Published at 18th of November 2020 07:17:14 PM
Chapter 19: 19
Finally, it’s time to visit the impoverished village .
The back of the mansion has surprisingly lax security, so I was able to easily make it past the guards without anyone noticing me .
Honestly, I was expecting a bit more of a thrilling escapade, so to be able to get past everyone so easily was actually anti-climactic . Quite the let down, really .
And now I’m standing in front of the woods .
Somehow, being here at night… . all alone… . makes it feel almost eerie .
I don’t believe in such unscientific things like ghosts but… . The woods really do look like a ghost might appear at any moment… . It’s kind of scary .
… . . No, a villainess wouldn’t be afraid . She wouldn’t even think that something is ‘scary . ’ Such thoughts would disqualify her from being a villainess .
Villainesses are strong . Brave . To be frightened just by a couple of trees is unacceptable behavior .
I force myself to stop trembling and take a confident step into the woods .
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It’s pitch black, but thankfully I made sure to bring a lantern with me .
Honestly, since there isn’t any sort of path, I have no way of knowing if I’m going in the right direction or not .
I just have to trust my own intuition at this point . It might not be quick, but I’m sure I’ll get there eventually .
The lantern light casts a low glow around me, lighting my way, but the shadows it casts on the trees make them start to look like huge, grotesque monsters .
But I can’t let myself be afraid . I refuse to give up that easily . I’m definitely going to the impoverished village today .
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And just because they look like monsters, doesn’t mean that they’ll attack me . In the end, they’re just trees .
As I get comfortable with the environment I pick up my pace until I’m running at a decent speed .
Thanks to all the sword practice and physical training that I’ve been doing, I seem to be in pretty good shape now . Even after running for quite a distance, I’m not even out of breath .
Unsure of whether I’m going the right way or not, I just focus on trying to run straight .
Thankfully, as I run, the ominous feeling that the woods had been giving me seems to recede into the background until I don’t notice it at all anymore .
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And after about an hour of this, I start to see what appears to be fog ahead of me .
But why would there only be fog right there? It almost looks as if its confined to that area only… . . Could that be the magical barrier?
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Does that mean I really found it!?
Awesome . Nice going, me……! There’s no one around to praise me, so I’ll just have to praise myself .
The important thing to note is that only something that possesses magical power should be able to pass through that barrier .
And while I can’t actually use magic yet, I do still possess magical power so theoretically I should be able to get through it .
Well, for now let’s just get closer to it .
Wow, I really can’t see what’s inside the barrier at all . The impoverished village really is just on the other side of all that fog though, right?
At night, the public order in a place like this is probably pretty bad……
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Ugh, no . I came here to observe the situation . I can’t let myself be prejudiced like this before I even go inside .
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For now, I should refrain from making any sort of judgments until I’ve actually seen it .
As I stare into the fog, I can hear my heart pounding in my chest .
To calm myself, I take a deep breath, and then I walk into the haze .
T/N: The fact that she’s running through a dark, scary forest all by herself at night, and probably didn’t even bring her sword… . Alicia!! That’s dangerous! What if you got lost?? What if you got hurt?? People won’t even realize you’re missing for HOURS… . ! And you usually go missing during the day anyway, so it could be even WORSE than that!
I’m glad her sense of direction (or luck) seems better than mine, because I feel like I would have died of starvation/dehydration if I attempted what she just did lol .