The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 101
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101.
At Iris’s appearance, murmurs could be heard from people everywhere.
“Miss Iris…?”
“No, why is she wearing white clothes?”
“Today is Lady Lillian’s day…?”
The one who should receive attention on this day was one saint.
So only Lillian could wear a white veil and white dress.
On a day when everyone tried to avoid even decorative handkerchiefs in white, how could this happen!
“How could Miss Iris not know?”
“If she didn’t know, her common sense… it can’t be that lacking…”
“Then she knew and still…?”
Unless she was deliberately trying to ruin the day when her cousin sister was the protagonist, it made no sense!
Duke Tillard and Kuern in the VIP seats also shot up.
“Ha…!”
“W-why is Iris here of all places?”
They had planned to greet Lillian during today’s announcement ceremony.
To congratulate her on becoming a saint.
To tell her they had taken away ‘her room’ from Iris and sent her to the annex.
So to ask if she had any thoughts of returning home now…
…But for Iris to intrude during the ceremony!
However, Iris’s eyes couldn’t see the complexions of the Tillard direct line right now.
‘His Highness Kail’s face has turned pale.’
Just until now, until he thought the compatibility score with Lillian was 100.
‘He was shining so brightly.’
Iris had never seen Kail smile so brightly while looking at her.
It wasn’t just Kail.
‘Empress… why?’
Though she had made some mistakes this year, hadn’t the Empress cherished her greatly?
If she scored 100 with His Highness Kail, shouldn’t the Empress be happy for her?
But why…
Even the Empress held her forehead and muttered quietly.
It was a moment that even a lifetime of social etiquette couldn’t handle.
“Ha. Truly.”
“Your Majesty-.”
“How utterly dreadful…!”
“…!”
Iris flinched.
The Empress’s reaction hurt more than Kail’s reaction.
The Empress knew how to be very affectionate toward those she favored.
‘Iris. You are no different from my own daughter, so feel free to come to the Empress’s Palace.’
‘Thank you, Empress…!’
So such direct words left her soul shaken.
“Everyone… everyone is being deceived.”
Iris gasped. She prayed desperately inside.
Oracle, please come out.
“Li, Lillian is not a saint.”
You said I was chosen.
“Lillian is a false saint, I am…! I am actually-!”
I even broke the barrier, so please!
Smack!
Being so desperate, Iris realized a beat too late why her head had turned.
The stinging pain across her cheek felt unfamiliar.
“…Ah?”
The Empress had struck Iris’s cheek with her fan.
“How dare you make disrespectful remarks toward the saint.”
“Your Majesty…”
The Empress had already finished her calculations quickly.
‘I cannot attach such a substandard card to my son.’
Hadn’t even her brilliant S-rank become outdated?
She was disqualified both as a Controller and as a future Crown Princess.
Such an Iris should become Kail’s match?
Was the Creator God insulting this mother and son so greatly?
‘I should rather frame her for the crime of insulting the saint.’
Then at least I could avoid her being legally bound to Kail…!
However, when emotions were escalating sharply, the sound of clapping calmed the chaos.
“Ah, Empress.”
Lillian covered her mouth and her eyes sparkled.
“To be so angry for the sake of my honor…”
“Isn’t it only natural.”
The Empress smiled calmly.
“The most important thing in this place is Lillian-.”
“Ah, but you don’t need to do this on purpose for my sake.”
“Hm?”
“How could I not know how much Your Majesty cherishes Iris? Besides, Kail and Iris are destined…”
Lillian smiled pitifully toward Iris who had collapsed.
“Although Iris has become very mentally unstable and dressed like this… surely she hasn’t really gone mad.”
“…!”
The worried tone rather stimulated Iris’s shame.
There, Lillian drove in the wedge.
“I’m so happy that as a saint, my first prayer can be for the infinite glory and happiness of you two…!”
Even Kail and the Empress openly gritted their teeth.
If they abandoned Iris here, it would become an attitude of ignoring the saint’s first recommendation.
Lillian quietly tugged at Evren’s sleeve.
“How about it, Your Highness Evren? Me bestowing a blessing upon your younger brother?”
“Of course, Your Holiness.”
Evren changed his form of address to match the occasion.
He smiled bitterly at Kail.
“You two match very well. Our god has excellent taste.”
“Evren…!”
“But do you really have to make it so obvious that you’ve fallen for your brother’s fiancée?”
“…!”
“Does the Pavil Family inherit philandering rather than jealousy through genetics?”
It was too blatant an insult.
But before Kail could speak, the Grand Cleric who had been holding back finally exploded.
“On this joyous day, what shameful behavior is this! Your Highness Kail!”
The Grand Cleric had already received word from Lillian.
‘Grand Cleric. Today, Prince Kail may wish to confirm his compatibility with me. In front of everyone.’
I had my doubts. But to think he would actually pull such a stunt!
The Grand Cleric roared in front of all the high-ranking officials of the capital gathered there.
“And Lady Iris!”
He had already given her so many warnings beforehand.
Yet she showed no respect whatsoever for her saintly blood relative or the Temple!
“You are hereby banned from entering the Temple.”
“What?!”
“Not only the Central Temple, but we will notify temples throughout the entire Empire. Of that impious heart that dared to try insulting Saint Lillian!”
“Ah, ah…”
Iris gasped roughly.
In an Empire that firmly believed in the Creator God, being ‘banned from Temple visits’ was an enormous disgrace.
“Grand Cleric, you are being deceived, please listen to what I have to say-!”
“Duke Tillard! I hope Your Grace will please look after Lady Iris quickly.”
At the Grand Cleric’s roar, Duke Tillard slowly rose from the VIP seats.
The Duke glared at Iris with fierce eyes.
“Follow me. This shameful…”
“Ugh…”
Iris bit her lips hard.
The hundreds of people gathered in this hall… were whispering about Iris.
“On the day when her own sister is the protagonist.”
“How could she be so thoughtless.”
“Such shameful behavior even if she wasn’t crazy.”
“She was originally supposed to become the Saint.”
“It would have been terrible if that had happened.”
Horrible!
No one had actually said such things, but Iris felt like she could hear them all.
‘Everyone… Everyone, I won’t let them get away with this.’
Iris barely held back the tears that were about to pour out.
‘I’ll punish everyone who looked down on me today.’
Kail, the Empress, the Tillard Ducal House. Lillian and the Crown Prince.
And all the imperial citizens who didn’t take Iris’s side today!
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It was a once-in-a-lifetime announcement ceremony.
Amid the confetti falling like snow, Lillian smiled inwardly.
Iris and the Empress.
Lillian knew them well. So she could guess what they would do today.
‘Then at least do some research about me. So lacking in sincerity.’
And the Original Male Lead, Kail.
‘I knew from the original story that he and Iris would get 100.’
They were the original male and female leads after all. It was all revealed at the climax.
…In reality, they had deliberately avoided checking the numbers due to political considerations.
Anyway, to subtly gloss over the situation between the Villain and Lillian, it was better to deliver a blow with that burdensome number.
But first.
“Priest Marcel.”
“Yes?”
When the priest holding the holy grail looked up with a bewildered expression.
“Uurgh!?”
Lillian pressed the center of his forehead firmly with her finger.
“S-S-Saint!?”
“You’ve been implanted with brainwashing. Despite all my warnings.”
“Br-brainwashing- Huk!”
The priest turned his head toward the VIP seats in shock.
“The last person I saw was-!”
Lillian also narrowed her eyes toward today’s real prey.
The confrontation with the Original Male Lead and female lead was just preparation for catching the real target.
In an instant, golden light flashed through the hall.
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