I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 61

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61.

As the fact that an intruder had appeared at House Brencia and tried to kill the sleeping Elinea spread openly, letters of concern and tea party invitations began piling up at the house.

As soon as Theor heard the news, he worried about me through telepathy and said he would come to me immediately, and Pandeum also appeared on his own without being summoned and checked on my condition.

That was because Theor had ordered him to stay around me in case something might happen.

I thought that managing a summoned creature with two masters was inconvenient in this regard, and I calmed down their excessive reactions.

The problem was that the assassination didn’t end with just that one attempt.

The assassin who failed to kill me and escaped might have reported that it was a regrettable failure.

If not, assassins wouldn’t come after my life every night like this.

I don’t know how much they underestimated me for assassins to come barging in every other day, but anyway, I couldn’t sleep properly because of the assassins, and by the seventh day, I felt I was reaching the limit of my patience.

Of course, before I could even use dark magic, Pandeum, who was protecting me under Theor’s orders, killed the assassins as soon as they came, so they weren’t much of a threat.

It was just that I couldn’t sleep properly because of the thought that I never knew when an assassin might come.

“Since I’m here, Master should just sleep comfortably without worry.”

When I was struggling from not being able to sleep properly, Pandeum told me to leave it to him and sleep comfortably.

But it wasn’t easy since people can’t easily fall asleep when they have something on their mind.

Anyway, my nerves were on edge from the constantly intruding assassins, so I began to think about what to do.

Then suddenly, the Imperial Palace where Perioze’s Sister was staying came to mind.

It had been three days since Perioze’s Sister went to the Imperial Palace under the pretext of avoiding the threat of assassins in order to cut off the Empress’s rats in the Imperial Palace.

Even before that, assassins had been coming after me, and on the first day, an article about searching for the escaped assassin was published in the newspaper, so the Imperial Court would know about my situation.

When I was just a commoner who bought noble status with money, I wouldn’t have been able to stay in the Imperial Palace like Perioze’s Sister who had Princess status, but after the Founding Festival, I had become the owner of the oracle and a servant of god with new power similar to the dark attribute.

“Pandeum. Go to Crown Prince Lloyd and tell him to arrange for me to stay at the Imperial Palace starting tomorrow.”

“Now?”

“Oh, he must be sleeping now, right?”

“It’s dawn, so of course.”

I let out a short sigh at Pandeum’s words and lay down on the bed.

Three in the morning.

Come to think of it, the assassin appeared a bit early today.

Since Pandeum killed them as soon as they came to kill me, the group of assassins who failed in their plan kept changing the time of their attacks.

So I couldn’t sleep properly until more assassins came.

“Then go early tomorrow morning and tell him. My precious sleep time is being disturbed by assassins, so this won’t do.”

“I will. I’ve killed today’s assassin, so go to sleep now.”

“It’s not as easy as it sounds. What if they send one more today, what if something suddenly flies at me while I’m sleeping, all those thoughts…”

“Aren’t those completely useless thoughts, Master?”

Pandeum interrupted me with a puzzled expression.

Then he plopped down beside the bed where I was lying and looked down at me, pulling the blanket up to my neck as he continued speaking.

“Even if an assassin comes while you’re sleeping, I’m here, so I’ll take care of it before Master wakes up, and even if it’s absolutely impossible but I somehow miss them, Master’s defensive magic wouldn’t just let Master die.”

“That’s true, but people’s hearts don’t get reassured that easily.”

Actually, when the carriage fell off the cliff, I had defensive magic so I wouldn’t have died instantly from falling from such a height.

But humans naturally get tense enough to make all their hair stand on end when facing the threshold of death.

So even though I knew I wouldn’t die, it was natural to be scared and have all my nerves on edge.

“Anyway, starting tomorrow I’ll go to the Imperial Palace and watch our sister’s activities from the side.”

I let out a sighing murmur and closed my eyes.

I began trying to sleep, hoping I could get even a little rest like this.

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The reason that I had been losing sleep for a week because of the continuous assassins worked much better than expected.

Lloyd and Theor also rolled up their sleeves and helped me stay in the room next to Perioze’s Sister.

Of course, the Imperial Court insisted that it was right for them to protect me, the one who received the oracle, at the Imperial Court, but Lloyd, Theor, and Greim raised their voices saying that until they revealed the mastermind behind the assassins, all spaces except the Imperial Palace were dangerous, so I came to the Imperial Palace.

“Sister!”

“Eli!”

I had a joyful reunion with Perioze’s Sister, whom I was meeting after such a long time, and talked about the assassins that had continued for a week.

Perioze’s Sister was certain that the Empress was trying to kill me because I received the oracle, and she gritted her teeth.

I looked around nervously, worried that the Empress might have listening ears.

Seeing me like that, Perioze’s Sister raised the corners of her mouth with her characteristic haughty expression and said.

“I’ve already weeded out the rats on this floor.”

“Gasp! Already?!”

My eyes widened at her words that she had already weeded them out when there must have been more than just one or two.

“There were four in total.”

How did she figure that out?!

At my curious gaze, Perioze’s Sister smiled contentedly and told me.

“When looking for traitors, using the money that moves the traitors is the first thing you should do.”

Nod nod.

I nodded my head vigorously as if I was taking Perioze’s Sister’s advice to heart.

“And among the maids on that floor, there’s one who leads the group. I gave that person money and ordered her to find anyone who talks about what happens here to others.”

“…!”

“Of course, considering that the maid might be a rat, I said I wasn’t trying to kill them. I just slightly hinted that I also wanted to side with the Empress.”

“Is, is that okay?!”

When I shouted in surprise, Perioze’s Sister looked at me with her characteristic villainess smile.

“That was just bait, so if that maid was the Empress’s lackey, my story would have reached the Empress, and if not, she would bring the Empress’s lackeys before me.”

“Ooh!”

I unconsciously clapped my hands and let out an exclamation.

With the thought that a villainess’s aura never goes away, I asked if she had filtered out all four through the maid who led the group.

Perioze’s Sister shook her head and said two were like that but the other two weren’t.

“The remaining two didn’t play the role of conveying stories from here to the rats, so they could escape the maid’s notice.”

“Then how did you catch them?”

At my question, Perioze’s Sister’s eyes sparkled as she said.

“Intuition.”

“…Pardon?”

Perioze’s Sister elegantly leaned back against the sofa and raised the corners of her mouth.

Then she looked out the window and said there were two who bothered her, so she fired one for bringing flowers she was allergic to, and fired the other for secretly putting jewelry in her dress hem to frame her for theft.

Since Perioze’s Sister had used similar methods to dismiss servants in the original work, I wasn’t too surprised, but hearing it directly from Perioze’s Sister’s mouth made me think that a villainess is indeed a villainess, and I must never make an enemy of Perioze’s Sister.

“Anyway, I dismissed them because I didn’t like them, and after that, news from here stopped reaching the Empress’s ears.”

“…”

“You have a face that’s asking how I knew that?”

Uh. How did she know.

My eyes widened slightly at the feeling that she was seeing right through my head.

Perioze’s Sister smiled sweetly as if she found me cute and continued.

“The Empress’s side has been very eager lately, trying to bring in new maids.”

“Aha?”

Perioze’s Sister made a rather satisfying expression and said she was continuously refusing.

“But now that you’ve come, the shortage of maids…”

“Yes, they’ll use you as an excuse to plant rats again. But the newly entered maids will be known to you, me, and the maid who took my money.”

So if needed, we could use those maids to leak false information, and if they’re bothersome, we could dismiss them in various ways, so I didn’t need to worry much about that part.

I nodded brightly at Perioze’s Sister’s words.

And I smiled brightly at Perioze’s Sister, speaking from my heart.

“I’m just so happy that I can stay with you, Sister.”

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