Chapter Fifteen - My New Life As A Demon Villainess

"He is so cute, right?"

"Uh..."

Scratching my neck looking at neci right now who's still stalking her crush and looking at her face makes me feel uncomfortable.

Thinking about what if Cullen know about a girl stalking him while laughing with his friends... well, I think he'll also feel uncomfortable.

"Hurry! Compliment him"

"Huh?"

Surprised by her sudden request while tugging my dress, I can't help but think that Is she seriously asking me to do that right now?

Quietly glancing at neci, she stared at me with anticipation. How crazy is she for him? She's still a child you know.

"Uhm, h-he has a nice hair."

Trying to act convincingly, I placed my thumb in my chin as I nodded repeatedly.

"Right!? Such a nice black hair~"

Uhuh. Just black hair like how a normal person naturally has.

What's the reason why she likes him anyway? That she'll go this far...

I mean I think she doesn't know yet, but that Cullen is a person one should not fall for nor become close to.

Cullen Hurley, one of the novel's main leads, Son of a retired knight of the kingdom (who is currently protecting the kingdom in the dark) and a doctor.

He's the very quiet and mysterious character of the story but inside what made him mysterious is the fact that he's been seen by most of the people in the shadows once there is a war or a fight.

The reason is that Cullen Hurley is obsessed with blood.

Yes, blood. Human blood.

I even question myself when I was reading the novel in my past life if he was a vampire but no, he isn't. Just a nobleman obsessed with blood, he even collected blood when he joined a group of investigators in a crime scene, he's the real definition of crazy.

But what made him scarier is that he uses this blood to paint.

That's just... creepy.

I mean there are painters who paint blood in the modern world so it is okay for them but here is different especially that I think this era is pretty late back in the 16th century.

Having a retired knight father, who protects the kingdom behind and a mother who is a doctor... is it because of his parent's occupation that he's obsessed with blood?

Ah, even thinking about it makes me have goosebumps.

A character who shows a quiet and polite guy but opposite on the inside.

As one of the male leads, he eventually fell in love with the female lead, for the first time he didn't think about blood or only wants her blood but a real feeling that he didn't have before.

But once he fell, he becomes more possessive and obsessed but not with blood but with her, Theane.

He always has this mysterious look and a seductive smirk that made him a popular character that he even has a Fanclub in my past life.

I even thought of them as psycho fans.

I mean who would like such a creepy character?

Definitely, not me.

And I never want my friend to fall for a guy like that... but.

I'm having that problem now.

I know, natalie is still a child, she doesn't know what love is yet and it's just a little crush on a cute guy, who she thinks is a cute guy... but not really.

That's why it's my job to make her realize that she's still too young for such things.

Especially making her realize to look for a guy that is not creepy and scary.

I don't want to meddle with what she likes but as a friend, I'll help her, for the future!

"Uhm Nec- ah, lady natalie"

"Hm?"

Not even sparing me a look she asks while still not removing her eyes on Cullen. A serious and pretty occupied stalker, I see.

"What is the reason you have a crush on Cullen Hurley?"

Seeing her paused from what she was doing she slowly puts down her wooden binoculars as she sat facing me.

Oh, I stopped her.

Biting her lips, she looks above, a gesture that she's thinking about what I said.

"Cause he's cute?"

I was left dumbfounded when she brushed her shoulders like that's the only clear reason.

Of course, what reason am I expecting?!

"So, you only like him cause he is cute?"

"Uhm... I guess?"

See! That's what I'm talking about that's not a reason why you have to go as far as stalking him, my friend you're still a child.

"I see..."

I have to make her think that she's doing the wrong thing.

"Lady Natalie, how about that boy with slightly pink hair, is he cute?"

I pointed at a really cute child, looking at her I smiled when I saw she looked eagerly.

"Y-Yeah he is quite cute."

"Right? Then that other boy? Who has brown hair?"

Pointing to the next cute child, she looks convinced.

"He is indeed cute."

Once she was convinced of what I did, she sat properly as I saw her pouted.

"Is something bothering you, lady natalie?"

Seriously asking her, I wonder if I made her sad, I did not mean to make her sad...

"I did not know..."

"Huh?"

"I did not know there were actually many cute boys!"

Speechless by her sudden rage, my mouth hangs wide open while staring at her in disbelief.

"I did not realize that I was too fixated on Cullen, there were actually many cute boys."

She claimed as she nearly tears up.

W-What the... am I witnessing this right now?

I admit this girl is weird!

The villainess's best friend, Neci is very weird!

I flinched when I suddenly felt two hands gripped my shoulders, with wide eyes I looked curiously at neci. When she started shaking me.

"Thank you! Lady- ah...?"

Right, she doesn't know my name yet... what would I expect, her mind is pretty occupied with Cullen.

"Jazaila, Jazaila Clentaz"

I tried my best to smile while closing my eyes when I felt dizzy.

"Lady Jazaila, Thank you so much."

Ah... All I did was pointing to cute guys, I'm not sure why you're thanking me.

"I am not sure if I did help you, lady natalie but from what I know, liking someone is not a sensible reason if your only liking that person's appearance but you have to get to know that person to understand if he/she is the type of person who can cherish a lady like you."

"..."

Wait, just now what did I say?

I gulped when silence spreads among us.

"You are quite a mature thinker, lady jazaila."

Ah, damn it!

"U-hm i-it was just a slip of the tongue hehe, actually I enjoy reading novels about love stories in our library."

"Oh, a bookworm~"

Nope, it was a lie I was only provided with politics books and the history of this world, I had no time for reading those books since father was pushing me to read more about politics because of Prince Nicholas.

Curse that prince! I miss reading romance novels like in my past life.

Biting my lips, I kept quiet as I think of what else to say when I felt warm hands touched mine. Looking up at neci she showed me a huge bright smile.

I didn't know she was actually a bright person, her smile is so calming.

"Then lady jazaila, can you teach me more about the qualifications of liking someone?"

What...?

Is she still going on about crushes?

"W-Why me?"

"Well, just now lady jazaila made me realize that having a crush on someone because he's cute is wrong and your speech about liking someone shows that you are very dedicated about romance."

Huh?!

Did I just hear that right?

Very dedicated to romance?

Me – 18 plus 5 years single – a virgin – always rejected – no boyfriends nor only just a friend (boy) in my past life – geek but hopeless in love – was scared to talk to boys.

Who's dedicated to romance again?

Uhm, I think you had the wrong person lady natalie...

I had to move her attention to another topic.

"Uhm lady natalie, I think we are still young for that."

She looked at me when she heard my words as he placed her index finger in her chin.

"Really?"

Yes, really!

"How about I'll just teach you about that when we grow up."

Trying to convince neci, I looked at her with sparkling eyes.

"Hmm~ That sounds reasonable."

Yes, like that you have to think about other things, uhm like... ah!

"Lady Natalie, your father owns a publishing house, right?"

"Ah, yes my father indeed does."

Curiously looking at me wondering why I'm asking.

"How about I teach you ways to help your father's business hit big time?"

I read about neci's family business... which is a publisher of newspapers and books and remembering that this girl over here wanted to help her father but was forced to interact with other noble children to not make her took the same path as her father did.

But neci is a skilled person who can convince people, I know that by reading her side of the story.

"Big-time?"

Innocently repeating what I said, I smirked as I showed a hand gesture that I'm talking about money.

"Uhuh, big~ time"

When I saw her eyes slowly brighten as it widens, I can almost see the money sign on her eyes and I'm way too crazy to imagine things like that.

I've succeeded in putting her attention to something else, that's a relief.

"Teach me, Master Jazaila!"

Master?!

"Ah, please do not call me that."

"Oh, okay!"

She smiles brightly as she looked at her hands and tried the signs that I did just now.

(sigh) At least now she's not thinking of a matter that is not suitable for a child.

Well, even money is also-

Ah no! It's okay, I think neci wants to try it to help her father, yeah, she's that kind of person.

"Oh, you are here!"

When we heard those words, we both flinched as to freeze in our position trying to keep quiet, I glanced at neci, looking at her like 'who said that? Did they found out'?

She then replied to me with a look 'I do not know either'

"So, you were hiding there"

I can feel myself sweating right now as I gulped in nervousness while forcing my eyes to close.

What if we get caught that we were hiding here? And things would get suspicious when they'll see these binoculars, they'll see that we were stalking them!

"Ah, I have been caught! What a keen eye you have."

Huh?

"Your magic is a bit off as we expected you still did not improve huh, Wren?"

Wren?

That name's familiar... but it was not us! Yes, thank god it was not us who got caught.

"Grrrrr"

What was that?

Curiously looking at neci, I unknowingly fell on my back when I saw her glaring through her wooden binoculars which I just know that she picked up again.

I flinched when I felt a bad aura all over her as I am terrified looking at her bloodlust eyes.

She looked like a dog seeing another dog steal her food.

Because of my curiosity as to who she was glaring at and why she is glaring, I picked up the wooden binocular again as I looked through it trying to see what she was looking at.

When I saw Cullen being pulled closer to a boy with gray hair who has a cape and a huge hat, having his arm around his neck... wait this boy!

I was right when I thought of the name 'wren' as a familiar one, he is!

Wren Aljurdan, the only son of the best wizard here in the kingdom and master of the only tower in the kingdom.

Wren is a supporting character of the story! He is not quite an important character, he is the guy acquainted with lady Alice, the best friend of the heroine, in other words, Wren is Alice's partner in the future!

He has enchanting magenta eyes, which are really rare and unique to see though we are in a fantasy novel in other words, not in the modern world.

Glancing at neci who is still glaring at wren, I wonder if these two know each other?

"Is he someone you know, lady natalie?"

"Uhuh, an annoying person who I want to cut his arm... like right now."

My eyes widened by her sudden cursed speech.

"That's Wren Aljurdan, a person that lives just near our home, in other words, a neighbor, an annoying one."

She included the 'annoying' again.

Looking back through the binocular I flinched when I suddenly hear her mutters really clearly.

"Try to pull him closer and I swear those arms will be cut by my own hands, no- I'll look for a huge sword, ah, I'll just borrow it from my father's friend then I'll take the other arm too if you try to put it in his shoulder, I swear you annoying brat that I'll end you right here, right now."

Gosh, I'm having goosebumps from her death sentence.

Trying to not look at the very scary neci beside me, my eyes caught wren suddenly shivering as he curiously looked back, he even looked scared for a second.

Ah... I know that that's like a connection from your friend, getting goosebumps or suddenly feeling scared while you felt that your friend is following you or cursing you from afar, only a connection good friends have.

You know to remind not to steal what's hers or his.

I've experienced that too in my past life while talking to my best friend's crush because she asked me to apologize for her sake for spoiling his uniform with the food she bought.

While talking to him it was even awkward since I felt a scary aura behind my back, it was such a nightmare.

Ah, how nostalgic.

Bloodlust...

I can see what wren was thinking right now when his eyes caught neci.

Such a good connection, indeed but boy I suggest that you should probably take your arm off of Cullen... like right now.

I sighed in relief when he quickly took his arm off away from Cullen that made the boys look at him in curiosity on why he suddenly acts like that.

"Good thing you noticed that if you did not do that, you'll be dead"

O-Oh... a scary and weird friend you have here, jazaila.

For now, I guess she can't move to another crush that quickly.

But at least I met her, though I did not expect her like this I'm relieved that she's the kind of person that I can get along with.

...

"I am so happy, jazaila finally has a friend, it was the best sight to see my jazaila introducing her new friend to me, my heart is so delighted"

"Mother you are overreacting"

"How can you say that jazaila, I am just so h-happy"

I sighed as I grabbed her handkerchief and wiped the tears on mother's face.

Such a doting mother.

...

So... she's the girl, huh?

Far away from the sight of the carriage, the clentaz family rode. A figure sat at a tree wearing a hood not quite identified as it was surrounded by owls.

"Jazaila, The daughter of the demon prince..."

Petting the owls beside that person, she glanced at the bright moon that glows brightly through the gloomy night.

What are you thinking, Zekius?

"Huh, nor I do not have a clue what you are thinking"

Guess, I have to do my job.

...

Huh?!

What was that...?

"Jazaila is something bothering you, dear?"

From looking at the window I averted my gaze to mother, I just shook my head to assure her that nothing was wrong.

"It's nothing, mother"

She smiled in reply.

Hmm, I must be imagining things.

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