# 29
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“Blood...?”
The nose bleeds without being beaten.
The terrified Dabin quickly took a handkerchief out of her pocket.
“Are you sick somewhere?”
“Because, gasp, I have put in more effort than I can handle over the past few days.”
“An effort...more than you can bear?”
Which part was that?
The lesson started at eight in the morning and continued until five in the morning.
This was a “mindful” study time for Dabin, as there were times when she devoted herself to studying for an entire week without sleeping.
Isn't sleeping for three hours a good time?
“Normally, I sleep for about eight hours, gasp.”
She did not sleep properly, and Dabin scolded her and pressured her for any simple mistake.
Kai's body, which was naturally weak, reached its limit.
As soon as she finished speaking, she lost consciousness.
Dabin panicked and grabbed Kay's fallen body to put her on the bed, then quickly called the doctor.
The doctor who examined her concluded that she was suffering from fatigue.
“...exhausted?”
Because Dabin strongly believed that she was Eveliana, she thought that her level was similar to hers or higher, and based on that she set the amount of study.
How terrible it is for someone to faint from exhaustion due to studying.
The woman in front of her was no longer Eveliana, but just the beautiful, dull Kai with a weak body.
I only closed my eyes for a little while.
It was definitely past midnight before I fell asleep, but when I opened my eyes, the sun was setting outside the window.
The street lights in the Duke's Garden began to turn on one by one.
How much did you sleep?
I got up terrified, but my body was light, as if I had slept deeply for the first time in a while.
At that moment, and I turned towards the sound of quiet breathing, I saw two people sleeping with their heads resting on either side of the wide bed.
Lloyd, who has not appeared at the palace since he gave me the contract due to urgent work at the royal palace, and Dabin, the psychological destroyer who mocks my ignorance... the two protagonist brothers who steal my soul.
Why do they leave their comfortable rooms and sleep here uncomfortably?
Their shiny black hair, long eyelashes, and symmetrical noses were a perfect match.
Their appearance is truly amazing.
Before my reincarnation, these twins were my favorite characters.
Dabin, who made endless efforts to become an empress from a young age, was betrayed by her husband whom she trusted and her country, yet she bravely sacrificed her life for the sake of her people.
After returning in time in a weak body that could not carry a sword, she trained her body harshly for the sake of revenge and her country.
When she became a “master of the sword” with tremendous magical powers and took revenge that would heal the cruelty of her failed husband and the evil woman who was destroying the empress, I found myself becoming a fan of Dabin and encouraging Her career.
And Lloyd, the supportive brother who always supports his sister from behind.
For me, who lived a suffocating life pressured by my bosses, colleagues, and family, reading the adventures of the twins after returning from work was my only pleasure.
If I played even a secondary character but on the side of the allies, that would have been great.
Why did I take on the villain they hate more than anything?
“Lloyd…this…mine…”
While I was watching Dabin gnashing her teeth as if she were fighting with him in her dream, and Lloyd lying with a contracted face, I got out of bed with the intention of covering them with a quilt.
But I didn't expect that.
I did not expect the two of them to suddenly open their eyes and scream loudly when they saw me.
“Are you okay?”
“Are you okay?”
Oh, you scared me! My heart almost stopped!
"Lloyd! How could she scream so loudly? Don't you see that she panicked? Kay is sick!"
Dabin approached me and shouted forcefully at Lloyd.
“I...I'm sorry.”
Lloyd apologized, carefully monitoring my reaction.
Dabin...I thought your voice was louder.
“Kay, the doctor said you should rest completely. Come and lie down.”
Dabin's voice, which had been scolding me meanly for a whole week, had now become very soft.
After she made me lie on the bed, she covered me with a thick quilt up to my chin.
Is this a new type of torture?
While I was looking at her in amazement at her sudden kindness, she suddenly knelt down.
“I'm sorry!”
What else is this? The heroine of the novel kneels before the villain.
I tried to get up quickly to make her stand, but Lloyd prevented me.
"I'm truly sorry because I threatened to kill you, made fun of you and called you a fool, and... said you were brainless. This was not intentional. This may seem like an excuse, but I confused you with... "Someone else. I'm really sorry that I tortured you without being sure."
Dabin's violet pupils were shaking lightly as she apologized to me.
Was I angry with Dabin?
In normal situations, if a stranger had threatened to kill me, tortured me by studying for a week, and made fun of me at every opportunity, I would not have forgiven him with just such a weak word of apology.
But, Dabin was not just a stranger to me.
She was my favorite person who was the only one in my life after work one day.
From the reader's point of view, I completely understood her behavior towards me as a villain.
But it seemed that Lloyd, who was listening next to us, did not like Dabin's apology.
“Dabin, are you calling this nonsense an apology?”
A look of murder flashed in Lloyd's eyes for a moment, and a spatial gap appeared next to him with a voice.
Sring.
Wait, are you going to fight again?
“Sir Lloyd, stop!”
I quickly interrupted Lloyd's words and approached Dabin and held her hand.
“Miss Dabin, I am fine. Please get up.”
Dabin trembled for a moment at my words, but I did not care and took her hand to make her stop.
“You...will you forgive me for this?”
Dabin asked in amazement.
So what about that?
“Mr. Lloyd pulled out his sword and we met for the first time and he threatened to kill me and even injured my shoulder.”
When I answered her question with a shrug, Dabin's murderous gaze turned to Lloyd.
It looked like the palace would be half destroyed again if this continued.
I quickly opened my mouth:
“I have admired you and Mr. Lloyd for a long time. You two cleared the terrifying dungeons in an instant and eliminated monsters whenever they appeared. Ordinary nobles are not even like that.” The baron in our neighborhood was pretending he didn't see anything. I've respected you for a long time, so even when you tried to kill me, I thought maybe I did something wrong, so don't worry “Fine.”
After I said, Dabin and Lloyd's looks changed strangely.
Did I say something wrong?
At that moment.
Knock knock knock.
Joyful knocks were heard at the door along with the voice of a maid.
“I brought the food.”
“Come in.”
At Lloyd's command, the door opened and the maid entered carrying a cart.
The delicious smell of soup, along with the smell of delicious food, spread throughout the room.
At that moment.
Qar Qar Qar.
This sound was coming from my stomach.
How long did you sleep? My empty stomach was screaming in hunger.
“Hm, hm, it looks like we're going to bother you while you're eating, so we'll go out. Relax.”
Dabin pretended to ignore my gaze and cleared her throat, then pulled Lloyd out and they disappeared outside.
I later learned from the maid that Lloyd had fled the royal palace in the middle of his work when he heard that I had fainted from exhaustion.
The twins stayed by my side all night.
The two heroes who were supposed to cut the neck of the evil one were protecting the fainting evil woman from exhaustion.
For a moment, I felt that their revenge had been completely forgotten.
If the real Eveliana returned to my body one day, the end for the two heroes and even the entire people would have been tragic.
It was a moment when I felt doubtful whether I was allowed to stay by their side.
No, don't worry, this body cannot use a single magic, and its body is weak and not fit for fighting.
Even if Evilana came back, she would only be able to use healing magic, right?
I laughed bitterly inside.
Dabin, who had apologized to me after I collapsed from exhaustion, no longer scolded me by saying that I was stupid or brainless.
The lessons that used to take place in a strict manner have now turned into a calm atmosphere.
Study hours, which used to last 21 hours a day, were reduced to only two hours, and even those two hours were replaced by reading novels.
But, is the position of a duke's daughter so comfortable and empty?
Dabin would come to visit me at every opportunity.
It seemed that she was very bored.
Since I was also bored, I spent most of my day with Dabin.
Unlike Lloyd, who was suffering from the pressure of working all night, Dabin's day was very empty.
Early in the morning, she would say that she had to train her body, so she would give me a jump rope and she would go to the training ground to smash human-sized rocks with her fist. This is how her day begins.
At first, I was shocked to see her smash a large rock with one hand, but day after day, and since humans are creatures of habit, I became completely accustomed to her supernatural and terrifying strength.
“What are we going to play today?”
After the body training was over, Dabin was scratching her head and asking me.
Just like a child asking her friend she met on the playground.
She certainly thought of me as a playmate.
The more I spent time with Dabin, the more it seemed to me that she had no one I could call a friend.
She certainly has no friends among the daughters of nobles.
In the past, before she went back in time when she was seeking to become the Crown Prince's wife, she might have.
But after returning, Dabin took off the dress for revenge and wandered through the battlefields and dungeons and became possessed of terrifying strength. It was impossible for noble daughters to dare approach her. From her.
She is a “sword master” and a witch, and only an object to be feared, not someone to be befriended.
It's all because of Eveliana. I, who took on her body, felt a little responsible and got along with Dabin.
Sometimes, Dabin would say that she would challenge the limits of my beauty, bringing loads of ornate dresses and dazzling jewelry that she would never wear herself, and changing my clothes all the time. Today I feel like a doll.
Exactly, as you are doing now.