I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain [EN]: Chapter 73

“Ah.”

I answered Meriel’s question with a smile.

“The temple will be utterly destroyed, I guess.”

Considering Patr, who came directly to Ella when I was at the Hylard estate, I figured he would step forward this time as well.

The thought alone excited me.

“It will be easier to investigate if the leader is arrested.”

Since Lizzie, who pretended to be the fake Yurica, is also connected to the temple, a full-scale investigation into my kidnapping will be possible.

In the process, Roymond will be able to dismantle the temple, which he has always considered a thorn in his side.

Then… maybe we can uncover some secrets of the Medest family.

“When all this is over, let’s investigate that secret document in the Imperial Palace.”

“Yes… Even His Highness the Crown Prince said it would be difficult.”

“Yes. We have to find a way. It’s about our family.”

Meriel smiled brightly at my words.

The words ‘our family’… made me feel good even after saying them.

Missing father, sick mother.

Meriel, who had to act as the head of the family at a young age, must have been lonely too.

“Yes, Yurica.”

Meriel smiled and wiped away the lingering tears from my cheeks.

“Let’s do well. I’ll do my best too.”

So, after we made a pact as sisters, we immediately put it into action.

* * *

That’s how I ran away from home, and everything else went according to plan.

‘Anyway, it’s a complete success!’

I jumped up and down as the wall collapsed, cheering inwardly.

‘Yes, once you start fishing, you have to catch a big one!’

That’s the price for daring to put a fake in my territory!

Of course, we also threw in the biggest bait, the Crown Prince, but the Crown Prince is not someone who can’t handle Patr alone.

Besides, Roymond wasn’t one to shy away from adventure and protect himself, so it was all possible.

‘I did a great job too, but it’s the result of all of us working together.’

Unlike other times, my heart was a little overwhelmed.

Because while I had been solving things on my own, this time everyone played their part.

Renat and Meriel, Roymond, and even Johan, who used destruction magic at the end.

And… if I hadn’t trusted even one of these people, if I hadn’t been sure they were completely on my side, I wouldn’t have been able to make this plan.

‘Ah, of course, I didn’t trust Roymond, but I trusted Roymond’s crazy love.’

When I first became aware that I was possessed [reincarnated into this body], I felt a sense of helplessness, as if I were alone in this strange world.

But now I was glad that I didn’t feel that helplessness at all.

‘There’s no way the celebration can happen today.’

Since the High Priest’s attempted assassination of the Crown Prince was exposed, there was no way the event would proceed as planned.

The interrogation would begin immediately upon returning to the Imperial Palace.

Perhaps the events held directly by the temple would resume tomorrow or so.

With the High Priest gone.

‘What High Priest? All the high-ranking priests will be arrested.’

That would throw the temple into even more chaos.

‘Then it’ll be even easier to sneak around the temple!’

There wouldn’t even be time to destroy the evidence because they were caught red-handed.

Of course, the temple would be in disarray since the leader was taken away, and in the meantime, I was going to roam the temple to find my father.

‘Anyway, Johan used magic, so he needs to calm down.’

Timing the collapse of the wall was an easy feat for Johan, but Johan was not currently taking tranquilizers.

For the past few days, he had been sedated every night in the tower, but there were limits.

I had also stopped sedating him to a certain extent just before transforming into a human.

The potion Renat made turned me into a squirrel, but it was a little different from when I was a real divine beast.

Unlike then, when I could absorb mana for 50 days, I would immediately turn into a human if I absorbed too much mana.

Johan was probably not in pain, but he must have always been a little disappointed.

‘But if I had sedated him to the point of humanization, the atmosphere wouldn’t have been conducive to my calming down.’

Would it be okay if all the work was done and I returned to the Medest estate, and we were physically separated?

The strange atmosphere flowing between us was subtly difficult to handle.

Remembering Johan’s unhealthy obsession and unilateral emotional coercion shown in the original work [the novel she read before transmigrating], I felt subtly eerie.

‘No matter how different the current story is from the original, he did imprison Meriel in the tower in the name of love. According to Lean, that’s exactly how wizards act when they want someone.’

Moreover, I had the calming ability that wizards so desperately wanted.

Clearly, everything was flowing differently from the original, but Lean’s warning coincided with something that kept making me afraid.

The more subtly attractive Johan felt.

The more I noticed that he was clearly seducing me as a woman.

‘Johan is nice to me. But is that… really a healthy feeling? Can I just fall for him like this?’

Anyway, that wasn’t important in this situation.

First of all, Johan must be quite tired now, so I had to quickly go and secretly calm him down while I was in the body of a squirrel.

‘It must be hard to endure… I have to go quickly.’

As I was cautiously watching from the tree, trying to slip back into Johan’s pocket in the midst of the chaos.

“Kyooowoong!”

Suddenly, a hand grabbed my waist.

I could instinctively tell.

This was not Johan’s hand. Johan doesn’t grab me so roughly.

A strange magic power tingled from the grasp.

In an instant, I was pulled into someone’s arms.

It was a sudden event, and I was too small to resist the force.

Being small was convenient when scurrying around, but there was no way to avoid being caught by a human hand.

“Kyooowoong!”

I shouted as loud as I could, but it was noisier outside.

It was an incident where the imperial family was almost assassinated.

There was no way anyone would hear me shouting loudly in the body of a squirrel.

I was so embarrassed. I couldn’t even grasp the situation well.

Who on earth suddenly kidnapped me, an ordinary squirrel, like this?

It’s definitely not Johan. But it seems like a wizard.

And that question was soon resolved.

“Now, let’s go.”

A familiar voice was heard.

“You didn’t think I wouldn’t recognize you, did you?”

My fur stood on end at the unexpected situation.

The owner of the voice was Theodore.

Now… is Theodore kidnapping me?

Did he recognize me as a squirrel and immediately stuff me into his inner pocket?

“My squirrel.”

Who’s your squirrel! Don’t talk nonsense like Tezen, you crazy bastard prince!

“We have to go quickly.”

While I was struggling wildly, Theodore jumped on his horse.

“Before Johan Hylard catches me.”

Come to think of it, Johan would be waiting for me.

Because I decided to go down to him right away.

So, in that short moment, I was kidnapped by Theodore….

‘Johan will notice soon! What are you going to do!’

It was too difficult to escape because the inner pocket was too deep.

Theodore grabbed the reins and started running.

“Kyooowoong! Kyooowoong!”

Ah, really!

I was frantically rolling around in Theodore’s inner pocket, panting.

Only then did I realize how comfortable it was to be with Johan.

First of all, Johan put me in the outer pocket.

Even though anyone could tell that the clothes were very strange.

There was a reason for that. Being in the inner pocket was dark, stuffy, and suffocating.

“Kyoong! Kyoong!”

And when I rode Johan’s horse, there was so little shaking that I didn’t think it was dizzying, but now my body was bouncing and going crazy.

The squirrel’s body is small.

So even the small vibrations felt on the horse felt big to me.

“Kyooowoong!”

When I think about it, Johan even made me very comfortable when he walked!

I had no choice but to hold on to the inner pocket with my front paws, feeling like I was about to throw up.

At least one thing was fortunate.

That crazy bastard was obsessed with my calming ability, so he wouldn’t kill me.

But what is he going to do with me after kidnapping me like this….

“It’s very good.”

Theodore said in a laughing voice.

“I needed Rivena to turn you back into a squirrel, but I don’t have to ask Rivena.”

I sighed inwardly.

No, I didn’t know he was such an abnormal guy that he could recognize me at a glance when I turned into a squirrel.

Moreover, I didn’t know he was a human with crazy eyesight who could see a squirrel secretly climbing down the wall in this chaos.

‘But now… where is this human going?’