The Villain is Being Suspiciously Kind Chapter 22

anwhile, a week had passed since Citrina had left. The Pietro Duchy had been in a quiet period of upheaval.

Aaron ca in and filled the space when the naless knight left.

He was eting Aaron a week after Citrina had left. Desians eyes that looked at his brother without any emotion had beco strange.

In Aarons hand was the sword Citrina gifted him. Aaron set his sword on the table.

Brother.

..

Citrinas room slled good. It was always like that. Do you rember, Brother?

Desian had a gruff face. There was not even a slight change in expression.

Brother, I cant sll anything now

The talk was completely one-sided. Desian stared into his eyes.

Get to the point.

Im going to beco a knight. I want to protect Citrina with this sword she gave .

You dont have to protect Citrina.

It was Desian who bared his fangs at his brother. It was surprising since he showed such a friendly attitude towards Citrina.

Aaron gave a small smile and whispered.

Yeah, but I still want to go the to knights academy.

Do as you will.

Desian nodded without much emotion. Aaron grinned at the sword in his hand. That was because Citrina gave him the sword.

As Aaron stared at the sword, he said

How far has Citrina gone? Im curious.

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After signing the dwarven contract and collecting the Silmaril, Citrina headed to the ateliers shared house with Adilac. The atelier provided individual rooms for the disciples.

After saying goodbye to Adilac, Citrina went to her room and took out the Silmaril.

What if this isnt it?

In a way, she had gambled away four years of her life.

Citrinas lips opened.

Hi, Gemma, will you appear?

When the world tree had died, pieces of it had scattered all over the world as Silmaril. The jewel spirit had hidden in this piece since the fall of the Holy Kingdom.

Unlike other spirits, summoners did not need special abilities to call her. It was said you could summon her if you called her na close to the jewel.

But it was surprisingly quiet.

Oh, is this not it?

Citrina turned the gemstone back and forth. It was close to the depiction of Silmaril from the original work.

No matter how much I look, I think Gemma is the hidden boss.

Citrina was deep in thought. She thought that this gemstone was the correct one, but didnt know how to wake her.

How did Elainas assistant call Gemma?

She thought all she had to do was call Gemmas na. Should I do it kindly?

Is being kind the key?

Gemma was said to be a delicate spirit.

Citrina put the Silmaril on top of the small bedside table. And she called the na of the spirit as if she were singing, friendly and quietly.

Gemma.

A little wind tickled her hair. Citrina closed her eyes and felt the wind. The calm wind was lovely.

-Who are you?

Citrina didnt open her eyes or answer. The warm, tranquil wind surrounded her.

-Are you the one who woke up?

-Yeah, its .

Citrina answer Gemmas wary whisper with an extrely sweet voice.

-How did you know my na? Do you want to form a contract?

An insubstantial low voice reached Citrina ears. It was a neutral voice- neither male nor female.

-A contract?

-Yeah. Do you want to form a contract?

-Thats right. What do you want, Silmaril? Ill give you that.

What Gemma wanted was Silmaril from the world tree. Only with that Silmaril could Gemma advance to an interdiate spirit.

-I like only the finest Silmaril.

Gemma didnt speak for a while.

The spirit is sensitive to authenticity.

In particular, the jewel spirit was good at asuring real and fake, true and false.

Therefore she could probably tell that Citrinas words were not a lie.

The gentle breeze stopped.

Nevertheless the voice in Citrinas ear was different from what she expected.

She had red cheeks and a doll-like appearance, about as small as Citrinas palm.

A winged spirit appeared with twinkling hair and sparkling eyes.

Give Silmaril and the music box.

-Music box?

-Yeah. What will you do with it? Ill usually sleep in your necklace, but sotis Ill sleep in the music box. The magic in there feels awfully good.

Gemma whispered with a dreamy face.

Citrina looked at the music box. It was the music box that Desian had cast magic on and Aaron had given her.

What kind of magic was in there that a spirit would admire?

-The contract is set. Ill help you in the future. When is the deadline of the contract?

-Just until I die.

-Alright. Im really excited!

Gemma flew around the room. Sothing glittery fell along the wings path.

Citrina was very happy to leave Gemma to her own devices.

The spirit was invisible to other people. She was only visible to the person she protected. Therefore she was fine leaving the spirit to fly happily.

Also, she thought about how she would begin learning about the process to make jewelry tomorrow.

It felt like the world she had dread of was opening up.

Her heart sang.

It was just enough to look forward to tomorrow.