I Possessed The Villain’s Childhood Friend

27 – Anna Margret – 3

When Anna woke up, she suddenly remembered the past.

‘I am the eldest daughter of the Roselia duchy. No matter what happens, don’t show her weakness.’

It was absurd to Anna at the time that a girl less than five years old would at most say such a thing.

But Reina acted as if she had to protect those words no matter what.

She silently performed tasks that were burdensome and would seem unreasonable to a child, without complaining at all.

That was the first meeting between Anna and Raina, the assassins of Avatar.

At that time, Anna’s mission was to assassinate Raina, the eldest daughter of the Roselia duchy.

Assassination of Reina took a long time.

As the eldest daughter of her duchy, she was always accompanied by an escort.

Of course, if Anna was sincere, it wasn’t difficult to break through her escort and assassinate Reina.

But she had no guarantees that she would be able to get out after that.

To prevent her surprise, Anna decided to come up with a solid plan for her.

More than a year has passed since Anna belonged to the Roselia duchy.

Anna, who was recognized for her various talents at Roselia, was able to rise to the position of official employee.

She will soon be able to complete her mission and return.

That’s what Anna was thinking.

That’s how the day came.

“You are suffering. Captain.”

“Oh, May. Has it already been that time?”

At that time, Anna was using her pseudonym, Mei.

Her real name was not.

Growing up in Avatara from her childhood, she always used a pseudonym.

“What about Lady Reina?”

“You are sleeping. Cheer up for three hours.”

That day was the day Anna was entrusted with escorting Reina at dawn.

The servant in charge of the escort at dawn had to check Reina’s current status once in the middle to prepare for an unexpected disaster.

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Pretending to check her status, she cuts Reina’s breath.

She then disguises her prepared corpse in her own image.

After that, she sets fire to Raina’s room and escapes.

It was easy, but the preparations took too long, Anna lamented in the empty hallway.

“… Shall we begin?”

The clock hanging on the wall was pointing to three o’clock.

It was time to carry out the operation.

Kikik.

The door opened with a faint sound.

The dreamy moonlight illuminated the dark room.

And her assassination target, Raina, was sitting on her bed, looking at her Anna.

“My lady?”

“Is it three o’clock already?”

“… Isn’t it time to sleep now?”

“Today I found out that you are my escort at dawn. I want to talk for a while.”

Reina smiled softly as she said that.

Anna, caught in her muddy purple gaze, couldn’t move for some reason.

“Am I going to die now?”

And at those words, Anna unconsciously fell to her knees.

★

Early in the morning when the fog has not yet lifted.

The tavern was closed.

It was the old-looking bartender clearing the table.

“Over there.”

“The business is over.”

“It’s not that, I want to make a request.”

“… Come in for a moment.”

The bartender paused to tidy up, opened the door, and went inside.

I pretended to follow him, and grabbed him by the nape of his neck with both hands.

“What… !”

Before he could scream, I immediately snapped his neck.

I felt an unpleasant sound and touch.

The bartender held his breath with his eyes open in astonishment.

I tossed the corpse on the floor while frowning, then opened the back door of the tavern.

There were stairs going down to the basement.

Fortunately, there were many places to hide in the basement.

I had a strong feeling that it was a passage through which I could abandon this place and run away at any time.

Thanks to that, I could easily move on without bumping into other people.

“… By the way, that guy. Aren’t you a little scared?”

“A01?”

“Uh.”

While I was quietly looking for Anna, I heard a conversation and I listened.

“It’s already been over three years. How can you be tortured every single day and never open your mouth?”

“It would be easier if I just killed him.”

“You know this is nonsense, right? It’s the best masterpiece that Boss raised himself from scratch. I have to make it come back somehow.”

“It’s still too much to ask you to get rid of her hand in the Duchess of Roselia.”

“That’s right.”

I found it.

It was clear Anna was what they were talking about.

… Judging by the fact that they say they are being tortured, they must be in the basement.

Usually torture chambers are underground.

“But what about a mouse?”

“… I have to kill you.”

Damn it.

In an instant, the wall I was leaning on collapsed, and a huge cloud of dust completely obscured my vision.

I immediately raised my magic power, then pulled out Neia and swung it.

The sound of iron clashing echoed.

However, the attack could not be completely blocked, leaving shallow scars in several places on its body.

As the dust cleared, countless daggers were stuck everywhere.

“What should I do?”

“Intruders are excluded. There is no need to keep him alive.”

There were definitely two people when I heard the voices over the wall, but before I knew it, a number of masked assailants surrounded me.

“… Someone is looking for it, so can you send it to me?”

There was no answer to my request.

It’s not going the way I thought it would.

I definitely thought of going to guerrilla warfare.

When I saw daggers flying from all directions, I felt that way for some reason.

I have no choice but to blame Anna for leaving Reina for no reason.

Thought so, I quietly made up my mind.

“Ha, ha, ha, ha.”

I took a deep breath and looked around, but there were no assassins standing.

“It’s so damn hard.”

I didn’t intend to avoid a head-to-head match, but even so, there were too many opponents.

Over 30 assassins moved in perfect order, and I couldn’t fully cope with them.

The dagger they used must have been poisoned, and the stabbed left arm was severely numb.

Even if I channeled my mana to give first aid, only the pain subsided.

There will still be close to 50 assassins left.

So, first of all, it’s better to take a break and move….

“What happened?”

A heavy voice echoing through my bones came from behind me.

“Is everyone dead? Useless things.”

Looking back slowly, the man standing there was a man with a height of at least 2m.

He had a long scar on his right cheek, and was wearing a jet-black suit that didn’t match his mood.

“So what is your purpose?”

He didn’t seem to be particularly inspired by the sight of the bloody scene around him.

Even though it must have been his subordinates who were down.

“It happened by chance that someone was looking for it.”

What came back to my answer was a cold look.

I didn’t feel any agitation in it.

“So, I would like you to send it. Mr. Black Wolf?”

“Sounds not even funny.”

He slowly drew his sword from behind his back.

It was a greatsword worthy of being called huge.

“Die.”

Unlike using a big sword and a great sword, his movements were very agile.

I had no choice but to fall back as he approached me in an instant and slashed me across the floor.

“… What are you already?”

I felt like I was about to sigh.

“What are you talking about?”

“Nothing.”

The man standing in front of me was the black wolf, the boss of the assassins from the original Ambush episode.

It was also a character that was quite popular, saying that he was cool even though he was a villain, and that he had a reversal of using a greatsword while being an assassin.

It’s bothering me.

The numbness in his left arm is getting worse now that he has lost a lot of physical strength.

I wasn’t sure I could win easily.

So I tried to move after resting for a bit.

“Damn it.”

I sighed naturally as it seemed that nothing was going the way I had hoped.

★

“Wouldn’t everything be easier if I died?”

“… What is that?”

“After all, I am not at home. It will be fine if you disappear.”

What Reina was saying, Anna couldn’t understand at all.

I couldn’t understand what the hell this girl was talking about.

Of course, Anna was standing here to kill Reina.

And she has already seen countless deaths.

It was the first time that even Anna had been in a situation like this.

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People facing death become desperate. At worst, it can even lead to madness.

I beg for help.

I let go of my mind saying I don’t want to die.

There was even a case of fainting.

But at least Anna had never seen a person so aloof in the face of death.

That was a girl who wasn’t even 7 years old yet.

That fact made Anna feel afraid.

You have to kill it.

If she stays like this, her own values will all change.

On that hunch, Anna stood up again and put her knife in her right hand. She

She And she took one step towards Rayna.

“….”

Raina looked at Anna and made no expression.

Anna felt the coldness of her ice at that fact.

I grabbed Raina’s collar as she was sitting on the bed and forced her to lie down.

And just before she slowly plunges the knife into her heart.

“There was someone who looked after me like this.”

Anna looked at Reina’s smiling face as she said that.

“Ah. Ah ah ah ah ah… !”

The fear that had been felt in Anna’s heart until now gradually changed into a different emotion.

Reina’s face, Anna’s tears began to wet.

“Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.”

Life doesn’t come back the moment it goes out.

A girl named Raina knew that, but tried to accept her death.

But ahead of her death, her girlish arms trembled slowly.

Anna saw that.

Anna finally realized her own guilt.

It was only now that she realized how precious life is.

Her apology was an atonement for all the people she had killed.

But she says that even after Anna was born, she has been constantly trained and brainwashed.

It was a stain that would last a lifetime.

Realizing that fact, Anna buried her face in the chest of Reina, who was much younger than herself, and spat out her words of atonement.

Until other servants enter Reina’s room, endlessly.

“I will tell you everything.”

Anna said everything.

She also said that she belonged to the assassin organization Avatar.

That she came to assassinate Reina at someone’s request.

She didn’t hide it, she told it all.

“I want to atone now and live for Reina-sama.”

That was Anna’s sincerity.

She thought Anna, she obviously couldn’t.

However, it was Reina’s father, Duke Ricard, who unexpectedly gave her a chance.

He saw Anna’s versatility in her and decided to hire her.

Of course, it wasn’t without any restrictions.

She had to write an oath of oath, stating that she would be loyal to the Duchess of Roselia no matter what.

If you break this oath, Anna will die instantly, and her magical powers will burn in the flames of Hell for the rest of her life.

But she had no hesitation with Anna.

Because she has already made up her mind to live a life of atonement.

After that, Anna began to receive separate education.

She wasn’t allowed to go around Reina. She couldn’t even hear the news properly.

She and she had to deal with the assassins of Avatar who came to her every night.

It was hard enough, but Anna never once showed her displeasure.

Three years passed like that, and Anna was appointed as Reina’s exclusive handmaid.

“Why do I suddenly remember that time….”

Does that mean he misses the Duchess of Roselia that much?

But now it was impossible to go back there.

Her own body will slowly rot away from being imprisoned for the rest of her life.

Wouldn’t it be more comfortable for her to die?

Unfortunately, Anna had the same thoughts as what Reina said before.

Realizing that, Anna gave a self-deprecating smile, and she slowly closed her eyes.

“Anna.”

“Reina, sir?”

Then she opened her eyes again at the sudden sound of her voice.

“Sorry, Ike. Wake up soon Because I have to go back.”

“… Mr. Ike? How?”

I slowly raised my gaze, and there was the terrible looking Ike.

Her forehead was completely torn and there was so much blood that she couldn’t open her left eye.

Her left arm was limp and dyed blue as if it had been poisoned.

Her right thigh had a deep cut that barely exposed the bone.

In addition to that, there were numerous scars left.

She looked like it wouldn’t be strange if she collapsed right away.

“What the hell are you doing….”

“Don’t ask for details. It’s because I feel like I’m going to pass out if I’m wrong. Let’s just move quickly.”

As if it wasn’t a lie, his breath was very tight.

Surely, if you meet the black wolf, the boss of this organization in this state, you will collapse in an instant.

“Lee, hide for now, Mr. Ike. Time for him to return soon….”

“He? Are you a black wolf? That guy was terribly strong. I could have been in big trouble if I looked down on you. Although he knocked it down somehow.”

Ike said that and threw something of his on the floor.

It was a pocket watch that the black wolf always carried.

“It’s all over, Anna. So please let’s go back soon. I am really tired.”

“… How the hell why.”

“I’m really tired. Do I really have to ask about that right now? Miss Reina, the lady you serve, says she is so lonely without Anna, her exclusive lady-in-waiting. So why don’t you just show your temper to me? So hurry back to Heros and write a letter. I’m sorry I haven’t heard from you until now.”

The prison door opened with a click.

Entering the prison, Ike pulled Anna with her right hand and lifted her up.

“Did I tell you to protect Reina no matter what?”

“Yes. So to protect her lady….”

“Of course I have to stand by her side and protect her. What are you struggling with?”

After saying that, Ike laughed as if he felt no pain.

“You and I are having a hard time because of your young lady. Yes?”

When Anna heard her say that, she slowly smiled the same way.

“Still, I’m on your side.”

“The same goes for me.”

And the two slowly left the prison, supporting each other.