I will not die a Villainess's death

The pair had been moving through the deserted land when they felt the earth shaking and a familiar bolt of magic reached their senses.

"Looks like we found Sara. We should hurry up and reunite with them as soon as we can."

Sorias had a bad feeling about everything that was happening. Everything felt so hopeless and out of control that it was even difficult to compare what was happening.

To be back in this palace was akin to a nightmare for the due.

"Let's hurry up then. The longer I stay in Avalon, the more those bad memories come rushing back into my mind. I just hope that Elysia does not remember anything about this."

It had always been a fear of Lucas which seemed to be becoming a reality. Even when he and his people had left this palace behind, this place seemed to not let them go.

"You are right. I think Sara is in one of those caves in the Balck forest. I guess an active volcano erupted and they decided to take shelter from it."

Sorais knew the terrain of this world the best. The volcano of the Black Forest had always been a mess to deal with.

That was why no one had been allowed to go near that forest for centuries. But there was no way for Eve or Sara to know that.

"Look, the cave is in front of us. We should enter it now before the Volcano decided to go off again."

Lucas hurried toward the cave before the Volcano showed any signs of eruption again. It was a timely cycle where the volcano showed moments so Lucas knew that they had a small window to work around with.

The first thing that Lucas's eyes focused on was Eve and her bright red hair. The other thing was Sara and then the small kid in front of the pair.

The kid did not look like someone who was from their world. His clothes were too foreign and unprotective to be from Avalon.

And he had not come along with them. Lucas would have remembered him if that happened.

'Then, where did this kid come from? Is he the culprit behind us coming here?'

Lucas had a lot of questions but no answer. Sorias was growling lowly as well, his eyes sharp and threatening.

"He's not from either of our worlds. I don't know why he is here or how he got here but he is an existence that should not be left unchecked in this world.

Sorias sound certain of this fact. Lucas would have agreed with him to let the kid die a peaceful death but then he heard the kid's next words that made him change his mind.

"Elysia? She's dead. She died on her eighteenth birthday if I remember right but it is not something you should worry about."

The kid knew his sister?

"Sorias, wait! Don't kill him because I need to question this kid a little about what he knows."

The kid seemed to have gone pale under Soria's huge paw. He looked back at Lucas with awe-filled eyes, not even a hint of suspicion in them.

"Holy hell, you are the Grand Duke Lucas Dirac. I never thought I would ever get to see you again. I am your biggest fan and it's an honor to meet you. But, ugh, can you let me go for now? I feel like my ribs are getting crushed under your familiar's massive weight. And where did this familiar come from? You never had a familiar in the original story? Is this a branch-off? Or a new addition to the series? And-"

The kid was babbling a lot. Normally, Lucas would not have heard him out but he felt like he had to.

A lot of words that the kid had said about this being a story sounded familiar. They were the words Noctis used to say a long time ago when they first met.

'Is it possible that this kid is from Noctis's world? Noctis did not remember much when he came here but this kid seems to be different.'

"You kid, are you from 'earth'? Did you read about our world in a novel as well?"

Lucas could have beaten around the bush a little but he chose to be upfront about what he knew.

That started and taken aback expression was all Lucas needed to know about that kid. His lies were not going to work on Lucas anymore.

"Hahaha, what? Of course not. This world, a novel? Don't be ridiculous. You are all real and well. No way you are following a script-"

"We are not and the ending of a world you read about can be changed as well. Avalon is a prime example of that. So I will ask you again, are you from 'earth' or not? Your answer will decide whether you live or die."

The kid finally seemed to be understanding his position as he felt the small wound bleeding on his neck.

Lucas was not playing around. He had seen his world being destroyed because of the 'novel' bullshit. It was only after everything had finished that they realized that the ending could have changed if they had tried.

To know that their new world was in a similar situation as well? What a coincidence.

But this time Lucas was not going to sit around and watch things happen. This time he would fight against that fate and make sure they all survived.

"Fuck, alright chill man. I will tell you what I know. I never played too far into it but I did hear things about the original novel since it was so popular. I only know that Adam and Eve are the chosen heroes of that world and there is a prophecy about it."

"Lord Dirac and Lady Sara were both prominent characters in the novel. Elysia Dirac was a villain who was destined to die by either the ML Adam or MC Eve's hand. How or why I don't know but this is all I know. C-Can you let me go now?"

"A-And one more thing. I don't know why but the person who send me here gave me a warning. He said to never reveal this truth to church or Elysia or something horrible would happen to the world. P-Please doesn't tell Elysia or the church about it. I beg of you."

The kid was begging now.

After dropping such a huge bomb of information on their group all he could do was beg for his life.

Both Eve and Sara had gone pale hearing those words but Lucas did not feel surprised in the least.

It all made somewhat sense now. Why Elysia had that 'evil' aura, and why the world was targeting her as the villainess?

It was because she had been destined to be one since the start. And just like all the other villainesses, she was destined to die young.

What a mess of things.

"Hey, does Elysia know about all this? Does she know she is going to die? Or that I am Adam are destined like this? Is that why she behaved like this?"

Eve sounded worried and scared. Her behavior did not look odd to those who knew her but the kid looked surprised to see her act like this.

"Why are you so worried about Elysia? Isn't she an annoyance in your path? I am sure you don't even like her and-"

The kid barely survived the blow. A few centimeters to the right and the kid would have lost his head in that attack.

"H-Hey, be careful. You are the kind-hearted Female Lead. you could have hit me for real. Think of your reputation if I had been hit."

The kid looked shook at his near brush-in with death. He looked over the group to try and get some sympathy but he was not going to get any.

As for his kind 'hearted female lead', well she had a few things to say to him.

"Tsk, I slipped. I won't miss my target next time."

"Hey, even Elysia can aim better than you and she is almost blind. Do better if you don't want to lose her to your rival."

The kid looked scared and confused at the same time. His expression clearly said that he had no idea what was happening.

"Confused kid? You have not even seen the start of it all. Also, I would keep any negative comments about Elysia to myself for now. We all are too fond of her to hear anything against her."

"Oh, and I think you'll find that the world you are about to enter is a lot different from any story you have read about before. Do try and keep an open mind."

Sorias did not feel good about this child who had made a series of accusations about Elysia without knowing what the real story was. But he did understand where the kid was coming from.

After all, his brother Noctis had been in a similar situation a long time ago. It had taken nearly the end of the world and his brother's sacrifice to drive the fact home that Noctis had been telling the truth about him being from another world.

"Wait, what do you mean by that? What do you mean things have changed? Can fate even be changed? What about the prophecy? It is something written in stone and bound to happen. Are you saying that it all doesn't matter?"

The kid sounded too old and too young at the same time. It was like he was learning that the earth was round for the first time in his life.

"It does matter but only if you let it. As for us all, we will fight against fate as we always had. All of us are determined to change the future just as we changed the past."

"So you better prepare yourself if you are going to come with us. Things are not going to be easy for you. Also, forget the future you know as well. It won't serve you well."

The kid looked at the determined party in front of his eyes and he could not help but get chills at the look in their eyes.

None of them were ready to give up and accept the destiny but he wondered how much it would matter in the end.

"Hey kid, what's your name? We should know since you will be hanging around with us more."

"My name? It's Enma."

"Then, welcome to the team Enma. I hope to have a good partnership with you in the future."

Enma felt chills go down his spine as he looked at the fearsome smile on the Lord lucas's face. He knew he was in trouble but he had no way to go home.

'Just what did that witch Elysia do to get them all on her side? I am sure she had no such powers in the original story.'