When The Villainess Loves

I found the ninth memory of Leticia unnie. This time again I hid my bloody vomit brilliantly. As I greeted Emma in high spirits, Eugene, who was standing outside, looked inside with sharp eyes. Oh, my. Eugene! Without making eye contact with him until the end, I, who must have smelled of blood, stroked my chest.

My nine-year-old unnie was counting gifts. From the quill she received on her sixth birthday to the thick booklet I think she received at the age of seven. And there was an unopened box that she received for her eight-year-old birthday. My unnie only looked at it.

Why isn’t she opening it?

After looking at it for a long time and yawning, someone, who had only been looking at her with a serious face, approached my unnie and asked: “Your Highness, why don’t you open it? Is there something wrong with it?”

It was Emma. Then unnie answered: “I think it’s better if it stays unopened.”

Emma looked puzzled. But I could understand at instantly.

Uh… oh.

The expectation before releasing the gift was precious, so she was only looking at it seriously in case she missed it. It was affectionate, and at the same time insanely cute.

I want to hug her. I want to hug her!

The memory got cut off when I was so excited.

“I miss her. I want to see my unnie.”

I was surprised by myself when the words came to mind. And a little more time passed. I decided it would be great to go out again before I regain unnie’s tenth memory. I made up my mind to take Rinnie with me for the second outing.

“I, no, Ticia-sama! Look at that!”

“Is it that interesting?”

“Yes!”

It turned out that cute Rinnie came from a noble family. Unfortunately, all the people of the house died in an accident when she was still young. It is said that Rinnie came to the Imperial Palace immediately after losing her family. Maybe that’s why she thought everything was as strange as I did when I went out for the first time.

Of course, I should be less fascinated by by everything because I went out once before. Oh, wait a minute!

“Rinnie, look at that!”

Isn’t that cotton candy? But what makes the process so dazzling? In the direction I pointed to, a man in a strange suit was making cotton candy. It was amazing that the cotton candy was as big and plump as a real cloud. And the colors are like a rainbow!

“Oh my god, Ticia-nim! It’s so amazing!”

Then the rainbow cotton candy began to twinkle.

“Wow.”

“Wow!”

“Pff.”

The knight, who was following me and Rinnie as an escort, made a deflating sound. I took a deep breath and glanced at the guy. He was the same guy that I had met while being with Cain.

His name was probably Dawn. It turns out he’s Irene’s childhood friend. It was the time in one’s life where psychological intimacy increased.

The naive Dawn cried nervously after noticing my look: “So- Sorry! How dare I to laugh at you, Ticia-nim!”

“Isn’t the sound too loud? Sir, is this the training ground?”

“It’s the market!”

It was our Eugene who was warning the escort with a very cheeky smile next to the him. stared at the two of them with Rinnie, then we looked at each other and smiled a little. If you come out with friend a friend of the same sex, there are some precious moments like this.

Since I didn’t allow them to call me ‘Your Highness’, I was also able to hold Rinnie’s hand and walk around the market like that. Of course, I had to rest repeatedly and then walk back and forth, but it was still fun. They said they will send my money to the palace anyway.

‘So until then, I have to play a lot.’

 Of course, taverns were banned. There’s Rinnie and Eugene, who gets drunk easily. However, I couldn’t control myself that day because it was the first time where I was able to play around properly after such a long time. Eventually, I became exhausted, and we returned to the palace before evening, hugging Eugene again while he was carrying me in a princess carry.

“Your Highness.”

“Yes? Whoo.”

 When I was panting roughly because I lacked physical strength, Eugene’s face slightly hardened as he hugged me. And he whispered to me:

“I’ll ask Rox to give you some medicine to boost your stamina.”

“…….”

I couldn’t resist his offer because it looked like my lack of stamina was visible, but I became sullen as I recalled the many many pill boxes that already occupied three compartments in my drawer. However, Eugene spoke to Rox about it, and Emma, who received the new prescription by Rox, handed them over to Theo, the chef cook.

This led Theo to start feeding me high-calorie foods that I could eat when my energy level dropped. As a result of me inviting Rinnie to eat with me, saying that it’s too much for me, Rinnie started to gain weight little by little.

“I think I gained weight in only two days.”

I smiled awkwardly as I caressed Rinnie’s cheek and murmured melancholically: “It’s cute though.”

Rinnie, of course, did not believe it. Irene laughed out loud when she heard our little conversion. Her laughing is rare in itself.

A few days later, I even regained unnie’s memory from when she was 10 years old.

The 10-year-old Leticia had become very mature in the span of only a year. In fact, I was a little worried because I was able to witness her ice-like appearance compared to before, but she was still a child who liked to study hard and play with paper.

It had become a daily pleasure for me to look back on unnie’s memories that I’ve collected. When recalling the memories, they come to mind as clearly as when I got them. It felt like I was looking at a parenting diary. Hehe. I wish I could save these precious memories somewhere. And that evening, Emma brought me a diary as if she had read my heart.

The empty diary, that Emma gave me with a somewhat wretched expression, was a hardcover book that felt like it should belong to some kind of great man.

“Your Highness, this is the diary you mentioned before. If you touch this part, the book will recognize Your Highness as its owner.”

“Huh? Owner?”

Emma’s way of speaking while pointing to the diary, was as gentle as ever. But something was not right. What do you mean, the diary will recognize me as its owner?

“The diary has a lot of different features. I heard that only the owner can know the specific functions it has. What’s certain is that the diary has the highest level of securtity.”

Oh, oh, that’s great.

“It’s also light in weight, but it causes a great impact when hitting with it, so it can be used for self-defense as well.”

“Self-defense?”

“There are no dangerous features, so don’t worry about it.”

With a blank face I was holding the diary in my hands… I looked startled at it, as if I was holding a lethal weapon in my hands.

“I see. Haha…”

I- I don’t need a weapon, but I was still grateful that I was handed something so precious, so I smiled as much as I could and thanked her.

Emma somehow remained silent when I thanked her. Then, a little later, she spoke quietly: “Your Highness…”

“Yes? Tell me, Emma.”

Emma’s gaze was warm.

“You’re a good person.”

Oops. I was so excited that I almost looked ugly. Why? Emma, ​​why are you doing this?

“In my eyes, Your Highness is a great person.”

“Ah.”

I was speechless at her sudden compliment, so I couldn’t say anything in return and just looked at her. Then I grabbed her hand and shouted: “Emma- I think of Emma is a great person, too! I really like Emma.”

It was the first time I have seen Emma look so surprised. Oh, my God!

“You’re like a mother to me.”

“Your Highness ….”

“Oh, my apologies if that made you feel uncomfortable. I just ….”

 It was the first time I said it so directly, which made me nervous, but Emma smiled gently: “No, thank you very much, Your Highness.”

And she whispered softly: “Your Highness, I will always be by your side. So please call me at any time.”

Can I really do that any time?

But anyway, based on her answer and her kind smile, I knew that she was thinking favorably of me. Not long after she left the room.

While I was pondering over her words in a subtle mood, I said to myself: “Yeah, that’s cool.”

I love it.  Then without paying much attention to it, I licked my lips: “Oh, was there still blood on my lips?”

It’s only a little bit, so it wouldn’t have bothered me. Thinking so, I rubbed my lips gently. And I picked up my new diary to write my first diary entry.

“She told me to press it, right?

When I pressed the owner’s recognition part, I felt a strange feeling as if someone was pouring water over my head. After a while I felt an indescribable feeling and withdrew my hand from the new diary.

“What? What is this?”

The diary’s functions were very, very diverse.

“Tracking magic, waterproof magic, three shields, and what? Once you fill it up, you meet the spirit of the diary?”

How can I put this? There were many other functions that I never wanted. Still, some of them were surprisingly useful. If the diary is opened by a person who is not the owner, they will see fake diary entries. And once you have met the spirit of the diary, it’s magic can’t be detected either.

And it is said, that the spirit of the diary has the ability to maintain the owner’s memories perfectly. Is it consideration for situations where one cannot write in the diary? I was absent-minded for a long time, and then I burst out laughing. What is this? A memory storage? It’s very useful!

“Awesome.”

The fact that only I could see it made it the best diary ever.

“Wow, I’m curious about the face of its creator.”

Do you think you could be my soulmate?

I expressed my thanks to Emma over and over again inside my mind and immediately picked up my quill and started writing the first diary entry. Starting with the first moment I could remember after possessing Leticia unnie’s body.

“My happy fangirl diary Nr. 1. God is fair…”

[Year00, month 00, day 00, day of the week 0. The sun is shining brightly.]

[With this as the first diary entry, I will record the second time I visited the Duke’s black tower office.]

[I greeted him, because he seems like a good and he said: ‘Your Highness is a strong person.’ What did he mean?]

[(Carefully)]

[…Apparently, the handsome men in this world are equipped with the function of saying unknown things.]

[God was fair]