Surviving As The Villainess
Chapter 52 - A Promise

Liyuna turned to look at Judah because she felt looked at. Both of their eyes looked at Liyuna making her a little surprised and awkward.

Liyuna felt a little embarrassed because she was already excited herself for finding a safe-route for herself. This made him forget that there was still Judah beside him.

"You don't look like an eight-year-old."

"???"

Liyuna was slightly surprised to hear Yuda's words. She did not expect that Yuda would say such a thing to her and Liyuna felt a little scared. His heart was racing and he almost lost his calm. After all, he was no ordinary eight-year-old. Her soul was an 18-year-old girl who came from another world.

Liyuna did not expect Judah to see the strangeness of her attitude. It was true that if others looked closely at Liyuna, they would definitely feel that Liyuna was different from the others. But all this time Liyuna was able to hide everything so well that she was currently feeling a little surprised.

For the past two years he has been trying to behave like an ordinary eight-year-old, although there are still attitudes in the past that can still not be changed but he has tried.

"That's just your feeling, I'm still eight years old right now."

"Hmmm..."

Yuda seemed a little skeptical of Liyuna's remarks. He looked at Liyuna with a curious look that could not be hidden.

"Have you ever seen your face in the mirror?"

"Of course."

"If you ever did, you'd know what your eyes look like there."

Liyuna increasingly did not understand the direction of Yuda's conversation. Since first entering the world of Red String, of course Liyuna had seen her own face through the mirror. What's more when he finds out that he's taken over someone else's body, not to mention how much Liyuna looks in the mirror and wishes it were all just a dream. However as much as Liyuna saw her face in the mirror nothing changed, she remained in this world and did not return to her original world.

Well, even though he himself wasn't sure if his body in the world there was still alive or not.

"What do you mean?" Liyuna's forehead started to furrow, her eyebrows were close together.

Currently Liyuna was already unable to hide her uneasy feelings. He was not too happy with the question that was spoken by Yuda because it felt like he was skinning it little by little. For Liyuna who was hiding a great secret ignoring her true identity, Juda's question felt like it had pierced through the entire defensive wall she had been building all along.

The question that Liyuna was so afraid of and the question that was very difficult for her to face.

"You have eyes that an eight-year-old shouldn't have." Yuda.

Liyuna did not reply, she waited for Yuda to continue.

"The eye belongs only to someone who has felt the difficulty of survival and also the bitterness of the world. You as the only daughter of an entangled family like Castris shouldn't have that kind of eye spot."

"So you're saying, I'm an impossible Castris to feel like you mentioned?"

Liyuna actually agreed with Yuda. As the only child of a conglomerate family like Castris, her life should have been far from difficult. Whatever he wanted he would definitely get straight away but unfortunately, the soul inside was currently an ordinary girl who had already felt how difficult it was to survive alone. As someone who has to be independent since young, he can already feel how difficult it is to get money for a bite of rice.

There were countless jobs he had tried. All the work that did not interfere with his school time, almost all he had tried. He was the one who had gone through it all alone, of course he could not deny the whole speech of Judah. If Judah said that, it might be true. He had an eye highlight that Liyuna should not have had born with a golden spoon. Eyes are the windows of one's heart, no one can lie to the radiating glare of their eyes.

"Too bad no one can judge whether the person has ever felt difficulties or not just based on the look in their eyes and also born from a family that has the privilege of not guaranteeing the person happy or not."

Yuda was silent to Liyuna's words, from her words only Yuda knew that Liyuna was indeed not an ordinary eight-year-old child. Previously it had been said that he had an extraordinary instinct that was not inferior to Zion, coupled with his ability to easily read situations, gestures, eyes, and eyes, and also how someone spoke made him even more convinced that Liyuna was different from most other people.

And his words just now...

"Or maybe you're just like me?" Yuda Gumam.

Liyuna was unable to clearly hear what Yuda was saying because her voice was too soft. To be sure, Liyuna heard something like 'just like me'. Even so Liyuna did not want to continue the chat with Yuda, she was afraid that the more she spoke Yuda would be more aware of Liyuna's differences with the other children.

"I'm sorry if I offended you, I hope you'll forgive me."

"No need to apologize, I'll assume the conversation just now never happened."

Yuda was seen smiling slightly hearing a reply from Liyuna. He reached into his blazer bag and took a small round brooch in the middle of which there was a symbol of the scales. If seen it looks like the scales in the zodiac libra.

Yuda gave the little brooch to Liyuna and this made Liyuna wonder.

"Take this as my apology. If someday you need help I'll give you a special free service on condition that you keep the brooch."

Liyuna looked at the brooch that seemed to be made of gold from Yuda's gift. Liyuna knew what this brooch meant because in the game Yuriel had also obtained it. The brooch signifies the promise that Judah made to certain people. Because in the future he will become a detective who is not easy to meet or ask for help, Yuda uses the brooch for 'special' affairs that he must fulfill. With this brooch, Liyuna had one chance to ask Yuda for help if anything bad happened to her.

Unknowingly, Liyuna smiled widely when she realized that her chances of living were growing. The chance of life that was originally 0% now increases to 20% just by having this brooch. Although it did not reach 100% because no one knew the future, Liyuna still felt happy. In addition to realizing whose route Yuriel had to choose in order to survive, just by getting this brooch makes the percentage of his life increase very much.

Looking at Liyuna who was so happy just because she was given a brooch that was not worth much, Yuda felt a little interested. As a child of a rich man, Yuda did not expect that Liyuna could be happy just because of this little thing.

"It's real, isn't it? You can't pull what you say!"

Hearing Liyuna's words just now, Yuda realized something again. Liyuna was happy not because of the brooch she gave but because of her remark about giving her free service.

"Of course I mean it."

"Then let's do pinky-swear."

Liyuna put her little finger on Judah and asked him to promise. Yuda looked a little surprised to see that but he immediately accepted by hooking his little finger to Liyuna's.

Although sometimes Liyuna looks like an adult but sometimes she also looks like a child. This makes Yuda more interested and curious about what secrets Liyuna is hiding and what kind of true nature.

That night, an unwritten promise was agreed. The promise is a promise that will save Liyuna's life from threats and make her know the real face behind the mask that Yuda wears.

The winter wind is getting more and more piercing because the day is getting night. Although the first snow has not fallen this year, but the air temperature has decreased.

TB