so basically the first Fina is another "reincarnation" if you interpret that way.
Anyway, the last 3 chapters basically tell the villianess Fina POV and how she basically lived her life until she "killed" herself to save her future because of a dream (yeah) of Arvel saving her and making her happy. Well, lets just say that all flashbacks will basically tell fragments of her first life and how she suffered despite having power and attention.
Anyway, the last chapter is basically like this:
There was someone—some fool—who once said he had no intention of telling the rest of this story, trying to sound all cool and dramatic, but people change with time.
Anyway, I want to talk.
Whether this is something I absolutely must talk about or not… well, let’s leave that aside. I want to talk. After all, this was a crisis. A real, honest-to-gods crisis. The biggest one I’ve had in ages.
To start from the beginning: that night, heavy snow had fallen in the northern region. With my older brother currently in the capital, I was the master of this estate. So, early in the morning, taking great care not to wake the peacefully sleeping Seraphina, I went out to check the state of the snowfall around the mansion.
—And after freezing my ass off, I decided I might as well take a bath. I got everything ready, went in, and up to that point everything was fine.
The problem starts now.
My underwear is gone.
My p… pants are gone.
Well, to be precise, they’re there, but wearing the same underwear I already took off goes against my principles. And asking a servant to bring me a new pair would be humiliating.
Most of them are busy shoveling snow outside anyway; it didn’t seem right to bother them with underwear logistics.
Clothes? Clothes aren’t a problem. Wearing clothes I already took off is totally fine. But underwear? That’s a line many people would agree should not be crossed.
Magic?
You think I could just teleport them? If only. Sure, my magic power had increased in those repeated worlds, but unfortunately, in this world I’m not strong enough to perform high-level techniques like teleporting underwear.
So there I was, soaking in water that was getting colder and colder, praying someone might notice my predicament.
But after a series of sneezes and the cold beginning to overpower the bathwater’s warmth, I finally gathered my resolve, got out of the tub, and walked into the hallway completely naked.
Better naked than wearing previously worn underwear.
Besides, most servants were outside. So who would see me? No one.
…Or so I thought.
But then, in the hallway, I ran into Seraphina.
The moment she saw me, her cheeks flamed red.
“Kyah! Why are you naked!?”
Unusually, she was still in her nightgown. It actually suited the faintly snowy morning light quite well, though now wasn’t really the time to appreciate that.
Explaining my situation from the beginning was embarrassing, so I decided to deflect.
“At this point, is there really anything to scream about? You’ve seen me naked a million times.”
At those words, her face turned even redder.
“W–well, but—that’s—I mean—”
She mumbled something incoherent, acting shy in a way very unlike a villainess. But that’s just how she was. She was always like this. Honestly, it was ridiculously cute.
As I watched her face, I noticed her eyes were swollen red.
“You were crying? What happened?”
Even I get worried if my wife is crying. Seraphina was a crybaby when she was young, and whenever she made that face, I’d always feel off balance. But she hadn’t shown that expression in a long time.
When I asked, she lowered her brows and looked up at me with teary eyes again.
“I don’t know…”
What kind of answer is that? Who cries for no reason?
—or so I was about to say when she continued.
“But I think I had a really scary dream… I know it sounds childish, but I felt so anxious, and I wanted to see you so badly… And when I woke up you weren’t next to me! So I went looking for you!”
I was stunned.
H–hey, wait—
What is this adorable creature?
Is something this cute even allowed to exist in this world!?
Unable to control the impulse, I said:
“For now, let’s go back and wash your face. I’ll warm the bath again.”
“Huh!? T–together!?”
Her face turned bright red.
“If you don’t want to, that’s fine.”
At my words, Seraphina shook her head so fast it was almost a blur.
“N–no! I don’t mind! Not at all! I—I’ll go! I’ll get in!!”
So I took her hand and brought her back to the bath.
Well… everything after that would be indecent to describe here, so let’s skip ahead.
But in the middle of bathing with her, I realized something terrible.
You readers have surely figured it out by now.
I had still forgotten my underwear.
〈The End〉
