The Villain Reborn as Game's Final Boss

Chapter 277: Pat her [4]

"Don’t be shy."

Diana cheered from behind as Alicia stood before me with her eyes staring at the ground below.

"Your dream’s coming true."

Dream?

"Shut up!"

Hm?

Diana’s words made Alicia shout at her.

I could even see Alicia’s face turning a deeper shade of red, as she was getting more embarrassed than before.

"Dream?"

I asked to clarify what Diana was referring to.

"Ah! You might not know, but Alicia had always prayed for—"

"It’s nothing."

Alicia quickly interrupted Diana while giving her a death stare, or at least something that was similar to it.

"But—"

"Speak another word, and I am leaving this place."

Alicia’s words were like a judgment that left no room for negotiation, making Diana turn silent while simply nodding her head.

"And you... don’t get ahead of yourself. I am simply going by her wishes—"

"You don’t have to."

"Huh?"

"If it’s against your wishes, you don’t have to do it... Frost."

I uttered the words while taking a step forward, resulting in the distance between me and Alicia being reduced.

Though I had decided to make use of the Frosts... it didn’t mean that I would lower myself to satisfy their pride.

"It was just her way of pouting."

Diana spoke while closing the distance between us.

"It’s your wish too, isn’t it?"

Diana looked towards Alicia with a faint, yet knowing smile.

"It’s not—"

"This might be the last chance that you will ever get to remedy the situation."

"..."

I didn’t interrupt the conversation in any way.

Haa...

Closing my eyes, I stood silently, waiting for this event to get over.

"Excuse me."

Hm?

A faint fragrance hit my nose, which was then soon followed by warmth enveloping my body.

Just as I opened my eyes, I felt two slender arms pressing against my back.

Alicia’s blonde hair was the first thing that I saw after opening my eyes.

"Thank you for helping her."

Alicia softly whispered as she tightened the hug around my waist.

I stood in silence, not responding to the act in any way.

"See, it was that simple."

Diana’s compliment made me look at her, only for the girl to do weird antics with her hand.

I narrowed my eyes looking at Diana, who was now moving her right palm... or was she shaking it?

Seeing that I wasn’t able to get the message, Diana sighed before motioning me to read her lips.

Hm?

Though I found it pointless, I took the effort to interpret what the girl was saying.

Diana moved her lips in slow motion, allowing me to understand the words that she was saying—

Pat her?

My eyes blinked subconsciously as I once again tried to focus on Diana’s lips.

Haa...

There was no doubt about it.

Diana was asking me to pat Alicia’s head for reasons only known to her.

Though I had given Diana some importance by allowing Alicia to hug me on her demand... that didn’t necessarily mean that I would go along with all her antics.

And honestly, I found there to be no benefit in such an act.

How would patting her even help me?

Hm?

Diana’s expression had turned sour as she began to pout over my lack of cooperation.

"Thank y-you for everything."

Alicia uttered the words while barely managing to control her voice.

The character named Alicia had always been the most emotional one among the Frosts, but experiencing it first hand made me realize the extent to which this girl was attached to her family.

Alicia should have been upset at me for... disciplining her sister, yet here she was—

Hm?

I felt a wet sensation on my chest... as if—

Was the girl crying?

"T-Thank you... for coming back."

I didn’t respond to Alicia’s words, as Diana’s smiling face stood before me.

Diana simply shrugged her shoulders with a knowing look.

Had Alicia always been in search of an opportunity like this?

Because everything she was saying couldn’t be something that she had just felt at the moment.

Alicia... did she still care for Kael?

For me?

No.

It might have been the sudden events that had disoriented the girl, or else why would she do something like this?

Victoria clearly treated me as an outsider... so why wouldn’t it be the same with her?

I looked at the blonde head that now rested on my chest, as Alicia’s tears continued to soak my uniform.

Still... I couldn’t understand these sudden emotional fluctuations on the part of Alicia Frost.

Going by logic, shouldn’t such developments be slow-paced?

But it felt like a bottle had burst open, resulting in all its contents being emptied at once.

Haa...

Still, there was no use debating over the decision of the Frost before me.

My mind began to process all the words that I could say at the moment... words that would help me in achieving the desired results, but—

No matter how much I thought, my mind remained entirely blank... not being able to formulate the words that could have the desired impact at the moment.

Was it out of some guilt?

Or was I subconsciously trying not to deceive the girl before me?

No.

That wasn’t it.

I just didn’t have enough memories of Alicia to be able to say anything at the moment.

Haa...

Looking ahead, Diana was still motioning me with her lips to pat Alicia’s head.

Should I?

Though the thought passed through my mind, I found it difficult to go along with it.

Such acts weren’t suited to me.

Still... I didn’t have any good words to speak at the moment, making Diana’s suggestion all the more relevant for the current situation.

But... would it even be useful enough for me?

I could feel the slight trembling of Alicia’s body.

Was it from the cold?

Maybe.

Haa...

Seeing there being nothing else to say, I slowly raised my hand above Alicia’s head in order to... rub it.

After all, that was how I had seen people do this type of thing.

But just as I was about to place it on the girl’s head... a repulsive feeling rose within me.

Haa...

The feeling felt so overwhelming that I subconsciously began to take away my hand from Alicia’s head—

Huh?

Diana’s hand pushed mine from above, making it rest on Alicia’s head.

’Trust me.’

Looking at her, that’s what Diana’s lips said.