I Am The Villainess With A Maxed-Out Luck Stat - Chapter 148



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148. The one who will take the blame for your sins

“Is that what the Marquis says? How dare he say that my child is alive?”

Shiloh’s fingertips trembled in shock.

It was a child who had already died at the hands of the empress long ago.

I saw with my own eyes that that vicious and cruel woman had destroyed even the remains, leaving no room for even a shred of remorse.

As I recalled that horrible nightmare, my eyes suddenly became dizzy.

“Ugh, ugh.”

As she stumbled under the sudden onslaught of pottery, the emperor urgently grabbed her shoulder.

“Shiloh, Shiloh! Are you okay?”

“……your majesty.”

I felt a shock as if I had been hit in the back of the head, and then an indescribable anger boiled over me.

After panting painfully for a while, Shiloh suddenly stopped vomiting.

“I’ll call the congressman right now!”

“No, there is no need for that.”

It was crazy talk, it was insane talk.

The nonsense that Marquis Balton spouted off to shake the Emperor.

Faced with such a great shock, my mind became calm.

“Shiloh?”

“What else did he say? Did he bring someone who looked like him?”

She spoke in a cold tone, as if her emotions had been erased.

“I don’t know the details either. I just heard that they said they saw someone similar.”

“under!”

As the Emperor hesitated, Shiloh glared at him.

“Your Majesty, did you remain silent after hearing such an insult?”

I knew my husband was an incompetent and pathetic man.

A gentle emperor who quickly becomes happy if you please him a little.

Shiloh found that point really stupid and convenient, but it was disappointing and frustrating to see her fall for Marquis Balton’s nonsense.

“Marquis Balton just told a ridiculous lie to avoid the situation. He must have been trying to shake up Your Majesty by somehow blaming me for the failure of trade with the Kingdom of Pyron. That’s why he brought up my child… … .”

Shiloh trembled with anger and humiliation.

“I must meet the Marquis immediately.”

“Shiloh!”

The Emperor tried to grab Shiloh, but she pushed away.

* * *

“Marquis Balton, where is Marquis Balton!”

Shiloh went straight to the reception room where Marquis Balton was staying.

A murderous desire to tear him to pieces at any moment welled up in me.

But as if they had noticed this coming, the reception room was empty.

The string of reason I was barely holding on to suddenly snapped.

She shook her fist and gave orders to her subordinates.

“Bring me the Marquis of Balton immediately!”

Not long after, Margrave Balton, who was returning to the capital, was brought to the palace.

“What, what is this outrageousness!”

He was roughly thrown in front of Shiloh, bound.

He was confused by the sudden situation and protested to Shiloh.

“Lady Shiloh, you have summoned me? If you are going to summon me, then you should have called me nicely. What kind of rudeness is this!”

“Shut your mouth.”

“What, what?”

Shiloh looked down at him coldly.

“You said you spoke ill of Your Majesty? You said you spoke carelessly about my child.”

“……kid?”

Marquis Balton, who asked absentmindedly, soon realized what she was talking about.

It seems that as soon as the story of the illegitimate child was leaked to the Emperor, the news reached her as well.

He didn’t know things would turn out this way, but he had no more hesitation.

Because he had just received decisive evidence into his arms.

‘It was a good thing you went to the temple yourself.’

“Goddess luck is on my side,” he said with a satisfied smile.

“You still can’t figure out the mood.”

Shiloh nodded, muttering as if talking to herself. Then her escort kicked the Marquis of Balton in the back.

“Cough!”

“How dare you bring up a dead child. Listen, cut off this man’s three-inch tongue right now!”

“What, what did you say? Now, wait a minute!”

As the knight drew his sword, Marquis Balton flinched.

“Oh, misunderstanding! It is a clear fact that the child is alive!”

“Still talking nonsense―”

“I’m telling you the truth! If you don’t believe me, just look at this!”

The terrified Marquis Balton took something out of his bosom.

“What is this?”

“I just got a paternity certificate from the temple! I found your child!”

“!”

* * *

The scandal caused by Marquis Balton spread like wildfire.

There had already been some turbulence between the Emperor and Shiloh.

The emperor, barely able to control his emotions, immediately called Roselia over.

Roselia, who was in the crown prince’s palace, had to go straight to see the emperor without even having time to collect her surprised feelings.

“His Majesty the Emperor.”

“You came.”

The emperor looked at her greeting coldly.

Roselia looked around cautiously, and her heart sank when she saw Cayenne in Shiloh’s arms.

Shiloh was hugging Cayenne, who was lying helplessly.

Unlike Shiloh, who was looking depressed, Marquis Balton, who was beside her, was muttering to himself.

“The main character has finally arrived.”

From that reaction, Roselia could guess roughly what had happened.

‘Marquis Balton has finally decided to reveal Cayenne’s true identity to the world.’

The emperor, who had been maintaining a heavy silence, opened his mouth.

“Princess. You know why I called you, Princess.”

Roselia tried to ignore the pressure that seemed to be pressing down on her and answered calmly.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“I won’t beat around the bush. Marquis Balton, bring it quickly.”

“Understood, Your Majesty.”

At the Emperor’s command, Marquis Balton brought a bundle of documents.

“That’s… … .”

“This is the paternity certificate I just received from the temple.”

“A paternity certificate?”

Marquis Balton smiled brightly as he looked at the surprised Roselia.

“I thought it was strange from the beginning. The servant you have with you looks exactly like Your Majesty’s baby.”

“… … !”

“I went straight to the temple and asked for help, and as expected, my prediction was right.”

He proudly waved the paternity certificate.

A document bearing the temple’s seal dangled in his grasp.

It usually takes several days for the paternity test results to come out, but he harassed the temple and got the results as quickly as possible.

The emperor’s stern gaze was directed at Roselia.

“Princess, you won’t pretend not to know about this, will you?”

“… … I will not deny it. That person is indeed the child Your Majesty lost.”

“How long have you known about this?”

“I knew it from the beginning.”

Then the emperor immediately looked shocked.

“Why on earth didn’t you reveal it until now? You knew it was Jim’s child, but you kept it hidden from the Duke’s family all this time? Huh?”

“I am sorry, Your Majesty. But this is all according to His will.”

Roselia looked at Cayenne.

“what?”

“Your Majesty’s son did not want to reveal his identity to the world. So the duke’s family decided to hide his identity and took him in as a servant.”

“Lies, lies!”

Shiloh, who had been listening silently, jumped up from her seat.

“Where did you hear such a lie!”

“I know it’s hard to believe, but I intend to reveal all the facts when the time comes.”

“How shameless!”

“Shiloh, stop it.”

The emperor, who was trying to calm down the excited Shiloh, caught a glimpse of Roselia.

“Let’s say the princess is right. But how did the princess know that the child was of my blood and brought him into the duke’s household?”

“that…….”

Roselia was speechless at the sharp question.

There was absolutely no way to answer the question of how he recognized Cayenne.

I was only able to identify him because I knew the information from the original.

Then the Marquis of Balton intervened.

“Your Majesty, I wonder if the princess is keeping Your Majesty’s child as a hostage. She harbors resentment towards Your Majesty and is trying to attack You.”

“What a twist of heart!”

Marquis Balton’s words were intended to label not only Roselia but the entire ducal family as traitors.

“Didn’t the Duke of Serteia often rebel against the imperial family? If I hadn’t rescued Your Majesty’s child, who knows what would have happened by now.”

He said it naturally.

Before he knew it, he had transformed into a hero who saved a child, and Roselia into a shameless woman who had kidnapped the emperor’s child.

A look of disappointment appeared in the emperor’s eyes.

“Princess, is what the Marquis said true? Did he really harbor ill feelings toward me and plot treason?”

“I swear I don’t. I really—”

“There is no need to hear any more, Your Majesty! Put the princess in prison immediately!”

Shiloh shouted sharply.

His eyes were wide with anger and blood vessels were visible.

The situation was completely unfavorable for Roselia. The more she tried to explain, the more she fell into the swamp.

It was just then.

“Your Majesty the Emperor and Your Majesty the Empress have arrived!”

The urgent voice of the subject echoed through the room.

“… … !”

“What?”

Everyone’s gaze was simultaneously focused on one place.

I thought I heard some commotion in the hallway, and then the door suddenly opened.

Thud, thud, thud.

Heavy footsteps cut through the hall.

“Please stop accusing innocent people, Your Majesty.”