I Will Die As The Villainess √

63: Her Life Before Becoming The Side Character

Seriously.... This kid.. Is she somehow mocking me?

I know for sure kids are childish but there's a limit to that. There's a limit.... Or am I the one losing my limit here?

"Listen here Kyoko, I am here to help." Not a good way to start a conversation but I'm seriously reaching my limit.

"I am not a damsel in distress. I don't need your help."

"Oh, then you're not planning on escaping those chains? It must be quite uncomfortable." Smiling, I raise my wrist and rub it, somehow enjoying my freedom. The child with black hair and chocolate eyes glared at me as she scoffs. Her tiny and somehow malnourished hands clench into a fist as her eyes continued to challenge me.

She must be thinking of scaring me with those glares but sadly for her, it was adorable. No matter how annoying this child is, I always forgive her.

It was my task to be acquainted and somehow grew close with her but, it's almost three months I haven't made any progress! God help me with this kid! How can I handle her? She's only eleven years old yet why is she so good with words?!

Leaning back on the chair, I shifted my gaze towards the white ceiling. It's been two years since I started this job.. It wasn't that complicated and everything was going well until this child entered.

According to the files given, she murdered her father somehow. She can't be sent to jail and there were signs of mental disabilities but I haven't seen it. I don't even think she's crazy or something. She seems perfectly well to me.

But even so, I might be wrong. I met her mother and she spoke about how weird this child acts. Its as if Kyoko wasn't her child? She must've come to that conclusion after her husband got murdered by their child. Whenever I ask the mother, she doesn't exactly give the details. It's as if she's hiding something or maybe she's the one who's sick?

This case is so complicated.

I mean why would a mother send her child and only daughter to a fucking asylum?! There's a better way to do things but why?! Just why?

I believe the mother is lying or something but I can't just say that. I don't have any evidence to support it and I don't think it's good to involve myself with someone's affair.

"You've gone silent.." Her soft and adorable voice echoed throughout the room. I lifted my head and look at her.

"I'm thinking-"

"A fool like you can still think?"

I wanna pinch those pale cheeks just to make her respectful somehow. This just shows she was never educated with manners or something.

"Why do you think so? How can you say I am a fool? Is it because I believe there's something crazy going on with you just like your mother?"

"N-no. If you think I'm crazy just like mother then you aren't wrong but regardless, you're still a fool."

She stammered... This is the first time she did that. Is it because of her mother?

"Tell me," it's not nice to be straightforward towards a child but today is an exception, let me just prove the theory that's been bothering me for nights. I wanna sleep too you know.

"Am I right to assume that you killed your father to protect your mother?"

Her eyes widen as her figure started shaking violently, probably recalling something. She averted her gaze towards the floor as her fingers played with the fabric of her clothes.