Pardon the Abduction, Holy Knight - It's an Emergency - Chapter 1.1

The lady, Rosemary Ferial, who is scheduled to marry Count Robert.

Just before possessing this body, I read a novel called “Don’t Regret It, Prince,” where she appears as an extra villain who kidnapped and traumatized the Holy Knight Adriel, who is the antagonist in the story.

And eventually, I became the one whose head was chopped off by that Holy Knight.

No. No. Come to think of it, what’s there to worry about? I just need not to kidnap the Holy Knight, right?

I glanced at the maid who was tending to my hair.

“Hey, can you tell me my schedule for today?”

“Oh my, what’s the matter, miss? You were supposed to meet Count Robert today! To prepare for the wedding scheduled for this winter…!”

Ah, that conscienceless old man?

“I wonder what will come first, his hair falling out completely or winter arriving. His scalp might feel cold in winter since it’s so bare….”

“W-why are you talking about Count Robert like that…!”

“What about him?”

“Well… I mean, the Count is… tall and well-built… and he leads a large merchant group… and… and…”

“And he’s over 60?”

“W-what are you saying! The Count is 59 this year, and still in good health!”

“…Sigh.”

I let out a deep sigh.

It seemed that although Rosemary was about to get married, she hadn’t kidnapped the Holy Knight yet.

“Miss… are you alright?”

“No. I’m not feeling well today. So, could you step out for a moment? I think I’ll feel better if I rest alone for a bit.”

The maid hesitated but eventually left the room, saying she’d come back later.

After confirming the maid had left, I slowly looked around the room.

“Well then, let’s put out the most urgent fire first.”

I’m not sure if this is a dream or reality, but even if it’s a dream, I don’t want to be sold off to an old man.

***

“Rosemary! My beloved daughter!”

As I went out to the main entrance of the Count’s mansion, Count Ferial, boasting his splendid blonde hair, embraced me.

“Go on now. Count Robert is eagerly waiting for you.”

Next to the Count, Countess Ferial, with the same pink hair as Rosemary, was looking at me with an affectionate smile.

While being gently held by Count Ferial, I cautiously asked them.

“Um.”

“Hm? What is it?”

“Does it have to be Count Robert?”

And I firmly decided never to have hope in the Count couple again.

Because the brightly smiling faces of the Count couple instantly turned cold.

“Why are you acting like a child again?”

“That’s right. Why is our child behaving like this again?”

Well, I had expected this from the moment they tried to sell off their daughter to an old count.

Rosemary’s parents were worse trash than I thought.

“Don’t think unnecessary thoughts and do well. If you upset Count Robert and he decides to withdraw his investment, it would be a big problem, wouldn’t it?”

Looking at Countess Ferial, who was patting my head with a menacing smile, I made my decision.

This family is beyond hope.

“You are the hope of the Ferial family!”

I could see Count Ferial waving his hand with a bright smile through the carriage window.

Is he bipolar? How can his expression change so quickly?

Clunk-

Soon, the carriage started moving.

Only when the figures of Count and Countess Ferial were out of sight did I call the coachman through the small window in the carriage.

“Did you call, miss?”

“Take me to the central street.”

“Pardon? Weren’t you going to Count Robert’s mansion?”

“I was, but I suddenly thought of a gift I’d like to give to the Count.”

The confused coachman seemed to understand and replied with an exclamation and a grin, saying he understood.

“Now then.”

After finishing the conversation with the coachman, I poured out the jewels I had hidden in my hat and small bag onto the cushion.

If I sell all of these, wouldn’t I be able to open a small shop?

I counted the jewels with a satisfied smile and then took out the necklace I had wrapped around my wrist.

It was a necklace that had been hanging on the bust statue in the middle of the mansion’s corridor, which I managed to take secretly as there was no one around.

“This extraordinary appearance.”

The intensely blue gem embedded in the center of the necklace looked far more valuable than the other jewels at a glance.

“Good. I’ll keep this as a last resort.”

I set aside the necklace separately and put the remaining jewels back in the bag.

I’ll go to the central street, sell the jewels, and then quickly leave this city.

I had no lingering attachments or fears about leaving far away.

For me, who had just possessed this body, this city and the countryside below were equally unfamiliar.

Well, the only regrettable thing might be not being able to see the Count couple falling ill when they hear this news.

I turned my head to look out at the clear sky.

They said it would take some time to reach the central street, so I might as well recall the contents of the novel in the meantime.

The protagonists of the novel “Don’t Regret It, Prince,” which I’ve possessed, are ‘Deus,’ the child of a powerless empress, and ‘Violet,’ the maid of the Empress.

The content is like any other romance novel, about an impossible love and so on.

Although the story was predictable, the author’s writing skills made it an immersive read.

So, who is this Rosemary that I’ve possessed?

As I mentioned earlier, she’s none other than an extra who briefly appears in the flashback scene of Adriel, the villain of the novel.

Rosemary falls in love at first sight with Holy Knight Adriel, whom she accidentally sees at the temple.

Normal people would try to approach someone they like in an ordinary way and make efforts to win their heart, but.

Rosemary, true to her reputation as an extra villain with all sorts of bad rumors, does something that a normal person would never even think of.

She kidnaps Adriel.

After that, Rosemary inflicts all kinds of torture on Adriel, demanding that he love her.

Until Adriel, unable to endure the torture, finally goes mad.

“Adriel is pitiful too. If it weren’t for Rosemary, he wouldn’t have gone mad like that.”

In the end, Adriel, who loses his mind and becomes a bloodthirsty murderer, tries to kill the protagonists Deus and Violet, only to be executed…

Considering Adriel’s situation, who joined the Holy Knights to avenge his family, only to be kidnapped by a deranged woman and driven mad, he was truly a pitiful character.

“Yes, Adriel is pitiful. But I’m not in a position to worry about others right now.”

Whether it’s the female lead, the male lead, or the villain.

What’s important is not others, but me.

Yes, me. Rosemary’s ultimate fate.

What else could be the fate of a villainess who kidnapped and broke a perfectly normal Holy Knight?

Being horribly murdered by Adriel, who had become a murderer.

That was the ultimate fate of the extra villain, Rosemary.

“…But as long as I don’t let things flow according to the original story, it should be fine, right?”

Who cares about the original fate? Now that I’ve possessed this body, such things won’t happen.

“Forget about Adriel or whatever, I need to figure out how to make a living.”

So any other thoughts were a luxury.

…or so I thought until just a moment ago.