I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain

Becoming a squirrel that seeks a villain Episode 10

Strength filled Johan’s hand that was holding me. Tezen’s words, “my squirrel,” seemed to touch his feelings.

If I could speak, I would have said something like, “Who are you? Hey, stay on topic. You’re not a war hero yet.”

But I couldn’t say anything.

“Is it possible that this squirrel is causing trouble by claiming to purify me and behaving like a nuisance character? Then it’s all over.”

I quickly realized the tension that was building up around the table.

“Or maybe you won’t recite the line of the strongest protagonist in the world, saying that you’re releasing the power you’ve been hiding?”

You’re not the protagonist. You’re not even the strongest in the world yet.

I didn’t know what would happen if I acted out of control here with my magic still not fully recovered.

The servants of the Duke had long been under Ella’s control, and Johan was the weakest among them, unable to control even his own body.

“But why are you making a face like you’re going to say something like ‘I’m going to beat you up,’ or something like that?”

However, a teenage boy going through the stormy period of adolescence didn’t know what he would do.

Right now, it was best for me and Johan, who was the weakest of the Duke’s servants, to quietly lie down and secretly cooperate in the middle of the night.

“It’s going to be a problem if something unexpected happens here.”

So I quickly thought about it.

It was much more likely that I would cause a problem than Johan, and it would be much smoother to pass it off.

“At least I’m expensive.”

Ella had given up most of the treasures she had to buy me.

So she wouldn’t easily kill me or drive me away. “Kyung.”

“Yeah, even if you curse at me, I’m going to eat.”

I turned my head away from Tezen, as if I wouldn’t budge from Johan’s hand.

Johan’s expression softened as I crouched inside him.

On the other hand, Tezen, who had extended her hand to turn me around towards Johan, frowned for a moment.

“Oh, this slave, no, Kamangi….”

Tezen quickly looked at Maryell, making an excuse.

“She’s a bit stupid, and she doesn’t really understand what people are saying… She also has a bit of a sharp personality.”

Being called stupid was a blow to my inability to speak.

I might be much smarter than Tezen…

“Oh my, are you a bit prickly?”

Merial blinked innocently and asked, and Tejen immediately answered.

“Yes, that’s right. No matter what you say, he doesn’t even lift his head and pretends to listen. He almost always just sleeps in a corner of the room… come to think of it, he never really came when I called him either.”

That’s right, I’ve always been prickly.

In fact, when considering my soul’s capacity, a squirrel was not a very suitable animal for me.

If I had been a violent sparrow, I could have at least launched an attack with my beak.

Unfortunately, because my claws had been trimmed down to the quick in the temple, there wasn’t a sharp part on my body at all.

As I nodded my head as if agreeing with Tejen’s words, Merial murmured softly.

“But still, he’s cute…”

However, surprisingly, Johann’s hand slowly clenched at Tejen’s words.

‘What is it, what is it…’

I narrowed my eyes and looked at Johann’s face, which seemed very satisfied. He even looked like a very sated beast, which didn’t match his pale complexion.

‘You shouldn’t smile like you know everything. What do you know about a squirrel’s mind?’

I snorted and pushed his hand away with my hind leg. It was time to wrap up this situation.

When Tejen gestured to me, the hand that had been so firmly planted earlier was easily pushed away.

“Qoo.”

I nonchalantly crossed over the table and perched on Tejen’s shoulder.

‘I’m ending this situation by being a little stupid fairy.’

I quickly came up with a plan and was a little tired, so I rubbed my head with both hands.

‘I want to be human soon. My abilities are too great to live as a squirrel.’

Even if I had possessed the body of an ordinary noblewoman, with my quick wit and shrewd personality, I could have made any household much more prosperous than the Highlord Duchy.

After some twists and turns, the meal began. I watched Johann eat his warm soup and felt proud, like a grandmother looking at her grandchild playing in the countryside.

‘His appearance is a mess, but he looks good when he eats proper food. It seems like he only eats cold food that’s gone stale up in the tower.’

During a relatively peaceful mealtime, small talk went back and forth.

“So… there’s still no news about the second daughter? What about the Duke Medest’s wife?”

“Yes… actually, it’s inevitable for the Duke to go missing during the war, but in the case of the second daughter, it’s just too heartbreaking.”

Duke Medest’s wife answered with a bitter smile at Ella’s question.

“In the temple, there’s a curse on the Duke Medest’s family… it’s just too terrible. I hope it was just a coincidence.”

Duke Medest’s wife sighed deeply and murmured.

From what I’ve heard, children have gone missing frequently from the Medest family for a long time.

It was a phenomenon that usually occurred in direct descendants, but sometimes it also applied to collateral lines.

Especially since the first child never disappeared, only the second or third child somehow vanished.

Ella tried to hide her curious gaze and asked again.

“No, I’ve heard rumors about it for a long time. Didn’t you take any precautions?”

Duke Medest’s wife seemed to find it difficult to talk, but she couldn’t ignore the question either.

“Since we gave birth to our second daughter, who was born one year after Marielle… we were so anxious that we kept raising her only within the Duke’s mansion.”

Tears began to well up in her pink eyes.

“But we had to take her to the temple on her first birthday to receive baptism… and we met some thieves. And only the second child…”

“Mother.”

Marielle held the trembling hand of Duke Medest’s wife and said.

“Please go to the restroom for a moment, even if it’s just to calm your emotions.”

Of course, even Marielle’s eyes were filled with tears.

It seemed like she always thought sadly about this situation, even though she didn’t know her younger sister’s face.

‘Anyway, Ella… She really has no sense. There are things that are interesting and things that are not.’

I silently licked my lips and slowly wagged my tail.

‘So the second daughter disappeared on her way to the temple… and Marielle became the only heir as an illegitimate daughter. And since then, the Duke Medest went to war.’

Anyway, when the Duchess Medest called for the restroom, Mary immediately turned to me and said,

“Medest doesn’t have any wizards in generations, so they don’t know much about mythical creatures… but didn’t they say that if a mythical creature has strong magical power, they can also transform into a human? It’s really fascinating.”

Showing interest in me ultimately gave Tesen a chance to change the topic effectively.

As expected, Tesen hesitated before answering.

“Oh, that’s why our mother inquired at the temple when she first brought the mythical creature home. She was worried that it might transform into a human due to my magical power.”

It was really a dream come true. I would be a great wizard if only I listened to it.

As I shook my head, I met Johan’s gaze as he looked at me.

“But even if they say that at the temple, mythical creatures don’t even have the will to transform into humans, so it’s very difficult. Instinctively, they prefer their animal bodies.”

What are they saying? My will to transform into a human is so strong that I scratched my ear with my paw.

“Oh, I see. That’s fascinating. So that’s why there are hardly any mythical creatures that have transformed into humans.”

While Mary nodded her head, Johan looked at me with a secret signal and smiled.

Well… Johan is the only person who has seen me transform into a human, so all of this conversation must be trivial to him, just like me.

“What, why is he smiling so beautifully?”

And then I realized one more thing.

Johan didn’t even have a slight interest in Mary. He didn’t even give her a glance out of courtesy.

“Whether she’s a woman or not… Is it really that good to be genuine? It looks like it was his top priority.”

According to the original work, Johan fell in love with Mary after the war, that is, when he was free from the outbreak of magical power.

“Yeah, don’t start your damn love affair from the beginning. Just live your life as if it doesn’t matter.”

I put sunflower seeds that the servant brought me into my bowl and pondered.

“What’s more amazing than that is Mary’s body. It’s really strange. Can she really control her magical power like that?”

Although it wasn’t in the original work, it was still fascinating. It seemed like she didn’t know it herself… “Well, it’s none of my business.”

The strange dinner ended without incident.