The Circumstances of Being Chosen as the Villainess’s Favorite - Chapter 7

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Chapter 7

Meanwhile, Lady Claudius stared at me thoughtfully as I was lost in my thoughts.

“What are you doing? You’re not drinking your tea.”

She offered me tea in a blunt voice.

“Ah, yes.”

I hastily took a sip of tea.

‘It’s delicious.’

During tea time, I had always only drunk the tea that Seraphina and Gregory wanted to drink.

How long had it been since I drank tea that suited my taste?

Lady Claudius, who had been carefully observing my expression, suddenly asked me.

“How does it taste?”

“…It’s delicious.”

“Well, that’s good then.”

Lady Claudius replied curtly and pushed a plate of madeleines toward me.

“That black tea tastes good when eaten with these madeleines.”

This time I didn’t refuse and immediately put a madeleine in my mouth.

A happy smile spread across my lips at the gentle sweetness that spread through my mouth.

“It’s delicious.”

An exclamation escaped me without realizing it.

A faint smile flickered across Lady Claudius’s lips…

Wait, did she smile?

Surprised, I opened my eyes wide and looked at Lady Claudius.

However, Lady Claudius had already returned to her expressionless face.

Hmm, I must have seen it wrong, right?

At that moment.

I suddenly had a question.

She’s a bit prickly, but her personality isn’t bad enough to be feared like the villainess of the century.

Is this person really going to end up confined to a convent after tormenting Seraphina?

I once again traced through the contents of the original story.

Lady Claudius becomes so jealous of Seraphina, who monopolizes her brother’s love, that she harms her.

And is finally confined to a convent by her own brother.

‘But.’

So far, Lady Claudius has never once harmed Seraphina.

That means.

Lady Claudius might also, like me, be acting that way because she’s ‘the original villainess’…

‘No, what the hell is that damn original story anyway?’

Just because they need to give a love obstacle before the male and female protagonists get together.

Is it really right for Lady Claudius to be consumed as a villainess?

‘That’s not right!’

I became serious inwardly.

No matter how much this world revolves around Seraphina, there should be limits!

Just because Seraphina is the female protagonist of this world, I’m already annoyed to death that she easily manipulates people.

And to pave the way for such a Seraphina.

I become a doormat, and Lady Claudius becomes a villainess?

‘That’s completely unreasonable!’

I ground my teeth inwardly.

Just then, Lady Claudius glanced at me sideways.

I quickly came to my senses and hastily composed my expression.

Phew, that was close.

I almost lost control in front of Lady Claudius.

“Come to think of it, Lady Ansi. You said you knew a way to restore my reputation, didn’t you?”

Although her tone itself was indifferent.

There was a faint expectation mixed in that she couldn’t quite hide.

“What is that method?”

Somehow, Lady Claudius’s eyes seem strangely bright.

Am I imagining it?

“That is…”

I gulped and swallowed my dry saliva.

Wow, I’m so nervous I could die.

What if Lady Claudius laughs at me and tells me not to talk nonsense?

But my mouth was already moving on its own.

“You become friends with me.”

As I said that answer, I unconsciously squeezed my eyes shut.

Because my brain went into full operation, automatically conjuring up all sorts of negative reactions.

‘Ha, you and Lady Ansi becoming friends? You really dream big.’

…she might sneer like that.

Or else,

‘Did you dare request a private audience with me just to spout such nonsense?’

…she might burst out in anger!

But even after waiting for a long time, the scolding I had prepared for didn’t come.

Lady Claudius was just quiet.

And.

“Friends, you say?”

A calm question came back.

‘…She’s not angry?’

I gently lifted my eyelids.

At the same time, my eyes met directly with Lady Claudius’s.

‘Ah, what a surprise!’

I reflexively flinched and stiffened my shoulders.

With such an expressionless face, she’s really like an ice queen who can freeze people with just her gaze!

“What’s with that reaction? Am I going to eat Lady Ansi or something?”

Lady Claudius scolded me in an indifferent voice.

I hastily shook my head.

“No, no. It’s not that…”

“Never mind. More than that, I want to hear why that would be a solution for my reputation.”

Hmm.

I glanced at Lady Claudius and carefully opened my mouth.

“First, the rumors currently circulating about Lady Claudius in high society are…”

“The rumors are?”

Lady Claudius gulped and swallowed her dry saliva.

‘Huh?’

I blinked my eyes.

She’s usually so proud that I thought she wouldn’t care at all about rumors about herself.

But she seems to be surprisingly concerned about it?

“May I speak honestly?”

If I directly tell her the raw rumors, she might feel hurt.

Fortunately, Lady Claudius readily nodded her head.

“Of course.”

Hmm, in that case.

I carefully continued speaking.

“How arrogant must she be to ignore everyone and refuse to even socialize with them…”

“No, that’s not!”

In an instant, the Princess made a deeply aggrieved expression and raised her voice.

Of course, perhaps thinking of her own dignity,

“…Never mind. It’s nothing.”

She quickly shut her mouth.

What? She has unexpectedly cute sides to her?

She has a much more human personality than what I encountered in the novel?

“This is just my opinion, but if you made friends and showed yourself getting along harmoniously… wouldn’t your reputation naturally recover?”

I continued speaking with a serious face.

“Moreover, if you showed yourself being comfortable with someone like me, a lower noble, other people would start to feel more at ease around you too, Princess.”

“Hmm.”

“It would soften your image so that other people could approach you more easily, Princess.”

As I explained this, I subtly observed the Princess’s expression.

The Princess still had a haughty look, but it was obvious she was gradually being swayed by my words.

‘Good.’

I subtly threw out the bait.

“Besides, this might be inappropriate to say, but you hate Seraphina, don’t you, Princess?”

“Of course!”

At that moment.

The Princess, completely excited, raised her voice and exclaimed.

“Lady Lopez is totally disgusting, isn’t she?”

Truly, such absolutely correct words!

I almost jumped up from my seat to give the Princess a round of applause.

“She should know when to stop cunningly using people!”

The Princess continued, fuming.

“She always pretends to be kind and fragile, staying in the background, while conveniently pushing off anything she doesn’t want to do onto others!”

Wow, I never knew she had such an accurate grasp of Seraphina!

I expressed my fervent agreement.

“Exactly! I completely agree!”

“Right? Lady Ansi thinks so too?!”

The Princess, who had been completely excited, soon asked me with a prim expression.

“But then why have you been so close with Lady Lopez until now?”

I was instantly at a loss for words.

I couldn’t exactly explain that this world was actually inside a book I had read, and I was originally a character who served as Seraphina’s maid, could I?

Meanwhile, as I failed to answer, the Princess narrowed her eyes and continued.

“To be honest, until now I thought Lady Ansi’s eyes were attached to the soles of her feet.”

Ouch, Princess.

You’re breaking my bones!

The Princess’s sharp words left me truly dazed…

“A-anyway!”

I quickly changed the subject.

“From your perspective too, Princess, becoming friends with me wouldn’t be entirely bad.”

“Why?”

“Well, I’m Seraphina’s close friend, aren’t I?”

I shrugged my shoulders triumphantly.

“From now on, I’m planning to distance myself from Seraphina, and if that happens, people will be curious about why things went bad between Seraphina and me.”

I lowered my voice secretively and posed a question back to the Princess.

“…Won’t they also be curious about why I abandoned Seraphina specifically to come to you, Princess?”

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