I will not die a Villainess's death

Sleeping after what she had been told before was an impossible feat for Elysia. Her mind just kept on jumping back to the time she was confessed to.

But it was really difficult to take that confession seriously knowing what was to happen in the future to her.

'Is there no way for me to get away from them in this life? Then, am I doomed to die in the end?'

No matter what kind of future vision Elysia had before, she always ended up dying. The clear way to remove this death flag was if Elysia was no longer in the equation.

And that was what she had tried to do but ended up failing in the end. But this single confession had changed the course of things for her.

'I should head out to seek the Head Priest now. I did send him a letter so he must be expecting me to show up.'

Elysia sent that letter in a panic so it likely sounded like gibberish to anyone who read it. But the Head Priest had known Elysia long enough to realize that this was not a prank but rather an emergency.

It felt like he since Elysia had snuck around in the temple's hallways like this. She used to sneak out a lot when she was in the temple.

Head Priest Yohan had a lot of work for Elysia to finish and a lot of training for her to do in secret.

But those were happier and simpler times. Back then Elysia only needed to worry about training and avoiding people.

She did not need to worry about being liked by people who would become the reason for her death.

'I wish I could turn back time. If I could then I would know when to avoid that stupid pair and thier confession to me. I could have turned them down-'

Elysia realised with a jolt that she could have turned the pair down and that would have been the end of everything.

If she had said 'no' back then instead of staying quite then she would not be in this mess at all.

Then why hand't she? Why had Elysia waited around to hear them out and left without denying them this stupid chance?

'But Adam had looked really hreat-broken and Eve had looked sad as well. I could never deny them anything when they look like that.'

Elysia knew she had a big weakness but she had come to terms with it long ago. She could no longer deny it and she knew it.

'I don't think this is love. At least not yet for me but I cannot let it grow any further as well. I guess that maintaining my distance from them is the best idea for now.'

Elysia was sure that Head Preist Yohan would agree with her on this regard but she was not 100% sure.

That was why she decided to pay him a visit tonight. She needed to make things clear with him and ask him what they should do next.

"Realx. You have been in and out of this room a lot before. Nothing would happen even if you enter this room. He has no reason to be angry at you."

Elysia prep-talked herself before she knocked on the door.

However, it opened before she could even touch it and a hooded figure stood in front of Elysia.

The person in front of her was tall and thin. Every part of his body was covered with a hood, including his face. It made it impossible to tell who he was and what he looked like.

Actually, Elysia was not even sure if that person was a man or not but she had a gut feeing about it. That was the only reason she decided to address that person of 'him' in her mind.

"You arrived here rather early Elysia, but do come in. My guest was just about to take his leave now so you don't need to be bothered by him."

Elysia nodded as she felt the man observe her. The unknown man seemed to realise that he was staring rather hard at Elysia when she fake-coughed because he instanly turned his head to leave.

But he did spare Elysia a last glance before he left. There was something familiar about that man but Elysia could not put her hands on what it was so familiar about him.

"Stop looking at that man and hurry up inside. We cannot let people know that you visited me this late at night."

Elysia wanted to say that it had never been a problem before tonight before she realised that she was no longer a part of the temple's forces.

Of course things were different now when compared to before.

Elysia could not afford to be careless anymore about her actions. And she could also not roan around the temple as she liked.

She was all but an outsider now.

"So, what is it that you want to tell me? It better be something important if you came to visit this late at night."

Elysia hesitated about how to bring it up. But she had to bring it up somehow. The Head Priest looked rather curious right now.

"The thing is, I got confessed to today and it was by both Eve and Adam…."

Elysia spoke what had happened before. And the more she spoke, the more she felt the Head Priest pay attention to her words.

He was all but closed-off by the time Elysia finished speaking.

"I see. So this is what ended up happening after all. I'm afraid that it is as you fear. The world is trying to entangle you into it's chosen couple's affair but I'm afriad we cannot let it go this time."

Elysia felt shocked at the admission. Maybe somewhere in her heart, she had been holding onto the hope that those feelings had been genuine and not a bi-produce of the world's influence.

But Head Priest Yohan seemed certain about the fact that this was fate's way of making sure that things happened as they were suppose to.

Was Elysia not going to escape her fate of death after all.

"So, what should we do now?"

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Head Priest Yohan did not have this particular visitor often. But whenever this person came to visit, Head Priest Yohan made sure to be prepared to meet his every need.

After all, this person was the one who had shown Yohan the true meaning of this world and what the fate lay in store for the future race.

In many ways, this man was a god himself.

"Are you afraid that things are changing and going down a different route then in the prophecy? You should not be that worried."

"But still. I cannot see any signs of Eve falling in love with the Crown Prince. Rather, she says that she is in love with that Elysia. How can that be even possible."

Just that morning, Eve had given him an earful about her love for her best friend. It had been a shocking statement to know but Yohan had not taken it seriously enough.

After all, Eve was still young so it was entirely possible for her to mistake her feelings.

But still, something in his mind seemed ot be nagging him. He could not stop the feeling of things crumbling down around them.

"Well, things like these happen. Eve is human so curiosity is a thing for her. As soon as she has sated her curiosity she will see the truth. But for now, push her toward what she desires. I am sure it will repair her relationship with you."

The man was wise but somehow his current advice did not sound right.

But Head Priest Yohan did not get to reply back to the man before his door was kocked and the man stood up.

"Think over what I said. Curiosity should be sated as soon as possible or it will end up as an obsession. And once things came to that, it will not be possible for us to control things."

The man sounded like he had experience and Yohan could not longer ignore him.

Elysia looked rather startled to see the man suddenly open the door but she soon recovered. But Yohan was more curious about the man staring Elysia down for longer than it was necessary.

He had not even taken this deep a look at Adam or Eve when Yohan had pointed them out.

"You arrived here rather early Elysia, but do come in. My guest was just about to take his leave now so you don't need to be bothered by him."

Elysia flinched but soon entered the room. The door closed behind her but Yohna could still tell that the man was watching Elysia's every move.

"So, what is it that you want to tell me? It better be something important if you came to visit this late at night."

Yohan did not have a lot of free time on his hand nowdays. The ceremoney was draining him and so were the preperations for the next banquet that was going to be help soon,

It would be held after the hunting competition and would seek to invite foreign parties as well. It was an important event that could not be messed up.

But it all felt Yohan's mind once he heard Elysia speak.

Suddenly, that cloaked man's words echoed inside Yohan's mind and he realised that that man knew this was going to happen.

So was this something determined by fate as well?

"So, what should we do now?"

Elysia sounded as hopeless as Yohan felt. He did not want Elysia to become an obsticle in Eve's future, or a dark strain on her name.

But he also remembered what that man had said about lingering curiosity and obsession. And currently, both Eve and the Crown Prince were on the verge of falling into that hole.

"You give them what they want. It might be their curiosity over you that is fuling them and they will calm down once you give them a chance to."

"So you are saying that-"

"Tell them that you will accept their feeling temporarily but look for a way to get them together. It is only something you can do now."

Saying this left a bitter taste in Yohan's mouth but it had to be done. And the sooner this curiosity was sated, the better.