The Baddest Villainess Is Back - Chapter 155
“Yes.”
Isn’t it natural?
It’s impossible to always have good and happy times.
If we consider the ups and downs of life as light and shadow, then naturally, there will be bad days if there are good ones.
“But, Lady Bellion, some lives… are branded as someone’s shadow from the moment they are born.”
Roxelyn closed her mouth at the captain’s words.
“Some people are forced to live as shadows forever, simply because they were born. They are treated like trash that cannot be burned, ridiculed, and blamed for their entire lives.”
Isn’t it laughable?
There was no trace of laughter in the voice that added it was laughable.
Roxelyn walked slowly and spoke after a long silence.
“Still, you shouldn’t torment others because you succumbed to your own greed and selfishness. Those people must have their own circumstances, and there might have been misunderstandings.”
As Roxelyn’s words continued, the captain’s steps slowed, and his expression became more and more contorted.
“…So, try to love people first. The reason you see the world darkly is probably because of a lack of love or something.”
“…Pardon?”
“If I say that, it would be righteous and correct, right? But to be honest, if I include my personal feelings…”
Roxelyn stopped walking, turned around with a smile.
“The fault lies with those who had the child.”
“…”
“I think it’s the fault of those who couldn’t keep their lower body in check.”
“Do you even understand what I’m saying?”
“Did I mistake it for a riddle?”
Roxelyn shrugged and pulled her hand away from his escort, strolling through the wide garden of the imperial palace.
The captain, who had been standing still for a while, followed her into the garden.
“There aren’t many cases where being born is actually a sin.”
Roxelyn slowed her steps.
“The most common one would be a child of unclear origin, an illegitimate child, in the noble world.”
“…They say overly smart animals are disposed of quickly.”
“Why, because they might quickly realize their situation and run away?”
At Roxelyn’s radiant smile, tinged with thorns like a rose, the captain gave her a subtly awkward smile in return.
“…Because they realize they’re hunting dogs destined to be used and killed. Once they understand that they fear death, it becomes a problem.”
At the captain’s words, Roxelyn stood silently behind the rose thorns, gazing at the middle-aged man.
“Must those born as shadows live their entire lives as shadows?”
“No.”
Roxelyn shrugged her shoulders.
“Must a life branded as worthless from birth live forever as worthless?”
“That’s not true either.”
Roxelyn shook her head likewise.
“Being born can’t be considered a sin.”
Though she said this, Roxelyn herself had only recently come to say it with ease.
“But, from my short life experience… if I dare say, the moment you decide to harm others and act on it using your misfortune as an excuse, that becomes a sin.”
“Then, are you saying that a life lived as a sinner due to unfortunate circumstances should just endure it?”
Roxelyn shrugged once more.
“Well, I don’t know. I always thought that way too.”
Roxelyn slowly turned her head and murmured softly.
“I used to think that being born was a sin, but after dying and coming back, I found out that more people liked me than I thought.”
Roxelyn had a rough idea of what it was like to live as an illegitimate child.
However, in Roxelyn’s case, it was more likely that she was scared and lived in her own delusion.
Roxelyn didn’t know what it felt like to live as someone’s shadow.
But she did know what it felt like to live alone, forgotten by everyone.
“Living while focusing only on survival made me realize that I missed a lot of things, and I regretted it.”
Perhaps Roxelyn was slowly retracing the path she had walked so far.
She stopped looking forward only, and started to look left, right, and even retraced her steps.
And she even went back to the past she regretted.
There, Roxelyn made a definite decision.
That she would die.
“So, I’m slowly putting things back where they should have been, and it feels surprisingly good.”
The captain of the imperial guard looked puzzled at Roxelyn’s meaningful words but did not comment.
“There are things you won’t know unless you talk about them. Why not put a pause on your revenge and have a conversation instead?”
She would go back to the original world and personally put everything back in place.
“May I ask why you rejected the Queen’s position?”
