The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 42
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42.
At that moment, Lillian also scratched her temple lightly with her fingertips.
She really wants to live efficiently without making any effort at all…
In some ways, that’s impressive…
“I deliberately mixed in other designs to show her, but she picked out only the ones Miss had worked on with incredible precision.”
“Hmm.”
“And she earnestly insisted that it absolutely must not be leaked to outsiders.”
“…Karkin was with her too, right?”
“Yes. Since I contacted him first, he brought her along to Iris’s side.”
“Very good.”
Please continue to love Iris to death.
‘I did exchange annulment papers with Karkin.’
Once a few more groundwork tasks are finished, I’ll announce my engagement with the villain.
However.
‘There’s always the possibility he’ll spout nonsense about nullifying the annulment itself.’
Because that’s how reality works.
I could imagine how annoying it would be if he even got help from his aunt, the Second Empress.
‘What if he makes a fuss about going to court?’
Yeah, that won’t do.
I need to prepare in advance so there’s no room for that.
“Mr. Gerard. This time I need to ask for one deal regarding Karkin.”
* * *
To think such fortune would fall into my life.
Lillian admired the giant manuscript hanging in the frame.
Even though it was still sent under just the brand name ‘Mariposa’.
‘I never thought I’d be recognized like this for something I did, not Iris.’
Marguerite had hung the ‘Salon Rochette’ article not only in Lillian’s room but also in the central corridor of the castle.
Thanks to that, all the Shadows passing by could see it.
Even the taciturn Elias spoke up after seeing this.
“…Congratulations.”
“Thank you. I’m sorry for arbitrarily involving even the Shadows in such matters…”
“Not at all. It’s good to see some liveliness returning.”
Lillian quietly observed Elias’s expression.
The villain and Elias’s grandfather was Duke Baltazar.
‘The villain told me not to meet or even mention him.’
I have no intention of getting on a dangerous person’s nerves.
But I needed to ask for help regarding what’s to come.
Then this person is my only option.
“Sir Elias.”
“Yes, Miss.”
“Duke Baltazar doesn’t accompany His Highness to Imperial Palace meetings, does he.”
“…Yes.”
“That’s essentially read as the Baltazar family not supporting the Crown Prince.”
Elias couldn’t answer Lillian’s words.
Because it hit the mark.
In others’ eyes, he would only look like a Crown Prince who couldn’t even get support from his maternal family.
“Duke Baltazar… does not favor His Highness the Prince.”
“Emotionally, that may be understandable. But politically, it’s not a good choice.”
“…Actually.”
Sigh. Elias exhaled.
“The Duke has a history of attempting to assassinate His Highness multiple times.”
“Excuse me?”
“After Her Majesty the First Empress passed away, it’s been at least ten times that I know of.”
This family was no joke either.
…Perhaps the Creator God’s criteria for choosing the Five Great Families was how trashy they were?
To give dopamine to a bored god’s life?
“But assassination, what’s the reason—”
“He believes Her Majesty the First Empress died because of His Highness. He probably hates His Highness as much as the Pavil Family does.”
“…”
“So he severed ties completely.”
“…But he hasn’t named a successor and has left the main residence empty. Since when?”
“Since two years ago.”
As expected.
The Second Empress’s groundwork had already been laid since then.
“Sir Elias. When you last saw him, did the Duke ever mention strange nightmares?”
Elias’s eyes trembled.
“…How do you know about that, Miss.”
This wasn’t a matter where I could say ‘Because I’m a Tillard’ even as a joke.
“Sir Elias, listen carefully. In future Imperial Palace meetings, the matter of replacing the Five Great Families will come up.”
“…! That’s impossible.”
“If the Duke keeps not attending, it’s naturally a problem that will be discussed.”
“…”
“You don’t have the qualifications to attend, and His Highness told me not to even mention it.”
Elias looked incredulous.
That reaction was understandable.
The Five Sacred Noble Families are the clans most beloved by the Creator God.
So people believe the first page of scripture will never change.
That’s what the world believes, but…
Really?
‘There’s no saying history couldn’t be manipulated in the future.’
And in the original work, such attempts continued persistently.
From the male and female leads’ perspective, the Baltazar family was the root of evil.
‘It never passed in the end, but…’
Attempts always bear some fruit.
“Sir, you need to quickly confirm where Duke Baltazar is. And about this family too.”
The Empress’s close associates.
About the Somnis family!
* * *
The drawing room of the Empress’s Palace with red curtains drawn.
“Duke Baltazar seems to be holding out better than expected.”
Blue-tinged black hair.
A sharp face with thinly raised blue eyes that glowed murkily.
The Empress smiled while fingering a rose with her hand.
Marquis Somnis, summoned by the Empress, had cold sweat seeping through every wrinkle.
Because he remembered embarrassing Lobelia during the last meeting.
“I-I’m sorry, Your Majesty.”
“Sorry indeed.”
Pfft, Lobelia’s laughter echoed softly.
“The experience of a head of the Five Great Families cannot be ignored.”
But the Marquis trembled more visibly at the Empress’s laughter, who was younger than him.
Who wouldn’t be afraid?
If the flower petals in the Empress’s hand withered purple from poison…
The Empress smiled gracefully toward the Duke.
“Duke Somnis.”
“Yes.”
“I think it’s about time the scriptures of this world were rewritten.”
“…!”
“If they’ve been the same for 2,000 years, couldn’t the next 2,000 years be a little different?”
Duke Somnis raised his head sharply.
Wasn’t this almost heretical talk?
But since it was Lobelia of the Pavil Family speaking, he didn’t have the confidence to say so.
“The appointment of a Saint and High Priest. With just these two, it’s not an impossible story.”
“That’s…”
Duke Somnis, who imagined it for a moment, trembled violently.
The Saint would be Iris Tillard, who would be united with the Second Prince.
The Pavil Family’s influence would enter the High Priest selection.
Then.
‘Could they really change even the passages of scripture?’
Could the honor of the great Five Sacred Noble Families come into their hands?
“‘Easily deceived Baltazar’… Wouldn’t it be fine for another more deserving family to take that place?”
“…”
“‘Dreaming Somnis.’ That wouldn’t be bad.”
The Duke’s heart swelled rapidly from the aftermath of his delusions.
“Yes, Your Majesty! This time, I will absolutely succeed.”
To make the nightmare planted in Duke Baltazar even more powerful.
To make it overwhelmingly realistic.
The seed had already been planted long ago.
“Good.”
The Empress smiled gracefully, saying she would look forward to it.
After Duke Somnis left, that smile faded.
‘How persistent they are.’
Both the Crown Prince and the Baltazars.
No matter how much I push them away, they won’t be pushed away.
‘As long as that person has the ability of annihilation.’
But there was no more worry.
‘My son, Kail.’
Compared to the moral and flawless Second Prince, the Crown Prince was famous for lacking humanity.
In times of war, it might be different.
In peaceful times, something like the ‘ability of annihilation’ wasn’t needed.
‘It’s just a matter of time.’
Until everyone unites in saying that something like the Crown Prince isn’t needed.
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