My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

"What's going on here?

A neighbor child stirred me up, hiding by the side of the house, holding one knee, and hearing a calm voice from over my head as I snuck in crying. And when I looked up to my voice, my favorite mother looked worried and peered at me there.

"... nothing, it's okay"

I didn't want to worry about my favorite mother and I said that in a hurry to pluck my tears...

"In a place like this, if you're crying all by yourself, you're sure not going to lose your hard feelings. Don't cry alone because your mother is beside you when it's hard, because you stay beside her and listen to her."

My mother hugged me all the time.

By the time I got there, it was already just my mother and my son.

Mother working with a toddler, that was supposed to be tough, but she never stopped smiling.

Although it was the first time I've lived that I could never say wealthy...

"I'm so happy to have such a lovely son," my mother hugged me and put a lot of love into it.

It was a peaceful and happy day.

I didn't know anything about my father. The name, whether it's alive or not.

I've also been annoyed by neighborhood kids for that a few times, and I lied when I said I didn't care at all...

Somehow I felt as a child the atmosphere my mother didn't want to talk about my father, and I never pursued it deeply.

But I will regret it eventually.

If I'd known about my father... I wondered if I could have changed anything.

And all of a sudden, the days of calm and happiness that my mother and I had had together came to an end.

That was the spring of the year I turned nine.

It came at dusk when my mother and I were trying to get home.

All of a sudden, I think there are big men out there that I've never seen before us.

I was pressed with a cloth in my mouth, it smelled sweet from that cloth... my consciousness faded.

When I woke up it was a dim room.

The light of day does not seem to be in, a room illuminated only by the light of the lamp.

It was a terribly creepy room with some kind of letter on the wall rising in the light.

There seemed to be nearly ten people in such a room.

I was lying in the middle of the room, and people stood around it.

Some men stood before us before they lost consciousness.

Probably brought here by them.

I seem to be tied up, trying to move, but I can't move.

There was also a tight cloth on his mouth, and he couldn't speak well.

In front of me stands a red woman, with a man dressed in black all over her body and a brilliant bright bright red dress somewhat inappropriate for this dim room, with a bright red jewel lowered around her neck, just like the dress.

"The child opened his eyes. Come on, get that kid here."

When the red woman said so, a big man walked forward.

There was a boy my age in his arms.

The boy laid a beautiful cloth beside me, on top of which he slept very well.

Seeing it nearby, the boy was terribly thin and pale, breathing on his shoulders painfully.

I'm sure he's very sick.

But he looked a lot like me, minus what seemed so bad. [M]

Red hair, grey eyes, and a face.

Who the hell is this kid?

As I watched the boy, the red woman opened her mouth again.

"Now we're ready. Okay, let's get started. Sacrifice here."

I wonder what preparation means.

What the hell starts in this dim room?

What is sacrifice? I think I've been in a book my mother read before... wonder what that was like...

You still think I'm blurry like that in unrealistic situations. [M]

From the other side where the boy was brought, a man brought another, a man.

That... was my favorite mother.

It's like being dragged, my mother brought in.

Its beautiful face was blue and swollen. Are you injured on your leg, too, or are you dragging and walking?

"Kaa!!

I screamed desperately with my cloth-covered mouth, but the noise actually just leaked a little.

Stand up and try to get to my mother.

But one of the men nearby would hold me to a much colder floor.

"Stop!!

My mother screamed and tried to get closer to me. I could still hold him back.

A red woman said, staring at us like that with very cold eyes.

"Don't treat the child too cluttered. Because that body becomes my precious Sirius thing."

The child is probably about me. [M]

Your body becomes Sirius' thing?

Who does Sirius mean?

I didn't know what was going on. I was just confused.

"... Marquise, if you hate me, I don't care how you do it... so please, just my son..."

My injured mother complained to the red woman that way in a desperate manner.

My mother called this red woman the Marquise. Does my mother know this woman?

Besides... I don't know what it means to hate my mother.

My mother was nice to me, but to my neighbors, to everyone, she was kind and liked me.

I couldn't imagine my mother hating me like that.

But the Red Woman's eyes stare down at my mother terribly cold.

"... what a glamorous woman. A woman who took her husband from me and even gave him a child, still saying what she wanted, etc."

".................. I was only temporarily offered and used by the Marquis at his whim. So I'm not even going to approach the Marquis anymore. I just want to live quietly with my children."

'Bassin' and the thirsty sound echoed inside the dim room.

A red woman was hitting my mother in the cheek complaining desperately.

"Kaa!! 'I give you another cry that doesn't make me a voice.

"... I had a child at the same time that looked a lot like my father, Marquis Deke... how could you and I be so different?... for a beautiful appearance, a healthy body. And a healthy, healthy child...... why are you all so blessed.... I don't have anything, I don't have a beautiful appearance, a sick body, my husband doesn't even love me, and the child I finally gave birth to is equally sick and weak, and in this way invaded by incurable diseases, and I don't have much more to live for..."

A red woman grabbed me by my mother.

"... just you... I will never allow you parents and children to live happily ever after!!... Get Started!

In that one word of the Red Woman, a black man dressed in black stood before his mother.

And it's like a voice with no emotions, starting to whine words you've never heard before.

That was a strange word.

It is also like an exotic word that I have never heard at all, or a familiar nostalgic word.

But as the words of the black man continued, my whole body began to get goosebumps.

The air seems to be pouring in badly, making me sick.

And - the man's words stop.

Then the room, which was dim, was completely, ruled by darkness.

I heard my mother scream in the dark, not even in front of me.

As soon as I began to see the light in the dark room, I looked for my mother.

And find my mother lying still just a couple of steps away from me.

I desperately turn to my mother with my tied body.

When I approached him, he was as if he was not angry at his mother's complexion and his breath was about to break even now.

Until earlier, I was only injured, but I wasn't this neat.

Why? What's wrong?

"Kaaa! Kaaa! 'And I called my mother desperately over the cloth.

My mother's eyes looked at me like that.

My mother looked me in the eye. [M]

"- Please..."

When I said that in a voice that was going to disappear, I quietly ran out of breath.

"How's that? You succeeded?

"Yes, as the literature suggests, you have succeeded in gaining strength safely"

A black man answers the red woman's question.

"Yes, then quickly, with that power, transfer Sirius' consciousness to this child's body"

I could hear the red ladies talking about something... nothing on their heads, they didn't come in.

I just couldn't take what happened here. [M]

Until earlier, I was on my way home, talking about dinner with my mother...

If you notice, somehow they bring you to such a dark room...

And... my dearest mother... wasn't breathing anymore...

"Yes. Okay, here we go."

He put his hand on my head as the black man touched the body of the boy he was sleeping next to.

At that moment, there was an overflow of footage in my head that I had never seen. That's strange video with sound.

A place I don't know, people I don't know...... it felt as if it was the very life someone had ever experienced.

One footage after another, it hurts like a crack in the head.

And - when that footage finally settled down... I could have known everything.

I don't know why I was brought here or why my mother couldn't breathe in such a dark room...

The footage that came inside me taught me everything.

The Red Woman's plan.

The red woman is a noble lady named Marquis Deke and the mother of a boy named Sirius lying next to me.

But the Lady couldn't get the Marquis' love.

The Marquis was a female favorite player, and even after marriage, the female play never settled down.

After his marriage, the Marquis will be obliged to go to Her Ladyship, and when Sirius, the successor, can do so, she will no longer appear to Her Ladyship.

For that reason, Her Ladyship just relied heavily on one of my sons, Sirius.

Every day, I mourned my misfortune and became a young son.

But such is the base of her only heart, her son... invaded by incurable illness.

I used my money and power, relied on a lot of doctors, and now I even got my hands on some suspicious magic when I knew I still couldn't...

My son's illness never heals, and every day, he's debilitated.

Losing my son...... she could not accept such a reality very well.

One day she was laying her hands on so many monstrous magics that she finally found out about the presence of dark magic.

Magic capable of manipulating the mind and switching memories.

When she found out about this, she came up with it.

I was wondering if transferring my son's heart to a healthy body would help him.

It's a reckless plan that I don't think can be achieved without too much clapping.

But now that I have no way to help my son anymore... I really don't want to lose my son. She even stuck with such reckless stuff.

And she searched for a way to acquire the magic of darkness and - a vessel that would become the body of her son.

My son's vessel was healthy, and I needed a child of similar age as close to my son as possible.

Because in too different a body, you can't inherit the Marquis Deke family.

And she found it.

A child of the same age, very similar to his own son, as if he had been born to be a vessel of Sirius.

The child was once a child born to one of the maids who was arranged by the Marquis of Deek.

Once, working at the Marquis' house and with the patronage of Marquis Deke, the beautiful maid had disappeared from the mansion at the same time as she conceived her child.

A woman who was the maid of honor lived happily with a healthy and energetic child very similar to the Marquis.

The Lady - decided to make the child a vessel for my son Sirius.

And I also succeed in knowing how to get the magic of darkness in my hands.

Dark magic can be gained in exchange for life. In other words, it took sacrifice to gain the magic of darkness.

The lady decided to sacrifice the mother of the child, the vessel, that woman who lived happily ever after.

And today, finally, she moved the plan into action.

Catch the child to be made into a vessel, and his mother to sacrifice, and let him who possesses the magic of his subordination acquire the magic of darkness in exchange for the life of the woman -

And he let the memory of his son Sirius be transferred to that child.

If Madame had planned, the vessel to which Sirius's memory had been transferred, I would no longer be me... but Sirius Deek...

But... the memory of Sirius - even if he had everything he had ever seen and heard in his head... I remained me.

In my head, I did have a memory of Sirius. But that was it.

There were only memories there - there was no boy named Sirius.

I just felt like, 'I'm tired already. I just want to get easier soon'.

Even before I was tempted, my mother kept rubbing me, and even after I fell into the abyss of my illness, it should be noted that the boy who kept crying beside my bed...

I just strongly hoped it would be easier. He was already tired of living at that young age.

Sirius's own thoughts were not at all in the memories he was put in.

That's how I didn't become Sirius, I only gained his feelless memory, his knowledge.

Madame's plan ended in failure.

... but the memory of Sirius in my head tells me that if Madame found out about that fact, I would be killed on this occasion.

I can't die here...

That's a stronger thought than I've ever felt.

I'm not dying yet... because I have to fulfill my mother's last wish...

If you noticed, the cloth that was tight on your mouth had been removed.

I pushed my emotions and killed the most hateful woman in the world.

"... Oh, my God..."

That's what I called it. As Sirius Deek always called it.

Then the lady had a full grin on her face.

"Oh, Sirius! It's you! You've succeeded in the magic of darkness!

With that said, the Marquise Deke held me in her arms.

I stood still that my body was about to tremble with terrible disgust.

I couldn't die here yet. [M]

To live, to fulfill my mother's final wishes.

"... then, ma'am. My role is over. May I now return to my hometown with my family?

The way the black man odood, asks his wife.

"Well, you did very well. Thanks to you, this is how my Sirius got a healthy body."

"... So are you sure you want to return it to that family?

"Yes, of course. I'll get you home soon. You guys."

Bring in the benign men that the Lady had withheld in the corner of the room.

The black man has a relief look on his face and approaches the men.

Then - the men pierced the black man with the sword they had.

"... why..."

A man reaches for his wife, even as she is pierced and bled.

"That's why I told you I'd put you back in your family. Your family is already waiting for you in the afterlife."

The lady grinned with grin and grace.

"... they told me to work if I wanted my family back safely... I've come this far... and you were fooling me..."

"I don't have a choice, there was no one to give me the magic that was contraindicated. But it would be more dangerous to keep you alive with the magic of darkness."

The black man stares at the lady smiling as if it were obvious.

"... all of you, all of you... I will never forgive you... I will take your place and your power... and I will surely send you to hell..."

A man's stretched hand touched my toe slightly.

"What are the dying people saying? Stay with you."

That's how the black man came with a sword even deeper... the man was out of breath.

Also time after time the real Sirius Deek scattered its life on the cold floor.

And I'm going to live as Sirius Deek.

I vowed to live as Sirius Deek, and to avenge the people of the Deek family who took my mother's life and used me as a tool.

I noticed that strange power a while back when I started living as Sirius Deek.

I can read people's minds, and I can manipulate them. It was dark magic.

Honestly, I wasn't sure why this power resided in me, but it was very usable, and I welcomed it.

And I lived only for revenge, and time passed, and I met her.

Catalina Kraes, a girl who says the same thing to her mother she loved and smiles very similar to her mother.

I met her and my heart was greatly disturbed.

That's why I decided to kill Catalina.

I was going to invite you to eternal sleep with the magic of darkness and take that life.

... but the curse that should never be broken has been broken.

When I was in the stash to see how Maria was doing, I found out that the magic of darkness I had put into her had been unravelled.

Originally, I was deeply relieved in a hurry. [M]

I've solved the magic I put on Catalina, now she's saved me.

Good, that's what I thought.

And if Catalina wakes up, she'll be public about me... then I'll be caught.

'You can't get caught here! We have to run in order to get revenge!

The other me insisted so strongly...

I was already here, and I thought it would be okay if I got caught and it was all over.

'You forgot your mother's last words' to that other one of mine... just a little shaken my feelings.

"Take vengeance..." My mother's last words - I have always lived only to fulfill my mother's last wishes.

But... I'm tired. [M]

I didn't want to hurt anyone anymore.

If officials find out about me, this room that the Deeks are hiding will also be revealed.

This hidden room was created in the School of Magic, daring to say that it would be better in the woods if you were to hide the trees, first for suspicious magic studies to keep your son alive and then for dark magic studies.

Where my mother took my life and I took my life.

Here, it's all over... maybe fate.

So I just kept waiting in this hidden room.

My ruin is coming.

I visited a lot earlier than I had imagined.

I felt signs that someone had entered the room that was locking Maria up.

That room, which is closer to the ground than the one I have, is blocked by passageways and thick doors that descend underground, so I can't get a good idea of what the room looks like, but I still know about the signs that people came in.

Finally, an official came to rescue Maria and capture me.

The other me said, 'I can still get away with this! Use the magic of darkness on everyone!' I kept calling...

I just waited quietly for the end.

And then there was a footsteps coming down the stairs, and the door to my room opened.

I thought perhaps an official with a weapon was standing, and as soon as I recognized the person who emerged from the door, it hardened.

It was somewhat predictive that some student council members might show up, such as Geold Steart, Keith Kraes, etc.

It's only natural that they want to catch me with their own hands trying to take her life.

But... I stare at the person standing in front of me.

I didn't know why this person was here.

He said he was about to be rambled across the street and magically take that life...

Why did she show up before me again...

"... why are you here"

She answers my question openly. [M]

"Because I've solved the magic of staying asleep"

Catalina Kraes was right in front of me, with the same attitude as before.

Are you forgetting that it was a courtyard, that you were done...

"It's not! I know the magic has been solved!... that's why he showed up before me about this again!

"Oh, that's what you mean. Nothing, because it doesn't seem like it's been done so badly."

Anyway, Catalina says like it's nothing.

What is she going to do when she says she's about to be killed?

Are you a pretty optimistic asshole, or do you really have a wide heart like the Virgin?

Or simply...

"... you, you don't understand what you've been doing?

When I asked her, Catalina...

"No, you know exactly what I mean. You must have been sleeping under the magic of darkness.

I answered that as a matter of course.

"Exactly! So I was going to take your life."

I clearly said that to Catalina, which is difficult to understand...

"Uh-huh. That's a lie."

"... that it's a lie..."

"'Cause if you really wanted to take your life, it'd be a lot easier to kill them on the spot than just let them sleep"

………

To Catalina, who says in the same way that it is normal... I lost my word.

... Catalina is certainly right.

At that time, it was much easier to kill him on that spot than to bother letting him sleep with dark magic.

But... I didn't...

No, I couldn't.

I mean, really...

"I came here because I wanted to talk to the chairman again."

"... None..."

What the hell is this girl talking about...

"That's right. Chairman then... with a very painful face... because he was crying... so again, I wanted him to listen to me properly..."

My watery eyes were staring straight at me.

My chest gets painful and I can't breathe well. My heart was badly disturbed.

"... this hypocrite... so you think he'll save me too, like the rest of them? Dear Virgin Catalina Kraes"

If I'd been careful, I would have accidentally spit it out like that.

You don't know anything about me... what do you know about a woman who grew up happy in a wealthy Duke's house?

Here, if Catalina Kraes even said 'I'll save you'... I must have despised the thoughts of a blessed and dearly raised warrant lady.

But... Catalina said the opposite of what I thought.

"I can't do that!

Catalina was looking straight at me.

"Because I'm not the protagonist. I'm just a villain's warrant for a rival, so there's no way I can save people!

Protagonist or competitor? Honestly, I also had a hard time getting words lined up that didn't make sense...

I can't believe you said 'I can't' so clearly...

I have no idea what Catalina Kraes is thinking.

I stare at the girl standing in front of me blindly.

Then...

"... I can't save you... but I can be beside you"

Catalina smiled gently and said so.

"Stay by my side, when I'm sad, when it's hard, I'll listen to you and stay with you until you're well."

That was the same word my mother once said to me.

That's what my mother said and embraced me when I was hiding and crying.

Something started in my head when I remembered it in Catalina's words.

It feels like the sun that was hanging in my head clears up.

The truth is, I've been wondering.

My mother's earliest words of 'take vengeance or not'...... I wonder if that mother, who was kind and always worried more about me than about herself, really left me with these words.

And now I remember clearly.

My mother didn't leave a word like that behind.

Yes. Why were you making mistakes like this?

My mother's true words...

"... please... live, survive, be happy... I love you..."

Yes, my mother didn't want revenge.

My mother wanted me to live and be happy at the end of the day.

That's why I thought I had to survive at all costs.

If you noticed, Catalina was just around the corner.

"So don't cry alone"

Catalina smiles gently and gives me her hand.

For some reason, my vision was badly distorted. My cheeks are wet.

"Let's go together - Raphael"

Raphael, that was my real name.

An important and important name my mother named me.

Reach for the hand you offered me... then...

'Hey, what are you doing? Don't listen to him like this! Instead, we're getting close. If we keep this guy hostage and run, we can still escape!' The other me in my head yelled at me.

I turned to the other me. [M]

'I don't want to do that. I'm not taking revenge anymore!

"... what?"

I ask the other one who looks frightened.

"And then who are you? '.

The other me who only speaks of vengeance, I followed that opinion and have done so far.

This is also the one who was bringing up my mother's last words.

But...... my mother's words spoken from this guy's mouth were false.

This guy was fooling and abetting me.

I screamed vengeance until I twisted and twisted my mother's last words, the other me.

I finally realized. [M] He said it wasn't me.

When I was so sure, I could see who I had always thought I was, who I really was.

The other me... I thought it was me... the person...

A man in black... that black man who brought death to my mother that day...

"... have you noticed..."

A black man smiles sarcastically.

"... you've been pretending to be me and manipulating me like I'm good"

That day, this man touched me at the moment of death.

At that time, he must have put the dark magic and his consciousness into me and manipulated me.

And the memory of my mother's last words was also twisted.

"I guess I was just doing it with my hands to make your wishes come true"

Black man says hatefully.

'... sure, I hated them terribly too.... but I didn't survive for revenge! I survived to be happy!

Yes, my mother's last wish - I survived to be happy.

... so we have to erase the existence of this man already.

The common sense that the magic of darkness could only be solved by what was done was overshadowed by the girl in front of me.

"It's okay."

Catalina's warm hand was wrapping my hand around me.

I looked to the black man and strongly hoped, 'Vengeance is over. I don't need your presence'.

"Damn... who do you think led you this far... this traitor..."

That's right, throwing it away... the black man disappeared.

Catalina looked at me with a gentle grin when I gave her a face.