Fated to Be Loved by Villains

The Void Zone that was touching the three academies was a place where the climate always changed from time to time, living up to its notoriety.

How it was raining ten minutes earlier and suddenly snowing now proved it.

“…What an unpleasant place.”

Iliya said, frowning deeply as she looked around.

“…It feels like the ecosystem is disconnected from nature.”

In fact, it really was.

Not only was the scenery painted in grayscale—like a faded watercolor painting, the laws of physics and the ecosystem of some of the places were just broken.

Rabbits killing and eating their supposed predators, talking plants, things that fell from bottom to top…

It was as if the laws of nature had been twisted, crushed, mashed, and reassembled to someone’s preferences.

“…In the Holy Land, this place is called the Sanctuary.”

Lucia said upon seeing the Seraphim’s huge barrier unfolding before her eyes.

However, her voice sounded almost like she was disgusted.

“…It’s a horrible place.”

For a saintess to utter such words about a sacred place could be considered as blasphemous, but anyone would react that way upon seeing this sight.

What was surprising was the fact that there was a crazy group who made a base here.

“The Devil Worshippers.”

Iliya said, still frowning deeply.

“They like the Devils to a disgusting degree, it seems like. They even willingly built such a building in this kind of place.”

The hostility in each of her words were so sharp that it felt as if it could cut people’s skin.

In the first place, her family died because the Devil Worshippers burned down the village she lived in and slaughtered everyone during the Crimson Night Incident. There was no way she would have a good feeling towards them.

“But the place seems abandoned.”

Riru said as she looked at the fortress before her eyes .

As she said, the structure looked abandoned. Everything was worn out, rusty, and broken, as if people hadn’t touched them in years.

“Do not let your guard down. No one knows what lies in store for us.”

Eleanor said while closing her eyes.

Upon hearing that, everyone around her simultaneously threw an odd expression at her.

In the first place, they had followed this woman who rushed all the way here, ignoring Talker’s advice to prepare themselves before coming here tomorrow.

None of them were complaining about the situation though. The anger that seeped through her words were enough to make them seal their lips tight.

It was as if they could feel her determination through their ears…

That she would kill her opponent no matter what.

She’d rip them to death if she met them, no matter who they were.

“R-Right. J-Just as she said, we shouldn’t let our guard do—”

Before Yuria could even finish the words she wanted to say with all her might, it happened.

In contrast to Yuria, who was emphasizing the need for them to advance carefully, Eleanor boldly approached the main gate before silently raising her foot.

“-Excuse me, what are you do—”

The question that was asked by who knows who hadn’t even finished as Eleanor already burst open the fortress’ main gate with a kick.

-!

-!!

-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then…

The collision created shockwaves that scattered in all directions, as if a siege weapon had hit that gate.

That one kick had a ridiculous physical force behind it—it was the kind of force that one wouldn’t expect to come from a single person—and it successfully crushed the gate to pieces, as its debris scattered everywhere.

“…”

“…”

Who was it…

That said we should act carefully?

Everyone there stared at Eleanor with such a question in their gazes. But, Eleanor replied with a glare, as if challenging them to say their complaints out loud.

“What?”

“…”

“We do not know what that bitch is going to do to Dowd, no? Right now, he might be…on the bed…”

“…Yeah, I get it.”

Seeing how Eleanor looked like she’d raise her sword at those who didn’t agree with her, one of the women just reluctantly agreed with her.

Eleanor then snorted while turning around.

She strode into the fortress, frowning as soon as she looked around.

“-So unpleasant.”

Only Eleanor said it out loud, but everyone there shared the same opinion as her.

The place itself had an atmosphere that aroused their disgust.

It was hard to describe it with words, but every part of the building was shaped in such a way that evoked an anxiety inducing feeling to come out of one’s heart.

And…

The phenomenon that occurred as soon as all of the Vessels entered the fortress perfectly reflected that feeling.

-!

-!!!

“-What?”

“-No way!”

“A Suppression Circle?!”

At that moment, a Suppression Circle—a circle that wasn’t meant to injure or kill its target, but to restrain them—was activated.

It was powerful enough to suppress even them—the people who could utilize Demonic Auras in an instant.

And from it, they could feel ‘malice’.

Though it was funny to think that these people who were harboring the Devils—the beings dubbed as the biggest evil in the world—felt unpleasant facing them, but that was how it was.

‘I want to harm, I want to kill, I want to destroy.’

Such spells that were packed with such emotions poured out from all directions towards them.

All of them fell on their knees without having the time to let out their Demonic Auras. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

“-Tsk.”

But…

There was one person who could overcome such a situation.

Iliya clicked her tongue as she pulled the Holy Sword.

—I don’t like this.

She had expected this from the moment she was invited here, but it really felt like everything had been ‘set up’ for her.

It was clear from how they had created a situation that only she could overcome like this.

“Go on ahead!”

She busted up a hole in a part of the circle of spells with the Holy Sword, and guided all the Vessels into that hole.

Considering the spells’ viciousness and power, the hole would be restored in no time, so this was probably just a temporary measure at best.

Which meant, she had to crush its ‘source’.

“—What?”

“Come find me later!”

Iliya said to the Vessels, who replied to her with a stunned expression, before raising the Holy Sword and bashed it to the ground.

The Holy Sword had the property to nullify the target’s spells regardless of its level or power. In other words, it should be enough to take care of the spells for good.

However, there would always be a rebound whenever she did that. Considering that the spell could even make the Vessels struggle, the rebound was considerable, to say the least.

A spider web-like crack began to form on the part the spell had been erased after being struck by the Holy Sword.

Soon after, its thick foundation began to completely collapse.

Iliya, who was standing on top of it, fell underground with it.

“W-Wait!”

“Make sure to save Teach!!”

With such words…

Iliya fell into the deep underground that was like an endless abyss.

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“-Ugh—Aah—”

Iliya looked at the ceiling with a frown on her face.

She didn’t even know how deep she had fallen.

Judging by the amount of light there was, it felt as if she had been tumbling down for almost ten minutes.

…I can’t even climb back up.

Iliya thought before letting up a deep sigh.

Actually, she probably could, but she’d need to waste a lot of stamina to do that. Considering she didn’t know what kind of danger she was about to face, that obviously wasn’t the best option to take.

Her fighting style was basically using the Holy Sword to greatly reduce others capabilities, and suppress them with her superior stats. She wouldn’t be able to pull her weight properly if her stamina had completely depleted.

—So…

Iliya stroked her chin, pondering about the situation.

She had stepped on the trap so the others should’ve advanced forward.

While she wasn’t really pleased with the situation, at least it wasn’t the worst situation they could find themselves into.

Besides, they came all the way here to save Dowd. As long as these women could achieve that, she had on reason to complain.

“…Hmm.”

That aside though…

She needed to figure out what she should do next.

The place was so dark that she couldn’t even see anything, so for the time being, she’d need to wait until her eyes adjusted to the dark.

Until that happened, she decided to just stand there.

“Hi.”

But then she heard someone call out to her.

In an instant, she pulled out the Holy Sword from the sheath, taking up a combat stance.

“This is our first time talking to each other directly like this, no?”

However…

As soon as she heard that voice…

Her body froze.

“…-”

Her instinct caught ‘something’ that made her body freeze upon hearing those words.

The light of the Holy Sword also began to shake wildly into the surroundings. Considering her mental disturbance, this was normal, but it seemed like the Seraphim inside the Holy Sword was sensing something as well.

The thing before her eyes was an ‘Anomaly’, someone that wasn’t supposed to exist in this world.

As she felt such a sensation crawling all over her body, she called out to the owner of that voice with a voice that sounded like a groan.

“…You.”

Before she realized it, her forehead had started to get wet.

“Who the hell are you?”

“I have something to talk about with you, so I figured that I’ll just meet you directly.”

“…”

“Hi, my past self.”

The Prophet…

“Do you still hate the Devils?”

Said such words with a smile.

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