Forget Being the Villainess, I Want to Be an Adventurer! Volume 3 by Hiro Oda

Author:Hiro Oda [Oda, Hiro]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2022-06-09T00:00:00+00:00

The Trundle mansion in the capital had a tight barrier around it formed by three holy beasts. The only people who could go in were those of Trundle blood and a few vassals, including Orcus. I waved to greet Orcus, who was lowering his head to me, and Lou and I headed toward my grandmother’s room, dragging our feet heavily.

Asu had flown off, and Miyu had also returned to her swamp. As holy beasts, they could charge their already-plentiful magic even further by going to their homes.

I opened the door to find my brother sitting elegantly in a chair next to our grandmother’s bed, reading a foreign book.

“Brother...”

“Welcome back, Serephione.”

My brother stood up, gently hugged me, and kissed the top of my head. Then he moved aside to let me sit down.

My grandmother had been sent from the Trundle domain to the capital. While her hair was unfortunately still white, her face had regained its color, and she was sleeping soundly. It concerned me that she hadn’t woken up once since then, so she hadn’t been eating, but the lesser dragon assured me that sleep was the most important thing for her. She wasn’t gaining weight, but I’d placed a spell on her so that she wasn’t losing weight either. She was a sleeping beauty, her skin a fair pink.

“Larouza, you’re here?” asked Lou. I held my grandmother’s hand as I interpreted for him.

“Yes. There are people I can trust like Enrique back in the Granzeus domain, and I was concerned that our grandmother’s protection would be stretched thin.”

“Grandmother... I failed...” I whimpered. “Schneider got away, the king was taken as a hostage, and I let the queen be murdered right before my eyes...” I placed her hand on my cheek. “Why did I even go? Ha ha, it didn’t accomplish anything. It only hurt people.” Tears came to my eyes. “I’m not good enough to be your successor...”

“Comparing your own actions and accomplishments as a master to Erza’s is called hubris.”

Lou’s words stuck in my chest like a knife.

“You’re right... I guess I just wanted to believe that I could find some kind of hope. I hate that I have nothing but bad news to bring home...”

“Serephione?” My brother rested his hand on my lap. “You’re not being too prideful at all. The point of today’s meeting was to take control of the situation with the king and queen and force them to publicize their intentions with us. It’s not your job to protect the queen.” He knelt and met eyes with me. “We found out so many things today that we couldn’t have if you hadn’t been there—the fact that the queen had been governing under the royal seal, that the king was poisoned into a puppetlike state, that Maribelle was responsible for our grandmother’s curse, and that Schneider had pounced on that as an opportunity for himself. Grandmother always says that intel is important, doesn’t she? We’re going to go over the information that you got today and make a plan together based on it.

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