The Abandoned Villainess Takes Everything This Time - Chapter 84
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84.
“What kind of appearance is that for a prince coming to a meeting?”
Pleasant nagging echoed throughout the carriage.
Lillian glanced sideways at the villain sitting next to her. Today too, he was casually ignoring his great-uncle’s words.
Well, of course he would, since he was wearing his shirt loosely again today.
The duke, having failed at his nagging, beat his chest.
“Hah, really. Lillian. Say something to him. He only listens to what the Controller says.”
“Don’t talk to Lillian and just ride your familiar outside the carriage, Duke.”
“Hah… The Empire’s manners have all fallen to the ground. This is truly the end times.”
Lillian smiled faintly while listening to the warm conversation between Duke Baltazar and the villain.
If this were just a carriage trip, it would have been more fun to listen to.
‘But right now we’re on our way to an Imperial Palace meeting.’
Lillian brought up this topic to the villain.
The story about the underground library she heard at Silverin Temple.
‘You want to visit the Imperial Palace’s underground library?’
‘Yes. There’s something I want to look for there.’
‘You know you can’t enter there without me, right? Lillian.’
The Imperial Palace’s underground library was a treasure vault.
The owner of the house had to be there to pick locks and such.
‘But it wouldn’t be good if others found out that was our purpose.’
So they decided to come in accordance with the Imperial Palace meeting schedule.
The villain met her eyes.
“At this Imperial Palace meeting, there will be talk about selecting the High Priest, Lillian.”
“Ah, the time has finally come.”
That fluffy grandfather from Silverin will make his appearance.
“Oh, and he made it to the final candidates along with the priest that the Pavil family is backing.”
“Who is the person they’re pushing?”
“Sandro Ortez from Lorraine Temple.”
“Oh my…”
Lillian let out a hollow laugh.
‘Since Kail and Iris failed to win Priest Ambrosio’s favor.’
They must have hastily pulled up an influential priest from another region.
However.
“The Pavil family and that priest’s-”
Lillian stopped mid-sentence.
Just then, the carriage passed by a secluded area of the Imperial Palace.
‘That’s the Tower of Seclusion.’
She looked up at the building that seemed made of shadows.
It was the place where the villain would be dragged after causing a rampage incident this year.
‘Each brick has the power to absorb abilities.’
‘Nightfall’.
After that Tower of Seclusion, no more of the same material was ever excavated.
Lillian recalled the villain, no.
She remembered Prince Evren’s appearance at the Princess’s welcome banquet.
The beautiful man who shone like silver thread when the chandelier light touched him.
When he acted just a little gently, didn’t others approach him with relief?
Even when he used his annihilation ability, people didn’t freeze in terror but burst into exclamations.
‘…You could do that if you put your mind to it.’
Just keep doing that from now on.
“Lillian?”
Alone.
“…Oh, sorry. I was thinking about something else for a moment.”
Lillian casually returned to the topic of the priest.
Phytoncide is scary.
Scary pseudo-science.
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The Imperial Palace’s regular meeting room.
Elric Tillard’s eyes widened when he saw the Crown Prince’s party.
‘Lillian, that woman?’
Why had she come to the Imperial Palace?
“Lillian. Watch your step.”
“…? Are there invisible speed bumps?”
“No. I don’t want you to get dust from a place like this on you.”
“…?”
The sight of her holding hands with the Crown Prince wasn’t even surprising anymore.
No matter how much of a Controller she was, it was bizarre and disgraceful beyond measure.
But she was talking casually with that Enoch Baltazar as if they were grandparent and grandchild.
“Tsk, coming to such a shabby corner on such a nice day. This isn’t a place to bring a young child!”
“Why do you say that, Duke? I like it. Being with everyone makes the journey feel just like an outing…”
“Hah, really!”
Duke Baltazar cleared his throat with his hands clasped behind his back.
He had known since his youth that the duke acted like this whenever he was pleased.
‘How dare he use my granddaughter.’
Anger bubbled up.
But he had to endure it.
At today’s meeting, only Prince Kail attended instead of Robelia.
It was a device to show a strong appearance alone.
A retainer announcing the main agenda of the meeting signaled its start.
“The final process for selecting the High Priest has arrived.”
Two people had made it to the final candidates.
Temples nationwide had voted, and the central body of the Central Temple had confirmed this content.
And now the final vote was a process of asking the Five Great Families.
Kail stepped forward.
“Sandro Ortez of Lorraine Temple is the most suitable candidate for this High Priest position.”
“Sandro Ortez?”
Evren smiled, furrowing one eyebrow.
“Well… I wonder if that’s really a good choice.”
Evren turned to look at Lillian.
Since a prince’s dedicated Controller was his closest aide, she had every right to speak directly.
“Lillian. Why don’t you tell them what you know.”
“That woman has no right to speak-!”
“…Right?”
Evren glared at Kail with just his eyes.
Kail’s shoulders trembled without him realizing it.
The monster was still smiling, which made it even more eerie.
“Did I go deaf? How dare you say such-”
“Your Highness, Your Highness.”
Lillian tapped Evren’s hand.
The retainers’ eyes widened at the sight.
At first glance, they looked more like a fierce dog and its trainer than a prince and Controller.
“We shouldn’t stray from our proper place. Just as Your Highness Kail’s eye for choosing people has… deviated from the center.”
“…Haa.”
Evren reluctantly nodded his head.
Kail gritted his teeth at Lillian’s casual mockery.
That woman with the thick lily scent was good at turning people’s insides upside down, not just their noses…
“You don’t seem to know that Priest Ortez wears silk clothes instead of priest robes because of his corruption.”
“Your insults go too far, Lillian.”
Kail let out a hollow laugh.
“Priest Ortez is synonymous with integrity. Such a person involved in corruption?”
“The Lorraine Temple where that priest was located sits on land belonging to a Tillard vassal family. The Lorraine Family that was caught for tax evasion last year.”
“Now you plan to slander the vassal families too?
“That family offered their profits to the temple as donations. Then the temple returned an equivalent amount in holy water.”
“…!”
Returned it as holy water!
Loud murmuring and whispers erupted from all directions.
Holy water was naturally a precious substance, so valuable that each drop might as well have been mixed with gold dust.
It was a precious substance that shouldn’t be carelessly taken outside the temple!
Duke Tillard, unable to bear it any longer, shot to his feet.
“Such slander!”
“It’s not slander.”
Lillian replied coldly.
“The Lorraine Family’s case at that time was under the young duke’s jurisdiction. If my words are false, the young duke would surely speak up.”
“Kuern.”
The duke pressed urgently. Could that possibly be true?
But Kuern couldn’t say anything and had turned pale.
Not only the vassal families of the Five Great Families but other retainers were shaking their heads.
“If that’s true, this won’t do.”
“Heh, that fellow Ortez. He did seem a bit suspicious.”
“Who was it that recommended this appointment to His Highness Kail…”
The last speaker hastily cleared his throat.
From the looks of it, it had been Kuern Tillard.
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