Chapter 72: Alright, Even If She Is a Yandere (3)

“By the way, why did you take the fake name Lilia? Wouldn’t it be better to just use my name?”

At lunchtime, although she was somewhat dissatisfied with being imprisoned by someone’s little temper, Hailey still leisurely prepared lunch as usual.

Of course, this time, to get revenge, she did not prepare dessert.

There was only a bowl of steaming vegetable soup and grilled meat on the table, making Idledra, who loves sweets, rarely show a bitter and aggrieved expression.

She pouted, turned her face away, and did not want to respond to Hailey’s question.

Hailey did not care about her throwing a tantrum.

She herself had been locked here and felt bored yet had not complained about anything, and now this person was the one complaining first.

Hailey chewed the broccoli in her mouth, but felt a bit sour in her heart.

Not long ago, she had used her own name as a fake name.

At first she felt a little unhappy about it, as if her name were just some random code that could be used casually, which felt strange.

But after learning that she had changed to a new fake name, Hailey somehow felt even more unhappy.

It felt like this person had secretly done something behind her back. Could it be that she had even secretly planned to replace her?

“Hailey, I… eh eh eh don’t cry, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have thrown a little tantrum just because you didn’t prepare dessert for me. I was really wrong…”

Idledra was still waiting angrily for Hailey to coax her, but when she turned her head she saw that the girl was still holding broccoli on her fork, yet her little mouth was pouting and tears were falling drop by drop, looking pitiful.

Hailey did not want to cry either.

When she thought about how not long ago that damned old Pope had ambushed her, if Idledra had not arrived in time, she would have already turned into a clay doll.

A clay doll, buried in the soil and becoming a wandering ghost, an ordinary magic doll.

Thinking of that old man’s gaze that looked at her as if crushing an ant, Hailey could not help feeling frightened.

And now Idledra’s expression and attitude were saying — she doesn’t want me anymore?!

“How could that be allowed?”

Because of her, Hailey had acted as the fake Saintess, forced to wake up early every day just to barely stay awake while standing in front of the Statue of the Goddess, half-asleep while reciting blessings she didn’t even know were correct.

She was stared at coldly by those lunatics of the Holy See as if they were looking at an evil spirit, and she couldn’t even take out some clever tools to beat them up.

They even sent people to threaten her. Not to mention that she had once been kidnapped to that mysterious abandoned altar.

If she hadn’t known they planned to kill her, she would have thought they wanted to use her as a sacrifice to summon some legendary dark archmage.

“What a joke.”

It’s not like she could split herself into five pieces and place them in the discard pile.

In short, she had suffered so many hardships that did not belong to her because of Idledra, this ungrateful person.

Not only did she not repay her, now she even wanted to throw her away?

“I… I’m not crying! My eyes are red from anger, you know?”

This person still had the mood to joke with her?

Now every time she went out she worried she might be kidnapped with a sack and taken away for alchemy or some evil experiment, and this person still dared to feel wronged.

“H-Hailey, I really didn’t… I just…”

Seeing Hailey lower her head, crystal tears spinning in her eyes while her hands angrily gripped the utensils, as if she might flip the food over and run out crying the next second.

“So… it’s all my fault, right? So I really am someone you can just use and then throw away? You always say you don’t want me to abandon you, but actually you are the bad person.”

If she kept thinking like this, she really would be killed by this person.

She had to leave immediately, change her identity, and hide until someday some force like the West Wind Order or anyone else capable of destroying the Holy See appeared.

Hailey put down the knife and fork, left her seat, and walked toward downstairs.

But in Idledra’s eyes, she had already been completely hated by Hailey.

As Hailey walked away, she even tripped. Rubbing her forehead that had turned red from hitting the floor, several colorful candies suddenly rolled out of the pocket at her waist.

It turned out that Hailey had not forgotten her. She had even prepared candy.

“Tch, I originally planned to use these to feed that person so she wouldn’t cling to me so much. Now they are useless.”

Hailey rubbed her aching head.

Just now she hadn’t noticed the water stain on the floor while walking and suddenly slipped.

This time she must not be so reckless. She needed to be careful not to fall again.

But just as she was about to get up and continue leaving, Idledra suddenly rushed over and hugged her tightly, burying her head behind Hailey’s collar.

Although she couldn’t really get inside, it still made Hailey itch.

“Let go of me. Didn’t you plan to replace that unlucky Saintess of yours with someone else? Why are you still holding onto me?”

“There is no one else. I only have Hailey… Hailey, don’t leave.”

“Tch, I knew she would use this trick.”

“Don’t hold so tightly, my new clothes are very expensive. If I run away later I will still need them to exchange for travel money.”

“Who are you trying to fool? I heard it clearly. You’ve been hiding the name Lilia. Weren’t you planning to replace me with someone else so you’d have a new substitute Saintess and it wouldn’t be so troublesome?”

“Anyway I’m useless and always attracting villain bosses… wait, were they all brought by you? And if I stay by your side also— hey hey hey what are you doing, let go!”

Seeing that simple persuasion didn’t work, Idledra simply used both hands and feet to cling to Hailey.

The two lost their balance and rolled backward again and again before finally collapsing onto the floor of the living room.

Looking at Idledra’s silly grin, Hailey stared at her with a resigned yet speechless expression.

Did this girl have some illness where she couldn’t smile unless she teased her?

“Hehe, Hailey finally looked at me. I knew Hailey would never dislike me that much.”

“I really never wanted to abandon Hailey. That name was just something I came up with myself… because I didn’t want Hailey to become my substitute name.”

Idledra reached out, wanting to touch Hailey’s cheek. The distance between them now was completely face to face.

Hailey was stunned for a moment but still let her continue speaking. But touching was not allowed.

She wanted to see what kind of truth this person could say. At worst she could run away later.

“Hailey is a unique treasure. I will not allow anyone to replace Hailey. Whether it is the name, the identity, or Hailey herself… I will not allow anyone to take her away from my side, not even myself.”

“Hmm… she didn’t seem to be lying this time. Did I misunderstand her?”

“No, if I apologize now it would be very embarrassing. I need to find a way to step down from this.”

“Ahem… since it’s a misunderstanding, let’s eat first. The food is getting cold. If tomorrow you can let me go out then even better—”

“No. Hailey is not allowed to leave me.”

“Waa, why is this person so difficult to deal with?!”