I Became the Villain’s Childhood Friend Chapter 25

“Then what should I say so that you will believe me?”

 

As I looked up at him with resentful eyes and cried, Paul’s face began to gradually harden.

 

As I stamped my feet and pretended to be in a hurry, his face turned pale as he looked at me.

 

Just looking at his face, it seemed like Paul wanted to go to the bathroom, not me.

 

Due to Paul’s agitation, the knights around him also began to panic.

 

People started shouting here and there asking where the bathroom was, and I shouted even more urgently.

 

“You’re not telling me to do it in this carriage, are you?!”

 

“O-Of course not!”

 

Paul, bewildered, told the knight standing next to him to go find the bathroom, and I twitched my butt eagerly and waited for him to respond.

 

And with my mouth I urged them earnestly.

 

“Hurry! Hurry!”

 

“W-W-W-What are you all doing!! Quickly find the bathroom!!”

 

“I-I understand!!!”

 

The louder my voice got, the louder Paul’s voice blaming the knights also became.

 

At that time, a knight came running hurriedly from afar and said.

 

“I-I found an inn!”

 

“Great. Let’s go there.”

 

I can just pretend to go to the bathroom and escape.

 

Paul was so angry that he told the driver to speed up because he was afraid that I might cause an accident in the carriage.

 

I sat down on the chair and my legs were shaking.

 

You can do it, Danae.

 

“Miss!”

 

The carriage door flew open.

 

I grabbed Paul’s outstretched hand and jumped out of the carriage.

 

People around me were trying hard to avoid my gaze. I shouted with a thin face.

 

“Oh my! I almost got in big trouble!”

 

The knights who heard me were startled. Paul was shocked and whispered to me.

 

“Miss, please cover up your words!”

 

Of course, I walked into the inn without even pretending to listen to what Paul said.

 

The innkeeper must have already heard everything about the situation and quickly and quickly led me to the bathroom.

 

Because the bathroom on the first floor was occupied, the innkeeper guided me to the bathroom on the third floor.

 

I reluctantly stopped Paul from following me.

 

Paul was startled when I asked where on earth he’s going when his lady is going to do her business.

 

As if I had a point, Paul said that he would wait on the first floor and asked the innkeeper to stay in front of the bathroom instead of him.

 

How can they be so careful?

 

Of course, that was Paul’s strength, but I couldn’t resent his personality as much as I did now.

 

As soon as I entered the bathroom, I looked inside.

 

Although there was a window in the bathroom, it was too small for my body to fit in.

 

Ah… what should I do with this?

 

Feeling anxious, I looked around. But as expected, there was no escape hole.

 

But without giving in, I diligently examined the bathroom wall to see if there was a place I could break through with my own strength.

 

“Miss, have you done everything?”

 

At that time, the innkeeper’s trembling voice was heard outside.

 

I shouted urgently.

 

“Wait a moment!”

 

“Yes, yes!”

 

It seemed like the only exit was the bathroom door.

 

That means… that person standing outside the bathroom needs to be sent somewhere.

 

“If you have any laxatives, can you bring them to me? I’ll pay as you ask.”

 

“Laxative? Just wait a moment!”

 

As I spoke, the footsteps of the innkeeper, who was loitering in front of the bathroom, began to move away.

 

As soon as the sound disappeared, I quickly opened the bathroom door.

 

Then I rushed towards the window at the end of the hallway.

 

Surely I won’t die if I fall from the third floor?

 

When I opened the window with that thought in mind, the door to the room next to the window opened at the same time.

 

It was a man who opened the door. He glanced at the window and at me and spoke to me in a serious tone.

 

“Don’t open the window.”

 

“Why?”

 

“It smells because there’s a garbage dump right below.”

 

As he spoke in a rather serious tone, I looked down the window and saw a lot of trash piled up right below.

 

Of course, that wasn’t important to me.

 

If there is dirt on my clothes, I can change it, and if there is dirt on my body, I can wash myself.

 

Aside from the trash, it was quite tall, unlike the third floor I thought it would be.

 

After thinking about it rationally, I knew that if I fell from here, I would definitely be crippled.

 

After coming to that conclusion, I closed the window.

 

Instead, I grabbed the man’s wrist and shouted.

 

“Found it!”

 

“Yes?”

 

The man’s face was filled with puzzlement at my words. I opened my mouth in rapid fire before the puzzlement on his face disappeared.

 

“This world is about to be destroyed. I’m a hero who came to save this world. And you are my helper. Would you like to save the world with me?”

 

“What is that…”

 

I shouted bullshit at the bewildered man.

 

“The first help starts with you helping me escape from here when I’m in danger. Quickly go to your room and get a robe!”

 

When I shouted in an urgent voice, the bewildered man seemed to believe me, so he hurried into the room and brought me a robe.

 

I quickly put on the robe he brought. Then I wrapped my arms around his and opened my mouth again.

 

“There are evil forces out there. If I get caught by them, the world will be destroyed.”

 

“What is that,”

 

“Be quiet. If we do it wrong, we can both die. Quickly put your arm around my shoulder and look at me as if I were the loveliest lover in the world.”

 

The man blinked, then seemed to believe me and put his arm around my shoulder as I said.

 

And we slowly went down the stairs.

 

At the same time, I saw the innkeeper coming up the stairs carrying laxatives.

 

I was worried that we might be caught, yet fortunately the innkeeper passed us by.

 

The man and I walked away, and we were able to safely pass by Paul, who was waiting for me at the checkout counter with a very serious expression on his face.

 

It seems that this man played the role of a lover better than I thought.

 

How did I come up with this idea? I was so proud of myself that I kept smiling.

 

As I tried to escape towards the village, the man gave strength to the arm he had placed on my shoulder and led me in another direction.

 

Puzzled, I whispered to the man.

 

“…Where are we going?”

 

“Just follow me. If you’re being chased, you have to run, right? Let’s leave the village like this.” 

 

I liked this.

 

The man lowered the robe hat I was wearing deeper.

 

How long did it take to walk like that? The man’s steps suddenly stopped.

 

When I looked up in confusion, the carriage of the Lerdonia family was standing in front of me. I thought I had finally gone crazy and was seeing nothing.

 

I was dumbfounded and looked up at the man, and he squinted one of his eyes and said,

 

“It was fun.”

 

“…”

 

At the same time, Paul came up behind the man. He tapped the man on the shoulder and said.

 

“Thank you for your hard work. I will send someone to take care of your trouble right away.”

 

“Thank you!”

 

The man who bowed to Paul ran away and left the place. I couldn’t understand the situation for a moment and blinked. But as time passed, my face became more and more distorted.

 

Damn, I never thought Dad and Paul would know this much about me.

 

I quickly stretched out my arms towards the back of the man’s head as he walked away and shouted.

 

“No, pretty one! Come back! I’ll give you more money than he does!”

 

My voice rang out like an echo.

 

However, the man seemed not to have heard me and ran without even looking back. Paul said, raising one corner of his lips towards me.

 

“Then let’s go, Miss.”

 

I seriously wondered if I could kill this many people and get out of here.

 

…Should I just run out like a crazy person?

 

***

 

To conclude, the escape failed.

 

It seems that Dad didn’t pick the duchy knights in vain.

 

I was shaking my legs as I admired Dad’s insight.

 

I felt like I was being dragged to a slaughterhouse.

 

The carriage, perfectly synchronized with my mood, continued to run, filled with anxiety.

 

After running for a while, the carriage stopped when it reached the academy.

 

My goodness, it really is the Tellen Academy.

 

The image of a magnificent building from a fantasy movie that I had always imagined was unfolding before my eyes.

 

A pure white building. The color of the white building gave me strange goosebumps.

 

Is it because my unconsciousness was projected? I never had the courage to go in there.

 

But either Paul didn’t notice me or he was pretending not to notice, so he shamelessly held out his hand to help me get out of the carriage.

 

I looked down at his large hands and crumpled my face.

 

“I really hate you.”

 

Paul gave me a downcast look at my words.

 

“I’m sad, Miss.”

 

“…Who are you to say you’re sad right now.”

 

“I’m sorry, Miss. I promise my loyalty to only one person, His Grace the Duke.”

 

His next words were enough to ignite a fire in my body, which was stiff from tension, and in my heart that was as dry as a dry tree.

 

“By any chance, Paul… You’re not giving me drugs right now, are you?”

 

It’s not like fanning a burning house.

 

But Paul just smiled and said:

 

“Is that possible? I’m a person who loves the Miss.”

 

When I didn’t even think about getting out of the carriage despite his words, Paul suddenly stretched out his hand and hugged my waist, helping me out of the carriage.

 

However, when I still didn’t stop glaring at him, Paul smiled shyly and whispered softly in my ear.

 

“…Actually, if you fail this exam, His Grace said that he would think positively about your independence.”

 

“What?”

 

Dad said so?

 

I’m an adult now, yet when I begged him for me to be independent, he just told me to get out of the room right away because it was too noisy.

 

When I looked at Paul incredulously, he shrugged his shoulders and said.

 

“His Grace respects your wishes more than you think.”

 

That being said, the sight of myself standing in front of the Academy was funny.

 

No, wait. Then shouldn’t I just submit a blank answer sheet?

 

But Paul continued as if he could already see what I was thinking.

 

“Instead, he said that he would ask the Academy to check the Miss’ answer sheet. He also added that if the answer sheet was blank, the Miss’ independence would be treated as if it had never happened.”

 

How can he be so thorough?