The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 63
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63.
While Empress Robellia was breaking out in a cold sweat trying to calm the princess down.
People were cringing.
“To a distinguished guest of the Kingdom-.”
“I was trying to place an order for that too.”
“What if something terrible had happened!”
“For something like this to happen in the Tillard Family.”
Iris’s knees were trembling.
No, this can’t be happening.
Something like this happening to me-.
Then Lillian approached from the side.
“Watch carefully and remember, Iris.”
“Ah…”
“Next time you want to make something, follow a proper design.”
Lillian took out a folded paper from her bag decorated with sparkling beads and dropped it.
“And it’s not a fairy’s bracelet, it’s called Moon’s Blessing.”
Iris’s face turned not just pale white but a sickly blue-green.
Was it just the <Moon’s Blessing> design?
Lillian also dropped the other designs she had passed through Gerard onto the floor.
“Take these too, Iris.”
“These… are.”
“If you’re going to make them, you should make them properly so you won’t be embarrassed like today.”
They were designs bought from the ‘Archive’.
She had felt reassured because they were said to be designs from talented but still rookie designers that she had paid good money for.
Why were they in Lillian’s hands…
Lillian placed her hand on Iris’s shoulder.
She would never tell her, but actually Lillian had really intended to forgive everything.
I was going to forget everything and leave.
If I could just avoid the approaching death in darkness, I could have treated all the previous pain as if it never happened.
But you know what.
“What’s wrong, Iris. You should enjoy this.”
“Ah…”
“Being treated like a princess will probably be the last time in your life.”
I’m human too, so I got a bit angry.
Lillian smiled wickedly.
Iris’s face instantly turned bright red.
This damn cousin sister was so annoying that the words she had spat out came back to her.
‘Being treated like a princess like this. Enjoy it. When will there be another day like this in sister’s life?’
She had acted arrogantly as if she owned not just the manor but an entire castle, which was disgusting to watch.
But for Iris to throw that back at her in this most humiliating moment.
“You…!”
“Lillian.”
Iris tried to retort to Lillian, but Evren was already standing beside Lillian, holding her hand.
He already looked bored with all of this.
“Let’s go now.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“You scolded me earlier not to tease her.”
Lillian didn’t respond to his reproach.
As the two turned to leave together, the crowd watching them also began to murmur busily.
The Second Prince with a complicated expression.
The Empress so angry that her jaw was visibly trembling.
Iris, who had come to her senses, hurriedly got up from where she was.
“Your Majesty the Empress…!”
Kuern rushed to cling to Iris.
Though he was a bat, he still had some sense left in this crisis situation.
“Iris, no!”
“B-but!”
“Don’t make Her Majesty angrier right now…!”
The Empress had even dismissed the elderly grandfather.
If she made a wrong move now, it was obvious that voices would arise saying even S-rank Controllers were useless.
Those who had been assessing the situation finally looked like they had found an escape route.
“W-we should also take our leave.”
“Thank you for the invitation.”
“We’ll see you next time, Young Duke.”
Everyone couldn’t bear to make eye contact with Iris and hurriedly turned to leave.
The important guests had already been preparing to exit with quick wit.
Iris collapsed right there.
“Ah…”
It was the first failure of her life.
And it was a massive failure at that.
* * *
A few days after the princess’s welcome banquet.
<Manifested as a Controller after 20 years?! An unprecedented situation>
<The abandoned Tillard’s Daughter returns as Crown Prince’s Controller!>
<Did Duke Tillard know of his granddaughter’s abilities when he sent her to Crown Prince?>
<What is Lillian Tillard’s rank!?>
Lillian was convinced once again.
I’m quite global indeed.
‘Everyone’s making a big fuss.’
If before she was famous as a laughingstock and petty villainess, now she was regarded as something of a miracle.
Meanwhile, the castle was literally screaming with joy.
It was because of what could be called a paper bomb of invitations that had exploded.
Marguerite laughed as much as she could.
“Tsk tsk, really! They all have no guts or gall! Those who didn’t even come to properly greet Our Highness!”
Of course, she was happy even while being angry.
Marguerite, who had been organizing invitations together, turned her head toward Lillian.
“Miss, so where are you thinking of going first?”
“Hm…? You’re asking me first?”
“Isn’t that obvious?”
Her attitude was as if it was natural that the choice was up to Lillian.
But surprisingly, no one objected to Marguerite’s question.
The invitations desperately wanted Lillian’s attendance as much as, or even more than, the prince’s.
“His Highness would surely show his face wherever Miss chooses to go first!”
“Hmm. I do have to escort him though.”
It was quite precarious at the banquet, you know.
Moreover.
‘Why does the villain keep coming into my room lately?’
The villain was sprawled on the chair more like a cat than usual.
His attire was also that of a complete dandy who had thrown his cravat and such on the floor.
‘I guess dressing up properly that day used up all the patience he had left in life.’
The Villain would have noticed all of Lillian’s presence.
Yet he didn’t acknowledge her even when she came right next to him.
“Your Highness.”
Are you alive?
After waiting a few seconds, she asked again.
“Your Highness, are you alright?”
“…Ha.”
Only then did the Villain turn his head toward Lillian.
His pale, beautiful face was tinged with faint irritation and fatigue.
It wasn’t just because of the ‘destructive impulse’—the Villain originally had a deep-seated misanthropy.
He had the power to smash all the frustrating and annoying things, yet just enduring and bearing with that chaos was already remarkable….
“Yes, I’m perfectly fine. Lillian. Holding back from blowing away all those annoying faces.”
“….”
“Should I have just turned the Empress and my younger brother to ash that day?”
And then, abruptly.
As if even Lillian was annoying him, he turned his back.
Lillian was grateful for the psychological descriptions in the ‘original work.’
<…Even when the Crown Prince appeared most gentle, he was fighting a fierce war inside.
The destructive impulse that had become most powerful due to his ability.
To maintain his resolve not to destroy people, he had to endure tremendous pain.>
‘Like giving jerky to a dog.’
Lillian gently took the Villain’s hand, both to control herself and comfort him.
“You did well, Your Highness. It will be very painful going forward, but you must endure like this.”
“….”
“And thank you for being with me that day.”
“….”
These words were sincere.
Last time, with grandfather’s harsh criticism.
‘This person also stayed by my side when I had a fever.’
Only then did the Villain smile.
Lillian flinched.
It seemed like a genuine smile.
“Then, Lillian.”
“Yes?”
“If I did well, don’t you think a reward is necessary?”
Evren tilted his head slightly and stared intently at Lillian.
A beautifully handsome man gazing steadily carried an enormous aura of temptation.
Lillian would have been completely captivated long ago.
If not for the spider web pattern spreading beneath his eyes.
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