The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 35
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35.
“What on earth are Your Highnesses doing at this late hour?”
“Good heavens, what could cause the ground to become like this?”
They appeared to be ordinary middle-aged nobles who had come straight from training without even wiping off their sweat.
‘The Knight Commander, Field Marshal, and even executives from the supply corps…’
In reality, they were all generals of two stars or higher by previous life standards.
“His Grace the Duke is coming!”
…Duke Anais Voliberre himself appeared as well.
The knights in purple uniforms who had followed Kail were flustered.
“G-General!”
In other words, he was the supreme commander over the royal knights that the Second Prince had brought along as his supporters.
The Second Prince’s expression was truly worth seeing.
Of course, he would have dragged them out without saying a word for such an urgent matter.
Naturally, a prince ranks higher than generals or dukes.
However, the problem was that no one had yet been designated as crown prince.
‘So even as the Second Prince, he wouldn’t want to make the Voliberre ducal family uncomfortable.’
General Anais, with his graying reddish-brown hair slicked back without a single strand out of place, knelt on one knee.
“May the Creator’s blessing be upon you both, Your Highness Evren. Your Highness Kail.”
“It’s been a while, General.”
“You honor me. However, at this late hour…!”
After responding to the villain, the General turned his dark eyes to the male lead.
“Your Highness Kail. Why were you burying such landmines in the ground? Aren’t these prohibited items even in the palace due to their danger?”
“…!”
“Were you doing this to hunt the magical beasts in this area? If His Highness the First Prince hadn’t contacted me…!”
It was fortunate that he had been summoned suddenly in the late night.
Otherwise, the Voliberre family members who were at the secret training ground would have been helplessly caught up in it.
“And Gederik!”
The target of the General’s rebuke was none other than the Knight Commander who had followed Kail.
“If you had to deploy while escorting His Highness the Second Prince, why didn’t you send word to me?”
“I-I was ordered that it was a matter requiring swift handling.”
“Only His Majesty and I can give you orders!”
“…!”
She could see him sweating profusely.
Oh, incidentally, Lillian felt not the slightest guilt toward that Knight Commander.
‘He’s the one who accepted bribes from grandfather and took in Ramio.’
He was someone whose talent as a merchant far exceeded his virtues as a knight.
The original male lead put on a competent expressionless face.
“General. This is a misunderstanding. While I did use explosives, they were certainly not dangerous-”
At that moment, Lillian silently pressed the recording crystal.
Recording and filming. This was her strategy for surviving in this world.
[Gasp, sob…]
As the two factions faced off, oval-shaped images floated suspended on invisible threads.
In the image was a crying adult…
Holding a bluish glowing orb…
[I-I just need to do as His Highness ordered, right…?]
Muttering frantically.
[N-now I need to-]
He buried the landmine in the ground.
The Voliberre family members who saw this were bewildered.
“Isn’t that person His Highness the Second Prince’s aide?”
“That would be Count Sedric Bain…”
“Good heavens…!”
“Isn’t supernatural power leaking from that orb?”
Sedric in the image groaned as he suffered from mental contamination.
‘I end up appearing at the end after all.’
Since she had to hold his hand to heal Sedric.
Whether the Molting Veil affected the recording too, even she couldn’t recognize herself as ‘Lillian’ when looking at it.
General Anais Voliberre couldn’t hide his admiration.
“…Truly remarkable skill.”
Those around the General agreed.
“Indeed, Your Grace.”
“Even an A-rank Controller would find such contamination…”
“To perform control without damaging the mind.”
“However-”
The high-ranking elders of Voliberre were looking at the original male lead with great displeasure.
“What exactly is the meaning of this?”
“…”
Lillian gazed indifferently at the original male lead who couldn’t answer.
‘His insides must be rotting away.’
She had never personally clashed with that man.
In Kail Tarandia’s eyes, Lillian was so insignificant that there would have been no reason to pay attention to her, whether in this life or in the ‘original story.’
In fact, many others besides that man had been bystanders in Lillian’s life.
Yet seeing him in such a state was so satisfying, probably because of how he abandoned his subordinate…
Then the villain spoke first.
“Well, it’s as you can see. Kail, how could you ask your subordinate to do such a thing?”
He had boasted a reputation of being more noble than the villain, at least…
But this incident would certainly crack that image.
You could already tell just by looking at the expressions of the knights behind that man…
“…Yes, I regret that things turned out this way.”
“And oh, I’ll personally interrogate this fellow.”
“…!”
“You have no objections, right? Since he used illegal explosives.”
The original male lead’s expression hardened at the talk of dealing with his aide.
The real fight hadn’t even begun yet.
‘This doesn’t even qualify as a preliminary round.’
Still, winning is definitely the best.
* * *
After leaving the chaotic area, shadows flocked around her like a flock of sheep.
“Miss! Please eat plenty!”
“You fool, what time do you think it is!”
“Here, take more cushions!”
Lillian received a shoulder massage from Marguerite while unhesitatingly drinking the juice the shadows offered her.
She had worked hard all day, so she certainly deserved to enjoy this level of luxury.
‘The Voliberre family’s expressions looked good too.’
They had been a neutral family for generations.
‘In the original story, they eventually joined the Second Prince’s faction because of Iris’s help…’
There would be an incident later where they would desperately need help…
‘Still, if I do well next time too, there should be good results.’
…Where is the person I need to discuss that story with right now?
Lillian looked around her surroundings.
“By the way, where did His Highness go?”
Come to think of it, Sir Elias was also absent, and several of the Shadows whose faces had become familiar were nowhere to be seen.
Jeanne answered nonchalantly.
“He stepped away briefly. He has some matters to settle in the rear.”
“Is that so?”
All the Shadows nodded and smiled.
“Please rest now, Miss. This time you’ll truly arrive at the Castle by the time you wake up.”
* * *
In the darkness, white snow had accumulated in thin layers.
Evren sat perched on a rock with one leg crossed.
“Got quite the beating for doing something I don’t usually do.”
“Ugh… urgh…”
“There have been so many firsts for me lately.”
On the opposite side where snow had accumulated, Kail was kneeling and gasping for breath.
“By my standards, it was a completely inefficient strategy.”
“You, ugh, Evren…!”
“But it was a strategy worth enduring.”
Several members of Daybreak lay with their eyes closed.
It was impossible to tell exactly what parts had been erased in this situation.
What remained would soon be covered beneath this snow as well.
“Phew.”
In truth, Evren had been immersed in shallow boredom throughout this entire incident.
He knew Kail would try to trap him and bring along petty pawns, just like the Pavil Family’s way of thinking.
‘I could have just cleanly erased them all.’
Then the Second Empress’s side would mobilize Pavil, Tillard, parts of the Imperial family, and other influential houses.
He already knew war would break out.
In the past, he couldn’t easily choose war due to the burden of going berserk.
‘But now I have Lillian…’
The goddess of victory had come to him.
Moreover, humans only understand when ruled by fear.
If he erased about 40% of the Empire’s population, nothing after that would be difficult.
And yet…
Evren smiled faintly while looking at his groaning brother.
‘How truly interesting.’
Not his brother, but Lillian.
Seeing how she tried to shake Kail’s position by even dragging in the House of Boliver.
And how did she know their Secret Training Ground was nearby?
In any case, she was endlessly fascinating.
‘Since Lillian figured this out, I should honor her method until the very end.’
Plus, he’d witnessed many more interesting moments than expected, so he was satisfied.
As he stood up, he slowly ground his foot into Kail’s head.
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