I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain [EN]: Chapter 12

Johann steeled himself. In any case, he and this squirrel had a relationship built on mutual need.

So, he simply had to conceal his true feelings and indulge the squirrel until his magic stabilized. That was all there was to it… definitely.

‘Once my magic is stable… once I can use proper magic…’

Johann planned to obliterate this mansion in an instant.

The boy’s already dark heart now harbored cruelty.

His stepmother, who had abandoned him here; his wicked step-sibling, mistakenly lauded as a great wizard; and all the servants who catered to them so diligently.

And by then, the squirrel would be human.

‘Since she’ll have just become human, she won’t have anywhere to go.’

Johann’s eyes darkened as he stroked the squirrel’s back. ‘Should I suggest she stay in the mansion?’

His fingers traced the Hyrard crest engraved on the squirrel’s chest.

‘If I don’t erase this… even after becoming human, she won’t be able to leave Hyrard mansion?’

It was a fleeting thought.

Oblivious to his thoughts, the squirrel sighed contentedly and stretched out its chest, as if inviting him to continue petting it.

It was a gesture of reward for a tough day.

‘Well, since we’re using each other anyway, it’s not particularly out of gratitude, but I’ll give her the best room and…’

Johann’s imagination ran wild, unaware of the battlefield he would soon be dragged to.

‘It’s not like I’m trying to be nice, but there’s no need to ignore my tastes, so I’ll fill it with gold, silver, and all kinds of jewels…’

Thoughts poured out urgently.

He would let her indulge in luxury no less than Ella.

He didn’t know if she would still like sunflower seeds then, but he would fill every room with all kinds of nuts.

He would only show pretty and good things to those round and clear pink eyes.

The path from the tower where the squirrel had first come to him would be paved with pure gold to commemorate their meeting.

And he would command them to preserve it for generations, so they would never forget their bond.

His thoughts were interrupted.

The squirrel began to pat the pillow as if telling him to calm down.

Johann, snapping back to reality, whispered as he lay down on the bed.

“Your name…”

“Kyung?”

Johann recalled the warmth of the squirrel in his hand during their last meal and said, as if possessed.

“Blackie is out of the question. Your eyes aren’t black. They’re very pretty pink.”

And the fact that he was the only one who knew that made him very satisfied.

When he heard that the squirrel had also calmed Tezen with its front paws, anger surged like a wave, but when he heard that it often ignored Tezen’s words, his heart softened in an instant.

This little squirrel was already swaying his emotions.

Johann slowly curved his eyes seductively.

The name that suited his precious squirrel couldn’t be modeled after the most beautiful woman on the continent.

So, the very cute and round nickname that came to mind when he first saw it….

Johann stroked the squirrel’s cheek and whispered languidly.

“Momo, I’ll call you Momo.”

And the squirrel, to his courtship-like nickname….

“Kyung…”

…was making a face that screamed it was corny.

Momo, really? That’s awful.

I was so dumbfounded that I almost dropped the acorn I was holding.

‘Hey, what about me looks like I deserve such a cute name? What am I, a doll? Am I a pet?’

Of course… considering my little squirrel appearance, it suited me, but I couldn’t accept it in my heart.

‘You should give me a dignified name that doesn’t seem easy to anyone! I look like an amazing talent!’

Momo? Isn’t it too cute and lovely?

I’m not that kind of person.

However….

Looking at those moist purple eyes, I couldn’t shake my head violently.

I didn’t even reject it when Meriel gave me the ridiculous name ‘Blackie’.

‘I might get twisted for no reason.’

I decided to bear with it for the sake of the future villain’s healthy development.

This child may already be very twisted, so I had to treat him delicately.

‘I accepted Blackie, but if I reject Momo….

By the way, aren’t my eyes black?

.’

In fact, only Johann has seen my humanized form. What I saw myself was light brown hair and a small girl’s hand.

‘Well, whatever. Anyway, you’re the only one who’s going to call me that.’

I nodded to Johann.

Johann placed me on his palm with a proud expression.

“I thought you didn’t like it… but when I think about it, it suits you?”

He curved his eyes like a crescent moon and smiled coyly. “Adorable, cute, and clear-looking….”

Well, I know I’m a necessary existence, but I never thought he would attach such grand modifiers to a squirrel.

I chuckled and put my front paw on his forehead.

It’s not because you praised me with all the right words that I accepted the name Momo, really.

“Momo.”

Johann whispered, fiddling with the gold thread wrapped around my feet.

“I’ll get you more gold later.”

People with great magical power like Johann cannot easily use magic.

This is because too much magic is stored in their bodies for them to handle.

Feeling pain every time was an added bonus.

So, when a divine beast encounters the rampaging magic, it absorbs it.

‘That’s what I’m doing now.’

After absorbing and calming the magic in that way for several days, the wizards can finally use magic.

Of course, after using powerful magic once, the magic goes wild again, and the help of the divine beast is needed.

“I promise. I’ll make you much happier than you are with Tezen.”

“Kyung.”

‘That’s a pipe dream. You’ll be dragged to the battlefield before that.’

Apparently, he intended to take over the mansion once he could use magic after receiving all the magic from me.

‘Johann doesn’t know the future, so…’

Soon, Hyrard will go missing, and Johann will have to go to the battlefield.

And if you hold on a little longer, the temple will develop a calming potion.

‘That’s when you’re supposed to awaken as a wizard.’

Of course, I can soothe his pain a little, but looking at this overflowing magic, it seemed difficult to awaken as a wizard until he was dragged to the battlefield.

‘Just go there and become a war hero.’

So, well, I don’t know if we’ll ever meet again….

Even this eagerness he shows me will disappear when the calming potion comes out later.

I was lost in thought for a moment, thinking about Johann’s future.

‘A few years later, he will become a war hero, end the war, and marry Medest as a reward…’

The problem was that Meriel was already in love with the crown prince, the male lead.

The crown prince is in pain because he cannot erase the promise the emperor made himself, and Johann does not give up on Meriel, who he fell in love with at first sight.

No matter how much Meriel appeals with tears and asks for recognition, he does not break off the engagement, saying it is his right.

He even torments Meriel and the crown prince with all sorts of bad deeds…

‘I don’t think he has much interest in Meriel, so I don’t know what happens after that.’

As my thoughts reached Meriel, the gold thread tied to my feet suddenly caught my eye.

She looked pretty and kind, but she felt like a nuisance character who was too kind to do anything.

‘Originally, Meriel was a bit indecisive and easily swayed, so she got a lot of criticism… and even put the historic and wealthy Medest family in crisis….’

Well, is that my business?

All I have to do is become human somehow.

Once I become human, I know the future, so I was confident that I could survive in any environment.

Pressing down on Johann’s magic surging in my body, I reaffirmed my will.

…But what’s unsettling is… I don’t know my future….

After being given to Tezen, sadly, there was no story about me in the original.

I just disappeared at some point.

Well, I’m just Tezen’s pet, so there was no need to describe it….

What happened to Tezen’s squirrel in the original?

‘I’m doing well so far. Just keep living like this. It’s easy.’

All I had to do was survive in this world while helping each other with Johann, the villain who hadn’t turned black yet.

‘But… anyway, it’s never a bad idea to be careful.’