Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord Act 2 [Complete] by Satori Tanabata

Author:Satori Tanabata
Language: eng
Format: epub

Interlude 4: Cliff

In the viscounty of Cottoness, there was a village that was especially poor. As the viscounty was already considerably impoverished, the village was quite badly off, and their situation had only worsened when they’d been attacked by monsters six months before. While they’d suffered no human casualties, their fields had been damaged by the onslaught, and the villagers’ food supply had been left in a precarious position.

Desperate, the villagers had begged their viscount to lend them aid, and to exempt them from taxes for one year. The response they’d received had been simple and utterly merciless—taxes would be collected that year, just as they had been every year before.

Pressed for options, the villagers had turned to crime. They traveled into the neighboring territory so they wouldn’t be caught, and then planned to attack a carriage that appeared to be carrying valuable cargo. They decided their preferred target would be a vehicle belonging to aristocrats, which they now deeply abhorred, and which had as few guards traveling alongside it as possible.

Fate had been in the villagers’ favor—or had been, perhaps, against them—for they’d soon found a carriage that fit their requirements. It had been traveling alone, and had born the crest of some aristocratic family on its side. In addition, no mounted guard had accompanied it, and it had only had a single driver to direct the horses. Add this to the fact that it had been a small carriage, which could only carry around four passengers, and the villagers believed they’d found the perfect prey. They surrounded the carriage at once.

Until then, everything had gone according to their plan. Alas, as soon as they’d chosen that particular carriage as their target, their failure had been predetermined.

Several months had passed since that day, and the villagers of the aforementioned village in Cottoness County were currently gathered around their village head, having a meeting.

“A messenger arrived from Dolkness County yesterday,” the village head declared. “They’re ready for us now, so they’re finally going to ask for Viscount Cottoness’s approval.”

“Are we really going to move?” one villager called out. “Like, all of us?”

After all, the carriage the villagers had attacked had ended up belonging to the infamous Yumiella Dolkness. She’d taken no retribution at the time, and had invited them all to move onto Dolkness land, but that didn’t mean they wouldn’t face punishment later on. It was possible she’d use her power to do something as drastic as wiping out their entire village, leaving it a vacant field.

Even if they were at fault, the villagers weren’t willing to just sit there and watch as their home was destroyed. Although they’d ended up agreeing to Lady Yumiella’s plan to move to Dolkness County on the spot, they’d also discussed fleeing the situation entirely depending on how things panned out.

“I think we’re actually getting quite a good deal,” the village head assured his people. “From what I’ve been told, we’ll be moving to an area that is already equipped with housing, and has fertile land that gets plenty of sun.

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