I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain [EN]: Chapter 105

Became a Squirrel to Save the Villain 105

“The Imperial Family will be represented by Roymond.”

The Emperor smiled pleasantly.

“Since there’s good news today, you should place the victory wreath on your fiancée.”

Roymond was a well-known military figure and a strong contender for victory in this competition.

Of course, the Emperor wasn’t sending Roymond out of pure goodwill without any calculation.

Currently, Johan was in a position where he couldn’t stand out because of the rule against using magic.

No matter how much of a war hero he was, the war was over, and what’s over is easily forgotten.

The Emperor was gradually setting the stage for Roymond to shine more than Johan.

Thus, five people remained in the Imperial Family’s camp.

The Emperor, Empress, Meriel, Theodore, and Libena.

With an elegant demeanor, Libena sat nonchalantly between Meriel and Theodore, participating in the conversation.

“Really, Meriel? I didn’t even know you two had been seeing each other for a while.”

“Actually, we had to keep it hidden due to circumstances… Thank you for understanding.”

“I see. If I had known sooner, I would have done my best to help.”

Meriel and the Empress seemed to have already become close, acting nothing but friendly toward each other.

Just maintaining her position between them was already a struggle, but what was truly frightening was something else.

Every time she thought of the tiger that appeared with Yurika, her spine chilled.

To think they were even living together in the Medest mansion.

‘How… how did she find out?’

She was late to notice because she couldn’t access the temple again.

Thinking about it, it seemed like all of this was Yurika’s scheme.

Even within the temple, very few people knew about her lab.

It was in such a remote place, yet she found out somehow; it felt like she had been blindsided.

‘It must have been during the temple event. That’s the only time Johan Hাইলard has ever been there….’

If so, the timing matched when Roymond deployed the knights immediately after the temple event.

‘Then… how much does she know?’

Libena was constantly smiling and facing the Emperor, but her mind was racing.

She knew that being mentally pressured wasn’t good in this kind of situation, but she couldn’t help but feel anxious.

In the end, there was only one conclusion.

‘Today is the day I must lift Theodore’s confinement.’

Libena had only done research, so there was a limit to what she could do externally.

Therefore, in order to truly tie Yurika’s hands, she needed more power.

And one more thing.

‘I need to lift Theodore’s confinement to sow distrust between Johan Hাইলard and Yurika Medest.’

In any case, it was Johan Hাইলard again.

Without Johan, Yurika would never be able to accomplish so much.

Just like her own range of action had drastically decreased because she didn’t have Theodore.

And the full-scale hunting competition began.

All the participants took their weapons and scattered into the forest.

“The winner will naturally be Roymond, right?”

The Empress smiled at the Emperor as if to show off.

“That child is actually a soldier who would have taken the initiative to go to the most dangerous battlefield if he hadn’t been the Crown Prince.”

That was clearly a jab at Theodore, who was present.

It was also a mockery of him hiding the fact that he was a wizard because he didn’t want to go to war.

Theodore was an illegitimate child not born to the Empress, so it was natural for the Empress to dislike him.

“Indeed.”

The Emperor chuckled, echoing the Empress’s words.

“If that were the case, the war might have ended sooner.”

Libena smiled back and raised her champagne glass, but she couldn’t help but sneer inwardly.

‘It’s easy to say since the war is already over.’

It was too obvious that they were trying to highlight Roymond in this hunting competition.

Seeing Meriel smiling prettily in Roymond’s fiancée’s seat made her sneer even more.

In the end, Roymond had taken the reward that was promised to the war hero.

‘In a way, he’s taken everything.’

She couldn’t see any political maneuvering, and it seemed like the war hero’s influence would soon fade away.

‘He’s out of his mind because of Yurika, so he doesn’t know.’

Libena took a sip of champagne and looked around.

And she confirmed that Yurika was entering the eastern forest with a tiger wearing a pink ribbon on its tail.

“Well, the event is just beginning.”

The Emperor took a drink with pleasure.

“Young people, scatter and have some fun, and come back around this afternoon. It will take a while to catch all the prey, so why are you sitting here doing nothing?”

The awards ceremony for the hunting competition was a long way off, so there wasn’t much for those waiting to do.

Therefore, it meant they should go out and socialize with the nobles at the headquarters.

“Yes, then I’ll be back.”

And Libena stood up faster than anyone else.

Of course, she winked at Theodore at that moment.

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“I’ll be going then.”

Only Johan and Yurika remained inside the Medest camp after Paul left.

Yurika smiled brightly and said goodbye, and the tiger, happy to be going to the forest, excitedly went out of the camp first.

Johan gently stroked Yurika’s hair and said.

“I’ll miss you so much.”

“Well, I’ll be back soon.”

Yurika, who didn’t really intend to hunt hard anyway, smiled and said.

As if her smile was pretty, Johan lightly kissed her cheek.

Then, unable to bear it any longer, he pulled Yurika into his arms.

Looking at Yurika’s surprised face, Johan gave a bright smile and whispered.

“It’s the first time the Duke isn’t here today.”

Indeed, because the tiger had been sticking next to Yurika all day, he hadn’t been able to express his affection excessively.

Yurika chuckled and leaned her body closer to him.

Johan sighed softly and kissed her cheeks and lips once more.

Yurika’s skin was soft, and so when he held her like this, it felt like he was dreaming.

“Real lovers are nice, aren’t they?”

Outside, the full-scale hunting competition had begun, and people’s cheers could be heard.

In the midst of that, Johan whispered in a heated voice.

“We can do things like this in a place where no one is around….”

Yurika, with reddened eyes, asked with a pout as if trying to hide her shyness.

“Then, when we were fake lovers, you didn’t like being together in front of others?”

“Of course, that was good too.”

Johan smiled and hugged her tightly. Then, burying his lips in her neck, he said.

“But still, I like this better.”

Thus, they shared each other’s warmth for a while.

And it was only when they heard the tiger’s low growl from outside, as if it had noticed the situation, that Yurika seemed to come to her senses and widened her eyes.

“Um… I think I should go, Johan.”

“Okay.”

Johan smiled regretfully, but slowly let Yurika go.

Of course, it wasn’t like he was really okay with letting her go.

In fact, he was tormented by the urge to just hold Yurika in this camp, regardless of the hunting competition or Medest’s secret.

Apart from being kind and friendly, his persistent desire for her never stopped.

No, rather, he became more obsessed with the relationship he had been granted.

He thought that everything would be achieved if they became lovers, but he still felt empty every time she left his side.

‘I should get married soon.’

Ella’s curse was becoming more and more unsettling in his heart, but still, when he looked at Yurika wriggling in his arms, he couldn’t help but think that way.

‘Solve everything… and go on a honeymoon too.’

Yurika had many things that were as precious to her as Johan. For example, her family.

He was well aware of all the facts, but sometimes he felt a little sad.

That’s because Johan also knew that the depth of their feelings was different.

For example… even now, he knew all the situations in his head, but he still wanted to be with Yurika.

He just wanted to destroy everything and hold only Yurika.

But he couldn’t force it just because they didn’t feel the same way.

Perhaps that was the limit of the human heart.

However, it might be that Johan, being a wizard, wanted more.

“But you know.”

While Johan was lost in thought, Yurika lightly said, tidying up her disheveled clothes.

“I think I’ll miss you too.”