The Villainess is a Millionaire Solver - Chapter 129

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Chapter 129

“Understood.”

I gladly accepted the sword.

“Then I’ll keep Windfairer safe and present it to the winner of the knight tournament.”

As Zikren said, it was more convenient to take it without the box.

Seeing me hold the sword this way and that way, he suddenly seemed to remember something and spoke.

“Right, brother. We need to return Aristina’s fan that we picked up in the maze.”

“Huh? A fan?”

I stopped moving my hands and looked up.

Come to think of it, I only realized after escaping the maze that the fan was missing.

After rescuing Violet, when the Mother of All Dragons transported us, I was so out of it that I seemed to have dropped it.

“If it’s my fan, it would have been dropped deep in the maze. You’re saying Your Highness picked it up?”

When I asked with confusion, Aldensis also raised his eyebrows slightly, looking puzzled.

“You lost it deep in the maze? We found that fan at the spot where you suddenly disappeared.”

Then he immediately looked troubled.

“Anyway, that aside… how strange. I kept it carefully to return to you when we left the maze, but somehow it vanished from my pocket. Since you seemed to use it often, it must have been something you liked. I’ll make sure to find it again.”

“No, you don’t need to go that far.”

I shook my head.

That fan had Ruellian’s divine power remaining in it, so he could probably easily track its location.

Or maybe he had already retrieved it. I should check with him.

“I was the one who dropped it in the first place, so don’t worry about it.”

When I said that, Aldensis was silent for a moment before speaking.

“Very well. Then instead, if you have anything to ask of me, please tell me. I’ll do anything.”

“Me too.”

Zikren also said.

“We can’t just express our gratitude and move on. If there’s anything you want, just say it.”

“Hmm…”

I fell into thought for a moment.

The Crown Prince and Second Prince saying they’d grant any request of mine. This was truly a rare opportunity.

‘I need to use this very well.’

What would count as using it well? Perhaps due to the pressure of having to make the most advantageous choice, nothing came to mind readily.

“Can I think about it and tell you later?”

“Of course.”

Aldensis said generously.

“Take your time. I can wait until you think of something.”

“Right. Nothing is more important than repaying a debt of gratitude.”

Zikren agreed too.

“But brother, don’t you need to go soon? You’ve been so focused on retrieving Windfairer that you haven’t prepared for the Founding Festival at all.”

“Wouldn’t that be the same for you?”

“It’s fine. People don’t have any expectations of me like that.”

Just as Zikren was responding like that.

We heard the sound of footsteps running tap-tap-tap toward this garden where we were having our conversation.

Soon someone popped out from between the trees. It was a young child wearing a small tiara on her head.

Aldensis and Zikren were surprised.

“Violet?”

“I finally found you.”

Violet said while panting.

“Father and Mother are calling for you brothers. You should go right away.”

“…”

The brothers flinched.

They reluctantly turned around.

“Princess, if you think of anything to ask, please come find me anytime to discuss it.”

“Or I could help you think about it too. You’re always welcome at the Prince’s Palace.”

The brothers left those words and disappeared to the other side of the garden.

I looked at Violet.

“But don’t you need to go too, Your Highness?”

“…”

The corner of Violet’s mouth curved up.

“It’s fine. Because it was a lie.”

“What?”

“I don’t even know where Father and Mother are. I just wanted to watch Princess Aristina prepare for the Founding Festival.”

“…”

I was at a loss for words.

So she used a scheme to send her brothers away.

‘Violet is a scary child. She’s the real power in the Imperial Palace.’

Those words Aldensis had said now made sense. It was also amusing in a way.

But if I laughed, wouldn’t the real power of the Imperial Palace be displeased?

“I see.”

I held back my laughter and spoke seriously.

“It’s truly an honor that you chose me as a playmate to watch the Founding Festival preparations.”

“I’ll take that as acceptance.”

Violet spoke dignifiedly and naturally raised her hand to grab mine and started walking.

I asked the child.

“Speaking of which, what happened with that matter? Everyone now knows that Your Highness can use divine power.”

“Ah.”

Violet answered clearly.

“They say I need to go to the Order for examination, but they’re frantically busy right now too. So I’m waiting for now.”

“I see. What happens after the examination?”

“They say there are various paths depending on the characteristics of the divine power. Becoming a priest, a saint, or a holy knight.”

“Which one appeals to Your Highness?”

“They say the Order will recommend the most suitable path anyway. I’d prefer something that involves reading lots of books if possible…”

As we were walking side by side having such conversation, suddenly someone shouted loudly from behind.

“Watch out!”

At the same time, something black flew over our heads.

“Eek!”

Violet was startled and sat down abruptly.

I quickly embraced the Princess protectively and blocked it with Windfairer that I was holding in my other hand.

What was that? When I looked up, I could see the tail end of a bird flying away beyond the sky.

“Was it a pigeon?”

“I’m sorry. I was training it for use in the Founding Festival, but when fireworks went off without warning, it got startled and flew away suddenly…”

An attendant ran over and bowed his head, apologizing profusely. He looked devastated at having startled the Princess.

“It’s fine.”

Violet waved her small hand toward him.

But contrary to her words, her face was very pale. Her shoulders were also trembling intermittently.

It was completely different from her dignified appearance just moments ago.

“…”

My feelings became complicated.

Seeing something black flying from behind, she must have recalled when Sion attacked with black magic. I had mistaken it for an attack for a moment too.

Violet had never definitively confirmed that Sion attacked her.

Therefore, everyone thought that Sion had gone berserk and I had taken the brunt of his random attacks.

I didn’t bother to correct that fact.

I thought Violet might have erased her memory due to the shock of that situation. Just like my brothers had when they were young.

But now I could see that wasn’t the case.

Violet remembered that incident perfectly.

“Princess, could we talk for a moment?”

I took Violet to a quiet place and said.

“It must be natural for you to be greatly shocked that someone who played with you so well and treated you so kindly would attack you. But we all looked into Sion’s thoughts together that day. From what I could see, Sion seemed to be controlled by some evil intent. It didn’t seem like he truly intended to do something so terrible.”

“I understand what you’re saying.”

Violet tried to speak as if nothing was wrong.

“But you don’t need to tell such lies for my sake. I can accept reality too.”

Then, as if overcome with grief, she left with just the words “I’m going” and ran away.

“Princess! Princess!”

I hurried after her, but the child was nowhere to be seen.

I let my hands drop limply.

I could feel the heavy weight of Windfairer.

I had been briefly excited about achieving great results at the festival again.

‘This wasn’t the time for that.’

The festival and everything else was fine, but it seemed I needed to deal with this problem first.

If I could make Violet believe that Sion was controlled by evil intent when he targeted her, it might help heal her wounds a bit.

But there’s no way to prove that fact…

‘Maybe Ruellian would know something if I asked him?’

He had asked me to heal his wounds after all.

He said he would contact me after finishing the urgent matters that needed to be handled right after exposing the heretic.

Why hasn’t he said anything?

‘From how smoothly the investigation is proceeding, it’s probably not that something happened. Maybe the wound he needs treated is too awkward?’

If it’s an injury that could expose secrets about his identity, it would be right for me to treat it since I’m the only one who knows that secret.

But I was bothered by how he had blushed when he said that.

‘Where did he get hurt that he’s acting like that? What if it’s somewhere strange? Though I’m not sure where strange would be…’

Walking absent-mindedly, I suddenly stopped.

Was it because I was thinking about Ruellian? Without realizing it, I had come to the place where I had encountered him before.

It was that very corridor where I had seen an unknown magical energy attacking the holy mark, and I had helped him using the excuse of fake gems again.

But…

Ruellian was there.

He had been walking while carrying a bunch of thick law books, but had stopped here and seemed lost in thought for a moment.

Then our eyes met directly.

“…?”

We were both flustered.

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