The Yandere Villainess’s Past Life Was That of a Lonely Woman. After Reflecting and Stopping Her Stalking of Her Fiancé, He Somehow Started Approaching Her Instead. - Chapter 21

When I spoke, his eyes widened. They were filled with a gaze that looked as if he were expecting something, clinging desperately.

I understood what kind of misunderstanding my words must have caused.

“I’m sorry. It doesn’t mean the original Licorice’s personality or memories have returned.”

The moment Hydra revealed his true identity, an image of the bad ending in Lucius’s route surfaced in my mind.

In this world, Licorice had not yet been told of the engagement annulment. So that must have been game information.

Yet, the dark spirit that Licorice summoned in the game existed in this world too, and the connection had already been established.

Perhaps it was one of those “unspoken settings” that games sometimes have.

As the player, I simply did not know the details, but Hydrangea truly existed as a “dark spirit.”

With his explanation, I realized “So that character was him” and accepted it.

Then, Licorice’s memories within me reacted, and those words had come out of my mouth.

It felt like playing a frustrating game of telephone.

Amnesia does not mean one truly loses memories.

I once read online in my previous life that it is more like being unable to recall them smoothly.

That description seemed to fit my current state perfectly.

I shared these thoughts with Hydra. He listened seriously, then smiled and nodded in understanding.

“I don’t dislike the you who exists now. I don’t think the color of your soul has changed.”

Besides, you seem to have absolutely no interest in that idiot Lucius.

He sounded pleased as he said that my essence was the same as the stalker ghost noblewoman. I wanted to deny it with all my strength, but I swallowed the words out of kindness.

From our exchanges so far, I could guess that he seemed to admire the Licorice who had been that ghostly noblewoman.

I could not recall how she felt about Hydra, not even what their relationship had been like. The fact that I remembered almost nothing about him.

If I were to tell him that, Hydra might be hurt.

With Lucius, who had despised Licorice from the start, there had been no need for such consideration.

Right, there was also something Hydra had said about the kiss with Lucius.

Licorice was supposed to be hopelessly in love with her fiancé, yet she would always refuse a kiss from him.

And he had spoken as though anyone who kissed her would naturally end up dead.

This was something I absolutely had to confirm. Otherwise, I might end up becoming an unintentional murderer.

I had no plans to kiss anyone myself, but as Lucius had shown today, someone might steal one without warning.

If that person were to die, I would instantly be transformed from victim to culprit.

I truly was relieved that nothing had happened to Lucius.

Come to think of it, he had kissed me without hesitation. Perhaps he had never been told of the danger?

Lucius despised his eerie fiancée. He never would have kissed someone he hated.

So maybe Licorice had judged there was no need to explain.

“…Huh?”

Something caught in my thoughts, and I tilted my head. But I could not clearly define what was wrong.

For now, the current Lucius might very well try to kiss me again.

He already had in the hallway, and he could do it again.

I was not violent or ruthless enough to simply think, “Let him die.” Killing someone just because they kissed me would be excessive self-defense.

That was why I had to ask Hydra about this. If it was one of Licorice’s defensive spells, I wanted it nullified.

If, instead, it only made the lips of whoever kissed me swell up or glow gold, that would be a blessing.

I paused for a moment, then spoke to Hydra.