I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain [EN]: Chapter 20

The obituary of a father whose face he couldn’t even remember didn’t bring Johann any particular sorrow.

But the fact that the squirrel was actually right about everything was a bit surprising.

Johann recalled the squirrel’s words.

That he would go to the battlefield, develop a Tranquility Potion at the temple, and later become a war hero.

Perhaps the squirrel knew such information from being in the temple for so long.

Or maybe the temple was chasing the squirrel because it knew such information.

Actually, none of that mattered much. He would have already sold his soul completely, even if the squirrel was a demon.

Momo would definitely be alive and well. There was no way that clever squirrel couldn’t take care of itself.

So, all he had to do was do well.

The important thing was for him to be free and escape the mana pain. He would find Momo no matter what.

He believed Momo’s words and left for the battlefield with such composure.

His steps out of the Hাইল란드 estate were even light.

‘When I come back, the first thing I’ll do is deal with the people in this estate who even considered separating me and Momo…’

On the day he left for the battlefield, Johann looked up at the tower and thought.

It was a somewhat off-kilter thought, but there was no one to correct it.

‘Secondly, I’m going to wipe out the temple. They are a threat to Momo.’

These were thoughts that would horrify his squirrel if she knew.

“Thank you, Blackie.”

Meriel rubbed her cheek against me and smiled brightly.

“Mother is also getting much better because of you… you’re really a lucky charm. She doesn’t lose her mind as often these days. The doctor says it’s part of animal therapy or something.”

“Kyukung.”

“But how did you erase the Hাইল란드 seal? It’s a great relief for us, but…”

“Kyung.”

The good thing about being a squirrel was that I didn’t have to answer difficult questions. I could just pretend I couldn’t speak.

Meriel seemed to think I knew how to read, so she wrote a few letters herself, but she stopped when I didn’t react.

She seemed to think I could just stay in the Medest mansion as it was.

Originally, Meriel wasn’t the type to think deeply.

“I told everyone that after visiting the Duke’s estate, I thought the squirrel was so cute that I decided to raise it.”

Meriel said with a kind smile.

“So no one will suspect anything. Because there’s no seal.”

That would be the case. Who would expect the kind Meriel to be raising someone else’s squirrel?

I sat on Meriel’s shoulder and started eating sunflower seeds, and Meriel was buried in letters again, working.

She read one of the letters and muttered, blinking her eyes.

“Oh my, the Hাইল란드 Duke has finally died in the war.”

After I solved a few of Meriel’s problems, Meriel started telling me this and that.

“So the Hাইল란드 Duchess sent Johann to the battlefield. That’s too much, really. He looked like he was in a lot of pain back then.”

Oh.

So he finally went.

Surely he didn’t take that potion like an idiot and enlist while out of his mind.

Even though he showed a lot of dazed 모습 [appearance], he was basically a guy who would become a villain, so he wouldn’t be that stupid.

As it is, the battlefield seemed safer for Johann.

And a few years later, when the Tranquility Potion is developed… he will end the war in an instant and return as a war hero.

‘Now the flower path begins… as long as he doesn’t ruin someone else’s life with it.’ [Flower path is a Korean idiom for a future filled with happiness and success.]

Still, Johann, whom I met, was still pure and kind, perhaps because it was before his corruption.

I predicted his flower path at the end, so it seemed like his personality wouldn’t be twisted.

“Hmm, and this is… Ah…, Crown Prince…”

Meriel unfolded the next letter and blushed.

It was obvious that she was exchanging love letters with the male lead, the Crown Prince.

According to the original story, it was time for them to build up their narrative. Without even thinking about the huge risk factor called Johann.

I wagged my tail and looked at Meriel with a teasing feeling.

“Oh, don’t tease me. I’m embarrassed.”

It was shocking that she immediately caught on that I was teasing her.

“Ha, Blackie. What should I do?”

And Meriel muttered with a face that darkened in an instant.

“I’m already in a position where I can’t marry as I please… and a royal family can’t break a contract with another royal family…”

She and the Crown Prince had feelings for each other, but they didn’t know what to do.

Of course, as the Emperor designated the Medest Duchess as a ‘prize for the war hero,’ they couldn’t be easily together.

‘Maybe. If I ask the kind Johann nicely, he might break off the engagement. When I saw him back then, Johann didn’t seem particularly interested in Meriel.’

Unlike the original story, I raised Johann well, so the future was uncertain.

Besides, he didn’t seem to have fallen in love with Meriel at first sight.

‘Good luck.’

Johann left for the battlefield safely, and the war would be over in 5 years when the Tranquility Potion was developed.

And if I absorb Meriel’s mana for a few more days, I’ll be able to become human safely.

There was a variable called the temple in the middle, but everything was going well.

I put my front paw on Meriel’s forehead once, then sighed deeply and shook my head.

Meriel, who was staring at me, widened her pretty pink eyes and smiled brightly.

“Don’t worry? It might be resolved better than I thought?”

Really, the people of the Medest family understood my intentions too well.

Neither Meriel nor Siena ever frustrated me. It was a completely different feeling from when I communicated with Tezen or Johann.

“Thank you, Blackie.”

Meriel hugged me tightly and rubbed her cheek against mine.

“It’s really comforting.”

Anyway, I felt good when I saw Meriel looking comfortable.

I gently stroked Meriel’s wrist with my tail and smiled.

There were no variables after that.

On the 50th day of being in the Medest Duke’s mansion, I took a deep breath, feeling Meriel’s mana surging in my body.

‘Today is the day I become human.’

If I received Meriel’s mana one last time, complete humanization was possible.

‘Meriel will be very surprised…’

I hesitated slightly, looking at Meriel’s smiling face after arriving at Meriel’s office.

‘But there’s no way to explain it in advance…’

There was no choice. It seemed better to explain after becoming human first.

After becoming human… the most important thing was to avoid the temple.

I hadn’t felt the threat of the temple yet, perhaps because I was hiding well, but I had to be careful anyway because it was a place that had tried to kill me.

No, maybe the best defense is offense, so maybe I should find out about the temple first.

‘But how can a girl with no connections investigate such a huge force like the temple… It seems a bit difficult right now.’

Should I wait for Johann to return and somehow stick to him and ask him to help me by saying, ‘Repay my kindness.’

There were 5 years left until then. Well, it didn’t seem difficult to hide until then. “Blackie’s here?”

Meriel came to the window, put me on her palm, and smiled as if she was happy to see me.

I quickly put my front paw on Meriel’s forehead.

‘As it is, it’s better to quickly become human and explain the situation…’

As soon as I released the full mana, I felt nauseous and signs of humanization began to appear.

‘Finally!’

My heart was full.

How long had I waited for this moment?

I had wanted to become human ever since I possessed this body.

I lived every day reminding myself that I was a human, not a squirrel, and that my true form was not this small animal.

I met Johann and went to Meriel with that one thought.

Fortunately, both of them were friendly to me.

I felt my body gradually swelling and thanked the two people who helped me with my humanization and my ability to judge the situation once again.

It was then.

“Meriel, are you inside?”

The door to the office opened and Siena came in.

At the same time, light brown hair fell long in my hand, having finished humanization.

“Bl, Blackie! What is this…”

Meriel was startled and screamed.

I pulled down the curtain to hide my naked body and jumped off the window frame.

“Wait a minute, Duchess. What happened is…”

It was when I was about to quickly explain the situation.

Siena trembled and sat down on the floor. “Y, Yurika?”

Her eyes, half-lost in focus, were fixed on me.

“Yurika! It’s Yurika, isn’t it? Yurika!”

Siena shouted almost like she was having a seizure.

“Mother! Wait a minute. Get a hold of yourself, Mother!”

Meriel quickly ran to support Siena, who was sitting down, but Siena muttered the name ‘Yurika’ a few times and then lost consciousness.

“Mother! Mother!”

It was a mess.

“Call the doctor! The doctor! Quickly!”

… I never imagined humanization like this…