I Am The Villainess With A Maxed-Out Luck Stat - Chapter 145
Only Noblemtl
145. Who will escort the villainess? (1)
‘Who on earth is that maid?’
I stared blankly at the maid who disappeared in an instant.
Why did that person tell me to go to the crystal house?
‘… … Is this a trap?’
Come to think of it, there have been a lot of suspicious things happening lately. Viscount Blaine was kidnapped, and the administrator disappeared.
But if he had intended to harm me, he would have made a surprise attack and not secretly handed me a note like this.
‘What on earth is it?’
No matter how hard I thought about it, I couldn’t find an answer.
There’s nothing you can do, you have to check it yourself.
“I’ll go out for a bit.”
“Huh? Where are you going all of a sudden?”
Leaving my bewildered subjects behind, I headed to the Crystal House with my escort.
But the moment I entered the building.
A sharp voice rang out from across the hallway.
“Okay!”
“Your Majesty the Marquis!”
Are you arguing?
I left my escort on standby and ran to the source of the commotion.
As expected, two people were seen arguing in a corner of the hallway.
I walked towards it with brisk strides.
“Evelyn Youngae?”
“Oh, Princess?”
Then a look of confusion appeared on Evelyn’s face.
“… … You are the princess of Serteia.”
The woman standing across from Evelyn hurriedly greeted me.
A tall, elegant woman.
‘She was Lady Shiloh’s maid of honor, I think?’
Although we didn’t have a close relationship, we had seen each other at least briefly.
“I heard you two arguing so I came here. What’s going on?”
“What does the princess have to do with it?”
Evelyn replied in a sharp voice.
“Your Majesty! What kind of rudeness is this to the fiancée of His Highness the Crown Prince?”
The Countess pointed out Evelyn’s attitude, but Evelyn seemed even more perplexed by her words.
She bit her lips as if she was angry and suddenly turned away.
“I’ll go first.”
“Your Majesty, I will report this matter to Lady Shiloh!”
“… … .”
Evelyn pretended not to hear Countess Garcia’s warning and ran away.
* * *
“Can I ask what happened?”
After Evelyn left.
Countess Garcia and I were left in the empty hallway.
She looked around at my question.
“How about moving for now?”
“is it so.”
The Countess led me out of the Crystal House and into the Empress’s Palace.
“Why here… … .”
Countess Garcia was Shiloh’s maid of honor, and before that, the Empress’ confidant.
‘I must have completely turned my back on the Empress.’
Why did she come to the Empress’s palace when she betrayed the Empress and sided with the government?
But she gave an unexpected answer.
“Because this is the only place where we can have a conversation without worrying about someone eavesdropping.”
“yes?”
“My superior doesn’t fully trust me.”
An inexplicable smile appeared on her lips.
‘Is there something you can’t say?’
My curiosity was piqued, but the Countess seemed unwilling to say anything more.
Instead of asking further, I opened the item window.
‘Something useful… … .’
, , etc.
There were several items, but it seemed difficult to know her intentions with these.
I went into the Lucky Points shop and chose the ‘Inner Thought Magnifying Glass’.
【Magnifying Glass of Your Inner Heart】
[Description: Allows you to eavesdrop on the inner thoughts of a specific person. The item effect lasts for 3 minutes.]
[1000 luck points deducted per use]
→70% permanent discount! Available for 300 lucky points]
【SYSTEM: Would you like to use the ‘Inner Thought Magnifier’?】
I’ve never used it because of the pressure of points before.
When you select ‘Yes’, points are consumed along with a refreshing sound effect.
“I have often heard the story of the princess.”
The countess, who had been silent, opened her mouth.
“Is there anyone who can tell my story to the lady?”
“sure.”
“Who is that?”
Instead of answering my question, the Countess shook her head, as if she could not say anything this time either.
At that moment, I heard a voice in my head that sounded like an auditory hallucination.
[There is no need to say that Her Majesty the Empress cares about the princess.]
“… … !”
“Your Majesty, why are you doing this?”
“It’s nothing.”
I tried to act calm, but I was upset inside.
‘Didn’t you just say Your Majesty the Empress?’
Since you brought me to the Empress’s palace, did the Countess betray the Empress?
“And about what happened earlier, I only spoke briefly to Marquis Balton because I had something to ask her. Since it was something between the maids, it’s difficult to go into detail.”
She smiled awkwardly, but then her true feelings became apparent.
[I can’t just ignore seeing Marquis Youngae steal Lady Shiloh’s hair.]
[There are also rumors about Marquis Balton… … .]
‘what?’
You stole my hair, nothing else?
That was a suspicious enough story, but there was something else that was even more concerning.
“Madam, do you know anything about the Marquis of Balton?”
“… …Your Majesty?”
“Yes. There are rumors going around the palace recently.”
She looked surprised at my question, but her expression soon hardened.
“I don’t know where you heard that, but it’s just nonsense.”
She flatly refused, but the details began to flow into her head.
The incident started a week ago.
The Marquis of Balton brought a knight from the palace to the reception room, and it is said that the knight was carrying a suspicious baggage.
A load the size of a person, vibrating with the smell of blood.
There were several people who witnessed the scene, but they all kept quiet because it was about ‘that’ Marquis Balton.
Since then, ominous rumors have been circulating within Crystal House.
‘If it was a week ago… … .’
That day, coincidentally, was the day that Viscount Blaine was discovered in the abandoned warehouse. It was also the day that the manager disappeared.
‘All of this happened on the same day?’
There were too many suspicious aspects to dismiss it as just a coincidence.
‘Come to think of it, Marquis Balton showed interest in Cayenne some time ago.’
Could it be that the Marquis, suspicious of Cayenne’s true identity, kidnapped him?
Once doubt arose, thoughts began to follow one after another.
The fact that the manager hadn’t even called to ask for me to come, and that an unknown maid had even sent me here, all seemed to point to one possibility.
[Don’t be too surprised if I go into hiding for a while.]
[The manager’s fancy outing? An affair? Something like that.]
[Pohang Port. ꉂꉂ(^ᗜ^*)]
“… … .”
Should I not have believed the note then and gone straight to see Marquis Balton?
If by any chance the manager made a mistake, I felt like I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself.
“Your Majesty, are you okay? Your complexion doesn’t look good.”
Countess Garcia looked at me with concern.
“Oh, yes. I have somewhere to go in a hurry, so I’ll take my leave now… … .”
“Your Majesty?”
I got up from my seat in a hurry.
* * *
“Where the hell are you?”
I went straight to the reception room of the Crystal House, but the Marquis of Balton was not there.
I had no choice but to send several of the Duke’s servants to Marquis Balton, while I ran to the Imperial Guard.
“No outsiders without permission are allowed to enter the Order.”
But when I tried to enter the knights’ quarters, the guards stopped me.
I revealed my identity to the guards, but they just kept repeating that it was difficult.
“No matter how much you are a princess, you cannot enter the knights’ quarters without permission from your superiors… … .”
That was when.
“Let me allow it.”
A man’s voice was heard from behind.
“!”
When I looked back, there stood Commendatore Brecht.
He looked like he had just finished training, wearing sweaty training clothes.
“Commander of the Knights, are you here?”
The guards hastily saluted me. He stood before me, having received my greeting with a nod.
“I’ll go with this person. Then I can be sure of his identity, right?”
“Yes, yes!”
The guards hurriedly cleared the way. Brecht walked ahead of me as if escorting me.
“Let’s go, Your Majesty.”
* * *
“The princess is late.”
While Roselia was wandering around the palace, Perwin’s wait was getting longer.
Knock, knock, knock.
He just tapped the armrest of his chair impatiently.
The servant, who was becoming anxious at that sight, looked at Perwin’s expression.
“Should I tell your majesty to go straight to the Crown Prince’s palace?”
“Okay. If you wait, he’ll come.”
He replied indifferently and looked out the window.
Through the window, he could see the garden of the Crown Prince’s palace, which Perwin had ordered to be tended with special care.
He must have recovered from his injuries from the hunting trip, and he was thinking of enjoying a walk in the garden with Roselia for the first time in a while.
But no matter how much time passed, Roselia did not reveal her face.
‘Did something happen?’
When such worries began to arise.
“Your Majesty, I hear that the Princess is with the Knights Templar! Lord Brecht is also with them.”
The subject who went to find out about Roselia’s whereabouts brought news.
“You’re with Brecht?”
One of Perwin’s eyebrows rose.