because the entrance exam was quite difficult.

 

‘I heard that after the war ended, the exam difficulty increased even more, making it hard to pass the threshold without considerable abilities.’

 

“Martina is more impressive than I thought. Come to think of it, on the first day we became friends, we also fought about Academy admission.”

 

When I looked at Rosette and smiled, her face turned bright red.

 

“W-when did we?”

 

“Back then you said I was acting cocky despite having no abilities or whatever. So I yelled at you to get out of my house.”

 

“Oh my, you two had such an incident?”

 

Estelin widened her eyes with interest. Rosette shook her head vigorously.

 

“N-no?! That never happened. Selene must be confused about something again.”

 

Watching her, I burst into laughter. Then I said teasingly.

 

“So, does our Lady Rosette still have no worries about the entrance exam?”

 

Rosette’s face reddened and she pouted as she answered.

 

“…Yeah. I’ve finished most of my preparations.”

 

“That’s good news. What about you, Estelin?”

 

“Same here. I haven’t really prepared anything, but my governess told me not to worry about admission.”

 

I nodded at those words.

 

In the original story, Estelin was a manifester with tremendous wide-area healing abilities.

 

‘It wouldn’t be Rision Academy if they turned away someone like that.’

 

Rision Academy was the finest academic institution with a reputation that extended to other continents.

 

Such a prestigious institution wouldn’t let talent like Estelin slip away.

 

In this world where healing abilities were treated as quite precious, Estelin’s wide-area healing ability was truly considered incredible.

 

“…I’m worried. I also got contacted to take the exam.”

 

When I leaned back and muttered, Rosette shot up from her seat.

 

“What? What came?”

 

“A letter came telling me to take the exam?”

 

“Oh my goodness, thank goodness!”

 

Seeing Rosette jump up from her seat with wide eyes, I leaned my upper body forward again.

 

“Why? What’s so fortunate?”

 

Then Rosette hesitated and cleared her throat with a cough before speaking.

 

“Well, it’s famous that non-manifested people don’t receive notification letters.”

 

“What do you mean by that?”

 

“It’s not official, but there’s no record of a non-manifested person ever receiving a test notification letter. So I was worried you might not receive the test notice.”

 

Watching her, I tilted my head.

 

“I see. But you seem to be misunderstanding something?”

 

Then Rosette looked at me and asked.

 

“Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?”

 

I scratched my head and answered.

 

“I’m not a non-manifested person. I manifested before.”

 

At my words, both Rosette and Estelin’s eyes widened.

 

Rosette even spat out the orange aid she was drinking.

 

“What, what? What did you manifest?”

 

“Guardian-type ability… I manifested it.”

 

“Wh, when?! Why didn’t you tell us about this until now?”

 

“…You didn’t ask?”

 

Rosette closed her mouth in a daze. Then she suddenly stood up from her seat and shouted.

 

“Do we have to ask for you to tell us something like that!”

 

“Is, is that so?”

 

“Yes! When exactly did you manifest it?”

 

I frowned and made a hmm sound.

 

To be precise, I didn’t manifest it myself but became able to borrow Adam’s ability…

 

“…It’s been a while since I manifested. The Academy found out about it a few months ago, I think.”

 

“A few months ago?”

 

“Yeah. Do you remember the day I had my trial? The day I almost died when assassins came after me.”

 

At my words, Estelin’s face turned pale.

 

“I remember. Did something else happen that day?”

 

I shook my head as if it was nothing serious.

 

“Yes. I almost really died then, so I used my guardian-type ability outside for the first time.”

 

Then I took a few sips of cold ice water and added.

 

“Someone must have seen that scene, right? You know, they say Rision Academy’s intelligence network is amazing. They must have realized I manifested and sent me the test notification.”

 

Rosette nodded.

 

“That makes sense. Maybe they’ve been watching you closely all this time? That would make sense since your father is…”

 

I looked at Rosette as she trailed off.

 

“Right. They seem to think I might have inherited Father’s talent.”

 

After all, Father, Aleon Tigris, was considered one of the greatest talents the Academy had ever produced in history.

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