I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain [EN]: Chapter 34

Becoming the Squirrel Who Saves the Villain – Episode 34

“Really… are you really going?”

Johan’s adjutant had long since resigned himself to his superior’s reputation, but still asked one last time out of duty.

“Let me say one more time. Suddenly barging in like this is a great discourtesy.”

“You seem to think I’m acting this way because I didn’t receive proper upbringing or etiquette.”

Johan said calmly.

“If it’s a discourtesy, then all the better. Shouldn’t the other party dislike me so the annulment will be easier? My strategy is to be as difficult as possible and throw them into a panic.”

The adjutant sighed with a dismal look.

He had heard that Meriel Medest was the empire’s greatest beauty, a woman who had captivated all the men of the empire with her kind and gentle heart. What could he possibly dislike so much…?

Moreover, this was the first thing Johan did upon arriving in the capital.

It was obvious that this incident would define Johan’s character.

“But everyone will call you a rude scoundrel, Johan. Aren’t you upset?”

The adjutant gathered his courage and spoke earnestly.

“The truth is, you’re just a cold, aloof person who doesn’t let anyone close, but now you’ll be seen as a good-for-nothing who relies on magic and acts terribly.”

“I don’t care.”

“But to take control of the noble families in the capital…”

“What would I do with control over them?”

Johan looked genuinely curious.

“I just want to live happily with the woman I want.”

The adjutant’s face froze in shock.

It was surprising enough to hear the words ‘the woman I want’ from Johan, who seemed so ascetic, but to hear the cute phrase ‘happily’ from his mouth…

“Ah… um, ah, ah, ah, happily…”

In any case, it was clear that ‘the woman I want’ was not Meriel Medest, but what kind of woman was he planning to meet after becoming the most arrogant and outrageous scoundrel in the empire…

The somewhat worried adjutant simply looked at Johan’s face once and immediately stopped worrying.

It would be solved if that woman valued wealth, honor, and appearance very highly.

“But wouldn’t that woman also have eyes and ears? Your every move is a hot topic right now. It’s not good if you get a reputation for being a scoundrel… no, a personality failure… no, just a bit prickly.”

The adjutant advised once more, but Johan shrugged and said nonchalantly.

“It doesn’t matter. That woman knows my kind and gentle side.”

Johan’s kind and gentle side was unimaginable, but the adjutant gave his final piece of advice with all his heart.

“But that woman’s family might feel differently. A marriage opposed by family is difficult in many ways. No matter how much of a war hero you are, unless they’re trash trying to sell off their daughter, they’ll value the other party’s reputation very highly.”

“I’m not worried about that. She doesn’t have a family.”

Johan, as if it were nothing, chuckled and muttered.

“It’s just us two in the world, a unique relationship.”

Now the adjutant had nothing more to say. Well, if that’s the case.

In any case, Johan, who rarely smiled at others, was giving instructions while the adjutant hesitated, unable to imagine him living ‘happily’ with any woman.

“Ah, you don’t need to come. Go to the Hyrard estate and take care of what I told you to do.”

The adjutant’s face turned dismal once more.

The task Johan had given him was very bizarre.

He was to go to the Hyrard estate immediately and fill the largest room with the best view with items that a squirrel would like.

And to have them custom-made with as much pure gold as possible.

Of course, this had to be done in complete secrecy, and absolutely no word was to leak out.

He was to be especially careful not to let places like the temple know.

So the adjutant couldn’t even complain to others about this strange order.

“But surely the madam and the young master won’t give up the room…”

“If they were sane, they would have run away, but they’re enduring because they’re not sane. Just ignore them. The result will be the same anyway.”

“…Yes. Then I’ll go and find a pure gold hamster wheel.”

“If possible, embed diamonds densely. And engrave the initials ‘Momo’.”

The adjutant nodded with a sad expression.

Perhaps not following him to the Medest estate would be better for his mental health.

Because he wouldn’t have to endure the truth of his superior, who was definitely kinder than the rumors, but had become somewhat strange in the head since arriving in the capital.

“To not even have a welcoming ceremony after such a long war. That’s a shame.”

The emperor had even offered to hold a grand victory celebration for Johan.

He had offered to prepare a tremendously splendid triumphal return with the emperor himself going out to greet them.

But Johan had refused outright, to the point of being rude.

The only reason was this.

He was afraid that the emperor would announce his marriage to Meriel in such an official setting.

He would certainly refuse immediately, but it was terrible to think that Momo might see or hear such a scene somewhere.

And there was no need to embarrass the emperor in an official setting.

It was easier to quietly return and proceed with the annulment in one fell swoop.

Of course, as a result of all these schemes, somewhat unfair rumors spread in the capital that ‘Johan Hyrard has a terrible personality’ or ‘Even if he’s a great wizard, he’s still ignoring the imperial family.’

From Johan’s point of view, he desperately wanted to avoid marrying Meriel, and this happened because he was not interested in any other factors.

After all, once the annulment was finalized, he was planning to drop everything and leave to find Momo.

He was even very worried that the temple might still be after Momo, so he had to find her secretly.

Therefore, he couldn’t hear the adjutant’s various pieces of advice.

In any case, Johan had barged into the Medest estate as soon as he returned to the capital, refusing the welcoming procession and greetings.

“What?”

Meriel jumped up in surprise at the butler’s report. “…Johan is here? Now?”

She rolled her eyes in disbelief.

“When did he even arrive in the capital?”

She had already been anxious because there was no reply to the letter she had sent three days ago.

Even Yurika had said uncertainly, ‘It seems like he’s not leaving any documents confirming it, could he have noticed our scheme…’

But suddenly, without any special welcoming ceremony, he was barging in!

After he refused the emperor’s offer of a welcoming ceremony, rumors spread in the capital that Johan Hyrard was very mean and arrogant.

But in fact, no one could touch him.

Because he was a man with unprecedentedly terrifying magical power.

Hearing the rumors about his broken personality, Yurika muttered miserably with somewhat trembling eyes, ‘In the end… is it that bad?’

“What, what’s wrong, Yurika? Has Johan become more vicious than you thought?”

“No… I thought it could be possible. I just had some hope, but I guess a person’s nature is inevitable.”

Indeed, Johan, who had appeared at the Hyrard family’s dinner in Meriel’s memory, was somehow gloomy.

She also remembered him looking at Tezen, who was holding a squirrel, with eyes that seemed like he would tear him to death.

No, anyway, it was Tezen’s squirrel, so what was with him grinding his teeth with such a ferocious face.

“Sister, don’t worry. I knew this would happen, so I’ve prepared everything. Just do as I say.”

She was relieved that Yurika had said that, but he was barging into the estate without even contacting her.

“H, he just arrived in the capital. He came to the Medest estate as soon as he returned.”

Meriel rubbed her forehead at the butler’s report.

Putting aside the rudeness of barging in without contacting her, she wasn’t at all prepared to face him.

“Uncle Jayden won’t arrive for a few more days!”

Jayden, who had been in the distant eastern lands for business, had heard the news that the war was over and said he would come to the Medest estate immediately.

It seemed he wanted to help now that the time had come to decide on Meriel’s fate in earnest.

However, he was too far away, so he had left as soon as he heard the news that the war was over, but he had not yet arrived in the capital.

Still, she thought that if Johan sorted out the Hyrard estate and held a welcoming ceremony, she wouldn’t have to face him until Jayden arrived…

“No matter how fast he comes, it will take a few days, right? Haa, what should I do…”

Meriel bit her nails and muttered anxiously.

“What to do… it seems like he wants to marry me so much that he’s barging in without contacting me. He didn’t even reply to Yurika’s letter containing the trick. He didn’t seem very interested in me when we met before, was he just too shy to make eye contact?”

Meriel shouted frantically with the eyes of someone facing a millennium-old villain. There was only one person to rely on in this sudden situation.

“Yurika, call Yurika! I need to tell Yurika about this quickly!”