I will not die a Villainess's death

"I am back. Did you miss me?"

Elysia groaned as soon as she heard the familiar voice. The Dhampir had been resurrected and had come back for revenge.

But Elysia was not in any mood to have a face-off against the man. She needed to lose him but her lack of magic did make things difficult for Elysia.

"What is wrong? You can still beg me to spare your life."

"Why don't you beg for your life? Hearing your voice gives me a headache."

Before the Dhampir could react, Adam's familiar magic washed all around Elysia. The Dhampir never stood a chance to fight against him.

The Crown Prince looked like a mess, his hair ruffled and his eyes tired. His body still looked tense and Elysia was sure that Adam had not taken advantage of the opportunity Elysia had made for him and Eve.

'This stupid prince and his gentleman ways. Is he seriously waiting to marry Eve before jumping her? Just how much self-control does this teen have?'

Elysia had to give it up to Adam for having a will of steel. He had not taken Eve in a fit of lust but had chosen to walk away instead.

"Adam, you need to go back. You are in no condition to be walking around."

"I want to go back as well but I am in no condition to sit around. I will go mad if I don't move around."

Adam sounded sour but Elysia just shook her head.

"Adam, can you take care of this Dhampir? I will go ahead and look for Sora. I am sure he must have found the antidote for me by now."

Elysia knew that she was asking a lot from Adam but she wanted to keep him out of trouble for now.

Neither Adam nor Eve had anything to do with this mess Elysia had trusted herself into. It was not fair on them to be enduring the brunt of the final battle.

"Fine, I will back down for now. But you better be alright by the end of everything."

Elysia shook her head at Adam's words. The teen was speaking too much in the heat of the moment but Elysia did not blame him for that.

It was clear that Adam was getting confused between her and Eve because of the situation he had been placed in. His body was sending him mixed signals and Elysia did understand why that was happening.

Still, Elysia was not planning on doing anything stupid or worrisome so she agreed easily enough.

"I'll be careful so don't just concentrate on me. Keep Eve safe for me and we'll be even."

Adam's frustrated growls were Elysia's answer. It was funny how frustrated Adam got as soon as Eve's name was brought by in any conversation.

'It's so cute how Adam and Eve pretend not to like each other. They suit each other perfectly. I wish I had a love like theirs. It's so pure.'

Elysia shook her head at the outrageous idea. Love was for those would afford to spend time on it.

People like Elysia were too busy trying to survive in the first place. Love was a concept that was too far away from their grasp.

And the world reminded Elysia of this fact when she found herself saving Sara a few minutes later.

Her body moved on its own to cover Sara from the powerful spell's effect and her stomach erupted in pain.

'Ah, I am bleeding fatally. But strangely enough, I don't care anymore. Is this death? It's far more peaceful than I expected it to be. I want to close my eyes and sleep.'

Someone's voice kept on waking Elysia up. The strange peace she felt was being overpowered by the feeling of pain.

That pain was not letting Elysia sleep and she cried out without meaning to.

"That's it. You need to keep your awareness. Elysia, you cannot allow the sleep to get you or you will never wake up."

Every waking moment was torture. Elysia was fighting to go to sleep as she wanted the sweet embrace of that calmness back in her life.

But the torture continued and so did the feeling of agony.

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"You can back out now if you want to. I won't blame you if you have no courage to face your father. You do know that he is likely the culprit behind everything that is happening in the Kelvin town, right?"

Sara gave Lord Sorias a conflicted smile but she did not back down. It felt like cheating to back down now.

A lot of people had already paid the price for Sara's cowardness so it was time for her to step up. Everything inside Sara was asking her to take charge of this situation.

"You don't have to listen to the world and face this situation if you don't want to. I will be able to handle this situation on my own."

Sara wanted to take Lord Sorias's offer so badly. She wanted to run and hide from this situation.

But alas, it would not solve anything for Sara. she would just be bound by her past forever, never being able to break away from her chains.

"Nah, it's not the world that is making me do this. I just this it is time I step up and do what I should have a long time ago."

Lord Sorias remained silent. But she waited for Sara to open the door, which she appreciated.

Sara desired to control things at her own speed and to begin this new chapter of her life with her own hands.

"You both kept me waiting for so long. Hurry up and say what you want to. We don't have all day to talk."

Sara swallowed her trepidation as her gaze met the familiar pair of purple eyes. Her uncle had the face, but her father had the eyes.

Sara had only seen her father once or twice before he abandoned her and her mother. His death had come as a shock, yet it had not devastated Sara.

"What are you trying to do, Andrew? You are making a whole town suffer for your revenge. That is no better than what happened to us back then."

Lord Sorias sounded angry but her father ignored that ire. Her father's purple eyes turned toward Sara and they kept her bound to her place.

Sara wanted to move but the familiar face glaring at her with those unfamiliar eyes caused Sara to lose all strength.

"Don't compare me to those who tormented us. I am being careful not to kill unnecessary people in my revenge plan. All I want to do is to remove a key piece in this world's plan."

Sara felt her breath hitch as she felt her father's magic aiming at her. Lord Sorias's quick actions saved Sara's life.

"You are taking things too far and causing too much damage in the process. And you, halfling, get moving if you don't want to die."

Sara snapped out of her shock at the sudden yell. Lord Sorias were blocking her view of her father and that finally allowed Sara to pull herself together.

The next attack was parried away by Sara's own hands but it tingled when she did that. She had not realized it but Sara had been shaking quite violently.

"I do not care how you exact your revenge against this world but you dared to pull my contractor in your schemes and that is pissing me off a lot."

"That was not my intention. Your contractor was the one who decided to step into this situation without consideration. You cannot possibly blame for this situation."

Her father and Lord Sorias were having a back-and-forth debate while exchanging blows. Lord Sorias had even returned to his adult form to be able to keep up better with her father.

It was quite difficult to say who was winning currently. Both sides were holding their blows back but Sara knew she had to do something to rectify this situation as well.

She had not heard what she needed from her father and until this situation became clear to her, she did not want to see her father die at his former comrade's hand.

"Lord Sorias, wait a minute."

The forest god stopped but her father did not have the same consideration.

"I wanted to lock you up and mess up the situation that way, but I can see that it is no longer possible. Then, why don't you die right now and fulfill my promise to my fallen comrades."

It was a shock to see her father's angry eyes trained on Sara. those eyes had always been indifferent toward Sara so this hate was new.

Even Lord Sorais could not stop the bold lightning that had been thrown toward Sara. It was just too late to save her now.

'I just wanted to know why. Why did you give up on me and mother?'

Sara closed her eyes, bracing herself for the hit.

But it never reached her. Something hard and heavy slammed into Sara and she felt a body collapse on top of her.

Blood splattered across Sara's face as silky black obstructed her vision.

"I m…ad…e it i..n t..i..me."

Elysia's body collapsed against Sara's chest, blood oozing out of the wound in her stomach. The younger was losing blood quite fast.

"Why? Why did she interfere? She, out of everyone, should have enough reason to keep away from those favored by the world."

"YOU! I no longer care about your reasons. Your life would end here and now."

Sara felt numb at that very second. The shock of her father's last cry did not rouse her from the despair that was brewing inside her mind.

'Things were not supposed to be like this. I was supposed to confront my father and ask him the reason why he abandoned me. We were supposed to resolve our differences, not end up like this.'

"Oi, stand up and open your eyes. Elysia, this is not funny at all. I need you to open your eyes and look at me. Your friend would kill me if you don't open your eyes. So please, open your eyes. Open them for my sake."

Sara could feel the ragged breath of Elysia's chest. The younger female was not dead yet but it was a close call.

"Move aside. I will get Elysia to stabilize but not if you keep on being in the way."

Sara's body was shaken away from Elysia's body. Lord Sorias pulled Elysia in his arms, his magic working overtime to stabilize Elysia.

But the beast familiar was no healer and it was taking everything in him to keep Elysia stable.

"Go and find that stupid human with healing powers right now. She's the only one who can save Elysia's life."

Sara's brain kicked in gear at those words and she instantly took off. She did realize that her father was alive for now as well but Sara's brain could not comprehend that information.

She had a one-track mind for now and it was to find Eve.

'If only I could use my powers fully, I would have been able to help as well. I should have allowed myself to form a contract. No, I will form a contract and train myself to use my powers. I need to repay Elysia for this debt.'