I'm a Villainess but So Popular

Episode 68

Translator : Missme

Editor : Aru

“Here is…”

It wasn’t the banquet hall where Cassius led me.

It was the backyard of the annexe northeast of the Academy.

Although it was a place in the corner where people were rare, it was popular with students because of its various flowers and a small fountain.

It was empty now when most of the students were at the banquet hall. But the garden was full of life, even though there were no people because the little light of the fairy who had escaped from the banquet hall was shining in the backyard.

“It’s so pretty. I don’t know why all the fairies are here.”

“It’s probably because there are so many flowers. Fairies like flowers.”

Certainly, the gentle breeze carried the strong scent of flowers.

“And I guess it’s because of the mistletoe here. Fairies love mistletoe.”

The mistletoe aisle, which was built along one rim of the garden, was exceptionally crowded with small lights.

The mistletoe, tightly wrapped around wooden pillars, was with the branches of the yellow flower buds hanging down in a fluffy way.

“Is it time for mistletoe flowers to bloom? I don’t think so.”

“You’re right. It’s not the time to bloom.”

Then Cassius lifted his head slightly and looked at the mistletoe hanging from the ceiling.

“But the Academy’s mistletoe is different.”

The mistletoe at the end of my gaze was gently swaying at the wings of the playful fairies.

“Does the flowering time differ?”

“That’s right. It’s always not until school anniversary that flowers begin to bloom.”

“Wow, did they do that on purpose?”

“I’ve heard that. The Academy thinks the school anniversary is very important.”

“Amazing.”

I thought I’d seen a pretty rare scene.

And for a very short time, I could forget the memory of talking to Iker.

Suddenly, I remembered the eyes shining in the dark, and I felt uncomfortable as if my feet had fallen into the mud.

‘We only had a few words of conversation.’

I raised my head thinking so.

The burning sun’s light, and the eyes of colour, which seemed to be made from melting gold coins, were still looking at me.

It was different from Iker’s eyes, which were glistening with madness and arrogance.

“What’s wrong, Yerine?”

It was really relaxing eyes to see.

I felt the kindness that he had in me.

“Because they look so different, even though they have the same eyes.”

“Huh? Eyes?”

“Yes. Your brother, ah, no. He has gold eyes just like you, but they feel different.”

“Really?”

Then Cassius tilted his head slightly and smiled around his mouth.

“How is it different?”

I thought of the golden eyes reflected through the wind-shaking red hair.

His eyes seemed to treat everything in the world as a feast, and his blood seemed to cool off.

“When I look into your eyes, I can feel that you are looking at me properly.”

In my words, Cassius nodded slightly.

Listening to my story as usual.

“But I couldn’t feel it in the eyes of the Crown Prince.”

To be honest, it was a very circumspect expression.

Iker’s eyes were upset because his eyes showed a strong feeling that he was looking down at me.

Besides, unknown behaviour was enough to foster distrust in him.

“Well, it’s obvious that the Crown Prince saw me for the first time.”

“No, I understand.”

Cassius echoed in a subdued voice.

Even with a slight turn of the head, the golden eyes glistening under the fairy’s light still remained.

My heart flutters at the fact that the eyes that seemed to have struck the sun were directed at me.

“I’ve often felt that way when I saw him, too.”

Cassius’s voice, which heard, sounded unusually faintly weak.

“What happened to you and my brother?’

I was well aware that their brotherhood may be different from general perception.

Moreover, there are blood-winded battles between the royal family who choose Iker and Casius over succession.

It didn’t seem to have reached that point yet, but Iker was the first prince and Casius was the second prince, so there must have been a lot of things to be bumped into.

“It was a dog lie that the professors were calling me, right?”

When Cassius heard me, he rolled his eyes with a blemish.

“When did you know?”

“Almost from the beginning. I didn’t go to the banquet hall in the first place, and it was too obvious that you were lying. And if it was really the professor’s call, we wouldn’t be here right now.”

“That’s true, but…”

“Maybe even the Crown Prince would notice.”

Cassius sighed and scratched his head.

“That’s right. I think you would have known. You’ve been quick-witted for a long time.”

The eyes of Cassius, who said so, were quite troubled.

He didn’t usually make such a face.

When he fought with me or Eugene, he didn’t look worried even when he was cornered.

Why does he look so worried?

“So, again, you lied to keep me apart from the Crown Prince.”

In my words, Cassius turned his head and mused his lips.

But he was a man of integrity who could not lie.

In the end, he sighed and gave me a positive answer.

“Yes, that’s right.”

The face of Cassius, who held my arms around his shoulders as soon as he saw me, looked very urgent.

Unlike Iker, who had a relaxed expression and even smiled, he was clearly trying to take me away from Iker somehow.

When I was about to ask why he was trying to take me so urgently, Cassius opened his mouth first.

“What did my brother say to you?”

“He told me to be his palace wizard right now and quit the Academy.”

I said to Cassius who has a look on his face as if he had been struck in the back of his head in my answer.

“Really?”

“Yes.”

Then he clasped my shoulder with a face of embarrassment, as white as he had found me in the dark.

“You didn’t say you were going, did you? You refused, didn’t you?”

He seemed really desperate when asked so, so I shook my head quickly and reassured him.

“No way. I kept saying no. The Crown Prince did not take up the offer, but…….”

In my answer, Cassius let go of my shoulder, saying, “I knew it as if it were true.”

When I saw him wiping away the cold sweat from his forehead, he seemed really surprised to hear the prince’s offer to me.

Wiping around his eyes with his sleeves, he opened his mouth, matching his tired eyes to me.

“I’m sorry, I was surprised.”

“Oh, no, it’s okay.”

“Sorry, I’m so surprised you told me that……….”

I couldn’t find out as time went by.

I was really curious about what kind of person Iker is, and why Cassius reacts this much.

“Cassius, why did you want to separate me from the Crown Prince?”

To my question, Cassius couldn’t open his mouth.

I wondered if I touched a part I shouldn’t have touched, but Cassius, who kept on looking worried, was bothered.

Knowing why I care so much about Iker might relieve his anxiety a little more.

“Did something happen with the Crown Prince?”

Cassius opened his mouth, but he couldn’t answer easily.

As if he had something to say, he kept his mouth shut again, and only after a few sighs that I could his voice.

“I just… I was so nervous.”

Cassius’s eyes fluttered in the flying fairy’s light.

Steadily looking at the pupil, I listened to Cassius’ story.

“He has the personality of wanting to have what I want to have.”

“What do you want?”

I didn’t quite get it.

To have it, it was like talking about something, not a person.

Cassius soon looked back at me and added words, as if he had read my confused expression.

“I heard my brother talking to you.”

“Did you hear that?”

“Yeah.”

At the moment, Cassius’ eyes shone very sharply.

Like the snow in the battle.

“He said he liked you when he saw you.”

I frowned at the words.

“Did he say that? I didn’t hear it.”

“When I turned the corner, I heard my brother muttering at you. And even if he didn’t really say that, given my brother’s request to come into the palace wizard….”

“No, what exactly does it mean to like it?”

At my question, Cassius looked troubled.

“No one knows that. Only you know.”

Oh, my God.

It must be a really weird guy to the point where Cassius says that.

‘No, why all the man in this world are so crazy?’

It’s not even in the original, but in the original villain level, it’s related to a madman.

I’ve never seen anyone with a good personality there.

Does he like me? Isn’t that the line usually made by sub-men who are obsessed with the heroine?

“Yerine, once you’ve turned it down, I don’t think my brother’s going to force you to do anything, but you still have to be careful.”

Cassius looked back at me and talked.

“Be careful, how can I be careful?’

The moment all kinds of thoughts passed through my head, Cassius snapped my hands and spoke.

From the thick hand wrapped around my entire hand, I felt a sense of desperation as if he were holding on to the lover who was about to leave.

“Never, never run into my brother.”

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