I'M The Villainess Sister
Chapter 05: Edna's Fairy tales and Sword Training
"Gretta! You read fairy tales again?"
Hearing her brother's voice, Gretta immediately raised her head and ran over. The little girl enthusiastically pointed out her fairy tale book and asked, "So, what really happened to Princess Ariel? Are they really married?"
Edna smirked, "You curious?" asking her back, Gretta nodded her head quickly
"Well, I'll tell you the secret of the fairy tale you just read. Come sit down" said Edna, she took her sister to sit down before throwing the fairy tale book in any direction. "Well, forget the book and listen carefully, Gretta... This is the original story of the Little Mermaid that not many people know"
After the Snow White fairy tale, Gretta is actually quite angry with Edna for feeling lied to. But just as now, the older sister kept coming when Gretta was reading a fairy tale where later Schnee's eldest daughter would tell (by some force) her 'original story' from the fairy tale whose contents are very different. Most of Edna's fairy tales always blame the male character or the Prince
At first Gretta ignored her brother's words because she liked the presence of the Prince character in every fairy tale she read, but the more she heard him, the more she heard him, the little girl long ago became curious about the version of the story of the brother every time he read a new fairy tale. He wanted to know if there would eventually be a Prince who was 'the same' in Edna's version
Unfortunately as we know, Edna would never let that happen. He always vilified the Prince's character at every turn no matter how perfect the fairy tale writer wrote the Prince.
"As in the fairy tale, Princess Ariel falls in love with Prince Erik. Her love is so great that she emboldens herself to a sea witch named Ursula to make her human. Well, the difference in this original story Ursula said that Ariel had to exchange her voice with a leg to be able to live on land with the Prince. However, if he fails to get Prince Erik's love, the Princess will be lost into an air bubble."
"Air bubble?" Gretta tilted her head in disbelief
"I mean he's going to die and turn into a bubble" explained Edna briefly, she then continued. "As a result, Princess Ariel could not live on land and also at sea without receiving the love of the Prince first"
"..... Too bad. Then what happened? Prince Erik doesn't accept his love?" guess Gretta is so pessimistic that she is often disappointed by Edna's story, the sister held back a laugh before putting on the saddest face she could show and then sighing deeply
"Unfortunately.... Youre right. Prince Erik marries another girl from the opposite Kingdom and betrays Ariel because she is stupid. He mistakenly thought it was someone else who saved his life, not Ariel"
"What....? B-But Ariel can explain it! Didn't he explain that he saved Prince Erik?"
Edna flicked her finger, "Good question, but you seem to have forgotten one thing. Ariel exchanged her voice for a pair of legs in order to meet Prince Erik, so she couldn't talk much less explain. In addition, the Mermaid was already too embittered so she would rather commit suicide jumping off a cliff and turning into a bubble than see the foolish Prince she loved making out with another woman. Finished"
"This story.... Very different from what I read in a fairy tale book" Gretta said gloomily, before long her eyes became teary. "Sister, what a pity Princess Ariel. Prince Erik is stupid, I don't like him"
Edna pulled her sister into a hug and rubbed her hair gently, "That's why you shouldn't fall in love with the Prince, Gretta. They are spoiled and stupid, some are not sane like the Prince of Snow White" he said, Gretta nodded in agreement in an embrace that made a sly smile painted on Edna's lips
Eventually all his efforts began to bear fruit. Gretta slowly no longer believed the fairy tale glorifying the figure of the white equestrian Prince, and it was all thanks to Edna who 'spiced' on the original story
Tok tok!
"Come in,"
"Sorry Miss Edna, the young master Diven's carriage has just arrived at the front. Madam asks you to go greet her as usual"
A smile instantly faded from the purple girled girl's lips, she sighed lazily then released her sister's embrace
"Wait here for a second, Gretta. I'll be right back"
Edna walked out of the playroom with her face bent. He was upset that just as Jeffrey promised at his birthday party back then, the man actually came to visit Schnee's mansion almost every day interrupting his time to indoctrinate Gretta on the pretext of wanting to play
Though according to the novel and memory of Edna's second life, Jeffrey is an official playmate of Prince Genio who is also friends with Eleanor. Their friendship went well into adulthood so obviously they should still be playing together now, but somehow the man even came to Edna's house continues lately
'This was not supposed to happen.' Edna's inner, her eyes were unintentionally looking at Jeffrey who had been walking while chatting with the servants, and the boy immediately smiled broadly.
Edna clucking. Seeing Jeffrey's sweet smile instead of making his mood improve even worse until he wanted to curse
"Good morning, Edna. I came again to befriend you today" the man greeted me kindly as he waved his hand. The waiters around Jeffrey turned their eyes to Edna waiting for her response
But their hope of the miss who also greeted kindly was dashed once Edna frowned dislikely
"Why come again? As I recall I never asked you to come again." ketus the purple-browed girl while crossing her arms around her chest
"Of course because I want to be friends with you"
"....."
Edna didn't understand, these few months she's been pushing Jeffrey away at every turn, even often speaking harshly even though the man's degree as a mere son of the puppet Duke Diven was actually higher than him which was only the eldest daughter of the Marquis family. But like a broken robot, Jeffrey always comes the next day with an angel-like smile like now
"I don't want to be friends with you" declined the girl again who somehow to how many times in a few months, Jeffrey nodded casually then tailed Edna as if this had become his routine
"Edna, is that boy named Rery coming too today?"
"What's the matter with you?"
"... Look, if he doesn't come, maybe I can... Ehem, take his place if you and your sister play house-housing today?" jeffrey asked looking for an opportunity, his eyes glancing at Edna hopeful
Each play house-housing together, usually Edna is always paired with Rery by Gretta to be 'Father and Mother' while Gretta herself will play their child. What role did Jeffrey get? Not a 'uncle', he becomes a 'side guy' who only shows up when they need him to be a fruit dealer or restaurant waitress.
Jeffrey was unable to protest despite feeling unfair because from the beginning actually Edna did not allow her to play at all, still lucky little girl sometimes needed it so she was not completely ignored like the first time
But today it looks like Rery is not coming, so Jeffrey wants to try his luck in replacing the boy
'At first it might just take a place, but who knows I'll finally get an important role alongside Edna' - Jeffrey's inner spirit
"As far as you go"
"Oh? Did ya? Thank you, Edna!" The black girled man pulled the hand of the girl in front of him happily, "I won't waste this opportunity"
"Of course!"
...*****...
Jeffrey sorry.
The black decomposed man sat down with a bent face, his eyes observing the scene in front of him at this moment. Edna and Gretta are practicing swordsmanship. It is fitting that the girl who had refused it suddenly gave permission, it turns out from the beginning they did not have time to play house-housing today
"The kid named Rery must know today's schedule so it doesn't come" Jeffrey murmured in envy, he turned his head when the corner of his eye saw a tray filled with a glass of orange juice
"I can give the young master all of Miss Edna's schedule if the young master wants it, certainly without the knowledge of the lady" Sophia smiled gently, she pityed Jeffrey because Edna looked so dislikeful of her, so even though little Sophia wanted to help the child to get along with the lady
But smiling back, Jeffrey shook his head and said, "No need. I didn't want to make Edna uncomfortable and she just didn't want to be friends with me"
"Okay, young master"
"Ah, please just call me Jeffrey, young master feels a bit... Outlandish. I'd also like to be familiar with everyone around Edna"
"Then.... Well, Mr. Jeffrey" said Sophia to the boy's wishes, Jeffrey smiled widely and nodded happily
Meanwhile, across the street, Edna stopped swinging her sword as the corner of her eye caught Jeffrey in a friendly chat with his nanny Sophia. They also throw each other smiles that make him suspicious.
"Is there a problem, Miss Edna?" The head Knight of the Schnee family and the sword teacher of Edna and Gretta, Sir John, asked curiously because it was not usual for the lady to be distracted like this except when Gretta fell or was injured
"Nothing" Edna shook her head, she tightened her hand grip on the sword then returned to training with focus
In her heart the girl said, 'Forget the others, I have to be strong'
Sir John could not stop not to be amazed at Edna's ability in the sword. He had only taught the two daughters of his master about 6 months ago, but both Edna and Gretta had already developed rapidly despite their very young age, especially Edna who looks like she's been training for years.
'I'll get stronger and kill Uncle Eleanor first when he comes to finish off my parents later' Edna's inner resolve. Revenge wants to find the culprit, he used to memorize all the details of the murder of his parents including the location, date, how they were killed, as well as the time of death. Now that he's back in time when his parents aren't dead, Edna will use those memories to prevent the incident from reoccurring
Actually it is easier to kill the perpetrator long before the day of the incident because then the safety of both parents will be more secure, but Edna could not trace the position of the perpetrator now due to his age that was too small to go to the guild.
It's a little unfortunate, but that doesn't mean there's no other way that it can't be done. Edna would cut Eleanor's uncle's neck with her own hands and save her parents on the day of the incident
"Well, Miss Edna and Miss Gretta let's take a little break"
Gretta turned her head, smiling broadly as she lowered her sword. "Yeiy break!" pekiknya happy before running to Sophia who has prepared a variety of snacks and drinks
Sir John chuckled anxiously at the boy, then his gaze turned towards Edna who was still training. "Miss Edna, you can take a break. No need to force yourself" he called
"I'm fine, there's no need to rest" replied the purple-browed girl, she rubbed her sweat while breathing and then swung her sword again. 'I have to be strong fast, my parents can die again if I'm not stronger than now'
In the second life Edna learned to use the sword because she felt she could not continue to hang Rery's help, and her sword skills were good enough to see the number of corpses of the mercenaries her uncle had killed. He could have killed Uncle Eleanor easily using that ability, but unfortunately this 10-year-old body even had difficulty lifting a sword.
Therefore Edna now studied all the basics again so that his body was stronger and accustomed to holding a sword. There is no time for rest. He must become very strong in this half a year or he will return to living a dark life without his parents
Then about Gretta, one of Edna's regrets was not to invite her sister to participate in learning to sword to take care of herself. But now he's changing that regret by getting Gretta to practice, so that she can protect herself in the future, unlike in his previous life who could only cry out in fear when there was danger
Jeffrey looked at Edna in silence, then he let out a short sigh and turned his head towards Sophia. "I want to bring Edna a drink" he said
The nanny nodded her head and immediately prepared an ice glass of her favorite orange juice and gave it to Jeffrey. "Please, Mr. Jeffrey"
"Thank you, Sophia" said the boy, rising from his seat and walking toward Edna who was standing on her back.
Jeffrey flinched and immediately stopped stepping when Edna suddenly turned her head and pointed a wooden sword towards his neck. The orange juice in the man's hand spilled slightly due to the sudden movement earlier
'6 months... If I could kill that person for another 6 months, I wouldn't need to look at the dead bodies of my Mother and Father's inner Edna inwardly, her breath gasping with eyes that looked at Jeffrey intently
"What are you doing here?"
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To be continued...
(*) Bonuses
"Gretta, let's go. Today we practice swords!"
"Hm? Isn't the schedule still tomorrow? You promised to play house-housing with me today" asked Gretta innocently, Edna glanced at Jeffrey who was standing some distance away from them
"Tomorrow, Rery's not here today either so no one's a father. Let's just practice the sword today, I'll tell sir. John now"
"There's that brother-"
Edna shook her head strongly, she pulled her sister's hand up. "No, no. We are practicing the sword today. Right now."
"Ugh, okay"