I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain [EN]: Chapter 16

For Johann, the most pressing matter was that question.

If he left Hাইল드 [likely a place name, perhaps a duchy or estate], he wondered where he would go and how he could ever find her again.

But the girl didn’t answer his question, as if she didn’t have time, and quickly said,

“And Ella will try to feed you a potion that will turn you into a puppet.”

“Me?”

“It’s a medicine that only activates at warm temperatures, so only eat cold food for the time being. Vegetables or cold bread, things like that. Don’t eat soup, and if you really want to eat it, let it cool down.”

The girl spoke firmly.

She had a cute appearance and a very assertive tone.

Her clear eyes were bright, and her serious expression was intensely earnest.

“Fortunately, Ella won’t use coercive force on you… she won’t make someone force you to eat it. There’s no way she can win against you in a physical fight to feed you herself.”

“But you… then the human form…”

Johann was more worried about the girl than his own safety.

She wouldn’t be able to fully transform into a human because she had already done it, and where would a squirrel chased by the temple go……

If she just erased the seal, the girl would become an ordinary squirrel, but would that mean she would give up humanization for the rest of her life?

There were so many things he wanted to ask, but when he looked at the girl’s glass-like pink eyes, he felt dizzy again, like a fool.

The girl he had seen briefly before and remained like a fantasy, the girl who had appeared in his dreams several times, was in front of him.

And better than he imagined…

Just looking at her, even just having this serious conversation.

Despite her cute appearance, her blunt tone, and prickly expression.

In particular, the words she uttered with eyes full of concern for him felt so sweet that it was even electrifying.

“Don’t worry too much.”

The girl said with a smile.

Johann felt like his breath was stopping again as her eyes curved.

“You’ll soon leave the Hাইল드 Duke’s residence and go to the battlefield, and by that time, the truth potion will be out.”

The girl’s words, as if she knew exactly what would happen to him, were surprising, but that wasn’t what Johann was curious about.

He was much more worried about her safety than his own.

It was a strange feeling for him, who had been sharpening his sword since he was trapped in the tower a long time ago.

“I’m not worried about that…'”

“And one more thing, I have a favor to ask.”

She said, pointing to the paper and pen on the desk.

“Teach me some letters. I don’t need all of them because it’s urgent, just write down what I say quickly.”

Johann was a little dumbfounded when he heard the short words the girl was saying, but he quickly wrote them down.

The girl narrowed her eyes and stared at the paper as if she was only memorizing the letters.

“I’ll erase the seal first.”

While the girl was staring at the letters on the paper in her hand, Johann gently erased the seal engraved under her collarbone.

The black rose petals of Hাইল드 began to disappear one by one.

While the warmth gradually wrapped around his fingers, Johann strangely felt goosebumps on his spine.

The girl was too busy memorizing the letters to notice.

“But where are you going? Are you giving up on humanization?”

“That’s…….”

The girl’s words, which she was about to answer, could not be continued.

She began to turn back into a squirrel as it was.

“Be careful of the potion. I even told you this kindly, so if you become Ella’s puppet, I really won’t let you off the hook.”

Instead of answering, the girl left him with the last words she wanted to say.

“Don’t act stupid and earn the value of the warning.”

As soon as the cynical words, which were like a threat, were over, the blanket sank, and the girl disappeared.

It seemed that all the magic power she had poured out for 30 days had been exhausted.

Johann quickly lifted the blanket, and a small squirrel was holding a piece of gold thread scattered on the sheet.

That was the thin gold thread that Meriel had tied to the squirrel’s foot back then.

The squirrel seemed to like the gold thread quite a bit and had never taken it off.

Even when she transformed into a human, it came loose, but she didn’t seem to have any intention of leaving it behind.

“Kyung.”

She had returned to being a squirrel who couldn’t speak, but he could understand the squirrel’s meaning.

‘Tie it.’

Even that assertive tone seemed to be automatically replayed.

The prickly yet assertive words and the insignificant appearance of the squirrel… something… didn’t match, but that’s why it was even cuter.

“Okay, I’ll tie it.”

The squirrel no longer had the Hাইল드 seal on its chest, so it just looked like an ordinary squirrel.

Really, so much so that you wouldn’t recognize it even if you saw it on the street.

Johann carefully tied the gold thread to the squirrel’s foot.

Later, he could recognize Momo with this gold thread.

He wanted to give her something of his own as a token, but there was nothing better than this gold thread…

“Momo, if you’re alive, please come to me.”

Johann said after seriously making eye contact with the squirrel.

“If I go to the battlefield as you said, come there. Absorb my magic power again and become human.”

It was the first oath he had ever made to protect someone.

He couldn’t even afford to tie something better than gold thread, but at this moment, he wanted to bet even his soul.

“I swear to you. Even if that place is a battlefield, I will protect you. If it weren’t for this damn Hাইল드 Duke’s residence, I could somehow protect you.”

The squirrel stared at him intently.

And indifferently replied to that touching and serious oath.

“Kyung.”

After having a brief conversation, Johann felt like he knew what the squirrel would say and in what tone.

‘Take care of yourself.’

Meanwhile, noisy noises began to be heard from outside the window.

“…Find ・・・・・・! ・・・・・・ is ・・・・・・.”

“No, ・・・・・・ in ・・・・・・, but where ・・・・・・…”

“Since you can’t leave the mansion, first ・・・・・・ to 99………”

The words were not heard properly because it was too far from the tower, but the content was obvious.

The servants were now spread out in the mansion looking for the squirrel spirit.

It seemed that the temple was trying to take her away, as Momo had said.

There was no more time to delay.

The squirrel shrugged its shoulders once and waved its front paws at him.

It seemed to be its own way of saying goodbye.

“See you again, Momo.”

Johann kissed the squirrel’s nose.

“Certainly.”

The squirrel didn’t like the feeling very much and rubbed its nose with its front paws.

Johann chuckled and tapped the squirrel’s forehead. “Don’t worry too much about the temple. I’ll turn my eyes away.”

There was no time to explain how he would turn his eyes away.

The squirrel nodded perfunctorily and ran down the back of the tower without looking back.

Johann couldn’t even follow its disappearing figure with his eyes because it disappeared so quickly.

Looking down from the tower, the Duke’s residence was mobilized with servants to catch the squirrel due to a sudden order.

‘Just stay alive, Momo.’

Considering the assertive voice that spoke to him and the proactiveness with which she asked about the letters, the squirrel seemed to have some kind of plan.

It didn’t seem like she would just run away and live as a squirrel in the forest.

When I think about it, it was an unusual squirrel from the first day it came to find him. Contrary to its small and cute appearance, it was quick to judge the situation, cold-hearted, and smart.

‘I’ll somehow survive and meet you again.’

In the end, he couldn’t know where the squirrel was heading, but it was okay.

As the squirrel said, if the truth potion comes out of the temple and he can properly do his part as a human…

I’ll search the continent and reunite with you again.

Not long after the squirrel disappeared, Johann’s locked door rattled.

“Young master!”

The servant, who had confirmed that the door was locked, shouted, knocking on the door roughly.

“Open this, young master!”

Johann slowly opened the door. A fierce-looking servant rushed in and asked.

“Have you seen Lord Tezen’s spirit beast? Its name is Blackie… I heard it’s Blackie.”

“Ah.”

Johann raised his eyebrows and replied.

“I’m locked up here, how would I see a squirrel or something? Blackie, what a terrible name.”

“But then why did you lock the door?”

“I came out after taking a shower. Do you want to see me change my clothes now?”

Johann retorted sarcastically and spat out.

“If you don’t believe me, search the room. I don’t care.”

“Oh… where did this damn squirrel, the size of a grain of rice, go…”

The servant really started searching Johann’s room.

In fact, it was really absurd for a servant of the Duke’s residence to search the young master’s room, but that’s how low Johann’s position was in the Duke’s residence.

Of course, no matter how thoroughly he searched, nothing would come out.

Johann watched the scene and suddenly spoke to the servant.

“If you can’t find that squirrel, will you be punished?”

“Of course. It will be a mess until we find it. I don’t know if I’ll be able to sleep tonight…….”

“Seeing as you haven’t found it yet, it seems like it’s hiding on purpose; it looked smart when I saw it at dinner.”

“Still, I have to find it since I was told to. It couldn’t have left the Duke’s residence……”

“How about this method?”

Johann smiled, narrowing his eyes at the servant’s grumbling answer.

And he whispered softly, like an evil spirit tempting him.

“Kill a squirrel and bring it to me.”

“…Yes?”

“I’ll engrave the seal on that squirrel’s chest. Then everyone will think it’s Blackie.”