The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 81

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81.

 

As the hand was removed, the tingling sensation that had been coursing through his veins became lukewarm.

 

Noah stood up from his seat with a flushed face.

 

“Y-you are.”

 

He even stammered pathetically.

 

The woman was not a goddess.

 

Noah was bewildered.

 

He never imagined he would feel such emotions toward that woman.

 

“Y-you are.”

 

“I already greeted you, didn’t I?”

 

Lillian firmly grasped Noah’s hand and pulled him up.

 

Noah unconsciously inhaled again, but Lillian seemed completely oblivious.

 

“Captain. I’ve deviated from the route, could you please escort me?”

 

She was so distracted by the ruined flower path that she had ignored everyone calling her and just ran out.

 

There wasn’t anything more she could do for this place anyway.

 

But before long, a familiar silver-haired man quickly approached her from the opposite direction.

 

“Your High-”

 

“Lily.”

 

“…!”

 

Evren pulled Lillian into his arms.

 

Lillian was momentarily breathless.

 

“Your Highness?”

 

“You have monster remains on you.”

 

“What? This much is fine. I ran all the way here just fine-”

 

“No. Your legs are tired now, you might fall.”

 

Making unreasonable excuses, Evren turned to look at Noah.

 

“Thank you very much for assisting Lily, Knight Captain.”

 

“…!”

 

Only then did Evren pretend to acknowledge Noah’s existence for the first time.

 

“Ha…!”

 

Noah was truly dumbfounded.

 

‘This side has no thoughts at all…!’

 

To be so openly guarded against like this.

 

But watching Lillian move away made his heart beat violently.

 

* * *

 

“We are truly grateful.”

 

After the situation had calmed down.

 

Priest Ambrosio came out limping to greet Lillian’s party.

 

“If Your Highness had not come here, what would have happened…!”

 

The Holy Knight Order was too exhausted from dealing with monsters at the border.

 

Even those originally stationed in Silverin would have struggled.

 

But there was the annihilation ability, and the earth-wielding Baltazar.

 

Thanks to that, everything could end without a single visitor getting hurt.

 

The priest turned his gaze to Lillian again.

 

“And if Miss Lillian had not come, it would have been a disaster.”

 

The subordinates around the priest also whispered quietly, trying to hide their amazement.

 

The powerless one. The blemish of a great family.

 

Lillian who had nothing.

 

Moreover, didn’t she have the notorious reputation of causing her parents’ death while making a fuss about confirming her abilities?

 

“But earlier, she handled all those who came with corruption at once.”

 

“It was truly extraordinary.”

 

“Does she not need to check compatibility?”

 

“She did it extensively without even making contact.”

 

“Among those belonging to the Cathedral, is there anyone capable of that level-?”

 

Priest Ambrosio lightly cleared his throat.

 

“Now, now, let’s not burden these tired people too much.”

 

While saying this, he himself smiled and greeted Lillian again.

 

“Thank you once more, Miss Lillian. Please rest comfortably in the temple tonight.”

 

“Yes, Priest. Thank you.”

 

Lillian smiled brightly.

 

Among them, no one mentioned the disappeared Iris and Kail.

 

* * *

 

That night, rooms were prepared in the temple specifically for Lillian’s party.

 

“Miss, congratulations!”

 

Marguerite exclaimed while helping Lillian with her needs.

 

“Finally the priests recognize our Miss’s abilities too…!”

 

“Our Marguerite, your flattery has improved.”

 

“Flattery? You should call it loyalty.”

 

“Hahaha.”

 

It was amusing, but it was true that the party was happy.

 

As much as they were happy for their lord, the prince, doing well.

 

Lillian couldn’t understand why they were even happier than herself.

 

‘…Let’s not get attached.’

 

She would leave after making the Crown Prince emperor anyway.

 

Lillian said as she entered the adjacent room.

 

“Your Highness, you called for me…”

 

However, she hesitated.

 

The villain was waiting for her.

 

And again, his shirt wasn’t properly buttoned up to the neck.

 

She had seen his lazy, cat-like relaxed appearance several times.

 

But perhaps because the atmosphere was different between home and outside, seeing him in the temple felt unfamiliar.

 

It felt like she had accidentally witnessed a private moment she shouldn’t have seen.

 

‘But earlier outside, he arbitrarily called me Lily.’

 

But while she was unconsciously hesitating, he extended his hand toward Lillian.

 

“You. Give me your hand.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“There was a moment when you were away from me, right?”

 

“Yes. That’s right… Ah!?”

 

The villain poured holy water on Lillian’s hand.

 

Lillian was shocked at the situation where holy water worth 0.3g of gold powder per drop by her previous life’s standards was being poured out.

 

What a waste!

 

Lillian hurriedly cupped both hands together.

 

“Why, why are you doing this? If I were human, you could just ask…! Gyaaah, the holy water!”

 

“How did you manage to get something strange on you in the brief moment I wasn’t watching?”

 

“Your Highnessss!”

 

One trying to collect the holy water with tears in her eyes, one holding those hands and vigorously wiping them with a towel.

 

There was no need to mention who won that struggle.

 

Lillian looked at the towel with sad eyes throughout the vigorous wiping of her hands.

 

“What did I do? Do I still look like I have monster remains on me?”

 

“The smell of temple dogs.”</Human: Continue with the remaining lines to complete exactly 200 lines total.

“….”

 

Lillian looked at Evren with empty eyes.

 

I wonder if you know,

 

that you’re the one being called the Imperial Palace’s dog.

 

However, the Villain truly looked displeased.

 

The emotion of disgust seeped through his eyebrows and the corners of his mouth.

 

‘Come to think of it, now I can see the difference.’

 

The Villain’s appearance when he smiles carelessly without emotion and ‘pretends’ to be displeased.

 

And when he’s truly feeling emotions.

 

* * *

 

A strange thirst surged throughout Evren’s entire body.

 

It happened every time he kept seeing Noah Sinclair, the Holy Knight Order captain, around Lillian.

 

Should I eliminate him?

 

Could that bastard possibly have 100 with Lillian?

 

However, checking Lillian’s condition today was more urgent than satisfying that thirst right now.

 

At least she wasn’t injured anywhere.

 

He had also made acquaintance with the next High Priest, which was his original purpose.

 

Yet Lillian’s complexion didn’t look good.

 

“Things went according to your plan, but you don’t seem happy about it.”

 

Not just her complexion, but some dejected emotion was flowing in.

 

“I wonder what didn’t go the way you wanted….”

 

This time I’ll just kill them all….

 

However, Lillian’s actual answer was unexpected.

 

“The flowers were dead.”

 

“Flowers?”

 

“The flowers we saw on our way up.”

 

“Ah….”

 

Evren also recalled that path he had walked with Lillian.

 

It was a path where he had deliberately matched his pace even though they could have gone up faster.

 

‘But if they were touched by demons, what can you do. They just die.’

 

Everything alive is fleeting.

 

There was nothing worth giving meaning to for a long time.

 

Only Lillian had meaning to him.

 

So, even if it has no meaning to him.

 

If it’s precious to this woman.

 

“We can plant them in our garden.”

 

“What?”

 

“It’s the end of the season, but we can plant them even now.”

 

Adding a few more trees is nothing.

 

“And around next year, you’ll be able to see them bloom.”

 

“….”

 

“Everything from the beginning.”

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