I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 19

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19.

“Ah, you meant you wanted to make the Grand Duke smile?”

Beki, who had almost firmly misunderstood that my future dream was to be a clown, let out a sigh of relief and nodded.

“That’s a relief. I thought your dream from your commoner days was to be a clown…”

“Beki.”

“I’m sorry, that was a slip of the tongue.”

Beki bowed her head as she spoke.

“You always say you’re sorry but make sure to say everything you want to say.”

“You told me before not to hide what I want to say and to speak freely.”

“Look at this, how cheeky.”

“You said I don’t need to be overly formal since you’re from a commoner background.”

“Just which house’s young lady said those words?”

“Lady Elinea of House Brencia.”

Look at this, look at this, she never loses an argument.

The problem was that right after I possessed this body, seeing Beki being overly formal with me as a commoner, I told her she didn’t need to be like that.

If I had known she was the type to climb on top of my head like this, I would have taught her strictly from the beginning.

When I glared at Beki with belated regret, Beki smiled brightly at me.

She’s definitely doing this backed by the universal saying that you can’t spit on a smiling face.

“Anyway, give me your opinion too. How can I make that Grand Duke who’s stingy with his smiles laugh?”

“It depends on what kind of laughter you want from him, Miss. Do you want to see him laugh so hard his stomach hurts, or do you want to see a gentle, caring smile just for you?”

At Beki’s words, I recalled Theor’s smile when he briefly laughed while looking at me earlier.

That quietly offered pleasant laughter filled my mind, and my heart began to beat thump, thump, thump.

Hmm…?

His smile was certainly incredibly beautiful.

Beautiful enough to make a person’s heart race wildly.

With such looks, whether it was hearty laughter from genuine amusement or a lovely smile shown only to me, everything would be wonderful.

But still…

“Mm, a gentle and caring smile, I suppose?”

This was better.

“Then instead of trying to make him laugh, you should make him smile because you’re cute.”

“Make him smile because I’m cute…?”

“Yes.”

“Specifically?”

I leaned toward Beki with a quite serious expression and asked.

Throughout my 24 years as a dark mage and the mere few weeks of my possessed life, there wasn’t a single day in history when I wanted to appear cute to someone, so I needed Beki’s help.

“How can I make him smile because I’m cute?”

* * *

The day after receiving special training from Beki on [How to Look Cute to Men and Earn Their Smiles].

Thanks to Caroline visiting me early in the morning, I was able to decide where to use my first wish granted by Lloyd.

“I’m saying I can help you if you want to partner with the Grand Duke.”

Caroline, who came to see me without any prior notice, made such a proposal, saying she wanted to regain me as the friend I used to be.

In other words, if I would be close with her instead of Perioze’s Sister like before, she would speak to Lloyd to let me partner with Theor.

“Um, I can handle my own affairs.”

“What…?”

Caroline looked shocked at my indifferent response.

Seeing me scratch the bridge of my nose, Caroline’s face began to turn pale this time.

I kindly explained so Caroline wouldn’t be too shocked and could take back the ridiculous proposal she made to me.

“Don’t you have your own problems to worry about? You need a partner too. Don’t tell me His Highness the Crown Prince offered to be your partner?”

“…He hasn’t said so yet, but that’s how it will be.”

“Wow, your confidence is really something, isn’t it?”

“It’s not confidence. His Highness, he… Ha, I don’t know why I have to say such things to convince you.”

Caroline started to say something, then soon let out a long sigh as if frustrated and closed her mouth.

“Good thinking, don’t try to convince me. I plan to stick close to Perioze’s Sister just like now.”

“What on earth has that woman…! No, what has the Princess done for you that makes you act like this?”

When persuasion didn’t work, Caroline covered her face with her hands as if her head was throbbing and asked me.

Her expression looked like that of a tragic heroine, making me think that if I let my guard down, I might get swept up by that face and move according to Caroline’s wishes.

‘The heroine buff must be that powerful.’

Every expression and line of Caroline’s had something that could bewitch people.

Of course, as a possessor who has eyes only for our sister, Caroline’s heroine buff doesn’t work on me at all.

“Our sister? Well, she has been particularly kind to me lately, but just because she’s kind doesn’t mean that’s why I like her.”

“What…?”

“Whether she’s kind or not, I just like her very existence.”

“Ha!”

When I said this with a bright smile, Caroline let out a scoff for the first time with an expression full of her true feelings.

I didn’t miss that moment and captured it in my eyes.

As soon as she realized she had openly sneered, Caroline composed her expression and looked at me with her characteristic teary eyes.

“You hated the Princess. You said you wished she would disappear because she tormented me every time.”

“Oh my, did I say that? Really?”

“Why are you pretending not to remember?”

“It’s not pretending, I really don’t remember. The me back then must not have been me. My goodness, I said I wished our sister would disappear? What was I thinking to have such a terrible thought when seeing our sister is the greatest joy of my life.”

When I remained confident and consistently claimed ignorance without being intimidated, Caroline’s face hardened again.

I looked at Caroline and stood up.

“Anyway, it seems like your business is finished, right?”

“You really don’t need my help? Don’t you want to take the Grand Duke as your partner to the Hunting Festival?”

She acted as if I could never partner with Theor without her help.

I wanted to tell her that I was already much closer to him than she was, having shared even a huge secret with Theor, but I held back.

Since I couldn’t openly talk about how I could actually interfere with Caroline using Lloyd’s secret and the three wishes I earned to make Perioze’s Sister and Lloyd partners instead, it was better to just keep quiet.

There are so many cases in the world where ignorance is bliss.

“If I go, shouldn’t I go with my own strength?”

“You seem to think the Princess will help you, but the Princess and the Grand Duke don’t get along…”

“Caroline.”

I called out to Caroline, who kept talking, and showed her a firm expression.

“Thank you for your concern, but I’m fine. So please don’t worry about my Hunting Festival partner anymore.”

Then I left the reception room, saying she didn’t need to see me out.

Seeing my feet moving faster than my will intended, I must have wanted to hurry.

So that Caroline, who left here, couldn’t contact Lloyd and use her heroine buff as a weapon to become his Hunting Festival partner.

And so she couldn’t ask him to arrange for even Theor to partner with one of her associates.

I doubted Caroline would go that far, but it was better to be safe and certain about everything.

I hurried toward my room to contact Lloyd.

* * *

Lloyd showed a displeased expression at my contact.

Since it was a busy morning when he would be concentrating in the Crown Prince’s office, my contact was naturally unwelcome.

But since it wasn’t just anyone’s contact but mine, knowing his secret completely, it would be uncomfortable to ignore it.

Perhaps that’s why Lloyd’s expression when he received the communication orb was somewhat sulky.

Like a child whose candy had been taken away while eating.

Since it wasn’t an annoyed face but such an expression, it somehow felt cute.

[What on earth is this about at this hour?]

Perhaps because there are always assistants in the Crown Prince’s office, Lloyd was moving to the small study next to the office while holding the communication orb.

There were descriptions in the novel of him heading to the study next to his office whenever he made important secret contacts, so I could naturally tell from watching him move.

I waited until I heard the sound of the door closing behind Lloyd before speaking to him.

“Your Highness, I’m going to use one wish.”

At my words, Lloyd’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

[What is it? If it’s an excessive wish, I definitely can’t grant it…]

“Please become Perioze’s Sister’s partner at this Hunting Festival.”

At my words, Lloyd’s rigidly hardened face relaxed slightly.

Since he had already received a handkerchief from Perioze’s Sister, it seemed Lloyd was already thinking of her as his Hunting Festival partner.

This was possible because Lloyd and Caroline before coming of age didn’t have such deep affection for each other.

They would truly come to love each other after their coming-of-age ceremony, due to one major incident.

[Understood.]

Lloyd readily agreed, and I smiled brightly as I spoke to him.

I explained kindly to Lloyd what he needed to do after cutting off our communication link, my eyes sparkling.

“Well then, Your Highness should now contact Perioze’s Sister to propose being partners, and the two of you can go intimately shop for matching couple hunting outfits, right?”

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