The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 40
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40.
The newspapers were absolutely turned upside down.
“This will definitely work!”
“Steal it and bring it here if you have to!”
Places with poor security had their prototypes stolen.
Since they were in the same industry, those who believed “good things are good things” shared information among themselves.
If that Madame Rochette had seen it and caused such a fuss, it was definitely an amazing product…!
This was a flow of events that Lillian was unaware of.
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The Grand Conference Hall of the Imperial Palace.
Today was the regular meeting day when the heads of the Five Great Families and their closest associates and ministers gathered.
As usual, Duke Baltazar and the Emperor were absent…
“Did you read that article?”
“Of course. The Mariposa story?”
“My daughter was making such a fuss about it!”
Most of the senior officials were also ability users.
And when every newspaper they picked up mentioned ‘Mariposa’.
Regardless of age or gender, it was bound to stick in their heads.
“My daughter keeps begging me to buy it for her, so I need to find a way to get it…”
“Good grief, I don’t even know where they sell it.”
“How long will they keep it so secret-”
“Shh!”
When the Tillard Ducal House entered, everyone immediately feigned ignorance.
Look at the faces of Duke Tillard and Count Kuern.
‘Oh my. The butterflies have turned into poisonous moths.’
‘They seem quite irritated.’
The Tillard family had monopolized control artifacts for generations.
So the current praise for someone else would be unpleasant.
But when First Prince Evren and Elias entered together, everyone was surprised and bewildered.
‘Wait, those two came together?’
The First Prince was famous for wandering the frontier.
Moreover, he was famous for having character flaws due to his abilities.
‘Doesn’t he look like he’s in a good mood?’
Second Empress Robelia, representing Pavil, also narrowed her eyes.
“It’s been a while, First Prince.”
“It’s been a while for you too, Empress.”
“You look quite pleased recently, don’t you?”
“There have been many enjoyable things lately, so I’m quite happy. Today Kail’s story will come up, so I’m even more delighted.”
“…”
The corners of the Empress’s mouth twitched slightly.
Kail, sitting beside her, was equally stiff with a sense of defeat.
It was both frustrating and shameful that ‘Daybreak’s’ forces had been trampled…!
Just then, General Bolivar opened his mouth.
With that personality, there was no way he would hold back.
“Your Majesty the Empress. The Second Prince’s private army problem is serious!”
He had no way of speaking indirectly.
“He even requisitioned part of the Imperial Knights without proper orders, this is an abuse of power!”
“Sigh, General. If necessary, even a prince’s command-”
“Are you talking about an order to use weapons forbidden for monster extermination!”
Robelia gritted her teeth behind her black fan.
This rampaging Bolivar…
Though they claimed ‘neutrality’, their support was a decisive move.
So she had to appease them appropriately.
“General. I completely agree with the General’s words.”
Then Robelia continued elegantly. Kail stiffened but she acted as if nothing was wrong.
“I’m not trying to cover for Kail. As an Empress and head of the Pavil family, I shouldn’t do such blind things.”
Robelia smiled sweetly.
“But I think fair punishment is necessary. What do you think?”
“…? If it’s fair, punishment directed at whom?”
“The place where Kail made his mistake was Lowsen, the Black Forest, wasn’t it.”
Though it was eventually revealed that there was also a secret training ground of the Voliberre family…
“Actually, this area is close to the private land of the absent Duke Baltazar.”
Robelia turned her cold gaze toward her real prey.
Rather than openly attacking Evren, she targeted Elias standing beside him.
“We should have given prior notice to that area to block the knights’ movement. Since ‘someone’ was absent, we almost had a major accident, didn’t we.”
“…!”
“If that person was absent, at least Sir Elias should have done it.”
Elias’s body grew increasingly stiff.
The Empress smiled coldly.
“The First Prince’s hardship is truly pitiful. But such mistakes-”
“Coming back after a long time and getting to study the history of the land is quite interesting.”
Evren, who had been smiling crookedly, finally opened his mouth.
“Lowsen, that area was indeed Baltazar’s property. Until 30 years ago?”
“…!”
“Hmm, who bought it. Ah! I think it was an old friend of Pavil.”
The man sitting to the right of Empress Robelia flinched.
Marquis Somnis.
He was an ally of the Pavil family.
The Empress couldn’t hide her displeasure this time and glared narrowly.
“…Marquis Somnis.”
“Th-that is.”
It was indeed the land he had purchased at a high price.
It’s just… he didn’t know the Empress would bring up that topic, so he didn’t bother to mention his own story-
Evren just smiled.
Robelia covered up to the tip of her nose with her fan to avoid showing her anger.
“I also completely agree with the Empress. On that ‘fair punishment’.”
“Ha.”
“And one more thing. Recently, it seems there’s been entertainment in the capital that summons monsters.”
The moment Evren said those words.
Kuern’s heart beat anxiously.
No way. Surely not…
“As soon as we catch them in the act, I’ll punish them under my jurisdiction.”
Originally Kail would handle the capital’s security, but now his hands were tied.
Kuern shouted out in panic.
“N-no, you can’t!”
“Kuern?”
Duke Tillard looked surprised and frowned.
Kuern had thoughtlessly interrupted the prince’s words and burst out.
“No, that is. Too… excessive…”
Evren looked Kuern up and down and chuckled.
“What’s this. Did the young duke also want to enjoy himself like that?”
“…!”
Kuern flinched.
The expression clearly showed that all ability users couldn’t overcome their instinctive revulsion to the word ‘demon’….
Evren stood up from his seat.
“Well then, I’ll be going now.”
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No conversation was exchanged throughout the entire journey back to the castle.
This was because Evren had nothing particular on his mind, while only Elias had much to think about.
“…How about seeking out the Duke, Your Highness.”
“Why?”
“His absence from the meetings is truly too significant.”
“Work hard so there won’t be any absence.”
“However, I am not the acting head of the family. We must serve that person-.”
“He’s getting on in years, so the Creator God will call him soon. Live efficiently, Elias.”
It meant to wait since he would inherit when the Duke died.
For a moment, Elias wanted to hit his forehead but restrained himself.
“…Do you perhaps resent him? Your Highness.”
“…? Why would I bother?”
As he said, Evren did not resent Duke Baltazar, his maternal grandfather.
He might get annoyed if a needle pricked his hand.
But wouldn’t it be strange to resent an object?
“By the way, my castle is going to burst with picture frames.”
The Shadows had frantically hung knight article clippings on every wall with remaining space.
As if everyone had been waiting their entire lives just to do this kind of thing.
It was a very strange experience.
Seeing those faces rejoicing over another’s achievements as if they were their own.
Evren walked briskly to see Lillian.
‘I’m going crazy with anxiety since I can’t see the human I’ve imprinted on.’
Throughout his time at the Imperial Palace, Lillian’s absence had been uncomfortable.
When he went to the ‘Chamber of Pearls’, Lillian was looking at a frame containing a huge newspaper.
“Your Highness, you’ve returned?”
“Who on earth reads something this huge. Is it for giants?”
“They made the ‘Salon Rochette’ article like this, enlarged.”
“Huh.”
Evren stared down at Lillian intently. Really, she had smiled so brightly when he gave her the torch.
Now she was so calm that there was no way to tell.
“Hold my hand, young lady.”
“…? Do you feel like you might go berserk?”
“Not berserk, but since you’ve got my leash, try being a little less petty.”
Bouncing emotions flowed in from their clasped hands.
‘What a truly amusing woman.’
She must have been pleased that the article came out.
He fiddled with the small hand. The more he touched it, the more a strange stimulation arose.
…As expected, he disliked the idea of Lillian meeting the Duke.
The thought of fear and disgust flowing in from this hand….
It bothered him. Why?
Why?
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