I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 16

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16.

“You must have really become close with the Princess.”

“The Princess seemed somehow intimidating and hard to approach, but seeing how she treats Lady Brensia, maybe there’s no need to be afraid.”

“This is the first time I’ve seen Princess Perioze treat someone so well.”

“That must mean Lady Brensia has really won her favor, don’t you think?”

While Perioze’s Sister was having a brief private conversation with the Marquis’ daughter, the ladies attending the tea party surrounded me, showing their curiosity about my relationship with her.

Some among them were curious about my relationship with Theor, but right now they seemed more excited about the fact that I had managed to use the Duke’s mansion’s personal designer for just such a tea party.

That made sense, since the McKenzie family’s exclusive designer was rumored to be the most famous designer in the Empire, and there were countless ladies and wives who wanted to wear her dresses.

Even the Empress and Princesses would borrow Perioze’s Sister’s exclusive designer for official events, such was her remarkable skill.

The reason she had staked her reputation on becoming the exclusive madam of the McKenzie Duke’s mansion was entirely because Duke McKenzie had been her first love.

As you could tell from Perioze’s Sister’s outstanding beauty, Duke McKenzie had been an incredibly popular man since childhood, and there were many women who would give their heart and soul for his looks.

Madam Endiweon, the Duke’s mansion’s exclusive designer, was probably one of them, and because of that, she still seemed to remain unmarried and alone.

Well, since Perioze’s Sister’s mother had passed away early, leaving the position of Duke’s wife vacant, Madam Endiweon’s efforts to win favor with her would continue.

Though her motives were impure, her skills were outstanding and I knew she cherished Perioze’s Sister as much as I did, so the benefits the exclusive madam would bring to her in the future would be substantial.

I showed the most sincere and harmless expression I could muster to the ladies surrounding me and said:

“Actually, I haven’t mentioned this, but our Perioze’s Sister is really good to me. This isn’t because she’s only good to me specifically, but because her personality is such that she gives unlimited love without hesitation to anyone she considers her person.”

“Really? The Princess does that?”

“She always has such a scary expression that she just seemed difficult to approach.”

At my words, one by one they seemed to think that Perioze’s Sister was actually a kind and approachable person.

I added a slightly embellished false tale to give more weight to this impression.

Though I called it a false tale, it was just truth with a light seasoning, so it wasn’t completely false.

“You all saw today’s article, right? The article about me meeting with His Highness the Crown Prince and Grand Duke Theor.”

“I was so curious about that.”

“Did the Princess arrange that meeting?”

“Have you had your heart set on the Grand Duke, Lady Brensia?”

As expected, when Theor’s story came up, the ladies’ eyes immediately changed.

To their curious gazes, I boastfully told them about how thanks to Perioze’s Sister, I was able to give Theor a handkerchief and even got the opportunity to meet and have a conversation at a cafe afterward.

I transformed everything I had done into things that Perioze’s Sister had done, and even disguised the meeting that she had asked me to arrange so she could see Lloyd as if it were a meeting she had arranged for my sake.

At my words, everyone said they had no idea the Princess could be so kind and caring to a commoner-born nouveau riche baronet’s daughter, admiring her as someone who gives generously to her own people.

I pointed at the lady who had spoken first with my index finger and nodded vigorously.

“That’s right, exactly! That’s it! Our sister may seem nasty and fierce on the surface, but she’s truly infinitely tender and kind to anyone she considers her person!”

“Who’s tender and kind?”

Just then, Perioze’s Sister, having finished her conversation with the Marquis’ daughter, strode over to rescue me from being trapped among the ladies, only to show a bewildered expression at the unexpected words.

The ladies, seeing Perioze’s Sister, quickly stepped aside like a receding tide.

“Sister!”

“You’ve allowed Lady Brensia to use such an informal address, Princess?”

At my way of addressing her as sister, the Marquis’ daughter looked at Perioze’s Sister and asked.

Perioze’s Sister answered the Marquis’ daughter on my behalf, worried I might be put in a difficult position.

“I told her to call me that. I cherish Eli as if she were my real younger sister.”

“…Ah.”

At Perioze’s Sister’s words, the Marquis’ daughter made a somewhat displeased expression, but didn’t add anything more.

The Marquis’ daughter was just as nasty as Perioze’s Sister, so if I had said something in that situation, she would have definitely picked at my words and made trouble.

Our sister really is too kind.

I looked at Perioze’s Sister with admiring eyes, newly appreciating how she had stepped forward for me first.

“So, what were you all discussing that you had to surround and trap one child like this?”

Perioze’s Sister said, scanning the ladies surrounding me with a cool gaze.

I quickly told her that we had been discussing stories about her and the newspaper article, so she wouldn’t misunderstand.

Perioze’s Sister’s face stiffened slightly at the mention of the newspaper article, but I linked arms with her and spoke to convey that she needn’t worry about anything.

“I was bragging about how you arranged the meeting with Grand Duke Theor for me.”

At that, Perioze’s Sister’s eyes widened slightly, but our sister, who was quicker than anyone else in the world, quickly composed her expression and played along with “Ah, that?”

I cheered inwardly at Perioze’s Sister’s perfectly synchronized response.

To be this in sync – this really must be destiny.

My destiny to become Perioze’s Sister’s right hand and pave a path of flowers for her future.

If no matter how hard I tried, Perioze’s Sister didn’t go along with my words and found them absurd, I would just become a liar and she would be left with her bad reputation intact.

Convinced that the path I wanted to take wasn’t wrong, I pulled Perioze’s Sister’s linked arm a little closer.

Just then.

“Eli.”

At the calm voice from behind, my head turned automatically.

“Caroline.”

Though she had been invited to the tea party, Caroline appeared to be a bit late for some reason, and she was looking down at my arm embracing Perioze’s Sister’s arm with a somewhat stiff expression.

“You’re late, Lady Caroline.”

When one of the ladies spoke to Caroline, one of Caroline’s follower ladies immediately shot back instead of her.

“The protagonist always appears last. Our Lady Caroline had to visit the Crown Prince’s Palace from this morning at His Highness the Crown Prince’s summons.”

Ah, originally that would have been my line to deliver.

I glanced at the lady who had become Caroline’s shield instead of the original me, then looked back at Caroline.

What is she planning to do, keeping her mouth shut? It’s always like this.

She makes other people say all the things that would be disadvantageous for her to say directly.

To call this a female lead buff, there are definitely many subtly irritating aspects.

If the female lead were truly a kind and righteous character, shouldn’t she step forward herself in such situations or stop the lady from saying things that would cause discord?

But Caroline wasn’t restraining at all the lady who was acting like a spokesperson, proudly bragging about her morning appointment with Lloyd on her behalf.

She was just staring blankly with only a troubled expression.

No wonder the original owner of this body took slaps for Caroline before my possession.

Remembering my first day of possession, I felt strangely irritated.

“I saw the newspaper. So you had your heart set on the Grand Duke?”

Caroline approached me with her characteristic gentle smile and said.

“Ah, well. I had given him a handkerchief beforehand.”

Somehow I felt like I should tell Caroline about giving Theor the handkerchief, so when I mentioned it, Caroline’s face stiffened subtly before returning to her characteristic gentle expression.

“I see. I didn’t know that, so when you took His Highness the Crown Prince, who was my appointment partner, aside that time, I thought you had feelings for His Highness.”

At Caroline’s words, all the ladies’ gazes focused on me at once.

So this was about what happened when we met at the cafe that day.

And she was cleverly framing me as having arbitrarily taken Lloyd away while he was talking with Caroline.

“Still, I’m relieved. I’ve been troubled about that day ever since. After all, you and I are friends, right? For friends to compete over one man…”

“Will you stop spouting nonsense, Lady?”

Just then, Perioze’s Sister looked at Caroline with frighteningly cold eyes and spoke. Simultaneously, all the ladies’ gazes shifted to Perioze’s Sister at once.

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