The Villainess Whom I Had Served for 13 Years Has Fallen

TLed by NolepGuy

Chapter 81

[Part 2 ‘The Unworthy Person’ begins.]

Once again, Yuria’s vision went dark.

The crisp dawn air she had just been breathing was replaced by the musty air of the dungeon. Yuria slowly opened her eyes and let out a deep sigh.

‘I misunderstood Ricardo…’

Yuria’s mind was in turmoil.

‘I thought it was something Ricardo did. I…’

She had hated and resented an innocent person, and the thought darkened Yuria’s expression.

‘I should apologize, right?’

Yuria took a deep breath and lifted her head.

A ceiling made of stone.

Standing in the moss-covered corridor of the dungeon, Yuria found herself there.

And in one corner of the dungeon.

A pink-haired girl stood alone, covering her eyes with her hands and crying.

Looking at the collapsed entrance and crying was her past self. Seeing that figure, Yuria clenched her fists.

[Viewing begins in 10 minutes.]

Her crying self.

As she looked at her past self, head bowed and sobbing sorrowfully, a mix of complicated emotions and a sudden surge of anguish began to flood her mind.

The blue window began recounting the story she had experienced.

[That day, you were abandoned by your friends.]

It was a familiar story she already knew.

The painful memory of being abandoned, left with no way back, and sobbing in despair was something the blue window insisted on recounting.

‘I know.’

Yuria clenched her fists and glared at the blue window with eyes full of resentment, but the blue window merely continued its story about her past.

[It was a suspicious proposal. The fact that they came to your dormitory at dawn, and that a friend you had only exchanged light greetings with suddenly appeared, was suspicious. But you nodded at their suggestion to explore the dungeon together.

At that time, you were being bullied and felt lonely.

Ricardo, who had grown distant.

Your friends, who once were close, had started avoiding you. So, the invitation from your friends after such a long time felt welcoming.

To the extent that you agreed to such a strange request to explore the dungeon at dawn.]

Yuria muttered in a voice filled with anger. Normally, Yuria was far from being an angry person, but the blue window’s painful words stirred her emotions.

‘I said I know.’

Clenching her fists, Yuria shouted internally. Why did it have to touch on such painful memories? Filled with rage, Yuria screamed.

‘I already know, so shut up….’

Already distressed, Yuria poured her resentment onto the blue window, which kept provoking her.

I already know…

Please…

Shut up.

Yuria covered her ears and crouched down, pleading for it to stop, but the blue window’s indifferent voice continued, chilling her to the bone.

[That day, the friends who went to the dungeon with you were cadets gathered at the request of your close friend ‘Kyla.’

She offered them an enticing deal—covering a large sum of money and their academy tuition—in exchange for abandoning you in the dungeon.

Your friends, who harbored negative feelings toward you, accepted the proposal and conspired to abandon you in a deeper part of the dungeon than originally planned.]

[When they abandoned you, they said this:

-Why are you acting so high and mighty? Do you like men that much?

-Because of you, commoners like us get criticized. Act like a commoner if you are one.

-I never liked you from the start. Flirting with men like that…

The reward for their kindness was cruel words. It was inevitable that you were hurt.

In front of the collapsed exit, you were plunged into despair.

No way back. A wounded heart.

Your heart, tattered and broken, was too afraid to return to the academy.

You couldn’t bear to face them again, and the pain in your heart wouldn’t subside easily.

And at that moment.

A fatal voice whispered into your weakened ears.

-Come here.

-I’ll help you get revenge.

-Don’t you want to kill them? I’ll grant you any wish.

A dark sorcerer named ‘Calypso,’ who had been defeated by the empire’s knights 100 years ago, was whispering into your ears.]

The blue window’s story began revealing truths she hadn’t known.

Yuria, who had been covering her ears and trying to escape, froze and slowly lifted her head at the sudden revelation.

With tearful eyes, Yuria raised her head, trembling, and stared at the blue window.

‘What… did you say…?’

The blue window immediately answered Yuria’s question.

[Calypso is preparing for revival.

He is recovering his injured body from the battle 100 years ago and luring people like you to replenish his dark energy as part of his evil plot.]

[You walked toward him.]

[And.]

[A man following behind you grabbed your hand as you walked toward death.]

The final sentence struck Yuria’s ears like a thunderclap. You almost died, but Ricardo saved you.

Clutching her chest, which felt like it was about to burst, Yuria glared at the blue window before her.

‘That’s impossible… How could…’

-Tick…

-Tick…

-Tick…

When the timer on the blue window hit ’00:00,’ Yuria’s break time came to an end.

[Viewing begins.]

As the blue window disappeared, a sorrowful crying sound echoed.

-Sob… Hic… Haaa…

The sorrowful cries of her past self rang in Yuria’s ears.

-What did I… hic… what did I do wrong? I just wanted to get along with everyone… hic…

Seeing her past self rubbing her eyes and crying, Yuria looked at her with trembling eyes.

-Huaaang… Why does everyone hate me… I tried so hard…

Watching herself cry was not a pleasant experience.

‘Don’t cry.’

-I just…

‘Crying won’t change anything, so don’t cry, Yuria.’

-I just wanted to get along with everyone….

‘I said, don’t cry…’

Her past self, with limp steps, walked toward the dungeon’s depths.

The blue window was right. She had been too afraid to return to the academy, and the thought of seeing those people again made her vision go dark.

To be honest, she had been scared.

Even if she got along well with professors and a few friends, the icy atmosphere in the classroom was unbearable.

She felt like filth. Something no one wanted to touch or be near.

So.

Her past self had fled to the dungeon’s depths. She thought hiding would bring her peace of mind.

Watching her past self’s slumped shoulders, Yuria muttered.

‘Isn’t this enough already?’

She didn’t know why she was seeing this, but she had realized her mistake. She wanted it to end now.

She had realized it wasn’t Ricardo’s doing. Acknowledging her misunderstanding and her own fault, Yuria clenched her fists tightly and shouted at the blue window before her.

But the blue window gave no response.

Yuria shouted in frustration.

‘It was just once… just once…! I misunderstood Ricardo once, but he tormented me far more!’

Admitting it didn’t erase her mistake.

However, compared to what Ricardo had done to her at the Academy, her misunderstanding was nothing more than a drop in the ocean.

Yes, it was just once.

The time she was left behind in the Dungeon. Just once.

She had endured far worse from Ricardo and cried even more because of it.

If the Blue Window had appeared before her with the intention of making her realize her own faults, Yuria thought it had completely missed the mark.

This wasn’t something that should be shown to her—it should be shown to Ricardo.

So he could understand just how much she had suffered.

How much pain she had endured because of the love that could never reach him.

Ricardo could never even imagine it.

So…

She wished it would stop now.

Otherwise.

-Sniff…

It would only make her past self feel even more pathetic.

About ten minutes passed.

As she walked down the Corridor, her vision gradually began to blur. Without focus, as if possessed, her past self began walking deeper into the Dungeon.

-Shut up…!

-I never even thought about wanting to kill my Friend!

-I said shut up…!

Watching her past self clutching her head and muttering to herself repeatedly, Yuria felt a chill run down her spine.

-No…

She shook her head side to side.

-I’m not alone.

Her past self, visible before her eyes, began to utter increasingly negative words.

Had she been muttering to herself like a madwoman for a long time? Her past self, who had been covering her ears and staggering, gradually calmed down and began murmuring.

-That’s right, I just need to start over. If I get rid of my Friends and make new ones, I won’t be alone anymore.

-Yes, they’re the bad ones. Then it’s only right to punish them.

With unfocused eyes, her past self stood before the Dungeon wall and began knocking on it.

Her past self, who had been knocking on the passage leading to the Altar of Greed where she had just been confronting Hans.

Knock, knock. As the sound of her knocking echoed through the space behind the wall, the wall began to collapse with a rumble, exuding an Ominous Energy.