Surviving As The Villainess
Chapter 23 - Butterfly Necklace

Liyuna felt that the shadows she often saw had a meaning. But he doesn't understand. If it was true that it was Liyuna's original memory, why would her timeline be any different? Why does the shadow he sees reveal the changing times and why the people he sees are different.

Liyuna was very sure that the man she had seen –someone she was waiting for at a cafe and the boy sitting under the kamfer tree was a different person. Why did Liyuna know? The answer was obvious, they had different body gestures.

If it was the real Liyuna who wanted to show this kind of shadow, why was the timeline random? Why not look at it little by little but still follow the same timeline? Liyuna did not understand. What he saw was not just a shadow. He was sure there was some purpose behind it. That's why he began to write strange things that he saw in his dreams as well as those that suddenly appeared in his head. Someday, he will find the answer. Yes, he only needed to be patient until the answer appeared in front of him.

"Yuna!" Call Yvette while patting Liyuna on the shoulder slowly.

Yvette saw Liyuna daydreaming for a long time when she saw a painting of a boy sitting under a kamfer tree. Yvette admits that the painting is very beautiful and beautiful, but Liyuna looks unusual. He never daydreamed of anything until it was like that. Hence he tried to retract Liyuna's consciousness by calling out to her and thankfully Liyuna immediately turned her head towards him. Yvette can now breathe with relief.

"Yvette, I'm going there for a second." Said Liyuna while pointing at the painting.

"Did?!" Yvette had no time to ask, Liyuna had already walked up to the seller of the painting.

Yvette who was looking at it felt a little lost his way because it was so sudden. Yuna is sometimes very difficult to guess.

After paying for the painting, the painting seller wrapped the painting with a cardboard box that was thick enough and in the corner was installed a protector so as not to be damaged. The price of the painting is not too expensive because it is not a classic painting or a painting belonging to a famous painter, but Liyuna does not care much. What he had in mind right now was that the painting evoked memories or shadows about someone who was most likely to have a relationship with Liyuna.

"Yuna, why did you suddenly buy a painting? This is not a famous painter's work." Yvette stood beside Liyuna. Although the Yvette family was not as rich as Liyuna, she still knew which paintings belonged to famous painters and which did not. Liyuna classmates should not buy artworks carelessly because if you buy a work carelessly it could not be an investment for the future.

"I know." Liyuna gave a small smile, both of her hands holding the wrapped painting neatly and safely then looked at Yvette.

"But to me this painting is so beautiful." Further.

Hearing what Liyuna had just said, made Yvette come back to realize that Liyuna did not care about profit or not. Yeah, just like when he helped his family. Liyuna had never thought of such a thing, she was just acting according to her heart, that was all. According to Yvette's point of view, the painting Liyuna bought was not very useful but for Liyuna it was something worth buying and appreciating. Yvette felt her mind was too narrow, she had just understood that this was Liyuna's nature. He does not see things based on their value, but rather on beauty and acts according to his heart.

"Right, it's so beautiful."

Liyuna is a very beautiful person. Beautiful in the sense that he is a good person who is always misunderstood. The more Yvette knew Liyuna, the more she saw a different side of Liyuna. The side that not many people know about.

After purchasing the painting, Liyuna and Yvette returned to the hotel. They went back to their rooms and said goodbye.

In the room, Liyuna put the painting she had just bought in the corner of the room. Her stomach felt full from having lunch and there was currently nothing she wanted to do. Liyuna decided to take a nap, until she heard the sound of her phone ringing and woke her up from the dream world. He looked at the name of the person who called him and was a little surprised.

'Papa?' Say it in the heart. It's not usual for Karl to call Liyuna like this. Liyuna immediately raised it without a second thought.

"Hello, Pa? What's up?" Liyuna asked, wondering why Karl suddenly called her when they were in the same hotel.

"Yuna dear, are you in the room now?"

"Yes, Pa. I'm in the room now."

"Only?"

"Yes, I'm alone."

"Papa is currently in front of your room. Can you open the door for Papa?"

Liyuna was surprised to hear this. She did not expect Karl to be in front of her room. But without further ado Liyuna opened the door for Karl. And sure enough, Karl was standing at his doorstep with a cell phone in his ear.

Liyuna immediately disconnected the phone when she saw Karl.

"Please come in, Pa." Liyuna told Karl to come in.

Looking at his daughter who let him in, Karl smiled gently. His daughter since childhood did have a good and polite manner. He really never let down Karl and Sara, so Karl wanted to give her something. Something precious and second to none.

Karl went into Liyuna's room and sat down in the corner of the bed. He looked through the contents of the hotel room that Liyuna occupied –rapi and clean. Karl's gaze stopped on a medium-sized box in the corner of the room. He did not see Liyuna bring the box from home, could he just buy it?

Liyuna followed Karl's gaze and explained, "Ah, that's the painting I bought, pa. I saw a beautiful painting so I bought it."

Hearing Liyuna's words, Karl was happy because now Liyuna increasingly showed what she wanted, not like the Liyuna who used to be. Karl did not care what Liyuna bought had any value or not, the most important thing was that Liyuna was happy with what she was doing.

Liyuna sat down beside Karl, she was still thinking about what Karl really wanted from her.

"Why is there any need for Yuna?" Ask Liyuna again.

Karl looked at Liyuna's eyes for a moment before smiling, "What would Yuna think if she had a sister?"

Both of Liyuna's eyes widened slightly at Karl's question. At once he understood what Karl was talking about.

'Ah, this must be about Yuriel.'

Liyuna did not answer. He knew that soon the prologue would begin and Yuriel would come into his life. He has seen this many times in the game. Every time Liyuna played a new route, she would definitely repeat the prologue. He did not know what kind of reaction the original Liyuna gave when he heard this question because this scene was not included in the game. However, if he were to answer it, he already knew what he wanted to say. Yes, he had already decided on this matter since he first existed in this world.

He would accept Yuriel and treat her like family.

It was something that he had decided from far away. So, this time, the answer he was going to give was certain.

"Yuna will feel very happy because she has a playmate, what else if Yuna's sister is a girl. We can shop together, play together and also sleep together. Ah, Yuna also doesn't matter if Yuna's sister is a boy. It would be great if you had a sister." Liyuna replied with a made-up enthusiastic voice. Both corners of Liyuna's lips were pulled up, revealing a happy face with a smile. But his eyes don't look like that. She would indeed treat Yuriel like family, but Liyuna also felt a little frightened. He was afraid of the future he would go through.

Karl noticed Liyuna's smile that wasn't getting to his eyes. Karl knew that Liyuna did not answer him sincerely. There was something that troubled Liyuna but she did not know what it was. Karl, who had always met with competitors who were foreign clients, could easily read someone's gestures, expressions, and tone to find out what they were thinking.

From what Karl saw, Liyuna did feel happy if she had a sister. He would be happy if he had it. However, there was something Liyuna was hiding. Feelings like uncertainty and fear. Despite knowing that, Karl did not know why Liyuna thought like that. Maybe he thought like that because he was afraid that his family's affection would move on to his sister.

"Really?"

"Yes, really."

Karl took a small box in his pants pocket and gave it to Liyuna. Liyuna accepted the box and asked, "What is this?"

"Try opening."

Liyuna opened the pitch-black box with the dark blue ribbon. When he saw the contents, Liyuna felt very surprised.

A necklace made of diamonds with a butterfly pendulum at the end. The necklace looks very carefully sculpted and the diamonds that adorn the necklace look shining. Seeing this, Liyuna immediately knew that the price must not be messing around.

"It's so beautiful." He said unconsciously.

The necklace inside the box is really beautiful. Liyuna had never seen such a beautiful necklace before.

"It was a gift to Liyuna from Papa." Karl Say.

Liyuna who heard that immediately thanked him and hugged Karl. Liyuna had wanted to ask, what kind of gift, but she swallowed back the question. He was afraid of Karl's answer and his heart said it was a gift that Karl gave to Liyuna to accept Yuriel.

Karl stroked the top of Liyuna's head gently and returned Liyuna's embrace.

In the future, Liyuna wants to continue to have a good relationship with her family. He really loved Karl and Sara like his own parents and he wanted them to always be happy.

Liyuna will accept Yuriel and consider her as her own younger sister and will survive to the end.

TB