I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain [EN]: Chapter 15

Became a Squirrel to Save the Villain 15

Seeing me tapping on the window, Johann looked surprised.

“Momo?”

Unlike at night, the window was closed. As I tapped on the window with my front paws, Johann quickly came over and opened it.

“It’s daytime now…”

I had never visited him during the day before.

I was worried someone might see me.

A maid or servant might barge in…

But there was no time to worry about that now. An order to find me might have been issued already.

And Johann… In the original story, he would have obediently been dragged into the war, but now he might turn into a puppet because of me.

I wanted to take responsibility for that situation.

‘I’m not in a position to pave a flowery path for Johann, but I can’t let him live a life worse than in the original story.’

Even if he’s a villain, he hasn’t done anything wrong yet, so I couldn’t let him become like that.

But explaining all of this was too complicated.

‘I need to warn Johann about the danger he’s in, and I need to escape too…’

With a sense of just trying it out, I raised my front paw and pointed to the mark on my chest.

“…?”

No, no, this mark.

I really can’t communicate at all. Well, is this natural since it’s between a squirrel and a human?

Anyway, I pointed to the black rose mark more precisely. “Hildegard?”

Yes. Do this to it.

I rubbed the black rose mark as if to erase it.

“Does your chest hurt?”

Ugh.

Looking at Johann’s blank eyes, he didn’t seem to have any idea of erasing it.

So, I changed the subject and pointed to Johann this time.

“…?”

And I made a gesture of slitting my throat.

“Ah.”

Johann said with a thoughtful face.

“You’re going to kill all the people of the Hildegard family because your chest hurts, and I’m the first one?”

Oh my.

I sighed deeply. There was no hope.

There was no time, I didn’t know how to write, and I couldn’t communicate with body language at all.

Well, it’s not Johann’s fault… It’s my fault for being a squirrel…

“Of course, I still like you for who you are… You can kill me if you want.”

Johann narrowed his eyes and lifted me up. His whispering voice was seductive.

I couldn’t tell if this was kindness or madness.

“But how are you going to kill me? By throwing acorns?”

This is not the time to say that…

Suddenly, I realized his face was close to mine and felt the blood rushing to my face.

He looks even more handsome in the daytime.

He has a face that could captivate even a squirrel, yes…

“If you don’t kill me now, someday your days and nights will be with me…”

Oh, what is he saying? This is not the time for such romantic talk.

I clicked my tongue and jumped out of his hand that was holding me, escaping.

“Kyung, kyung!”

“Momo?”

And I quickly burrowed into his blanket.

I didn’t want to use this method, but…

No matter how much I thought about it, the only way to explain this whole situation was to speak.

In the end, I had to transform into a human.

In this urgent situation, I decided to transform into a human and quickly recalled the past.

‘Last time, when I gathered two days’ worth of magic, I couldn’t even transform for a minute…’

But now, I had been diligently gathering magic for a month.

So, I should be able to transform into a human for quite a long time.

Of course, me transforming into a human now meant that my original plan of gathering Johann’s magic for 50 days to transform into a human was going down the drain.

But I couldn’t think of a better way than this right now.

At this rate, I would be dragged to the temple and die a dog’s death… no, a squirrel’s death before I could transform into a human.

‘It’s a waste, it’s a waste.’

It was as wasteful as the sunflower seeds I had hidden in one side of Tezen’s room, but I couldn’t help it.

‘I have no choice. I have to transform into a human with someone else’s magic.’

I was just going to comfortably absorb Johann’s magic here and help each other out, but sadly, the time had come to find another way.

It seemed my relationship with Johann was ending here. Farewell, Johann.

It wasn’t very nice to be with you, and honestly, it was just okay. Grow up to be moderately kind in the future.

You’ll have everything except Meriel soon, so don’t become a mastermind villain in the future.

Seeing you act indifferent to Meriel the other day, it seems the original story has already changed.

“Momo? Why on earth…”

I unleashed the magic I had been suppressing within me. My stomach churned, and in an instant, my front paw turned into a long, white hand of a girl.

It was the second time, so the feeling wasn’t completely unfamiliar.

Johann’s voice was heard from outside the blanket, which had instantly grown and swelled up. His tone was bewildered, as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Mo… Momo? You’re…”

I pulled the blanket around me, covering my body thoroughly, and then poked my head out and stood up.

Light brown hair scattered in front of my eyes.

Quickly brushing back my hair, I looked at Johann’s surprised purple eyes and said clearly.

“Huh?”

Johann murmured as if whispering with his mouth open, and I thought that the world would be comfortable in the future since the future villain was so clueless, and commanded haughtily.

“In case the servants come. There’s no time to be flustered now.”

“…”

Johann answered blankly and then locked the door.

After locking the door and turning around, his gaze, which had sunk deeply, was fixed on me intently.

Unlike last time, his eyes were carefully examining me as if he was going to remember my face completely.

However, his voice was inevitably trembling with bewilderment.

“You… transformed into a human… now… But it’s not even been 50 days…”

Perhaps because he was faced with an unexpected situation, Johann seemed dazed.

Johann also knew that I couldn’t completely transform into a human right now because he had read books related to divine creatures.

I sat like the owner of the bed, buried in the blanket, and looked straight at Johann.

“That’s right. It’s not a complete transformation into a human.”

After roughly brushing back the light brown hair that kept scattering messily on the blanket, I quickly continued.

“It won’t last long anyway. There’s no time, so I’ll explain quickly.”

I slightly lowered the blanket wrapped around my body, revealing my collarbone.

The roughly brushed light brown hair fell between my exposed shoulders.

“W, wait a moment! Momo!”

Johann gasped and swallowed hard. His voice, calling my name urgently, trembled.

However, even as his face turned red, his gaze was filled with me.

“I, I’m not ready…”

What’s with the ‘not ready’ talk? He’s only sixteen. He’s really crazy.

But why aren’t you covering your eyes?

I looked at him with a pathetic gaze for a moment, sighed, and said.

“You’re really in danger. I came to warn you.”

“I’m… in danger?”

Johann’s expression hardened.

He seemed to have finally realized the seriousness of the situation.

Well, me suddenly visiting during the day obviously meant something was wrong.

It’s a little late, but he can now interpret my excellent body language.

That gesture that you might die.

“And I have a favor to ask.”

I pointed to the black rose-shaped mark embedded under my collarbone.

A shackle that says it belongs to Hildegard, preventing me from leaving this place.

“Erase this for me. Right now.”

***

“Erase… it?”

Johann brought his trembling fingers to the mark embedded in the collarbone of the girl sitting in front of him.

The moment his fingers touched the soft skin, it felt like electricity was running through his body.

Only for a brief moment, his heart fluttered at the warmth that wrapped around his fingers.

“…This?”

“Yes. Erase it quickly.”

Johann was also a member of Hildegard, so he could naturally erase the mark.

Erasing the family crest was a natural privilege for the direct line.

However, he had never even thought about erasing it.

He didn’t expect the squirrel to want to erase the mark, and he himself had never thought about letting Momo go.

Johann suddenly realized that he had never imagined being separated from the squirrel until now.

After that humiliating meal, he only thought about quickly taking the squirrel from Tezen and keeping it by his side.

As he hesitated, the girl urged him.

“What are you spacing out for? This is not the time to be clueless.”

“W, what do you mean?”

“The temple is coming to get me.”

“What?”

Johann’s expression hardened instantly at the word ‘temple’.

“Why on earth is the temple…”

“I don’t know. They’re probably going to kill me. It’s urgent. So, I have to run away right now. Erase this quickly if you don’t want to see my dog’s death—or, you know, squirrel’s death.”

“What? I understand.”

At those words, Johann immediately came to his senses as if cold water had been poured on him.

Kill Momo? Were the temple guys trying to harm his precious squirrel now?

“I’ll erase it right away. But then… where are you going to go?”