The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 7

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7.

The right moment to slip away to the border checkpoint was approaching.

Lillian, with her ‘original story knowledge’ and a month of escape preparations, had the advantage over the villain group who were unfamiliar with this area.

‘While I was at it, I even taught them how to process control stones.’

At least they won’t split the Empire in half due to a rampage.

Like in the original story.

‘Please don’t let the aftermath reach the Kingdom of Tenebryn.’

But her physical condition was starting to worry her.

‘Why do I have a fever and can’t taste anything properly?’

She had deliberately dumped the most expensive pepper she stole from the main house.

But even that didn’t provide any stimulation.

‘The villain’s group is more polite than I thought, but…’

If she asked whether they had fever reducers, they would unnecessarily worry.

Slipping away would become much more tiring.

‘Ugh, what foolishness to not pack fever reducers.’

Lillian raised her body that had been crouched in the corner of the barracks.

There was a place she had spotted while drinking soup earlier.

It was a grassland where snow fell sparsely.

She remembered flowers blooming at the base of a certain tree there.

They looked like dandelions but had fever-reducing properties from flower to root.

‘Lucky me.’

Hehe.

She had confirmed well that they weren’t similar poisonous flowers.

Lillian washed them with melted snow water and began chewing from the roots.

However, when the flower part touched her lips, she tilted her head.

‘Strange, usually this would take effect immediately.’

In childhood, after her parents died because of Lillian.

‘Taking someone like you to the temple…! My heir died because of a bug!’

By grandfather’s order, the entire family had once turned their backs on Lillian.

It was a time when basic food, clothing, and shelter were extremely difficult.

When she had fever and felt sick then, she would put any medicinal herbs she’d read about in books into her mouth.

Only after getting engaged to Carkin did such treatment finally end.

Lillian suddenly had this thought.

What she thought was liking her fiancé for 10 years.

Wasn’t it because of the good treatment she received thanks to Carkin Pavil…?

‘Maybe I clung to that guy out of survival instinct…’

Afraid of returning to the days of being abandoned again.

If so, had she ever known what ‘love’ was?

Even once?

‘Not particularly in my previous life either.’

In her previous life, Lillian had no family at all.

She was found in a baby box and grew up alone.

She had to do everything well by herself.

She had to become strong on her own.

But Lillian actually preferred her previous life self more.

Even if alone, she didn’t grovel pathetically to others.

She planned to live with that strong, solitary attitude from now on…

“Lillian Tillard!”

Oh my goodness.

Lillian was mildly startled.

A yellow flower was still held in the center of her lips.

The original story’s villain was approaching almost at a run with his face completely hardened.

“Haa, you.”

“…Huh?”

“Spit it out right now!”

Ptui. Lillian did as told without understanding why.

Ability users had a higher chance of rampaging when their emotions became intense.

This man needed to stay in a normal state until reaching his destination. Please.

“Your Highness, why are you…? Ah.”

After asking, Lillian looked at herself objectively.

Since she had a flower in her mouth, she might have looked somewhat unwell to others.

Let me correct this. I’m not crazy.

“Your Highness, the situation here is-“

“You, open your mouth wider.”

“What? Huh?”

“Hurry!”

She was so bewildered she couldn’t grasp what was happening.

The villain bit his black glove with his mouth and pulled it off.

And grabbed Lillian’s chin…

Wait, why is this person touching another’s skin in the first place?

With bare hands at that?

‘Wasn’t he avoiding it because troublesome things might happen due to his ability?’

If it’s because he’s being considerate about dirt, then thank you… no, that’s not it.

He pressed the center of her parted lips firmly with his right thumb.

“Wait, wait. Your Highness.”

Lillian grabbed his hand.

“There’s a misunder-, you seem to misunderstand-“

At the same time, the tip of her small tongue touched the thumb that protruded above her lips.

‘What, exactly is this?’

Her vision suddenly became hazy.

The original story’s villain had seriously misunderstood something.

She was going to shout for him to please not rampage from shock.

But the moment her lips brushed against that hand.

A more intense heat arose than even before chewing the flower.

This wasn’t simple heat from fatigue.

‘From touching the First Prince…?’

But she was powerless to begin with.

Even if she contacted an ability user, there was no reason for her physical condition to change…?

Lillian felt dizzy.

“Tillard…!”

She knew she could hear a voice calling her.

But she couldn’t endure the fever and collapsed forward.

The First Prince caught her, but it wasn’t fortunate at all.

Her whole body became an even more intense fireball.

This was ominous…

In her half-conscious state, she dimly felt him carrying her into the barracks.

“Physician! Come here immediately!”

But even before the physician could hurriedly arrive.

Elias, who had been outside, rushed in urgently.

“Your Highness! I have something to report-“

Lillian could barely make out a few words.

Below the hill path. Suspicious individuals….

‘Of all times, now?’

She could have understood if it were monsters. The Empire was full of dangers once you left civilized territory.

But suspicious humans.

The First Prince gave someone an order.

“Keep watch over Miss Tillard at the barracks.”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

Wait…?

They’re just going to leave me behind like this…?

Lillian gritted her teeth at the fever and ominous premonition.

She could almost hear the sound of her plans crumbling.

However, she couldn’t accept it out of sheer frustration.

No, that can’t be.

How hard did I work to prepare for crossing the border!

Even if I’ve been cursed with terrible luck since birth, this is too much!

Just this once, luck should be on my side!

The physician approached Lillian and asked.

“Miss, pull yourself together. Can you hear what I’m saying?”

“This….”

“Miss?”

“Damn… it….”

Original story villain…!

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What Evren’s group first suspected were assassins.

Sent by the Second Empress alone, the Pavil Family, or….

In the worst case, the Emperor himself.

“Everyone put on your masks.”

Evren endured the fever rising up to his chin.

Because of Lillian Tillard, both his mind and body were in complete chaos.

Now was the time to focus.

Soon, when the bushes visible only as silhouettes in the moonlight began to rustle.

Below the hill path where they were lying in ambush, knights carrying torches came into view.

Elias sent a signal in sign language a moment later.

-Those are Tillard Family knights.

Not only did they bear the teal family insignia, but he could recognize the faces of several of them.

They could also hear what those men were chattering about.

“…Ah, this is annoying as hell.”

“Who knew she’d drug us with sleeping tea and run away-.”

“Just let us catch her. We’ll teach that wench a proper lesson.”

Evren’s eyes slowly darkened.

The expressions of his subordinates who had followed him were similar.

They despised the Tillard Family.

They had been involved in the death of Evren’s mother, the First Empress, and had continued to pressure them in alliance with the Second Empress.

However, the conversation they were having was content that could never exist in a normal master-servant relationship.

The vulgar conversation continued.

“Haha! She’s more of a lady than us, so how could she?”

“Ah, don’t you know? Is this your first time guarding Lillian?”

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