I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 30

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30.

 

“Your ancestor was a dark attribute ability user?”

 

Lloyd asked with wide eyes after hearing my words.

 

Theor nodded and answered that according to his personal investigation, that was indeed the case.

 

His naturally truthful appearance made it easier for Lloyd and Perioze’s Sister to believe him.

 

Thanks to this, I gained the opportunity to have an audience with the Emperor through Lloyd as a dark attribute ability user not yet registered in the Empire.

 

If it became known that there were two dark attribute ability users when the Empire believed there was only one, it would surely cause an uproar.

 

The Imperial Shrine, which already rejected dark attributes as evil abilities, would be in hot water too.

 

In the original story, the Imperial Shrine that tried to maintain superiority over the royal family was the villain.

 

Having joined hands with the Empress, they had tormented Crown Prince Lloyd countless times.

 

Thinking of the Imperial Shrine’s ultimate villains, I resolved to do my best to prevent the atrocities they committed in the original story from being repeated in this world.

 

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Anyway, unlike the original story, thanks to Theor and me, Lloyd didn’t get hurt.

 

Perioze’s Sister also remained completely unharmed, and the Hunting Festival concluded safely.

 

However.

 

“Come to think of it, we weren’t in danger thanks to our Eli, so let’s give all of this to Eli, Your Highness.”

 

Perioze’s Sister took the ancient monster stone I offered, put it in the pouch, and held that pouch back out to me.

 

“Sister?”

 

When I looked at Perioze’s Sister with a bewildered face, she took my hand and placed the pouch of monster stones that she and Lloyd had caught on top of it, smiling warmly.

 

“You take it. Thanks to you, His Highness didn’t get hurt… Oh my, Eli! You’re injured?!”

 

Perioze’s Sister looked serious when she saw my finger that I had bitten and drawn blood from.

 

“Oh, this is…”

 

“Goodness, let’s go back quickly! I have medicine in my barracks…”

 

“Wait.”

 

Just then.

 

Theor gently took my wrist that Perioze’s Sister was holding and wiped my bleeding hand with his handkerchief.

 

Then he spoke to me in my mind.

 

‘Let’s heal it. The Princess will use it anyway even if you tell her not to, so it would be better to show your healing power here and now.’

 

Following Theor’s words, I thought that since I would use this power for Perioze’s Sister somehow anyway, using it in this situation would be less shocking for her.

 

“Sister, I also have healing power.”

 

At those words, both Perioze’s Sister and Lloyd’s eyes widened simultaneously.

 

“The appearance isn’t very pleasant, but it’s as effective as light attribute healing power, you know?”

 

“Did dark attributes have healing power?”

 

As soon as I finished speaking, Lloyd looked at Theor and asked.

 

“Elinea has it.”

 

“You saw it too?”

 

“I did.”

 

“Kyaah!”

 

While Theor and Lloyd were conversing, my summoned black caterpillars began treating my thumb. Perioze’s Sister screamed in horror and moved away from me.

 

Ah, if I had known this would happen, I should have researched how to summon them in a cuter form.

 

I felt dejected, worried that Perioze’s Sister might come to dislike me and my healing power.

 

But then.

 

“Bu-bugs! Bugs! Ugh!”

 

That crazy Lloyd was even more horrified than Perioze’s Sister.

 

He hid behind Perioze’s Sister, looking at the caterpillars treating my finger with a pale face.

 

Perioze’s Sister, who had been momentarily startled by the caterpillars, turned bright red because of Lloyd’s behavior.

 

“They look like bugs, but they’re not bugs. They’re just clumps of dark attribute that happened to gather in that form.”

 

At Theor’s words, Perioze’s Sister finally regained her composure and looked at my two fingers that had finished healing, and Lloyd also peeked out to look at my completely healed finger.

 

Perioze’s Sister left Lloyd like that and came to me, taking my healed hand and carefully examining where the treatment had finished.

 

“It’s real. You can use healing power.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“It’s a very good ability, but does it absolutely have to look like that?”

 

Lloyd, who had approached at some point, cleared his throat once and asked.

 

When I looked at him, Lloyd somehow hid slightly behind Perioze’s Sister and only peeked his head out to look at my hand.

 

‘Does His Highness fear bugs?’

 

Lloyd’s reaction seemed excessively strange, so I asked Theor.

 

While Perioze’s Sister also found bugs disgusting, she wasn’t as horrified as Lloyd, so I was puzzled by Lloyd’s excessive reaction.

 

‘When he was young, he was playing in a tree and a tree caterpillar got into his ear.’

 

‘Whoa, really?’

 

My eyes widened at Theor’s words.

 

Since this part wasn’t covered in the original story, I didn’t know that Lloyd hated caterpillar shapes enough to have fits because of a caterpillar that got into his ear as a child.

 

This is a problem.

 

To prevent Caroline and Lloyd from getting close, there would be cases where I’d need to treat Lloyd, but this way, Lloyd would surely refuse to be treated by my caterpillars.

 

Hmm, that won’t do.

 

Since this was the path to Perioze’s Sister’s happiness, I had to be the one to handle Lloyd’s treatment, not Caroline, by any means necessary.

 

He also had light attributes and would later manifest healing power, but for some reason, light attributes couldn’t heal one’s own wounds like my dark magic healing power.

 

Come to think of it, Caroline was the same way.

 

She would use her healing power to sacrifice herself for others, but when she was injured, she couldn’t use that healing power and would end up being treated by Lloyd.

 

Because of that episode, Lloyd’s light attributes, which he and the Emperor had kept hidden, were discovered, leading to serious friction with the Imperial Shrine forces.

 

‘Looking at it again, Lloyd is quite the romantic. That romantic side of his should be directed entirely toward our Perioze’s Sister.’

 

Fortunately, when he saw the caterpillars earlier, he hid behind Perioze’s Sister rather than Theor, so it seemed that Lloyd trusted and felt most secure with Perioze’s Sister here.

 

I resolved to seize this opportunity and do my best to help Perioze’s Sister and Lloyd become closer than they were now.

 

For that purpose, the pouch of monster stones that Perioze’s Sister gave me would be a tremendous support item for my plan.

 

“Since you’re giving this to me, I’ll gratefully accept it without refusing!”

 

I smiled while carefully securing the pouch that Perioze’s Sister had given me.

 

I didn’t know what the first place prize for the Hunting Festival was, but anyway, if I received that prize, I could arrange for them to meet under the pretext of giving half to Perioze’s Sister and Lloyd.

 

“But I see the Grand Duke is carrying a handkerchief that our Eli made.”

 

Hmm…?

 

At Perioze’s Sister’s words, my gaze turned to Theor’s hand.

 

The handkerchief that had wiped the blood from my thumb earlier was clutched tightly in Theor’s hand.

 

Since it wasn’t unfolded, the embroidery pattern wasn’t visible at all, so I didn’t understand how Perioze’s Sister knew it was something I had given him.

 

“You’re carrying that ridiculous dust clump embroidery?”

 

Lloyd suddenly interjected and spoke to Theor.

 

“Your Highness.”

 

“That’s rude, Your Highness.”

 

When Theor and Perioze’s Sister simultaneously looked at Lloyd and spoke, Lloyd shrugged his shoulders once and pouted.

 

Theor unfolded the embroidered handkerchief I had made toward Lloyd and said seriously.

 

“It’s a black panther.”

 

The black clump embroidered handkerchief with my thumb blood smeared here and there looked somehow much more grotesque than before.

 

“It’s hideous, put it away.”

 

Perhaps because his heart was already startled by the caterpillars, Lloyd seemed to find the grotesque handkerchief too unpleasant to even look at.

 

At Lloyd’s words, Theor folded his handkerchief and put it back in his pocket.

 

Lloyd looked at Theor and asked seriously why he didn’t throw it away but put it back in his pocket.

 

Theor also looked serious and replied asking if it made sense to throw away a gifted handkerchief.

 

Lloyd took out his own handkerchief from his pocket and unfolded it to show him.

 

It was amazingly beautiful embroidery that Perioze’s Sister had sewn.

 

“A gift is what you call something like this, Theor.”

 

“Your Highness doesn’t understand the true meaning of a gift.”

 

“Doesn’t that grotesquely shaped handkerchief seem like it would bring bad luck just by receiving it?”

 

“That’s a rude remark, Your Highness. The black panther is my symbol as an Etheran. Your Highness is now calling my symbol grotesque.”

 

“No, I didn’t mean it like that…!”

 

Lloyd was flustered by Theor’s serious and firm words.

 

Sensing that the atmosphere would only get more awkward if this continued, I quickly shouted toward Perioze’s Sister.

 

“Then, let’s go now! I’m curious about what the first place prize is!”

 

Since Perioze’s Sister had given me the monster stones that both men had collected, first place would surely go to Theor and me.

 

I didn’t know why Lloyd had so readily agreed to Perioze’s Sister’s proposal, but even in the original story, he wasn’t particularly interested in things like winning first place at the Hunting Festival.

 

The four of us walked back together intimately toward the entrance of the Hunting Grounds, chatting about various things.

 

The main topics of conversation were my black magic that I firmly believed to be dark attribute, the reason ancient monsters had appeared, and my black magic’s healing power.

 

Lloyd said that my power, unknown to anyone else, would surely help break the power of the Imperial Shrine that currently knew no bounds.

 

“Since no other oracle about dark attributes has come down, there will surely be talk that the Imperial Shrine’s power has weakened and they can’t receive proper oracles.”

 

“They’ll answer that it’s because the next High Priest hasn’t come of age yet.”

 

“Right, they’ll definitely use that as an excuse.”

 

Lloyd nodded once in agreement with Theor’s words.

 

Suddenly, I stopped walking without realizing it.

 

The three people who had been walking with me also stopped because I had stopped, looking at me with puzzled eyes.

 

The next High Priest.

 

I knew about Greim Gardline, the youngest next High Priest who had played a significant role in the original story.

 

Another sub male lead.

 

I turned my gaze to look at Theor.

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