Born as the Hidden Daughter of a Villainess and the Male Lead

<Episode 19>

Heuk, my name?

I was embarrassed and couldn’t answer the rather unexpected question.

What was he trying to do?

“That’s the room where the crown prince, the second prince and the grand princess are!”

At that moment, an urgent cry fell into my ear in a panic.

…what?

I tried to twist the arm of the boy who was holding my neck.

“…….”

 It would have been impossible for me to get away if he’d persisted, but he gently withdrew his hand without much resistance.

It was a little embarrassing, but I immediately turned my head in the direction of the voice.

A huge mountain of ice was stretching toward the crown prince’s room that I’d come out of earlier.

“Naiad, please stop that!”

I urgently asked Naiad for help, and she’d already sent the water spirits to do so, but…

[Screaming]

[Argh…]

As soon as they came close to the ice, they were assimilated within it. They seemed to lose their power and gradually lost all shape.

[You’re absorbing my power, Fincher!]

Naiad exclaimed furiously.

[Water cannot beat Ice. if you wish to save the humans, call Ilipia.]

The situation was turning very dangerous, and a thought came to mind.

In a sense, Naiad was right.

Ilipia was nothing but the spirit of life.

In principle, she could revive the dead, but…

“No, I can’t do that.”

[Why is that?]

Naiad looked back at me with confusion. I clenched my lips.

Not long ago, Ilipia had given me some advice to follow.

[Edith. I have the power to bring back the dead. But you’re too young to use it. Later, you’ll be in a position that is above everyone else’s, but that day is not today. Your present capacity can not fully handle my power. You may use my power to heal a person who is gravely injured or purify contaminated things, but never try to revive the dead. If you try to push yourself to do it, your life will be in danger.]

“…I’m still too young to use the power to revive the dead.is there any other way?”

[My goodness, it would be lovely if your last attribute was revealed right now, but if it still hasn’t appeared, it means it isn’t yet the time for it.]

Naiad spoke, dryly swallowing her saliva.

[then we can only hope that the crown prince and that unrelated sister of yours do not get hurt enough to die. There is no other way.]

What?

I panicked and watched as the ice wall nearly touched the crown prince’s room’s door.

This feeling of helplessness as I could only watch when a person might get injured was worse than I thought.

“Tell me your name.”

then,

I heard the voice of the boy who had been silent for a long time again.

…what?

“If you’ll tell me, I’ll get rid of all the ice.”

I looked back blankly.

I could see the nonchalant expression the boy had even in such a dire situation.

“My name? Are you seriously just going to ask for my name and stop what you were doing? That makes no sens-”

I asked in bewilderment.

“Then are you not going to tell me? Alright. Go on.”

The boy cut me off and spoke.

…is he really the culprit causing this chaos?

Isn’t he just some bratty kid?

It makes no sense to stop what he’s doing just because he wants to get a name out of me.

“Argh! Your Highness the Crown Prince!”

Then, again, the maids screamed.

The huge mountain was about to crash into the room where Allea and the princes were.

I had an instinctive feeling that I should not give the boy my name, but I fought.

I had to do something.

“Edith Ronen Haelian! That’s my name. Now stop this!”

I screamed.

“…good.”

A low whisper came back.

At that exact moment,

“…what is…”

The movement of the ice wall, which had now broken the outer wall of the room where the crown prince was located, completely stopped.

I gasped for breath and stared at the incredible sight.

…was that really it?

Seriously, did this little boy create that mountain of ice?

“Argh!”

“Oh, my God, Your Highness, the Second Prince!”

Then the second prince ran out through the wreckage, covered in tears.

Looking at the attendants running over and checking the 2nd prince, my body completely relaxed and I fell to the floor on my knees.

I couldn’t quite understand what the hell had happened just now.

I wanted to ask him, the boy,

Did he really cause all this? Why?

I managed to get up and look back at where the boy was.

What the hell was all that and why are you so adamant on learning my name?

“…what?

I had every intention to question him, but the boy who’d been just behind me had disappeared into nothing.

What? Where did he go?

[…the situation has been resolved rather strangely, but it has been resolved nonetheless. I’m going to go now, Edith.]

“Oh.”

While I was staring at the empty place, Naiad had declared she was going to head back.

I asked quickly before she left.

“By the way, did you see where the boy who had been standing behind me went?”

Naiad must have seen me talking to him.

Since she was by my side all this time, she must know where he went.

[..a boy?]

But Naiad’s response was even weirder.

[Was there any other kid here besides you?]

Naiad asked back, widening her eyes a little.

…what?

[Sorry, but I don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s just been you and me here all this time, Edith.]

Naiad added, looking around me.

[You must have hallucinated something because there was so much chaos around you. That’s understandable. How scary it must have been following what happened last time.]

Naiad gave me a benevolent smile, speaking as though as I were pitiful as she took a further step,

[Please go home and rest well. Call me whenever you may need.]

Prng-

Drops of water rose from the ground and covered Naiad’s body as her form disappeared.

“…no,”

I couldn’t bring myself to even lift a fingertip because of the creepy feeling all over my body.

“Not like that-”

You can’t just say something like that and then just leave!

‘Tell me your name. Tell me, and I’ll get rid of all that ice.’

Hands that were too cold to be human.

Naiad, who had no reaction to me being strangled even after she appeared.

All my questions seemed to be lies.

And I told my name to a guy who I didn’t even know was a ghost or not…

“Grandpa…”

I sobbed and buried my face on the floor.

‘What did I just do, ahhhh!’

“Edith!”

Then I heard Roberick’s voice calling my name.

“……?”

I raised my head from the stone cold floor.

“Why are you sitting here?”

Roberick, who was standing far away, rushed to my feet.

With a mad look of clear anxiety in his eyes, he embraced my body with his arms and pulled me in for a hug, checking for a long time to see if I was hurt anywhere.

“What a relief! Are you hurt anywhere? Tell me, I’ll heal you.”

Roberick spoke in a quivering voice, to the point where I thought he was about to cry.

And I replied with a frown because I had been suffocating in his hug.

“I’m not hurt. Because I was outside.”

“…I’m glad. How surprised I was to hear the news.”

Roberick whispered with more strength in the hand that embraced me.

“…father.”

At that moment, a small voice came from the other direction.

It belonged to Allea.

“Allea.”

Roberick raised his head as if Allea had come to his mind only then.

Allea was staring at us with her other hand wrapped around her left arm, where red blood flowed down in a thin line. It looked like she’d been hurt.

“…did you hurt your arm?”

Roberick called Allea and asked anxiously.

…if you’re going to take a closer look, you should go to her – what is this?

As Allea narrowed her eyes and looked at Roberick holding me in his arm still, alternating a look between him and me, she gave a pure smile.

“Yes. it’s not too grave, but it still hurts. I wanted dad to heal it.”

“Of course, I should heal it.”

Only then did Roberick leave me and approach Allea and heal her bleeding arm.

A faint glow of light glistened in his grasp as he let out a small whisper.

Staring at the scene, I turned my head and sighed.

An unexpected event occurred today.

That strange boy…

Nothing bad will happen just because I gave him my name, right?

I got goose bumps all over.

As if it wasn’t enough to be a daughter of a villainess and the male lead, to be involved with a being that might a ghost or a devil!! ugh…

I wiped my tearful eyes with my sleeve, heartily lamenting my broken fate.

* * *

Since the chaos broke out, I had no choice but to return to the Grand Residence ahead of schedule.

“Allea!”

Chastia came rushing down in a wind of tears to get to Allea.

“Mother!”

Chastia hugged Allea hard and burst into tears.

“My baby… What’s going on, are you hurt anywhere?”

“My father healed me.”

Chastia, who examined Allea’s condition rigorously, turned to Roberick.

“Roberick, what is this about? How did such an incident occur in the palace? This isn’t even the first time…”

Roberick looked at Chastia pitifully and quietly replied.

“…I’m sorry. I should have taken more care of Allea. This won’t happen next time. His Majesty will now make a decision.”

A mother who was crying while hugging her daughter who’d survived a dangerous ordeal, a father who anxiously looked at his daughter and comforted his wife.

I didn’t dare to cut in on the affectionate family.

“…”

I quietly escaped their gaze and raised my foot up the flight of stairs.

“I wish to ask you something, Grand Princess Edith.”

It was then.

Slow footsteps, a familiar and unsettling voice.

I turned around with fierce eyes.

A person who I’d always been on guard about since I’d come to the grand residence but had never encountered.

It was Perion.

Perion, who’d appeared before I knew it, was staring at me with an expressionless face.

“Perio-”

“Today.”

Roberick tried to say something, but Perion was quick.

“I heard that you had a meeting with grand princess Allea and the crown princes today.”

…why was he suddenly asking about that?

“…Yes.”

I answered quietly.

“But you suddenly left.”

…wait, why are you suddenly mentioning that?

“Perion, what are you trying to say…”

Roberick stepped in, as if he had noticed something strange.

But Perion did not stop.

“And while princess Edith was away, a huge, unidentified ice wall attacked the palace where princess Allea was,”

“…!”

Don’t tell me…

“Aren’t you all curious about what princess Edith’s remaining attribute is?”

An ominous feeling overtook me.

Perion was staring at me with his eyes wide open, and they held a shine to them.

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Next chapter will come today or tomorrow. Sorry for the long wait.