The Baddest Villainess Is Back - Chapter 116

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Chapter 116
Rozelin hesitated at Arma’s sudden words, then smiled faintly and stretched her arm to lightly loop around his neck, drawing him toward her.
“Yes, of course.”
Arma froze, caught in the curve of her eyes.
Soon their lips met slowly.
The two of them lingered there, tongues tangling as they exchanged breath, before withdrawing gradually.
Rozelin lightly brushed her flushed lips with her fingertips and smiled softly.
Arma opened his mouth slowly, his face reddened.
“Good night, Rozelin.”
“You too, Arma.”
Arma hesitated before slowly leaving her room.
And it was just as she was drifting off to sleep.
Whistle—!
A sharp sound cut through the air, and immediately there came a sharp crack as the window shattered, an arrow embedding itself deeply into the wall.
A piece of paper was tied to the arrow’s shaft.
[Rozelin, I have seen your death. I will show you how to live. Let us make a deal. I will be waiting on the bench inside the Garden of the Duke’s Estate.]
There was no signature, but she could guess who it was.
Rozelin laughed and casually tossed the note aside.
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Rozelin appeared in the Garden a full two hours after receiving the letter.
When she revealed herself, the captain of the guard had not composed his expression in the slightest.
Rozelin shrugged her shoulders.
“Good evening?”
“…Do I appear to be in a good mood right now?”
“My, if you’re going to summon a woman out at this hour, you should have prepared yourself better. I’m afraid it took quite some time to get ready.”
Rozelin smiled wickedly as she spoke, and the captain of the guard—Galio—narrowed his eyes further.
He glared at Rozelin fiercely, his fists clenched tight.
“And if that’s how you invite someone, how much earlier do you think I should have come?”
At her blunt tone, Galio let out a bitter laugh.
He exhaled a long breath before speaking.
“The fact that you appeared here means you’re willing to accept my proposal as a last resort, then?”
At his question, Rozelin’s eyes widened and she laughed.
Her expression was so transparently false that Galio’s lips trembled slightly.
He was a tiger that had been holding its breath for a long time.
He had confidence he could maintain composure and respond without flinching at most circumstances.
He was not some simple-minded child unable to hide his emotions.
And yet….
“Well, I suppose it depends on what you have to say. Maybe yes, maybe no….”
This woman alone managed to annoy him greatly.
She was a woman who knew how to toy with people and how to expertly probe their weaknesses.
He could not say how irritating that was.
Galio rubbed his face roughly.
Being played with by a woman so much younger than himself did not sit well with him.
He smiled thinly after running his tongue along his lips once.
“I have seen your death. A most gruesome one at that.”
“When, where, and how?”
Rozelin settled casually onto a nearby bench and asked arrogantly.
She seemed foolish, as though she did not suspect for a moment that he might kill her, but Galio knew better.
This woman was not foolish.
Rather, she was quite… cunning, like a vixen.
“If I reveal that, all my cards will be exposed, won’t they? Then you’d have no reason to deal with me.”
“Hmm… well. The old fox is sharper than expected.”
Rozelin rested her elbows on her knees, bent forward, and propped her chin on her hands, laughing languidly.
Her beauty was so striking it would seem strange if the world did not overturn for it.
The woman in full bloom laughed enchantingly, her eyes widening prettily.
Without thinking, Galio swallowed.
It felt as though he might be consumed if he remained still, or bewitched in an instant.
“Did you hope I would be foolish?”
“Perhaps a little…? Men tend to be better when they’re a touch foolish.”
“In any case, let’s dispense with these strange remarks. You must know as well as I do that time is not something we have much of.”
“I have plenty. It’s you who lacks.”
She shrugged as she spoke.
“Honestly, I wouldn’t mind staying up all night talking here. This is my residence, and you’re just a stray pup who’s poked his head into a beast’s den.”
“……If you value your life, girl, I’d suggest you learn to curb that tongue.”
Galio bared his teeth in a savage grin.
“Now we’re getting somewhere.”
Rozelin shrugged, then drew her crimson lips back in a languid smile.
“This is when conversation actually becomes interesting.”
She tilted her head back and laughed.
“How much longer are you going to hide behind that mask, Galio?”
“……Hm. Seems this girl has no fear of the world.”
“Fear you?”
Rozelin laughed as if genuinely amused, then shrugged.
“Let me be blunt.”
“…….”
“Right now, you’re an enemy commander who came begging for his life just before I could crush you.”
At that thoroughly insulting remark, Galio’s eyes went wide.
Rozelin tilted her head with an almost innocent expression.
“So tell me—what reason do I have to fear you?”
Galio glared at her, the whites of his eyes bloodshot.
“Want me to guess what you’re thinking?”
Rozelin rubbed her chin theatrically, laughing, then continued in a leisurely tone as she watched his expression shift through shades of red and blue.
“You’re wondering right now, aren’t you? Should I kill you, or turn you to my side?”
“Why the hell would I…….”
“Because you’re dying to know how I found out about everything you did and blocked it all.”
The moment Rozelin cut him off, Galio faltered, his brow furrowing.
He couldn’t believe that a girl not yet twenty had seen through his entire scheme.
His pride was wounded.
Crunch.
Whether it was the sound of grinding teeth or fists clenching, the noise echoed through the Garden where crickets sang.
“You may seek revolution against an unjust world, but I chase amusement.”
Rozelin flashed a brilliant smile.
Red eyes, scarlet lips, hair white as snow, and a laugh so innocent it was dazzling.
“That’s what villainy is, after all.”
She licked her lips with an arrogant air.
“Why did I block your path entirely?”
She shrugged and answered.
“Because you annoyed me.”
“……Annoyed you?”
“Lady Carmel.”
The corners of her mouth curled a little higher as she spoke.
“That lackey you forced into my orbit kept irritating my nerves even after I warned you…….”
“…….”
“I just wanted to squash them flat.”
Rozelin made a gesture as if crushing a passing insect, pressing her index finger down on the bench—and Galio’s eyes widened.
For a moment, she looked like an even greater villain than he was, and he held his breath.
He felt utterly trampled, and by a woman with no power or strength whatsoever.
In truth, Rozelin had planned to let everything slide. It was Lady Carmel who had provoked the confrontation.
If she’d backed down when warned, Rozelin probably would have left that house long ago and known nothing of all this.
She would have had no lingering attachments to life and would have simply tried to live peacefully in this world.
But Lady Carmel ignored her warning, and the Duke’s Estate sheltered Rozelin.
“……All this over something so trivial, and I lost my lifelong ambition…….”
“Your lifelong ambition? It was far too easy to destroy.”
Rozelin shook her head with a look of genuine pity.
“You……!”
“What? Going to kill me?”
Rozelin tilted her feet playfully as Galio stepped closer, her eyes questioning.
The Galio who now stood inches before her was a man of considerable build—he’d maintained his physique through years of service as Commander of the Guard.
His presence was overwhelming. Yet Rozelin remained composed, and that composure gave Galio pause.
‘Does she have something backing her up?’
Galio tightened the muscles in his twitching cheek.

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