I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 17

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17.

My cool sister absolutely would not stand by and watch Caroline’s cunning attitude of acting like she was the victim.

Our sister is this cool, everyone.

“N-nonsense, Princess. Your words are too harsh…!”

“Countess, shut up.”

Perioze’s Sister spoke with a face that looked like she could kill someone, addressing the countess who had stepped forward as Caroline’s spokesperson.

Caroline’s spokesperson countess took on an expression as if trying to frame Perioze’s Sister as a villainess, opening her mouth with an “Oh my!”

Unable to just watch her, I suddenly interjected.

“Caroline, I’d appreciate it if you could speak truthfully.”

At my words, the gazes of the countesses who had been tense about Perioze’s Sister potentially starting a rampage all turned to me at once.

Receiving all their attention, I pointed out the parts Caroline had just deliberately twisted in her favor.

“I didn’t take away ‘Crown Prince who was having a meeting with you,’ did I? At that time, you came to our table and were questioning me about why I didn’t come to the marquis’ mansion, and Crown Prince was sitting ‘alone.'”

Caroline, slightly flustered by my words, immediately hardened her face and said to me.

“So what I’m saying is…”

“Sister only said it was wrong for you, who holds a baron title, to order around me, who holds a viscount title, but Crown Prince started an argument with our sister while trying to protect you.”

“…!”

“I made Crown Prince leave that situation because he was criticizing sister first without properly understanding the situation, and I had something to say to His Highness.”

The countesses who heard my words began to murmur among themselves.

Thankfully, one countess stepped forward first and said that Crown Prince sometimes acted particularly cold and harsh toward our sister, especially in front of Countess Caroline.

I immediately found that countess and spoke to her.

“Exactly! I really couldn’t understand this either. It’s as if someone had been badmouthing our sister to Crown Prince each time.”

As soon as I finished speaking, I turned my head to look at Caroline, who looked at me with a hurt expression and tears welling up in her eyes.

“Eli, I don’t understand why you’ve changed like this. What on earth has the Princess done to you?”

“What?”

Sister got angry again because Caroline was blatantly blaming Perioze’s Sister for my changed attitude toward Caroline.

Since it seemed like she was hoping for Perioze’s Sister to throw a tantrum here, I put strength into the arm holding sister’s, expressing my silent intention not to fall for the provocation.

Then I stepped forward instead of Perioze’s Sister and spoke to Caroline.

“Caroline. Those words are rude – ‘what has the Princess done to you.’ No matter how specially Crown Prince takes care of you, a mere baron’s daughter cannot use such speech toward the Princess.”

At my words, Caroline’s face instantly turned pale.

I remember that in the original story, whenever she endured and suffered from Perioze’s Sister’s tyranny, she would say with her own mouth, ‘A mere baron’s daughter shouldn’t defy the Princess, I know that too.’

That much showed that Caroline was conscious of her title and Perioze’s Sister’s title even in the original story.

Perhaps that was Caroline’s sensitive spot.

Just like Lloyd was Perioze’s Sister’s sensitive spot.

Anyway, trying to slander me, who had sided with sister, in this way to bring down Perioze’s Sister was definitely wrong.

I also couldn’t forgive the original female lead for gaining people’s sympathy through lies.

Clearly, Caroline was targeting Perioze’s Sister rather than me when she said I had taken away Lloyd while she was having a meeting with him.

After all, everyone would think that I could act that way toward Crown Prince because I had the Princess as my backing.

Since such incidents could happen frequently in the future, I wanted to make her correct such behavior here, so I touched her sensitive spot, and sure enough, Caroline looked at me with a hardened face, forgetting even how to manage her expressions, which was her strong point.

“I’m not someone who acts carelessly just because Crown Prince thinks of me specially.”

Her face showed she was very afraid that other countesses might view her that way.

“For someone like that, it’s quite clearly visible that you’re acting arrogantly toward me while using Crown Prince Lloyd as your backing.”

When Perioze’s Sister suddenly interjected and spoke to Caroline, Caroline bit her lower lip tightly as if feeling wronged.

Tears that seemed ready to fall at any moment mixed with that expression, making viewers feel sorry for her.

This must be what they call the female protagonist buff.

The way she looked good and virtuous no matter what she did was truly enviable.

“You’re mistaken, Princess. I…”

“Enough. From now on, fix this habit of cleverly adding non-existent words on top of existing ones when speaking, Countess. Other countesses could suffer because of your speech habits, couldn’t they?”

She was pointing out how Caroline’s lies cleverly built upon truth had almost made me and Perioze’s Sister look bad to the other countesses.

I was newly moved by the fact that our sister could speak so sharply without throwing a tantrum.

The villainous Princess Perioze, who used to throw tantrums unable to control her anger, was nowhere to be found now.

Caroline, who had the ability to cleverly draw people’s hearts to herself, seemed flustered that Perioze’s Sister wasn’t throwing a tantrum as she had expected in this situation.

Until now, she had built up the image of a kind, pitiful, but steadfast and brave baron’s daughter who endured and bore with Perioze’s Sister’s tyranny, so it was understandable.

“I apologize.”

Caroline, judging that staying here would bring her no benefit, bowed her head once and quickly turned around.

Her supporter countess called after Caroline and followed her, but the other countesses seemed uninterested in them and surrounded me and Perioze’s Sister again, curious about what happened when we called out Crown Prince.

I didn’t miss that opportunity and began explaining what happened then with sparkling eyes, working to create good stories about Perioze’s Sister.

Of course, with a slight seasoning that was favorable to Perioze’s Sister.

This made voices saying “Crown Prince was too harsh” emerge, but since it was true that Lloyd had picked a fight first by telling Perioze’s Sister to tone it down, I didn’t feel particularly guilty.

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Inside the carriage returning home after finishing the tea party.

“Today was really enjoyable, Eli.”

Perioze’s Sister spoke in an affectionate voice while looking out the window.

I smiled warmly watching Perioze’s Sister like that.

Perioze’s Sister, who had properly scolded Caroline today, looked very cool.

That’s when it happened.

Suddenly, I felt someone’s gaze from outside the carriage.

There was absolutely no way someone could peek into a moving carriage, but strangely, I felt a gaze.

I quickly turned my head to look out the window.

People walking the streets at a not particularly fast pace filled my vision.

Among them, though I couldn’t see any gaze staring into the carriage, I strangely kept feeling someone’s eyes on me.

That ominous premonition I had felt before crept up again.

Back then, I thought it was because the Hunting Festival was approaching, but this wasn’t just a feeling.

Someone was definitely watching me.

“What’s wrong, Eli?”

Perioze’s Sister asked, seeing my expression harden.

“It’s nothing, nothing at all.”

I forced a smile for Perioze’s Sister and looked out the window as if nothing was wrong.

‘Well, what could possibly happen.’

I calmed my anxious heart and thought about Perioze’s Sister’s matters.

‘Creating sister’s good reputation turned toward how Lloyd acts particularly badly toward sister whenever he’s with Caroline. But this was also quite a good result. Thanks to that, everyone seemed to understand why sister had thrown tantrums at Caroline.’

Of course, our sister still had the image of a nasty villainess among the countesses, but now my existence was sufficiently imprinted in their minds, so the fact that ‘if you become close to the Princess, you can receive her infinite affection’ would also be imprinted.

A person who is infinitely kind to her people.

This was the public image I was aiming for regarding Perioze’s Sister.

* * *

“Miss! So many invitations are coming in!”

Beki, who had burst through the door without even knocking, made a fuss while showing me the letters she was holding with both hands full.

Seeing invitations three times more numerous than yesterday, I thought Beki had good reason to be this excited and let out a small laugh toward her.

“Aren’t you happy? All the renowned countesses of the Empire want to invite you to tea parties!”

It would be a lie to say I wasn’t happy, but I wasn’t excited enough to make a fuss like Beki.

After all, those letters were all invitations sent because they couldn’t bear the curiosity that arose from my failure to properly explain the article’s content and my relationship with Theor at the first tea party.

Among them were tea parties where several people would gather, and also invitations for tea time to meet and chat one-on-one.

I was planning to visit all the countesses who invited me to spread good stories about Perioze’s Sister, but since I was too drained from the first tea party, I concluded it would be difficult to attend tea parties once a day.

For some reason, gatherings with countesses had the mysterious aspect of consuming a lot of energy, so it might be better to attend parties once every two or three days and rest for a day or two.

“Oh my, there’s also a letter from the Grand Duke?”

Then, Beki took out a letter with the Grand Duchy’s seal and handed it to me.

I thought about why he would use troublesome letters when we had communication orbs and opened the letter.

[I would like to use the communication orb, would you permit it, Elinea.]

At the letter with just one line written, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Really, he couldn’t be anything but the upright and frustrating sub male lead.

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