Rehabilitating the Villainess

The sound of the chain scraping the floor reached my ears. 

It meant that Clie, who had been unconscious, had finally woken up.

“Hhngh, this is…”

“Are you awake? Just how long did you stay unconscious with just one blow to the head?”

A slight frown appeared on Clie’s face, but she quickly managed to erase that expression.

Seeing her lips twitch, I could tell that Clie was hiding her true feelings, she had no choice but to do it. 

At the moment, she was constrained with iron chains, and all sorts of magic tools. She was in a situation where she had to be polite even if she wanted to curse at me.

So things were as it should be…except for the fact that, at the moment, Shael was standing by my side. 

For that reason, I couldn’t “harass” Clie as I wished.

“Shael, we should leave.”

“No. I have to do something…”

After that, Shael took something out from her magic pouch. It was something I had seen in the Holy Kingdom. While on our way to the Blessing Meeting, Shael had bought a lie detector.

It was just a magic tool meant for the purpose of having fun. Naturally, there was no way that such a thing would have the ability to detect other people’s lies. 

However, Shael showed the lie detector to Clie.

“Wha…what is that?”

“This entire time, I was curious about why you poured wine on me back then…”

Was it not enough to slap her in the hospital room before? 

Now Shael was asking Clie with an annoyed expression on her face.

“Eh..that was by mistake.”

Creeb!

The moment Clie gave her reply, the red light on the lie detector magic tool turned on. It meant that Clie’s words were lies.

Taaashhhk!

Clie’s head turned to the side due to the force of Shael’s sharp slap.

Even so, Shael’s anger didn’t seem to subside.

‘Come to think of it, it seems that Shael hates Clie more than I do.’

Clie had spilled wine on Shael’s favorite dress for no reason, and she even tried to ruin our relationship. Shael also knew that Clie was the source of the strange rumors about her running rampant throughout the empire. Furthermore, there were many other instances where Clie tired to harm her as well. So from Shael’s point of view, Clie was her enemy.

Shael continued to ask, “I heard you tried to do something strange to the Azbel family as well. Is that true?”

“Oh no..never!”

Clie had no choice but to deny it. She would definitely suffer if the lie detector tool judged her claim to be a lie.

Ting!

And, the lie detector judged Clie’s words to be true. For Clie, it was quite fortunate.

Taaashk!

However, Clie’s head turned to the other side all the same.

“The lie detector tool is broken.”

“….”

‘What should I say…as expected of the villainess?’

The villainess’s ability to tease and harass opponents was excellent. To be honest, I was grateful to Shael for acting like a klutz only in front of me.

And so, similar sharp sounds continued to resound in the Baslett family’s prison. I was able to leave the prison only after Shael felt hungry after a while.

But Shael didn’t go to the dining area. She stood still and quietly grabbed my wrist.

“What is it?”

At the moment, Shael was bending her mouth as if she had something to say to me. 

Then I directed my gaze, which was on Shael’s mouth, towards her hand. Because Shael was hiding something from me with her hands behind her back.

“There are a lot of things that needs to be clarified. For example, this…”

Shael held out the thing she had been hiding. 

It was a something I recognized…a potion to be exact.

It was the potion that Rayel Tarden had given me in the past, saying that it would help with matters of love.

“What is it?”

“What is it? It’s a potion I stole from your pocket.”

I thought I had lost it, but apparently it was taken by Shael. Honestly, I didn’t want to use it, but still kept it with me thinking that it might be of use in some other matters.

“Oh, then give it back…”

Clang!

The potion that fell from Shael’s hand, then shattered and spilled on the floor.

I was dumbfounded by the incomprehensible situation, but I couldn’t help but wake up to Shael’s passionate gaze.

“I heard it’s a potion that helps with matters of love.”

“I don’t remember ever saying that.”

In the first place, I had never taken out that potion in front of Shael. But then I remembered another thing.

‘You said that when you were drunk.’

I cursed the me from the past for drinking the wine Shael had given me without question. Anyways, I stopped worrying over spilled milk, and silently waited for Shael to continue speaking.

“You don’t need anything like this.”

“I don’t know what you mean.”

“So…”

‘Hmmm?’

After clearing her throat several times, Shael continued to say, “You don’t have to use this for our love.”

I was finally able to understand the meaning behind Shael’s words. 

She had mistaken that I was trying to use the potion because I wanted her to love me. Therefore, she was conveying— ‘there’s no need to use these things to get my love, don’t worry, I’ll give you enough love anyway.’

‘That’s absurd…’

I was being scolded for something I didn’t do…and then she said such a thing with a trembling voice and bright red cheeks.

Honestly, it was a very Shael-like thing to do. But that’s why I rather liked this situation quite a lot. 

And so, I took her in my embrace and continued to enjoy the moment.

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