Voyage Of The Villainess

Chapter 71 - Volume 2.23 Please Tell Me Why?

Dorris found herself in an endless white room full of grey smoke. No matter what she did or walk, there was nothing around but only her and the empty space.

"Dorris," suddenly she turned around when she heard a familiar yet distant voice at the same time.

"Dorris," 

As Dorris narrowed her gaze to look closer at the source of the voice, her body trembled at the sudden sight that beheld in front of her.

"Why did you betray me, Dorris?" A bloody figure of Malaya kept crawling to Dorris. "I thought, we will go stronger together and explore many things the world hasn't seen before. Why? Dorris? Please tell me why?"

"La-lady Malaya."

"Dorris! Why?!"

"Nesha." Nesha turned around when she heard Callan's voice. But her eyes widened with horror when he saw Callan was burning alive.

"I thought we will survive together no matter how many thorns life will throw to us." The fire burst even stronger. "Why did you have to leave."

"Dorris!"

"Nesha!"

Struck between the two, Dorris clutched both her hands to her ears. She dropped to the ground as she covered both her ears.

"Dorris! Why?!" Blood flooded out from Malaya's eyes as she continued crawling towards her. Trailed of blood was left behind as she moved.

"Nesha! Don't leave!" Callan parts were now severing from him. 

But they continued to move and move towards Dorris.

"Do-don't come any closer to me!" Dorris screamed out loud.  "Ahhhh!"

Dorris' eyes opened wide. She immediately sat up as she held her chest. She could feel the loud thumping of her heart.

'A dream...It was not real.' She kept hitting her chest to calm herself. 'That was only a dream.'

But Dorris had no time to rest when she felt someone behind her. She immediately jumped out of the bed. 

*Fwoosh!*

Feathers from the futon of the bed flew all over the place when someone's struck it with a sword. Long dark ocean blue hair danced on Dorris' vision.

"You?!" Dorris' heart skipped even faster when she realized who was the person that attack her now. 'Lady Malaya!' However Malaya didn't answer her, instead, she tore a talisman, the move that Dorris knew too well.

She immediately materialized her scythe and blocked Malaya's sword behind her. Malaya light aquamarine eyes just glinted with Dorris' confused stare. 

"What are doing?!" Dorris screamed as she pushed Malaya backward. Malaya didn't respond as she tore another talisman.

The silent responses and barrage of attacks that Malaya gave to Dorris were now starting to irritate something inside her. 

"Why are you not talking?!" 

Malaya reappeared behind her once again and at the same time, Dorris' blocked her sword. "Why are you not saying anything?!" Dorris yelled as she kept blocking Malaya's barrage of attacks.

*Crash!* Dorris yelped when the sword almost hit her head. The vase that was behind her was the one that got hit and shattered into pieces. "Are you going to kill me now?!" 

Malaya remained quiet as she going to attack Dorris once again. 

"Then if that is really the case here," Dorris dropped her scythe. "If this is my punishment for all the sins I committed. Then to die by your hands, would be the right thing to me, Milady." Dorris' voice croaked when she called Malaya, Milady once again.

She closed her eyes and waited for the sword to slash her neck. But moments later, nothing happened. "Dorris."

The sound of clanging echoed through the suddenly quiet room. "You know that I could never kill you."

Dorris opened her eyes and what she saw struck something deep inside her. Malaya's face had her usual warm and calm smile now. "Though I told you many times to not call me like that before. But to call me, Milady once again." Malaya's smile grew wider. "I'm so glad to hear it again.

"From the pocket of her robes, Malaya brought out the hairclip she bought Dorris from before.

"I haven't given this back to you again," Malaya said as she put the hairclip to Dorris' hair. "There."  Her smile grew wider. "You look like a normal chocolate cake again."

"Milady," Dorris dropped on her knees. "How could you still smile like that, after I hurt you?" Tears started to stream down from her face.

"It's never easy to hate someone who is like a true family to you," Malaya said as she sat down to Dorris' level. "Rather than mostly hate, only questions of why's and self-doubt will form if someone close to you does something you didn't expect them to do.

"And Dorris..." Malaya paused as she clasped both Dorris' hands. "I want to know why?" 

"Milady." Dorris glanced up. Her face was already filled with tears.

"Let me know, so I could understand why?" Malaya said as she wiped Dorris' tears with her thumb.

Combined with her past life and this lifetime, even if Malaya and Dorris were close in age, Dorris' was still a lot younger than her by any means. For a fourteen-year-old girl, to show this kind of distressed and pained expression, Malaya wished that she could do something for her as the adult her and Dorris' friend.

'I might be nosy for wanting to know why, but this is the only way I know so that I could understand the situation better and help Dorris.' Malaya squeezed Dorris' hand firmer but gently.

It's been two days now, since Rein brought Dorris back, and now that she was awake, Malaya wanted to know everything that there was to know about Dorris. 

"Please Dorris, tell me." Malaya pleaded. "To see a family of mine, this hurt, pains me so much." Malaya stopped herself from shedding any tear. And that was not the only problem right now, her back was throbbing with pain. Due to that fight earlier, Malaya could feel that her wound opened up. But she must endure for Dorris.

"Milady..." Dorris finally spoke up as she fixated her gaze towards Malaya. She released a deep breath before she continued.. "I don't deserve this kindness or to live happily because the truth is I was a murderer."