I Am The Game's Villain Chapter 609 609: Alicia Being A Worried Mother

"What are you doing?" Vina asked.

I turned toward her, but my eyes locked almost imdiately on Alicia standing beside her.

"…What is she doing here?" I asked suspiciously.

I shouldn't have been surprised, really. After all, Alicia had been housing Vina ever since I asked her to.

Back then, when my relationships with Christina and Alea were still good, I had planned to give Vina a ho in the Olphean Kingdom. But things had gone south—fast. With that door closed, I had to consider alternatives. Naturally, Celeste was next on my list.

But that, too, had… complicated itself.

So, in the end, I'd placed my trust in Alicia. She and Vina had apparently grown close during my absence—while I was at Elyen Kiora. It was strange to think how bonds had shifted in the anti.

Still, this wasn't about that.

I had asked Vina to co alone.

"Entering Central Vedelia is heavily controlled now," Alicia answered instead.

She wasn't wrong. Ever since the new enforcent asures, the city had turned into a fortress. I suppose Vina would need help getting in, and Alicia was the most logical escort.

But still… there had to be other ways.

"Alicia…" A quiet voice muttered.

I glanced toward Roda.

Oi.

Alicia's gaze shifted, narrowing as she scanned Roda from head to toe, her brows slightly furrowed.

Damn it. Not now.

Just in case, I couldn't let them get too close.

Without hesitation, I stood and stepped between them, placing a hand on Alicia's back and nudging her away with a little too much urgency.

"What are you doing…" Alicia muttered as we got a few paces away from Roda.

"Thanks for escorting Vina," I said with a polite smile. "You can go now, Junior."

I was already turning to leave when she suddenly reached out and caught my arm.

"Who is she?" Alicia asked, her crimson eyes boring into mine with a piercing sharpness that felt less like curiosity and more like a warning.

"Who are you, my jealous girlfriend?"

Of course I knew exactly why she was asking. She'd sensed sothing—sothing unusual, sothing off—about Roda. But I couldn't let her get too close. Not yet. Not until I figured things out. So the best way to throw her off?

Annoy her.

And it worked.

Alicia's expression shifted as her hand dropped from my arm like I'd burned her. She scowled and turned her face away.

"Why did you call Levina?" Alicia asked .

I didn't look up from what I was doing. "I need her for sothing," I answered simply without saying more.

She folded her arms, her eyes narrowing slightly. "Didn't you already use her enough during the war?"

I blinked, caught off guard by the edge in her tone. Huh. That was unexpected.

"You're awfully protective of her all of a sudden. Just how close have the two of you gotten?"

Alicia bit down on her lower lip, hard enough that it actually looked painful, and turned her gaze toward . Her eyes were serious now, that kind of deep, quiet concern that didn't need to be said out loud to be felt.

"She's young… and naive," she said softly. "Don't take advantage of that, Senior."

"I'm not going to put her in danger," I said.

And I ant it.

Because I'd co to care about Vina. Truly. There was sothing about her...

She might've seed mature in so ways, but I saw through it. I knew better. Underneath that maturity she seed exactly like a girl of her age.

Whether it was naïveté or blind trust that led her to agree to my request, it didn't matter anymore. I wasn't going to let anything happen to her.

"So relax," I said, offering Alicia a half-smile. "Once we're done, I'll send her straight back to her mommy Alicia."

"..." Alicia didn't answer. She just stared at coldly.

I nearly laughed. Not because it was funny, but because I could see right through her expression. The silent treatnt didn't fool for a second.

She was just worried.

That was all.

Despite her words and frosty stare, Alicia was a good person and her concern for Levina only made that clearer.

Roda's warning about Alicia's future—about her death—flashed through my mind, and I felt that even more gnawing at looking at her now.

I already had to deal with Lazarus for triggering the Blood Moon Spell anyway. I will just have to take care of him sooner rather than later, before he has the chance to do anything he had planned against Alicia.

But first, there was the Behemoth situation.

One nightmare at a ti.

Alicia's shoulders relaxed just a little, like my words had convinced her… sowhat. Still, she glanced past toward Roda, who was deep in conversation with Levina. There was a flicker in her eyes—hesitation, maybe. Like there was sothing else she wanted to ask but couldn't bring herself to voice.

I decided not to push.

Instead, I leaned back and changed the subject. "How are things going with Percy?"

Apparently, that was the wrong move.

Alicia shot a look so sharp it could've cracked glass. Then, without a word, she turned on her heel and walked off.

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