After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

This is Heidi retreating to advance.

On the one hand, he used the universal excuse of "worrying too much" to cover up his own flaws.

On the other hand, admitting a mistake can put the opponent who is in an advantageous position into a disadvantageous position.

After all - my fiancé is like this, isn't it normal to be worried and anxious? Even if my approach is a little wrong, at least my attitude is fine.

And you actually question my concerns about my fiancé? What are you thinking?

Could it be possible that you could actually produce some evidence to question whether my concern is fake?

Laugh to death.

Heidi had already opened the champagne in her heart.

Villian stood there with her arms folded, looking down at Heidi, who was curled up on the ground, with contempt, then slowly knelt down and pulled the two of them to the same height.

Then he looked into the other person's eyes and asked:

"So, Your Highness, you've been worried about your fiancé?"

"certainly!"

"So, what about before?"

"Before? I was injured in the battle and passed out. I came here right after I opened my eyes! I'm sorry, I... I woke up too late..."

Heidi continued to act because she found that Aize was observing the situation here.

However, the witch smiled mockingly:

"No, I mean, even before."

Heidi was stunned.

“…Even before?”

"From what I heard, Aize was bullied by your captain a lot in the team. He ran away this time because he had a falling out with the captain. Since you've always been worried about him, why didn't you speak up for him before?"

"I……"

At this moment, Heidi's mind went blank.

I thought the other party would stick to the facts, but I didn't expect him to put aside the injury and go straight to the most critical point.

And in this matter, she really didn't have much to explain.

On weekdays, the most I did was to go over to comfort Aize privately after he got into trouble, say some nice things, and scold Leah a few times.

However, he almost never confronted Leah head-on or directly defended Aize.

After all, Heidi's fundamental goal is to maintain her status as a princess through the activities of the hero.

Under this premise, Aize's importance is indeed irreplaceable, but Leia is also a hero, and turning against her will have a bad impact on oneself.

That's why she used this greedy "I want it all" strategy.

Normally, this wouldn't be a problem if he could easily control Aize, but being brought up by this guy in this situation would be quite serious.

Heidi gritted her teeth and looked at the purple-haired girl in front of her with a hint of anger. The room fell silent for a moment, with only the sounds of Aize's coughing and wheezing.

After a while——

"Is this okay now?!"

Heidi quickly calmed down and decided to turn the tables and get over the matter.

"What's important now is Aize, Aize! We can talk about other things later. We need to find a doctor and a priest to break the curse first, otherwise it will be too late!!"

"No, Your Highness, please don't worry about that."

Villian walked between Heidi and Aize, and interrupted the other person's speech with an indifferent look on her face.

She had had enough of this farce.

"I've checked his injuries. They're nothing serious for the short term. He's just too weak. Let him stay with me to recuperate. Once he's recovered a bit, we'll return to the Holy City to try and repair and protect him. What do you think?"

To Heidi, this was unacceptable.

Now that Aize is weak both physically and mentally, it is a good opportunity to take advantage of his weakness. At this time, the person who must stay by his side must be me.

However, Heidi saw the threat in the eyes of the strange woman in front of her.

Based on the flaws just revealed, she has been exposed completely. Continuing to resist at this moment will do no good and will only expose herself more thoroughly.

Unless, Aize spoke up at this time and said that he wanted to go back with him.

She winked at Aize beside her, indicating that he should cooperate with her. This trick was always very useful when dealing with nobles.

But now, Aize completely ignored her and just kept coughing and gasping.

Heidi's anger suddenly flared up.

What is this? Being a traitor? Not even helping your own fiancée? You pervert, you don't really want to abandon yourself and stick with this guy, do you?

Or maybe his injuries were more serious than he expected, and even his brain was damaged?

Then I haven't worked in vain?

But no matter what, without Aize's support, Heidi could only grit her teeth and nod:

"I understand, but he's my fiancé, so I'm staying too!! I'm going to take care of him!"

“Ahem, ahem—no need…”

Aize, who had been unable to breathe just now, finally recovered a little, and with difficulty he stood up and spoke to Heidi incoherently:

"Anlin Plains... the army suffered heavy losses... Leah... Leah can't handle the situation... You... you can't stay here... That place is more important than me..."

"But--"

"But you are... the princess... that side is... your... your responsibility... cough cough cough - I... cough cough - I'm fine..."

Heidi Neri's irritation escalated.

He just ignored me like a dead person, but when he was about to send me away, why did he suddenly become talkative again?!

Traitor, disgusting.

And this woman, where on earth did she come from?

In the past, Aize always sneered at and even felt disgusted by those so-called noble ladies. This was also one of the reasons why Heidi trusted him and thought he was useful.

But what's wrong with this guy? How could she actually let Aize speak for her? Did she charm him?

However, Heidi also understood that she had to restrain herself now and must not lose face here.

"I see."

Moreover, since Aize brought out the title of princess, Heidi really had nothing to say.

She stood up, her face full of pretended reluctance.

"Then I'll leave first. Wait... wait until they've finished evacuating, then I'll come back to take you away!"

"Uh-huh... please... cough cough cough——"

Aize forced a smile with difficulty. Heidi felt bitter in her mouth, but she had no choice but to leave temporarily.

As the door closed, the room fell into silence again.

"The princess is such a character, yet this country has managed to hold out for so long? What kind of rubbish are those responsible for the attack?"

Villian looked at the direction where Heidi left and said coldly, then she regained her previous smile and looked at Aize who was lying there.

"Come to think of it, your acting is really convincing. Even I was scared at first."

As he spoke, Aize sat up directly from the sofa. Apart from the fatigue on his face, the violent coughing and breathing just now seemed fake.

That’s right, everyone has to act.

The coughing was fake, the breathing was fake, and the blood was squeezed out by biting the tongue - it was pretty damn painful.

The purpose was to get Heidi away to prevent the Demon Chief and the God-chosen Hero from starting a war in such a place, and also so that he could die quietly without dragging more people into the water.

He smiled wryly and shook his head.

"You figured it out, didn't you? Ahem, how did you know?"

Villian came over and sat next to Aize:

"I cast the curse, so of course I know what will happen to the person who is cursed. How can this kind of soul-based damage suddenly worsen after a few pulls?"

"……Why?"

"Um?"

"Why do you want to cooperate with me?"

Aize still couldn't understand what this guy was thinking.

It is understandable that they come to seek revenge and to torture themselves.

But why did she let Heidi go?

With the strength of the Great Witch, Heidi, who was completely unprepared for battle, was already dead the moment she was discovered by her familiar.

But not only did she not take action, she also allowed the other party to come in and try to take her away.

After that, he first watched the show, and then cooperated with his own performance to send the other party away.

I have absolutely no idea why she would do this.

Villian tilted her head in confusion.

"Why? Didn't you want to get her out of here? So I'm just doing you a favor. Besides, I really don't like that scheming woman."

"No, that's not what I meant..."

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now."

Villian smiled and leaned over, hooking her arms around Aize's neck, bringing the distance between them to just a few centimeters, so close that they could even feel each other's breath.

If the other party was not planning to take his life, this situation would be quite embarrassing.

"Even if you're pretending, you do look a little grim. Let's deal with this first."

The witch said, and then she leaned close to Aize's ear and whispered in a low voice:

"I'll just ask you directly, are you willing to come to my side?"

Chapter 13 End of the Book

Heidi walked out of the cafe and into the deserted street. She was furious. She raised her hand and punched the wall next to her hand hard.

The brave man's blow caused the entire building to tremble, and a huge dent was left there.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it—that guy…those two guys, really deserve to die—"

Just letting Aize leave for a few days is not a big problem. What really makes Heidi so angry is that Aize dared not speak up for her.

This is the first time since the two of them established their superficial engagement.

Shouldn't someone injured and disabled be more discreet and cautious? Instead, he's betrayed his own people and turned the tables!

So is that woman.

Where on earth did this guy come from? He knew my identity but still showed no respect. Don’t these petty nobles nowadays even know such a little etiquette?

Even those grand dukes who were always thinking of pulling him down and replacing him would at least give him some face on the surface.

What about her? After hearing that she was a princess, she became even more aggressive and even dared to snatch her from her. Did she really think the royal family of the Kingdom of Arte was easy to bully?

Thinking of this, Her Royal Highness the Princess shook her head.

"Tsk, I forgot to ask what that guy's name is--"

At first, Heidi didn't take her seriously. She just wanted to take Aize away and humiliate him, and that would be the end of it.

So I don’t care what the other person’s name is.

In the end, things were completely out of her control. Heidi was trying her best to maintain her image, so she had no energy or mood to ask the other person's name.