I’m A Villainess, Can I Die? - Chapter 19

The child gulped, looking at the beautiful fairy-like woman squatting in front of him. From the looks of it, it seemed that this person was also a high-ranking person, but he was wondering what to do if he made a mistake.

“You were lucky today. There are many strange people in the world, so be careful.”

The child nodded in response. It was an action that came out reflexively. However, there was only one thought that came to mind.

‘Here… Isn’t this Noona the weirdest?’

As if noticing this whimsical imagination, the expressionless Noona in front of him looked at the child gently, then lifted a finger and flicked it lightly on his forehead. It didn’t hurt, but he raised his hand in embarrassment and touched his forehead. Then, the fairy-like Noona rose slowly and gradually moved away from him. Only then did the child realize that the noble Noona was leaving, and jumped up. That Noona said something to the guard before going. The two guards nodded and approached him.

‘What? What?’

He wondered if he would be arrested for having a blasphemous heart…?

“Kid, where is your house? We will take you there.”

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

At the following friendly words, the child lost strength in his trembling legs and fell back on his butt. In the meantime, Noona’s back was gradually disappearing. The child sat down and yelled with all his might.

“Thank you! Noona!”

However, despite his efforts, the noble Noona only stopped walking for a moment and continued without looking back.

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“Thank you.”

“‘Thank you.’ You made a fuss, so you have to be thankful.”

Lucas burst into laughter again as he remembered what had happened earlier.

‘Yeah, laugh. Do whatever you like.’

Branded as a crazy person by the nobles in the engagement ceremony, I wanted to go for the easy road but ended up being treated as crazy by the people in the square.

“Why did you go out on your own? If you had used me, it would have ended sooner.”

“I thought he would recognize me. I guess I was being self-centered. And… In the first place, this kind of behavior needs to be done by an ordinary person to make an impression. Sir Lucas is too impressive to pretend not to be.”

“You think highly of me.”

“Because you’re a person who can be objectively evaluated highly.”

As the number of people gradually decreased as we passed by the crowd, Lucas began to laugh again. I shook my head when I saw Lucas laughing, wondering what it was he found so funny, but the sound did not stop.

But at some point, the laugh sounded a little strange. As if he was laughing out loud on purpose.

“What’s wrong with you?”

When I looked up at Lucas with a strange look, he glanced at me, put a finger to his lips as if telling me to shush, and still laughed hard.

‘Is this a strange way of teasing me…?’

But it didn’t seem like that. Because, amid his ‘hahaha,’ Lucas’s eyes were busy moving, and he turned around while wrapping one arm around my shoulder. Thanks to the spinning movement, I felt like a paper doll.

Semi-forced into his arms, I raised my head and looked back.

“What is it?”

“Gangsters.”

“Gangsters?”

‘Gang- why would gangsters be here?!’

As if answering my innermost thoughts, a muscular man with an iron rod over his shoulder chuckled and opened his mouth.

“Looking at it earlier, I saw that you had a lot of money… Why don’t you donate some money to us too?”

It looked like the scene that impressed him the most amid all that chaos was when I handed over the pocket with gold to Lord Peacock. To think that my famous scene was rated as plain by such a thug…

I turned my head back to see him smirking and smirking. He was a typical extra in a novel…

‘Well… It’s a lot more burdensome than I thought.’

Taking off their tops because they didn’t know how to wear them properly… It did not fit well with the sentiments of Confucian thought.

I glanced up, and a clean jaw caught my eye.

‘Isn’t there a big difference between the main character and the extras…?’

No, rather than that, why did I keep getting entangled in a story that only happened to the main characters…? And in such a short time. The series of events were so numerous that any other heroine would pat my shoulder, saying that I was going through a lot of hardship.

Since there was no single gangster, behind those clichéd lines, laughter was heard from many places. Lucas turned my body, looking at the thugs, and pulled me to his chest.

“Don’t wrap your arms around my back, hold them tight in front of you.”

“Yes.”

I listened obediently. The ending in which my head was smashed by some extra was the worst of the worst. It wasn’t a sad ending, but a bad… very bad ending. I didn’t want to die in the hands of others, less be slugged by a nameless gangster.

‘However… when protecting someone, don’t you usually send the person you want to protect to the back? I was held in front like a baby Kangaroo in a Kangaroo pocket.’

The position was quite fishy…

“By any chance… I’m not a shield, right?”

“You’re too weak to be used as a shield.”

“Ah… yes.”

Luckily, it wasn’t a shield. That was good enough.

Lucas’s left arm was wrapped around my back. There was a slight height difference, so I had to bury my face in his arms without moving.

During this conversation, I wondered if they were waiting for us…?

The people who were still giggling with each other started attacking only after Lucas adjusted our posture and even drew his swords. He held me in his arms and moved lightly. Indeed, the main character’s buff.

‘Thanks to you… It felt as if I was going to die! Uhk- Uhk!!’

Every time Lucas took a light step back, he gave strength to the arm wrapped around my back in order not to drop me. The movement was not a big deal, but every time he applied force, my ribs were pressed.

Usually, when this situation appeared in a book, it would be very romantic… but romance froze to death and now I was filming the number one escape crisis.

‘But what if I say I’m having a hard time here… If the power of his arm is released, there is a high probability that I will just die.’

‘Huh… It’s better to have your ribs pressed than to have your head smashed… Uhk!’

Several people were heard shouting and swearing around as if they had fallen out. The gangsters were on alert while maintaining a distance, perhaps realizing that their opponent was unusual. Apparently now was the time to catch our breath. I didn’t even fight, but I had to catch my breath with them. Lucas, who was actually facing them, didn’t seem to be exhausted.

‘When will this situation end…?’

I put my head out a little and saw Lucas’s condition behind him. Several people were rolling around.

‘It must hurt…’

I felt a bit better after that.

At that moment, a human jumped out of the alley in the back and swung his iron rod towards this side.

“Sir Lucas, behind you.”

“I know.”

Lucas pulled his body aside and knocked over the huge man at a speed fast enough to make me feel embarrassed for trying to alert him. It was the first time I saw it with my head raised, but his skills were truly amazing.

“Wow… you fight really well.”

“Is that what you want to say now?”

Lucas asked me with a dejected smile, as if he was dumbfounded.

“…Can’t I?”

“You must be so relaxed.”

Even during conversations with me, I admired Lucas’s ability to move neatly without any disturbanc-

‘Ahk!’

“It looks like Sir Lucas is too relaxed.”

“Well, it’s not wrong… but the luggage in front of me is a little heavy.”

‘Ugh, this person…’

But now the safety of my head depended on him, so I just bit my tongue.

“The genius knight is saying something like a weakling?”

“I don’t like that nickname.”

“Is that so? So, can the Duke’s knight say something so weak?”

“…You won’t ask me why I don’t like it?”

“Yes. If you don’t like it, you don’t like it.”

‘If you don’t like it, you don’t like it. To be honest, I didn’t wonder what the reason was.’

While we were chatting nonchalantly, the sound of bangs and the harsh breathing of the gangsters were still playing harmoniously like background music. It was actually a terrible melody.

“Um, it’s too chaotic. Can you close your eyes?”

“I have been doing it since earlier.”

“…Right.”

In fact, my eyes were open. It was because I thought that I had to keep my eyes open while hanging on to him while he was fighting hard.

‘But, if he thinks like that… Then I’ll just close my eyes.’

I closed my eyes at the same time as the sound of laughter that did not match the current situation came from above. Lucas’s arms loosened a little and then grabbed me tight again, as if he was adjusting the posture to find some kind of comfort and stability.

‘Ahk! The results came quickly. That’s right… Lucas is the main character.’

No matter how bad the drama was, even if the main character got hit in the head by gangsters 1, 2, and 3 passing by, he wouldn’t even bat an eye. Only then did people say, “Oh, that’s possible.”

When Lucas stopped moving and I couldn’t hear any sound, I gently moved away from him. When I looked around, I saw muscular men scattered all over the place.

‘It seems that no one is dead…’

Honestly, I wasn’t worried, but I turned to Lucas just in case. His long hair was loosened and stretched behind his back.

“It looks like the headband has fallen off somewhere.”

Lucas and I then turned our heads moderately and looked at the floor, but the presence of the muscle men was so strong that nothing else could be seen, let alone a small hair tie.

Of course, I couldn’t find it. But I was trying to prevent my head from being crushed like a mortar. Well, another magpie to repay a favor.

I pulled down and untied the ribbon of my tied hair. As soon as the light green ribbon was loosened, the hairs that had been combed in a clean braid, loosened. I roughly ruffled my hair a couple of times and held out the hairband to Lucas.

He, who was looking at this side silently, raised his hand and grabbed the ribbon. I opened my mouth to say goodbye to the Ribbon that was about to travel from my hand to his hand.

“Behind you.”

Hiiiieeek!