The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 15

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15.

“Lillian! How could you do this to us! Betray us!?”

Lillian lightly ignored Ramio’s wailing.

There was no need to listen to the barking sounds a human makes.

Instead, Lillian asked Elias again.

“I’m worried since my recording stone is a bit old. How is it?”

“…It recorded well. You don’t need to worry.”

Elias, who received the question, nodded his head.

In his hand was the peridot medal that Lillian had lent him.

‘I’m glad I brought it thinking it might be needed when going to the Kingdom of Tenebryn.’

On the other hand, the prince’s party wasn’t on a journey to interrogate someone.

So they wouldn’t have had such equipment.

After Lillian pressed the magic pattern on her wrist so Ramio could confess.

‘Since we’re making him confess anyway, shall we check in real-time who else he knows at the main residence?’

She made him use the communication stone with his own hands.

Thanks to that, all the conversation content was cleanly stored in the recording stone.

‘To hook Brother Kuern. That’s quite good?’

It wasn’t just Ramio who served as an Imperial Knight.

Count Tillard had also participated in illegal activities.

Even among the same bloodline, there’s a clear difference between direct and collateral lines, acting head and a mere knight.

“This way, it doesn’t matter if His Highness or you all say he confessed under torture.”

The Count wasn’t forced to confess at sword point after all.

“And now there’s a problem with the control stone business, but it seems he’s trying to cover it up…”

This would be useful too…

Lillian walked toward Evren.

Since she was making him confess anyway, she aimed for additional effects too, and it was sufficiently useful, right?

“Is what I asked enough?”

“Well… By the way.”

Evren stared at Ramio with murky eyes.

Ramio flinched slightly.

The First Prince was smiling brightly like a playboy.

But for some reason, just seeing that smile made the back of his neck feel truly chilly.

“How surprising. To think the perfect Tillard three siblings would be this… low-level.”

It was naked mockery.

The ‘Shadows’ also began sneering among themselves.

“Well, I thought he just bought his Imperial Knight position with money…”

“And he was injured by the explosive that Miss used?”

“Miss should have been the knight. Why wear the uniform when you can’t even block it.”

“Is it just him? What about what Iris Tillard said earlier?”

“She pushed all her work onto others…”

Ramio’s face became even paler.

Lillian looked down at that face and smiled indifferently.

“Congratulations. Thanks to you, Grandfather will soon have a very pleasant conversation with His Majesty.”

“…! N-no!”

With his one free arm, Ramio grabbed Lillian’s wrist.

“Wh-where are you going? Are you going to sell me out to these guys?”

“Let go of this.”

“You’re my sister! We’re family!”

“…”

The boy who coldly shook off her hand as soon as he learned his cousin sister was powerless.

Outside, he pretended to worry about his ‘lacking sister who throws tantrums.’

But when he returned to the mansion, he would pour out all kinds of verbal abuse.

Even in a moment like this, he doesn’t even say he’s sorry.

‘No, rather, thank you.’

Thank you for being unchanged from the ‘original’ future where you abandoned me.

That’s right, that’s how I can realize that my choice to leave wasn’t crazy.

“…Do you know why I hated being driven to the annex?”

“Huh?”

“It was because of the monster cries.”

The place where the annex was located was a barren environment where monsters and wild beasts mingled and wandered.

Every night, things that were hard to distinguish between wolves and monsters would often howl.

Each time, Lillian would curl up under her blanket and tremble.

Afraid that those things would devour her in the middle of the night.

‘Please, please let me return to the main residence quickly…’

There were cold nights when she desperately prayed to a god who gave no answer.

But if she had known from the start, she wouldn’t have prayed at all.

If she had known that the knights and blood relatives were laughing at that sight.

“That must have just been funny to you.”

Like a child pouring water on an ant crawling hard on the ground.

As Lillian lowered her eyelashes, a deep shadow fell.

“So I, who am funny to you, will take my leave.”

Lillian turned around without regret.

There would be no more information to extract from this guy, so let the prince’s party handle the surveillance.

But Ramio, who had been panting while watching Lillian move away, cried out.

“You! Because you’re like this, Count Pavil keeps turning his eyes to other women! You don’t even know you’re digging your own grave…!”

Thwack.

The light sound of a knife cutting into a melon came from the back of Ramio’s head.

Elias had struck his head without drawing his sword.

Lillian asked calmly.

“Did you kill him?”

“…No.”

“What a pity… I mean, thank you.”

“…”

Elias awkwardly bowed silently to Lillian.

All those words Ramio was spitting out were too noisy and low-level.

So he had a strong desire to stop listening.

‘…But above all, my lord’s gaze.’

Cold sweat ran down his neck.

It wasn’t a joke.

In this situation, he was watching without blinking even once.

Sometimes he forgets because Evren smiles so smoothly.

The fact that for his lord, there isn’t much difference between humans and objects.

His standard for evaluating people is only ‘usefulness.’

Warm and trivial things probably didn’t exist from birth.

Elias coughed awkwardly.

“Your Highness. Then I’ll handle the processing before sending these guys to the capital.”

“I’ll join you.”

“Pardon?”

“What’s there to be surprised about.”

Evren gestured to Lillian and the Shadows.

Meaning for him to take Lillian inside.

Lillian turned around immediately without asking any probing questions.

‘Really peculiar.’

In situations like this, ordinary humans would usually argue and beg for clumsy mercy.

‘At least she doesn’t bother me in situations like this.’

Was she cowardly?

Or heartless?

Or perhaps she was acting wisely?

That woman only stirred up curiosity.

Evren dismissed the other Shadows from their positions, except for Elias.

“Elias.”

“Yes.”

“I’m going to get engaged to Lillian Tillard.”

“…! Cough.”

Elias was so shocked he choked.

Engagement?

Even if he had suppressed the rampage, with a Tillard?

No, that wasn’t the real problem.

His lord was going to engage in such ‘human’ activities?

“Oh, and I’ve been imprinted.”

“Cough, cough, hack.”

“But only me, unfortunately.”

“Cough…!”

Elias looked ready to die.

No, imprinted? But only his lord? What kind of bolt from the blue was this?

“But you know, Elias.”

“Cough, yes.”

“Seeing you strike down Ramio Tillard’s head earlier.”

Evren gave his cousin an eye-smile.

“When did you become so fond of Lady Tillard?”

“…!”

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