The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 149

Chapter 12. Raheen’s Third Wish

“Sleeping in again? What time do you think it is! Ugh, hopeless!”

What? What’s happening?

“Please, if you’re going to be a saintess, at least act like one… Have some dignity. Showing off your stomach like that, and even drooling!”

What is she talking about?

My head is throbbing. Someone’s screeching right next to my ear is giving me a concussion.

I touched my throbbing temples and awkwardly sat up, scowling.

As my senses returned, the first thing I noticed was the smell of stale dust. I couldn’t tell where it was coming from, but on top of that, there was a musty smell of stagnant water.

This isn’t my room.

“Sigh. What a life. How did I end up taking care of such a wild person….”

I got up, and as the headache subsided, my mind gradually cleared.

I stared blankly at the moss-covered stone ceiling and the small window hanging below it.

The wood of the window frame even seemed to be rotting.

‘Is this a prison?’

I couldn’t help but think that.

But if so, who is this person?

She doesn’t seem like a guard.

More than that, when I turned my head, I saw a wooden door on one side of the narrow room, not iron bars.

‘Is this really a bedroom…?’

I stared at the woman in disbelief.

The woman chattering in front of me seemed to be about my age. She was wearing a pure white dress that was long enough to cover her ankles, but the fabric was not of good quality.

I blinked a couple of times and realized which country this attire belonged to.

The Holy Empire!

“Are you listening to me? Saintess!”

The woman pushed her face close to mine, her eyes wide with shock. Then she sighed again.

“Anyway, I can’t pack your luggage for you, so keep that in mind. Pack everything yourself within half a day. And don’t try to take everything with you!”

“Luggage?”

I asked absentmindedly.

The woman glared at me with narrowed eyes, but she suppressed her anger and added an explanation.

“The luggage you’re taking to the Magic Empire! You haven’t forgotten that we’re leaving tomorrow, have you?”

In that moment, it all clicked into place.

The woman in front of me is a priestess, and the place I am in is the Holy Empire—probably Raheen’s residence.

I couldn’t believe it, but I tried to stay as calm as possible and attempted to conjure a flower at random.

‘It doesn’t work.’

The feeling of roots sprouting from within me, stems rising, and petals blooming… it was gone. I couldn’t feel it.

As if I had never been able to do it in the first place.

‘Why? Why doesn’t it work?’

Could it be that Raheen’s wish was to switch bodies?

Is that why it’s not working?

“M-Mirror. Where’s the mirror?”

I quickly got out of bed, took the mirror the priestess offered, and stared intently at my reflection.

My wide eyes and shocked expression were unfamiliar, but the round eyes, round nose, and round chin were the same.

It’s the same face.

“Brown hair….”

My proud silver hair, the symbol of Arcalik, had completely disappeared.

It was shocking.

* * *

That evening, I analyzed and tried to make sense of the entire situation.

I didn’t accept it, but I had grasped it.

I drew two girls on a large piece of paper and wrote ‘Raheen’ and ‘Florin’ next to each of them.

‘I felt it even when I saw the cursed items Raheen left behind… This kid is really something.’

Her way of thinking is unique.

Of course, that wasn’t a compliment.

‘In a normal case, bodies should be switched….’

My body is still the same.

Then why did my hair color change, and why can’t I use evocation [the ability to conjure objects]? Why is my face the same?

‘It’s because I lost the status of being the Princess of Arcalik.’

In other words, Raheen’s third wish was to steal my entire life.

It’s so absurd that it’s unbelievable, but it actually happened.

I wrote down a few more things under the name ‘Raheen.’

Princess of Arcalik.

Evocator.

The mistress of Kiraxus Driblyane in her twenties.

This was the social status I had. Now it belongs to Raheen.

It was unbelievable.

I wrote down a few things under my name as well.

The saintess who flirted with Kiraxus Driblyane.

Then brought winter to the whole world.

The saintess, Florin, who woke up and acted arrogant without any remorse….

My hand trembled as I wrote each word.

I was so frustrated and angry that I felt like jumping up and down.

I didn’t do anything wrong, but I’m taking the blame for Raheen’s infamy!

I felt like I was covered in filth. I was so angry that I felt like I was going crazy.

“Haa.”

I took a deep breath and crumpled the paper.

I didn’t think I wouldn’t be able to go back to the way I was. But… how messed up will Raheen be while pretending to be me!

My reputation will definitely get worse.

I’ll have to clean up the mess again.

‘Besides, what about the Selection? What about the Selection [a formal process of choosing a partner]?’

I think I collapsed while making eye contact with Raheen at the end….

If I lost consciousness and collapsed, Grandfather would definitely postpone the Selection.

He wouldn’t force a child who is not feeling well to choose again the very next day.

‘Please. Until I return to the Magic Empire, to my home, nothing should happen.’

Hey, Heavenly God.

If you’re listening, say something. Before I grab you by the collar!

But, unfortunately, the god did not appear.

I was huffing and puffing, but I knew why the Heavenly God couldn’t appear to me right now.

‘If the Heavenly God interferes in this world, the Evil God can do the same.’

The current situation is clearly that I’ve been outsmarted. But I couldn’t give the Evil God more room to move freely.

‘I have to figure it out myself.’

Above all, I had something to believe in.

None other than Yuri.

If Yuri knows everything about what I was reincarnated as, she will definitely know about this situation.

No, she has to know.

The Heavenly God said that he arranged Yuri for me.

‘Haa. To think that Yuri knowing everything about me would be helpful in times like this.’

I put down the quill and tore at my hair.

It felt terrible to be holding brown hair instead of my proud silver hair.

‘Raheen. Who do you think you are to dare steal my things?’

This was robbery.

It’s not like she just appeared quietly and existed like someone who used to live together, but she’s doing this?

‘Just you wait. I won’t forgive you.’

I gritted my teeth.

Do you think I’m going to give up my place so easily?

How hard I worked to grasp this happiness.

The reason I’ve been smiling so much is because I didn’t want to wake up from the happiness I finally found.

Just because I smile a lot doesn’t mean I’m so weak that I’ll just smile even if everything I have is taken away.

‘Either you or me in this world.
If only one of us has to live.’

I have to be the one to live.

What my father did for me….

I pressed my eyes shut.

Apart from the anger towards Raheen, my heart was in pain.

Perhaps when I faced Raheen beyond the soul passage created by the Evil God, or something similar. At that moment, information burst out from within me.

It was information that the Heavenly God had been keeping in a treasure chest and hadn’t shown me.

For example, this is my second life as Florin. And in my first life, I had already defeated Raheen once.

But everything went wrong because I died from dice addiction.

‘The Evil God made a contract with my dad, and my dad opened the gate and destroyed the world.’

My father, who deeply regretted it… sacrificed everything to turn back time.

But he didn’t stop there; this time, he made a contract with the Evil God himself.

To prevent the gate from opening in the first place.

‘And he found and hid all the dice in the world.’

Only wishing that I would live happily and long.

I couldn’t even fathom the depth of that great love.

To become a contractor of the Evil God himself.

How could he do that?

And how could he not even take credit for it?

I tried to understand my father’s heart and clutched my chest.

My heart was stinging and aching so much.

My father is definitely a strong person, but to think that he had to bear all of this alone.

‘I don’t know if my father made a wish or not.’

The Heavenly God clearly said that if you make a wish, your soul will be thrown into a pit of fire. You will fall into eternal pain.

I doubt my father made a wish… but if he did.

I had to defeat Raheen and drive the Evil God out of this world even more.

I can’t let my father’s soul suffer.

‘I don’t know why the gods are fighting among themselves on a global scale.’

I rubbed my eyes.

Tears welled up from the mix of anger, sadness, and emotion, but I didn’t want to cry.

I can do that later, after I go home.

‘Right, home.’

The reason I can go home is all thanks to Ian.