The moment of sneaking towards the border checkpoint was approaching just in time.
In this area, the advantage was given to Lillian, who possessed the 'Knowledge of the Original Novel' and had prepared to escape for a month, compared to the evil group passing through here for the first time.
'Since I taught them how to process control stones as well.'
At least that man won't split the empire in half due to his rampage of power—as happened in the novel.
'Please do not let the trail of your destruction reach the Tenberen Kingdom.'
But the condition of her body began to worry her.
'I feel feverish, I can't even taste the taste of food anymore'
I spilled a large amount of the most expensive pepper that I had stolen from the main house.
However, she did not feel any sour taste.
'The villain's companions are more polite than I expected, but...'
If you ask them about an antipyretic, it will worry them unnecessarily.
And it will make her sneaking out of the place even more stressful.
'How stupid, how did I forget to bring a fever reducer?'
Lillian rose, her body curled up in the corner of the tent.
There was a stain I noticed while drinking soup.
A field scattered with snow.
I remembered a flower that was blooming on the trunk of a tree there.
It looks like a dandelion, but from its flower to its roots, it has an antipyretic action.
‘لقد وجدتها’
Haha.
I made sure it wasn't a similar, poisonous flower.
Lilian washed them with melted snow water, then began chewing their roots vigorously.
But when the flower petals touched her lips, she tilted her head in wonder.
'Strange, it usually works right away.'
In her childhood, after her parents died because of her —
'They wanted to take an insect like you to the temple...! لقد مات وريثي بسبب حشرة!’
By order of her grandfather, the entire family abandoned Lillian.
It was a very difficult period, even for the simplest necessities of living.
Back then, when she had a fever, she would put any medicinal herb she saw in books in her mouth.
This harsh treatment did not end until after her engagement to Karkin.
خطرت فكرة مفاجئة لليليان.
Was her love for her fiancé of ten years...
Just a feeling stemming from the good treatment she received thanks to Karkin Pavel?
'Maybe I just clung to him out of survival instinct...'
For fear of returning to those days when she was an outcast.
So, have you ever known the meaning of 'love'?
و لو لمرة واحدة؟
'Even in my previous life, I didn't know him.'
In her previous life, she didn't have a family at all.
She was found in a baby box and grew up alone.
She had to do everything on her own.
She had to be strong herself.
But Lillian preferred her old self.
Despite her loneliness, she did not grovel to others weakly.
She intended to live with that strength again, even if she was alone…
“ليليان تيلارد!”
يا إلهي ، لقد أفزعتني.
فوجئت ليليان بذهول.
The yellow flower was still stuck in the middle of her lips.
The novel's villain was approaching her with steps that almost looked like running, and his facial features were completely rigid.
“Huh, you”
“…Huh?”
“Spit it out right away!”
‘Phew’. Lillian did what he ordered without understanding why.
People with abilities are more likely to become agitated if their emotions are intense.
This guy has to stay normal until we reach the destination. Please.
“Your Highness, what’s wrong…? Ah.”
Lillian asked, then looked at herself objectively.
Since the flower was in her mouth, her condition may have looked bad in the eyes of others.
Let me correct the matter for him; I'm not crazy.
“Your Highness, there is a reason for all this-”
“Hey, open your mouth more.”
“Yes? Huh?”
"quickly!"
She was so astonished, she couldn't comprehend what was happening.
The villain removed his black gloves using his mouth.
Then he grabbed Lillian's jaw...
Wait, why is this guy even touching other people's skin?
And with his bare hand?
'Wasn't he avoiding it for fear of causing annoying problems due to his ability?'
If he was doing this out of pity for me because the dirt stuck to me, then thanks... No, not that.
He pressed the thumb of his right hand to the middle of her open lips forcefully.
“Laha, laha. His Highness the Prince.”
Lilian suddenly grabbed his hand.
“It seems you... got it wrong-”
At that moment, the tip of her small tongue touched his protruding thumb above her lips.
'What in God's name is this?'
Suddenly, the vision blurred before her eyes.
The villain of the novel has gotten something completely wrong.
She intended to scream so he wouldn't lose his temper and become agitated, please.
But the moment her lip touched his hand—
A heat glow passed through her, more intense than she had felt before chewing the flower.
This was not heat resulting from simple fatigue.
'Because of touching the First Prince...?'
But it is basically powerless.
Even if she touched an ability holder, there was no reason for her physical condition to change at all…?
Lillian felt dizzy.
“Tillard...!”
She knew there was a voice calling her name.
But she could no longer bear the heat, so she fell forward and fainted.
The First Prince hugged her and carried her, but it was far from reassuring.
Because her entire body became like a burning piece of fire.
It was an ominous feeling...
In her scattered consciousness, she felt the distance as he carried her and carried her into the tent.
"Doctor! Come here immediately!"
But before the doctor arrived, he stumbled in his steps...
Elias, who was outside, ran and quickly entered.
“Your Highness! There is something I must report-”
Lilian only caught a few words.
Down the hill... suspicious people...
'At this particular time?'
If they were monsters, it would be understandable; The empire is full of dangers once you step outside the boundaries of civilization.
But suspicious humans?
The First Prince issued his orders to someone.
“Miss Tillard will remain in the tent under observation.”
“Your order, Your Highness!”
Wait a minute...?
Are you going to leave me like this and go...?
Lillian bit her teeth from the heat and the ominous feeling.
It seemed as if her plan was being ruined.
But she could not give in to her anger.
No, it can't.
I put a lot of effort into preparing for the border crossing!
No matter how unlucky I have been since birth!
I gotta be lucky this time!
The doctor approached Lillian and asked her: “Miss, wake up. Can you hear me?”
“This...”
“Miss?”
“The... cursed one...”
O villain of the original novel...!
* * *
At first, Evren's group thought they were hired killers.
The Second Empress sent them alone, or the Pavel family, or…
In the worst cases, the emperor himself.
“Everyone, cover your faces.”
Evren endured the heat that reached his throat.
His mind and body were in complete chaos because of Lillian Taillard.
Now is the time to focus.
And when the bushes, from which only their shadows were visible under the moonlight, began to shake.
Knights carrying torches appeared down the hillside path where they lay.
After a while, Elias sent a signal in sign language:
-They are the knights of the Taillard family.
Not only did they use the turquoise family crest, but he was able to recognize some of their faces.
He could also hear the sounds of their chatter.
“…Ah, I’m going to die of boredom.”
“I didn’t expect you to run away after we drank the sleeping tea-”
“Just hold on to it. I'll teach that girl a lesson she won't forget.”
A shadow slowly fell over Evren's eyes.
The expressions of his followers who followed him were similar.
They hate the Tillard family.
Because they were involved in the death of Efrain's mother, the First Empress, and kept pressuring them to cooperate with the Second Empress.
But the dialogue that took place between these people was not a dialogue that could occur in a normal relationship between a master and his subordinate.
The mean conversation continued.
"Haha! She's a miss and we're knights, how are you going to do that?"
“Ah, don’t you know? Is this your first time guarding Lillian?”