I’m a Villainess, But I’m Happy Because I’m Healthy - Chapter 16

The next morning.

Contrary to what she expected she’d eat for breakfast, Bertrand didn’t bring the black liquid.

“From now on, you’ll eat this.”

“What is that?”

Instead, he handed her a flask containing a green liquid.

“It’s a liquid that removes the muscle-weakening magic from the original drink.”

“What? No, I thought that black liquid makes your muscles recover quickly.”

“That’s right. But, there was also magic that weakens the muscle so you can’t use your strength properly.”

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

Bertrand added a detailed explanation for Aslan, who was in doubt.

“Your muscular growth is well underway. However, in order to control it, enough mana must permeate the body. In the meantime, your body hasn’t learned muscle control magic, but you can learn it from now on.”

“So you put that spell on me because you’re afraid I can’t control my strength?”

But my strength was already that much?

Weakened state?

As soon as she realized it Aslan became afraid of her own body.

“Yes, you’ll be able to feel it once you take the class later. So drink it quickly.”

I drank green liquid, but the taste was not much different.

‘Hmm. Nothing has changed?’

I went out to the training ground and started the class right away. The morning class is running.

As soon as she ran, she understood what Bertrand meant.

“Huh?”

As she strengthened her legs and spurred the ground, her body flew forward in an instant.

She quickly stopped her legs, but Aslan’s body had already flown to nearly 5 meters.

“W, what’s this?”

It was like a child running for 5 meters, rather than a grown-up.

As she walked slowly and checked the starting point, the ground seemed as if it had been dug deep with a shovel.

‘The training ground floor is hard! But I felt like I dug up a sandy beach! This how much my strength has grown!’

Aslan recalled herself in the game.

‘Surely, Aslan in the game was very strong.’

She remembered a scene where she tore a book to bother the main character. The scene where she tore an encyclopedia-sized book without even using scissors or a knife, but solely with her both hands’ power.

In addition, she broke the main character’s armor with her bare hands, also struck a wall, and cracked it.

‘But that’s the future. I’m still ten years old, but I think I’ve already reached that level. No, maybe I’ve exceeded that already.’

Unlike Aslan in the game, who was lazy and never tried, she grew much faster as she is working hard.

Bertrand approached Aslan, who finally realized what she was becoming.

“As you can see, you’ve become very muscular. So, if you don’t control that power properly, your daily life will be difficult.”

He held something out. On a sheet of paper, there was a written formula for using magic.

“It’s a simple magic spell. After memorizing this formula, close your eyes and concentrate on your inner mana. Since the mana has already spread evenly in your body, you’ll feel it easily.”

“Yes!”

After memorizing the formula he showed, she closed her eyes and concentrated.

Then I felt something warm all over my body like I was shrouded in a forest.

“I felt it.”

“Then try to move your mana as written in the formula.”

As I focused more, I was able to move my mana.

‘The trick was to form a bead by concentrating the mana to each joint area, right?’

Mana began to gather around the joint. And when the beads were made, her body became cool.

‘And the last part is the heart!’

Mana also gathered in the heart and formed into beads.

At that moment, all the beads were connected to the heart, and the mana began to spread.

“It’s done.”

“……Truly a frightening talent.”

“What?”

“It usually takes about a week. I didn’t expect you to succeed right away. That’s amazing.”

“Does it usually fail?”

“Yes. And if you fail, your joints will twist and you’ll get cramps. Very painful cramps.”

“……But you still ordered me to do it?”

Anyway, your nature as a devil has not gone anywhere.

“Because I believed in your talent. Anyway, now that the magic is complete, you can control your power as much as you want.”

Should I give it a try?

Aslan tried running as before.

‘I can feel it. It’s like I’ve got one more hand.’

It’s like another hand appeared in her body, helping to control her output.

First of all, when the output was lowered to a minimum, the running became ordinary like yesterday.

‘Then middle!’

This time the ground got dug, and she ran at a tremendous speed.

It was almost the same speed as the family knights’ sprint.

‘Then last, maximum output!’

At that moment.

Aslan’s figure disappeared.

Before she knew it she was suddenly outside the training ground.

“Ack!”

She ran over a distance of 50 meters at a time.

However, when I used the maximum output my body ached slightly.

Running back to Bertrand, she asked about this phenomenon.

“It’s because you have enough mana, but your body isn’t perfect yet. There’s some foundation, but it’s not perfect.”

“Then I’ll have to do more classes.”

“Yes, that’s why I said I’d stay for half a year and teach you. If you want to create a more perfect body, you’d better focus on muscle strength. Come on, get down.”

“Yes!”

Of course, push-ups are a must if you’re working out on your stomach.

Aslan was lying down and wondered a little.

‘I’ve lost weight, and thanks to that, I can control my strength as much as I want. But I’m still doing push-ups?’

Push-ups are naturally easy when you are light in weight.

Her strength is incredibly strong, but her weight has decreased, so it can’t be an exercise anymore.

But that’s just her mistake.

The moment Aslan lay down, Bertrand began to move.

“Let’s get started. Overcome!”

“Aaack!”

Bertrand climbed onto her back.

With his feet off the ground, he used her back as a chair and had his legs crossed.

“W, what is this?”

Bertrand on the back of a skinny girl.

It was normal to drop with such a small figure, but it was interesting how her balance was effortlessly kept.

“If you don’t have enough weight, you won’t be able to exercise. So I got on top?”

“Ah, no, if you’re going to do that, I can just hang a pair of weights……”

“If you hang weights on your body, it will leave a lot of marks on your skin. I don’t think his grace will like that.”

While you being on top of me is okay!

In addition, Bertrand’s weight was heavier than I thought.

“A, aren’t you too heavy?”

“You can control your muscle strength.”

As soon as he said that, I adjusted my strength, and Bertrand was no longer heavy.

“It really works.”

“Yes. Pull it up to the maximum output. Otherwise……”

At that moment, Bertrand’s weight suddenly became heavy.

“You won’t be able to hold it.”

“……!”

It was so heavy that I almost kissed the ground if only I was a little too late on raising the output.

“Kk, kaaaah!”

“It’s a kind of physical enhancement magic. It’s a magic used to gain weight and fix your body on the floor. We usually use this to prevent being blown away during typhoons.”

‘Why are you using that on a person?’

Unfortunately, she had no time to complain.

“Hurry up, pull up all the output and crash into your limits. Only then will your body be completed.”

The hellish class continued even after her strength increased.

“There is no count. Keep going until the end of the morning.”

Aslan got angry upon hearing that.

Even the Devil would shake his head at you!

Of course, she only kept it to herself.

***

“You look happy.”

Inside the carriage running along the road.

Marquis Appleton asked, looking at the smiling Juven.

“Are you that happy?”

“Yes, because we’re on our way to see noona1.”

Their destination is the residence of Duke Levonsuit.

At Juven’s request, Marquis of Appleton was on their way to meet Aslan.

“By the way, they’ll be surprised when we get there.”

Interestingly enough, they were on their way to the Duke’s residence without telling them in advance.

Usually, you must contact them in advance before coming, but the Marquis of Appleton and Leon are close.

He could forgive this degree of rudeness.

“Yes, I want to see noona surprised.”

In addition, Juven had wanted to do so.

He wanted to give Aslan a surprise gift.

Even now, Juven was holding a bunch of blue roses in his chest.

“Well, there are very few women who don’t like flowers. I’m sure Aslan will like it too.”

“Is that also based on father’s experience?”

“Yes, I once gave flowers to a woman I fell in love with at first sight. And the woman……”

Marquis Appleton kept talking, but Juven didn’t listen anymore.

After all, the end of the story would be that he got dumped.

Instead, he looked out the window and thought of Aslan.

‘Noona. I’m going to see you again soon.’

He waited for a month.

During that month, Juven worked hard.

He started exercising and taught himself how to handle mana.

‘If she sees my changed appearance, noona will like me too, right?’

I want to show her a stronger appearance compared to before.

‘Noona, I’ll protect you with this power!’

The boy, with his cute desires, headed for the Levonsuit family.

‘But, what could noona be doing right now?’

He didn’t know what state Aslan was in.

***

I feel like I’m going to die.

In her previous life, she died while undergoing surgery under anesthesia, so Aslan never felt that experience.

But at this moment, she could feel it clearly.

‘I, I really think I’m going to die!’

She is doing push-ups while holding the weight of Bertrand on her back.

How many times have I done it already? No matter how much I tried I couldn’t see the end of it, because I had to do it for hours rather than the number of times.

“Your bending speed has slowed down.”

“Aaaaaaaaaah!”

However, If her speed slowed down for even a little, Bertrand’s weight would increase sharply.

It’s a situation where exercising becomes more difficult if she lets her guard down.

You could never slack off!

‘I’m almost emaciated now, do I have to do this?’

For a short moment, she thought about giving up. But Aslan soon regained her will

‘My body’s not complete yet. An incomplete body will not properly convert excess calories into mana.’

If that happens, I’ll only gain back the weight I lost.

Her ultimate goal is to achieve a healthy life.

Knowing her future, she wanted to get rid of even the slightest possibility of it happening.

‘Still, it’s too heavy!’

[T/N]

1 – I changed it to ‘noona’, it was ‘sister’ before.