Page 220 of The Villainess Whom I Had Served for 13 Years Has Fallen

A cold wind blew in.

Yuria, heading towards the hospital balcony, followed Olivia, listening to the sound of the wheelchair’s wheels rolling.

“...”

Olivia didn’t say a word.

Not even a casual greeting.

No conversation about how she was doing.

She just moved her wheelchair with a stern expression, not saying a word.

-“Drrr...”

There was no feeling of excitement. No fear of being scared. Instead, Yuria felt annoyed at meeting someone she didn’t want to see.

They weren’t in a situation to ask about each other’s well-being, so Yuria didn’t bother to initiate conversation.

The only thought in her mind was why Olivia had called her out separately. Olivia probably thought she had nothing to talk about with Yuria either.

-“Kkik.”

Olivia stopped her wheelchair on the balcony and slowly turned her body around.

“Khmm.”

Olivia, who had adjusted her hair, slowly opened her mouth.

“I’ll apologize for calling you out at such a late hour.”

“...”

“I didn’t want to call you out separately, but it seemed like I wouldn’t have time if not today....”

Olivia, who was staring at Yuria with a stern expression, bowed her head while seated in her wheelchair.

“Honestly, we’re not in a situation to have a face-to-face conversation. Especially not you.”

Why did she do that, anyway?

Yuria looked at Olivia, who was maintaining a calm expression, and clenched her fist. It was okay with Ricardo, but not with Olivia.

As if knowing Yuria’s thoughts, Olivia bowed her head and apologized sincerely, saying she was truly sorry and would make sure it wouldn’t happen again.

“I’ll apologize later.”

“...”

“Don’t think about it ~Nоvеl??ght~ too much, I’ll do it properly later.”

Yuria nodded reluctantly at Olivia’s words. Olivia let out a deep sigh and opened her mouth.

“...I’ll just say one thing. Just one thing.”

-Nod.

Olivia, who let out a long sigh, shut her mouth tightly.

“Why do you hate Ricardo?”

Olivia clenched her fists and spoke with difficulty, carefully choosing her words while glancing at Yuria.

“I don’t understand no matter how I think about it, so that’s why.”

“You...?”

Yuria raised an eyebrow at Olivia’s question, as if asking why she would hate Ricardo.

An unexpected question.

“You hate him?”

“Do I...?”

Yuria shook her head at Olivia’s gaze, as if saying she was mistaken.

“No. Why would I hate Ricardo? On the contrary, I....”

Olivia spoke with conviction, not listening to Yuria’s response. In Olivia’s eyes, Yuria clearly hated Ricardo.

“No. You hate Ricardo.”

“No.”

“No, you do.”

Olivia stared straight into Yuria’s eyes. Although their relationship was uncomfortable, Olivia seemed determined to say what needed to be said, her fists clenched tightly.

“If you don’t hate Ricardo, then that kind fool has no reason to be anxious around you.”

“That’s your misconception.”

“No. My eyes are accurate.”

Olivia shook her head in response.

“Ricardo always looks down when he sees you. He can’t just sit still and wants to do something for you.”

“...”

“He’s worried that you might get hurt or something might happen to you.”

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“That’s...”

Yuria’s mood began to lift slightly at Olivia’s pleasant words. She had never thought Ricardo would think that way. Although it was coming from the mouth of a villain, it was somehow amusing. It was nice to know that someone was thinking of her.

Olivia spoke to Yuria with a stern expression, her voice tinged with emotion, as if saying that her previous words were not praise.

“But you’re not like that.”

“What?”

“You get angry when you see Ricardo. You hate him. You shout at him.”

“...”

“You misunderstand him from the start. What’s the point of hating him if it’s not like that?”

Yuria couldn’t deny Olivia’s words. There was no mistake. She had no excuse for her actions.

Olivia continued to point out Yuria’s mistakes, speaking as a villain who didn’t care about the other person’s feelings, leaving behind an unforgettable nightmare as a perpetrator filled with guilt, and speaking with a hint of consideration.

“I can hate, but Ricardo can’t be hated. Ricardo is a certain kind of person to you... why do you hate him?”

“I don’t understand you,” Olivia said, as if saying she couldn’t understand Yuria’s actions.

“No matter how hard I think, I just can’t understand you.”

Olivia, having pushed aside her past emotions, lay in bed thinking about Ricardo and spat out the story she had bottled up inside. It was a tone that Yuria might find a bit uncomfortable to accept.

“What more do you want Ricardo to do here?”

“...”

“You know, when he got kicked out of the academy, Ricardo apologized, saying he was sorry.”

Yuria, who had been quietly listening to Olivia’s words, clenched her fist. Olivia had brought up a memory that Yuria didn’t want to recall.

She hated Ricardo.

As Yuria recalled the unbearable memory, her emotions began to surge.

-Ugh.

Olivia continued to speak, watching Yuria’s reaction, her voice soft and cautious, as if waiting for a response.

“Ricardo clearly apologized to you. He said he was sorry for the bad things he did and promised not to appear in front of you again.”

“Hmm.”

Yuria’s emotions were overflowing, and she couldn’t help but open her mouth. For Yuria, the memories she shared with Ricardo were unforgettable and painful.

“If he apologized, then...”

“...What?”

“If he apologized, isn’t that the end of it?”

“No, it’s not...”

“I also apologized to you. I don’t know what I did wrong, but I said I was sorry.”

“...”

“It was my fault, so I asked you to forgive me. But what did you do to me? You told me it was okay and did well, didn’t you? Comparing is useless.”

Yuria bit her lip and spoke with a trembling voice.

“Because of you, I’ve had such a hard time....”

“...That’s.”

“Don’t make excuses. I don’t want to hear it.”

“...”

Olivia closed her eyes, then slowly calmed her trembling shoulders, taking deep breaths to compose herself. Ricardo had told her not to get angry.

-Huu...

“Right, that’s correct. You can do that to me, but you can’t do that to Ricardo.”

“...”

“Ricardo isn’t someone you can just meet and bow to. He’s not that kind of person.”

Olivia shook her head and spoke, her voice soft and cautious as she gazed at Yuria.

“He’s my own person, someone I can scold, but no one else can touch without my permission....”

Yuria had a lot to say in response to Olivia’s tantrum.

I know, I understand.

I know that being overly sensitive and angry towards Ricardo is wrong.

But, I’m also unfair.

The person I trusted and liked... even now, I’m still fond of them, and when I think about being rejected back then, I feel unfair and angry.

I know, I understand.

But, what can I do about this unfairness?

Yuria couldn’t understand why she had to take the blame when she was the one who got hurt because of Ricardo.

Yuria clenched her fist and spoke to Olivia. “Don’t be so shameless.”

“Is this a song just for you?”

“Yeah.”

“Ricardo can’t do anything because of you?”

“I know.”

“Don’t you feel guilty?”

“There’s no way I wouldn’t.”

Olivia looked down, stuttering as she spoke. I’m not some foolish person who doesn’t know the subject, unaware of the favors I’ve received.

And then she repeated the same words to Yuria again.

“But you can’t do that.”

Olivia looked straight into Yuria’s eyes as she spoke.

“You don’t know.”

“What?”

“You don’t know how hard Ricardo had it because of you.”

“No, I do.”

“Then why do you think only you’re having a hard time?”

Olivia knew her own situation.

She knew she was the one holding Ricardo back, and that she was a bad girl who only caused trouble. She tried to change, but it didn’t happen overnight, and she knew it would take time.

So she always felt sorry for Ricardo and was grateful to him. Since Ricardo didn’t like it, she didn’t talk about the academy and instead worked hard on her own.

At least that’s what she did.

Olivia knew a little about Ricardo’s struggles.

“At least I’m grateful to Ricardo. But you’re not.”

Yuria clenched her fist and looked down. Her trembling fist was clenched, and her lips quivered.

“I have to endure.”

She didn’t want to bring up the academy story again.

“It’s not okay to say it’s unfair.”

Ricardo almost died because of me, and I was the one who stabbed him with my own sword. I had to know how bad and cruel I was to Ricardo, who didn’t show his true colors.

“I know. You’re right, Olivia.”

But.

But.

What about the scary things?

Yuria shouted.

“Do you know?”

“...”

“Do you know the feeling of being betrayed by someone you trusted? The feeling of seeing someone who promised to always be on your side suddenly turn their back on you and scribble on your desk?”

Yuria began to vent her pent-up emotions about the things she had experienced.

“Do you not know about gratitude? I know too! I know how hard Ricardo had it because of me! I know he got hurt because of me!”

“Got hurt...?”

“But you don’t know! You don’t know about the time I was locked in the storage room at the music hall for three hours and wasn’t let out!”

Yuria continued to speak, unfazed by Olivia’s changed gaze. “You don’t know anything about me.”

“I believed it, I really believed it! You don’t know how it feels to have that trust shattered from the bottom up...!”

Yuria shouted, recalling Ricardo’s duplicity she had witnessed in the past.

“It’s scary... Honestly, it’s terrifying.”

“I want to give up now, but it’s scary because I might get betrayed again.”

Olivia let out a dry laugh and said, “One keyword and you’re getting angry already.”

“You really don’t know anything, do you?”

Olivia glanced at her once and muttered quietly, “Ricardo told me not to say it....” She let out a sigh and spoke slowly, enunciating each word.

“It’s about Ricardo.”

She clearly told Yuria, her voice reaching her ears.

“It’s because of you that I was kicked out of the Academy.”

“You really don’t know anything, do you?”