I’m a Villainess but So Popular
I’m a Villainess but So Popular - Chapter 2

Episode 2

Translator : Missme Editor : Aru

“Ex….cu…”

I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t spit out a complete sentence.

For now, the priority for me was to calm down.

“Why are you so down on your birthday?”

The man’s cheerful voice burst out with a sigh.

‘So today was her birthday……’

Today is her birthday, but she still was treated badly and was suffering. It was obvious how the woman and that devilish boy treated Yerine.

As I looked up and stared at the mirror, I could see red eyes shining through the long purple hair.

The light shining from the eyes somehow emitted a sad and pitiful light, that I feel sorry for her.

Strength comes into the hand, holding the hem of the skirt.

“Yerine, look at this way. I want to see your face.”

The blond man leaned deeper and slid down.

Then his warm breath tickled the bare skin, and the man buried his head on the back of my neck without a word.

The neck touched by the man’s head and the shoulders wrapped around his big hands seemed to be burning hot.

Who the hell is this guy? What’s his relationship with Yerine?’

Surely it was the first time I saw him and had nothing to do with me in Yerine’s body, but his friendly touch was enough to move my heart.

It was hard to stop my heart from pounding, even though I knew it through my head.

“Sorry. You must have been stuffy. I’ll let you go. Now look this way. I need to talk to you.”

The man spoke in a warm voice and loosened his arm around me.

My heart melted with a gentle yet attentive touch as if to soothe a child.

Perhaps this was the only person Yerine could truly rely on here.

When the idea reached that point, one question came to mind.

‘But why……’

There’s only one person, but he is someone who seems really loves her.

Why did she become such a villain?

‘I don’t know if there was a reason.’

As he retorted, I turned around and smiled at the man.

“What is it?”

But as soon as the eyes met, the handsome face of the man began to distort.

Instantly removing a smile from his mouth, he looked at me with a ghastly look that so unimaginable.

The chilling blue eyes that seem could tear someone to death make me froze.

“What are you doing now?”

I didn’t know what he gets so angry.

All the blood from head to toe seemed to freeze, so I couldn’t speak properly.

The man stepped back a step and glanced at me with a cold look.

“What are you doing, don’t you move that away right now?”

Move away?

What the hell do you want me to move away?

As he rolled his eyes around in amazement, the man frowned and said in a voice that seemed to stifle his anger.

“I’ve told you a few times not to show those monster eyes. Put an eye patch on it right now.”

Only then did I understand everything.

He doesn’t really love Yerine either. I don’t know what it is, but he just acting for his own good

On the contrary, when I came to that conclusion, I was not afraid of anyone who looked down at me with a cold look and frowned at me.

I calmly put on the eye patch in front of the mirror, and stood in front of it with the hair down, just like its original state.

“Is it good now?”

“Just don’t do it again in front of me. Because I’m not going to let it go.”

Who do you think you are? You’re not even going to put it on for me.

The man’s low-pitch voice seem close, but I don’t answer.

As I looked silently, the man opened his mouth again in the warm voice he had just now.

“Come on, yes. Yerine is a good girl so I believe you will continue to do as I say. Then let’s move on to something else.”

That’s how the man sat on the bed, crossed his legs proudly, and talked to me, looking at me quietly standing still.

“As you know you’re an adult from today.”

I nodded at the remark.

I don’t know what it had to do with him to be an adult, but it was important to find out his intentions as much as possible.

“And you know there’s an appointment ceremony for the successor in three days, right?”

I listened attentively to the word “the appointment of his successor.”

According to my memory, the children of the seven most prestigious families in the empire qualified for the successor ceremony to appoint their heirs.

Come to think of it, Yerine was also from that prestigious family. Although she was not recognized as a proper successor because she can’t use magic.

While I was rolling my head fast, the gold-haired man suddenly whispered in a small whisper, holding my hand stickily.

“But you know…..you can’t use magic at all.”

I felt as if he were a snake, holding my hand tightly and gently tightening it so that I could not take it out.

I was in a bad mood and wanted to shake my hands, but I decided to hold my breath and listen to this guy’s story.

“Without mana, it’s obviously impossible to succeed…..even though you come, I’m sure you’ll lose to another family. Isn’t that right?”

How can an anxious foreboding never be wrong?

Soon, the man’s hand held my hand, became stronger.

“So you know…..? Although I’m just a member of a branch family, besides you, I’m the one with the thickest spade blood, and I’ve seen you for a long time. More than that, I’m your fiance, too.

I closed my eyes and heard the calm voice of this cunning man.

Apparently, he was trying to take advantage of Yerine’s inability to use magic to take over the Spade’s next successor.

Perhaps in the original story, Yerine was literally devastated by the loss of her position as a successor.

Maybe that’s why she became such a villain.

‘This fucking asshole.…’

Yerine was a villain in a particular episode.

There was nothing else in the original story other than the information that she was from a prestigious family who could not use magic.

So I didn’t know why she decided to become a villain, but I didn’t know there was such an ulterior motive.

When I opened my eyes still, the man smiled pretentiously and soothed me gently.

“So you know, right? If you go up to the podium with me that day and tell everyone that you’re handing me your position as successor, it’s over. That’s all I need.”

I gnawed my teeth.

I can’t believe he’s doing such a grotesque favour while pretending to be nice. Given what he did, it was clear that he would take over the successor position and wipe his mouth cleanly.

“Yes, Yerine. When this is over……you and I can live happily ever after, you trust me, right?”

This is just like saying ‘You believe in Oppa, right?’

He says the same line.

I kept my mouth shut for a while and thought about what to do in the future.

I wanted to say no right away, but I had to use magic to succeed in the seven families.

He was right in that part, so it was difficult to show my unwillingness.

“If only I could do magic…….’

If I had known how to use magic in the first place, I would not have been in this situation, but I couldn’t help it.

“…I get it.”

That was the best answer I could give under the circumstances.

As soon as I brought it up, the man got out of bed with a big smile.

He showed his teeth, smiled, and delivered a cheerful line to me as if he couldn’t even see the rest of his poop-chewing facial expression.

“Yes. Please take good care of me. You’re a good girl, so I’m sure you’ll do well.”

At the end of the sentence, he strode toward the door and greeted me with a smile that was as fierce as before.

“Well, good night. See you tomorrow.”

The attitude was enough to make me dumbfounded as if he were leaving in a hurry after his business was over.

He left the room without my greeting.

Now there is only silence in the room.

Looking through the door, I thought hard about how I could throw a fresh taffy at him.

‘Is there any way to get the successor position back?’

It was also unpleasant to know that the offended man would take away all of Yerine’s rights, it was not right when viewed morally.

Moreover, it was too obvious that I would follow the original route and take the villain’s path.

Then, the only way would be for me will be to die in vain after being criticized by others and not seeing the heroine.

“That really doesn’t work……”

I mumbled my head around like that, but I couldn’t think of a sharp plan.

Three days are left. I had to come up with a way to get a successor position in my hand and avoid the original route.

When I couldn’t get an answer even though I kept thinking about it, I was irritated and stomped my feet toward the bed.

“Oh, my God, I’m dying, and going to I’m dying again, moreover I’m going die in the hand of those bastards.”

Dug.

I tripped over something that was brilliantly sticking out on the floor.

I fell on the floor with a clatter.

When I woke up, I found my cheek against the wooden floor.

“Ugh…”

With the irritation rising to the top of my head, I lit my eyes and groped the floor.

Looking closely, I could see something like a blunt girdle rising through the wooden floor.

“Oh, why is there such a thing…… I have to pick this up.”

As soon as I reached out my hand to pull out the shackles on the floor, I noticed something was wrong.

Looking closely, there was a fine square-shaped gap on the floor, centred with an iron hook like a key ring.

It’s like a secret door under the floor, often appearing in movies.

“What, this is…..?”

As I grabbed the girdle and pulled as hard as I could, the floor began to open like a door along the gap.

Standing up and pulling the grommets to the end, the ‘door’ was completely open, and an object hidden beneath the floor appeared.

“This is…”

When I shook my hands, I could see the piles of objects piled up under the floor.

The identity of things piled up like a mountain was none other than a book.

a vast number of old books, nearly dozens of them.

I picked one of them and opened it.

Then a complex, circular picture appeared. And around the painting, there was an explanation that seemed to have been written by Yerine.

‘Isn’t this magic circle?’

A painting with numerous complex patterns and letters carved in the middle of a circle.

No matter who saw it, it was a painting that represented the magic circle.

“I’m sure……the book said Yerine couldn’t use magic, but……?’

Yerine’s handwriting, which filled the blanks between the complex Magic Circle and the explanation, shone under dim light.

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