The Baby Fairy Is A Villain [EN]: Chapter 153

The Villainous Baby Fairy – Episode 153 (153/200)

Originally, Chesha had a plan.

Since she was brought to the Fairy Kingdom anyway, she intended to make the most of her time there.

She wanted to quickly take care of her business and ask what needed to be asked.

If there was anything she could do to help the fairies, she would handle that as well.

Her ultimate goal was to return home as soon as possible.

She estimated that all of this would take no more than a month at the very longest.

Frankly, she was planning to wrap it up in a week.

Everyone would be waiting anxiously for her.

Hailon had even followed her all the way to the Fairy Kingdom.

Whenever she thought of those who were waiting anxiously in the real world, she couldn’t help but feel impatient.

She had vowed to return as soon as possible, but…

“A year…”

Chesha murmured in a hollow voice.

The small murmur was quickly lost in the noise of the bustling marketplace.

All sorts of worrying scenarios played out in her head.

Hailon was one thing, but she was really worried about the men of the Basilian family, especially Kieren.

They all pretended not to be, but they were all very soft-hearted.

Especially Kieren, who was emotionally vulnerable and relied on Chesha a lot.

The words he had said at their last meeting echoed in her mind.

“…You’re lying.”

“You’re not coming back.”

His red eyes, filled with hurt, were still vivid in her memory.

She had barely managed to dissuade him from using black magic in the heart of the Holy Empire, promising him repeatedly that she would return.

And now she had been incommunicado [unable to be contacted] for a year.

It was truly a bleak realization.

She quickly gathered her resolve, thinking that she needed to go home right away.

“…Huh?”

But something was strange.

She couldn’t feel even half of her power.

The power that had always been abundant was now barely a trickle.

At this rate, long-distance travel was impossible.

The Fairy Kingdom, where all the flowers had disappeared, suddenly came to mind.

Could her reduced power be related to that?

‘Anyway, I can only use simple tricks right now.’

She had become a lost child in a strange place, and she couldn’t even use her powers properly.

Chesha, who had been momentarily stunned by a sense of hopelessness, shook her head.

And she clenched her small fist tightly.

‘Let’s take care of things one step at a time.’

The child, holding a rabbit doll in one hand in the marketplace, with a determined expression as if making a desperate decision, looked quite comical.

But no one could see Chesha, who had concealed her presence with flowers.

Thanks to this, Chesha was able to maintain her serious and determined mindset.

“First, let’s find out where this is.”

Chesha shook the rabbit doll and started walking.

Judging from the sunny and hot weather and the accent of the people, it seemed to be in the southern part of the continent.

She passed through a market where fish the size of forearms were jumping and reached the central square.

The flag hanging on the flagpole in the square, fluttering vigorously, had an anchor, rope, and fish drawn on it.

“The Skaya Kingdom?”

What on earth had happened to bring her from the Holy Empire of Hilderred to the Skaya Kingdom?

To the far south, far from the center of the continent.

Knowing it was the Skaya Kingdom, Aran came to her mind first.

Aran Skaya, the young princess of Skaya with golden eyes, was five years old, barely making the age limit for attending the Minor Saint Prayer Meeting [a religious gathering for young potential saints].

It had been a year, so she would probably have grown to be about the same size as Chesha now.

‘…Remil too.’

What had happened to the boy who had handed her the crown at the last moment?

She could only hope that Kieren hadn’t been too hard on him.

She passed the magnificent anchor-shaped statue towering in the center of the square and the twelve large and small fish statues surrounding it, and approached a boy selling newspapers nearby.

Since she had no money, she couldn’t buy a newspaper, so she scanned the front-page article from the side, concealing her presence.

The large title immediately caught her eye.

[Shock! Series of Internal Accusations!]

Chesha’s eyes widened as she read the article.

[…The situation in the Holy Empire of Hilderred is only getting worse day by day.

In particular, according to the most recent testimony of a new whistleblower, Holy King Sianor has been embezzling some of the donations that have come into Hilderred…….]

Internal accusations were erupting within the Holy Empire?

Hilderred was an extremely conservative group.

Loyalty to God and to the Holy King, who received God’s will most directly, was practically a mania.

Even if there was corruption, they would gloss over it, saying it was God’s will, but they were accusing the Holy King.

Unable to believe it, she was about to quickly read the rest of the article.

“Get out of the way! I said get out of the way!”

The sound of a whip cracking, along with a rough shout, was heard.

A large carriage was noisily crossing the square, which was supposed to be only for pedestrians.

The people who were walking peacefully screamed and barely avoided the carriage.

Chesha was also about to naturally move to the side to avoid it.

Then she saw the person inside through the carriage window.

“…!”

The man with the stiff expression was a familiar face.

It was Samid, Aran’s attendant.

She had seen him following Aran in the Holy Empire a few times.

‘He didn’t seem like the type to be arrogant enough to drive a carriage through a square where people were walking.’

Chesha, who had been slightly annoyed, soon realized that this was a very good opportunity.

It was her first time coming to the Skaya Kingdom, and she hadn’t left any way for Aran to find her.

She didn’t have enough power to track Aran with butterflies.

She was in a difficult situation in many ways, but a way to easily meet Aran, who would help her, had appeared right in front of her.

Chesha immediately took off the flower she had stuck on her forehead.

And she jumped in front of the carriage.

“Eek!”

The coachman braked suddenly because of the child who had suddenly appeared.

He hesitated, about to shout and curse, when he saw Chesha.

She was a child whose appearance was striking at a glance.

Besides, she was wearing clothes with a unique design that was very different from the clothes of the Skaya Kingdom, so he seemed surprised.

Chesha lightly ignored the coachman and ran to the carriage.

And she reached up and knocked on the carriage door.

“You little rascal!”

The coachman ran to grab the rude child.

But before he could, the carriage window opened.

Samid’s eyes widened as if they would pop out as soon as he saw Chesha.

“Oh, no, are you……?”

He stammered with a dubious expression.

She was a baby when he last saw her, but now she was a child, so he couldn’t be sure.

“It’s me.”

He would probably guess who she was without her saying her name.

Chesha looked up at Samid with pink eyes and asked.

“Please let me meet Princess Aran.”

***

Is this what you call treating a state guest?

Chesha thought as she received a luxurious fan.

“Please try this too. It’s a shellfish dish made with pearl powder. The spices are unique, so it has quite a flavor.”

As soon as he confirmed that it was Chesha, Samid, who had immediately guided her to the palace, was anxious to take care of her.

Chesha, who was also hungry, ate the food he recommended and waited for Aran to come.

Just as she was about to taste a bite of the spicy seasoned large steamed fish, Aran finally arrived.

“Chesha Basilian!”

Aran, who appeared with a bang, opening the door forcefully, had a flushed face.

She was breathing heavily from running over so quickly, and walked towards Chesha, making thumping noises.

Chesha quickly chewed and swallowed the fish she had been eating with her cheeks full.

Meanwhile, Aran, who had come right in front of her, scanned Chesha with disbelieving eyes.

“…Really, is it you?”

Looking at Aran, who had grown just as much as Chesha, Chesha smiled brightly instead of answering.

Then Aran called her name in a tearful voice.

“Chesha…….”

From then on, Aran began to talk non-stop without even pausing for breath.

She talked about how sad she was when Chesha suddenly disappeared, how surprised she was when she suddenly grew up into a child, and how touched she was because she was so cute and pretty, and so on.

Chesha couldn’t even open her mouth and just listened to the flood of words that poured out so much that her ears were ringing.

Only after listening for a long time was she able to finally ask what she was curious about.

“Um, the Holy Empire.”

“…Ah.”

Aran narrowed her brows with force.

She frowned so much that wrinkles formed between her eyebrows and sighed deeply.

“There are many things I need to tell you…. First, the most urgent thing. Do you remember the Inquisitor [an official in the Holy Empire] of Hilderred, Hailon?”

It wasn’t just remembering.

Chesha nodded her head vigorously.

“That man…….”

Aran groaned and said.

“He started a rebellion.”