The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 104

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104.

Kuern barely managed to stop his trembling eyebrows and smiled.

“Saint, now that you have risen to such a high position, please show the dignity befitting it.”

High position?

Lillian immediately asked her companions without delay.

It’s best to ask people who would be completely biased in her favor.

“Everyone. I shouldn’t be greedy for money, should I?”

Jeanne and the other Shadows shook their heads.

“Miss, you can be even greedier.”

“You don’t even belong to the Tillard Family, how dare you lecture her!”

“Didn’t the High Priest also agree?”

That’s right.

The High Priest had achieved brilliant results from the very first day of saint activities and bent the rules slightly.

‘The Temple receives compensation for relief activities. Saint, please feel free to receive payment as you conduct your activities.’

It meant that Lillian could receive a modest amount when taking on work as a saint.

However, she planned to charge the Tillard Family and Pavil expensively.

The reason was simply Lillian’s whim.

Therefore, this was a battle where the loser was already decided, so to speak.

Kuern trembled his shoulders and let out a sigh.

“…I’ll pay, so please save Ramio.”

“Me?”

“Yes. If you could just remove the evil… influence of that ability user remaining in Ramio’s body…”

“The person who tampered with the Temple’s barrier?”

“Ugh…”

“Why should I help you? In fact, that incident became so serious because of the young duke’s cousin.”

Kuern’s face turned pale, and the expressions of the Tillard retainers also became ashen.

‘Well, I was surprised too.’

I wondered how that demon had gotten in.

That’s how thorough this Temple’s barrier was, I could be confident of that.

When I later checked where it had been breached…

The Tillard Family was in complete chaos.

‘Ramio!? Why are you-!’

For the demon to widen the gap in the barrier, it needed a ‘living sacrifice.’

…It meant that Ramio was sprawled on the dirt ground in quite a terrible condition.

‘I should be grateful he’s sturdy enough to survive.’

Since the vitality was drained from his limbs, the possibility of returning as a knight had completely disappeared.

But quite surprisingly, Kuern pleaded again.

“Please… I beg you.”

“…”

“He can’t even stay at the main residence now, so he’s hiding from others’ eyes at Tillard Manor.”

“…”

“The family will cover all expenses, no matter how much, so please.”

Lillian narrowed her eyes.

He looks pitiful.

But let’s not forget. What is Tillard? A hypocritical butterfly acknowledged by God.

‘Ramio is just an excuse, he’s trying to drag me in.’

But the manor, huh.

“…I’ll think about it positively.”

“Saint…!”

Kuern probably thinks Lillian is falling for it like a fool, but not at all.

‘I did have a reason to go to the manor.’

I needed records about Mother and Father.

How the two of them came to hear the prophecy, whether there was any additional information they left behind, and so on.

‘Unfortunately, there were no belongings at the main residence for me to take.’

It was because Duke Tillard hated Father so much.

So all the belongings of the deceased couple were buried in the family tomb at the manor…

“Contact me later. I’m leaving now.”

“Ah-.”

Kuern and the Tillard retainers hesitated.

“…Congratulations on becoming the Saint.”

“…”

“We’ll wait for the day you come, Saint.”

“…”

Lillian stared at her blood relative.

He’s truly world-class when it comes to being servile.

‘…Should I tell him that the person who killed our parents is in this Tower of Seclusion?’

But still, there’s no need.

‘He’ll obviously make a fuss about being sad just for show.’

Lillian shook her head.

* * *

Lillian stepped into the tower where not a single ray of light entered for the first time.

‘Tower of Seclusion. This is my first time actually entering after only hearing about it.’

This was a prison for ability users where not a single ray of light entered.

Originally it was a place where royalty was confined, but this time Caspian was also imprisoned here.

Another difference was that fires were lit throughout the interior of the tower.

The darkness that didn’t disappear even with those fires was a bit troublesome, so I was hesitating when.

“Ha. You came here too.”

Kail appeared, thoroughly annoyed.

“Ah. Yes!”

“This place should still be off-limits to you, shouldn’t it?”

Lillian smiled brightly while showing her identification pass.

Now I’m not just qualified as the royal fiancée!

“Since I’m the first infinite-grade Saint to appear, I received a pass that allows me to go anywhere in the Imperial Palace.”

“Hah…”

“Oh my, but why is Your Highness Kail leaving?”

I asked, but I know the reason.

‘Well, his close aide got captured after all.’

He probably wanted to interrogate him personally, but the villain must have handled it on his own.

So it seemed like he was returning with his retainers in a defeated atmosphere.

Kail stared at Lillian intently.

Lillian was certain she saw anger about what he couldn’t possess.

“This is absurd.”

“It’s fine. This side finds it ridiculous too.”

“…Ha.”

Kail spat out through gritted teeth.

“You’ll regret it.”

It was quite atmospheric.

However, since it was pathetic, let’s break it.

“Regret what exactly?”

“…What?”

“No. You came out so confidently during my announcement ceremony that I almost mistook it for there being something between you and me, Your Highness.”

Lillian was genuinely curious.

There was no malice. Even if there was, it was about a drop of holy water’s worth. How adorable.

It was more normal than that man’s antics of trying to check his compatibility with Lillian in front of others.

“I know all about your calculations regarding me. The Empress and Your Highness always do that.”

“You-.”

“But Your Highness has never been kind to me, and you knew all along that Carkin was cheating.”

“…!”

“You saw clearly at gatherings how much I was suffering.”

Lillian didn’t know much about love either.

Since she had never received any in ages.

But at least there should have been some give and take for confidence to develop, right…?

“So with what thoughts are you so certain that I’ll regret this?”

Kail frowned deeply and his lips twitched.

“…When you were being mocked, Evren wasn’t there either. Rather, you two were on bad terms because of the auction.”

“Yes. But he’s not petty.”

“What? What do you mean?”

“I mean he doesn’t suddenly feel regretful and flustered just because a woman he never cared about is getting along well with someone else.”

Lillian smiled brightly.

‘Right, even the villain has good points when you look-.’

Before she could finish her thought, someone wrapped their arm around her shoulder from behind.

Actually, she could tell by the scent without turning around.

“Thank you for the compliment about me, Saint.”

“…!”

“It’s even better that you said it when I wasn’t here.”

But unlike the face smiling at Lillian, his hand had already roughly grabbed Kail’s collar and thrown him to the ground.

It happened so quickly that even Lillian jumped in surprise.

“Ren!?”

“Evren, you…!”

“There won’t be any more mercy.”

Lillian’s eyes widened in surprise.

Before, he used to speak down to the Original Male Lead as if treating him like a child,

but now the villain was just cold.

“Keep running your mouth in front of Lilly next time too. With Pavil blood being what it is, how could I hold back.”

“Kugh…!”

“But then it would be good to check which organs come in pairs.”

When Kail got up and turned to leave, Kail’s retainers quietly and hurriedly followed him out.

The villain turned around and got angry at Lillian instead.

“Why do you engage with that bastard? Stop caring about other people.”

“He picked a fight so I won.”

“…That was well done.”

The villain extended his hand.

“Watch your step. But you.”

“Hm?”

“Why do you keep avoiding my eyes lately?”

Lillian glanced around slyly.

“Ah, you’ve been so handsome lately… Ohoho, it’s too dazzling.”

Actually, the reason for departing separately wasn’t just because of the heat.

From the day he started giving cheek kisses as greetings, making eye contact became a bit awkward.

It wasn’t that she found him unpleasant. If that were the case, the Creator God’s lightning would have struck the castle.

But whenever she was with this man, her joints and the area around her lungs felt inexplicably itchy.

…Was it rheumatism?

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