Sa ti, The northern empire,
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
"Valencia, stop it...I can't...can't breathe." Marinette groaned trying to get Valencia's hands off her, Victor was paralyzed on the spot couldn't do anything when seeing such a superior being did such a thing to Marinette.
"Marinette unnie!!! We used to do this all the ti~" Valencia giggled and unhugged Marinette to let her take a breath.
Phew
'I didn't even notice her...'
Marinette was relieved she manipulated the demon's mories beforehand, if she didn't...it wasn't just a lovable hug she got, she might even lose her head against Valencia.
'What's with the unnie anyway?'
"Valencia, behave, okay?? We have to return to our ho and deactivate your magic, you're hurting Victor."
"Alright..." Valencia pouted sulking then waved her hand in the air to release the magic she used for immobilizing Victor.
Her magic was still operating fine, even her sword skill but the reason why she didn't kill Marinette instantly was that her mories were already manipulated.
"Good girl." Marinette hesitated a little bit before patting Valencia's head. After patting Valencia, she put her trembling hands behind her back.
"Marinette unnie, I'm hungry..." Valencia's stomach was rumbling, she glanced at Marinette with pitiful puppy eyes with her hand on the empty stomach.
"How about we eat so fish??" Marinette pointed at the stream, Valencia jumped with excitent and snuggled Marinette's hand.
Marinette tried her best to hide her fear and signaled Victor to act naturally.
"How about we fish with the fishing rod?" Victor smiled awkwardly and walked to both of them slowly pulling the fishing rod from his magic inventory.
Valencia glared at him like a nasty cat and took the fishing rod from Victor in a hurry.
"Let's go, Unnie. We can catch fish just the two of us."
"Ah...alright...Victory, you stay here and watch our stuff, okay??" Marinette was taken by Valencia, she hugged Marinette's hands tightly as they walked, she turned to Victor for a little bit and stuck her tongue out at Victor teasing him.
'How did Marinette manipulate this demon's mories??'
Victor was puzzled sighed and sat lonely watching the stuff for the girls.
Marinette's POV
Ahh...I, myself didn't even know how did I manipulate the mories of Valencia. But If I had to guess, she must be thinking of as a sister or sothing.
She called by the na Marinette and added Unnie...it felt a little bit awkward being called Unnie when she was way thousands of years older than .
We walked to the river with the deepwater level, Valencia brushed off the dirt on the big rock for to sit.
Her eyes were white even after many hours she used the transformation magic, her eyes should return to the black by now.
In the battle, that pair of eyes were quite troubleso to deal with since she could see each and every one of my movents. But now...she couldn't see anything. She had to touch the water to know how deep it was.
I knew Valencia in the novel was blind but how could soone be so carefree like her...she looked at my face like she could see it.
"Unnie, what's wrong?? Aren't we here to catch fish?"
"Nothing...you're just so pretty today, Valencia." I threw the bait on the water waiting for the prey to take the bait while talking to Valencia.
"...I really want to see your face...unnie...but I'm pretty sure you're the prettiest in the world."
"..."
I'm not that pretty. Well, if you could see right now, you won't be much wrong since I'm in the female lead's body after all.
"Unnie??"
"You're way prettier than , Valencia." I patted her shoulder and looked back at the bait floating on the water.
At that mont, my heart was aching a little bit.
Even she didn't rember anything about her being a demon served under the demon king, she was still a threat to humanity and when I returned back to the Center Empire...there's no way people would forgive her and let her free like what Victor did.
I started to question my decision.
"Unnie, are you alright?? Your voice seems a little down..."
"No...no, I'm fine...really."
"I know this trip is difficult but I'm pretty sure we can escape from here since I was born here after all."
She was born here??! In the northern empire?
She stopped for a mont scratching her head and then muttered in a sad tone, "Not exactly here though, I live at the border...but I used to sneak inside this empire from ti to ti."
"We rely on you, Valencia. I don't know what to do without you." the bait on the water shook as the prey finally caught in the trap, I pulled in with all my forces and the fish ca out of the water then beco food for the three of us.
I'm sorry, Valencia...when you got your real mories back, I don't think I'll be the unnie you smiled at. I might be the human who crashed your trust in .
After having lunch, we set off to the capital with the disguise we put on. I tied Diana's hair in the ponytail then wore the man's wig for my disguise while the other two only wore many layers of clothes under the intense heat.
The knights were everywhere, and the poster of and Victor was hamred to the wall everywhere across the street.
"Is this where you lost the antidote??" Victor nodded, and it was really a nutcase since it was at a very dirty alley with many craps everywhere on the road.
I had to pluck my nose to endure that sll, with my eyes looking for the antidote. Valencia couldn't help us in any way, she was sitting at the entrance of the alley waiting for us.
"It's gonna be a little more difficult breaking out of here with all those posters around." Victor muttered while searching the antidote inside the can full of trashes.
"You made the wrong choice coming back here...you should've left when I told you to with the gem we stole."
"Well, it is what it is. How can I leave you behind anyway?"
You can't leave behind, but you can do the most ridiculous thing such as swapping bodies.
It was really hopeless searching for the antidote in a place like that, it was like finding the needle in the ocean.
"You really changed a lot, Marinette..."
"Did I...?"
"Just a little tiny bit."
"What's that little tiny bit you think I changed...?"
"Hmm...let's just say you're more considerate with your words."
"Hah??" I squinted my eyes glancing at him.
He giggled looking at my reaction.
"Rember the first ti we t?? You said I'm pathetic...ahh, that really hurt my heart."
I knew that from Marinnette's mories. Since I'm not the real Marinette, I really didn't want to engage in the conversation about longti mories or anything. I went to search on the other side.
And he still followed there!
"Can I ask you one question?"
"What is it?" I asked nervously.
I cald myself since Victor won't force to answer the question I didn't want to tell him.
"Can I know who is the other person you brought with you to this tiline??"
I have no idea either. If only I got the whole mories...
Victor already knew Diana was one of the ti travelers, and he seed to get the idea of Marinette traveling back in ti as well.
But Marinette traveling back in ti shouldn't be the case since, in her diary, she wrote the sa event in her life as if she experienced it first hand.
I still questioned her decision of why she chose Diana as soone she brought back.
There must be sothing behind it and right now, that shouldn't be sothing I need to know that much.
First, change body back, then escape, and then by the ti, I arrived at the center empire, the opportunity will co when the emperor would have no choice but to cancel the engagent.
"You don't want to tell ...? It's okay then..." he looked a little bit down and walked slowly to the other side.
Without turning to him, I murmured, "I only knew you and Diana were the ones I brought..."
"..." he didn't reply or say anything. I turned my head looking at his back who act like he didn't hear anything.
"It's up to you if you believe or not."
"Thank...for telling ." I could see from where I stood, seeing him wiping sothing from his eyes.
He really had a simple mind just like his last life.
Victor, when I swap body with Diana back, I don't think I could stay around you any longer. You're like the two edges sword which would be the judge of my life, you could be my killer or my savior at the sa ti...
'The person you trust will stab your back.' the words of the lady from before crossed my mind brought the cold sweat rolling down on my back.
In the anti, I shouldn't trust anyone neither Victor nor Valencia.
"Ohh?? Valencia...how weak you are right now...to be manipulated by a two decades brat?" the destruction empress Aimila walked past glancing her eyes at Valencia with her new disguise as the little boy with red hair.
She giggled and jumped with the red spider lily as she ran into the dirty alley jumping past Victor and Marinette who were trying so hard to find the antidote which was in her basket.
'AHAHA...manipulating a legendary demon...my eyes didn't fool when it cos to the seed of destruction...Marinette, ti will tell when will you beco the destruction for this world after .'
To be continued....!
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