I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain Chapter 73

“Ah.”

 

I smiled as I replied to Mariel’s question.

 

“The temple will fall apart completely, that’s what.”

 

Considering how High Priest Patre had personally come to Ella when she was at Duke Hyrad’s estate, I figured he would personally step in this time too.

 

Just thinking about it makes me excited.

 

“If the leader is arrested, it will be easier to investigate.”

 

So In the process, Roymond will be able to destroy the temple that he has considered a thorn in his eye.

 

Since it’s also proof that Lizzy—who pretended to be the fake Yurika—is connected to the temple, a proper investigation into my kidnapping will finally be possible.

 

And then… maybe we’ll even learn the Medes family’s secrets.

 

“Once this is all over, let’s look into those secret documents in the imperial palace too.”

 

“Yeah… though His Highness the Crown Prince said that would be difficult.”

 

“I know. But we need to try. It’s about our family.”

 

At my words, Mariel smiled softly.

 

The word ‘our family’… I felt better after saying it.

 

A missing father, a sick mother.

 

Mariel, who had to act as head of the family at such a young age, must’ve felt lonely too.

 

“Yeah, Yurika.”

 

Mariel smiled and wiped away the tears still welling up in my eyes.

 

“Let’s do our best. I’ll do my best too.”

 

So, after we made that alliance as sisters, we put it into action right away.

 

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So I ran away from home and from then on, everything went according to plan.

 

‘Anyway, it was a total success!’

 

I jumped up and down and cheered inwardly as the wall came crashing down.

 

‘Yeah, once you start fishing, you have to catch a big fish!’

 

This was the price for daring to bring a fake into my territory!

 

Of course, we had also used the crown prince as bait—but the crown prince wasn’t someone who couldn’t handle someone like Patre.

 

Besides, Roymond is not the type to run away from danger or hold back, and that’s what makes it possible.

 

‘I did really well, but it was all a result of us doing well together.’

 

Unlike usual, my heart swelled with emotion.

 

Because up until now, I’d always rushed around, solving problems on my own.

 

But this time, everyone did their part.

 

Runart, Mariel, Roymond—and even Yohan, who used destructive magic in the end.

 

And I wouldn’t have been able to come up with this plan at all if I didn’t trust every one of them.

 

‘Well, I don’t exactly trust Roymond… just his insane love.’

 

When I first realized I had been possessed, I felt overwhelmed, like I was all alone in a strange world.

 

But now, I felt none of that—and it was a relief.

 

‘There’s no way they’ll still hold the celebration today.’

 

The scene where the priest attempted to assassinate the crown prince was discovered, so there was no way the event could proceed.

 

They will probably go back to the palace right away for interrogation.

 

The temple’s official events might resume tomorrow—without the high priest.

 

‘Forget the high priest—even the senior priests are probably getting arrested.’

 

If that happens, the temple will fall into even more chaos.

 

‘Which means it’ll be easier to sneak around the temple!’

 

They won’t even have time to destroy the evidence, since the high priest was caught at the scene.

 

Of course, the temple would be in chaos since its leader was dragged away, and in the meantime, I planned to wander around the temple to find my father.

 

‘Yohan used magic, so he’s probably exhausted.’

 

It was such easy magic for Yohan to just break down a wall with the right timing, but Yohan wasn’t really taking the calm potion right now.

 

Although I’ve been calming him down every night on the tower for the past few days, there’s a limit to it.

 

It was because I too had stopped calming down at some point just before becoming human.

 

The potion Runart made could turn me into a squirrel, but it wasn’t quite like being a real divine beast.

 

Back then, I could absorb magic for 50 days without issue. Now, too much magic caused immediate transformation.

 

Yohan was probably not in pain, but he must always feel slightly off.

 

‘But if I try to calm him down to the point of humanizing me, then things must have been seriously tense.’

 

Once everything is resolved and I return to the Medes estate, maybe things will be fine once we are physically apart.

 

The strange atmosphere flowing between us was secretly difficult to handle.

 

Thinking back to the unhealthy obsession and one-sided emotional pressure that Yohan showed in the original story, it was secretly creepy.

 

‘Even if this version of events is different, he still locked Mariel in the tower in the name of love.’

 

According to Lean, when a wizard wants someone, that’s exactly how they act.

 

And I had the calming powers that wizards so desperately wanted.

 

Even though everything was clearly going differently than the original story, I still felt scared because of Lean’s warning.

 

The more I find Yohan subtly attractive.

 

The more I noticed that he was clearly trying to seduce me sexually.

 

‘He’s kind to me… but is this really a healthy feeling? Is it okay for me to fall for him like this?’

 

Anyway, that wasn’t what mattered right now.

 

Yohan must be struggling, so I needed to sneak over in squirrel form and calm him down.

 

‘He must be having a hard time… I need to hurry.’

 

I cautiously peeked down from the tree, preparing to jump back into Yohan’s pocket amidst the chaos.

 

“Kyuuuuung!”

 

Suddenly a hand grabbed my waist.

 

I could tell instinctively.

 

This wasn’t Yohan’s hand. Yohan doesn’t grab me this roughly.

 

I felt an unfamiliar magical power for a moment from the body temperature that was captured.

 

In an instant, I was pulled into someone’s arms.

 

It happened so fast, and I was too small to resist the strength.

 

Being small was handy for running around, but once caught by a human hand, there was nothing I could do.

 

“Kyuuuuung!”

 

I tried screaming with all my might, but it was louder outside.

 

It was an incident where a member of the royal family was almost murdered.

 

Even if I screamed loudly with the body of a squirrel, there was no way others would hear me.

 

I was so confused. I couldn’t even grasp the situation.

 

‘Who the hell kidnapped me, an ordinary squirrel, like this?’

 

Obviously not Yohan. But he seems to be a wizard.

 

And the question was immediately answered.

 

“Okay, let’s go.”

 

Because I heard a familiar voice.

 

“You didn’t think I wouldn’t recognize you, did you?”

 

The unexpected situation made my fur stand on end.

 

The main character of the voice is Theodore.

 

‘He… Theodore kidnapped me?’

 

He recognized me even in squirrel form and immediately stuffed me into his pocket?

 

“My squirrel.”

 

‘Who’s your squirrel?! Don’t say creepy stuff like that, you crazy illegitimate prince!’

 

“We need to go quickly.”

 

As I struggled wildly, Theodore leaped onto a horse.

 

“Before I was captured by Yohan Hyrad.”

 

Now that I think about it, Yohan will be waiting for me.

 

I had promised to return to him right away.

 

So in that short moment, I was kidnapped by Theodore.…

 

‘Yohan will notice soon! What are you thinking?!’

 

His coat pocket was too deep—it was hard to escape.

 

Theodore grabbed the reins and the horse started galloping.

 

“Kyuuuuung! Kyuuung!”

 

‘Ugh, really!’

 

I was rolling around frantically in Theodore’s inner pocket, panting.

 

Only then did I realize just how comfortable it had been to travel with Yohan earlier.

 

First Yohan put me in his outer pocket.

 

Anyone could see it looked strange on his clothes, but he still did it.

 

There was a reason. Being in the inner pocket was dark, cramped, and made it hard to breathe.

 

“Kyung! Kyung!”

 

When I was riding with Yohan, the ride was so smooth I didn’t even realize it, but now, my body was bouncing all over the place—total chaos.

 

The squirrel’s body is small. So even the slightest vibration felt like a big deal to me.

 

“Kyuuuung!”

 

Now that I think about it, Yohan had even made sure I was comfortable while just walking!

 

I felt like I was going to vomit and had no choice but to hold onto his pocket with my front paws.

 

At least one thing was fortunate.

 

This crazy guy was obsessed with my calming ability, so he probably wouldn’t kill me.

 

‘But seriously, what did he plan to do by kidnapping me like this…?’

 

“Everything’s working out perfectly.”

 

Theodore said with a slightly amused tone.

 

“I needed Rivena to turn you back into a squirrel, but now I won’t even have to ask her.”

 

I sighed inwardly.

 

I didn’t expect him to be crazy enough to recognize me as a squirrel at a glance.

 

And I didn’t even realize that in that chaos, he was a human with crazy eyesight who could see a squirrel sneaking down the wall.

 

‘But wait… where is this guy even going?’

 

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