The Villainess' Ending Was Death

Inside the palace of Kanzer, the garden Lycaon had built for his brother, a sharp wind swept like a blade.

Emperor Laurel’s body floated in the air, shaking helplessly like a puppet with its strings cut. However, a low growl like the sound of an animal repeatedly flowed out from his mouth, and his wide-open eyes were like a monster’s.

Lycaon, who had restrained Laurel with magic, approached him slowly and extended his hand.

Dark red blood flowed out from between his lips.

“Damn it.”

“Your Majesty!”

Zed, who was standing a little way away, shouted with a surprised face, but Lycaon raised one hand to stop him from coming any closer.

“Stay there, Zed.”

“You shouldn’t push yourself too hard. Have you forgotten the advice of Lady Resa?”

“I know, so keep quiet.”

Lycaon’s gaze was still fixed on Laurel.

The deep blue-purple eyes took on a strange light.

In order to calm Laurel’s rampaging magic, Lycaon had to pour his magic into her and sever the connection.

“Ugh…!”

At that moment, Laurel, who had been quiet, twitched and twisted her body.

“My magic is actually incompatible with His Majesty the Emperor, so we’ll just clash.”

Lycaon’s face was calm, but his voice was extremely low.

“It wouldn’t be good for His Majesty the Emperor to calm him down again, so I’ll just put him to sleep.”

Lycaon cast a sleeping spell on Laurel, who was on the verge of waking up. Even that didn’t work properly, so he had to try several times.

Laurel, who had been twisting her wrists and ankles strangely and making strange noises, finally became quiet.

Lycaon felt extremely dizzy and closed his eyes for a moment before opening them.

As Fresa warned, the more he used magic, the faster the remaining dragon venom spread throughout his body.

If it weren’t for the damn dragon venom, he wouldn’t have had such a hard time. Even though he had improved somewhat thanks to Fresa’s medicine, the dragon venom remained as a terrible curse and still tormented him.

‘It’s getting worse, so it’s a problem.’

However, since it would have been difficult in many ways if it had been known that Laurel was suffering from magic addiction, Lycaon had no choice but to take care of it alone.

Lycaon took several deep breaths, then sat down on his chair and looked down at Laurel lying on the soft grass.

His poor brother was sleeping peacefully, as if he had never caused this much trouble.

Lycaon sighed, sweeping his sweat-soaked hair back.

‘Your Highness, have you met His Majesty the Emperor recently?’

The voice of Marquis Oren, whom he had met by chance at a dessert café on the day he visited the Fresa Empire, came to mind again.

‘His Majesty the Emperor has… changed. Right now, His Majesty needs His Majesty the Grand Duke.’

Marquis Oren, Iris Oren, was Laurel’s fiancée. He was also the closest person to Laurel, excluding Lycaon.

When he told him about Laurel’s ideal, Lycaon did not take it lightly and returned to the palace to find Laurel. And he was able to read the flow of magical power that was different from before.

Unlike Lycaon, Laurel was not a magician, but her innate magical power was excellent. But that was all. There were many people who were born with magical power but could not use it, so it was a very ordinary thing that did not need to be worried at all. However, for some reason, the overflowing magical power suddenly began to attack Laurel, its owner.

Because of that, Laurel was having a harder time staying sane.

When her magic power went wild, Laurel’s ego disappeared and she was nothing but a wild beast.

Zed, who had been standing far away because of Lycaon’s orders, slowly approached her and held out a handkerchief.

“Asking Resa for help…”

“I can’t let her get involved in something this dangerous.”

Lycaon cut off Zed’s words and took the handkerchief before he could finish speaking. With Fresa’s skills, she would definitely be able to make a potion that would calm Laurel’s magic power. However, in order to do that, she would have to check the symptoms when Laurel had a magic addiction attack, which would be too dangerous.

Of course, since Lycaon would be by her side, nothing bad would happen, but she didn’t want Fresa, a foreigner, to get too involved in the affairs of the empire.

Lycaon wanted Fresa to always be happy while doing the business she wanted to do.

When he recalled the expression on Fresa’s face that night when they said their early farewells, his heart ached.

They would definitely meet again, but Lycaon’s heart sank as if it were an eternal farewell.

Lycaon looked down for a moment, recalling Fresa’s eyes that looked straight up at him.

How could he dare express these feelings?

He didn’t want to act rashly because he hadn’t yet come up with an answer, but on the other hand, he wanted to convey it exactly as it was.

Of course, Lycaon still had things to deal with, so it would be a long time later.

Lycaon gathered his thoughts for a moment and stood up.

“I will now move His Majesty the Emperor to the bedroom.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Zed answered immediately and lifted Laurel into his arms.

Laurel looked unusually pale, her limp body drooping.

Lycaon fixed his gaze on his only brother, then quickly pulled away and strode out of the room.

* * *

‘Why did Alicia come alone?’

Fresa narrowed her eyes and stared at Rowan.

Has she not reconciled with Alicia yet because of what happened last time?

Fresa was not the only one who found it strange that Rowan, who was famous for caring about his reputation, was attending the royal banquet alone without Alicia. Furthermore, Rowan had come running in front of Fresa, drawing everyone’s attention.

‘Anyway, he’s an annoying person, both then and now.’

In the original, he was a kind, arrogant, and charming male protagonist, but in real life, Rowan was just the truth.

Fresa didn’t bother answering and just stared at Rowan with her arms crossed. Then Rowan cast a sharp glance toward Isaac and whispered.

“You’ve brought another man with you today, Fresa.”

Isaac, who had been watching the situation with interest, narrowed his brows.

Fresa pushed him aside and sent him out of this mess.

Isaac made a shaky expression and stood quietly a little way away. Even though Isaac worked as a pharmacy employee, he was still Fresa’s business partner.

‘There’s no need to show him such a ridiculous appearance.’

Fresa let out a faint sigh and looked straight at Rowan.

“What does it matter to you? You don’t think I’m your fiancé, do you?”

“I know you’re doing this to get my attention.”

It was really refreshing nonsense. Fresa raised her hand and patted her head with sympathy.

“…Did you hurt your head recently?”

Rowan’s recent behavior was so strange that it was suspicious that he had a split personality.

Rowan answered softly with a disgustingly hazy expression.

“Not at all. I already told you in Paro Village, Fresa. I realized it after you left. My true love is…”

“Rowan?”

When she appeared, Fresa and Rowan looked in that direction at the sudden sound of Alicia’s voice. Alicia, who appeared in a tight-fitting pure white dress, glared at Rowan with a pale, disgusted face.

“What are you doing?”

“…Alicia.”

Rowan looked as if he had no idea Alicia was coming.

His eyebrows shot up in confusion.

‘It looks like they really fought.’

They say that a fight between a married couple is like cutting water with a knife, but looking at the current atmosphere, it seemed like Alicia would cut Rowan with a knife.

Fresa slipped out of the place so that the two could talk comfortably. Then Isaac approached her as if he had been waiting and offered her a glass of wine.

“Did you really intend to marry that man?”

“…It’s a long story if I tell you.”

Fresa shook her head and took a sip of wine before glancing at Rowan and Alicia.

The two seemed to be having a pretty serious conversation. To be honest, Fresa wanted their true selves to be exposed to everyone. However, that didn’t mean she wanted the Countess Gillespie couple to break up.

‘It would be difficult if Rowan keeps being sticky.’

She didn’t want the two of them to live happily without knowing anything, but she hoped that it wouldn’t affect her. But for some reason, Rowan started to obsess over Fresa, and if things continued like this, he would have a big problem with Alicia.

Fresa wanted revenge on her family, but the Count and Countess Gillespie were not the target. Rather, because they had married just like in the original, they had given Fresa a final ending, so she wanted to cover up her past mistakes.

Honestly, it would have been more accurate to say that those two were outside of Fresa’s interest.

Compared to the Thorpe family, Rowan and Alicia’s bullying was nothing. Just like in the original, Rowan had been following her around and bothering her, and she had pretended to hate Alicia, so maybe they couldn’t help but hate Fresa too. It was true that she had bothered them without their consent, so Fresa somewhat tolerated their mistakes.

‘But Rowan Gillespie is the problem.’

Rowan Gillespie was a piece of trash who thought he was so great when people praised him for no reason because of the male protagonist buff.

Those who didn’t watch him closely couldn’t tell how selfish and calculating he was.

He was just a pride of a kingdom that used swords.

‘Was his last appearance too flashy?’

Rowan and Alicia, who were talking about the love of the century and all, couldn’t have been so casual as to be swayed by a single word from Fresa.

Fresa sipped her wine and glanced at the Count and Duchess Gillespie.

At that moment, the two moved toward the terrace.

“Mr. Cade, I’ll be back soon.”

“Yes? Where are you going…”

Fresa handed Isaac a glass of wine and hurried after them.

 

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