This Three-Year-Old Is A Villainess - Chapter 199
“Brother Blitzen, you always dress like that, even in the summer.”
“Yeah.”
“Aren’t you feeling hot?”
“Not really. Once you get used to it, dressing lightly feels stranger.”
“For someone who says that, you’re dressed pretty casually today.”
“I’m used to being formal outside. At the estate, I like to be comfortable, at least.”
“So what do you do around here? Since you’re part of the higher education unit, you only go to the main castle a few times a month, right?”
“You sure seem to have a lot of questions about me.”
“I do.”
At that, Blitzen chuckled softly.
“From what I know, you’re not usually that interested in other people.”
His words hit a little too close to home, and I flinched.
But I quickly shook my head, hiding my reaction.
“I’m interested. Very much so!”
“When Geoffrey broke his leg, you didn’t even visit him once.”
“That’s because Geoffrey and I aren’t exactly close…”
“When Juliana got caught posting that tear-stained portrait on the wall, everyone was buzzing about it, but you didn’t join in.”
“Well… My maid said things like that can happen when you’re young…”
“And the day Elman tried to run away with a maid who was three years older than him? When Uncle came all the way to the main castle and slapped him, you were yawning.”
“That was… because I was sleepy?”
Blitzen shrugged.
“Well, fine. Let’s say you do care about your relatives.”
“…”
“So, what are you curious about?”
There was no more avoiding the question.
Blitzen had already sensed that I had a reason for coming to the Aisa estate.
I picked up my teacup and glanced at him.
“Uncle Noarizen… Has he gone anywhere recently?”
Just as Blitzen was about to lift his teacup, he froze.
The cup overflowed, and tea spilled onto his hand, soaking it.
“Oh!”
Startled, I immediately grabbed his wrist.
The tea probably wasn’t too hot, but I didn’t want to take any chances.
Smack!
Blitzen sharply pulled his hand away from mine.
‘What?’
What was that?
I didn’t think Blitzen was the type to hate being touched.
If he was, he wouldn’t have let that maid approach him while he was sleeping.
But the strange part wasn’t just his reaction.
Blitzen looked even more shocked than I did after pushing me away.
‘What’s going on?’
Suddenly, the scattered pieces of information in my mind clicked together like a puzzle.
How Noarizen, who didn’t have the teleportation blessing, managed to visit the capital without leaving any trace.
Noarizen was a mage.
And if his son had the teleportation blessing…
With that thought in mind, I grabbed Blitzen’s arm and pulled.
“Let go!”
Blitzen panicked and tried to resist, but he couldn’t exert his full strength against me.
“Just stay still, Brother!”
We struggled for a moment, but since I was a girl, he couldn’t shake me off properly.
I quickly rolled up Blitzen’s sleeve.
Since he was dressed lightly, the sleeve slid up easily.
And on his bare arm…
‘Oh my god.’
I squeezed my eyes shut at the sight.
My forehead furrowed instinctively.
Just like Blitzen had said, I wasn’t normally the type to care much about my cousins.
Except in cases like this.
With a stiff, restrained voice, I spoke.
“You wore formal clothes all the time, even in summer, because of the jacket, didn’t you?”
“What are you talking about?”
Blitzen tried to feign ignorance, but I had already figured it out.
“You were afraid that if you wore just a shirt, this would show through.”
“It’s nothing—”
“What do you mean ‘nothing’?! This—!”
I was so furious at his continued denial that I couldn’t hold back anymore.
At my outburst, Blitzen’s eyes widened.
His arm was in a state no one could bear to look at.
His skin was cracked and split, like earth that had been torn apart from too many experiments.
Between the cracks were dried scabs, formed by blood that had seeped out who knows when.
There were also clear belt marks around his elbow, as if his arm had been tied down.
That day, when the maid had approached him.
It wasn’t that Blitzen had willingly allowed it.
He couldn’t move because of the experiments.
‘He didn’t even have the strength to push her away.’
All those times he seemed lethargic, there had been a reason.
