I Changed the Villain

The Language of the Flowers

(Rose’s POV)

Though I can’t deny the fact that every time he sees me he thinks of a rose. Ever since I read <What Kind Of Flower Are You?>, whenever I see a rose, the character Rose in this novel would immediately pop into my head.

A beautiful but plain supporting character whose death acted as a catalyst for the story. 

And then I murmured.

“…it’s really not that fun.”

“Rose?”

Before I possessed this body, I was always just a bridesmaid. A tool to make a special person shine brightly. Then when I came to this world, I had yet again been given a supporting role. Though, I don’t really have any qualms about dying.

“By chance, do you hate roses?”

Belial wore a look like a dog worried about his owner feeling uncomfortable. 

“I thought you would definitely be fond of roses. Since you’re often surrounded by them.”

“That’s correct.”

I reached out to pick up a stem.

“Just as you said,  I’ve lived my life surrounded by roses. There’s no way that I wouldn’t like them.”

As I clenched the rose with my bare hands and slightly twisted it around, a thorn slowly penetrated into my flesh. But I didn’t feel much pain. 

“The rose is like my alter-ego.”

The petals were helplessly crushed, but the stem was so tough that I couldn’t break it. I shook off the petals and dryly said. 

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“I really liked the yellow roses you gave me. Back when you told me that we should break up.”

“……”

“At first, I was extremely embarrassed, but I realize now that it made sense at the time. That’s why it’s a definite part of my memories.”

Everything feels fresh from the time that the Great Villain asked to break up with me. Although it was just for a brief moment, whenever I analyzed the reason for the break-up, I didn’t feel a hint of boredom. I closed my eyes and began to reminisce about that time.

“The roses that you gave me, I still keep them in my room.”

“…Rose, I’m asking this just in case.”

Belial opened his mouth.

“Do you know the meaning of a yellow rose?”

“Of course I do.”

I came to learn the meaning of various flowers eventually since I received many different coloured roses on my birthday each year. Among them were yellow roses, which had several symbolic meanings in flower language, such as jealousy and achievement. But in Belial’s case…

I looked into Belial’s eyes and said.

“In flower language, it expresses separation.”

“… As soon as I get back, I will send you a bouquet of pink roses. I will send them to you everyday.”

Belial wrapped his arms around my shoulder.

“Once you receive them, please remove the yellow roses from your room.”

“If that’s what you want.”

I nodded my head. Then Belial asked me again, while making eye contact with me.

“Were you sad when you received the yellow roses from me?”

I couldn’t muster up a response. His expression looked as if a bit desperate. Because I didn’t really feel sad at that time. I didn’t even feel anything at all. But if I said those words to him, I know that the atmosphere would turn awkward. So I’ve decided to spare him from that fact. It was just then.

“It’s okay if you weren’t sad.”

‘Why did he resign so suddenly? There’s no way that Belial knows what I’m thinking, right?’. Then I looked at Belial and said.

“Well, It’s better for me to be sad alone, than for you to be sad.”

“…”

Belial swept my hair over as if he was handling a piece of glass.

“It was because I felt incredibly anxious about giving you the yellow roses as a break-up present.

“Why were you anxious?”

“Didn’t I tell you before? People like you don’t fit with me.”

Belial resumed his walk. Then I walked almost as if I was in his arms.

“That you’ll be unhappy, once you marry me.”

Belial whispered in my ear. If I became the hostess of the Serenity family, I will have more work to do and more restrictions in the future. Perhaps that’s the message that he wanted to get across.

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“I haven’t completely changed either.”

After saying that, Belial looked into my eyes. Though I still feel kind of dull since I expected as much to some extent. There’s no way a person can change just by meeting me. If he was able to change after we met, then he wouldn’t become a villain in the first place. Then, out of nowhere, Belial let out a laugh.

“No matter what you confess, you are really determined to make me calm.”

“Is that so?”

“Do people who confess in the temple feel this way?”

Belial loosened his arm that was wrapped around me.

“Rose.”

Belial called my name so tenderly.

“Yes.”

“I have one more thing to confess to you.”

“What is it?”

Belial, who was smiling for no reason at my question, knelt down on one knee. A wind that had never blown before came upon us from somewhere. His hair, like a silver thread, fluttered slightly into the wind. Belial then took my hand and looked up at me. He was like a knight vowing loyalty to his master, and he had an impeccable look on his face.

“Rose, I wanted to own you purely.”

(T/N: My gosh!!!!!!!! [Me screaming inwardly] Ayieee!)

Of course, what he’s saying right now isn’t surprising at all, but it’s definitely true that something has completely changed. And of course, no one can beat Belial when it comes to both words and action.

“It’s an urge that comes as my love for you further deepens.”

“……”

“Especially when you’re talking to someone or not looking at me, that urge only gets worse every time.”

Belial was the typical obsessive man who thought, ‘If I can’t have it, I’ll destroy it’. In fact, killing Rose, who was trying to escape from him, was not enough, he also tried to kidnap the female lead who never even looked at him until the end.

There’s no need for me to be anxious since the story won’t be going differently from the original flow. Let’s keep things the way they are. I inwardly applauded as I thought about it. 

“But I won’t lose to that urge.”

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The applause stopped immediately. I asked reflexively.

“Why?”

Belial’s lips touched the back of my hand and then fell off.

“Because I love you.”

“……”

The part that his lips touched was hot as if it had been burned. Belial looked up at me again, with those eyes that looked down on everything in this world.

“I heard it from someone once.”

“Love is the best excuse.” I wondered at Belial’s gentle words. Why are you bringing this up all of a sudden?

“That no matter how crazy a person acts, no matter how different they are from the norm, the moment they say the words: “Because I love you” or “Because of love”, everything would be different. He also said that a person can do anything if it’s for love.”

I patiently waited for his next words. After speaking up to that point, Belial smiled wryly.

“At first, I found it ridiculous. No matter how sweet the feeling of love is, I thought it was only a momentary feeling. I even thought that those feelings are only for the weak and that people who were crazy in love would change. But I think differently now. ”

My eyes suddenly widened.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s just a fleeting feeling or if I change myself completely. I can’t deny the fact that I’m happy because I love you.”

(T/N: Oh my gosh, I can’t.. I can’t help but kinda feel emotional, when he said those words. My gee, author-sama why!!!)

(PR/N: Hello 9-1-1? I need an ambulance. MY HEART!!!)

My heart was pounding uncontrollably. Is it because of the anxiety that was building? The cells all throughout my body were telling me to cover this person’s mouth. But I couldn’t. For the first time, I didn’t know what to do, because I have never encountered something like this before. 

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The worst villain, who was destined to kill me, a supporting character in this world, who disguised my supposed death as an accident, just declared his deep love for me. That’s when I realized the reality that I’ve been desperately denying had completely collapsed.

“To the extent that seeing you makes me so happy. That’s why I swore to myself that I would make you happy at any cost.”

This man has no intention of killing me.

-ˏˋ ━━━━━━ ʚɞ ━━━━━━ ˊˎ-

(Rose’s POV)

After our walk, Belial returned to his mansion. As soon as I went back into my room, I took off my shoes and laid down on the bed. While the maids were in the midst of cleaning the dressing room when I came in.

As soon as the maids saw me, they stopped what they were doing and immediately said their greetings, but I just shook my head. Just keep on talking about what you guys were initially talking about. As I looked at them with that in mind, the maids then nodded their heads.

“So, what do you think mother? Huh?”

“We need to discuss the exact date further, but we’re going to start planning the ceremony as soon as possible.”

Were they talking about me? Hearing my story from other people’s mouths is very interesting and fun. I looked at the maids with one hand supporting my head. It would have been burdensome for others, but the maids had already gotten used to it.

“As soon as possible? So you’re saying that we can hold it next week?”

Said the maid who had just arrived. The maids then burst into laughter at her innocent words. I didn’t feel like laughing or anything like that. I was just pleased at how they acted, as if I was looking at myself at the event that happened earlier.

There was no one here who looked down on other people and slandered them. Rachel stroked the maid’s head. Her face was still expressionless, but her gestures were soft.

“Well, it can be difficult and complicated to prepare an engagement ceremony.”  

Rika also added to the explanation.

“It would take at least a few months. A lot of things need to be done, like making a new dress or finding a place to rent for the ceremony..”

“Oh really? Oh God. Thank you.”

The maid immediately clasped her hands together. ‘Why is she relieved by that? I thought that she would be disappointed that the engagement will happen a bit later.’ I wasn’t the only one who had doubts. When the other maids asked her ‘Why’, she answered without any hesitation.

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“Because I now have a reason to live until then.”

Thus, the maids attained enlightenment.

“…You’re right. It was hard to get up every morning.”

“If the world were accidentally destroyed, it wouldn’t be the first or the second time that it would feel empty.”

“I get my spirits up just imagining their engagement ceremony.”

“It makes me so happy even just imagining what the Duke and our Lady will be wearing to their engagement party. What kind of hairstyle would they have?”

As I looked at the maids, who were using me as a way to motivate themselves, who otherwise had no intention of living. This situation felt a bit ironic. The maids then took out the curtains that were in their baskets to be washed. The curtains were embroidered with purple and gold.

“Since it’s the Serenity family, the engagement party must be grand.”

Mira wrapped the curtain around her body and pretended to walk gently.

“The lady will walk on the carpet with the finest silk wrapped around her body.”

The very long curtains were being dragged on the floor. The maids immediately caught up with Mira and lifted the curtains so as not to be dragged. As if they were like bridesmaids.

“You wouldn’t be envious of the Crown Princes of our empire.”

“What is it about the Crown Prince? Even the Empress wasn’t like that.”

Mira spread her arms wide open.

“The Duke is such an incredible man. No one even comes close to him when it comes to swordsmanship and even the royal families of the other countries are anxious to form a relationship with him somehow.”

“Not only that! He also has the ability to lead and manage his own successful business..”

“I’m really glad that the young lady found a good partner.”

The faces of the maids were all full of vitality. On the other hand, indifference clearly showed on my face.. I could tell even without having to look in the mirror.

I’m always like this, except in special circumstances. I have no reason to smile, so why should I? That’s what I always thought whenever people asked me to laugh, even just a little. I always asked myself, What are they laughing about? Why do they keep smiling?

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“Why are you guys so happy?”

‘I want to know why. Because I want to be happy as well.’ The maids immediately answered my question without a second thought.

“Well, because something good happened to you, that’s why.”

“Yep!”

Rika nodded vigorously. Mira then shoved the curtain back into the basket and straightened her back.

“When something good happens to someone that we love, we would feel happy as well.”

I asked the question to get an answer, but then even more questions emerged after they answered me.

“You mean, you love me?”