What Does That Evil Dragon Live For?

“Ha! No way, revenge…?”

 

It was funny to even use the word ‘revenge’, but in L’Arch’s eyes, this was Elaine’s own revenge.

 

At first it bothered him, but when he thought about it, he found it a bit amusing because it seemed to him that Elaine was very conscious of herself to the point of not touching a precious item she had never had in her life.

 

Whether it’s good or bad, those strong feelings won’t go away easily.

 

L’Arch’s stiff face became relaxed again.

 

“You only have me, Elaine. You will soon realize it too.”

 

L’Arch pulled the corners of his mouth into a smile and retrieved the items in the drawer.

 

He didn’t know when that would happen, but he had no doubts about the future when Elaine would be smiling prettily in front of him, wearing this red ribbon and a silver rosary necklace around her neck.

 

* * *

 

‘It’s been a while, this room…’

 

Elaine was filled with emotion as she looked around the room assigned to her dormitory.

 

In her ten years at the Temple, she’d changed rooms a total of three times, and this was the first room that left her with the worst memories.

 

It was warmer and more comfortable than the attic of Newt’s mansion, but after her expectations of the temple were shattered, she only remembered it as a place where she hugged a blanket and endured the pain alone.

 

‘Should I take this bed?’

 

Elaine put down her luggage on what had been her bed in her previous life.

 

[Is this the room you’ll be staying in, and does that bed belong to me?]

 

“No. My roommate will be here soon.”

 

[roommate? Are you sharing this room with someone?]

 

“yes.”

 

Elaine laughed briefly as she thought of the roommate she would never be close to in this life.

 

Just then, the door burst open and a girl with brown hair braided into two pigtails came in.

 

“What?”

 

The girl who came in with an excited face but frowned as soon as she found Elaine was Debbie Mason, the second daughter of Baron Mason.

 

And she was a girl who was anxious because she couldn’t see Lorina.

 

“Hi. I’m Elaine Newt.”

 

“Ah, bad luck.”

 

“I know. I’m not feeling very good either.”

 

“what?”

 

Debbie asked back sharply, as if she was offended by Elaine’s response even though she had been rude first.

 

However, Elaine did not feel the need to respond to her, and had no intention of relaxing her mind.

 

‘I won’t be staying here for long anyway.’

 

The reason Elaine put up with Newt’s life and re-entered the temple was to save Emily. Because Rabes said he would save Emily if she find a certain item in the temple.

 

‘So, as long as I found the item that Rabes asked me to find, there was no reason to stay here any longer.’

 

Elaine started to unpack, ignoring Debbie, but Debbie yelled, putting her luggage down on Elaine’s bed.

 

“Why are you choosing a bed on your own?”

 

“You want to use this bed?”

 

“Yes! I’m going to use this bed.”

 

“Okay. Instead, don’t ask me to change it again. Then I will spread rumors that you are self-indulgent and capricious.”

 

Debbie flinched at the sight of Elaine making conditions instead of just willingly changing places.

 

This is because Elaine’s attitude was a little different from what she heard from Lorina.

 

‘what? Lorina said she was gloomy and timid.…’

 

Looking at her now, she seemed more relaxed and even confident.

 

While Debbie hesitated, Elaine reorganized her luggage and went to the bed across from her.

 

‘She didn’t even know she was given the bad bed.’

 

‘I was trying to be considerate of a child and give her a good bed, but she kicked me…’

 

In her past life, she would have explained everything in detail to try to become even a little closer to Debbie, but now Elaine didn’t want to show her any more kindness than that.

 

‘Because I learned a lot in my past life that no matter how well-intentioned that person is, if the people who accepts it are crooked, they will somehow accept it with malicious intent.’

 

Thanks to this, Elaine was able to get a better bed and started organizing her bed again.

 

In her personal closet, she hung up her spare saints’ robes and shirts, her outerwear and innerwear, and filled her drawers with new underwear, stockings, and socks she bought at the store.

 

Stationery such as notebooks and pencils were placed in the desk drawer, and ink and pens were placed on the desk.

 

With all of these things in place, her old dorm room felt a little more cozy.

 

‘The day I was assigned to the dormitory, I was dazed the whole day.…’

 

Elaine laughed softly as she recalled her past life, where she was embarrassed and didn’t know what to do, and even her roommate, Debbie, was so stubborn from the beginning.

 

But in this life, it was Debbie who was dazed.

 

While Elaine was tidying up everything, Debbie just laid out a bunch of things she took out of her bag on the bed and wondered where to put them, but she hadn’t actually organized anything.

 

Then, when Elaine sat down on the bed after finishing tidying up, she looked at Elaine’s perfectly organized bed in amazement and bite her lips.

 

“Hey! Once you’ve done everything, you should help me!”

 

Debbie said something out of the blue.

 

“Why me?”

 

“You’re such a bad learner. Don’t you know that friends should help each other?”

 

“Am I your friend? Can you say that I am your friend in front of other people?”

 

Elaine asked, tilting her head. Then, as expected, Debbie couldn’t answer anything and just wandered around.

 

“Debbie Mason. I’m not your friend, I’m not your maid, I’m just your roommate. Don’t patronize me and don’t give me orders.”

 

“B-but I’ve never done anything like this before and you know how to do it!”

 

“There is a word ‘please’ to use in times like this and it’s ‘politely.’ Didn’t you ever learn that?”

 

Debbie kept her mouth shut, as if she was speechless again.

 

And, perhaps because she didn’t want to ask Elaine for a ‘polite request’ even if she was about to die, she glared at Elaine venomously and then turned her head.

 

[There are more bad people than I think since they were babies.]

 

Rabes, who was lying down on Elaine’s bed first, muttered.

 

Elaine just chuckled and lay down next to Rabes to rest her tired body.

 

She only sat down briefly during the initiation ceremony, and her legs were throbbing from where she had been standing the entire time.

 

Meanwhile, Debbie was getting all kinds of annoyed and going about putting things away.

 

“Oh my gosh, how do I do this? Why are there only seven hangers? Is it right to put this here? Ugh, it’s frustrating.”

 

It seemed like she was telling Elaine to listen, but Elaine didn’t pay attention until the end.

 

Even in her past life, Debbie always got what she wanted in this way.

 

In front of Elaine, who wanted peace, she let out all her frustration and became angry loudly, make a scene. So that Elaine can help her.

 

But even when she did, Debbie never said thank you.

 

As time went on, it became natural for Elaine to help Debbie.

 

‘If favor continues, it is thought to be a right, so there is a need to make clear that it is not a right in the first place.’

 

Elaine had no intention of continuing her foolishly good role any longer.

 

No, its not stopping being nice, it was giving up without even trying to fix the relationship, because the process was painful and annoying.

 

Elaine lowered her own value by saying that it would be better to just do it or not and move on quietly.

 

‘I will not repeat the mistakes of my failed life.’

 

Elaine clenched her fists, recalling the gloomy days of her past life when she had been treated as Debbie’s maid.

 

And as a result of Elaine ignoring Debbie, Debbie, who was unlikely to say anything regrettable, eventually declared surrender.

 

“Hey….”

 

“why?”

 

“Can you help me a little?”

 

“what?”

 

“I have no idea how to organize my clothes in my drawers. How do I fold my clothes?”

 

Elaine stared at Debbie, who couldn’t meet her eyes, and then stood up.

 

“I will teach you, so follow me.”

 

As she walked towards Debbie’s bed, she realized why Debbie was so confused.

 

She brought too much baggage.

 

“Let’s sort out your underwear first. If you put it the way it was folded at the store, it takes up too much space. So like this….”

 

Debbie clumsily followed along while watching Elaine do it next to her.

 

However, she was never able to skillfully imitate something she had never done with her own hands.

 

“I’m not good at it. Can’t you do it?”

 

“I guess I said it earlier? I am not your maid.”

 

“Huft…”

 

“Being a saint in a temple means that you will have to do all these things on your own from now on. you better get used to it from now on, okay?”

 

“I didn’t know there was such a thing! Mom said I would be going to a very prestigious position as my family’s representative.”

 

At Debbie’s frown, Elaine cleared her throat and then told her the bitter truth.

 

“If this is such an honorable position, it makes no sense to exclude the successor from being a candidate for sainthood. Don’t you know what this means?”

 

Debbie’s expression worsened at those words. She was not an idiot, so with this level of explanation, she would have roughly figured out what her position was in the family and what role she was here for.

 

“Now that you know the reality, let’s do what needs to be done. You seem to have a lot of baggage, so if you don’t work hard, you won’t be able to sleep in bed.”

 

Debbie slumped her shoulders and she picked up her clothes only to fold it back up. Of course, she neatly organized her luggage without complaining about Elaine’s instructions.

 

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