The Villainess With No Happy Endings

Chapter Twenty-Five - Rivals, Friends, or Something?

I really don't know how to feel about getting a fever after arriving in a new place. It wasn't even a fever that would leave after two days or something like that. I was sick for basically half a month and I can't remember most of the things that happened when I was sick. For some reason, I kept remembering the person with the beautiful eyes and for some reason a male with a nice smile.

Whenever I tried to figure out who the male with the nice smile was, my head would get a painful headache and it felt like my heart was breaking. For some reason, I knew that I didn't want to remember this male... It just felt like something I am too scared to face...

It is embarrassing to remember that I kept calling out for Mae during the time I was sick. I even kept mistaking Drucilla for her and holding onto her hand. I don't know how to feel about her pretending to be Mae and comforting me as she would... She didn't leave my side once when I was sick and that made me feel something only Mae would bring out in me.

I finally can get up from the bed I was stuck in for half a month but still felt a bit out of it. I was given a week to get used to feeling better after such a harsh fever that appeared out of nowhere. During that time I decided to learn more about my mom's family and their history by looking through the library in the house I was currently in.

It seems like I wasn't the only one thinking that since I ended up running into Colton who also didn't look happy to see me either. I decided to just ignore him as I looked through the library for history books about this place. Even though I was fine with just reading in silence, Colton didn't seem like he could handle it at all.

"I see you finally decided to stop being sick and laying in bed like a useless baby." Colton was looking at me with a smug look and I really wanted to break his glasses since it just added to his shitty personality. I just gave him a bored look before looking back at the book I was reading.

"Hey! Don't ignore someone when they are talking to you! Just because your mother is from an important family doesn't mean anything! You are still just a...! Um𑁋!" Colton seemed to be struggling with coming up with something to insult me with and I really couldn't forget how different we were in age, mentally.

"If you keep acting like this... I may end up thinking you actually have a crush on me. Which is something I wouldn't enjoy since you are rather short and I don't go for short people." I walked over to Colton and towered over him. I never thought I would see a day where someone's face got so red so quickly.

"Why the hell would I like someone like you! You are so unladylike! It's disgusting! You are more of a man than a woman! Go to hell! I hate you! You are only smug because you think you're smarter than me! Keep acting smug so when I finally defeat you it will hurt even more! Ugly! Stupid!" Colton quickly put space between us and went to the other side of this library but he didn't take his eyes off me once as he kept throwing childish insults at me.

I just shook my head at him as I went back to where all the books I collected were and started to read once more. Once I started to read I noticed something right away... The books from under the rule bad side of my mom's family were rather biased, not a single bad word was spoken about the people who control the land.

They kept referring to themselves in the third person and calling themselves chosen by gods. They saw everyone under their rule lucky to even be near them. They didn't think highly of the people outside of their country. They only saw themselves as the center of the world. It was rather embarrassing reading this...

I guess it was also helpful to read through the eyes of the people who didn't see what they were doing was wrong. I could understand where all they made their mistakes and how they thought it was a good choice at the moment. They were only thinking of themselves and not about the people they were ruling over.