Becoming the Villain’s Family - Chapter 370
Chapter 370
Elaina’s casual question struck Maya like a lightning bolt.
Relationship…? What…?
For a moment, Maya froze as if her mind had short-circuited, trying to figure out the meaning of the word ‘relationship.’
“Ah, well, it seems like I’m in a relationship like a priestess serving a god. But that wasn’t exactly agreed upon…”
She glanced at Noah as she spoke.
At the same moment, their eyes met, and she flinched, but quickly forced herself and continued.
“There was no agreement. No agreement at all. Hey, are you listening?”
“You were the one who mentioned responsibility.”
“No, that’s not it! I said I would take responsibility for you and help you out of the temple, like helping you settle down, like a normal person!”
“What’s the difference?”
“It’s completely different! It’s a scam contract! I thought you were human to begin with!”
“Didn’t I clearly imply I was a god?”
“I thought you were just a crazy person brainwashed by those zealots…! Ugh!”
This.conversation.is.not.working!
For Maya, who was already bad at expressing herself, Noah was a tough opponent.
A god didn’t follow the logic that most humans took for granted.
Meanwhile, Elaina, who had been sparkling with admiration, froze for a moment.
She looked up at Maya, who was tugging at her hair in confusion, before taking a few steps back and quickly leaving the room.
A moment later, she returned with a striking, blonde-haired boy, looking just as aristocratic.
He was the other child Maya had rescued from the zealot village.
“What’s this all of a sudden?”
This boy had probably heard adults say countless times that when he grew up, he’d make a lot of women cry.
It seemed that those destined for a promising future tended to stick together.
Was that why I didn’t have friends…? As Maya instinctively searched for her hood and glanced around, the two children lowered their voices and began speaking to each other.
“I thought things would go smoothly, but maybe not.”
“I told you, didn’t I? She wasn’t called a witch for nothing.”
“Do you think she looks like a witch?”
“She doesn’t seem like one, but you can’t tell just by looking.”
“Don’t you know my ability?”
“But what if she has a split personality? Could you really guarantee you’d read everything if one personality doesn’t recognize the other?”
“I can’t say for sure…”
“See?”
Kids, I can hear everything. Maya’s eyelids twitched as she listened to the unfiltered conversation.
Even though they were talking about things only they understood, she couldn’t help but overhear their doubts about whether she was a witch or not.
Kids these days…
Maya felt like crying.
“Anyway, the important thing is that she has become lovers with Noah!”
What? Who? Me? Since when? Sitting in a corner, Maya couldn’t ignore the fabricated statement any longer.
Startled, she stood up with a vein in her neck and shouted,
“No!”
“No? But kissing is something you do with someone you like, right?”
“Ki…!”
Maya suddenly remembered the moment she had desperately tried to forget, just before she passed out.
It was the moment when Noah had forcibly struck a contract to leave the temple…
Wait, hold on.
“How do you know about that? Ella was supposed to be asleep.”
“Hehe.”
Elaina’s cheeks turned red like petals, and she smiled sweetly. It was obvious she’s clearly trying to brush off the awkward question.
But the moment Maya saw that smile, she felt her lingering doubt vanish entirely.
What a scary child.
“In fairy tales, when the princess and the prince kiss, all worries and troubles vanish, and they lived happily ever after.”
As Elaina made his excuses, Ugo, who had been watching her intently, added in agreement.
“It’s depicted as the universal solution, regardless of time or place.”
“A true love’s kiss!”
“True… yes, that.”
True… what?
The theory was so dreadful that Maya shook her head vigorously, vehemently denying it.
“No, it wasn’t like that. It was, um, more like an accident.”
“An accident?”
“Like being run over by a carriage on the street…”
“Wow…”
Elaina’s mouth hung open in a daze.
Did she just compare kissing her ancestor to being run over by a carriage? This was serious.
Elaina had been convinced that Noah’s partner was definitely Maya, but was forced to reconsider her judgment.
“…Is it really not?”
Finally, Elaina remembered that she hadn’t sensed any affection between Maya and Noah. She had been so focused on the idea that the two were together that she hadn’t even checked the basic facts.
“I don’t think so. Look at that look in her eyes. Where’s the affection? She just wants to get away from this frightening situation.”
Ugo whispered.
Since Maya couldn’t hide her emotions at all, it was a clear, accurate assessment.
She had thought that she had finally found an ancestor of the Valentines, but now she wondered if there was someone else.
Elaina felt deflated.
She had been hoping to return home soon, but now she had to find someone else, and the idea of Maya being the first mistress of the Valentine family had faded.
‘Well, it’s fine.’
But she recovered quickly.
Things weren’t going as smoothly as she had hoped, but they were still moving as planned.
Now that they had met the witch Maya, they could search for Luca and head to the labyrinth where the princess was supposed to be trapped.
‘But Maya is the only priestess who awakened Noah, who will be called a hero. So why was she labeled a witch in history books?’
Could something have happened?
As Elaina furrowed her brow, lost in thought, Maya, who had also been deep in thought, seemed to have come to a decision.
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