I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain [EN]: Chapter 95

My heart was pounding as if I were possessed.

He carefully took my hand, and my eyes widened in slight surprise.

Magic was already raging within him.

Hoping to lighten the strange, shrinking atmosphere, I feigned concern and changed the subject.

“Ah, right. You used a lot of magic…”

Indeed, considering this small mansion was almost completely ruined, he must have used quite a bit of magic.

Ah… In the end, he used magic because of me again.

“It must hurt.”

At my quiet murmur, Johann smiled slightly and asked,

“Why?”

He leaned in slightly, and I caught his unique, refreshing scent.

“Are you going to soothe me now?”

As always, his face was perfectly calm, but it was obvious that pain was surging within him.

“Can I go to the carriage for a moment? My bag is there.”

Since the assassination attempt, I always carried the squirrel transformation potion with me.

So, when I said I would go to the carriage, Johann pressed down harder on my hand, which he was lightly holding.

“No.”

“Huh?”

“I told you, I’m making a move.”

My toes tingled a little more each time he approached. Johann smiled and added,

“There’s another way, without going to the carriage.”

Right. There is another way.

A way to calm you down without turning into a squirrel.

I moved my lips and replied in a sulky voice.

“But that’s…”

“You said you’d do it first last time.”

He didn’t seem to particularly want it, but his voice was teasing.

“…I don’t want to anymore. It felt really weird. Then you have to endure until I get back from the carriage.”

“Why don’t you want to?”

Johann leaned in closer, gently and playfully asking.

“Was it not good back then?”

“Why are you curious about that now?”

I asked sullenly, but my ears were burning. I grumbled, trying not to show my fluttering heart.

“You acted like nothing happened after doing it all. As if it was over because you were calmed down.”

“Ah. So you were upset?”

Johann smiled slightly and replied soothingly.

“I… thought you seemed too busy, so I didn’t want to bother you with this, either.”

That was true. I was a bit busy back then. It was before I even entered the temple.

“And if I brought up that incident back then… I thought you would pester me. Like now.”

“Pester you for what?”

Johann asked cautiously, his voice slightly husky.

“To do it again.”

“…You didn’t even use magic back then, so why would we do it again?”

“Is that important?”

Perhaps because of the topic, my eyes kept drifting to Johann’s lips.

I’m not an animal right now; I’m human.

I soothed myself and barely continued the conversation.

“No, isn’t whether or not you use magic the most important thing in calming down? Then what is important?”

“It’s important that we did something that real lovers do together.”

Johann stared at me with a languid face. His purple eyes were shimmering.

“Yurika.”

He continued softly as I hesitated.

“You… were going to stop pretending to be fake lovers after this is over, right?”

“…”

That was true, actually. There was no need to do that anymore.

Johann smiled deeply and asked.

“Can’t you stop that now?”

“N-now?”

“Yeah.”

I felt like I was being cornered somehow, but Johann, who was skillfully leading the conversation, also had red ears.

“You know how I feel. Earlier, you told me to do what I want. Don’t shrink back just because I’m a wizard.”

It’s true that I said that… but you’re applying it right here, right now?

It felt like I was falling into my own trap.

“I like you, Yurika. I really like you.”

He whispered sweetly from a close distance.

“Let’s stop being fake lovers and become real lovers. From this moment on.”

If this was his deliberate ploy, I had no confidence that I wouldn’t fall for it.

“Give me a chance if you don’t hate me.”

Honestly, I didn’t hate it.

No, in fact, despite everyone’s warnings, my heart was drawn to him.

Everyone said wizards were dangerous, but I always felt that he genuinely cared for me.

He was a man who always respected and cared for me.

“I’ll really do well.”

You’ll do well. You’re already doing well.

“I’ll behave.”

You’ll behave. There’s nothing to criticize now.

“If you just stay by my side like this…”

Johann continued.

“I can endure anything forever. Anything.”

His voice continued without hesitation, but that didn’t mean he was calm.

Rather, I could feel that he was very nervous.

“Imagine. Wouldn’t it be nice if we were real lovers?”

“Uh… um…”

“You’ll feel a little less burdened when you ask me for something…”

I wasn’t planning on asking him casually just because we were lovers, so I was about to point that out, but he continued immediately.

“You can do whatever you want in front of others, so you don’t have to be conscious of other people’s eyes.”

No, I can’t completely ignore other people’s eyes just because of that…

Johann smiled as I made a dubious face.

“And even now…”

At the same time as his voice became more and more subdued, his body began to approach me more and more.

“You don’t have to *not* kiss me just because you feel weird…”

Ah.

My mind went blank, and I couldn’t think of any more rebuttals.

He smiled softly as if he were reading my mind.

I sighed softly.

Was this how it was going to end up?

Even if there were other aspects of him that I didn’t know, even if there was something I always felt uneasy about, still…

Right now, I wanted to kiss Johann.

Even when we kissed because it would calm him down in the carriage… I think it was good.

I wanted to feel that good feeling again.

Beyond the sense of duty to calm him down.

I had already forgotten the guilt and remorse I had for him using magic for me.

In the first place, there was none of that in his seduction.

Even though I knew I was falling for something, I carefully pressed my lips to his first.

It was my answer to his ploy.

Ah, is this really how it’s going to be?

Even when Johann returned after ending the war, I thought lightly, ‘Well, if I marry Johann, I marry Johann!’…

That thought was arrogant.

Right now, I couldn’t do anything about the numerous warnings and the vague sense of unease I was feeling.

But I couldn’t refuse. I closed my eyes and leaned closer to him.

At the same time, Johann gently wrapped his arms around my waist, and our bodies were close.

My breath quickened, and the heat was conveyed intact. My vision became hazy, and I was out of breath.

Along with the pounding of my heart, the sound of our lips touching reached my ears.

My body stiffened, then softened gently, then twitched again. My toes kept curling up in the sweet sensation.

“Ah…”

Johann whispered between our lips as if he couldn’t bear it.

“…I like you so much.”

I couldn’t even answer those words, and the deeply penetrating movement was somehow fierce. That was overwhelming, but also pleasing.

It was the first kiss between real lovers.

* * *

“I have a bad feeling.”

Lean from the Hisri Information Guild bit his nails and sighed.

“This time, it’s really bad.”

“Why?”

His subordinate tilted his head and asked.

“Do you think things won’t work out with the Olteba baronetcy after all? Well, even if he is a war hero, it’s not easy to deal with two eccentric old men.”

“No. Not that.”

Lean clicked his tongue, shaking one leg incessantly.

“I mean, the Princess is really going to fall for Johann Heyrad this time.”

“Hmm.”

Yurika had clearly said this time, ‘Once the Olteba baronetcy matter is over, I’m really going to distance myself. There’s no reason to get involved anymore.’

But on the other hand, that meant Johann could fully anticipate that situation.

He’s definitely going to seduce her with all his might… The problem is that Yurika doesn’t seem to dislike it either.

She’s hesitant because of my warning that wizards are dangerous and for some unknown reason, but Lean thought Yurika had fallen quite a bit.

“But isn’t it good if they like each other? Princess Yurika is smart, so she won’t fall for a jerk.”

“It doesn’t matter when they like each other. He’ll definitely be kind next to the Princess.”

Lean frowned and said.

“But if the Princess leaves his side, breaks up with him, or goes to another man… a tragedy we can’t even imagine will unfold.”

I didn’t think that would happen, but you never know…

The subordinate rolled his eyes and said.

“Well, but the Princess becoming the Duchess of Heyrad is completely good anyway. Is there any reason to go to another man?”

The subordinate’s rebuttal was quite reasonable in his own way.

“It’s said that wizards are dangerous, but that’s not something you can see…”