I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain [EN]: Chapter 127

Libena smiled as she looked at Yurika. She had been watching from the high reaches of the temple, anticipating this moment.

The Medest family might have assumed Theodore and Libena would be together, and even Theodore might have been sure she would come…

‘I thought this might happen.’

No one knew Medest as well as Artea did. They were ridiculously devoted to their family.

Now that Oscar had regained his senses, he would never put Yurika in danger.

‘Of course, I thought Yurika might step forward herself…’

But even she wasn’t sure about that. The Alit Pool [a magical pool used to verify blood relations] was the only way to prove blood ties. She thought that the more extreme the situation became, the more likely Yurika would be unable to bear it and try to resolve it herself.

That’s why she waited up high until late. And she confirmed that Yurika and Johann pretended to head to the central garden before slipping away and coming here.

With the temple in chaos and the wizards swarming, their destination was set.

As expected, Libena’s prediction was correct.

‘It’s my victory, Yurika Medest.’

Even Johann Heyerard was far away from Yurika.

Unbeknownst to the two, this secret laboratory had multiple entrances. Libena avoided their gaze, entered through another entrance, and approached Yurika.

“Libena?”

It was when Yurika turned around with an almost animalistic sense.

‘Still, it’s too late!’

Originally, she was going to pour it quietly without being noticed, but Libena immediately sprayed the prepared drug on Yurika.

* * *

Johann, who had only been thinking about getting away from Yurika, was startled by her sudden shout of ‘Libena’ and finally turned around.

“Yurika?”

Seeing Libena standing at the entrance, his heart sank. He was sure he was focusing all his attention on the entrance in case someone came in.

‘There was another entrance.’

Johann’s eyes widened at the other possibility that occurred to him.

Even more shocking was the fact that Yurika suddenly disappeared as soon as Libena sprayed the unknown drug on her. In an instant, only Yurika’s clothes remained, and the dress collapsed. Libena quickly moved towards the dress.

“Yurika!”

He was about to use magic on Libena as he ran towards Yurika when Libena’s cold voice echoed.

“You shouldn’t use magic.”

Before he knew it, she was holding a squirrel in her hand.

“Kyuoong! Kyugoong!”

Seeing the squirrel flailing its limbs, Johann’s heart began to beat anxiously. More than anything, he had asked Yurika several times not to transform into a beast. It was because Libena seemed to know how to handle beasts.

But she had transformed into a Divine Beast without permission.

“Maybe it’ll be faster for me to harm Lady Yurika than for you to attack me.”

Johann’s steps faltered.

Yurika’s safety was in Libena’s grasp.

“You don’t have to regret being away from Lady Yurika. After all, you wouldn’t have been able to stop it even if you were by her side. And being away from Yurika might be the best thing for you right now.”

Libena said triumphantly, looking at Johann.

“You must be going crazy right now, right? If you were next to her, Lady Yurika would already be unconscious in your arms. Isn’t that right? Because you can’t stand Lady Yurika having other thoughts in front of you.”

“……”

“I know a lot about wizards.”

Johann’s face hardened even more at Libena’s confident words, because what she said was true.

He didn’t tell Yurika, but he was overly stimulated right now.

Johann couldn’t argue, and Yurika looked at him with shocked eyes. Yurika, who was caught by Libena, even stopped struggling, surprised.

“Oh, dear.”

Libena smiled and stroked Yurika’s head with her other hand.

“Wizards are usually like that. I’m sure someone gave you advice, didn’t they?”

“Kyuguoong……”

“But you ignored it.”

“Kyuoong.”

“Medest is strangely weak to unnecessary affection. Isn’t that right?”

Looking at Libena, Johann took another step forward.

“Get your hand off her,” Johann warned in a voice filled with anger.

“Right now.”

“See?”

Libena smiled with an even more relaxed face.

“You hate the fact that my hand is touching Lady Yurika the most right now, no matter what’s going on outside.”

Libena’s fingers lightly fell from Yurika’s head. At the same time, Yurika’s head drooped. Johann was surprised and shouted.

“Yurika!”

“Don’t be surprised. She’s alive. I just knocked her out for a moment.”

Libena shrugged, looking at Johann.

“I thought Lady Yurika would be more shocked if she heard our conversation any longer. It’s a consideration in its own way, right?”

“……”

Johann quietly glared at Libena. He hadn’t expected this situation. He had naturally thought that Libena would be moving with Theodore.

Was it a mistake to believe Trevor’s words?

He thought these kinds of words were all true, but were they just crazy words?

His head spun dizzily.

He felt like he could think more rationally under normal circumstances, but right now, it was hard for him to even stand properly. His nerves were on edge, and he had already used a lot of magic, so it was a very unfavorable situation for him.

“How is it?” Libena said teasingly.

“Don’t you want to just take this squirrel and hole up in the Heyerard Duke’s castle?”

“……What?”

“You want this squirrel, don’t you? You really want it like crazy.”

The squirrel was drooping in Libena’s hand. Johann swallowed hard.

Libena’s words were correct.

A terrible instinct in his heart whispered that he didn’t need Oscar or Sienna, he just wanted to take this squirrel somewhere and hide. Perhaps that vile possessiveness that made his father have no choice but to kill his mother.

Libena smiled and said, “Shall I give it to you?”

It was a tempting voice.

“Shall I let it be by your side for the rest of your life?”

Johann stood still without saying anything.

Now, Libena was the one taking a step closer to Johann. With every shake of the squirrel in her hand, Johann’s gaze wavered.

“The method is very simple.”

Libena, who had come right in front of Johann, smiled brightly.

“I’m going to do an experiment to turn back time with this squirrel now, and to do that, I need the magic power of a wizard. And this squirrel will be brainwashed according to what the person with that magic power says. From the perspective of the past.”

Johann stared at Libena with calm eyes.

In a way, Trevor’s words were not wrong. This experiment to turn back time definitely required magic power.

But Trevor… clearly said that this magic was bound to fail.

“If we turn back time, you and I, who were the subjects of the experiment, will have the memories of this life. So we can make a deal with each other. We will turn back time to right before this squirrel is adopted into the Heyerard Duke’s family.”

Libena was confidently offering the suggestion as if she was doing him a favor.

“All the Duke has to do is very simple. When you do the experiment, just whisper one word to this squirrel.” She said lowly.

“Don’t humanize. Stay as a Divine Beast.”

“……”

“Then this squirrel won’t humanize, because it will be brainwashed.”

Johann stared again at Yurika, who was lying in Libena’s hand, breathing evenly as if she had fallen into a deep sleep.

So, they’re turning back time to right before Tezen receives this squirrel…

“At that time, I have the ownership of this squirrel. I’ll hand this squirrel over to you. Then this squirrel can live as a Divine Beast that can only soothe you for the rest of its life, without thinking about humanizing.”

“……”

“After that, I won’t care what you, the boy, do to the Heyerard Dukedom.”

“……Then what do you get in return?”

“I’ll get the freedom to do whatever experiments I want in this temple again. That’s all I need. How about it? You’re not really interested in war or peace, are you?”

Libena raised her eyebrows and held the squirrel in front of his eyes.

“I’ve been thinking about you rather than Prince Theodore from the beginning.”

Johann’s eyes wavered with Yurika so close. Libena asked again, tempting him.

“Will you do it?”

It was a tone as if she already knew the answer.