I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain [EN]: Chapter 66

“Indeed.” Renat continued calmly, “All the symptoms His Highness mentioned before are due to the Iala flower petals.”

“…Iala flower petals?”

Lizi frowned.

It was an unexpected topic.

“Yes. They are commonly used as ingredients when making purple paint. Because they only bloom in the western desert, they are not commonly seen in the Empire.”

“Ah… I see.”

“However, Your Highness has a severe allergy to Iala flowers, so even a small amount of Iala flower petals mixed in the paint can cause momentary confusion.”

Renat continued calmly.

“So, if possible, you should avoid paintings that use purple paint.”

“No, such a tiny amount causes such symptoms? What would happen if you ate the Iala flower directly?”

‘What, it wasn’t like pregnancy?’

‘Rather… rather, it’s a complete jackpot!’

Lizi cheered inwardly, while Meriel’s worried words followed.

“Are Iala flowers only used for paint? Is it enough to avoid paintings?”

“Well, in the water-scarce desert, they say that Iala flower petals are added to kill the scent of rainwater before drinking it as tea. But well, it doesn’t have a particularly outstanding flavor, and the color is only purple, but the taste is close to plain water, so there’s no reason to drink Iala flower tea in the Empire.”

Renat adjusted his glasses and explained.

“However, if you drink that tea, you will almost helplessly collapse. Of course, you will recover soon, but it is natural for your limbs to stiffen momentarily.”

“I see.”

Roymond sighed and replied.

“I should avoid drinking purple tea when I go outside. And it would be good to keep this a secret. Baron Renat, will you keep the secret?”

It was natural for Roymond to say that.

Because now Renat was practically revealing a weakness that only the Crown Prince had.

If it was a flower from the western desert, it wouldn’t be widely distributed in the Empire, but it wouldn’t be difficult to obtain.

Of course, there was no need to tell others.

“Yes, of course.”

Next to Renat, who answered calmly, Meriel smiled brightly and chimed in.

“Renat is very tight-lipped. As a doctor, he keeps all patient secrets. Don’t worry about that.”

Lizi held her breath and grinned alone with her mouth wide open.

The Crown Prince Roymond’s weakness.

The secret weakness of the Crown Prince, the nemesis that High Priest Patre hates the most!

‘Maybe he’ll even get rid of Meriel and make me Medeste’s successor!’

Lizi bit her lip tightly with a pounding heart.

* * *

Theodore looked at Yurika and Johann with a triumphant face.

At the banquet, they clung to each other and pretended to be the sweetest lovers in the world, but their contact never went beyond that.

So, he took a gamble.

As expected, a momentary embarrassment flashed across their faces.

‘It seems they haven’t taken the calming potion for a long time. They even seem to have used some magic recently?’

Although he didn’t show it, Theodore flinched a little inside when the painting fell earlier.

‘To think that unrefined magic power is at that level.’

But that also meant that the magic power was getting out of control and starting to run wild.

As a magician, Theodore knew very well how much that uncontrollable magic power tormented magicians.

‘Shall I scratch it more?’

If Johann was in this state, things would be much easier than he had initially expected.

If he continued to provoke him like this to create an uneasy atmosphere, and then secretly broke the flower vase next to Yurika and blamed it on Johann…

‘At least my thing won’t be able to stay safely with another man. He’ll want to avoid it out of fear.’

To Theodore, Yurika was already ‘my thing I want to have’.

Magicians were originally such beings.

Their own desires were the most important, and nothing else mattered.

“Anyway, a man with a fake fiancé and a woman with a fake lover seem to have similar circumstances.”

Theodore smiled deeply and looked at Yurika.

“How about people with similar stories have a deep conversation, Princess?”

And he subtly leaned in and gently extended his hand.

“You never know. If you and I talk openly, we might be able to give and take what we want.”

Theodore was also calculating.

Yurika is wary of Libena. But the enemy’s fiancé is offering him an alliance?

Wouldn’t he naturally be curious?

‘If you come to me, I will definitely save you.’

Of course, he would have to live tied to his side forever.

Just as he could let go of Libena’s hand at any time for his purpose, Yurika seemed likely to choose him over Johann in order to survive Libena.

In fact, he knew more about the threats surrounding Yurika than Johann did.

Theodore could think that way because he didn’t know that Yurika had overheard his conversation with Libena.

Besides, magicians originally didn’t have much of a concept of cooperation. So, he didn’t feel sorry for betraying Libena.

“I’m confident.”

Theodore folded his eyes and smiled kindly.

“Anyway, if it’s a fake title, the position of the Emperor’s fiancé will be more helpful to the Princess than the lover of a war hero.”

At those words, Johann replied quietly.

“Well. I wonder if it will be helpful.”

“Huh?”

“Before you can be of any help to Yurika.”

The statue at the entrance of the reception room fell with a thud.

Johann’s magic power was gradually getting out of control.

“Because I won’t leave the Emperor alone before that.”

It was a clear provocation and rebuttal. Theodore was startled, but he couldn’t react for a moment because he flinched at the pressure Johann was emitting.

“F, first of all!”

And Yurika quickly intervened at the excessive remarks.

“Johann and I are not fake lovers. I don’t know why you misunderstood.”

A crash, the sound of the statue breaking was heard. A precarious atmosphere filled the reception room.

Yurika opened her mouth provocatively.

“If you want, I’ll show you.”

Then she turned her body to Johann next to her.

* * *

Why is that human being really like that?

I sighed, despising Theodore inwardly.

‘What’s going on? Things should be going well at the Medeste mansion by now, but unexpected things are happening at the Hairad mansion!’

In fact, I didn’t think anything special would happen here.

Since the trap was set at the Medeste mansion, I thought I could just rest.

But this was really a big deal. And the situation was getting worse and worse.

It was because Johann was starting to lose control of his magic power.

When even the statue in the reception room fell due to a sudden emotional upheaval, I realized that Theodore was deliberately provoking Johann.

‘Magicians basically have a clear possessiveness towards divine beasts. But if he tells me so openly to come to him like that…’

Of course, if I didn’t know Theodore’s intentions well, it was a proposal that I might have been drawn to.

Whatever he wanted from me, I could have come up with a way to stab Libena in the back.

But I knew very well that Theodore treated me as a divine beast, not a human.

‘Obviously. He’s definitely going to tie me up completely and try to possess me. How can I trust such a human being.’

I had no intention of falling for such provocations.

But the problem was Johann.

It seemed like he hadn’t been able to take the calming potion for a very long time than I thought.

I watched Johann suffer from magic power for a very long time when he was young.

Therefore, I knew better than anyone what Johann’s condition was now.

He was trying to maintain his composure and show a blank expression, but it was clear that he was in tremendous pain.

‘If he can’t suppress his emotions and attacks even the imperial family, the aftermath may affect him because of the restrictions!’

That being said, I couldn’t turn into a squirrel in front of Theodore right now.

To calm Johann down even a little in human form, I needed more intense contact.

That’s when Theodore asked if he could try to kiss me.

‘Johann, I’m sorry. But…’

So, I had no choice but to make an extreme choice to feed Theodore shit [to make Theodore look foolish] as if to show him, and to relieve Johann’s pain a little.

‘You have to live a little first, too.’

Even Johann had made remarks that crossed the line.

At this rate, it felt like we were really going to have a full-scale war with Theodore.

‘This will be a good choice for all of us. Well, maybe it will.’

Thinking about Johann’s shady expression earlier, I felt a little uneasy, but anyway, this was the best I could do.

“If you want, I’ll show you.”

So, after saying something rather provocative, I lightly put my lips on Johann’s lips as they were.

Johann’s eyes widened in an instant.