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Chapter 58 Part 2 – Huh? My death is suddenly decided right from the beginning? More enemy reinforcements. And who is「he」, my strongest guardian?

Bradd, run away!!　
Please run away!! It’s not too late!!
Stop!! If you’re going to kill someone, just kill me alone!!
Don’t take away the people I care about!!
It’s so cruel!! Please stop ……!!　
Please, God!! Please ……!!

「…… 7 …… and the rest is omitted!! Thanks for waiting!! The countdown is now over!! Oh, nothing happened after all. …… Mnnnn~, the princess looks like she’s in a grief-stricken state, she doesn’t care whatever happens to her and just wishes that someone would help the boy. Boohoo!! What is the point of sacrificing a garbage? Rather than trying to appeal to others that you’re a pitiful heroine, it would be a hundred times better to imitate what I do and take a pigeon out of the pocket!! Chirp chirp, cluck cluck …… It’s the perfect weather for death!! Nuahahaha!! …… Bye bye~」

Addis tore off the stuffed animal on his shoulder and then suddenly several pigeons flew away.
A merciless sound echoed through the scattering of feathers. Bradd’s body shook.

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Going back in time for a little bit.

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Good evening everyone.
How are you doing?
My name is Scarlet Ruby Noel Lingard and I am the main character of this story.
I am a beautiful woman with a trademark of red hair, red eyes, and a ruby pendant hanging on top of my chest.

…… I am a woman. You got a problem with that?
I may look like a three year old, but on the inside I am a twenty-eight year old. I am always an adult woman at heart.

By the way, this ruby is said to be the largest ruby in the world as far as the world knows.
If I sell it, I could probably play around and live off from that money for the rest of my life.
My materialistic desire as an adult is tingling.
But because of a curse, no one can own it but me.
It cannot be sold off.

…… In other words, it’s like having an enormous gold nugget dangling on top of my chest that anyone else can’t touch.
Or else they’ll be dead.
I was wondering if I could at least use it as collateral for a loan.

When I asked Seraphy about it, he gave me a stunned look.

…… In addition, that night, all the members of the Light Bat Tribe appeared in my dream while shedding tears of blood.
I wet myself a little bit. It’s okay, I’m only three years old ……

…… I’m truly sorry, I won’t even joke about it anymore.
Please forgive me.
It’s my fault for dreaming of an easy get-rich-quick scheme.
I got down on my knees and apologized, then they forgave me.

From now on, I will utilize my knowledge cheat and work hard to slowly make money.
Easy come, easy go!!
I will use my head and earn money honestly, steadily, and trustworthily.
And I will save up funds so that I can safely become a shut-in until old age.　

…… Ahh, but I really want to have fun and still earn profits.
I wish gold coins would just stick to my hands and I can earn easy profit.
I’d rather be a girl with a midas touch than a pretty, cuddly girl.
Dreams don’t come true with dreams. Dreams come true with money. Money catch!!

H-Hey, don’t get shocked and leave!!
This is just the beginning of the story.
I’ll be more serious from here on.

…… Previously on this story.

As we were heading to the ball in a horse-drawn carriage, assassins attacked us one after another.
And then a mysterious person wearing a mask, 「Addis the Faceless」, who claims to be a member of the Seven Phantoms, led us around by the nose.
Kyaaaa!! We are in a pinch because of the invisible attacks.

Surprisingly, the ones who came to help us were 「Seraphy the Wind Reader」 and 「Arnold the Hunter of Darkness」, who had once slaughtered me in the previous 「108 times」 loop-life. Is this the so-called yesterday’s enemy is today’s friend!?

A looming crisis, a situation that has become critical!!　
But we will not lose!! I will not be discouraged!!

Even if my body is of a little girl, my heart is that of a villainess who has been killed 「108 times」!!　
These tears are not tears of sorrow or fear!!
These are tears of frustration at my current worthless self.
They are the driving force for me to grow into a stronger version of myself tomorrow.

Don’t underestimate me just because I’m small!!
Little peppers are spicy even if they’re small.

…… Phew, this self-introduction is hard when you’re twenty-eight years old on the inside.

…… Oh, everyone, this is not a battle story.
I swear, the genre is a different world romance.
Today, too, the romance element seems to be flying away into the sky.

…… But still, Seraphy’s sudden appearance and his instructions were brilliant.

「Bradd!! Jump to the side!! A knife is being thrown there!!」

「Got it.」

Bradd jumped away with me in his arms.
A knife suddenly appeared again and this time it pierced into the trunk of the tree behind where I had been standing a moment ago.

「…… That’s amazing, boy. You can really see Addis’s ‘Dark Illusion’ ……」

Mr. Queer Witch gasped.
Bradd and I listened to his words.
‘Dark Illusion’ is the technique used by the Seven Phantoms that Mr. Queer Witch mentioned earlier.
If I’m not mistaken, he mentioned something like how the Seven Phantoms will just torment us to death if we don’t have the ‘Dark Illusion’ or ‘Evil Eye’ ……

「…… As I thought, what he is using is a secret technique of martial arts recorded in ancient documents, ‘Dark Illusion’.」

「…… Hmm …… Do you know it, Seraphy?」

Bradd folded his arms and asked him.
For some reason, I feel like I’m being robbed of my position ……

And also, stop it.
You forgot that you were holding me in your arms.
I’m clinging to your maid uniform like a koala right now.

「…… What I know about it is only what’s recorded on the documents. The body, which has eliminated itself to the utmost limit, will eventually merge its energy with the heaven and earth, and become something that is there and yet not there, so that other people cannot even perceive its presence. It is one of the derivations of the eastern hermit philosophy.」

Bradd could not keep up with Seraphy’s explanation and was dazed, but I had studied the background philosophy when I was a young lady in the previous 「108 times」, when there was a boom in oriental taste in the social circles, and so I was able to grasp a rough idea of the outline.

This was to change the energy inside the body to become like the energy of nature.
The idea that eventually one will be liberated from the ties of the flesh and become an immortal ……
This technique is the application of this idea of uniting with nature in martial arts.

Bradd, do you understand?

「…… Hah?」

He tilted his head to the side at my detailed explanation.

Eiiii, you still don’t get it do you, you idiot.

「In other words, Addis is very good at removing his presence. Like a carnivore that blends itself into the forest when it is hunting its prey. He can do that anywhere. Moreover, he can not only erase his presence, but also sounds and his physical body. Unbelievably, that also includes the weapons in his hands. Now do you understand?」

Bradd easily understood my desperate and rough explanation.

「Eh, it’s only like that. I could have understood immediately if you had just said so instead of saying so many difficult things. Anyway the conversation between the munchkin and Seraphy is always extremely complicated. Saying things like a philosophy from somewhere and things like energy.」

I let out a sigh at his unconcerned smile.

You’re a smart guy, so you should read at least a little bit more and increase your knowledge a little more.
After all, there is also a test to see whether or not you are educated enough for each respective community.

Just having money does not make you a member of the upper class that is accepted by everyone.
Even if you have a good bloodline.
If you can’t keep up with the common conversation, you will be scorned.
That is exactly what happened to Alisa.