I Reincarnated as a Wicked Girl
Chapter 7 Denis' Regret
Previous story:
King Albion meets with the Duke's family. The king explained the short and safe route to Albion to them. Eva tells the others that they will move to the kingdom of Albion and thanks them. It was surprising but they gave a positive response and expected them to have a safe trip.
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Civil war in Well kingdom is over. But the news spread all over the world. Everyone heard the story that was passed on by word of mouth. And they were all amazed.
They knew that there was the existence of geniuses like Eva, who mastered many elements. The little girl also mastered light magic and dark magic. Where such a thing cannot happen. As a result everyone started to think, is dark magic really that evil and bad? Because of Eva's existence, some people have open minds about dark magic and are no longer racist about it.
They were also shocked to learn that the fearsome Elf king was helping the Duke and his family in the war. The problem was that the elves had never interfered in the affairs of the humans at all. The elf king broke that fact now.
The fight between the elf king and the group of light magicians also became a great gossip. Some of the soldiers who saw the fight themselves began to spread gossip throughout. The moment everyone heard it, they began to think that light magic was not as great. Perhaps light magic was amazing in the eyes of those who were about to die. But magic is very bad to use in combat.
In the kingdom of Well, the center of all the chaos. In a room far away in the royal palace. There were two girls lying there, they were Vivian and Wiya. The previous one had already been injured by the Marquis and was in a coma for several days.
Wiya first came to her senses because her injuries were lighter. When he regained consciousness, he panicked thinking he was in jail again. But he did not see any guards in the room. She also saw Vivian lying on the bed beside her. So he felt a little relieved.
Shortly after, Vivian also regained consciousness. Although he was aware, his body condition still did not improve. His whole body was sick and he could not move much.
"Miss Vivian, be careful" Wiya helped her to sit down.
"What's going on? How long have we been unconscious? What about Evan?" ask Vivian to panic. "Are we locked up again?"
"Miss calm down" Wiya said. "I've checked around, no guards at all. But we're still in the palace territory" Wiya actually wanted to escape. But Vivian wasn't aware. She could not bear to leave the little girl herself in a wounded condition.
"You're sober?" suddenly a foreign voice sounded from behind the door. The two girls were completely unaware that there was someone coming to their place.
Door opens. Appears to an old man carrying a basin of water. Vivian.
"Master healer" said Vivian reflex. The old man was a palace physician.
"Miss' injuries are severe. Miss can't move for a few days" the palace healer said as she began washing Vivian's injured leg.
Vivian frowned, enduring the pain. His entire body had many wet wounds and bruises. His face is no exception. His internal organs were also injured. But the healing potion began to repair his wound. He was actually in a state of near-death at that time.
"Sir, what's going on outside? What about the Duke and the family?" ask Vivian worriedly.
He and Wiya knew nothing at all because they had fainted back then.
The doctor began to look at them in turn. He took a deep breath and took it out. Then he started telling me everything that happened in the capital. This story is no secret at all. Almost everyone knows it. So the healer told me everything without exception. Except for something related to the kingdom of Albion because the world still does not know the relationship between the Duke and them.
Wiya let out tears, crying, as she heard the whole story. He felt both happy and sad when he heard Duke and the others survived. He felt happy because they survived, but felt sad thinking they were all staying in the middle of the forest now. Wiya is sure no kingdom will accept them, considering there are many dark witches in their entourage.
Wiya wants to catch up with Duke and his family. But Vivian stopped him and said she wanted to come too. So Wiya had to wait until Vivian recovered to catch up with them.
After the doctor left the room. Someone who was never expected to come visit them. It was Denis! The two women were immediately awkward as Denis started approaching them.
"How are you guys doing?" ask Denis.
"We're fine" the two women replied in unison.
"What's going on? How did you end up in such a state?" ask Denis.
Vivian explained everything. He intends to rescue the detained Evan. But the Marquis suddenly came and injured them. Take Evan and intend to kill the baby.
"Your highness. They are innocent. Although Diana's aunt was a dark witch, she wasn't a bad person. He's not a spy. To be honest I instead suspected my father of being a spy because he did something strange in the mansion. He also met some strange people"
Denis silent. He seems to be thinking. He knew that the intent of Vivian's words was a human experiment conducted by the Marquis and other people in the basement.
"But the dark witch will still be the bad guy. They were born that way"
"That's not true!" Wiya immediately denied it. He looks very emotional. "The big lady is not a bad person. I've been living with him for years. She is a kind and gentle woman. He never got angry with us even when we did something wrong. He can't even kill an ant. How such a fragile person would have to deal with such a cruel thing..." Wiya's crying.
"But still..."
"It's not true, Your Majesty!" refute Wiya fast. "Wicked people will remain bad people if they want to do evil. The madam could not choose how she was born. Despite the stigma that dark witches are criminals. Not that all dark witches are bad guys. Some of them even hide to survive. Because the world is against them. Bad people are born because of their evil nature. Not because of the origin of how they were born. After all, all the babies in this world are pure innocent even though they are dark witches. Your mind is too closed, Your Majesty. It's so closed that you can't even see the real facts at all!"
Wiya wanted to babble again but Vivian immediately stopped her. So that Wiya can only sob and cry. Vivian tried to calm the girl down by comforting her.
Denis did not reply to Wiya's statement. He slowly turned around, leaving the two men behind.
Denis is feeling very dazed right now. Wiya's words right pierced towards her deepest feelings. Where at that time he fought using his feelings and logic. But he chose logic because he had to know that he carried the lives of many people on his back.
Bad people are born because of their evil nature. Not because of the origin of how they were born. Denis agrees with that. After all, she could not prove how Diana did such an evil deed.
"Is my mind closed?" he muttered to himself while looking up at the sky.
She felt regret and felt her chest hurt.
"How can time be replayed?"