I will not die a Villainess's death

Eve was not having a good time; it all had to do with Elysia and her new societal position.

Initially, Eve thought she would be able to ignore the new divide that had opened up between her and Elysia due to Elysia's new status as the Dirac nobility. But she soon discovered that it was her wishful thinking.

Not only did Elysia have a new life, but she also had new people who were important to her. She even had a familiar to protect her now.

'I guess she never needed me to protect her in the first place but it still sucks. I don't want Elysia to find a new best friend. I cannot let someone else take this away from me as well.'

Eve was already sore about the fact that she was not the one Elysia was engaged to. Adam, that bastard, never forgot to remind Eve about this fact.

'And now my spot as the best friend is in danger as well. Man, I want to warp this case up and spend some time with Elysia.'

Eve wanted to do so much more than spend time with Elysia. Her actual desire was to date Elysia but that was easier said than done.

She could not come out and say what she wanted to Elysia or her friend would bolt out of her life. Even joking about this topic put Elysia in a weird mood. Not to mention, there was something weird going on between her father and Elysia.

'I am sure they are hiding something from me and I will get to the bottom of what they are hiding from me. But first, this case.'

Eve finally decided to open the case file Elysia had handed to her. It belonged to the Dirac guards who had compiled this information.

Generally speaking, the Dirac guards were better equipped to handle this case than the temple was. This territory also fell under their jurisdiction so it would not be weird for them to take over the temple.

Even so, they had only sent one person to handle this case: Elysia. Anyone could tell that the Diracs were up to something.

Eve would have been unconcerned about what was going on if Elysia had not decided to intervene.

"Now let's see what I can find. Ah, it is a night case as I suspected. I guess I will be going out to patrol the streets tonight."

Eve decided to leave her room early in the evening. The weird air in the streets made Eve feel more in danger.

Eve knew something big was going to happen tonight, and she needed to be there to make sure no one got hurt.

The streets were empty and silent. But it was not the natural silence that came with the night.

Eve was sure that there was something unnatural about the streets tonight but she could not point out what it was about tonight that bothered her so much.

Footsteps broke the silence of the night and Eve decided to follow them. This might be foolish of her to do so but these footsteps were the only lead she had about her case.

"You? I thought it was time for humans to sleep."

Eve came to a standstill as soon as she saw a familiar silhouette of the child blocking her way.

Sora was what Elysia had called the kid but even Eve could tell that this was no ordinary kid. He had introduced himself as a familiar in the morning and Eve could finally see why that was.

With the short stature and weak-looking human body, no one would take the kid's claim seriously. But now that Eve was seeing him under different circumstances, there was something dangerous and mystical about the kid.

Maybe it was the glowing eyes the kid had or the aura of danger and magic around him, but Eve felt threatened by the kid.

Still, she did not the option to back out and let the kid be. He was a package deal with Elysia now and Eve needed to figure out what he was planning.

"What are you planning? You should be guarding Elysia, not running through the streets. What are you playing at?"

The kid looked amused at Eve's questions. She could tell that the familiar was not taking her seriously at all.

'He knows he can kill me and no one would look at him as a suspect. But if this familiar think I am an easy target then he is sorely mistaken.'

Eve knew how people viewed her as. As the best candidate for the Holy Saintess, Eve had trained in healing and support arts her whole life.

People often looked at her and saw a fragile lady but she was much more than that. What people did not realize was that even the softest persons turned dangerous when they were threatened.

And Eve was always under the threat of losing Elysia. So she had trained hard and even gotten Adam to teach her how to defend herself and Elysia if needed to be.

She could and would kill if it served her purpose.

"Why are you so tense? Are you afraid that I will do something to you? You should not be so worried about yourself. This world adores you so you will be alright in the end."

The kid sounded serious when he made that claim. But this was not what Eve was worried about.

"I don't care about myself. I am worried about why you agreed to be paired up with Elysia. I won't forgive anyone who hurts her."

The kid cracked up at Eve's words. What was so funny about them that he had to laugh this hard? The more Eve thought about this topic, the less she understood the kid.

But still, if it came down to it then Eve would fight this familiar for Elysia.

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'It's been a long time since I've seen something this amusing. I wonder what the world thinks about this mishap? Its chosen heroine in love with its chosen, villain? How hilarious. I love teen dramas.'

The more the chosen one and Lord Sorias conversed, the more he was persuaded that she preferred Elysia to her buddy. She had a certain quality that suggested she was "in love."

But love and interest were not always a good thing to have.

"Don't worry about my interest in Elysia. I agreed to this deal because Lord Dirac asked me to. I have no intention of making any move on her since it will be like making a move on my sister."

The chosen one went red at Lord Sorias's words. It seemed like he had hit the bullseye.

What the chosen one was worried about was not about how he was going to use Elysia but whether her spot in Elysia's life was going to be taken away or not.

'I don't understand humans but they sure are interesting.'

And it also helped that this fucked up situation was going to make this world rage. This chosen one's interest in Elysia would make the poor girl's life harder but that was where Lord Sorias came in.

He would protect her and make sure the world regrets messing with them.

"I never said anything about...… never mind. You should still not be out here this late at night. Hurry up and go back to Elysia's side."

The chosen one was trying hard to wrap her head around what was going on.

'She's young as well. Too young to shoulder all this responsibility and…..darn it. The world is trying to fuck with me again.'

Lord Sorias could feel feelings like sympathy and willingness to help the other bubble inside his mind. He could tell that these were not his emotions.

The world was trying to force Lord Sorias to feel these emotions for his chosen one.

"I was trying to go back to Elysia's side. You see, my master decided to leave her room in the middle of the night and I am trying to find her before someone else does. So I would appreciate it if you let me go now."

"Elysia did what? But why did she leave her room at night? Her vision is already faulty in the daytime, she would not be able to see anything at night."

The chosen one did sound distressed at the notion of Elysia having taken off like that.

"Elysia didn't tell me why she left so abruptly, nor do I care to ask her why she left alone. She can do what she wants to and I will do what I want. And what I want right now is to find Elysia and keep her safe."

"Wait, I will come with you. You know how to find Elysia, right?"

Lord Sorias did not feel shocked when the chosen one decided to accompany him. He had let the chosen one know of his plans because he knew that she would follow after him.

It was nice to see that Lord Sorias still knew how to read other humans.

"Hey girl, what's your name?"

Lord Sorias could not keep calling the red-head as chosen one forever. It was better to cultivate a closer working relationship with her since they had the same goal.

"My name is Eve."

Eve, huh? Somehow it fitted the girl. But Lord Sorias was not going to waste much time thinking about her.

He could feel Elysia's link slipping further away by the second. She was traveling at a decent speed and her path seemed to be almost linear in motion.

"Hey, is it only me or is the fog getting thicker by the second?"

Lord Sorias had not paid any attention to his surroundings until now but he did notice the oddity once it was pointed out to him.

The fog surrounding the street was increasing in density. Lord Sorias's eyes did not have a problem with this but it must be different for human vision.

"Hey human, how much can you see in this fog?"

"I don't know about seeing but I do hear something running our way. And it is quite a heavy body that is heading our way."

It took Lord Sorias a second to concentrate to be able to hear the sound of running that was headed their way.

It was a wonder that the human had even been able to hear this before him but it did not matter in the grand scheme of things.

"Human, get down to the floor. I will take care of this problem."

"Hey, I have a name and it's Eve. Why did you ask for my name if you were not going to use it?"

Eve complained but she did follow Lord Sorias's orders.

It did not take much effort for Lord Sorias to shed his human skin and revert to his beast form.

For some reason, the fog made it easier for Lord Sorias to shift into his beast form and he quickly used his massive size to pin the other creature beneath his front paw.

It was a creature made up of shadows. There was no mass and exerting a little weight caused the creature to disperse back into the shadows.

'A shadow Bauk? Seems our target is not a mere vampire. Things could get difficult for Elysia.'

"Hey, what is it? What kind of creature did you capture?"

Lord Sorias did not give Eve any time to sate her curiosity. He took her cloak into his mouth and jumped on top of the roof.

He needed to catch up with Elysia as quickly as he could.