# 12
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Time passed and darkness fell everywhere.
Thanks to the tents and assistance provided by the “Helderius” family, the situation in the tent, which was full of chaos, stabilized.
While I was concentrating and sweating, Mika came carrying food.
“Miss Kay! How about we go out and rest for a bit? I’ll stay here to guard the place!”
As soon as I saw Mika's hot soup and bread, my stomach, which had not eaten anything all day, began to growl with hunger.
But I asked Mika cautiously for fear of meeting Lloyd somewhere:
“By the way, have you seen Duke Hilderius’ son in this vicinity?”
“The Duke’s son...? Oh, is it possible that you like him too, miss?!”
Mika's eyes sparkled as if she had found a friend who shared the same interests.
"Miss Bree told me that you don't like these things, so I thought to myself, 'Maybe she does,' but I was wrong! He was so wonderful a little while ago, wasn't he? When he destroyed those monsters with one blow of his huge sword, my body shivered from the intensity of his magnificence! It was the most beautiful moment of my life. If I had a photographic stone, I would have sold all my possessions to buy it and photograph it."
“Ah...yeah.”
When Mika noticed that my enthusiasm had waned, she quickly said:
“Actually, I wanted to see him up close, so I went looking for him, but the dignitaries were surrounding him on all sides, so I couldn’t see him up close. A short while ago, I saw him entering the castle to eat with Governor Durcan and the knight leaders.”
The newcomer sighed sadly because she couldn't see him.
I wanted to say to her: ‘Well, I never want to see him,’ but I held back my words and nodded to her, then took the food from her.
The bottom line is that he dines with dignitaries, so he wouldn't be in this neighborhood, right?
“So, Mika, I'll go out to eat and come back. I'm counting on you for a little while.”
“Educate! Miss Kay, leave it to me!”
I smiled at the newcomer, who answered confidently, and I left the tent.
The sky had completely darkened, and was decorated with bright stars.
I looked around, people were sitting around the fires eating and drinking.
I wished in my heart to sit with them and drink that wine, but because of my fear of meeting Lloyd, I wandered around for a long time and then sat behind a pile of boxes behind the tents, in a quiet place near the city wall.
I cut the bread and dipped it in the soup, thinking to myself:
'I want to go home.'
I want to lie down on my soft bed and sleep until noon the next day.
Then I go with Bree to a nearby restaurant to eat grilled fish.
While I was stuffing bread into my empty stomach, longing for the food of my homeland, the sound of movement was heard behind me.
He walked.
I quickly raised my head to see who was coming, and at that moment...
“So you are here.”
A low, hoarse voice rang out, raising goosebumps.
I saw in front of me this handsome man with black hair looking at me with a frightening expression.
When my eyes met his sharp purple ones, I couldn't breathe due to the intense pressure.
I felt pain pressing through my entire body.
It was a feeling I had never experienced before, but I knew it instinctively.
It's an aura of murder.
This man intends to kill me.
The man's hand went towards the hilt of his huge sword behind his back.
A while ago, Lloyd turned hundreds of monsters into pieces of meat with this sword.
In the novel, he was smashing trees and rocks with this sword.
This means that if he just lifts it, my head will be separated from my body.
Because of the killing aura and the pressure weighing down my muscles, tears fell from my eyes uncontrollably.
Am I really going to die here?
The sound of the sword being slowly drawn was heard.
Lloyd approached me and said:
“I have returned, I have learned the sword and I am ready to die.”
The sword in Lloyd's hand began to glow red and a halo appeared on it.
Oh, right. You are the youngest 'Sword Master' on the continent.
My life will be over... let's see... in ten seconds.
I tried to calm my rapidly beating heart
And escape, but my body was shaking and did not respond to me.
“The pain of shattered bones and torn muscles is something I can bear. Compared to the blood of so many souls that stained my hands to avenge you.”
As he approached with long strides carrying the sword, all I could do was slowly retreat with heavy feet.
What can I...do here?
Since I lived with the idea of hiding from heroes, I only learned healing magic.
Casting a healing charm on a man who wants to kill me is funny just thinking about it.
Maybe he'll get stronger and kill me more quickly.
“I still remember my burning house, my family, my parents who died in pain because of the poison and me, dying after my heart was ripped out.”
I stopped suddenly.
There was a wall behind me.
The great city wall. I felt the cold of the wall on my back, and when there was no longer any escape, I opened my trembling mouth and said with difficulty:
“I think... you suspect... the wrong person.”
His harsh face hardened at my words.
“Are you asking me to believe this now?”
Lloyd's hand went up.
I closed my eyes tightly, trembling in terror.
Even though I moved into the body of the final villain in the novel, I lived uprightly and I swear to God Terena.
Until recently, I was treating people! I was living quietly without disturbing anyone, then suddenly the hero appeared to threaten my life.
Why? Why does he want to kill me? I didn't do anything now.
Your burning house, your family, and your family, everyone is fine now, so why do you come and insist on killing me?
I wanted to say all that, but it was the first time I had encountered a killing aura from someone this powerful.
Besides, I'm just a weak healer who only has healing magic.
In the end, I had no choice but to sit and shrink, trembling with terror.
I closed my eyes tightly while waiting for the sword to move.
...oh?
I closed my eyes but did not feel any pain.
Since he's a superhero, could he kill me quickly and painlessly? So, am I in heaven?
I opened my eyes slowly.
no.
Lloyd was still standing in front of me.
As soon as my eyes met his, the sword fell from his hand with a clang to the ground.
His face was getting distorted with anger.
Then he grabbed my arms, lifted me, and pressed me forcefully against the fence.
I felt so much pain in my arms that they almost broke due to his tremendous strength.
Tears started flowing because of the pain, and Lloyd shouted at me:
“Are you going to die like this? Without any resistance?”
What can I do? I haven't learned anything to face heroes in ten years.
Ah, the only thing useful in this situation is the 'Pain Nullification' magic.
At least I will die without pain.
My body and mind, which had lived comfortably in the temple, could not bear the aura of killing the hero, so I began to shake violently.
I gathered my courage and opened my mouth:
“Please...have mercy on me....”
Lloyd's expression changed in an instant.
Is it pity? Or mercy?
But that was only for a moment, and then his face returned to cruelty.
He let go of my arms and hit the fence next to my head hard with his fist.
The wall crumbled and dust fell from it.
It was lucky my head wasn't there, otherwise it would have crumbled like a wall.
My legs trembled from the tension, and I fell weakly to the ground.
I had to run, but my body lost its strength.
At that moment.
“Miss Kay!”
Mika was calling me and running towards me from afar.
“Mika, no…!”
Don't come! Don't come! You might get killed too.
But my throat was so dry from terror that I could not get my voice out.
As Mika was quickly approaching, I heard Lloyd mutter in a low voice:
“Kay?”
Mika rushed to help me while I was shaking.
"Oh! Miss Kay!"
Lloyd looked at my clothes and Mika's clothes, then laughed sarcastically and muttered:
“Processing permission….”
His gaze turned to me again.
When my eyes met his frightening purple eyes, I quickly turned my face.
After a short silence, he said:
“Looks like I got the wrong person.”
Lloyd turned and I heard his footsteps walking away.
As Lloyd's trace moved away, the tension in my body began to gradually disappear.
“Miss Kay, are you okay?”
Will I be okay? I just received a death threat from that hero and my mind is completely shattered.
I shook my head.
“Why did the duke’s son do that?”
Mika's face was full of question marks.
I couldn't tell Mika that I was the villain who destroyed the empire and snatched the heart of the duke's son before going back in time, and that he wanted revenge.
If I said that, she would think I was crazy.
"I don't know… ."
“Is it possible that he thought you were a ghost? Because you were wearing white clothes and your hair was white in a dark place!”
Mika started gossiping that I might have looked like a ghost in the dark bushes, and asked me to never eat alone and stay with people.
Mika looked at me while I was shaking, and said with a worried face:
“Shouldn't you be resting today? I'll tell the others.”
I returned to the dorm with Mika's help, dragging my trembling body.
Mika left to tell the official, and I was left alone.
"Yes."
When I lay on the bed, I felt pain all over my body.
When I took off my clothes, I saw blue bruises and swelling on my arms where Lloyd had grabbed me.
“Crazy….”
I folded my arms and chanted the healing mantra:
[Healing]°
Bright light began to emerge from my hands and heal my injured body.
I closed my eyes.
I survived.
I met the hero and survived.
He said he was the wrong person.
I'll be fine now.
I calmed down, and my body trembling began to go away.
Everything will be fine.
And so, I fell asleep on my bed.