I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain [EN]: Chapter 6

“Aaaaaaack!”

The maid collapsed on the spot, and Johann was instantly free.

Figuring out the situation afterward was easy. Johann didn’t hesitate and started running towards the tower, panting.

‘I need to get back to the tower before Tezen comes!’

Tezen never climbed the tower, claiming it was too difficult.

And unless Tezen came himself, the servants couldn’t directly lay a hand on him.

Even in this state, he was the eldest son of Hyrard.

Besides, he was still a wizard, and commoners were afraid of magic overload, so they couldn’t easily strike him.

In any case, they needed some flimsy excuse, like the attending physician’s recommendation, to treat Johann poorly.

“Young Master! Where are you going!”

As he staggered towards the tower, a servant spotted him and quickly ran over.

“The physician told you to take a walk on rainy days!”

At this rate, he would be caught by another servant for sure. ‘Damn it!’

Johann was panting and clenching his fist when it happened again.

Once more, an acorn flew from somewhere and accurately hit the servant’s eye.

“Ugh! What is it!”

Johann hurriedly ran to the tower and bolted the door.

Even if it was miserable, he had to get his meals, so he planned to unlock it again after the rain stopped.

He collapsed at the bottom of the tower, panting.

The terrible rainy day walk ended unbelievably early. He didn’t even run into Tezen.

And he clearly saw the acorn rolling around after hitting the servant’s eye.

“……………Acorn.”

Johann sat there blankly for a while, thinking about the squirrel that had offered him the acorn. It was a gift full of goodwill from their first meeting.

Now it was certain.

If the squirrel only wanted his human form, it wouldn’t have needed to do this.

He had gained an ally in the Duke’s residence.

I, who had subdued the maid and servant who were tormenting Johann with acorns one after another, dusted off my hands on the tree.

‘Wow, I have talent.’

The acorn itself wasn’t a powerful weapon, so I aimed for the weakest spot, the eye, and it was a perfect hit every time.

I didn’t know I had such a great talent for throwing things myself.

‘Is this a squirrel’s talent? Or a divine beast’s ability? I didn’t have this talent in my past life. Even the range is amazing!’

If I had this much throwing talent, I would have been a national shot put representative…

Hiding in the tree, I watched Johann stagger into the tower and let out a sigh of relief.

Since the tower door could be locked, Johann would be able to keep everyone out for the time being.

Ella didn’t engage in harassment without a cause anyway.

Making him get rained on was also something she did because she had the physician’s opinion as an excuse.

She wanted to be seen as a rational owner who operated the Duke’s estate according to principles.

She valued how she appeared to others and was a fairly competent villain who thought about various scenarios before acting.

But she missed two things.

That Johann Hyrard was a much more powerful wizard than she thought, and that the Hyrard Duke would die in battle sooner than expected.

‘And you shouldn’t leave dangerous elements around in the first place. Even if you don’t want to send Tezen to the battlefield.’

I was lost in thought, recalling the original story.

‘If I had possessed a noble lady instead of a squirrel… I’m confident in using my brain, which is a shame.’

And by possessing the divine beast, Ella was unaware of another variable. Johann was recovering day by day because of me.

Of course, how much he would recover and how the original story would change because of it was not my concern for now.

‘I need to become human first. Anyway, I should brag a little when I meet Johann tonight.’

I was about to return to Tezen’s room when Tezen arrived in the garden with a bucket full of water.

It seemed he was planning to pour the water on Johann and add nasty remarks like, ‘Hyung [older brother], you need to get more water!’

“What! What happened?”

He yelled at the maid, who was still confused about what had hit her, annoyed.

“Th-That is… He went back into the tower while I briefly lost sight of him…”

“He ran away to the tower? No, why did you miss him! Huh?”

He couldn’t control his anger and poured the water he had brought on the maid.

The maid collapsed, shivering from the cold.

‘Wow, what’s with this brat’s personality…’

Clearly, the villain in the original story was Johann.

A crazy obsessive man who turned the peaceful lives of the female and male leads upside down, a wicked villain skilled in schemes to ruin other people’s love.

But in my judgment, the people around Johann were much more villainous.

Seeing Johann’s upbringing, which was not properly described in the original story, was appalling.

I couldn’t help but think of Tezen or Ella as worse than Johann, who would do more heinous things later.

Johann hadn’t done anything bad yet, and I hadn’t seen Johann’s misdeeds with my own eyes.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”

Tezen’s abuse towards the maid continued, and I was about to pick up an acorn again for some righteous education when Ella, who didn’t usually get involved in such matters, slowly walked out.

“Stop it, Tezen.”

“But, I finally had a good plaything, and these things were negligent in managing it…!”

“Plaything, Tezen.”

Ella gracefully placed her hand on Tezen’s shoulder.

I quietly held my breath and eavesdropped on their conversation, wondering if Ella was going to start some character education.

“I wanted to help my brother’s treatment.”

“Ah… Yes! I wanted to treat my brother more diligently!”

Wow. Like mother, like son.

No, she was even more vicious because she was an adult.

Indeed, Tezen’s home education was messed up from the start.

“Your brother seems to have run away because he was short-sighted, but hold back for now. We have important guests coming tomorrow, and it wouldn’t do for the Duke’s residence to be noisy.”

Ella soothed Tezen in an even kind voice.

“Since you’re so sad that you couldn’t see your brother today, I’ll call Johann then.”

I blinked, hugging the acorns. I didn’t know what it was, but it couldn’t be good for Johann.

As expected, Ella added with a thick smile.

“Wouldn’t it be more fun to be with your brother then than today?”

“The guests tomorrow… are they the Medest Duchess and the Princess?”

Tezen’s eyes sparkled.

“Ah, that’ll be fun.”

On the other hand, I almost dropped the acorns I was holding when I heard the words ‘Medest Duchess and Princess.’

‘Oh my god, it’s the female lead.’

The female lead, Princess Meriel Medest, doesn’t meet Johann now according to the original story.

But by intervening in the original story now, the two will meet.

Because Johann wasn’t quietly harassed by Tezen today, Ella created an even more humiliating situation.

I sighed with a serious expression.

‘It’s obvious. She wants to humiliate him in front of others.’

The Medest family was as prestigious as the Hyrard family.

So Ella wanted to show off the feeble Johann to make him look miserable.

In the original story, Meriel sees him for the first time when Johann returns 멋지게 [admirably/impressively] from the war.

When he is recognized by everyone as a war hero and easily receives the title of Hyrard Duke, being revered as a tremendous hero.

Yet, Meriel doesn’t love him at all.

Moreover, she was about to show him her terrible appearance from the start, so Johann had even less of a chance.

I shrugged and rolled my eyes.

‘Well, does it matter? Anyway, Meriel is already building up her 서사 [narrative/backstory] with the male lead.’

Since Johann’s love is doomed anyway, what does it matter if it fails a little earlier?

While I was cynically assessing the situation, Ella and Tezen’s affectionate conversation continued.

“Yes, my wonderful son.”

Ella stroked Tezen’s hair and said kindly.

“Let’s show the Medest family your divine beast tomorrow. To show off your magical talent as well.”

……………What? You’re taking me too?

So, she was going to leave Johann, who was a truly excellent wizard, in a pathetic state, and boast that Tezen, a fake wizard, had enough magic to need a divine beast.

‘Well, since divine beasts are so expensive, no sane person would buy them for deception.’

That insane person was Ella, though.

Well, she was planning to set Johann up as a pathetic extra, contrasting with Tezen’s brilliance…

“Ah, I’m looking forward to it. Really.”

Tezen smiled and jumped up and down.

“I’ll explain to the princess what it feels like to be soothed by a divine beast.”

I never soothed you.

He was firmly mistaken that taking a break was ‘soothing.’

“She’ll be happy that I’m an amazing wizard, right?”

Seeing him excited, he seemed to already know that Meriel was beautiful.

I sighed and scurried back to Tezen’s room, climbing the tree.

That night, when I visited Johann again.