The Villainess Wants To Be A Sidekick - Chapter 14

Chapter 14: You Guys Are Too Chill About This

I held Lumins back as I grabbed my clothes and posed while trying to make my dress flutter about before pointing to whitey and making a large X sign with my arms. I couldn’t help but wonder if he got what I was trying to say. I was desperate to explain to him that whitey is naked yet I couldn’t say it out loud. Lumins burst into laughter and said he understood.

“I know your mana is weak. Is there a problem with your mana system?”

I can’t believe he’s just a medical adviser when he’s already figured out the problem just by looking at the flow of mana. Whitey, mirroring my own sentiment, was also in awe.

“Yes. Shapeshifters maintain their existence by absorbing mana from nature.”

“Mana from nature. So the effects of the destruction of the lake in the north have affected you.”

I was surprised at this. Does a genius sorcerer know everything just from a small clue?

More than that, Lumins, is it okay to bring that topic up? Because you were the one who destroyed the lake, so you might be seen as whitey’s enemy…?

As Lumins didn’t pick up on my worries over this, Lumins crossed his arms and said with an intonated voice.

“First of all, I’m the one who destroyed the lake.”

Did you just reveal yourself as his enemy…?!

No, we can’t just let you two get caught up in a duel. What if one of you dies?

I decided to barge in.

“That’s, um, I’m sorry, Jean! I fell into the lake like a fool, so Lumins had to get rid of it to save me. Lumins isn’t in the wrong at all, so please just blame me!”

I thought he would be angry right away, but Jean asked me in an unexpectedly calm voice.

“Did you offer your mana because you felt guilty?”

I gave a gentle nod as he’d already caught me.

“Yes, I’m sorry…”

“It’s okay. At least, wasn’t your intention to protect me back in the forest pure?”

Whitey, aren’t you taking it too calmly?

If you two had a duel, Lumins would have died and I would become a fool worrying over Lumins death. I appreciate your coolness about this matter, but I feel somewhat complicated…

Lumins, who was watching us, opened his mouth again.

“I’m not going to apologize for what I’ve done. But in exchange, I can provide you help with my life and take responsibility for the damage that I’ve caused you.”

They’re both taking it calmly.

It’s a good condition for Jean, so it won’t hurt…? Of course, I thought he would take it right away. But Jean gave us an unexpected answer.

“No. That’s fine. I’ll get mana from this person. Senephin.”

“Huh?”

“What?”

Lumins and I both were both flabbergasted at what he said.

Lumins came to his senses first and began to calmly persuade Jean.

“Excuse me, I’m not saying that I’m not respecting your opinion. It would be alright to maintain this kind of image that you have right now with the mana level that Senephin has right now. But in terms of mana, won’t you actually need a bigger mana reserve than that?”

That’s right, his original appearance is a big white silver wolf, about two meters in size, unlike his small puppy form now. But whitey refused it.

“What is visible is not everything in the world. I won’t change my plan.”

He answered cooly like the hero from a martial arts novel that gets enlightened in the middle, but that wasn’t the problem right now…

“I owe her my life already. As a shapeshifter, I will give her my back, this is what we usually do.”

I shuddered at the familiar line “I’ll give her my back.”

That’s what you said to Velkina in the game!

To offer the back meant that if you’re willing to hurt yourself, you could pick up a knife and stab yourself and meant devoting yourself to them.

But why is he saying those lines here?

I don’t know what it means, but Lumins seems just as embarrassed as I am as he picked up on the nuances of his words.

“But…”

Ding dong!~

The doorbell rang before Lumins could speak.

“I’m here~! Where’s the dog?! I love dogs!”

As expected, it was Velkina. I had a headache again just thinking about how I am supposed to explain it from the beginning…