The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 20

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20.

Chapter 7. All Those Words About This Being For Your Own Good Are Lies

Until now, Evren had been living by moderately mimicking human emotions.

Of course, he did possess a few emotions himself.

Irritation, displeasure, killing intent, and such.

It was because they were emotions necessary for survival.

But earlier, when he made contact with Lillian twice.

Emotions that were clearly not his own had flowed into him.

‘I’ve never heard of such a thing being possible through control.

Lillian seemed completely unaware of it too.

Is this happening because of the imprinting?

‘It’s hard to confirm since people who do imprinting have become rare.’

Since there are no longer any foolish humans who would do something that creates weaknesses.

But this time, Lillian was very much…

‘I’ll just go and come back quickly.’

‘Actually, I got a B.’

The emotions that flowed in each time.

What should I call this feeling?

“Elias.”

“…? Yes, my lord.”

“Lillian was very troubled inside both before the measurement and after receiving the B grade.”

“Yes?”

“But she spoke to me as if nothing was wrong.”

“…!

“What do you think that means for an ordinary human?”

Elias carefully chose his words while reading Evren’s mood.

This was a very important matter.

His lord was trying to explore another person’s emotions!

“…Hmm. Doesn’t it mean she was scared and disappointed about the grade you would receive?”

“Scared and disappointed? Why?”

Evren had also been a bit surprised by the fact that Lillian was a B-grade.

Since she had suppressed his rampage, he thought it would be higher.

But B was higher than the average for Controllers in the Empire. There were far more C and D grades.

So there was no reason to be scared or disappointed.

Elias earnestly tried to explain with great care.

“Think about it. Didn’t the Tillard Family call Miss an incompetent person?”

“They did.”

“But above and below her, Count Kuern and Iris Tillard are-.”

“Ah. A and S-grade, wasn’t it.”

So there were people to compare herself to.

Lillian Tillard. How unexpected…?

‘She acted so confident and competent that I didn’t think she’d care about such things.’

Even when she said those words earlier, she was smiling brightly on her face.

The more he knew about her, the more interesting a woman she became.

“In such cases, how do ordinary humans usually behave next?”

“Hmm… Didn’t Miss eat poisonous herbs from the dirt ground?”

“She did.”

“She might still be in a considerably cornered state. She keeps containing negative emotions inside herself.”

So she’s still in a very dangerous state.

But the fact that he had to understand this through someone else’s help was a bit irritating.

He gave Elias an eye smile.

“Elias. You know quite well?”

“…This was just my extremely personal opinion as a guess. I could be wrong.”

“Hmm.”

Evren touched his own neck.

Lillian Tillard was holding his leash.

So he couldn’t let her deteriorate for a year.

* * *

Lillian moved to the area where women stayed in the Temple.

When they reached the spacious courtyard, Jeanne, who had come along as an escort, grumbled.

“Miss. But if the princess is here, couldn’t His Highness just summon her?”

“Because we crossed the border without permission?”

“Yes. Isn’t that their fault?”

“Hmm, it’s better to be careful about assigning blame between countries. Especially in His Highness’s current situation.”

“What do you mean by that…”

“Because His Highness currently has more enemies than allies.”

Lillian wiggled her finger in the air as if pointing at a map.

“First, among the Five Great Families, Pavil and Tillard won’t become allies. Boliver is neutral.”

“Hmm… Yes. They’re always like that.”

“Then what’s left is Tarandia, but His Imperial Majesty doesn’t even attend to state affairs.”

It was a famous story that the current Emperor was slightly mad.

Even so, the Empire was running quite well.

“The problem is, when making important decisions, more than half of the Five Great Families must agree-.”

Want to propose a competition for the Crown Prince position?

But in this situation, it would be completely ignored.

Even an S-grade annihilation ability user couldn’t kill all of them.

“Then the only place that could potentially be an external alliance is the Kingdom of Tenebryn, which follows the same doctrine.”

The countries across the strait were a bit ambiguous since they would later become problematic as heretics.

That was something to think about later.

“So it’s better for me, as a fellow woman, to go and quietly observe the princess. So don’t worry too much about it.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Jeanne nodded quickly.

The Shadows following them were also impressed.

They had all heard the rumors circulating in social circles and among knights.

‘Miss Iris runs her own business, but as the older sister.’

‘Shouldn’t she try harder to be of help to the family?’

‘She puts too much effort into just jewelry. Does she even know how to have a proper conversation?’

‘Count Pavil, who will be responsible for Miss Lillian later, must have a lot of hardships.’

All those rumors were lies.

‘People really need to live together to truly know each other.’

‘No one would have known she was such a smart person.’

‘Sniff, I’m getting teary.’

Would such a person really be okay with our lord?

It was deeply worrying.

Even the young Shadows knew about the trouble that happened when the 1st Empress married the Tarandia Emperor…

Meanwhile, Lillian was busy recalling what she had seen and heard in the ‘original work.’

‘The princess’s ability disease was related to skin conditions.’

She would later solve that with Iris’s help.

But actually, there was a bigger problem with that princess…

Just then, Jeanne, who had been walking ahead, stopped Lillian.

“Miss. Over there, beyond the bushes, I sense an unusual presence.”

“…!”

Lillian’s eyes lit up.

Those born with Baltazar’s bloodline use the power of the earth.

So they could easily detect an opponent’s location through the earth’s veins.

‘If it’s the presence of a beastkin ability user, it would be even more distinctive.’

The Tenebrin Family are snake beastkin ability users, which are hard to find in the Empire.

But then Jeanne stopped.

“Hmm? Miss. It seems that princess isn’t alone right now.”

“She must have a companion.”

“Yes. I can hear a man’s voice.”

“Can you tell me what they’re saying?”

As expected of an ability user. Her physical capabilities are amazing.

Jeanne closed her eyes, concentrated, and repeated their words.

“‘…Your Highness, I’m only worried that Your Highness will be ridiculed in Perniers.'”

“….”

“‘Isn’t the princess’s appearance a matter of the country’s dignity? But there’s already no way to fix it….'”

“….”

“‘My saying such things is all for Your Highness’s sake….’ No, what the hell is this bastard saying.”

I agree.

Lillian narrowed her eyes.

‘Hah… as expected.’

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