I Reincarnated as a Noble Girl Villainess But Why Did It Turn Out This Way?

Chapter 12 - The hatred in their eyes

"- Eliza-sama!!"

As if I had just emerged from underwater, my five senses suddenly became clear all at once. The first thing I saw was Kamil's pale face, then it was the blue sky behind him. At the same time, I heard a dozen people making such a commotion that I couldn't make out anything that was being said.

My head hurts so much. It especially hurts if I move, I wonder if I have a concussion. It's quite possible because I fell off of my horse.

"......Kamil?"

"Nobody's died, or even been injured. With the exception of you. It's because a certain someone was moaning don't kill them so much."

He immediately gave me a straightforward report, probably trying to give me peace of mind. For now, it's enough that I know this much. Kamil wiped my forehead with a wet cloth using his fingertips, and looked at me in silence. I felt as sluggish as if I had just been sprinting with all my might.

I've been transported without me realizing it, I seem to be lying down on a flat stretch of ground close to the river outside of Shiriru village. Judging from the position of the sun, it doesn't seem like all that much time has passed.

On top of my heart still beating like crazy, even though I had slammed into my back, I couldn't feel any pain there. Although I had only remained conscious for several seconds after the rock hit my forehead, but leaving the village in all that chaos...... It probably took a minimum of at least ten minutes. I don't know what happened during that time, but it seems like nothing big or shocking occurred.

As if to surround me, soldiers were resting all around me. I could hear the high pitched shrieks of children, but it was too bothersome to turn my neck.

"Ahh, Charlie is really such a blockhead."

"What's with that, suddenly."

After he finished wiping down my wounds, Kamil abruptly sighed. In this incident, I wonder if there really had been something I'd done that I'd be called a blockhead.

"You've been clawing really hard. This is going to hurt later."

Kamil pointed at my left hand which he had just wiped as he said so. ......Come to think of it, rather than pain, it does seem like there's a sense of discomfort. I had probably used too much strength when I was digging into the dirt with my nails earlier. I really don't have anything to say in response to being called a blockhead, because it was indeed a silly injury.

"I'm going to go wash this cloth. Although the soldiers will be guarding you and you won't be alone, you definitely can't just do as you please right now, okay?"

"......Even without you saying that, I can't even stand up by myself right now. I'll behave and just rest right here."

I watched Kamil leave with the cloth, and finally let go of my breath. With my back, fingers, and forehead, the pain was gradually subsiding, and since the chaos in Shiriru village had been resolved without a single injury, I was able to breathe a sigh of relief.

When I had fallen off my horse, in combination with their accumulated fatigue and tension, the soldiers had completely lost their direction without leadership.

If they had misused their military power and weapons, they might have affected others not connected to the person who had thrown the rock. If that had happened, the domain would have been endangered. Just because one of the villagers had thrown a rock, that would be no reason to indiscriminately attack the villagers under one's domain.

After four years of effort by the earl, the energy and willpower that father had sapped from the people was finally returning. However, the people still had a sense of distrust for the nobility, and especially since I was a Kaldia, their hatred for me continued.