The Baby Fairy Is A Villain [EN]: Chapter 28

“Haa, haa…”

I lost too much blood, and my vision blurred.

I couldn’t see properly; everything was hazy.

Richelsia, newly manifested as a fairy, was young and inexperienced.

A fairy who doesn’t know how to control her power is delicious prey and a tempting toy for hunters.

The hunters easily surrounded Richelsia.

She had been lucky enough to survive until now, but this time, she had a strong feeling.

That she would really die today.

The tears she had held back finally welled up.

Why?

Why me?

I never wanted to be a fairy.

I never wanted it even once.

I just wanted to live a normal life.

Tears mixed with blood streamed down her cheeks.

Richelsia kept running.

Her foot caught on a hard rock.

“Agh!”

Her staggering body finally collapsed.

Richelsia fell to the ground.

Her already wounded body crashed against the earth.

A suffocating pain surged through her.

The pain was so severe that she couldn’t even groan properly.

She struggled to gather her trembling body and thought.

I need to get up quickly.

But all she could do was twitch her fingers slightly.

Her body wouldn’t move anymore.

She felt utterly drained.

Only one thought filled her mind.

Richelsia thought blankly.

I’m really going to die.

That the final moment is in a back alley of a slum.

It was truly pathetic.

Blood slowly spread out, soaking the dirty dirt road.

She was waiting for her impending death amidst the pervasive smell of blood.

“…”

Richelsia parted her lips.

Because of the pure white hand that suddenly appeared before her eyes.

The white and clean hand had unusually long and beautiful fingers.

Who could have such a beautiful hand?

Even as she was dying, she was curious and struggled to lift her gaze.

A blue light appeared in her blurred vision.

They were eyes that resembled the sea and the sky.

The moment she saw the clear blue eyes, she suddenly had a thought.

Wouldn’t it be better to die at the hands of this person than to be killed by the hunters?

At least her corpse wouldn’t be desecrated.

Gathering the last of her strength, she reached out her hand.

Barely grabbing the tip of his white fingers, she pleaded.

“Kill me…”

With those words, Richelsia lost consciousness.

***

She wasn’t unconscious the whole time.

She didn’t remember well, but she regained consciousness from time to time.

Her mind wasn’t fully clear.

She just opened her eyes, so she seemed to have been spouting all sorts of nonsense.

She begged to be saved, and she seemed to have been looking for her mother.

The fragmented pieces of memory told her that she had acted shamefully.

When she finally came to her senses, it was completely dark midnight.

“…!”

Richelsia was startled and jumped out of bed.

She was startled by the feel of the soft blanket in her hand, then trembled and looked around.

And she let out a sigh of relief as if collapsing.

“Haa…”

Her body was fine.

At least she thought the hunters would have cut off an arm or a leg…

Her wounded body was neatly wrapped in bandages.

Judging from the bitter herbal smell lingering at the tip of her nose, it seemed that she had been properly treated.

While dazedly checking her condition, she stealthily checked her ankles.

Fortunately, there were no shackles or chains on her.

But Richelsia didn’t let her guard down.

She had experienced too many betrayals to believe that this was an act done solely out of goodwill.

Looking around for a useful weapon, she picked up a fork that had fallen next to the bed.

Creak.

The old wooden door opened with an unpleasant sound.

Richelsia immediately grabbed the fork.

She glared at the person who opened the door, then her hand slightly lost strength.

It was a boy whose face still had a youthful look.

He seemed to be about the same age as Richelsia, who was sixteen, or even younger.

The boy’s features were surprisingly neat.

The precious silver hair and clear, vivid blue eyes made the boy’s presence even more striking.

The boy, as beautiful as the first snow of winter, held a basin of water and a dry towel in his hands.

He saw the wary Richelsia and put the basin and towel on the floor.

He didn’t approach rashly, stood in front of the door, hesitated for a moment, and then opened his mouth.

“…It’s the full moon today.”

He gestured to the window.

“It’s a good day for moon gazing.”

It felt like he didn’t know what to say, so he just blurted out anything.

When she stared at him in disbelief, the boy hesitated for a moment and said.

“You must be hungry, so I’ll go get you something to eat first.”

He closed the door again and disappeared.

Only then did Richelsia relax and drop the fork.

Her hands trembled slightly, perhaps because she had overexerted herself after waking up.

Richelsia slowly took a breath.

She was still breathing heavily because she was so tense.

While quietly catching her breath, she suddenly looked at the window.

“…Ah.”

A large and beautiful moon was really floating in the night sky.

It was a round and beautiful full moon.

She couldn’t take her eyes off the moon, which held an elegant silver light.

She kept looking at the moon until the boy returned.

After a while, the boy came back with soup and a loaf of bread.

He placed the tray with the food on Richelsia’s lap.

Richelsia stared blankly at the food.

Thin soup and a small loaf of wheat bread.

Her long-starved stomach ached painfully.

She wanted to stuff it into her mouth right away, but she couldn’t bring herself to eat it.

The memory of being poisoned by drugged food paralyzed her with fear.

The boy, who was sitting on a chair next to the bed, immediately noticed why Richelsia was hesitating.

The boy sighed softly and picked up the soup bowl.

Then, while making eye contact with Richelsia, he brought the bowl to his mouth.

Gulp.

His Adam’s apple moved clearly.

After taking a sip of the soup, the boy also tore off a corner of the bread and put it in his mouth.

Only after confirming that the boy had completely chewed and swallowed it did Richelsia pick up a spoon.

The moment she scooped up the warm soup, tears welled up in her eyes.

Tears that burst out without being able to hold back flowed down.

She didn’t want to cry, but she cried uncontrollably.

It was because of the mixed feelings of relief that she had survived.

And the overwhelming emotion of eating food to her heart’s content for the first time in a long time.

“…”

The boy silently turned his gaze elsewhere.

Richelsia sobbed and ate the soup, tearing off the bread.

After emptying the bowl cleanly without a single bread crumb, she felt sleepy due to the fullness.

It seemed to be because the tension had been released.

She slowly blinked her eyes and looked at the boy.

“I don’t know what happened.”

The boy said, taking the tray.

“I am a trainee knight of the Holy Empire. You don’t have to worry because I have no intention of doing anything bad.”

Richelsia felt like she had been struck by lightning at the boy’s words.

A trainee knight of the Holy Empire.

Ordinary people would have trusted that status and put their minds at ease.

But Richelsia, an existence considered heresy, was one of the people she had to avoid the most.

Fortunately, the boy didn’t seem to know that Richelsia was a fairy with distorted powers.

If he had known, he would have swung his sword right there instead of saving her.

‘I should have known from the way he looked like a paladin,’ she thought.

But since she hadn’t been caught yet, wouldn’t it be okay to stay here a little longer?

Right now, even if she ran away, she would be caught before she could take a few steps.

Her physical condition was terrible.

‘And I’m so sleepy…’

She was already half unconscious due to the irresistible sleepiness.

After slowly opening and closing her eyes a few times, the boy, who had been hesitating for a while, reached out his hand.

She blankly watched what he was doing.

The boy carefully laid Richelsia down.

She obediently accepted the touch of covering her with a blanket and wiping the cold sweat from her forehead.

The boy said bluntly.

“Get some sleep.”

Like magic, the moment she heard those words, she fell asleep as if she had fainted.

Thinking that she should run away as soon as she opened her eyes tomorrow.