91 – Who is the villain?
At Sael’s words, their eyes widened in disbelief.
“What is that…!”
Those were the words of Denes Aiden. At the same time, he was looking at me asking me to say something.
So I responded with action.
I was hugging Shael next to me.
A hug in front of many people. Soon, Shael trembled and looked at me, but to no avail.
‘Who started first?’
It was Shael. Because if others listened to it, they would have misunderstood it by putting it in their mouth first.
So I also decided to lie for Shael’s sake. Just then, Denes was making an expression of disbelief.
“No, that’s ridiculous!”
“We are going to have a wedding soon, so what’s the problem?”
A word with a bit of sincerity to be false. It was a bonus to hug Shael more affectionately.
Then Denes made an even more puzzled expression.
‘Well, if it’s the son of the Duke of Anyden, it’s worth it.’
He must have seen me and Shael from a few months ago. Me looking at Sael’s eyes, and Sael savagely ignoring me.
“Didn’t you see the wine spilled on another young lady? Why would a woman with such a dirty personality…!”
“You were the first to quarrel. In the first place, Shael is strong in her character, but she is not bad.”
There is no way that a woman with a bad temper will use her group to ask for dessert. She won’t even tease her for a kiss.
To be honest, I think it’s okay to say that I have a bad personality. Because Sael was lovable enough to allow her dirty personality.
It was a fact that could be known with a little thought. Unknowingly, my thoughts about Shael increased.
“It is unexpectedly cute. She is ridiculously jealous, and unlike her strong personality, she is shy.”
“⋯⋯.”
“You are still pinching my arm with embarrassment.”
I said it while pointing at Shael, who was pinching her arm as she listened to me in real time.
It was also a statement that contained sincerity in its own way. As it was transmitted, whispers were heard little by little.
“You got it right.”
“Huh, are you giving that kind of affectionate hug in front of so many people?”
“Seeing that the princess is also still, I think it’s true?”
The dating rumor between the children of the two dukes, who thought they were actually dog mates. It was a situation that was enough to attract the attention of many people.
Denes frowned and tried to open her mouth. It was clear that he was going to say gossip about Bonama and Shael.
But before that, I hit the ball first.
“I heard she was already married a few years ago. The relationship between Shael and me will be deeper and stronger than between you and your spouse.”
“Ha! I still have a good relationship with Helen!”
The angry man stopped talking behind his back. While thinking about something, Ness opened his mouth with a confident smile.
“The Imperial Festival is just over three days away. Festivals always sorted out the lovers with the deepest relationship in the empire…”
It was true. The Imperial Festival used to pick out the lovers who loved each other the most.
“So let’s make a bet. Who proves the superior relationship at the festival.”
It was a bit of a stupid bet. Are you betting on something like this? It was clear that he was doing that because he thought he would win unconditionally.
I would have wanted to lower the status of the Azbel family even a little bit.
“Why don’t you get down on your knees and pray as soon as the defeated Imperial Festival is over?”
As expected. He offered as a reward something that might affect the honor of the nobles.
“If you add one more wish, I will accept your bet.”
“Oh, great!”
Denes nodded without thinking. A lot of people have heard the conversation, so you won’t even be able to return your bet.
‘I feel sorry for Shael for not discussing anything.’
I have to go to the Imperial Festival anyway. As much as the reward hanging there, you have to get it unconditionally.
There was even something I had seen in the novel, so there was no need to bet. Even if a situation different from the novel happens, I was confident that I would win unconditionally.
Anyway, the bet has already been established. I said while holding the hand of Shael, who was still breathing deeply with shame.
“Then let’s go.”
It seems like tomorrow the rumors about Shael and me will reach their peak. Because many nobles were staring at us.
So it was a good decision to leave. But things didn’t go the way I thought.
As I was about to walk past Denes, I saw a wine glass spilling from his hand.
The target was Shael. Intentional feigning mistakes. However, the contents did not reach Shael.
Chack!
The wine that Denes had scattered was rather fiercely scattered all over his clothes. It was Sael’s magic that showed amazing quickness.
“What…!”
“You must be hot. I didn’t know you would sprinkle wine on yourself.”
Shael said this while looking at Denes’ dirty clothes. The nasty smile was a bonus.
“You don’t have any muscles at all, I didn’t expect you to take a lot of heat.”
Until blatant demeaning. Denes’ expression flushed red, indicating his mood.
‘I didn’t know when I was dealing with the villainess.’
Being on the same side, he seems to be more reliable than anyone else. It was what he thought as he looked at Shael, who couldn’t hide his ridicule.
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Finally, the nobles who had been slandering us were so far away that we couldn’t see them. It was only then that Shael expressed his dissatisfaction with me.
“Why did you accept the bet on the Imperial Festival?”
I had absolutely nothing to say. Kneeling and praying and granting wishes. It was a bet not to be taken lightly.
Since he took such a bet without consulting Sael, Sael deserved to be angry.
“Sorry. I acted rashly with the conviction that I could win unconditionally.”
To be honest, I had no intention of accepting the bet even if I lost. Nobility’s honor didn’t matter to me at all.
“Even if you lose, wouldn’t it be enough if you don’t keep the bet?”
“Yes. I can win anyway, so it won’t matter.”
She, like me, didn’t think about the honor of being a nobleman. Fortunately, she agreed without much scolding.
‘Of course, that’s not all the reasons.’
The rewards of the Imperial Festival were more important than anything else. I don’t know about others yet, but in the novel, the ‘love potion’ was given as a reward.
Since they confirmed their deep love, they made them drink the love potion to form a deeper relationship.
‘I made sure to drink it as soon as I received it so that it wouldn’t be used in a strange place.’
But do I need to drink the elixir?
The person who received this potion in the original novel stole the love potion through some kind of trick. So I, too, will be able to steal the love potion without drinking it.
However, the use was a problem. It’s a potion that controls people’s minds, so I didn’t want to use it hastily.
However.
The story is different if the target is those who tortured me and Sael to death.
First of all, the magic tower lord. He had been arguing with Shael and me over and over again. That’s not all.
I heard that the Mage Tower Master has been fighting the Azbel family ever since he lost the battle with Duke Jespen.
Assuming a severe situation, what if the magic tower surpasses Duke Jespen’s might? The crazy mage lord could commit a terrible thing.
The next thought was about the crown prince. I haven’t met him much, but lately he’s been blatantly arguing with me.
About half of the recent financial difficulties of the Baslet family were due to the crown prince.
‘That’s not all.’
A memory from a previous life of breaking Clie’s bracelet and peeking at it. There I died from drinking poisoned tea.
A poison so powerful that I, who had reached a fairly high level, could not even detect the poison and lost my life in an instant.
No matter how much I thought about it, it was only the deadly poison of the imperial family. The only person who could kill me was the crown prince, who was very jealous of Clie.
Even if you look at the situation after that, the culprit was the crown prince.
In fact, even if you don’t think about what happened, the crown prince and the magic tower master were dangerous beings.
Because if Clie even spreads gossip about me to them right now, they’ll light up their eyes and try to kill me.
So I needed something. And the ‘love potion’ was something that could be used on them.
A love potion that does not work only if you are in two-way love.
It should work for the magic tower lord and the crown prince. Because Clie didn’t love them.
After thinking that far, I came up with a very good plan.
It was a plan that could push the damn tower owner and the crown prince to the bottom of hell.