Became A Blind Villain
Ashlyn has changed.

Ashlyn opened her eyes slowly as she woke up from her sleep and only found darkness. Yes, she was blind, but she clearly remembered what happened yesterday, Ashlyn had no idea what exactly was happening, but she felt her body wet and cold, she said, she hears Duke's voice repeatedly telling her that the man is apologizing to her while Ashlyn doesn't know why her chest is so tight that she can't keep holding it and crying a mouthful.

She was crying in the warm Duke's arms. 

"Lady Ashlyn, are you awake?"

Ashlyn heard Carolin's voice and nodded her head. "Give me some water to drink." I don't know why he felt his throat so dry.

Carolin nodded and immediately took a glass of water. Help Ashlyn sit on her bed, add a pillow to her employer's lean and hand the glass to Ashlyn.

Ashlyn drank a glass of warm water, but she felt a tightness in her chest, pain for her longing for her family, father, brother, grandfather, and so on, her grandmother and mother made her for the first time think that she wanted to return to her home world, even if there she was dead at least she was by her family's side.

In the past, when Ashlyn first realized that she had suddenly become an antagonist, Ashlyn tried to be grateful for the life that had been given by God. However, after going through life and experiencing all the unpleasant things and almost being killed twice, and even he was not allowed to seek justice for what happened to him, he said, Ashlyn thought that this world was really unfair.

He was hated and wanted for his death by everyone, he has no one because he is inside the body of an antagonist who will end in death if he tries to avenge Annabel and Arabella.

Ashlyn is not the only guilty party and she has experienced a lot of unfair things and hurt her heart, so why is Ashlyn considered the only bad guy who has made Annabel and Arabella suffer?

What suffering did Ashlyn make for them? It was they who took everything from him and made himself hated by everyone, and now he was not even allowed to demand justice.

The world is not fair to him, he wants to go home.

Ashlyn handed her glass back to Carolin and went back to silence with many thoughts in her head. If he was not allowed to seek justice and if everyone wanted his death, how would he go on living in this world?

More precisely why is he living in this world? 

"Do you want breakfast, Lady Ashlyn?" Carolin softly asked, there was no longer a trace of fear in her voice. From that day on she saw this girl who was considered evil by all people wanted to end her life at sea, crying and looking so fragile. Carolin realized that her master was also just an ordinary human being who could feel sad and hopeless.

Seeing her crying employer calling her mother and repeatedly saying that she wanted to go home, Carolin felt pity and wondered what made her employer so desperate?

Her employer always looked fierce and unfeeling, as if she did not care about anything, but it was because of this that Carolin did not realize that his master was alone all this time. He has no one and doesn't want to trust anyone.

Why does her employer have to be like this?

Carolin looked at the lethargic face of her employer who shook her head. He refused to eat.

Carolin sighed, standing beside Ashlyn's bed.

"Lady Ashlyn, Duke Damien is here."

Ashlyn answered calmly. "I know."

Carolin was a little surprised, "Duke is waiting for you to go to breakfast with him."

"I'm not hungry."

"Mrs Ashlyn ...."

"Don't force it, Carolin." The duke who heard Carolin's conversation with Ashlyn immediately went in to make sure his daughter's maid didn't make her daughter feel uncomfortable.

Hearing the Duke's voice, Ashlyn said nothing and simply lowered her head while Carolin immediately resigned, letting the Duke take his place.

Duke looked at Ashlyn who looked very fragile, her eyelids dropped and her mouth was tightly closed, Duke could not find any trace of Ashlyn's courage that he had seen these few days, The stubborn Ashlyn and the rough-mouthed Ashlyn. 

The Ashlyn she now saw was like the Ashlyn she had seen after she had blinded her, looking devoid of spirit as if she had given up on life.

How could he not have realized this before? Pastor Matheus' words were right, he might have killed too many demons until he started to lose empathy. Seeing her sad daughter slumped and feeling abandoned, she did not hug him and apologized to him, asking him what he wanted.

Wasn't it the same as showing her daughter that she didn't regret her actions at all and didn't feel guilty for her daughter?

So, of course Ashlyn would think that she was never there for him.

The duke took a deep breath, silently clenching his hands before sitting beside his daughter. Trying to grab his little daughter's hand.

"Ashlyn ...." The duke started to open his mouth to speak, but just being able to say that, he fell back into silence as Ashlyn withdrew her hand as if she did not want to be touched by him.

"I don't need it." Ashlyn says.

The Duke fell silent before asking cautiously. "What don't you need, Ashlyn?"

"Not taking care of the residence I don't want it anymore."

Hearing his daughter's answer the Duke's heart really hurt for a reason that maybe his daughter had actually given up and closed her heart to him.

The Duke fell silent and looked at Ashlyn who was still bowing her head, slowly he ventured himself again to grab Ashlyn's hand and said. "Dad's really sorry, Ashlyn."

Ashlyn remained silent.

"Dad is sorry because all this time I was never there for you and never was there to listen to your complaints, your desires and your suffering. I'm really sorry. I admit that my father was wrong. Please forgive me and give me one chance to fix everything."

Ashlyn was speechless, but she listened well to every word that came out of the Duke's mouth, Ashlyn felt the man's sincerity while apologizing, but Ashlyn also remembers that it was this man who killed Ashlyn without pity. Ashlyn could not at all distinguish whether she was truly sincere or just .... Ashlyn lowered her head. I don't know.

A father who had blinded her, apologized to her so desperately as when they were at the beach, was this man really sorry for his daughter?

Looking at the silent Ashlyn, Duke was anxious that he might not be forgiven. However, he still wanted to try because if he was not forgiven, what should he do?

"Ashlyn, give me a chance to show you that I've regretted what he did."

Ashlyn was still speechless, but she did not pull her hand this time, it made Duke's heart feel a little calm.

"Ashlyn, the reason I came after you wasn't to give up the rights to take care of Daren Lynx's residence to you, but to apologize to you."

"And I didn't give you that right, not because you weren't in my heart, you were in my heart forever and never will be replaced. I'm sorry if I never was there for you, but from this moment on I promised you that I'd always be there for you."

"Father will always be there for you, but never ask father to choose between you and Arabella, you two are the family of father, wife and daughter of father. And Ashlyn, Arabella is Vincent's mother, your sister."

Ashlyn is speechless, but hearing this passage she thinks that could it be because Vincent, the Duke prefers Arabella and ends up killing her?

Did the words 'you've crossed the line' is because Duke didn't want Vincent to lose his mother? Therefore, the Duke did not kill him? Not because the Duke loves Arabella more than Ashlyn, but because the Duke thinks about Vincent's feelings?

So, is this all Vincent's fault?

It's bullshit! Ashlyn pressured her mind not to think about that anymore. He had already paid no attention to it anymore, after all he was not allowed to harass them, so why would he think of them again?

He should have thought of himself, what would he do after this? He had already lost hope in this cruel and unjust world. He was desperate and wanted to go home.

Looking at the silent Ashlyn with a listless face, the Duke continued to try to speak. "Ashlyn, I may not be able to give you that right, but I want to take you somewhere."

Somewhere, Ashlyn does not know where that place is, but after the Duke mentions his name and intentions, Ashlyn is taken to a castle in the middle of the desert. 

Upon realizing how sunny the place was and the scorching heat of the sun in that place, Ashlyn was already unconcerned.

Duke may have thrown it away. The evil girl who had made his wife feel persecuted. Ashlyn had guessed that Duke had never regretted his actions and all those sorry words were nothing but nonsense.

However, "Ashlyn, you will learn to control your magic power from now on. I'll make sure that your talent doesn't go to waste. I want you to believe that I'm always there for you, but if you make yourself stronger, you'll feel calmer. I'll make sure that you'll be the strongest witch in the Empire."

Hearing him inside Ashlyn's head was filled with question marks. Whahuh? The magic? The witch? Is this antagonist a witch?

Huh huh? Hows it? Will the author please say something about this?

This makes Ashlyn increasingly want to go back to the real world to find the author and ask why throughout the story of Be Mine Prince there is no evidence that Ashlyn is a witch?

He wants to go home. But he can't and the world is still unfair to him, because the fortune teller says whatever his methods are, isn't it that even if he's a witch, he won't be able to demand justice on Arabella and Annabel.

He could only endure to be able to live quietly. 

"Reserve your life."

These words floated back in his mind. Yes, he will cherish his life and enjoy his life, being a non-caring person like the world does not care about him.

From then on, Ashlyn began to learn and practice using her magic power on a teacher and the Duke was always there to keep an eye on her development. The man would always meet Ashlyn in Ashlyn's break, invite her to chat, eat together and Ashlyn never refused him, it made the Duke happy. However, slowly the Duke also realized that there was a big change in his daughter.

His daughter never gets angry again, that's a good thing. However, not only did his daughter never get angry, she also never smiled and showed other expressions such as being sad or happy. His expression started to become flat and cold, like a lonely iceberg.

"Is the cake delicious?" Duke asked.

Expressionlessly Ashlyn replied, "Mm."

Duke, "The weather's bright."

Ashlyn, "Mm."

Duke, "It seems like today is hotter than usual."

Ashlyn, "Mm."

Duke, "...."

How did this happen? Duke again felt his head throbbing in pain thinking about his daughter who was experiencing a decline in EQ.

"I think because he's lonely here?" This was the reply from the Supreme Master when the Duke asked him.

"Isn't there Carolin here, too?"

"I mean this place is boring, it's been two years that he's been training and studying every day in an old castle surrounded by a sea of sand, don't you think he's bored?"

Two years? Duke's eyes widened. It was like just yesterday he came begging the Supreme Master to teach his daughter magic. Duke still remembers how this old man stubbornly rejected his request to become a teacher for his daughter. 

This man is the best magician ever encountered along his journey of hunting monsters and demons, Duke feels that this person can be trusted to become Ashlyn's teacher. 

Even for Ashlyn, for the first time the Duke had knelt before someone for days, the Duke still clearly remembered as if it was just yesterday. But how can time go so fast?

"Time doesn't seem to pass because you don't see the obstacles that happen to your daughter, the learning process is as fast as the water that flows in the river. Your daughter is a genius, her blindness doesn't make her weak."

Hearing this, the Duke noticed Ashlyn who was currently drinking tea with Carolin.

"She's strong enough, if you want to take her away now, you can take her, it's time for Ashlyn to meet again with the world. Besides, there's nothing else I can teach him."

"Is that true?"

"He's even stronger than you now, your holy sword won't be able to fight me, so that applies to Ashlyn as well since she's my disciple."

The duke was speechless, Ashlyn was stronger than him? How could, in just two years his daughter be stronger than him? 

"Don't try to ask that in your head, the answer is obvious because Ashlyn is not only your daughter, the blood of the great knight Daren Lynx is not the only one in her body, but also her blood."

The duke gulped, this old man can actually read his mind!

"Aren't you going to tell your daughter where she's from? Ever since he first became my disciple, he had never asked how he could master magic, wasn't that a little strange?"

The Duke replied, "No, it's good if he never asks. I don't intend to tell her."

Supreme Master, sigh. "Well, then your daughter can only wait for fate to know everything. After all, Ashlyn is now no ordinary human, her curiosity might as well be stronger than before, you have to be careful or she will completely abandon you."

The Duke clenched tightly into both of his hands, secretly determined that he would not let that happen. 

The teacher shook his head. "This is why I refused when you asked me to be his teacher. You can't regret your decision later, do you understand?"

"I won't regret, this is the best for Ashlyn."

The old man sighed, "Yes, fine. Then go home, there's nothing else I can teach your daughter. I want to rest, but take it easy, I've prepared a present for your daughter's eighteenth birthday."

Duke widened his eyes. Eighteen? Is her daughter eighteen?

Eighteen years?

Doesn't that mean he has to make a feast of maturity, Debutante! 

Letting her daughter be glimpsed by many men and making her fall in love!

"That's bound to happen, one day your daughter will fall in love and get married, and she'll go with her husband. What the hell are you thinking? You think your daughter will always be the little boy by your side, you've wasted too much time that you have so little time with your daughter. Now feel who told you to go crazy for work!"

The old man insulting the Duke and Duke could only be like a scolded little child, bowing his head with a sad face. It was true that he had wasted too much time outside until he was not aware that time had come to him, his daughter grew up without him noticing and he could not go back in time to pay for her regrets.

"There's no point in regretting, it's all happened. From now on you'd better find Ashlyn the best candidate for her."

"Can't you stop reading my mind?" The Duke was a little upset.

The old man looked at him. "I don't read it, one of my natural abilities is to hear what others think. It's the same way you're talking to me without moving your mouth."

"Then, can you hear what Ashlyn is thinking?" 

The old man looked at Ashlyn who was sitting quietly in the garden. "Unfortunately, no one in the world can know what your daughter is thinking and that's not good, you have to fix this right away or she'll lose all of her emotions and be no different from a statue. The void in his heart must be filled immediately."

The Duke sighed and ignored the old man before walking up to Ashlyn.

Carolin gave him a greeting and Duke raised his hand for Carolin to resign.

The Duke looked at his daughter sitting quietly in front of the tea table, half a cup of Ashlyn's had already been drunk.

"Do you want to add more tea, Ashlyn?" Duke asked.

"No, thank you, Dad."

The Duke smiled and sat down in front of Ashlyn. "Ashlyn, there's something I want to talk to you about."

Ashlyn calmly sipped her tea before muttering. "M."

"It's been two years, it's time for us to go back."

Ashlyn, "Mm."

"We're going home."

"M."

"Meet Annabel, Vincent and Arabella."

"M."

Duke, "...."

There is clearly no concern in Ashlyn!