This Three Year Old Is a Villainess-Chapter 290
Grimie’s side seemed to sense the change in atmosphere. They tensed, scanning their surroundings.
“What trick has been played?”
“Do I look like your informant?” I thought, of course not.
The younger Mashitabba darted toward me, shouting, “If you won’t answer, I’ll make you!”
Clang! Hallard’s spear and the younger Mashitabba’s sword crashed fiercely.
“Stand aside, old man,” Kendal said, grabbing behind the younger twin.
“You old codger stick to your stubbornness, huh?”
While they held him off, I yelled to Han Jihyeok, who sat frozen on the ground with Grimie approaching.
“Jihyeok, this way!”
His face pale, Han Jihyeok crawled backward, hand bracing on the earth.
“If I could have moved earlier...”
His fear of facing someone unbeatable had locked him in place.
‘Damn!’ I sprinted to him, hurdling a Veil soldier by grabbing my shoulder.
‘I was trained to evade at any cost.’
Just as Grimie reached for him, I yanked Han Jihyeok’s collar, pulling him clear of Grimie’s grasp.
“Move!”
“I—I wish I could!”
His legs quivered. I shielded him behind my back and glared at Grimie.
“I really can’t let you come any closer.”
“That cannot be. We have much to discuss.”
“Ugh—this conversation is going to be so tiresome!”
I hurled a binding talisman toward Grimie—but it crumbled to dust before it touched him.
No matter: I never expected it to restrain him. It was only to divert his attention.
‘And this is more diversion!’
“Ombre!!” I cried, and Ombre leapt from Dalia’s shadow and enveloped her in an instant.
“Wha—Dad! No—!” Dalia screamed, struggling in Ombre’s tendrils.
Ombre, a shadow beast, secretes fear-inducing hormones. Human terror is its finest feast—and Dalia, no longer the world’s heroine but a frightened girl, had never honed the strength to resist. Her soul, newly summoned from another realm, was not yet anchored in this body.
Meaning...
‘Left like that, her mind will shatter soon.’
Grimie’s eyes widened, but I seized the moment to drag Han Jihyeok away.
“Put strength in your legs!”
“Th-that gaze... how can those be human eyes?”
“Jihyeok—”
“He’ll kill me... he’ll kill me....”
He muttered in panic. I shouted, and at last he looked at me with focus. I slapped his cheek.
“I will protect you.”
“...”
“Have I ever failed to keep my word?”
He stared, then slowly shook his head.
“Jihyeok, you are like another father, another brother, sometimes a sister, a friend, a teacher.”
“...”
“You are family. Have I ever failed to protect my family?!”
“No.”
He gripped my wrist as I held his shoulder.
“No!” He rose to his feet in a martial stance, shouting in fury.
‘Good, his fear is gone.’ He clung to me, but he could move.
I activated a boon: Chapter 1 of From Weakest to Strongest awakened.
‘The world now favors Han Jihyeok.’
At that moment, Grimie’s attack came for me. I rapidly activated a barrier talisman, but it shattered under his strike, and boulders rained again. Some shards were as sharp as blades.
I braced with my arms, eyeing Ombre’s fallen form. Dalia was being supported by Veil soldiers.
‘Three minutes, and we’re spent already—where is Father?’
Last I saw him, Grimie had bound him in rubble—but now his hair was gone from view.
Meaning...?
As I thought, the narrative of From Weakest to Strongest began to shift.
It was well known that Daimond Astra was strong. The tale of him defeating a thousand men alone had become legend. Beyond his fearsome Deconstruct boon, he possessed prodigious mana and a body honed by countless battles and training. Yet his greatest attribute was his mastery of boons.
That day, Han Jihyeok witnessed it: a legendary power surpassing even level 5—reaching Transcendence...!
‘Transcendence?’ That term had never appeared in any story I’d known.
A wind blew, swirling dust around me—no, those motes of dust formed beams of light, coalescing into human shape.
“Huh?”
“...!”
Grimie’s face froze. It was Father—rebuilt from the dust of the collapsed rocks.
He clenched and unclenched his fist repeatedly.
“So this is what it is.”
“You...” Grimie’s face hardened.
He shouted, “Mashitabba!”
The twins moved behind him. Their pendants danced, exuding a creeping, ominous mist.
‘Their transfer talismans!’ I recognized it from ancient memory: the power cast by the twin guardians—called “Mashitabba”—who once protected me as a child.
The ancient twins had said, “Two as one, one originating two.” A boon no lone wielder could use: phenomenal power only possible by twins in concert.
“Evade! ...!!”
Kendal gathered our soldiers with his wind boon, forming a barrier stronger than any sacred seal—yet even that could not stand.
“AAAH—!”
Soldiers screamed. I paled, fists clenched.
‘The Veil can wield the twin guardians’ power?’ This was unbelievable! I knew well how immense the twins’ boon was: the ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) ability to make whatever two people envisioned into reality.
Dalia gaped at them.
“A-amazing....”
Han Jihyeok murmured, “Is this... can we really win?”
“Don’t worry. No matter what, I’ll protect you.”
I said to reassure him, but in truth, my own alarm bells rang.
‘How on earth do we win this?’
My hands trembled. The twins glared. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
“Still have the nerve to breathe deeply—impressive.”
The younger twin laughed; the elder studied me with sharp eyes. I forced a smile.
I was also a commander. If I showed fear, morale would collapse. Bluffing to calm the troops was vital—my father’s teaching.
“Erilot.”
“Yes?”
“Why such a sour expression?”
“I know I can never outmatch Balzac’s or Joshua’s boons. It’s so unfair....”
“Is that so?”
“Of course!”
Once in training, Balzac and Joshua—exhausted from our drills—looked up at me as I lay on the ground.
“Your unfairness drives me mad!” they said.
“Mine?”
“You! No-boon you losing is natural, yet whenever we compete, you win, using every trick you have!”
‘Yes, that’s how I won.’ By observation and relentless strategy, never quitting.
I scanned the battlefield. Finally something odd stood out.
‘If I were Mashitabba, I would have attacked Father first.’ Yet they struck at the soldiers instead—and Kali and Hallard showed little effect.
“It’s the boon level! Father and those above this tier aren’t affected!”
Kali and Hallard snapped to attention and charged the twins. Though blocked by other Veil soldiers, they broke through—Kali and Hallard were Igritz’s strongest.
Grimie could not aid his twins; Father battled him.
I studied the fight, then called out,
“They can’t move to defend because they’re focused on ! Wait... focus?”
A cunning idea came to me.
‘Should I...? Yes, let’s.’
It’s all or nothing.
“Hey, younger Mashitabba!”
“?”
“Your zipper is open!”
It was nonsense, but Resonate’s slaves were freed from its hold—anyone thinking of anything else broke its effect.
“?”
“What? A zipper?”
“How odd....”
Even Kali and Hallard stood bewildered. I grinned.
“Everyone! If they think of anything else, they can’t use ! Keep shouting!”
The twins’ expressions froze. Our soldiers began to giggle. Igritz troops were masters of aggravation.
I poked Han Jihyeok’s side; furious at Grimie and the soldiers, he roared in taekwondo stance,
“Your Precious One is so useless—!!!”
Dalia froze. Grimie and the Mashitabbas, sure she’d come through for them, suddenly stiffened. Other Veil soldiers likewise.
‘A perfect area-of-effect!’
Angry, the twins could no longer use . Their boon was sealed by Han Jihyeok’s cursed tongue.
The fight became one of soldiers—and could Grimie’s guards stand against Igritz’s elite?
‘Yes, the tide has turned.’
I dashed to Dalia, grabbed her throat, swung her onto my back, and subdued her.
At that moment,
“Erilot!”
A familiar voice and lights appeared at a distance—Liantin, leading Decons jurisdiction’s soldiers, stood there beside our Decons uncle.
‘Did she bring the whole army?’
My uncle said solemnly,
“Did I not say I would aid you one day?”
I’d heard those words when Liantin helped me in the Sun Cult.
Liantin snapped,
“Hey, brat! How many valleys are there? You just said ‘valley’ and hung up! I nearly lost my mind finding you!”
I saw talismans floating around her.
“Sister, is that...?”
“Yes! I knew you’d need a massive force. How else could it have entered a manor undetected? Of course, it’s another domain’s army.”
“...”
“Invest heavily in ‘video transmitters,’ you fools! Try fighting in front of Grandfather!”
Liantin was as frail and cunning as I had been—and just as passionate.
‘I adore her!’
She sprinted forward, then snorted when she saw Dalia pinned beneath me. She slammed Dalia’s head with a thwack!
“You’re dead~!”
Villainess-turned-hero Liantin. Former-main-villain me.
‘Villains have their own synergy.’
As Decons soldiers overwhelmed Veil operatives, my comm-stone buzzed. I ducked and twisted to answer while restraining Dalia’s screams.
[The pledge is secured!]
It was Conrad’s voice.
Waaaah—!!
Our soldiers roared in unison.
We had won.
