The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 54
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54.
Karkin looked at Evren with eyes filled with fear.
Is this crazy bastard really insane?
Not even thinking about the consequences-.
“Count. There’s a set answer here.”
“Huk, heuuk….”
“And I’d prefer if you gave that answer willingly. Now. Why did you go to that casino?”
“…Ra, Ramio Tillard called me. So I went.”
“Finally the correct answer.”
“Kuk!”
“Now I’ll return it to normal.”
He twisted back the wrist that had been raised to hit Lillian, then twisted it forward again.
From 90 degrees to reverse 90 degrees, so it was restored to its original state.
This bastard’s wrist had been restored to normal.
But Evren’s mood had not been restored to normal.
Lillian seemed to have known.
‘That this bastard would try to hit me.’
She waited a few seconds for him to strike her face, but when he didn’t move, she ended up hitting him herself.
She made the choice not to destroy herself.
It was a very good thing….
‘Has she finally developed some self-preservation instinct?’
It’s something to celebrate. But why does this make me so angry.
‘…Why did she try to eat poison?’
Because of a bastard like this.
I can’t understand it at all.
“…What exactly did Lillian fall for about this thing?”
Evren became genuinely curious.
‘She wanted to see him even in her dreams, right?’
When Lillian first experienced her awakening fever.
She probably had good moments with this bastard, so she dreamed of such things.
Thinking about it made him very irritated.
Lillian liked jewels, so there was a high possibility she preferred shiny things.
Then was it this bastard’s appearance?
Evren looked back at Elias.
“Elias. Do you think Lillian was attracted to this thing’s appearance?”
“I don’t think so.”
“Aren’t the standards by which women judge men different from how men judge each other?”
“I’ll take another look.”
Elias earnestly stared intently at Karkin’s face.
Karkin trembled with shame.
He was openly having his appearance evaluated while his limbs were broken.
A Count of the Five Great Families!
“…Beauty and ugliness usually stem from the consistent proportions of facial features. Count Pavil doesn’t match the golden ratio that society speaks of. Therefore, it’s highly likely that not only men, but women too would not feel great attraction to this person.”
“Are you saying my Lillian has bad taste?”
“…No.”
Elias hastily corrected his words.
Evren’s voice clearly showed he was offended.
He was more bothered by the statement that Lillian had flaws than by Karkin not being handsome.
“Perhaps she developed deep affection from spending a long time together.”
“Affection….”
“You were engaged for about 10 years. That’s enough time to develop affection even for a cat outside the mansion.”
“I see.”
10 years….
This bastard was engaged to Lillian for 10 years.
About 3,650 days….
“Usually, can that kind of affection be overwritten by spending more time with someone else?”
“The… possibility would increase, wouldn’t it.”
“Hmm.”
Evren tilted his head with a smiling face.
How long would it take to overwrite it?
‘At least 10 years would be needed.’
Since the time spent with this bastard needs to be erased first.
Would that make Lillian’s heart completely empty?
Evren became curious.
What if, hypothetically, someone else occupied that empty space.
He tried calculating by putting himself in that position.
‘Another 10 years to make her think of me like that….’
10 years to make her completely attached.
Another 10 years to make her unable to leave even if the affection faded.
That way, he would need Lillian for at least 40 years.
By then, both he and Lillian would be quite old.
By that time, his ability might want to destroy Lillian.
‘Don’t… release the imprint.’
Isn’t there a way for Lillian to stay with him?
But then the torture chamber door opened.
Late at night, Robelia didn’t bat an eye at the nauseating sight.
“Crown Prince.”
“I greet the Empress at this late hour.”
Evren smiled brightly.
It would have been a beautiful smile if not for the bloodstains on his cheek.
“What a splendid night, isn’t it?”
Robelia replied indifferently.
But inside, she was furious.
While she was busy resolving the incident from the Spring Beginning Ball, he was doing this?
“If you hadn’t caused a disturbance at this late hour, there would have been no reason to meet like this.”
“If the Pavil Family had properly educated their child from the beginning, this wouldn’t have happened either.”
Robelia narrowed her eyes.
Her gaze at her nephew, who was covered in blood and trembling, flickered with displeasure.
‘Tsk… of all things to get caught for, causing a disturbance over such matters?’
He should have been a reliable right hand to put her son on the throne.
Instead of helping, he only added to the achievements of ‘Shadow’, which the Crown Prince could control!
However.
“Hah. Using missions as an excuse to do ‘crazy things’ again, Prince?”
“….”
“Seeing you conduct such excessive suppression, you still haven’t changed.”
Robelia struck at his weakness.
The one who couldn’t ascend to the throne despite having the ‘ability of annihilation’.
‘I’ll make whatever you do eat away at your own flesh.’
That he conducts such excessive suppression because he’s crazy, no matter what he does.
“Ah. So this is crazy behavior.”
But Evren just shrugged one shoulder.
“Beating up a man who insulted one’s fiancée is normal behavior, isn’t it?”
“…!”
“What do you think, Second Empress?”
Robelia was at a loss for words for the first time in a while.
‘Has this bastard really been captivated by that incompetent wench?’
The heartless Tarandia, by the most worthless butterfly?
Meanwhile, Karkin was looking at his aunt desperately.
Surely she wouldn’t abandon me for that bastard son….
But Karkin didn’t know.
That to Robelia, the honor of the entire Pavil family was more important than Karkin himself.
And that right now, the situation was precarious due to the Count Somnis affair.
“…For now, let’s leave Karkin’s punishment to the Crown Prince.”
“A-Aunt!?”
“I hope you maintain your reason so there won’t be any excessive punishment beyond this.”
Robelia turned to leave.
Rather than demanding her foolish nephew’s rescue now, it was more important to handle other cleanup.
Robelia spat to her attendant.
“First, prevent the story about the Crown Prince and Lillian from spreading. I need to wait and see.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“When the article comes out, make sure to exclude Karkin’s story.”
“Yes, but-.”
They had already made a spectacle like a festival parade dragging nobles on the way to the Imperial Capital.
Robelia replied coldly.
“Wasn’t Ramio Tillard the main culprit?”
Someone had to take responsibility for failing to manage their grandchildren.
Above all, she was angry at the Tillard family for being completely unaware of Lillian’s situation.
“They should suffer at least one loss to make it fair.”
* * *
Explosive laughter echoed through Tillard Manor.
It was Duke Elrik Tillard who burst into laughter, but everyone knew the Duke wasn’t laughing from genuine joy.
“Hahaha!”
The Duke had read the newspaper article that would have covered the entire capital’s streets this morning, and veins bulged at his temples.
<Shocking Again! Are the Five Sacred Noble Families Really Okay Like This?>
<Following Count Karkin Pavil, Another Disgrace!?>
<‘Youngest Imperial Knight’, Ramio Tillard Who Showed Chameleon-like Charm!>
Secretly using forbidden monster summoning artifacts…(omitted)
Regarding the fastest expulsion from the Imperial Knights….
“There’s nothing to answer, so get lost”
Kuern was terrified of his grandfather beyond measure.
It would be better if he hit him or vented his anger.
“Why couldn’t you prevent this!”
“Th-that. I didn’t know, Ramio had, come.”
“You didn’t know he came. You, a Count!”
Only then did his fury explode.
The Duke picked up and threw the paperweight in front of him.
Unfortunately, the paperweight hit Kuern squarely on the forehead and fell.
“Ugh!”
“The Pavil family is also entangled in this mess. And you still claim you didn’t know!”
The story about Karkin’s group also came out.
However, what angered the Duke was the fact that compared to Ramio, Karkin had relatively little coverage in the articles.
If only the Tillard family was like this, it was obvious how others would view them.
“Moreover, the Crown Prince attacked as if he’d been waiting. We’ve become a complete laughingstock!”
How much bail money would he have to pay now to get his grandson out of prison?
“And Lillian…!”
Engaged to that prince!
He felt like he might die from shouting the name of the granddaughter he had once considered most worthless.
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