The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 66
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66.
Robellia smiled gently at Lillian’s innocent face.
‘Your Majesty, Empress. Have you been well all this time?’
Come to think of it, when this child was Karkin’s fiancée, how devoted she had been.
To a somewhat pathetic degree.
‘By now her head must be spinning from receiving attention for the first time.’
So let’s encourage her to ride along with that feeling.
“How about becoming Evren’s new bride there, to the extent that all the flowers of the Empire would be envious.”
“….”
“Then I would feel as if I’m gaining a daughter, which would be wonderful.”
At that moment, Iris suddenly raised her head.
But Robellia didn’t pay her any attention right now.
‘I invited her for the sake of appearances.’
An S-class Controller to attach to a son without the ‘ability of annihilation.’
But she couldn’t help feeling sick of this welcome banquet.
Then Lillian covered one cheek with her hand and sighed.
“I’m grateful for the Empress’s consideration. It’s the highest honor, as you say.”
“Hoho, you understand its worth.”
“Of course. However, Your Majesty. When I was engaged to Count Karkin before, the Count never made such a proposal to me….”
“….”
“So I’m very, very worried that I… I’m engaged to Crown Prince, but… wouldn’t this be too much of a desecration of old ties?”
Ha. Robellia swallowed an incredulous laugh.
In other words, why are you doing this now when you handled things carelessly before?
‘Lillian… Come to think of it, when did she become so good with words.’
Acting spitefully was one thing.
But wasn’t this too different from her gloomy and oppressed past self?
At Robellia’s silence, Iris finally couldn’t hold back and spoke up.
Lillian, this petty person!
Deceiving your family for money, yet acting clean and noble yourself?
“Sister, really. When Your Majesty is being so considerate, isn’t this too much?”
“Hmm? Too much?”
“Yeah. No matter how much a person receives the Creator God’s grace, you shouldn’t become so arrogant.”
Iris smiled forcedly while giving gentle advice.
“The courtesy of sending invitations too.”
“….”
“You should send one to each person attending. How can you send just one to a family?”
“….”
“It’s conduct unbecoming of a future Crown Princess. Don’t you think I’m right?”
Receiving individual invitations meant having very high status and special position.
Lillian had disrespected the Tillard Family!
“Oh my, that?”
Lillian…chuckled.
“Oh dear, Iris. You must have been a bit lacking during etiquette lessons.”
“What? There’s nothing wrong with what I said!”
“The courtesy of sending one to each attendee is correct. To each family head or direct heir.”
Lillian turned her head slightly and smiled faintly.
“But we don’t send them like that to collateral members like you. You’re excluded from VIP treatment.”
“…!”
“Just like with the Princess last time, you’re weaker in etiquette than I thought.”
“I…!”
Bringing up that incident?
Recalling her first failure in life, Iris almost jumped up from embarrassment.
“Iris, enough!”
“…! Y-Your Majesty-.”
“Sigh, don’t start arguments over trivial matters.”
The Empress had been relatively patient, but Iris felt the ground crumble beneath her feet.
I got scolded…. I got scolded in front of others.
How….
And as if sensing the atmosphere turning cold, an explosion sound came from the ground below.
Bang!
The ladies were startled and quickly rose from their chairs.
“Wh-what is this!”
“It’s cold…!”
The lawn was overturned and became a sea of water in the blink of an eye!
Though they weren’t dirtied, many people got soaked from head to toe.
What was happening. The Empress rose from her seat in disgust.
Even if clothes got wet, they could be dried, and changing rooms were always prepared inside.
Perhaps it was because of Iris’s more irritating behavior than expected.
“Wait.”
Empress Robellia noticed something slightly off.
On the way to the dressing room, someone wasn’t visible now.
“Where did Lillian go?”
And where’s that bastard Evren?
* * *
“Wow, it was good that we prepared in advance.”
“Ha… You should know how well I listen to you.”
“Yes, yes.”
“Could you put some sincerity into it?”
“Yees.”
Becoming a villain and extracting gratitude like collecting debts.
Still, Lillian nodded gratefully for the good timing.
‘It was worth thinking about how to escape to the ‘Sanctuary’ midway. Bursting the lawn sprinklers!’
In Perniers terms, it was magical waterways buried underground.
When they explode, they’re much more powerful than mechanical sprinklers!
The place where they held their gathering wasn’t far from the ‘Sanctuary.’
She could come and go with the Empress’s guest pass, but.
‘If I wander around a place like this and the villain deduces he’s imprinted on me, that would be troublesome.’
Though it was paranoid thinking.
“So this is the Tower of Seclusion….”
Lillian muttered while looking up at the black tower.
A long cylindrical tower with no windows, designed to absorb light directly.
A space that sucks out all the abilities of people trapped inside.
In the future, the villain would be imprisoned here for about 4 years after going berserk…. The place that would make the villain a future escapee.
‘This tower’s material is Nightfall.’
The only remaining place in the Empire, and there are no more places to mine it.
‘Since it’s right here, there’s no need to pressure the Information Guild.’
And with this mineral, artifacts that can break imprints can be made.
Evren stared intently at Lillian.
Lillian was taking out… mining equipment from the clutch she brought.
“What exactly do you carry in your bag?”
“Life is unpredictable. One must always be prepared, anywhere and anytime…”
“Even if that means destroying Imperial Palace property and stealing?”
“This is all for both our benefit. Call it public interest.”
“Ha.”
Evren touched the back of his neck.
He had once hated having this woman above his head so much.
So he had wanted to cut it off.
He had wanted to quickly return to the days when he managed things roughly with control stones.
But now, he didn’t mind just staying like this.
He had even considered leaving things as they were for 40 or 100 years.
“Lillian.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Don’t you hate holding my leash?”
If she held his leash, he could give her many things, couldn’t he?
The things humans usually desired and approached princes for.
Wealth, peace, a better workshop, jewels, and so on. He no longer had any complaints about giving this woman what she wanted.
But Lillian answered immediately.
“Pardon? Yes.”
“…”
“I told you, didn’t I? That I’d return your leash to you.”
“…”
“So you don’t need to test me, Your Highness.”
Lillian looked at him and blinked eyes that held not a trace of falsehood.
“I’ll remove the imprint exactly on the promised day. Without troubling you.”
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