“That’s right, Serena, you’re cute like a pig too.”

“Um, you too, like a gorilla… uh…, you’re, you know.”

“……What?”

Magnus’s face turned pale.

“W-what are you saying out here in public…!”

“Huh?”

“D*mn it!”

No, what.

Ah…….

Could it be ‘you know’ what?

Serena blinked her eyes.

“Huh……”

At the sound of someone inhaling, she slowly turned her head. She saw servants and maids gathered all around.

“……Ah?”

Her eyes widened.

“Uh……”

Serena instinctively recalled what she had been saying until now.

“……”

She didn’t know how long they had been there, but she saw their intrigued gazes instantly turn to fear.

“…Anyway, I’m still going to divorce you.”

“Even after I said I like you?”

“What does it matter if you like me, I don’t particularly like you.”

Serena said.

“And it would be better for this mansion if someone better than me became the duchess.”

The servants would have an easier time working without having to serve a scary mistress.

“What do you mean by ‘someone like me’!”

Magnus finally voiced the words that had been bothering him every time.

“What do you mean? Someone like me is just someone like me.”

“So exactly what do you mean by ‘someone like you’?”

Serena tilted her head.

“Someone who’s always the villain no matter what? A troublemaker? Something like a nuisance?”

“……”

“You know, someone annoying to keep around.”

Serena scratched her cheek as if to say, do I really have to explain this far?

Silence enveloped the surroundings. It seemed like not even a breath could be heard.

And in reality, it was so.

“There are always one or two people in the world you want to kill but can’t, right?”

For example, people like Kim Chul-soo or Lemerun.

Serena clenched her fists and trembled.

‘Why isn’t the next source of evil appearing?’

When will it come out?

I want it to come out quickly so I can deal with it.

“…Why does that sound to me like you’re talking about yourself?”

“Hmm? That’s… right, isn’t it?”

Serena said with a nonchalant face.

“I know a lot of people hate me. I’m quite aware of my position. But I have no intention of living stupidly and kindly.”

She had done enough of that in her past life and the life before that.

So Serena liked how things were now.

Even though there were more malicious people around her than she had thought, and more people ignored her than she had expected.

So while Serena had some complaints about the current situation, she was largely satisfied.

The occasional bouts of depression could be solved with sleep anyway.

“Why? Do you hate me that much?”

Suddenly, his voice sank.

‘Huh? This feeling……’

Could it be?

It was the moment Serena blinked her eyes.

Todododouk.

The sound of something running was heard, and then hop! It jumped up and thr*st a notebook in front of Serena.

Of course, it was Black Rabbit.

‘Where does this thing always hide before popping out?’

She looked at Black Rabbit with a slightly tired expression now.

[Enter! The source of evil has appeared! Serena! It’s time for you to take action!]

Doesn’t this feel a bit like a magical girl? Where on earth did it see something to keep changing its tone like this?

[Hurry and transfo–, no. Hurry and use the power of the World Tree to resolve this situation!]

You were going to say transform, right?

You wrote transform and then erased it, right? You clearly crossed it out just now. It’s clearly still visible.

‘…How do you know about transformation?’

Not disguise, but transformation?

Could it have watched some magical girl show?

She narrowed her eyes and stared at Black Rabbit, but Black Rabbit just pouted its lips, pretended to whistle, and scurried away.

‘But why this time again……’

Serena realized that her opponent this time was this monster-like man, and she felt like crying a little.

Why were all the sources of evil not villains but people around her?

“No, it’s not that I hate you, but rather that I’m a hindrance to you… You know? That feeling.”

“I don’t know. Why are you sacrificing yourself for such a thing?”

Along with his ominous voice, something she had never felt before made her skin tingle.

Flinch.

Serena shuddered a little in surprise.

“Ah…, so… that’s……”

Her voice didn’t come out well due to her extreme tension.

“Madam, I think it would be better for you to step back.”

Pamel, who had been watching the situation from behind, approached with a hardened expression.

“There are signs of a rampage.”

“R-rampage? What kind of rampage……”

‘Was there such a weird setting like ‘rampage’ in the original work? I thought he was just an extremely strong sub-male character.’

“Yes, the Kelahinum family has been carrying madness for generations.”

‘Please don’t confidently explain settings I’ve never heard or seen before.’

Serena frowned with a quite disgusted expression.

However, Pamel was extremely tense, with his hand on the hilt of his sword.

Contrary to Serena’s thoughts, it was clearly a more serious situation than expected.

“He’s usually fine. The previous Duke taught him how to control it early on.”

“T-then why……”

“Occasionally, when he gets excited to the point where he can’t emotionally handle it, he becomes like this. It would be good if it ends with just half the mansion being destroyed.”

Pamel said this while slowly drawing his sword.

“I’m not sure how long this old man can hold out, so please evacuate for now, Madam.”

No, no, no!

If something happens to Pamel and he rampages again, who’s going to stop him then?!

Serena shook her head in alarm.

“N-no! I’ll stay here too. I must have… made some mistake.”

Serena racked her brains.

She recalled why that man suddenly became a source of evil.

She remembered Magnus’s last question.

“Why? Do you hate me that much?”

Come on, could it be because of that?

But the situation was too strange to say that. Did his pride get hurt because I said I hate him?

‘Is it because he said he likes me, but I didn’t say the same back?’

Serena’s mind was working at full speed.

She had an obligation to give him the answer he wanted, somehow.

Even if it was to keep Lemerun and Kim Chul-soo under her feet!

“M-Magnus!”

Serena rushed in front of Pamel, grabbing her dress, and stood in front of Magnus.

“I-I like you too!!”

She screamed out like a shriek.

‘I must make Lemerun my slave……!’

Serena fueled her anger.

Magnus’s movement stopped abruptly.

“I like you too! I don’t hate you!”

As if driving in a wedge, Serena said emphatically once more.

‘Kim Chul-soo will be my footrag!’

Serena fueled her anger again this time.

Anger became a greater strength than expected. Fortunately, Magnus’s murderous aura began to gradually diminish.

“You don’t… hate me?”

“Uh-huh.”

“Then you’re not going to divorce me?”

“Huh? That’s for your honor and safety……”

Magnus’s aura began to fluctuate uneasily again.

[Dan! ger! ous! XXXXXX]

Black Rabbit was hopping up and down, repeatedly showing the notebook from behind.

But why can’t other people see that rabbit?

They seemed to see it normally. Could it be hiding its appearance with some special power?

“…So you are going to divorce me. After all, you do hate me……”

“No! I-if you don’t want to, we won’t!”

Serena shouted again.

“You don’t have to force yourself.”

Then do something about that aura of yours. I held my forehead.

“I’m not forcing myself, I said I like you too.”

‘Kyaaaa!’

‘Finally!!’

‘Is this how the two people who were at odds come together……?!’

Screams were heard here and there. Of course, since they were screaming only with their eyes, no one noticed.

[Ninth, connecting Magnus with the count’s daughter.]

At this moment, one more item was added to Serena’s to-do list.

She now had a throbbing headache. She felt like crying a little.

“…Is it true?”

“Yes.”

“So you too……”

“That’s right.”

“You loved me.”

Magnus, falling into a misunderstanding, smiled faintly.