I Am The Villainess With A Maxed-Out Luck Stat - Chapter 151



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151. I had no intention of conspiring with the Empress.

“Wait, wait, wait!”

I was startled and silenced the Empress.

“What on earth do you mean? A secret agent?”

Is it okay for me to tell you such secrets?

I looked around, but I couldn’t see a single rat.

Even if there had been eavesdroppers, Brecht would have just brushed it off.

“That’s true. If you want to get things done quietly, you’ll need someone to run errands in the middle.”

“Haven’t I already told you, Your Majesty? I cannot grant Your Majesty’s request.”

‘You are just as self-willed as your son.’

Until just a moment ago, I was a little grateful that the Empress had not asked me any difficult questions, but now my gratitude was sinking in.

“Your Majesty, I swore loyalty only to the royal family. And now you suddenly tell me to become your attendant?”

Brecht, too, seemed perplexed.

That’s a normal reaction.

But the empress was unwavering.

“We don’t know how Lady Shiloh’s illegitimate child might threaten the Crown Prince in the future. We must come up with a plan before that happens.”

“… … .”

“I hope that not only Lord Brecht but also Princess Roselia will actively help.”

There was determination in the eyes of the empress as she spoke.

It seems like it was something he had been thinking about for a very long time.

Of course, Roselia, who was Perwin’s fiancée and had a blind affection for him, would have sided with the empress without a moment’s hesitation.

but-

‘The original is giving me this big shit again… … .’

It was a proposal that had no answer for the Bing-ui-ja, whose number one goal was survival.

After being hit in the back of the head dozens of times by unofficial settings that didn’t appear in the original work, I thought there would be nothing more to be confused about.

Today, as always, the back of my head feels cold.

I sat quietly in thought.

I can see that the Empress is incredibly capable. Even while she was sick, she had so many talented people at her disposal.

‘You must be anxious because you don’t have much time left.’

But if it were true to the original, the empress would soon become seriously ill and pass away.

To me, it was like being offered to board a sinking ship.

“Your Majesty, what you wish is for His Highness the Crown Prince to succeed to the throne, right?”

Whether it be Cayenne or Shiloh, the Empress will not hesitate to eliminate anyone who poses a threat to Perwyn.

‘At times like this, I should be thankful that I’m the villainess Roselia.’

If he had been possessed by the Crown Prince’s political enemies, he might have died first at the hands of the Empress.

Actually, Perwin’s trust in me must have been completely lost, but the Empress has faith in me like an iron fist.

“However, Your Majesty, I cannot condone harming someone who is a descendant of the imperial family.”

“Why?”

“He and I made a contract for our souls. We can’t harm each other until the contract period ends.”

“… … !”

“A contract? What on earth does that mean?”

The Empress and Brecht both looked surprised at the same time.

“At that time, I needed a trustworthy messenger, and he needed a place to hide from his fugitive status.”

For exactly one year, our promise was to work together toward our mutual goals.

There were two things Cayenne wanted.

One is to kill the day personality and take over my body completely.

The other is to take personal revenge on the royal family that abandoned me.

“What he wants is not to inherit the throne. He just wants to right a wrong.”

Cayenne’s goal is always revenge.

If he had any desire for the throne, he would have long ago revealed to the world that he was the emperor’s son.

“But, Princess, there is no telling what the vengeful man might do. The tip of his sword will surely be pointed at the Crown Prince.”

Of course, Cayenne also harbored ill feelings toward Perwin.

Because he was a threat to his eldest son, Perwin, he was forced to treat himself like a dog for the rest of his life.

But in the original, he eventually gives up his plan to take revenge on the royal family. They say that revenge only leaves behind futility or something.

‘You don’t even seek revenge, but say such cliche lines.’

Still, it was a somewhat innocent choice.

Because the heroine Seraphine truly loved Crown Prince Perwin, Kaien, who had a crush on Seraphine, could not bear to hurt her and gave up on revenge.

After that, we only hear stories of him disappearing into the underworld and living out the rest of his life in loneliness.

‘Should I say these are the sad words of a supporting actor who couldn’t even become the male lead?’

As always, Cayenne fails to rebel in other routes.

Of course, if the original plot had been changed, his direction might have been different, but treason is not something that can be easily done.

“In any case, he has no justification or basis to defeat His Highness Perwin. He has no worthy relatives or supporters, so his lifeline is in danger. He is not someone that Her Majesty the Empress can restrain.”

Crucially, Cayenne is an illegitimate child.

Since he is not the son of the Empress, he is not even given the right to succeed to the throne.

In a situation where the succession structure has already been established, even if the emperor’s illegitimate child appears like a comet, the situation will not be turned upside down.

“But we cannot rule out all risk factors. There are many cases in history where a non-elderly son usurped the throne.”

“Your Majesty the Empress knows better than anyone else how difficult it is.”

If she were the empress who put the second prince, who was not the eldest son, on the throne, she would know better than anyone how difficult it is to overturn an already solidified situation.

“What are you worried about, Your Majesty?”

“… … I just want to remove the thorns in the way of the Crown Prince’s future.”

“Your Majesty has uprooted all the seeds of discord. If you put His Highness the Crown Prince in a greenhouse where there is no threat, wouldn’t there be no discord at all?”

“… … .”

“Isn’t Your Majesty still afraid and tied down by the past?”

“Your Majesty.”

As my voice grew louder, Brecht stopped me.

“That’s unexpected. I didn’t expect the princess to say something like that.”

The Empress’s voice as she spoke was cold and unchanging.

“I believed that we had the same goal. That’s why I protected the princess. But if the princess doesn’t stand on my side, she will pay the appropriate price.”

When she mentioned the price, Brecht’s hand gained strength.

The Empress’s loyal sword looked at me with eyes that could not read my emotions.

“Your Majesty, the crown will undoubtedly go to His Highness Perwin. I will actively cooperate with that. I just ask that you do not kill him.”

“Princess.”

“If Your Majesty truly believes in me and wishes to embrace me, then please grant my request. I will be able to succeed to the throne without harming him.”

The empress, who had been sleeping for a long time, let out a faint sigh.

Although he still had an unpleasant look on his face, the tense atmosphere from before had softened.

“… … I will accept that request for now. However, there will come a time when the princess will have to choose a side.”

* * *

Meanwhile, Kaien, who was lying in the imperial palace, suddenly came to his senses after struggling between life and death. His head was in a splitting pain.

‘How many times has this happened?’

The damned daytime personality was in trouble again, and his whole body was aching.

I tried to raise my upper body, but I had no strength left in my body.

Since I couldn’t even move a finger, the best I could do was just lie there like a corpse.

I could hear conversation beyond my hazy mind.

“Your Majesty! What if the Empress tries to kill my child again?”

The voice of a woman crying desperately struck my ears.

It was Shiloh.

She had been neglecting food and sleep for several days, spending each day in tears.

Not even a cry came out of the torn vocal cords.

The joy of finding his lost son was short-lived, but he felt even greater pity for himself and his son who had suffered through the past years.

I felt a burning desire to somehow compensate for these years, and a rage against those who had caused me this humiliation.

“The child has returned, so what are you worried about? Even the empress would not be able to touch the child without a care since she has luggage.”

The Emperor felt sorry for Shiloh, who had become very thin in the past few days. It was not only his affection for her as a concubine, but also his affinity with her as a parent with a child between them.

“No, Your Majesty. We don’t know what that wicked woman will do next. In order to protect the child, we must depose the empress as soon as possible.”

Behind those words was a hidden demand to make herself the empress.

If she became empress, her child would also become a legitimate child of the empress, so he could be recognized as a prince.

That would be much better than being in the precarious position of being an illegitimate child of the government.

Shiloh wanted to make sure there was a safe haven for her child and herself.

“Oh, that’s what I’m talking about.”

The Emperor, who had been patting Shiloh on the back, awkwardly removed his hand.

“?”

“Actually, I’m thinking of registering our child with the Empress.”

“yes?”