this 3 years old is a villainess

chapter 18

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It was in darkness.

In the pitch black darkness where I can't see a single finger.

'Is it a dream?'

No one told me, but I knew this wasn't real.

Because it was a completely different feeling from reality.

It was a strange sensation, as if floating in the air, as if submerged in water and swimming.

How long will I be bewildered for a while?

The light spread like a firefly from her toes.

'Ah, I look like a three-year-old Erilot.'

I raised my head and looked around.

Then the landscape comes into view.

I was standing among the thorns. Red roses are in full bloom all over the bushes.

"Once you find your way... ... Ah?"

Without saying a word, I was able to do it properly.

'I guess it's really a dream.'

His voice is very young, but his pronunciation is right.

'Well, okay. Let's find a way.'

It's so dark and cold here.

Once I walked towards the front. It was dark, but not to the point that I couldn't walk.

how long did you walk

In the distance, I saw a door emitting light.

My steps got a little faster. In the end, I almost ran.

I finally reached the door where the light came out,

[Not that one.]

—Someone grabbed my wrist.

The face of the person holding me was engulfed in darkness.

Only the silhouette and the hand are looming.

A woman in a dress.

His hands are scarred, but he looks quite young.

[I'm afraid, but trust me.]

"... ... ."

[Even though I can't tell you everything, I'm your-]

"Mom."

I stretched out my finger and pointed at her.

This pattern is often seen in novels.

Usually, in times like these, the people who say things like 'I'm not there' or 'Come this way' are almost always dead mothers.

[Baby, I-]

"Actually, I have tremendous power, but unfortunately I died, and the pattern that was watching me with my soul?"

[...] ... .]

She was silent for a moment.

For some reason, there is a sense of absurdity in the silence.

[Sorry to disappoint you. I'm not your mother—]

"Then it's Erilot."

[...] ... .]

"The unfortunate dead character brought me from another world, and the pattern I was watching with my soul hoping to change my life?"

[...] ... .]

There was still nothing to say.

"Neither he nor God."

[...] ... .]

"I was actually a child of destiny given to this empire by God, and the pattern that protects me like that?"

The woman's silence was long.

After not speaking for a while, she let go of my hand and grabbed my forehead.

I do... ... , sigh.

[you are. Go quickly.]

"Why what? None of the three? Just give me a hint. I know all kinds of fantasy patterns—"

[Go.]

The master of the voice pushed me to the other side.

"No, usually things like this are unsettled! I have to tell you and send it-"

[go!]

Where she pushed me, there was a new door.

I accidentally stepped into the door.

'Are you really going to spend like this?'

what.

what happened

I came here vomiting blood, but what's the point of just going back to this?

I tried to speak, but the son-in-law was silent as if all the voices of the world had been eaten.

vision becomes increasingly blurred.

As if it was really time to go back.

I could only hear the voice before I closed my eyes.

[I can't tell you anything. But I believe you will do well.]

'Believable asshole.'

Trust is useless, so give me the information.

How to get through this harsh life without information!

But in this space, it seemed that the other person's thoughts were also heard.

[Personality. who ... ... I guess not.]

If you look at it like this.

So what does that ellipsis mean?

Why do you always use ellipsis for important words in a place like this?

Let me know too!



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OMG!

I opened my eyes.

As soon as I came to my senses, a sharp pain swept over me.

It felt like being beaten all over my body.

"Shut up... ... ."

It hurt so much that I moaned.

"miss!"

"Are you awake?"

Heidi and Betty, the maids next to each other, could hear the loud noises of their voices.

I moaned and turned around.

"Why is it so painful... ... ? (Why is it so painful...?)"

The tone is that of a child as usual.

'Did you just see a dog dream?'

As I was thinking about it, I heard a rattling sound next to me.

I turned my head to see the maids stirring small bowls with spoons.

The maid, who had been stirring the bowl several times, held out a spoon to me.

"Drink. It's medicine."

It was a liquid like thick green tea powder mixed with water.

It seemed like a lot of use, but I took the medicine instead of covering up this and that.

After a while after eating, I felt much more comfortable.

'I thought I was going to die.'

Laying out on the bed, sighing, the maids asked cautiously.

"Are you okay now?"

"Uh."

Heidi and Betty's eyes widened.

"I knew she was going to die... ... ."

"do not say that. Have you forgotten how angry the general was with the doctor?"

Did your father get angry?

I blinked and looked at the maids.

"What are you doing?"

"It was really upsetting. Jurisdiction has been completely reversed. How scared I was for five days because I was afraid that something would go wrong... ... ."

"Are you tired? (Five days?)"

"Yes. It's been five days since you collapsed."

The maids snorted and told them what had happened.

It is said that after I collapsed in the restaurant, I immediately called the doctor.

But the doctors didn't know why I fell or why.

The maids said, 'Maybe Madame Rachel used poison?'

He said that even the healer brought from the Duke's Castle couldn't find his way. It's not a curse or magic.

At that time, there was someone who helped.



"My name is Michelan. Maybe I can help her."



My father was skeptical, but there was no other way.

I even revealed the identity of Michelan.

I guess he didn't think that the former chieftain of the Imperial Palace would be talking nonsense.

But it was thoroughly inspected.

He first fed the medicine that Michelan had brought, and then thoroughly examined the doctor and healer.

"The young lady woke up two days after taking the medicine that a man named Michelan brought!"

'I see.'

I have to thank Michelan.

I would have died if I slapped it.

'But why did Erilot get so sick all of a sudden?'

As I was thinking about it, the door suddenly opened.

"Abami!"

I quickly got up from bed.

I stumbled for a moment as I got up so quickly, my eyes swung and turned around.

Still, I quickly grabbed my attention and ran to my father with a gun.

"... ... ."

My father looked at me without saying a word.

'Are you upset about bringing a healer from the peacock castle?'

My father is the person who hates bowing his head to his grandfather the most.

What if I keep bothering you?

'Let's apologize first.'

It's better to be aware of your mistakes and apologize than to be blatantly rude.

I said looking into his eyes.

"I'm sorry it hurts."

"... ... Please say something like that."

I was taken aback by my father's chewing words.

As he stiffened for fear that he might be really angry, his father sighed.

"It's okay because I saw you awake."

The father turned his head toward the maid.

"Take your medicine, feed it, and ask for anything you need. If there is a request from the Erilot room, we will make it urgent."

"Yes, old, general!"

"Yes... ... ."

Having said that, the father turned his back. It looked like he was going out.

'You must be really mad.'

So was my mother, who took care of me while I was fighting the disease.

It was before I canceled my death insurance, even though my mother cared about me.

He had to take care of him all day, so he didn't show any signs of annoyance.

'Oh, no!'

I can't be such an annoying kid.

I clung to my father's legs as he was about to leave the room.

"I don't feel sick anymore!"

"... ... ."

"I won't bother you anymore. It's real!"

"... ... ."

"Don't hate me... ... ."

The maids in my room and the soldiers guarding the door were all speechless.

and father.

'uh... ... ?'

why are you so stiff

"You said it wasn't like that."

"... ... ."

My father bent his knees and made eye contact with me.

The beautiful eyes were contorted a lot.

"You said you don't have to."

As if somewhere very sick.

I twisted the skirt tightly.

He looked ill, and I felt like he was really worried about me, so something was suffocating me.

I felt like I was going to cry if I made a mistake, so I tightened my chin.

'Why do you say that?'

make people look forward to it

I only let go of expectations from my parents after I died, so why make me expect them?

How painful it is to expect and be disappointed. How lonely and sad

can't believe it

can't wait

How much more do you want to be hurt?

'If you've done that much, you'll realize it now.'

After all, there is no such thing as unpaid love.

Now that I've been doing well, I've been working hard to be recognized, so it caught my eye.

It might be annoying again later.

"I don't know how to treat you."

Father sighed.

'Look at it. I quickly become annoyed—'

"I never learned anything like that."

"... ... ."

"Don't try. So why don't you take a look at me?"

"... ... ."

"I'm sorry, poor Abbie."

The statement that Daymond was the better kind of person in Astra is false.

He was a worse man than his grandfather and even his wretched uncles.

It's because you shove through the door that you've been trying to close tightly, and you'll instill hope.

"Huh... ... ."

In the end, I covered my eyes with both hands and cried.

My father hugged me awkwardly.



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Daymond lay on the bed and watched the sleeping child.

It was a strange feeling.

Until I returned from the battlefield, I never expected that I would have these feelings.

'I thought I wouldn't be attached to anyone.'

All siblings have different mothers.

From an early age, all of the brothers were on the brink of poisoning and assassination.

Among them, Daymond, who lost his mother at an early age, was particularly happy, and he was also very talented.

To the brothers, he was the first person they had to deal with.

'You can't die in vain. What has been suffered is returned as it is.'

I lived with that mindset.

There was no one to watch over.

The brothers were inferior to others—

The fellow was passed over to the brothers and tried to assassinate himself—

The only friend he trusted died on his behalf.

For that reason, Daymond did not open his heart to anyone.

And that day comes.

A battlefield that went out on the orders of his father. On that battlefield, Daymond was cursed by an enemy shaman.

A pain that seems to burn your heart.

A few days after wandering through death, a woman entered his barracks.



"You... ... Who is it."

"The source of this curse."

"what are you saying... ... ."

"Listen, Daymond Astra. I need my strength you swallowed And you want to live."

"... ... ."

"So this is a deal."



After that, I lost consciousness.

When I woke up the next day, she wasn't there.

The body looked like it had been washed.

And only 10 months later.



"General! General-! It's urgent from the peasant castle."

"What's going on?"

"It is said that the general's child was born."

"... ... What nonsense."



According to the information the soldier had learned, it was said that commoners in full term had visited the castle.

And he said, 'Daymond Astra is the father of this child, so please prepare to give birth right away.'

And the child born was Erilot.

Duke Marlon said the woman died during childbirth.

When I heard the impression attire of the woman who came to the castle, the woman I saw when I was cursed was right.

It was the first time something like that had ever happened.

'Airani.'

You are a child to me who never thought of getting married.

I don't know how many days I spent idly.

One day, a portrait arrived on the battlefield.



"Is this the portrait of Lady Erilot?"

"Let's see. Oh, you have the same hair color as the general."

"This red eye is also similar."

"The point where the corners of the eyes are raised."

"... ... Turn it off because it's noisy."



I drove away the soldiers who had gathered in my portrait.

Portraits were placed randomly on one side of the table.

The situation was urgent. There was no time to worry about such things.

I'm looking at the map... ... .

'Did they look a little like you?'

It seems that the expression on the face resembles that of my childhood.

It didn't look like that woman had someone else's child and turned it into her own.



"The boy said he went to the 12th tower. Isn't that too much for a general's bloodline! Contact the nature immediately—"

"Leave it."

"Yes?"



Rather, it was a good thing.

The brothers were only trying to catch their weaknesses.

If I rebelled over my child's work, I would think that I had a weakness and target the child... ... .

'Why do I care about this?'

the child you don't want

It was like an accident for me.

'Let's not worry about it.'

That would be even better for the child.

I pretended not to know what I was thinking.

One day, some twisted parchment arrived.



"Is this the first letter she wrote?"

"What did you write?"

"It's [Astra]."

"Oh oh-!"

"Don't be crazy, focus on the meeting."



I dismissed it like that, but I was concerned about the letters on the other side of the table.

'Normal children don't write their parents' names first.'

Astra.

What did that old man do?

I was annoyed throughout the meeting.

'Maybe I wrote my father, not Astra, but maybe I didn't recognize it.'

After the meeting, I glanced at the paper. But no.



"Enzo."

"Yes."

"Who cleaned the barracks?"

"Yeah, it's dirty, so I... ... !"



Enzo replied proudly.



"Haha, even if I can't be a servant, I do quite a bit of cleaning... ... ."

"Go and run thirty laps around the camp."

"Yes? Oh no, why all of a sudden!"

"I don't like how it looks."



Another day, a portrait of a grown-up child arrived.



"Hey, the child is growing up."

"After all, if you grow up in an aristocratic family, it's good to see you from a young age. I grew up on the street, so when I was young, I was squeamish."

"Your cheeks are plump."

"Yeah, chubby is so cute."



'Are those with sprained eyes?'

the child is small

The cheekbones didn't seem to come out that much compared to the other kids.

Does an old man starve a child?