I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 59

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59.

When we hurriedly returned to the palace after finishing our conversation, all the servants in the palace and the 2nd floor butler had already disappeared.

“How did they know to run away?”

“Wasn’t it because we lifted the rock?”

“The black smoke that had been gathered disappeared instantly as soon as we lifted the rock. Maybe they noticed then and ran away?”

To my flustered question, Perioze’s sister and Caroline replied.

Theor, Lloyd, and Greim checked the surroundings and gathered the remaining servants and butlers.

The servants seemed to have no idea about the disappearance of the servants they had been working with.

Regarding the 2nd floor butler, they knew for certain that such a person had existed.

“Strangely, I can’t remember his face at all.”

“The butler who manages the 3rd floor and I have been taking care of the 2nd floor management all this time. Now that I think about it, I don’t understand why we were in charge of that place even though there was a separate butler managing the 2nd floor.”

The butlers managing the 1st and 3rd floors tilted their heads in puzzlement, saying they couldn’t understand it no matter how much they thought about it.

‘Theor, it seems like dark sorcery manipulates people’s memories.’

‘I think the same. Since dark sorcery itself is a power that requires sacrifices to manifest, the dark sorcery under the rock we saw must have been necessary to manipulate and brainwash the memories of people here.’

‘I think so too. I think we need to explain this part to everyone.’

I said it would be better to gather in a room and talk since there might still be pawns of the dark sorcerer among the servants.

So, we decided to go to the 3rd floor where there were the fewest listening ears and have our conversation.

We all entered Lloyd’s room and began talking about dark sorcery.

I briefly pondered how much of the original story I should tell, but thinking that the events from the original would likely happen as they were since the dark sorcerer had started rampaging with the Empress backing him like in the original, I told everyone about the masterminds and major events.

Whether they would believe me or not was the next problem.

Since the dark sorcerer had already begun to move, the Empire would suffer damage from dark sorcery everywhere from now on.

Fortunately, the first damage on Foundation Day was prevented by Greim, who heard the voice of god, even in the original.

That oracle was an exceptionally direct divine message from a god who could save the Empire, so it played a major role in solidifying Greim’s position, and thanks to that, it silenced the high priests who had been doubting whether Greim really heard the voice of god.

But from then on, the Empress and the dark sorcerer would commit all kinds of evil acts to make the Emperor sick and place the Empress’s son, Prince of Oslo, on the throne.

So from now on, it was important to join forces with the main characters of the original and work to minimize the damage as much as possible.

“So in the end, Caroline is offered as a sacrifice to summon even the Demon God.”

“…!”

At my words, Caroline’s eyes widened so much they seemed ready to pop out, and Lloyd and Perioze’s sister glanced at her once.

“A sacrifice.”

“Yes, but since Caroline is a light attribute user, the choice of sacrifice is wrong and the Demon God is revived in an unstable state. But anyway, countless imperial citizens lose their lives from that incident and Caroline also faces a life-threatening crisis.”

“I, I don’t die, do I?”

Caroline asked with a worried expression.

Since it was about herself, she seemed curious about what her future would be like in the original.

“You don’t die, none of us do.”

I was dead and gone at that point, but to talk about my death, I would also have to tell the story of Perioze’s sister hiring an assassin to kill me and that Perioze’s sister was a villain, so I glossed over it vaguely.

At my words that none of us would die, Caroline let out a sigh of relief, and Perioze’s sister’s eyes sparkled as she asked what we should do from now on.

“On the morning of Foundation Day, Greim will hear the voice of god. It’s an oracle that the dark sorcerer will create a path in the Forest of Monsters so that monsters can roam freely throughout the Empire.”

At my words, not only Perioze’s sister and Caroline’s faces, but also the faces of Theor, Lloyd, and Greim, who had been listening quietly, hardened stiffly.

“But don’t worry. We and many other nobles will block the path with our attribute abilities, so there won’t be any damage.”

“That’s a relief.”

“Phew.”

To them, who let out identical sighs of relief as if they had made a promise, I said the next part was the problem.

Plague and disasters.

“When the Foundation Day plan goes awry due to the oracle, the dark sorcerer and the Empress gather their strength through more sinister methods. The first thing that takes the lives of countless people is the plague.”

“P, plague?”

I told the shocked Caroline not to worry about that.

I added that in the original, the plague could be resolved with Lloyd and Caroline’s light attributes.

“But that’s not the problem. Since Your Highness also has light attributes, you tried to accompany Caroline to minimize damage to the imperial citizens, but because Your Highness left the Imperial Palace, His Majesty the Emperor meets his death at the Empress’s hands.”

“…!”

Toward the people who had instantly turned pale, I quickly continued speaking.

“After that, the Imperial Palace falls into the Empress’s grasp and His Highness the Crown Prince begins to face threats to his life. We must prepare to prevent this development.”

At my words, Theor nodded once and said.

“We must protect His Majesty the Emperor’s life.”

“That’s right, Theor. For that, when the plague breaks out, the power of Perioze’s sister’s family and Theor’s family will be needed at the Imperial Palace.”

Since the military power of House of McKenzie and House of Etheran was undoubtedly the best in the Empire, if only their armies protected the Emperor, there would be nothing to worry about in the Imperial Palace that had become chaotic due to the plague.

However, I said it was important that the Empress shouldn’t know that the knight orders of the two families were guarding the Imperial Palace when the plague spread.

“Probably most of the servants in the Imperial Palace are now placed as the Empress’s people. Your Highness must drive out all the Empress’s people planted in the Imperial Palace from now on. No matter what wrongdoing you bring up, you must do it unconditionally.”

At my words, Lloyd showed a somewhat troubled expression.

No matter how much the Emperor trusted and cherished the Crown Prince, there was no way to drive out the Empress’s people whom even the Emperor couldn’t touch.

Since the Emperor couldn’t touch them not because he was afraid of the Empress, but because he was afraid she might harm Lloyd, I explained this part and told Lloyd to find any excuse to drive them out one by one.

“What I know are the chamberlain, head maid, head chef of the Imperial Palace, and two knights of the Imperial Guard.”

“There are the Empress’s people in the Imperial Guard too?”

Lloyd asked with surprised eyes.

That was understandable, since the knights of the Imperial Guard were positions that required votes from all nobles and a thorough investigation of all their life records and any connections they had.

So while others might be questionable, at least the people of the Imperial Guard were those who lived purely for the Emperor of this Empire.

Since I said there were the Empress’s people among such people, Lloyd, who knew all about the Imperial Guard’s circumstances, couldn’t help but be surprised.

“When people are driven to a dead end, they grab even a rotten rope knowing it’s rotten. I don’t know the detailed circumstances, but the Empress will manipulate the families of those two people and drive them to the edge of a cliff. Then she’ll extend her hand and gain their devotion.”

“How despicable.”

Lloyd muttered with a furrowed brow.

I smiled at him and said.

“Your Highness will be doing those despicable acts from now on.”

“…?!”

At my words, Lloyd’s eyes widened.

I began explaining to him what Lloyd would have to do from now on.

“The chamberlain’s son must be addicted to illegal gambling these days. Her Majesty the Empress is turning a blind eye to that part and supporting the chamberlain’s son with money. No matter how pathetic a son he is, he’s the chamberlain’s only son, so he won’t be able to disobey the Empress’s words.”

Fortunately, all those events happen after we come of age, and right now the chamberlain’s son hasn’t fully fallen into illegal gambling yet, so we can make the chamberlain our ally by all means.

Moreover, the head maid and head chef also each have their circumstances, and since the Empress consistently uses the method of finding out and exploiting all those circumstances to make them unable to disobey her orders, we can also use that method in advance.

“If there are parts where the book’s content differs from reality, then all their circumstances would be different from the book. So the first thing to do is find out their current situations and confirm whether they’re the same as the book I read.”

At my words, Lloyd nodded with a serious expression.

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