This Three Year Old Is a Villainess-Chapter 243

“When Dad was cursed.”

We needed to find out how he got cursed.

Dad usually surrounds himself with magical barriers, so a curse was unusual.

‘Grimy must have done some trick.’

Finding that out was the only way to protect my family and myself.

‘Besides, Grimy’s potion was already at full strength.’

I looked at Sailon with bright, pleading eyes.

Sailon flinched and stepped back.

“You shouldn’t look like that.”

“Please...”

I clasped my hands and blinked my eyes adorably.

It was the deadly pose Dad could never ignore.

Sailon groaned.

“No! My power hasn’t recovered yet. Viewing the past violates causality. I’ll be away from your side again for some time.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. Do you even understand how dangerous it is when a troublemaker like you loses his protector?”

“Aren’t you dangerous too, Sailon?”

“Dangerous.”

[No, it’s just that I’m tied to the Celestial Realm.]

“Ah, you’re bound to the Celestial Realm.”

“...Damn.”

I grabbed Sailon’s arm and began an emotional act that Han Ji-hyuk at the academy once praised.

“If you don’t show me, I’ll get anxious and get myself into other dangers anyway.”

“You brat...”

“So, right? Right? Sailon—”

‘Do I really have to do this?’

I thought absentmindedly, and Sailon snorted.

“You think you can deceive me in my own domain? No way.”

“Damn it...”

“Damn it?”

Sailon lightly pinched my cheek.

“Mind your manners.”

“Ugh.”

“My dad said sometimes you have to use harsh words!”

“...!”

Sailon flinched and withdrew his hand.

“You remember that... no, that can’t be. Did Daymond Astra say that?”

“Yes.”

What was that reaction?

I rubbed my cheek and looked at Sailon.

He grew quiet, lost in thought.

‘He seems off guard. Is there any way I can go to the past alone?’

I really wanted to know when Dad got cursed...

Just then, a bright light started radiating somewhere.

Sailon gasped.

“You!”

“Why? I didn’t do anything!”

“Damn Celestial power! Of all things, my child has great divine affinity...!”

Sailon tried to extinguish the light, but it was useless.

The light grew and enveloped us.

‘So this is... could it be?’

The root from the Land of Blessings.

So because of the “Celestial power” Sailon spoke of, I had exerted power inside his domain.

‘Right, if you’re engulfed in this light, it takes you to the past!’

I leapt into the light.

Sailon shouted,

“You, naked thunderbolt!”

I waved my hands.

“See you later.”

“Damn...!!”

Before Sailon could finish, dazzling light wrapped around me.

I squeezed my eyes shut.

The same sensation of floating as when I saw the past before.

When the light vanished and I opened my eyes again...

“Huh?”

—It was a battlefield.

Sailon was left alone, clutching his forehead.

“Damn it.”

Someone tapped his shoulder.

It was Mikael.

Sailon gave him a sharp look despite his smile.

“Are you glad I went to the past for your child, Mikael?”

“Of course not. I just...”

He muttered, staring at the place where Erilot had disappeared.

“I’m glad Erilot is no different from when she was ‘our child.’”

“...”

A troublemaker who was always breaking temples.

The first life made by ancient hands, the very first life.

The one child among us eternal beings who had the most overflowing vitality.

All of us enjoyed simply watching her.

Sailon sighed deeply.

“Return safely, Ilrote (the most noble being)...”

What is this! What on earth is this!

I looked around in panic.

Beast-like men glared fiercely at me.

“Which spy are you?”

They addressed me.

This meant one thing.

People could see me...

‘Last time they couldn’t!’

Maybe Sailon’s power had hidden my presence then.

Luckily, this was Dad’s military barracks.

The man glaring at me was Enzo, Dad’s adjutant.

“Child, I won’t ask twice. Where are you from? Who are you?”

Enzo was scary.

I had thought of him as a jokester uncle, so I hadn’t realized.

Other soldiers frowned and said,

“Why ask such things? A child in the middle of a battlefield makes no sense.”

“Right! You must be an enemy spy!”

I jumped and said,

“I’m not a spy!”

Enzo narrowed his eyes.

“If you’re not, then prove it.”

“I... um, well, I...”

Then an eighteen-year-old boy spoke up.

“Ah! Isn’t she a healer?”

“Healer?”

“Maybe she was sent from Astra to heal the commander’s illness?”

“But a child like this...”

Exactly.

That was it!

I quickly answered.

“Yes! I’m a healer!”

“Don’t lie. We can send a messenger to Astra and confirm quickly.”

“Go ahead and check.”

I’d be gone before the messenger arrived.

‘Judging by my mana, I can return in a day or two.’

Before they grew more suspicious, I said,

“I’m really from Astra. I can provide proof: internal structures of the Palace Guards, the organization of retainers... everything...!”

“...”

Enzo still looked doubtful but sighed soon after.

“Commander’s recovery is urgent, so I’ll trust you for now. But you’ll be watched closely. If you do anything suspicious, remember your head will roll immediately.”

“Yes!”

“Come to the commander’s barracks.”

But who was the commander?

‘No way...’

As I followed Enzo into the large barracks,

‘Ugh!’

What was this horrible smell?

I covered my nose and looked toward the bed.

“Dad...”

“What?”

As soon as Enzo asked in confusion, sparks flew from my body.

[You idiot! You’re already violating causality. How much more dangerous do you plan to get!?]

It was Sailon’s voice.

[I can’t use power there! Because ‘I’ also exist there. The past must never be changed.]

‘Y-yes, I understand.’

I calmed my wildly beating heart and said,

“I think Dad is in a similar state.”

“Is that so? What happened to your father? Will the commander survive? What kind of illness is it?”

Enzo asked urgently.

I quietly looked around.

‘I wanted to go before Dad was cursed, but I came when he was cursed.’

Dad said Mom came just before he died.

‘I just need to find the source of the curse.’

Then Mom will save Dad.

I ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) nodded at Enzo.

“I think I can help.”

Enzo was greatly pleased.

He grabbed my hands and bowed several times.

“Anything you need! Order anything. No, please do!”

Loyal to a fault.

I smiled gently.

“First, bring cloth for a mask, warm water, towels, and if possible, tricolor candles.”

“Tricolor candles?”

“Yes.”

“I’ll fetch them quickly. You! Bring cloth, warm water, and towels!”

Enzo ran off to order the guard.

The guard hurriedly brought the things I requested.

I soaked a towel in warm water and wiped Dad’s forehead.

‘Dad...’

He suffered so much...

Seeing him struggle to breathe made me want to cry.

I wiped the sweat-soaked skin.

While cleaning his face, hands, and taking off his shirt to wipe his neck,

Tap!

Dad grabbed my hand.

“Wh... who is it?”

I almost cried out, “Dad!”

I clenched my mouth and he murmured drowsily,

“Beltree?”

“...”

He was so precious he called her even while dying.

I held his hand gently.

“Yes.”

“...Beltree.”

“Hmm.”

Dad reached out his big hand, grabbed my neck, and pulled me close to his chest.

“Don’t go anywhere now.”

“......”

Then Dad lost consciousness again.

‘I wish Beltree were still alive.’

She might not have liked me, Dad’s daughter, but it’s fine.

I can love her more.

If Dad can be happy, then...

I sniffled.

[You’re such a crybaby.]

“Shut up, Sailon.”

I rubbed my eyes and stood up.

‘I have to find the source of the curse.’

I searched Dad’s barracks.

Usually curses require a medium.

Dad is a strong man with a fourth-level blessing.

‘If a strong man like Dad got cursed, there must be a medium nearby.’

Usually curses are placed on clothes...

I rummaged through Dad’s belongings wildly.

‘Nothing.’

Next, his body.

Sometimes curses are carved on the body.

I roughly pulled off Dad’s socks.

Then pulled his pants down.

‘Nothing.’

Maybe a water glass or teacup?

I knocked over the water next to his bed and looked at the floor.

‘Nothing, nothing!’

How on earth was the curse placed?

I had some expertise in curses.

I learned magic because I was powerless in my first life.

Since attack magic is easily blocked by defensive blessings, I studied curses mainly.

‘That’s why when Dalia was cursed, I said it was all my doing...’

I clenched my teeth in anger thinking of that.

“Huh?”

No curse mark on the skin.

Not on clothes or objects either.

Then maybe...

I grabbed Dad’s chin and forced his mouth open.

“Ahh...”

Even unconscious, Dad moaned in pain.

Regardless, I carefully inspected inside his mouth.

‘It’s too dark to see!’

Just as I was intently looking inside,

“What are you doing...?”

It was Enzo’s voice.

I turned to see Enzo holding tricolor candles, looking startled.

“I’m checking if there’s a curse mark inside his mouth since it’s not on his body.”

“Ah.”

“But it’s too dark to see.”

“Wait a moment.”

Enzo quickly went outside and brought something back.

A magical tool for lantern use.

It was huge but its light was strong and seemed useful.

“Shall I shine it?”

“Yes!”

Dad frowned from the bright light, but Enzo and I were firm.

“Mouth! Open wider! More!”

Finally, we found and said,

“On his molar...”

“Yes, it’s there...”

The curse mark was carved on the molar.

Enzo frowned.

“For someone as strong as Daymond to be cursed like this... how did this happen?”

“It was placed using his strength on the molar.”

This was a common curse in the past.

Using reason.

‘It’s easy to curse during a kiss.’

No matter how strong, no one would activate a barrier inside their mouth when kissing.

“Disgraceful.”

I gave Dad a sour look.

“Huh?”

“He got cursed because he kissed a strange woman.”

“No way!”

Enzo jumped up.

“To my knowledge, Daymond’s lips are pure...!”

“It’s strange. There’s no curse without a kiss.”

‘How did this happen?’

Moreover, it was a very old curse.

At least three, maybe four years ago...

Just then,

A soldier ran into the barracks.

“A woman came looking for the barracks!”

“Then just detain her. We’re busy, so put her in the temporary prison—”

“She says she can heal the commander!”

“...What?”

The moment I heard that, I had a gut feeling.

‘It’s Mom.’

Mom had come.

Enzo waved his hand dismissively.

“Don’t talk nonsense and lock her in the prison. Or throw her out.”

At that moment, something strange happened.

My body began to turn hazy.

‘Because Mom can’t meet Dad, I can’t be born.’

I quickly said to Enzo,

“Let her in!”

“Huh?”

“That person! She’s my healer colleague!”

“Ah... but...”

“I found the curse’s medium. If anything weird happens, pull that molar out!”

Actually, pulling out the molar wouldn’t fix everything.

Because the curse was so old, it had spread throughout his body.

‘But Enzo wouldn’t know that.’

Sure enough, Enzo nodded.

Then he told the soldier,

“Let her in.”

“Very well, ah... and the battle signal was just raised.”

“What? Why are you saying that now! You idiot...!”

“We can’t fight when the commander might die.”

“If they cross Kamek Mountain, they’ll reach the camp quickly. Our army could be wiped out before the commander recovers!”

Enzo dashed out.

I looked around nervously and moved to the back of the barracks.

Then I carefully peeked inside.

After a while,

Footsteps clacked.

And...

“Well done, Daymond.”

A woman with black wavy hair appeared.