The Circumstances of Being Chosen as the Villainess’s Favorite - Chapter 74

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Chapter 74

 

“How was today? Did you have a good time? Was it fun?”

 

Faced with three rapid-fire questions, Dietrich forgot about being angry and answered reflexively.

 

“Huh? Oh, of course it was enjoyable.”

 

“That’s great!”

 

Evangeline clapped her hands and cheered, then fired off another question.

 

“Lady Ansi, did she wear earrings today?”

 

“She didn’t. So I asked her about it, and she said it wasn’t because she disliked earrings…”

 

Under the relentless barrage of questions, Dietrich found himself answering obediently without realizing it.

 

Then Evangeline looked disgusted.

 

“What? You asked her directly? How tactless!”

 

“Is, is that really so bad?”

 

“Of course! It shows you’re being obvious about caring! The only redeeming qualities you have, brother, are your handsome face and composed attitude, so what happens if you show your flustered side?!”

 

Evangeline scolded him harshly.

 

“No, it wasn’t that much… Wait.”

 

Dietrich, who had been about to make excuses without thinking, suddenly came to his senses and glared at his sister.

 

“You, so what’s this all about?”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“You said I just needed to show my face to Miss Morgan and come back. Why was Lady Ansi sitting next to me?!”

 

Then Evangeline shrugged her shoulders smugly.

 

“Well, I had already made plans with Larite, you see?”

 

“What?!”

 

“So? Did you dislike meeting Larite?”

 

“…”

 

Dietrich immediately clamped his mouth shut.

 

She had hit the mark.

 

“No, it’s not exactly that, but…”

 

“Then that’s settled.”

 

“What’s settled?!”

 

Exasperated, Dietrich raised his voice.

 

But Evangeline just stared at Dietrich shamelessly.

 

“More importantly, I have a favor to ask you, brother.”

 

“You’re asking for favors in this situation?”

 

“Oh come on, just listen. There’s a reason I sent you to Lady Ansi today.”

 

Evangeline scolded him and continued seriously.

 

“It’s about Gusto Youngshik. That bastard keeps bothering Larite.”

 

“…Lady Ansi’s former fiancé?”

 

Gregory.

 

The moment he heard that name, Dietrich’s expression turned cold.

 

Evangeline nodded.

 

“Yes. Remember? When the Ansi Mansion held that party.”

 

“Of course I remember.”

 

The way he had intimidated Larite and hurled insults at her.

 

…And how Larite had calmly accepted all those humiliations.

 

“…”

 

Dietrich’s mood sank even further.

 

“I thought he’d back off after that, but instead he’s been pestering Larite even more.”

 

Normally, Dietrich would have corrected Evangeline’s crude language, but this time he didn’t.

 

Instead.

 

“Pestering her? How?”

 

He asked about Larite’s well-being.

 

Evangeline slightly furrowed her brow.

 

“This time too. As soon as he returned to Jedo, he eagerly sent Larite an invitation.”

 

“He sent an invitation?”

 

“That’s what I said. So I’m trying to look out for her as much as possible, but Gusto Youngshik is a man after all. It’s a bit awkward for me to keep interfering.”

 

Having started this way, Evangeline cautiously gauged Dietrich’s reaction.

 

“So I was wondering if you could help Larite out a bit, brother.”

 

“Me?”

 

“Yes. Gusto Youngshik seems to be aiming to restore his relationship with Larite somehow, so we just need to make it clear that there’s no possibility of reconciliation, right?”

 

Dietrich stared at Evangeline intently, as if telling her to continue.

 

Evangeline chose her words carefully.

 

“I was thinking you could act together with Larite for a while.”

 

“Hmm.”

 

“Surely he wouldn’t dare approach Larite with you by her side, right?”

 

Dietrich fell silent for a moment.

 

Evangeline watched her brother anxiously.

 

‘After asking this much, surely he won’t refuse, right? Right?’

 

After a while.

 

“If that’s really the case… Fine.”

 

Dietrich sighed and nodded.

 

‘Yes!’

 

Evangeline silently clenched her fist in triumph.

 

“Thank you, then I’ll tell Larite about it.”

 

“Alright.”

 

Just when it seemed the conversation would end there.

 

Dietrich suddenly focused his eyes and glared at Evangeline.

 

“That aside, you.”

 

“Y-yes?”

 

“Don’t act on your own like this anymore. Understood?”

 

“Yeeees—”

 

Evangeline drew out her response and wriggled into her blankets.

 

It meant she wouldn’t listen to any more lectures.

 

Dietrich glared at Evangeline once more, then shook his head and left the room.

 

Click.

 

The door closed.

 

“Sorry, brother.”

 

Evangeline poked her head out from under the blankets and stuck her tongue out at the closed door.

 

Evangeline planned to support the two of them in every way possible.

 

And for that…

 

‘First, I need to get Larite and brother together somehow, right?’

 

However, she planned to hide as much as possible from Larite.

 

If she honestly confessed about this incident,

 

‘My goodness, how rude to trouble such a busy person!’

 

…she would surely refuse immediately.

 

So her words about ‘telling Larite about it’ were a complete lie.

 

“Hehe.”

 

Evangeline laughed mischievously and flopped onto her bed.

 

With her head buried in the pillow, she fell deep into thought.

 

‘But still, brother really is gentle with Larite.’

 

To think he’d agree to the request so readily.

 

If it were the usual Dietrich, such a request wouldn’t have worked at all.

 

No, it’s not just that it wouldn’t work….

 

‘You don’t need to bother your brother with such useless requests. He’s busy enough as it is.’

 

He would have smiled brightly while spitting out those thorny words.

 

‘Brother must definitely be interested in Lari too.’

 

Evangeline’s lips melted into a dreamy smile as she imagined a rosy future.

 

‘Someday, maybe Lari and I could really become family?’

 

* * *

 

The next day.

 

“Lari!”

 

Early in the morning, Lady Claudius came to visit the Ansi Family Townhouse.

 

“How was the opera yesterday? Was it fun?”

 

“….”

 

I looked at Lady Claudius with suspicious eyes.

 

Then I bluntly asked a question.

 

“Eva, were you really sick?”

 

At that moment, I saw it.

 

Lady Claudius visibly flinching.

 

Lady Claudius raised her delicate hand to her forehead and staggered to the sofa, collapsing onto it.

 

“Ah, I suddenly feel dizzy because Lari is suspecting me…!”

 

“….”

 

No matter how I looked at it, it was clearly fake….

 

I looked at Lady Claudius with cold eyes and let out a deep sigh.

 

“So, which would you prefer between mocha roll cake and chiffon cake?”

 

“Why do I have to choose just one of the two?”

 

Lady Claudius, who had immediately recovered, stared at me with bright, alert eyes.

 

“I can just eat both.”

 

“….”

 

I was left speechless.

 

“Eva, you said you had a severe headache. Don’t tell me you’re leisurely enough to select dessert varieties?”

 

When I asked back in a sarcastic voice, Lady Claudius suddenly stiffened her shoulders.

 

“Ah, suddenly my headache…!”

 

She collapsed back onto the sofa again.

 

I continued mischievously.

 

“If you’re sick enough to collapse, this is serious. Wouldn’t it be better to call a doctor rather than have refreshments?”

 

“Rather than a doctor, I think….”

 

Lady Claudius squeezed her eyes shut and whined.

 

“I feel like my headache would go away if I had dessert and black tea….”

 

Oh dear.

 

I instructed the maid to bring both types of cake and black tea, then sat beside Lady Claudius.

 

Then Lady Claudius slyly lifted her eyelids and asked me a question.

 

“So, wasn’t it fun?”

 

“….”

 

For a moment, I was completely at a loss for words.

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