Chapter 2: Mother's Job Is Hard

Three years passed since then,

You know since I came into the world which happened to be the villainess's birthday.

I gave up searching for the kid's father after one month, it was useless. There was no clue led to that jerk who left a pregnant woman alone.

I didn't care much and went on with my life as the widow magician. Luckily, I got the original body's memories and I could make a living by just making potions and stuff.

AHHHHHHHHH

"My legs!!!! It burns!!!!!"

Opp, wrong potion again.

"It was part of the treatment."

"Yes..." that guy went back into the battle with his new healed leg. I was so glad that I could help him, of course, made a little money out of him too.

The empire was at war the whole time!! Damn it, can't I just live in peace with my daughter?? Raising a kid was hard enough, I had to take the kid with me to the battlefield too.

Wahhhh!!! Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

"I want my mommy!!! I want my mommy!!! I hate thou, stupid old man!!!"

Kyaaaaaaaaaa

Who did she just call stupid??? I left her in the camp for a second.

Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa

"AHHHH" we both screamed at each other at the same time.

It was the commander my daughter was calling stupid old man...pfft!!! HAHAHA, I always wanted to call him that because of his arrogance.

Pfft!! Good job, Lavinia.

"Is this your cute daughter everyone talked about??"

"Yes, indeed she is." I was dying holding laughter when seeing my daughter hit that guy's face with the toy I gave her.

"You should've kept her at home, do you know how dangerous this place is??!!"

"Well, sorryyyyyy!!! I didn't have enough money to hire a nanny unless...someone might spare me some..." I blinked innocently just like a pitiful mother without a father asking for extra bonus from the boss.

"No more bonus. Go back to your work, I'll watch your kid for you."

Tsk.

I clicked my tongue after turning my back for a second, then I turned back to him grabbing my child from his arm.

"Shouldn't you go to the battlefield right now??"

"We lost this time...that's why the soldiers need to have a treatment first." what he said was true, while the royal and the nobles were enjoying their carefree lives, the soldier was dying on the battlefield.

I took a deep breath and patted my daughter's head, "Be a good girl, mommy will give you ice cream~"

"Yay, ice cream!!!" she was so easy to tame.

"What's ice cream??"

Pfft. Pathetic, this world didn't have ice cream. I got a lot of money from selling ice cream to those people in the era.

"I'll give you one if you win the next battle." I teased him but he went on serious mode. I put my child to sleep on the treatment bed.

I really pitied the child for having such a rough childhood. I was assigned to the battlefield only half of the year after she was born.

I sang her the lullaby putting her to sleep and yet, she still bragged about ice cream to the commander.

"My mom...is the best...Ice cream is so yummy..."

"Lavinia, sleep now. Don't bother the...old man..." I whispered to her, we were laughing together leaving the commander who stood behind me to narrow his eyebrows.

"I'll go now, I won't bother with your work anymore."

"You're not a bother." well, he indeed is. He left the tent waving goodbye at me.

My left eyes were twitching, maybe I didn't get enough sleep.

I yawned and rest putting my head on the pole while waiting for any soldiers who were wounded. I was glad I could heal those wounded soldiers. I wasn't good enough, if I was better than now, there will be no people laying on the ground with the white cloth covering their bodies.

I wanted to be stronger. I wanted those soldiers to live and be reunited with their families.

The reason why I wanted to be stronger was that I knew the plot up ahead. During the war era, the Rashidun empire will lose to the Geyotor empire.

In the end, I was still a high school student mentally. Even with the plot I knew, I couldn't help anything when it came to war strategy. It was already a blessing for me that I knew how to heal people with my potion-making skill.

I didn't want to destroy those soldiers' hope.

I put my head on my knees looking at many tents and soldiers training.

I could heal them but at what cost? Three-fourths of the soldiers will die.

"Lady Damia, please help!!! A soldier is wounded!!"

Well, no time to be depressed!! I had to save them, even though we will lose, at least I won't let the same amount of soldiers die under my eyes.

I will change the plot!!

The part which stated that the empire will lose to the other empire only had two lines were,

[The empire was defeated by the tyrant emperor who participated in the battlefield himself. Only one-fourth of the entire soldiers survived thanks to the magician Damia.]

It didn't say anything about the commander's survival. I wanted to save that guy at least, he is a talent that only appeared in one century.

"The spider eyes!!"

"Yes!!!"

"Viper's venom!!"

"Here..."

"Damia, why are you making potion out of venom!??" asked the commander Louis, the old man my daughter called earlier.

"Trust me!! I will heal this soldier."

"I always trust you, but it is a little bit risky." hearing him saying that somehow felt nice once in a while. It's been half of the year I could hear that kind of praise from him.

"Alright, we need him to drink this." the black-haired soldier was unconscious, his blood was seen in my eyes, his pale started getting paler and paler, and his pulse was in a very bad state.

Even though I tried to open his lip, it didn't seem to work.

I really didn't want to lose my first kiss...

Damn it.

"You!! Can you drink this potion and kiss him??"

It was a weird way to make a person drink, but it was the last solution I could think of. I asked the female soldier since I didn't want to lose my first kiss to a random stranger.

She nodded, she was really a good soldier.

But she spat it out because it was so bitter for her. I took a deep breath and drink the potion since asking the commander to do that was out of the question.

I grabbed his chin and kissed him on the lip.

The potion was bitter, I wanted to barf. I'm really impressed with my daughter for drinking those potions I made at such a young age.

His complexion was better, thank goodness.

But when I turned back to the commander to tell him something, he was already gone. It was as if he wasn't there.

I didn't get to follow him to tell the information I knew when identifying the solder's poison since it wasn't necessary so I stayed inside the tent looking after the solder I lost my first kiss to instead.

The sun had already set, I was sitting with my eyes couldn't even open anymore. I sat for many hours watching the soldier check his condition.

Honk!!!!

"The enemy is coming from the west!!! Everyone!!! In your position!!" when I heard Louis's voice through the announcing device, I immediately grabbed my kid even though she was sleeping.

Judging by his voice, the enemy soldiers must be neat us. Even worse, they might be already surrounding us.

I held my daughter inside the tent to prevent there might be a case the enemy will shoot arrows.

"Mama...I'm scared..."

"My baby, don't be scared...mama is here. That old man will protect you."

I trusted Louis, and everyone I stayed beside for three years. They won't go down easily.

"Mama..."

"Shh...Lavinia...Mama is looking outside." I looked outside peeping my head while carrying my child.

"Mama!! That uncle..."

What is she saying?? What uncle??

I turned back to where the soldier rest, all I could see was the sharp sword in front of me swinging at me.

Without hesitation, I used my magic to create the barrier around my child and take the sword with all my body to protect Lavinia.

"How insolent...kissing me?? You're really brave, but you used your kindness on the wrong person." the black-haired soldier with his hand on the sword which penetrated my stomach grinned at me saying those words to me.

"Are you...the emperor...?"

"Bwahaha!!! You should have realized that sooner...it's too late...but...how did you know that?? I never revealed my face to you enemy..." his eyes darken as he licked my blood which was on his hand with his tongue.

"Mama!!!! No, don't hurt my mama!!!!!"

My poor Lavinia, it's your stupid mother's fault. If I told Louis about the poison this psycho had in his body, none of this would have happened.

Ahhh...

Louis...please help my daughter...

I'm not even sure if Louis could win against this emperor.

This emperor was wise, he got inside the enemy camp pretended to be the poisoned soldier, and killed the magician who was the core of the enemy first.

The poison only affected humans only in three days. If they could endure it, they will live.

I'm really a fool. What should I do?? I still have some time before I die...

"Lavinia...be a good girl, okay??" I muttered to my daughter without turning to her, because I didn't want to see her in the last minute of my life. I already died once, dying for my daughter isn't bad.

I will kill this scumbag, emperor of Geyotor!!!!!

I wrapped my hand around his neck, blood came out of my lip as the sword went to the other side of my body as I moved.

"You're the first person who holds on for long like this."

"I will bring you with me!!!" I bit his neck, he was screaming loudly and pushed my body away.

I held on till the last breathe of my life, just one more second, one more second...if I see someone walking inside the tent, then I'll die in peace...

At least save my daughter.

"You stupid woman!!! No one--"

"Damia!! Sorry, I'm late."

You should come sooner, stupid commander...

I could die...now...

"Damia...no!!!"

"Mama...no!!!!! Mama!!!!!"

Haa...

And that was how I died for the second time.

Haa...I wondered what my next life will be...

I didn't have to worry much, Louis will defeat that stupid emperor and he won't abandon my daughter like a heartless man.

...and that was how I lost my second love...too...

I never got a chance to tell that guy, Louis...that I love him...

I'm really a loser in such thing as love.

Goodbye, Lavinia...goodbye Louis...

To be continued...!