The Villainess is a Millionaire Solver - Chapter 64

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Chapter 64

 

In their respective contemplations, the divine power transmission finally came to an end.

 

The stigmata that had briefly appeared while using power disappeared, and the dazzling light vanished along with it.

 

Ruellian withdrew his hand and said.

 

“Though the Princess is not a formally ordained cleric, this should be sufficient qualification to use that item.”

 

When I gripped the arrowhead once, it indeed felt like it stuck perfectly to my palm.

 

“I can’t wait to attach this.”

 

As I cheerfully packed the item away, a certain thought suddenly crossed my mind.

 

“One thing does bother me a bit. The Prince has expertise in seducing women, so it would have been easy for his targets to open their hearts, but I don’t have such skills. Even if the Prince doesn’t particularly guard against me, wouldn’t it be difficult to make him completely let his guard down?”

 

Ruellian replied.

 

“That shouldn’t be much of a problem.”

 

“Why?”

 

His tone was peculiar.

 

Suddenly having a thought, I picked up the materials on the desk.

 

The materials that detailed everything about Prince Istan’s height, weight, habits, favorite foods, preferred date locations… and so on. And I could immediately tell.

 

“Ah, I see. This is exactly the Prince’s ideal type. ‘Stupid, well-built blonde beauty.’ ‘Wouldn’t refuse even 100 blonde beauties.’ With this much, he probably wouldn’t build his walls too high against me either, right?”

 

I gained some confidence. If worst comes to worst, I’ll just knock him out and slap the arrowhead on him.

 

“Good. Got it.”

 

As I was about to stride out energetically, Ruellian called me.

 

“Wait a moment.”

 

“What?”

 

“Don’t you have anything else to ask?”

 

I turned my head to look at him.

 

“Well. Not really.”

 

“Really?”

 

The atmosphere seemed somewhat disappointed. It couldn’t be that he wanted to chat, so he must be disappointed at not being able to extract more information.

 

I stared at him intently.

 

His face had returned to that cold and indifferent atmosphere from before. As if he had never shown human-like embarrassment.

 

I shrugged my shoulders slightly.

 

“I understand your desire to hold onto me, but as I said, as long as you hide well, there shouldn’t be any particularly dangerous situations. Even if I wanted to tell you more, I’m almost out of cards to play.”

 

“…”

 

Ruellian was silent for a moment before speaking.

 

“I suppose so. Then go ahead.”

 

Before his mind could change, I quickly left that place.

 

Now it was time to return to the Ducal Mansion.

 

Just as I was leaving the chapel and quickly passing through the docks.

 

“Move aside!”

 

A sharp shout came from ahead.

 

“Where do you think you’re piling up filthy fish! Do you know how much these clothes cost?”

 

Some elaborately dressed group was causing trouble for the dock merchants.

 

Really, who comes to such alleyways wearing pure white clothes? It’s their own fault.

 

As I looked in that direction, my expression grew even more displeased.

 

“I’m sorry. I’m truly sorry.”

 

The face of the person apologizing to them looked familiar. It was the old man who had first guided me to the chapel.

 

“Will the stain disappear just because you’re sorry? You need to pay for it!”

 

The other party raised their voice.

 

It was truly infuriating. But I didn’t want to openly intervene either.

 

‘Let’s see. Roughly the estimate is…?’

 

Using my eye trained through decades of shopping, I evaluated the value of those clothes and pulled out exactly that amount in a bundle of bills. Then I wrote the estimated price on paper and tucked it on top.

 

Looking around, I saw the children who had brought the old man to me when we first met. I gestured to one of them and handed over the bundle of bills.

 

“Take this to that ruffian. Don’t say I gave it to you.”

 

“Huh…? Oh, yes!”

 

Since the child recognized me, they quickly went and delivered the money bundle.

 

“What’s this?”

 

The ruffian’s expression became strange after reading the words I had scribbled.

 

‘Central Market Association Damage Compensation Insurance. Imported White Silk Medium Grade: Market Price 900,000.’

 

That’s what was written on the paper.

 

“…”

 

The ruffian was momentarily speechless. Like someone who had been hit on the head with a squeaky hammer.

 

His companion pulled him away.

 

“Let’s go. Didn’t we agree not to cause a commotion?”

 

Was that roughly settled?

 

I turned around too.

 

“Who are they? I haven’t seen them before.”

 

“Don’t know. How arrogant they are! They must be attendants of some noble lord traveling by ship.”

 

“I think they looked like traders? The sailing ship was unfamiliar too, and the attendants’ clothing was peculiar. Definitely traders.”

 

While listening to the murmuring sounds around me, I walked a few steps…

 

Huh?

 

Suddenly feeling strange, I stopped.

 

‘Wait a minute. Prince Istan also came by ship. This Belmare is the port closest to the Imperial Palace.’

 

Thinking about it that way, the attendants’ clothing also struck me differently. White and fluttering clothes, with arms and legs tightly bound with leather straps in a cross pattern.

 

Though I had seen quite diverse fashion in the Empire, this was indeed an outfit I had never seen before.

 

Could they be Prince Istan’s entourage? Could the Prince be waiting for approval with his ship docked at this very port?

 

Come to think of it, no matter how excellent Ruellian’s intelligence network was, it was also strange how quickly he had obtained the foreign prince’s trade secrets. Most importantly…

 

‘To switch the arrowhead, I need to directly encounter its owner!’

 

Finally, all the puzzle pieces seemed to click into place with a snap.

 

At that moment.

 

“What’s going on?”

 

A young man’s clear, melodious voice echoed from behind me. The pronunciation was natural, but the intonation felt somewhat peculiar.

 

‘That’s Prince Istan, right?’

 

I felt as if all the fine hairs on my neck were standing up at once.

 

I slightly turned my head to look back.

 

Short golden hair with a deep reddish tinge and green eyes. Exotic earrings dangling from his ears. A naval admiral-style jacket draped over his shoulders like a cape. His chest visible through his loosened shirt.

 

‘As expected…!’

 

It was unmistakably the appearance of Prince Istan I had just seen in the materials Ruellian gave me. However, the real person was more striking than the portrait.

 

A face with a distinct beauty mark that made me think he probably looked in the mirror daily thinking ‘This is exactly my charm point.’

 

That face definitely had a fatal charm that women would quickly fall for.

 

“What’s this commotion about?”

 

The Prince’s gaze, which had been frowning and looking around, suddenly seemed to stick and fix on me.

 

A back view with head slightly turned this way. As if he could sense from just that silhouette in the darkness that I was his ideal type, he lightly whistled.

 

‘Oh, are you going to try to seduce me?’

 

I could feel people gathering densely around us. They seemed ready to scatter in all directions and interfere with the Prince if necessary. It didn’t seem like their first time doing this.

 

What loyal people.

 

But I was in a position where I needed to make that Prince my captive eventually.

 

‘It would be advantageous to leave a very strong first impression at this opportunity.’

 

How should I make it striking?

 

I slightly pulled back my hood. The blonde hair that had been stuffed inside flowed out like waves, and the outline of my profile was slightly revealed.

 

“…!”

 

Prince Istan’s eyes flashed wide.

 

“To think there was such an incredible beauty in this remote place!”

 

True to his reputation as a playboy, he immediately recognized his ideal type and shouted frivolously. Then he approached with a very confident attitude.

 

“Young Lady, could you talk with me for a moment…?”

 

That was exactly when he got that far.

 

“Aaaaah!”

 

Suddenly, the prince’s attendants screamed and collapsed in a row.

 

“What?”

 

Prince Istan’s expression completely changed. Seeing him like that, one of the attendants who had fallen to the ground was startled.

 

“Your… no, Young Master! Your neck!”

 

“Neck?”

 

Only then did everyone notice. A red line was drawn all around his neck. Like a perforated line marked to show where to cut.

 

The prince was horrified.

 

“What bastard did this!”

 

“…Over there!”

 

Someone pointed to the village church tower.

 

At the top of the tower, someone stood tall. A man wearing a fluttering black cloak. His face illuminated by moonlight was pale white and completely expressionless.

 

“Gasp!”

 

Everyone was shocked. And that included me as well.

 

‘This isn’t the time for you to be wandering around outside, is it?’

 

It’s fortunate that they’re foreigners and this place is practically Ruellian’s territory. Otherwise, suspicious news might end up in the newspapers.

 

While I was thinking such thoughts and watching, the mysterious man atop the church tower suddenly disappeared again.

 

“What? What?”

 

Prince Istan and his attendants looked around at each other in bewilderment. The momentum they had while rampaging blindly was finally broken.

 

“Hmph!”

 

I opened my fan and snorted.

 

“I don’t know whose family you’re from, but I’m not someone a guy like you can mess with carelessly! Consider yourself lucky today.”

 

After snapping at him like that, I turned around sharply.

 

“Wait!”

 

When Prince Istan called out to me, those around him tried to stop him.

 

“No more disturbances. Originally, we shouldn’t have gotten off the ship yet…”

 

“Damn it. When exactly will the permission come through?”

 

“That woman said it’s almost ready. She said she still has things to prepare…”

 

I wanted to hear more, but they quickly moved away.

 

Idiots.

 

I’m really curious what expression His Highness will make when he finds out that the docks young lady he carelessly harassed is a duke’s daughter.

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