Voyage Of The Villainess

Please do not open this chapter. This is an accidental duplicate of Chapter 32.

 But sadly she couldn't do something like that now. 

Her two days plan was ruined to ashes.

A helpless smile escaped her lips. 'I'm not the only person here, huh. Those words, I don't know what his intention behind those words but thanks to him I realized something.'

"Malaya."

Malaya raised her head when she heard Hyun Jae's soft voice. Behind her was the crown prince and Theo who were glaring at her as usual.

"Do you have the answer to my question before?" Malaya asked straight to the point.

"Uhm..."

"Hyun Jae doesn't need to answer your question. It is obvious that we will do everything to defeat that traitor." The crown prince said.

The crown's prince's words simply went to Malaya's right ear then out to her left. She was just looking at one particular person. 

And the said person, Hyun Jae simply avoided her gaze. 

"I see. So you still have no answer." Malaya simply grace Hyun Jae with a smile. "It is indeed a hard decision, but when the time comes and you have to choose, make sure that choice will be where you will stay alive."

Hyun Jae looked even more confused at Malaya. She opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something. But in the end she simply closed her mouth back and nodded her head.

"Alright." Malaya clapped her hands. "For the village rescue, we will set tomorrow morning before sunrise. But before that this is the plan I've come up with…"

For three more hours, Malaya discussed her plan to the three. Though only one person seems to listen to her seriously. 

"Alright that's all. We just need to prepare what I discussed and sleep early today so that we will be able to have more strength and energy reserves tomorrow."

For the whole day, Lila and Lorn checked and cleaned the unconscious people. Then Lorn was also tasked with cooking their food. However as he kept moving around the inn, Lorn kept glancing back and forth to Malaya and Hyun Jae's group. 

"!" Lorn was surprised when Malaya suddenly looked in his direction. She simply smiled at him and the boy quickly averted his gaze and focused instead on preparing the dishes and table.

The night finally came. And everyone retired to their room.

Malaya who was in her room opened her eyes wide. Then she stood up and picked the single bag that contained some of the important things she managed to find in the inn. Then she wore the coat hanging in the head of her bed.

Malaya slowly walked out of her room, making sure not to make any sounds. She headed towards a particular room. When she opened it, both Lorn and Lila were sleeping already. She slowly headed towards Lorn and woke the child.

Lorn were surprised to see that it was Malaya.

"Shh...follow me to my room. I want to speak with you."

Lorn simply nodded his head and they carefully headed to Malaya's room. When they reached inside. Malaya locked the room and looked at the boy with a dead serious expression.

"Lorn, I will leave here tonight. Guide me towards the village."

"Leave now? I thought you would leave early in the morning?"

"So you have heard the plan we talked about," Malaya said casually.

Lorn's face became strained. "I just happened to hear it when I accidentally passed through the door."

"I see." Malaya simply replied. "But the truth is, the plan I told Hyun Jae and the others is just nonsense."

"Nonsense?"

"I don't intend for them to come with me. My real plan is to go to that village tonight without them."

Lorn's eyes widened in shock to the words he was hearing. "You can't do that! They need to come with you!"

"Why do they need to come with me?"

"That's because…" Lorn paused thinking of the words he was going to say. "It would be dangerous to go there alone."

"Who said, I'm going there alone?" An unreadable smile escaped Malaya's lips. "I told you to accompany me to the village."

Lorn's expression became distorted as if he was conflicted about something.

"Or you don't want to accompany me because..." Malaya slowly walked towards him and leaned to his ear to whisper something.

Lorn's eyes widened as he clenched both his fists.

"Fine." Lorn took a deep breath. "I'll accompany you."

"Thank you, Lorn." Malaya patted Lorn's head. "I know I can count on you the most here."

Malaya picked up a rope that was under her bed and tied it to the post. She then walked towards her window. And checked first if anyone was there. When she saw that the ground below was clear, she threw the rope right away.

"Let's go," Malaya said. Then afterwards, she started climbing down the window. 

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The two of them continued to walk silently. They passed one empty house after another as they trailed the streets of the abandoned village. And after a few more walks, they finally reached the end of the village.

One could see the mist enveloping the outside of the village. Before they stepped out, Malaya brought out another rope from the bag she was carrying.

"Let's tie this to each other's hands so that we will not get separated in the mist."

Lorn agreed. Both of them tied the rope on each other's hands.

"Perfect." Malaya said when she saw that the ropes were both perfectly tied to them. 

"Can you ride horses?" 

Lorn nodded his head at Malaya who was now caressing one of the horses tied on the fences near them.

"Alright then, take the other one and let's leave now."

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Sound of horses' prancing could be heard as Malaya and Lorn treaded the misty lands ahead. Malaya was able to match Lorn's speed in order for their rope to not accidentally dragged each other due to one being faster.

Soon after a few hours of treading, Malaya could finally see amidst the mist, two large wooden posts.

Malaya and Lorn got down from the horses. And tied them once again on a fence near them.

"Lorn, are you not going to tell me anything more that I need to know in this village?" Malaya asked.

"I have told you everything." Though there was confusion inside Lorn's head, he simply just answered Malaya's question.

"I see." Malaya started to walk carefully at the entrance of the village. "Thank you for all your help until now." Malaya said. "You may wait for me here."

"Are you going alone inside?"

Lorn face held with worry. Malaya simply caressed his head. "Don't worry. I'll handle everything now. Go hide somewhere now."

Malaya started to walk ahead. Where there were two cloaked people guarding the entrance of the village.

The two cloaked guards became alerted when they saw Malaya approaching.

"Who's there?!" They both pointed their spears towards Malaya.

Malaya didn't speak anything as she dashed towards the two guards. She immediately locked the first guard with her arms. Then she threw the Trinity to the other guard.

It hit his head directly. Knocking him off. Malaya caught the Trinity back to her hands. Then hit the head of the man she was strangling.

But there were other guards inside as well who noticed the commotion outside the entrance of the village of Or. They immediately sounded the bells, alarming the whole village.

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Inside the largest building in the village, one cloaked person rushed inside and kneeled down.

"What's happening?" The man wearing a clown suit and had hunchback asked. 

"There are intruders outside of the village! We didn't know their number yet but the guards are already looking after it."

"Intruders." The witch smiled sinisterly. "Shall I go and see that, Milord?"

Oliver drummed his fingers on the armrest of his chair. He looked at the orb that was showing Iris' group location.

'They are still faraway. Who might be those intruders now? Could it be them?' A sly smile escaped his lips. 'Did the kid successfully bring them here?'

However he felt something strange. His smile grew even wider when he glanced at the cloaked person kneeling in front of them.

He quickly caught the weapon that was thrown right to him. It surprised everyone in the room. 

'Since she is magicless, I didn't notice her presence right away.'

The other cloaked people pointed their spears at the cloaked person in the middle of the hall.

"No need." Oliver stated. "It seems the intruder herself is already here."

"Ah. Too bad I got caught. I thought I can easily kill you like that." Malaya removed the hood. "But at least the spy you sent us really gave me the right map of the village."

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Early the next day, in Malaya's previous room, Hyun Jae's hands trembled as she read the letter left by Malaya inside the drawer.