How To Survive As a Villain on the Verge of Death

Princess Eve did not say strangely unpleasant words like Princess Sorel, and always acted cautiously and cautiously. Just today, she initially expected the princesses to fight. If anything, it was Diane herself who set her day with Princess Sorel because she was offended. Princess Eve simply intervened to prevent a fight from occurring. She looked generous and mature, befitting a princess. Looking back, she felt like she responded sharply to Princess Sorel for no reason, and she felt a little regretful. But she really felt that Princess Sorel’s attitude made her feel so subtly bad that she couldn’t help it. Diane thought about it like that.

 

“Anyway, I’ll go now. There is still a lot of preparation left to do. Don’t stay too long in the garden. Come inside.”

 

Diane closed the window and tried to turn around, but Rot hastily grabbed her.

 

“I want to help you prepare too! Is there anything I can do to help?”

 

Diane tried to convince him that she was fine, but Rot’s earnest expression made her hesitate. Terence tended to be very overprotective of his only younger brother, Rot. Therefore, Rot always stayed inside this mansion and rarely went out. Rot was also bored and he seemed like he wanted to do something… Diane sympathized with Rot, perhaps because she lived similarly trapped in the mansion.

 

“Then, can you bring me a few snow lotus flowers from the garden?”

 

“Snow lotus flower?”

 

“Yes, since it’s winter, I was thinking of decorating the table to give it a seasonal feel, but I want to see if it goes well with the other decorations before officially ordering.”

 

“Okay. I’ll pick the prettiest one!”

 

Rot ran to the other side of the garden with the ball in his arms. Bayan was looking down at the scene from the upstairs balcony.

 

‘The kids are working hard.’

 

Warm sunlight seeped into the balcony. Bayan lazily lay on the floor, basking in the sunlight. As she was exposed to the warm sunlight, she felt tired and fell asleep. Still, it was the middle of winter and I couldn’t sleep here. At first, he thought he would take a nap under the table in the banquet hall. The servants took the table and threw it away, saying they were moving the furniture, so he was kicked out. Now that the princess has decided on the layout of her wedding, she rearranges the furniture to fit it. These were really useless things. A wedding, for example, ends when you receive a blessing at a temple and go home together. Nevertheless, the people here were endlessly thinking and preparing for the wedding, which lasted several hours. Was it because customs have changed a lot in the meantime? Maybe it was because it had been so long since he woke up that he was still not used to the situation here. Bayan thought of the contractor he had spent the past two days with. The red-haired saint he had contracted with himself still did not know how to operate her holy powers. No matter how much he explained or taught her, she never understood. She seemed to be trying her best, but she was not aware of the existence of holy power in her body. Bayan was extremely frustrated as he watched. Her body is full of holy power, so why couldn’t she use it? However, the blonde-haired saint she met again today had even more mediocre holy power than the red-haired woman. After seeing it, he thought he made a good choice. Something happened to the royal bloodline and all its daughters were like that. Bayan, who was leisurely dozing off with that thought in mind, suddenly came to his senses when he saw red-blonde hair in the distance. A red-haired princess with whom he had a contract was walking down the garden path, looking for something of her own. Bayan, who had been watching quietly, spoke to her when the redhead came close to him.

 

[What are you looking for?]

 

“Bayan!”

 

The redhead, Eve, spotted Bayan and ran down the balcony.

 

“Bajan, have you seen the Rot?”

 

[What is a lot?]

 

He wondered if this was a new name for a table or curtain. Everyone in this mansion was wondering where to put those things. However, Eve explained out loud as if she was frustrated.

 

“The young boy I greeted at the banquet hall earlier. A child with blonde hair and purple eyes. I do not remember?”

 

Ah, he remembered the brown-haired girl and the blonde-haired boy who were talking together in front of him just now. Bayan lifted his furry paw and pointed in the direction the blond boy ran.

 

[He went over there earlier to pick flowers.]

 

As soon as Eve heard those words, she ran toward the direction he pointed to.

 

* * *

 

The snow lotus flower was a small yellow flower shaped like a lotus flower that bloomed in the snow. In most mansions, it was always planted in flower beds for ornamental purposes. It was originally a poisonous flower, but he heard that the one planted in the mansion was an improved species, so it was not poisonous and was strong. Rot walked around the garden and picked the prettiest flowers. It was when he gathered five well-blooming flowers and held them in his hand. A cold wind blew from the other side of the garden. Rot shivered against the crushing cold. A chilly wind swept past the dry blades of grass in the garden. The bare trees with only branches left swayed greatly in the wind.

 

“Oh…!”

 

The ball that had been placed at his feet was pulled by the wind and rolled down the slope. The ball rolled past the sloping flower bed to a place where white snow powder was spread like a carpet. It continued to roll, sweeping away the snow powder, and stopped on a snow-covered flat surface. Rot felt defeated and went down the flower bed.

 

“You shouldn’t go in here…”

 

Although it looked like a flat field on the outside, it was a frozen pond. There was thin ice on the surface of the pond and snow on top of it. At the edge of the pond, there were places where the snow had melted and frozen ice was exposed. He had to call someone to take it out. Rot thought about it until then and became troubled.

 

‘Everyone is busy today, so why not call someone else?’

 

There were no servants passing by around. Everyone was probably busy preparing for the wedding. Rot picked up a nearby rock and tapped it into the pond. Fortunately, the pond water seemed to be frozen solid.

 

‘Is it okay if I come in?’

 

After thinking about it, Rot went into the pond. He took a cautious step, but nothing happened. He slowly walked forward, two or three steps. Despite his initial worries, the ice beneath his feet was thick and hard. He thought he could just quickly pick up the ball and then turn around and leave. Rot quickly approached the center of the pond where the ball was. He picked up the snow-dusted ball with both hands. Meanwhile, an unfamiliar voice called out to him from behind like a scream.

 

“Rot!”

 

When he turned around, he saw Eve running towards me.

 

“Princess?”

 

Princess Eve urgently ran over and shouted at Rot.

 

“Rot, why are you in there? Come out quickly!”

 

Rot waved the princess’s hand to reassure her.

 

“I’m fine, the ice is hard…”

 

Pajjik-

 

At that moment, an ominous sound of ice breaking underfoot was heard. A thin crack was forming in the ice near the shoe.

 

“Ah…”

 

He was surprised and moved my body a little, and the thin line in the ice quickly spread like a spider web.

 

Kwasik.

 

The lines spreading here and there quickly split apart, revealing the black pond water. Rot hurriedly took his steps to get out of the pond. But the moment he took two steps, the ice beneath his feet broke. Between the broken pieces of ice, the dark pond water appeared like a monster’s mouth. Rot’s small body sank into the cold pond in an instant.

 

“Rot!”

 

The last thing Rot saw before falling into the water was the princess jumping into the pond, calling his name.

 

* * *

 

As soon as she came out into the garden, she asked the servant who followed her as a guide where the pond was. All she had to do was find where the pond was, go there and wait for Rot. However, the unfortunate answer was that there were four large ponds in this mansion. She didn’t know what kind of mansion was this big. This could almost be called an imperial palace. She told the servant about the information she had seen in the forecast and asked him where the corresponding pond was.

 

‘I heard Rot usually plays near a pond like this.’

 

While giving that reason, she naturally inquired about the location. A pond located a little down the garden path. The servant told her where such a pond was. However, there were two ponds that met the conditions. She had no choice but to part ways with the servant. She would go to the larger pond, so the servant went to the other pond and looked for Rot. She thought that would save time. Because every minute was urgent now. Just in case, while she was going through the garden, she found more servants and sent them to the third and fourth ponds. Then she quickly ran towards the most likely pond. As she was passing the building behind the main building, she ran into Bayan and asked him about Rot’s whereabouts. The place Bayan pointed to was also the pond she was going to. A large pond located in a lowered area next to the garden path. The moment she arrived there, she saw Rot standing in the middle of the pond.

 

She looked around to see if there was anyone who could help her, but there was no one around. She didn’t have time to think or do anything anyway. As soon as she motioned for Rot to come out, the ice broke and Rot’s small body was sucked into the pond. She jumped into the water without any hesitation.

 

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