I’ll Become a Villainess That Will Go Down in History

I thought about becoming a little bird and getting out safely with Maddie, but that might damage it. I would not be able to face Victor and Leon if I made a mistake here.

I had to succeed because they believed in me….

I cast my spell once more on the poisonous plants around me. At least, it should clear the way a little so that I won’t be hit by the thorns.

I used a lot of magic on it, but it didn’t seem to budge. I wondered if it had the ability to nullify the magic.

I finally understood why people said the Spotted Disease could only kill you… Maddie was important, yet this poisonous plant made me want to give up.

I’d like to get rid of the smell that was making me dizzy. It was as if it was sucking my magic power away.

The poisonous plant wards off magic, and the flower that would be the cure was draining me of my magic. My situation felt like I was absolutely doomed.

“Hey, look at that.”

I heard Victor’s impatient voice from above.

“Is that one of the boars from earlier?”

“His breathing is even rougher than before.”

“I think he’s excited to see Prince Victor.”

“Stop it.”

I had no idea what was going on up there, but Victor and Leon were having a surprisingly calm conversation.

Well, it was those two we were talking about. I wouldn’t worry about them. In fact, I felt sorry for their opponents.

For now, I should concentrate on my business. If the situation remained as is, I would have to spend the rest of my life in this cramped place.

If only I could extract the component of Maddie that was important….

While I was thinking about this, I noticed that the poisonous plant that surrounded Maddie was slowly moving. It began to encircle me, as if to confine me here.

…You’re lying. Don’t move inward, move outward!

The world really wasn’t that easy to live in, was it?

It was bad enough that there was no way out. The thorns were almost touching my skin….

There is no more time to think about this or that. I took a deep breath to center myself.

I cast a spell on the Maddie flower and immediately extracted the ingredients. A dark orange liquid floats in the air. I let it out through the gaps in the plants while I also transformed back into a small bird and escaped at the last moment.

Before I could relax, I solidified the liquid Maddie into a cube shape. What was a beautiful flower earlier became an orange cube.

…Magic was wonderful. I’m allowed to brag about this.

But I was just feeling relieved when my transformation magic ended and I reverted to my original human form. I used too much magic all at once, and my breathing became unsteady.

Oh, no. I’m falling.

The arm that was frantically moving its wings earlier has become a familiar arm. I picked up the Maddie, which I had hardened into a cube so as not to waste my previous efforts, and placed it in my pocket.

I must protect this one at all costs!

“Master!”

“Alicia!”

Leon and Victor’s voices rang in my ears, and I turned my gaze to the cliff top. Next to them, as they stared desperately at me, a huge boar was lying on the ground.

What is that? I’ve never seen a boar that big before. Was that what they were talking about earlier when they said it was a boar? …I mean, how could they just defeat a beast of such an extraordinary size?

I was admiring it so much, even though I might die right now.

I was confident that I would not die, but people die so easily, don’t they? Maybe I was overconfident in my own power.

I didn’t have any magical or physical abilities that I could use right now. Normally, I would have done something about it, but I couldn’t think of anything because I was so tired. All I could do was continue to fall.

If only Maddie did not take away my magic power, I might have been able to break out of this situation….

The world seems to be in slow motion. Time was passing so slowly.

I heard that when you are on the verge of death, you think of the people who were most important to you.

Duke-sama.

I thought of him. I missed him so much, and I might never see him again. My chest tightened.

Duke-sama was the reason that I was able to be so free. He probably helped me more than I could have imagined. Now I realized how much he loved me.

I wish I could have seen him at least one last time.

I could hear someone calling out from the cliff. I couldn’t hear what they were saying, but it sounded like there was some kind of struggle.

I wondered if Victor was yelling at me again. Was he annoyed that he couldn’t get Maddie after all the danger he went through?

Don’t worry, I will protect it.

As I stared blankly, I saw someone falling off the cliff towards me at an unbelievable speed. Blue hair swept across the clear sky.

My eyes widen at the unbelievable sight.

…Duke-sama!!? A phantom!?

Did I die unconsciously? It’s strange to see Duke-sama in a place like this!

I’d never seen such a desperate expression on his face. He gave me a look that said he would risk his own life to save mine.

Before I knew it, a large arm had wrapped around my waist. It was warm and smelled good, like Duke-sama.

Without understanding the situation, we plunged into the forest.