I'M A Villains In My Second Life
Chapter 223's

“Where is your house nak?” adam asked as he walked away from Leathina to escort the child back to his master's people.

“Authen's choice?” his answer was short and his gaze only focused forward without telling his address clearly.

“To here uncle, thank you.” Just a few meters Adam drove him the child suddenly jumped down from his carrier and then disappeared in the middle of the crowd.

“Damn it, I already know this!” he then immediately ran back to where Leathina was and there turned out to be no one Leathina was no longer there.

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“Hummpf!” Leathina sighed to see Adam now walking away leaving her to take the child whom Adam hit to return to his master's people. But not long ago Adam left suddenly two people locked him and closed his mouth so as not to shout or rebel.

“Do not fight or try to shout or your neck will break!” the whisper then pointed a knife right at Leathina's neck.

The two people who suddenly locked her up immediately took her to a quiet narrow street and then just released Leathina.

“Quick open his cape and check!” He said as he forcefully opened the hood of the robe that covered Leathina's hair.

The two looked at each other as if they had lost something precious to both of them.

“Not.” He said as he patted the arm of his friend who was also still stunned.

“Iya is not this one.” Say it again while pulling Leathina's hair.

“Master, what's up?” leathina asked innocently she let the two freaks keep touching her hair.

Hearing Leathina the two immediately went a bit away from Leathina so that Leathina could not hear the conversation of the two of them and whispered to each other.

“So what do we do to him?” whisper to his friend.

His interlocutor shook his head then ferried his shoulder after it turned to look at Leathina. “Do not know.” said again after seeing.

“Then let go of it.”

“Eh! No, you don't see she's pretty enough.” Whisper again.

“Hush! Don't be careless of you, master ordered to focus on doing the duke's daughter search!” His words commemorate his friend who had strange thoughts in his head. “But what information did they give us wrong? I'm sure the target is him.” He suspects.

“Maybe we are the one who is wrong to follow people, quickly take him to his place before the person who was with him found us.” The two of them then went back to Leathina who also listened to their conversation.

“Nona, did anyone get hurt?” she asked Leathina because she felt a little guilty for threatening her with a knife.

“Master, do I have any wrong.” Leathina asked while holding her neck that was injured by the knife she had been holding.

“Akh!” forgive maki Miss, we were wrong.” They panicked when they saw Leathina was injured.

“We will take you back to where it was.” The two of them then lead Leathina back to the big road but on her way Leathina chooses to return alone.

“I can go by myself Mr.” Her speech.

“Is it okay Miss?”

“It's okay, aren't the gentlemen busy looking for someone.”

The two of them then looked at each other. Right he said we're busy.” His whisper then the other nodded confirming.

‘Ah! then once again forgive us miss, goodbye.” His words released Leathina after both agreed after that within a short time they both had disappeared from Leathina's sight.

“Hufft!” Leathina breathed a sigh of relief. “Luckily they are really stupid.” His murmur then immediately ran to the main road.

Leathina returned to her place waiting for Adam. “What Adam still hasn't returned?” His murmur panicked fearing that Adam was busy looking for him after returning from delivering the child they had hit but did not find himself there.

“Maybe not.” He murmured again and waited for Adam in the same place.

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“What's met?!” edward asked Adam after he met him again.

“Not yet, I still haven't tagged ...” Suddenly Adam was silent his gaze was no longer focused on seeing Edward but a female figure who was standing in front of the shop where Leathina had left.

“Leathina!!” edward exclaimed in panic after coming to see where Adam's gaze was fixed, although Leathina's hair color changed instincts to instantly recognize that the woman standing there must be Leathina.

 As soon as possible Edward immediately ran there followed by Adam who also panicked fear if it turns out they came back to recognize people.

“Leathina!” without checking again Edward immediately pulled the woman who was behind him and hugged him tightly.

“Oh! Ed?!” Murmured Leathina who was surprised at being suddenly hugged.

“Ah! thank goodness it turns out to be true Miss Leathina.” Adam muttered in relief at last finding Leathina.

“You all right?” edward asked as he looked at Leathina's face and examined her, “What is this! Where did you get this cut?” edward asked furiously when he saw the wound on Leathina's neck.

“Ah! this?” leathina said as she examined her own neck. “So there are two fools who mistakenly recognize people.” He then closed his wound with his hand and after reopening it, it had disappeared like it had never been hurt before.

“Where are they?! I have to catch and kill them all.” Edward, furious, then asked Leathina to tell him where the two people who had injured him were.

“Ed, Ed! Calm down.” Leathina calms the emotional Edward but instead of calm Edward even more crazily dragged Leathina back to the inn.

“Aw! Ed's! Wait a minute, slow down. I'm okay why are you being like this?!” Leathina, who could not stand Edward's hand, forcibly took off.

“You're stupid ya!” edward's snapping left Leathina speechless, “Don't you yourself already know that the little boy is a trap!!” angry shouting.

“Ed! You worried?” ask Leathina.

Edward was silent for a moment at Leathina's gaze, he was now angrier than before.

“Do you need to still ask like that?” tanyanya growled, “Of course I'm worried!”

“Ed, forgive me.” Leathina immediately apologized for knowing she had now been too late to ask such questions in the midst of Ed's situation frantically looking for her.

“I followed them on purpose, since they kept following me and Adam so I bet they no longer recognized me after I was deliberately caught for changing my hair color luckily they really didn't recognize me because of what they knew the duke's daughter having red hair without ever seeing my face in person. They just took me then let me go nothing happened to me.” Leathina tries to explain to Edward so that Edward can calm down first.

“I know Leathina, but what if you're wrong and they still take you or kill you because you're not the person they're looking for!”

“I'm sorry, I won't do it again.” In the end Leathina could only apologize and promise to no longer do anything dangerous.

“Hah!” Edward breathed.

“Ah! Mr. Ed, it looks like we should return to the inn now that we previously also met someone who seemed to recognize Leathina.” Adam asked the two to calm down and immediately return to the inn.

Edward looked at Leathina then Leathina immediately nodded confirming.

“Alright, we are back to the inn now. I also have something I should ask you Leathina!” edward said then the three of them finally returned to the inn.

Leathina was afraid that Edward would return his emotions and take her forcibly back.

“Master Ed! You're back?” greet Troy as he sees Edward enter the inn.

“Nona Leathina?” call Nina confused when she sees Leathina brought by Edward.

Troy and Nina were sitting together in a small bar inside the inn just in front of the entrance following Edward and Leathina who went inside.

“Eh! Where are you going?!” intercept Adam pulling Nina and Troy sitting back to where he was.

“What's up?” ask Troy.

“Have something happened between Mr Ed and Miss Leathina?” Nina also asked wondering why the susan was so cold between the two of them.

“You two do not interfere and just stay here.” Adam sat down with Troy and Nina.

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“Edward what's up?” leathina asked confusedly.

Edward did not answer after entering the room he remembered his number after being told by Adam. He then locked from the inside so that no one would hear his conversation with Leathina.

“What's up? Why are you being so horrible like Edward?” leathina asked who was getting worried because Edward was unwilling to answer her every question.

“Leathina to.”

After locking the door from the inside Edward took Leathina and sat her in the chair while he himself immediately took another chair and sat right in front of Leathina.

“What's Edward?” ask Leathina for the umpteenth time.

Edward did not immediately reply he just exhaled heavily then looked at Leathina.

“Leathina what's the reason you don't want to go back to the kingdom and keep pushing me away? Is it because I'm one of those people who's gonna risk your life? Not just you but some of the other characters, Yardley, Zeyden, and Nicholas. In other words we are all the ones who will execute you on your 25th birthday.” seriously ask.

Leathina looked at Edward seriously. “Where do you know?” his question was in disbelief and he did not think Edward asked him directly.

“Edward from where do you know all those stories?!” leathina panicked.

“News of how you died and how we all pushed you to the gallows and how did all our fates end?” said Edward.

“Edward I asked once again, from where do you know all that!” Leathina began to get emotional because Edward did not answer her question.

“I know from your father, your father sent this to me as Prince Edward and as Ed, it's all written here.” Edward took out two letters and showed them to Leathina. “Your father knows from your notebook.”

“My notebook?!” Leathina recalled. “Ah! Oh my god, my notebook! How did he find her?!” His cry was hysterical after knowing the notebook Edward was referring to was the notebook he had always used as his place to devise his plans.

“In that book I cursed a lot and cursed everyone.” Panicked muttering. “What I'm going to die from that silly book.” Leathina grew increasingly panicked considering that what she wrote in her notebook was not a good thing to read.

“Leathina, now tell me how can you be so sure that we will all kill you and from where do you know you things that have never happened?” Edward asked seriously.

“That's because I'm from another world and I read it in novel.” Inner Leathina answered Edward's question.

“Leathina say it all now, what exactly happened?!”

“Do I have to tell him?” inner Leathina was still hesitant to trust Edward completely.

“You still don't trust me Leathina?” Edward asked to see Leathina. “Alright then I will make a magic contract and promise not to hurt you and will protect you for the rest of my life if I deny it then at the same time I will die because of this contract.” Edward was serious.

“Ah! Edward, fine, I'll say.” Panicked Leathina immediately restrained Edward who had moved from his seat to make a contract.

“You believe me?” tanya Edward convinced Leathina then replied nod by Leathina.

“I will tell you everything but you have to promise not to think me crazy and have to believe what I will say.”

“I promise Leathina, now say!”

“Actually I'm not Leathina.”

“What do you mean Leathina, how could you say that while you talk to Leathina.”

“Edward listen first!”

“Alright, I'm sorry Leathina.”

“I come from another dimension, there I died in an accident when I thought I was going to die I was safe but when I opened my eyes I was no longer in my body and entered Leathina's body, in other words our souls are exchanging. I don't know where the real Leathina is, nor do I know why I can get inside her.”

“Since when?” ask Edward.

“Since awakened from coma after drinking poison.” Leathina replied with a fearful look in Edward's eyes.

“After this they will all drive me away or imprison me for taking Leathina's body, or perhaps it will be considered crazy, in the end I still have to face death as destined.” Inner Leathina resigned.

“So from where did you know I was going to kill you?”

“Where I lived first, I once read a story where you were the cast in the story we called it novel.”

“So you mean we're all in the book you read?”

Leathina nodded in affirmation and still lowered her head not daring to look at Edward's face.

“I can't imagine what Edward's expression is now, is he going to think I'm weird? or Crazy? It is up to them to blame me later that I must accept.” The still frightened Leathina.

“Do we all move as written in the book?” ask Edward again.

Leathina nodded back in confirming. “In the beginning you all moved as written in the book, but because I wanted to live I changed it and this is how it is now. I broke off my engagement to prince Yardley, then Yasmine died, and here you are now Edward who walked the story that you really should have hated me.”

“So therefore you can find out my true identity, find out the true rotten nature of Yasmine and even save your sister Nora who was supposed to drown in the lake that night, And the storyline could change?”

“Iya I changed all that to survive in this world.” Answer Leathina.

“Ah! Edward.”

Leathina was shocked when suddenly Edward knelt in front of her, the panicked Leathina immediately retreated backwards but was held back by Edward.

“Leathina listen to me.” Edward asked Leathina to look at him then held onto Leathina's face so as not to take her eyes off him.

“Edward, what are you doing? There's no point the real Leathina won't be able to come back, I beg you to let go.” Pinta Leathina was terrified her hands were trembling and cold sweat started pouring down her face.

“Leathina listen to me. Let's change the storyline equally.” Edward's words stunned Leathina.

“Today you can survive, right? Then let me be by your side and help you, I will protect you I promise. I mean let's make a happy ending for you, no I won't make an end but I'll make you happy for ever I promise.” Edward said sincerely.

“Edward, but I'm not the real Leathina.” Leathina was still hesitant even though she was actually very happy to hear Edward's words.

“Leathina listen to me, indeed at first I wasn't interested in you as you said but now different you have managed to change the course of the story and make me want to be by your side, so please let me be by your side, can I?” ask Edward.

Leathina didn't answer that she was just staring at Edward trying to figure out if Edward was sincere or if he was just lying, but she didn't find any lies in every sentence Edward said, the longer he stared at Edward the more blind his heart touched his teary eyes held back his tears from breaking.

“Leathina?” call Edward and gently wipe Leathina's tears that began to drip down her cheeks. “Can I be by your side?” ask Leathina again.

Leathina then nodded slowly, unable to hold back her cries anymore she finally cried.

“Thanks Edward!” leathina hugged Edward tightly.

“Thank you Leathina, thank you for letting me be by your side.” He whispered to Leathina and hugged Leathina back.

Leathina's cry even more so because she did not expect Edward would still believe her after hearing the whole story that does not make sense.

Patiently Edward calmed Leathina who was still crying so much in Leathina's arms and occasionally cleaned Leathina's wet face from her own tears.

“Ah, thanks Edward.” Leathina said again then let go of her embrace. “It's a shame, I've never cried in front of someone.” He muttered as he rubbed his own face in embarrassment to see edward.

“Have you felt good?” ask Edward.

Leathina nodded and then turned her eyes away in shame to show her face to Edward, whose eyes and face were swollen from crying for too long.

Edward smiled at Leathina's behavior, which continued to cover her face in embarrassment.

“You laugh at me?” leathina asked Edward.

“No, I don't laugh at you.” Edward then stopped smiling because he did not want to make Leathina more embarrassed in front of him.

“You lied, you laughed at me because I cried like a child in front of you right?” asked Leathina who was getting irritated and regretting her own actions.

“No, really I don't laugh at you Leathina.” Edward assured Leathina.

“Keep if not laugh at me for what are you smiling that wide?” Ask Leathina.

“I just feel happy because I am the first person to see you crying Leathina, for the future I hope you do not cry in front of others and just show it to me only.” Said Edward while cleaning Leathina's face that was still moist due to tears.

“I won't cry anymore in front of anyone, so don't expect too much.” Leathina brushed aside Edward's hand that kept touching her face.

“It's okay at least I've seen your other side.” Edward said with a smile looking at Leathina but suddenly his expression turned serious as usual.

“What's Edward?” leathina asked puzzledly when she saw the change in expression on Edward's increasingly scary face.

“Ah! there are people behind that door must be Troy, Nina and Adam.” Leathina murmured a glance towards the door.

Edward was upset because there was a bully who had continued to act in front of the door, he then moved and walked to the door turning the key then after that immediately opened the door.

Edward who opened the door suddenly blinded Troy, Nina and Adam were surprised then the three of them just stared at the door for fear of Edward, the three of them did not dare to move.

“Inspect us sir.” The three exclaimed while directly kneeling in front of the door. “We were worried because the master suddenly dragged Miss Leathina and out of fear of anything happening we followed until at the doorstep.”

“You eavesdropped?” leathina asked from inside the room.

“No! We are not eavesdropping at all! we didn't hear anything either!” call all three at the same time.

“So right you guys eavesdropped and heard our talk.” Said Edward then sighed heavily blinding the three of them instantly shut their mouths.

“We also want to be on Miss Leathina's side.” Troy's voice suddenly then began to sobbing withholding cries.

“I am also willing to help Miss Leathina if allowed.” Said Nina who was also following along while Adam just nodded his ass.

Leathina smiled happily seeing the three of them also support her. “Thanks, Adam, Nina, and Troy.” Said Leathina who really felt happy because there were people who wanted to be by her side.

“This time I will not walk alone.” Mumbled Leathina quietly.

Troy, Nina and Adam then looked at Edward begging to be forgiven for eavesdropping, Edward who did not want to break Leathina's mood who looked very happy then nodded his ass.

Seeing that the three of them immediately came to Leathina and hugged Leathina simultaneously because they were happy.

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