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

She really could talk to animals. Kushana was a human living in an entirely different world from mine.

“Are you doubting me?”

“Do you really expect me to believe that nonsense?”

“Believe it or not, it’s the truth…”

She looked around as she calmly answered Victor’s words.

“So there were that many of them and only five survivors?”

The orange-masked ones stood up, wobbling here and there. They are alive, but they suffered minor injuries to their arms, legs, and other parts of their bodies.

Her expression remained unchanged in the face of the overwhelming number of the dead. Is the queen even allowed to mourn the loss of her comrades?

It was a tough world… Well, she and I were prepared to die fighting.

“You’re so easygoing, even though your friends died.”

Victor surely couldn’t be the one saying that.

When I turned to Kushana, she was laughing mockingly at Victor.

“It’s a world in which only the strong survive, you know? It wouldn’t be a surprise to me if this girl killed me right now.”

She said in a unique husky voice.

Duke-sama stared at Kushana and opened his mouth.

“Do you still want to kill her?”

“Well. I was going to, but it would be a pity to kill her.”

“Queen! They are the enemy. They killed so many of our people! There is no need to show them mercy.”

One of the orange-masked men shouted at us. We identified his voice as male.

That’s right. I didn’t want mercy from someone who was going to kill me. I’d rather be killed than be worked to death as a slave.

It wasn’t so bad to be treated like a slave as a villainess, but I didn’t like the idea of being used. It was a cheeky idea, but….

Kushana thought for a moment and then turned to me. She looked straight at me, her red eyes glued to mine.

[Kill them quickly.]

[Shut up.]

Kushana replied to another shout in a low, archaic language. Her voice echoed silently in the forest, instantly changing the atmosphere of the place.

What pressure…

The tense atmosphere silenced the orange-masked people.

Was this the dignity of a queen? I had met someone extraordinary again, huh?

“Are you from this country?”

“No, I’m not.”

“You’re from the same country as that blue-haired guy…. You are from the Duelkis Kingdom, aren’t you? It would be a pity to take your life here. I’d like to let you return, but I don’t think my people would agree.”

Muttering to herself, Kushana stared at me intently.

Everyone was waiting for her decision. I imagined those people frowning behind their orange masks. Victor would be too proud to follow Kushana’s lead, and I would be too preoccupied with getting my hands on the next piece of the puzzle.

We didn’t know much about Duke-sama and Leon’s minds.

“Then, maybe I should take her under my wing.”

After a moment, Kushana said this in a quiet, sure voice.