The Villainess Is Annoyed by the Male Leads Again Today - Chapter 2.3

“Then I’ll go prepare. I’ll see you in an hour.”

“Alright.”

Click-

As he closed the door and left, Irena approached with a worried expression.

“My lady…”

“Irena, there’s something you need to do for me.”

“My lady.”

“Until tomorrow evening, don’t let anyone who comes looking for me into this room. And make sure to bring meals regularly and eat them yourself, pretending that I’m living in this room. You know what happens if we’re caught, right?”

I raised my hand and drew it across my throat.

Irena sniffled with a worried expression.

“Sniff. My lady.”

My heart ached, wondering if my brief absence was really so sad for her.

“I’ll be back soon. Don’t worry too much.”

Irena raised her hand and wiped her tears.

“Sob, how could I possibly eat as much as you do, my lady? My stomach will burst.”

“……”

“Anyway, have a safe trip. You must return on time. I’ll do my best to cover for you!”

“…Thank you.”

It seems there are many people making me speechless these days.

I covered my hair and face with the luxurious robe Irena had prepared for me. And I packed a few magic scrolls for self-defense, just in case. I couldn’t rely solely on Damian.

Knock knock-

“Who is it?”

“It’s Damian.”

“Come in.”

“Are you ready?”

“Yes, but what have you prepared?”

I looked him up and down, seeing him alone, and he frowned.

“I applied for leave from the Count.”

“You must really like me, huh? Using your vacation for your superior.”

“……”

“So, have you prepared a way for us to sneak out?”

He strode towards me. Then he suddenly picked me up.

“Excuse me.”

“Sure, go ahead.”

As I leaned against his chest without much surprise, I felt Damian flinch. Without thinking, I wrapped my arms around him and rested my face on his neck. I found a stable position and was satisfied.

Suddenly, I noticed goosebumps on his neck.

“You’ve got goosebumps.”

“Hold on tight.”

“What? Eek- mmph.”

He covered my mouth with one hand to muffle my scream and jumped from the terrace.

My room was on the second floor.

Over his shoulder, I could see Irena, her eyes wide with shock, her hand on the terrace railing. She quickly faded from view.

And so Damian, carrying me, jumped from the second floor and even scaled the Count’s estate wall.

He ran for quite a while after that, only putting me down when we reached a secluded grassy area.

I laughed, but couldn’t hide my irritated expression.

“Shouldn’t you warn me about things like this? The Count’s daughter almost died of a heart attack just now, you know?”

He calmly retorted.

“I suppose I should have. We almost summoned all the household members, didn’t we?”

Look at this guy?

“You seem a bit petty. So what’s the plan now?”

“I’ve called for a carriage in advance, so we should be able to go straight to the teleport gate.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a carriage could be seen approaching from the distance.

“By the way, Damian, why are you helping me?”

Until now, he had been indifferent, as if the day he saved me when I first possessed this body had never happened. Did he receive orders from Count Epine?

“It’s fine if you don’t remember.”

“Remember? What happened?”

Damian wasn’t in Lora’s memories.

Suddenly, the image of his gray back that I saw in front of the door last time flashed in my mind.

“The carriage has arrived. Shall we go?”

“Huh? Oh, yes.”

However, his following words made me forget about it again.

We soon arrived at the outskirts of the Count’s territory where the teleport gate was located.

“There are really a lot of people.”

Quite a few people were waiting near the gate. We also went to the ticket booth and bought two passes.

“One adult and one child, please.”

“Alright. Where are you heading? Going on a trip with your big brother? You two look so good together.”

“……”

I answered on behalf of his awkwardly silent response.

“That’s right. It’s our first trip together. Right, Brother Damian?”

Damian looked at me as if to say ‘What on earth are you talking about?’ in response to my cute and cheerful tone.

So I poked him in the side.

“…Yes.”

“Oh my, your brother seems to be the quiet type. If it’s your first time using the gate, it might be too much for your body to go a long distance right away. It’s better to split it into several trips.”

The staff member kindly interpreted his reluctant answer, given before his side could be pierced.

“I see, thank you for explaining in detail.”

“You’re welcome. Have a nice trip~”

Leaving the staff member’s smile behind, we went to the gate at the scheduled time.

The gate was larger than I had imagined. To exaggerate a bit, it was almost the size of a school’s playground.

“Wow, this is really amazing. How do they draw such a large magic circle and infuse mana into it? Don’t you think so, Damian?”

“Indeed.”

He answered lifelessly.

“Put some soul into your answer.”

“What a dreadful thing to say. Putting a soul into an answer.”

“…Huh?”

As our reserved time approached, we could see the dome’s entrance opening to create a passage. Soon, an announcement came through the speakers.

“2 PM, those who have reservations for Bokman, please line up and show your tickets. I repeat, 2 PM, Bokman…”

“Let’s go line up! Hurry.”

“Yes.”

The line moved quickly.

This was because the ticket verification process was done using magic.

“Next, please.”

“Here it is.”

“Alright, you’re verified. Please enter.”

After they stamped something like a barcode on our tickets, we entered a transparent barrier and waited. Soon, the other people in line also came in. Then, another announcement came through the speakers.

“Attention, please. We will now conduct a barrier check and teleportation magic circle inspection. From now until the teleportation is complete, movement in or out of the magic circle is prohibited. This is for your safety, so please keep this in mind.”

Outside, we could see magicians composing the barrier and those preparing for teleportation busily moving around, inspecting the magic circle.

“It’s really systematic.”

“Well, it’s for safety after all. Teleportation is convenient, but if something goes wrong, body parts could end up separated in different places, or you could even get trapped in another dimension.”

“Then shouldn’t we be careful?”

“Fortunately, there haven’t been any such incidents in the past hundred years.”

Unlike before, Damian answered diligently to questions related to safety.

Soon, with a loud announcement, the gate began to hum.

“The teleport gate will activate shortly. The teleport gate will activate shortly.”

Whoosh- As the magic circle was enveloped in a bright light, we were instantly sucked in somewhere.