The Villainess Who Was Dumped Got Married into My Family, a Mob Noble from the Frontier, and Turns Out, She's an Amazing Capable Wife? - Chapter 15: You Were the One Sending the Magic Worms

Chapter 15: You Were the One Sending the Magic Worms

“Has my gift made her even more beautiful?”

Drip, drip.

“Is she spending her days in agony and suffering?”

Drip, drip, drip, drip.

“Kuhahahaha.”

Every time the magician moved his mouth, magic worms spilled out from it.

“The lady known as a genius, Alicia, kuhahaha.”

The more I looked, the more disgusting the sight became.

“Just imagining her downfall from a single flaw, kuhaha.”

The fallen magic worms wriggled in masses at my feet.

“You couldn’t stand it anymore, could you? Yes, yes, yes.”

“…It was you, huh?”

“Yes, it was me. But, of course, it had no effect on the lord of the frontier—”

Before the blushing magician could finish talking.

Bang!

A loud sound echoed.

“So, it was you bastarrrrrd!”

The sound was the floorboards bursting under my step.

Using magic on the soles of my feet to close the distance in an instant, I grinned and stabbed the sword I held into the mouth that was spilling magic bugs, no questions asked.

“Fugh!?”

There was no sensation of piercing through the spine.

At the last moment, the magician dodged by shaking his head to the side.

Tch, almost had it.

I shouted into the ear of the magician, who was now sewn to the wall with his face sideways and unable to move.

“Every single day, every single day, every single day, you bastard!”’

Day after day, day after day.

“So, you were the damn bastard sending loads of magic worms to my place!”

What a fuking nuisance!

Even if I got rid of all of Alicia’s magic worms, they’re still all over my windows.

Outside, they cling to the walls like stink bugs.

Inside, they roam around like cockroaches.

“I was so fed up!”

Alicia couldn’t see them, but I could see them clearly.

On days when one would accidentally fall into my coffee from the ceiling, and I drank it without noticing only to find a magic bug at the bottom of the cup, those days felt utterly terrible.

It’s not like eating or drinking them harmed me, but it was a matter of feeling gross.

That time, when I said I’d track down and kill the source of the curse, I wasn’t lying. I really was thinking about killing them on sight.

“W-w-what’s with you…?”

The magician trembled at my sudden rage.

“You’re really, truly, a fuking nuisance.”

“It, it hurts, p-pull out the sword.”

“And your taste is terrible too.”

Is it scum-like to take pleasure in imagining a talented woman’s downfall?

Yes, it’s scum-like. Definitely scum-like.

I will absolutely not allow anyone to direct such feelings towards our Alicia.

I’ll kill.

“Let me tell you something?”

“Aghhhh! Stop, it hurts!”

I twisted the sword I had stabbed in and declared.

“Alicia has recovered and is cheerfully helping with our work. Being a genius, she’s better at it than me, more liked by the people in the mansion, and living happily.”

Upon hearing this, the magician’s eyes bulged as he glared at me.

“Everything you imagined is the complete opposite. Too bad for you, heh?”

“Aaaaaah! Stop, stop, it hurts so much!”

Forcing himself to talk, the magician’s cheek split open with a snap. 

As he broke free from his restraints, he opened his mouth wide. 

Then, a bug with sharp jaws crawled out from it and snapped the sword stuck in the wall in two.

So, this was it. 

This was the magic that had cut off the arm of that adventurer. 

Probably, this scum in front of me specialized in curses, a kind of magic that even decent magicians couldn’t clearly see. 

That’s why that guy didn’t realize his arm was gone until it was too late. 

There’s a magic called Wind Blade that can cause a similar effect in wind-type magic, but it’s quite visible if you have good dynamic vision, so it’s unlikely that adventurers from the Brave region would miss it.

“Gr, hehe, huh? …Smile?”

The magician muttered, swaying.

The split in his mouth healed over, gathering magic bugs to form a scab-like seal.

“That Alicia? Even after I sent her all my feelings…?”

“You think I’d let something so creepy get through?”

The moment it arrived at the Brave family, it was blocked.

With the lingering scent of Onyx, it won’t ever get through again.

And if by any chance it does, I’ll just crush it. 

“It won’t reach her anymore, too bad for you.”

“That’s a lie!”

“It’s not a lie, it’s the truth.”

I clearly stated, and the magician visibly panicked.

“Her heart is supposed to be shattered by now! I filled it with so much resentment, gathering them at the school!”

The more I heard, the more pathetic it sounded. 

But, there’s good news. 

It seems like this guy is the only one behind the magic worms.

“I don’t believe it! Yes, that’s it! Why not go see for myself? I’ll go to the mansion right now and convey my feelings directly.”

As the magician screamed, a bug stretching out from his mouth opened its large jaws, aiming to cut me in half.

“There’s no way I’m letting you go.”

“Wha-!?”

I grabbed the bug’s jaw, which had easily bisected a steel sword, with one hand and pulled it out from the magician’s mouth.

“The very fact that I can clearly see this creepy bug of yours and grab it like this should give you a hint.”

“Why can’t it cut? It can easily slice through iron!!”

I meant that no matter how many curses he sent to Alicia, I could physically crush and dispose of them on sight, but it seemed this magician was far from understanding that. 

Holding the worm I crushed in my hand, I told the shocked magician.

“If you don’t get that, no matter how many curses you send, it’s useless. I’ll crush every single one without exception.” 

Though, he won’t be sending any more.

Enough of this; I don’t have time to deal with someone like this guy.

I faced the magician as if he were an enemy soldier.

“Hiii!”

Let’s finish this quickly.

“First, this is for our adventurer.”

I picked up a sword that had fallen to the floor and cut off the magician’s right arm.

His scream was irrelevant.

“Next, for sending all those fuking pests to our place.”

I swiftly cut off his limbs, making sure they wouldn’t stick back together with magic worms.

Pushed by the force, the magician ended up slumped in a chair like a broken doll.

“You’re insane! Insane! Why would you, aaaaah!”

He screamed, flailing his short limbs, but I didn’t deny it.

It was an undeniable fact.

“If you tell me who’s behind this, I’ll spare your life.”

“I’ll tell, I’ll tell! Ignite, Ignite!”

So, it was the doing of the Ignite family, one of the ducal families of this country.

“My thanks. And finally, this is for harassing Alicia.”

“Eh—”

I beheaded him.

A flicker of hope in the magician’s eyes turned to despair.

With a heavy thud, the magician’s head fell to the floor, facing me.

His lips moved slightly.

—Curse you, curse you, curse you.

He was barely whispering these words.

“I’m already cursed, you bastard.”

I smiled mockingly, and the light faded from his eyes.

Before I knew it, the minions whose wrists I had cut off were dead.

Well, I got the information I wanted, so it doesn’t matter.

“Is it over, young master?”

Standing in a pool of blood, Sebas was suddenly behind me.

“It’s over. Take care of the cleanup for me.”

“Understood.”

It’s been a while since I’ve dealt with anyone this harshly, not since I avenged my family.

Part of it was deliberately excessive to extract information.

But still…

When did it start?

When did my heart become numb to everything?

It’s understandable, given the circumstances, but I guess by normal standards, I’m not alright, am I?

Sometimes, I don’t even know what’s normal for me anymore.

It’s safe to say this is madness.