I Became a Dark Fantasy Villain - Chapter 71 (1)

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“……”

Ian’s arm slowly lowered.

Charlotte looked at him with an expression wondering if he would really listen to such nonsense, but he showed no reaction.

What Tessia said wasn’t completely unreasonable.

He could listen first and then cut her throat if it really was nonsense.

As Tessia exhaled what looked like a sigh of relief,

Thunk.

Ian stabbed his sword of condemnation into the ground beside her, the blade pointing right at her neck.

Sitting next to the embedded sword with his hand on the hilt, he spoke.

“I’ll listen. But if you spout nonsense or try anything, this will become an executioner’s blade.”

Tessia’s gaze turned to the fairly thin, long sword blade.

A cold shiver.

She swallowed and smiled wryly.

“Alright, I get it. But really, believe me. I’ve given up on draining your blood. Especially after that day when those mounted humans came swarming to fight you. Before then, I thought if I endured a bit longer, I could capture you. But strangely, after that day, just imagining it made my spine tingle with fear.”

…The day I raised my ability, huh.

Though nodding calmly, Ian was inwardly surprised.

She sensed that change by instinct alone.

“Still, I had no reason not to follow you, since as I said, I didn’t need to fight you directly. But when you visited that village before, the situation was a bit different. I couldn’t go near the village. At night it was bearable, but during the day my body felt like it was boiling and my gut was churning. It was repulsive.”

She must be referring to the vicinity of the Temple of Furnace.

It would have been anathema to her as a vampire, being Lou Enter domain.

What furrowed Ian’s brow was for a different reason.

The hand gripping his sword tightened.

“So what does this rambling have to do with the request?”

“Ah, here’s the main point. While you were in that village, I stayed hidden far away, planning to follow you again once you left. But a few days later, that guy found me. He said he was the tribe’s judge.”

Ian’s eyes narrowed.

“Judge…?”

“Yes. He said he was in charge of punishing tribe members who violated the rules and dealing with the tribe’s enemies. And he told me I should consider it an honor that he was meeting an experimental hybrid like me.”

Tessia gasped for a moment.

She seemed to be reliving the fear and anger she felt then.

“The bastard took out three small coffers and showed them to me. He said he would separate my arms and legs from my body and take them separately. He’d reassemble me when we got back, so not to worry. …Of course I told him not to spout such nonsense. That I wouldn’t go back to that lab. It was really horrific there. Even now I sometimes dream of-“

“The main point.”

“…Right. So we fought. But he was incredibly strong. He wielded power in ways I didn’t even know existed. But I didn’t just take it either. Thanks to you, I have steadily built up my strength. And I could even mimic his techniques. I thought I might be able to win, but no. When he started displaying his true ability, the situation changed completely.”

Ian’s brow furrowed slightly.

The Tessia he remembered was a grand vampire who had ascended to queen by devouring the blood essences of other vampires.

Though she had been hunted by the judge even then.

‘…Could this also be because of me?’

The only change he could think of.

By following Ian, Tessia had failed to fully awaken her innate potential and combat skills that she would have otherwise developed through solitary struggles.

Is this also the butterfly effect?

As he pondered this, Tessia’s voice continued.

“Of course, I had one last desperate move to survive. It worked. Though I wasn’t unscathed…At least I bought time to escape.”

“It wouldn’t have been easy to shake the pursuit.”

“I used my head. I’ve hunted many beasts, so luring them is second nature. I smeared my blood on any beast I could find and scattered them everywhere. I knew he was tracking me by my blood scent.”

Tessia looked up at Ian.

“Then I followed your scent. You were the only one on my mind. I thought maybe you would help me, since you had saved me before. I realized that was baseless after seeing you. So I decided to first hide and regain my strength by hunting beasts. In case you didn’t help, I at least needed to be able to run.”

“Don’t spout nonsense. I know you were watching me for days.”

Charlotte growled.

Tessia shot back immediately.

“That’s because I was scared. I thought you might try to kill me the moment you saw me. You probably even know how to kill me for good. I tried to approach you several times, but each time I got too scared to get any closer. That’s probably why this beast noticed me. Got it? You didn’t come find me because you’re so great. You didn’t beat me either. If I was at full strength, I would have torn you to shreds by now, you mutt!”

So this is graduated rage.

Watching Tessia glare at Charlotte as if to kill her, Ian thought.

Charlotte let out a scornful laugh.

“Hypotheticals are meaningless, filthy snake. In the end, you’re the one pinned under me.”

Ugh, Charlotte pushed down harder on Tessia’s arm. Tessia winced in pain but didn’t scream this time.

“Bragging uselessly about your strength-“

The words died in her throat as the sword of condemnation tilted towards her neck.

Emotionless black eyes looked down at her.

“So, are you asking me to kill that judge?”

“He won’t be the only one. He told me the tribe wouldn’t give up on me. That I might as well just let him take me now. So even if I kill him, another judge will come after me.”

“…..”.

Ian’s gaze deepened.

Tessia swallowed and continued.

“But those guys are just underlings. The ones who turned me into this monster are still lurking in Rusard. I can never forgive them. So Ian, help me get my revenge. This is my request.”

To be honest, it was a very tempting proposal.

Having Tessia by his side meant the vampires he would eventually have to track down and kill would come to him of their own accord.

Perhaps in the game, the way Tessia gained strength was by killing the judges that came after her and absorbing their blood essences.

If he helped Tessia, he could gain the experience from defeating the judges while also preventing Tessia from growing too strong.

It would also weaken the forces of the vampires he would have to kill eventually, killing two birds with one stone.

However, he didn’t outwardly show those thoughts.

Translator; ippo

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