Rehabilitating the Villainess

They were similar to my aunt’s habits.

After finishing all these thoughts, I looked at Duke Ezran in cold sweat. I wondered if my doubts, which were now turning into certainties, were actually correct, and if so, what the hell happened.

I wanted Duke Ezran to validate my conjectures.

“You are right.”

Duke Ezran, who saw through my thoughts, spoke mechanically, while awkwardly raising the corner of his mouth.

“So there is no need to be sorry.”

“Transmigration…”

“That was what Daria also wanted.”

I was speechless. It was partly because of the complicated and unbelievable situation, and partly because of the sad feeling spreading through my heart.

‘So, the aunt who raised me was the woman called Daria Baslet in this world?’

It was a heartbreaking fact. 

At the same time, I felt sorry for Duke Ezran. It meant that when Duke Ezran was leading a miserable life, I had been living a terribly happy life.

When I struggled to open my mouth, Duke Ezran who spoke first.

“If you’re going to be sorry, you’d better make it up to Shael. Shael must have suffered more than anyone else.”

“I see…”

I had already made that decision I before, but I further solidified my decision to make Shael happy forever.

What I felt as I made my decision was an infinitely complex emotion.

Duke Ezran waited for me without a word. 

I quickly made up my mind and tried to keep my composure. It was useless to express my feelings. Rather, it would be good for Duke Ezran to quickly recover and talk.

After taking a few deep breaths, I was able to ask him more.

“Why did the Demon King agree to make such a deal.”

I couldn’t help but wonder. 

The deal that Duke Ezran made with the Demon King was quite confusing. It was saving someone’s life, and taking important things in return. However, in that transaction, there was nothing that would benefit the Demon King. It was just a transaction full of conditions that would make Duke Ezran suffer.

The answer was simple.

“To make people suffer. It’s what the demons usually want and go crazy to get.”

“Suffering…”

“Of course, there is no need to blame them. Rather, I am grateful that he accepted the deal.”

Then Duke Ezran pondered something more before continuing.

“And I didn’t understand it properly, but he said that he wrote novels as a hobby”

“Novel…?”

“I heard that he would write a novel for women. I don’t know what nonsense he was talking about, but he said that it would make a lot of people suffer in the end.”

It was a complicated matter, conscious of that fact, Duke Ezran added, “He said that it he would enjoy it a lot, so he accepted my deal, even if it seemed like he would suffer losses.”

That was a rather interesting thing to say, and it was also quite amusing.

A Demon King, a being who liked to make people suffer, wrote novels for others to read.

‘Wait…’

Suddenly, I was hit by a notion and thought about the original novel.

‘How was the ending of the original novel?’

I didn’t get to read it. However, through the conversation with Duke Ezran, I was able to guess that the ending was certainly not a good one.

Even before I had this conversation with Duke Ezran, I realized some of it while thinking about the comments from the earlier chapters in the novel.

‘So, does that mean the novel was written by the Demon King aimed at women?’

Then, the possibility became even greater. Since he said that he liked to make people suffer, then suddenly changing the ending in an unexpected manner would make more sense.

Then, one more terrible assumption came to my mind.

Before I came to this world, I liked to read a lot. Naturally, I had read many webnovels during that time.

There was no guarantee that all stories would be perfect. There were many novels that stopped serialization, and there were novels that suddenly changed genres.

What kind of comments did they receive?

[You ba*tard writer, suddenly changing the genre and turning it into a sh1tshow…let’s see who reads your next work hahahaha!]

The interesting thing was that their popularity wouldn’t decrease even after all the backlash.

I remembered another comment about a novel that started as a pure love genre, but changed nearing the end.

[No, why does the female lead abandon the male lead and get together with another man? If that’s the case, why did you put the pure love tag? Why does it have the harem and pure love tags together?]

There were quite a few novels that were criticized for having strange developments at unexpected points of the story. However, strangely, some of those works boasted undiminished popularity.

If what I thought was correct, the original novel must have been of the same type, where proper information remained hidden due to the comment section in the first chapter being already flooded with overwhelming troll comments.

That’s why it was very popular. If the ending of the original novel really changed, many readers would have suffered.

‘But what if it’s the work of the Demon King?’

He must have enjoyed making so many people suffer. Even after the novel ended, many must have suffered a lot because the novel remained popular.

In other words, the original novel was a demon’s trap!

It was akin to a never ending source of suffering!

‘He must be enjoying himself a lot.’

I was still confused. However, I also felt a bit refreshed. It felt like I realized something unknown that I hadn’t been able to solve before.

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