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T/N: Today I’d like to thank my Cookie Donors, Pradeep and Alice! Thank you for the snacks~! 😀
….Stop?
“But why?” I ask, my voice coming out slightly whinier than I had intended.
“Alicia, I don’t want you to keep getting put in harm’s way. What will you do if sothing like this happens again?”
As I look into his eyes, I can see how truly worried he is for .
However, there’s really no need for him to feel concerned. I’m still training every single day to make sure that I can handle anything that’s thrown my way.
“I can protect myself,” I say definitively.
“You’re still just a thirteen-year-old girl,” he says gravely. His voice is low and has a hint of authority sharpening its tone.
Hm? So you’ve finally realized that?
“Ali, what would have happened if there had been more n? You could have been killed!”
“Even with more n I would have been fine. Last ti, if I had died it would have been…..”
….the saintess’s fault…. is what I was going to say, but then I stop myself. I don’t want to make Father any more worried than he already is.
“Everything. It’s all my fault. I never should have let them ask such a thing of you. Just because you have exceptional talent doesn’t an that you should be forced to deal with these sorts of situations so young.”
A heavy furrow forms between Father’s eyebrows as he says this. His expression screams of pain and regret.
“Please don’t think like that, Father. You don’t need to worry about ! I’ll be fine. And since I’ve promised to take on the council’s request, I want to see it through to the end.”
I’d be rather troubled if they dismissed from my role as Liz Cather’s monitor at this point. All of my efforts to be able to stand on equal footing with her would all go to waste!
Liz-san is already a vital component to getting my na be immortalized in history as an amazing villainess.
Just as my father and the rest of the council view as a re chess piece– a ans to an end– I’m basically using Liz-san in the sa way in order to bolster my fa and notoriety.
Ha! Even I feel like thinking of Liz-san as just a tool is quite a dastardly train of thought. As far as villainous sches go, I’m sure this one will earn full points.
“Even if you’re fine with it, I’m not. I realize just how disgustingly hypocritical I must sound to you right now. To suddenly tell you to stop doing sothing when I was the one who had requested it of you in the first place, I know how absurd that must seem. I know that it’s unreasonable…… But, Ali. I can’t bear to see you keep getting hurt.”
Father’s expression is pleading and earnest, begging to understand. From this one look I can tell that he loves dearly.
But still, it really is an unreasonable request.
Sure, Liz-san’s head is filled with nothing but flowers and her followers are brainless, brainwashed idiots, but they haven’t hurt at all. I’ve been amazed by their endless imbecility and insipidity, but I’m the villainess and she’s the heroine, you know? All of that is still well within my expectations.
Right from the start I knew the two of us wouldn’t see eye-to-eye. But to expect to give up when I’ve barely even started because of so tiny hiccup… No way! I refuse to step down.
“I don’t care! I’m not going to quit! I chose to go down this road myself, so I’m not giving up halfway. I’ve already made up my mind and no one can change that.”
In the heat of the mont, my voice gets a little louder than it ought. But that’s just how determined I am.
As stubbornness flares between us, the tension rises in the room.
“It’s way too selfish of you to force to quit now.”
He’s probably not very pleased to be called selfish by his thirteen-year-old daughter, but as a villainess, this is not the ti for to be pulling my punches.
He’s likely thinking that I’m an unfilial, hateful child right about now.
And, because my voice was quite loud, I’m sure that any passing servants should have easily heard what I was saying. Any minute now, there are bound to be countless rumors circulating about what a terrible child I am.
Ooh, how aweso would that be….!
“Alicia, please try to understand.”
“I don’t want to. I’m not going to change my mind.”
A villainess does not bend her will in accordance to the will of others.
If I was the heroine, then I would probably try to listen to him… and understand… and end up quickly giving in…. But sorry, Father. That’s not . I’m a villainess through and through.
He stares fixedly at for a few seconds without saying anything.
Nope! Sorry! Even if you look at like that, I have no desire to reconsider my decision.
“Ali, I just want you to be happy,” he finally sighs. His voice is quiet and sounds almost… sad.
For a mont, my heart is shaken.
Is it really okay for to act like this to him when Father cares this much for ? He really just wants to do what’s best for , and I’m practically throwing all that effort back in his face.
……But, my dream is to beco a splendid villainess. I can’t let anyone get in the way of that. This is the only thing that I refuse to give up on.
“Father I….. I won’t quit.”
This ti my voice is resolute, but quiet. Subdued.
As before, he continues to carefully examine my face, searching for sothing. And after long mont of silence, as if he found sothing hidden in my expression, he heaves another small sigh.
“Alright. I won’t make you quit. But there are going to be so conditions that you’ll have to et before I allow you to continue.”
There is an amazing air of command and dignity in his tone that I’ve never heard there before. It’s sothing that says there will be no arguing on this point.
I can’t help but sit up a bit straighter as a slight chill runs down my spine. Instantly, the atmosphere of the whole room feels different. I’ve never seen my father act like this before.
Plus, to suddenly attach conditions to sothing that is well underway…. is rather odd, is it not? Though, if he’s willing to let continue monitoring Liz Cather, then I’m fine with it. It’s a thousand tis better than him trying to force to quit.
“Fine with . But if I do manage to clear all of your conditions, then I want you to promise to let continue to monitor Liz-san.”
“Alright. I promise,” Father says, nodding his head.
His every move is suddenly filled with a grace and solemnity that I’d never noticed in him before.
“The first condition is that you are not allowed to et with Liz Cather or anyone else until you are 15….. That includes family. You’ll have to live in a little cabin that’s far from our estate.”
There’s a funny glint in his eyes as he says this.
“Also, by the ti you turn 15, you need to have acquired at least level 90 magic.”
What!? Level 90!? But a regular 15-year-old is only expected to reach level 20. That’s the entrance requirent for entering the academy.
His first condition is completely ridiculous, and there’s no way the second one is possib…… Oh! So that’s how he wants to play it.
If he tosses out these impossible, nonsensical prerequisites, he must think that I’ll just give up being Liz Cather’s monitor without even trying.
What a dirty, rotten scher.
“Those are my conditions,” Father’s low voice rings throughout the room with a sense of finality.
Those conditions are absolutely ludicrous.
But. If doing those two things is the only way that I’ll be allowed to continue monitoring Liz Cather…. I’ll just have to deal with them the best I can.
Honestly speaking, I don’t need to be her monitor in order to bully her. Even without it, I can bully Liz-san to my heart’s content, no problem! But….. as a villainess, it just doesn’t sit right with to give up halfway on sothing I committed to.
My bad na will be run through the mud if word were to ever get out. History would rember as the half-baked villainess, the witch who was too capricious to bother finishing what she started. That is definitely not the sort of infamy that I am striving for.
“Okay. Deal,” I say confidently.
I’ll show him the true spirit of a villainess. Father must have thought there was no way that I would ever agree to those conditions. But joke’s on him for underestimating !
All that majesty and bravado that had been in his face is completely blown away like a flickering candle in a hurricane. All that’s left is my father standing there in shock; stiff, wide-eyed, and gaping.
Oh-ho~ Even if you regret it now, it’s already too late. I won’t take pity on you for sothing like this. You dug your grave and now you’ll have to lie in it.
In fact, I’ll help you make that hole a bit deeper and make you wish you’d tried harder to think of more impossible conditions.
“……You’ll be living in a tiny…. shack, you know!?”
“I know. That won’t be a problem,” I tell him cheerfully.
“You’ll be completely alone for two years!!”
A villainess is originally soone fated to be alone. A little isolation before I get officially ostracized certainly won’t be an issue.
Plus! It will give ample ti to train in peace.
“Yup. I realize that. But, I hope you’ll at least continue to supply with a steady stream of new reading materials during that ti period.”
“Level 90…..”
“Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to acquire it before the ti is up.”
I give him a content, angelic smile as I assure him that I will fulfil all the conditions perfectly. Though, I’m sure to him my grin must look like sothing from the devil himself.
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T/N: Good ol’ Dad tried to pull a fast one on Alicia….. but she’s not having it! Lol. I can’t believe he thinks that a thirteen-year-old living in isolation is safer than her staying at ho and continuing to monitor Liz XD I would have thought he’d try to take back the conditions, but maybe he was hoping that she’ll give up after a couple of days?
And now I am back to questioning his parenting skills hahahaha.
Also! I was wrong about that ti skip haha. It’s happening. Now. XD We’ll be getting a fun chance to pick Alicia’s dad’s brain and see what he’s really thinking about~!
P.S. This was chapter 5 for the week, so I’ll be taking Sunday off~! We’ll co back with Arnold’s POV on Monday (EST) 🙂 Hope to see you then!
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