I Am The Villainess With A Maxed-Out Luck Stat - Chapter 173



Only Noblemtl

173. Unforgivable

“Oh, Your Majesty, please don’t do this… …!”

The emperor begged.

At that moment, the faces of his brother and sister-in-law, who had passed away before him, flashed through his mind.

The time when the empress was the crown princess.

When he learned that she was plotting his brother’s death, he condoned the empress’s plot.

If you get rid of your brother, the throne will return to you.

That was the crown he had seized.

The throne was seized with the help of the Empress.

I had no idea that that incident would now come back to me as a painful regret.

I wanted to turn around and run away at any moment, but there was no way out.

“Now, please eat.”

It was at that time that the empress finally urged death.

Perwin, who had been watching the whole scene from a few steps away, opened the door to the doctor’s office.

“Prince!”

The emperor, who had been begging just a moment ago, was startled.

Even the empress, who had urged the emperor to die, was surprised and withdrew her hand.

The assassins prepared to attack Perwin’s intrusion, but the Empress stopped them.

“Your Majesty the Empress.”

Perwin ignored the Emperor and stepped forward.

In his indifferent eyes he saw armed assassins, and then his father standing there, terrified and forgetful of his majesty as an emperor.

Finally, the poison the empress had offered caught my eye.

It was truly a sight that could not be seen with one’s eyes open.

A sigh-like laugh escaped from the lips that had been tightly closed.

“Prince, why did you come here for the banquet?”

The empress hid the teacup behind her back.

Perwin sneered at the sight. Even the most hypocritical of humans, do they feel a shred of shame?

“Please go back. If the Crown Prince is away for too long, the visiting dignitaries from inside and outside the country will be suspicious.”

“mother.”

“… … !”

Perwin’s voice became low and cold.

“How much longer must I pretend not to know?”

“Prince.”

“I already knew everything. It was my mother who blackmailed Lady Shiloh into instigating the death of her father, and who caused her illegitimate child to escape.”

“!”

“At first, I thought it was a misunderstanding. Someone was trying to slander my mother. But now, it seems like they are trying to cut off the relationship between them.”

“Prince… … .”

The emperor was greatly agitated.

But the empress did not waver an inch. Instead, she simply held her chin upright.

“It’s all for the Crown Prince. If you want to blame someone, blame your father, the one who caused all this. If Your Majesty had behaved better, this tragedy would not have happened.”

“haha…….”

Perwin burst out laughing.

A sigh-like laughter dispersed into the air.

Where on earth did it go wrong?

As a human, he had a faint hope for his mother.

The expectation that mother would never harm father.

The expectation that the mother will still have feelings of shame or guilt.

Still, there is hope that some shred of human warmth remains in one’s heart.

But this time, my mother ended up brutally destroying my weak hopes.

Old emotions swirled around.

The feelings that could not be named in the end transformed into revenge, resentment, and ultimately sorrow.

Perwin, who had been laughing like crazy, shook his head.

“No, no, mother. It wasn’t for me. Don’t run away like a coward by saying it was for my sake.”

He took his mother’s hand.

In my mother’s hand was a teacup that she had not yet been able to throw away.

“Eat.”

“… … .”

“Eat, Mother.”

The Empress’s fingertips trembled.

“You will regret it, Prince.”

“Of course it is. I am not a cruel person like my mother. But I must break this chain.”

“… … .”

“It was better when my mother was lying in bed. My mother had never been warm to me, but her end was so lonely. It was better when I felt pity for her.”

“… … .”

“Then I wouldn’t have had to despise my mother so much.”

“… … .”

“I hate you. I detest you. I hate you to the bone… … .”

Every word my son said about hating me stabbed me deep into my lungs.

The Empress dispersed Perwin’s words with a sigh.

“Your Majesty, no mother would wish for pity from her son.”

The empress looked at her son quietly.

Those indifferent eyes, clouded with resentment and anger, were staring at me.

The Empress looked into his eyes and realized.

That my son had inherited the legacy I had so desperately wanted to pass on.

She pulled hard at the necklace around my neck.

Knock knock, knock.

The magic stone around her neck fell to the floor in pieces.

“… … .”

The empress looked down at her teacup in silence.

The image reflected in the rippling tea water was as cool and detached as usual.

How could I not be afraid?

How could I not be sad?

But if only the beloved son could step on his mother’s death and rise to a higher place.

Then I would be happy to leave.

“… … !”

The empress held the poison in both hands.

Then he drank it all in one gulp without taking a breath.

Soon the medicine began to take effect.

A hot, burning lump of something rose up through my intestines.

“Ugh… … .”

Soon the banquet dress was dyed a crimson color.

My back, which had always been upright, bent on its own. My back bent, my knees gave way, and I fell forward.

The moon that once illuminated the empire in the darkest places was losing its lonely light and falling away in a pitiful state.

Perwin was reflected in his lifeless, clouded eyes.

“Tae… … Ja.”

Clear dew formed in her eyes. Perwin closed her eyes.

“Please be at peace now, Mother.”

“… … .”

As the empress took her last breath, the emperor’s face turned pale.

“Old, the palace―”

“No, I won’t call the palace.”

Perwin’s voice was frighteningly aloof.

“… … Prince?”

“Your Majesty the Emperor.”

The emperor was startled when Perwin called him.

“Your complexion doesn’t look good. It would be better for you to go in and rest rather than attend the banquet today.”

“Ha, but… … .”

The Emperor looked anxiously at the Empress, whose temper was growing colder.

The empress who had been standing tall in this place just a moment ago has turned into a cold corpse.

No, what is more frightening than the death of the Empress―

“The aftermath is the problem. There must have been more than one person who held a grudge against your mother, so let’s say she was attacked by one of her enemies. And there are many people here who could use a helping hand.”

Perwin frowned and looked down at the body.

The emperor’s eyes looking at his son were filled with fear.

“The obituary will be announced at an appropriate time after the foundation of the country. In the meantime, Your Majesty should concentrate on recovering.”

“… … .”

“Then I will go back to the banquet hall.”

Perwin bowed politely and turned around to leave.

* * *

‘Phew, I almost got caught.’

Shortly after escaping into the grass, the effects of the gender change item wore off.

As soon as the item’s effect wore off, his tall stature, broad shoulders, and sharper facial features all disappeared like a mirage.

‘It’s a bit disappointing.’

It was pretty good that he turned into a man. He kind of resembles Ikart.

The only regret is that the item only lasts for 5 minutes.

As I was whetting my appetite, I heard someone’s longing voice from afar.

“princess!”

“Princess Hertia! Where are you!”

Judging from their appearance, they seemed to be Princess Hertia’s maids.

The maids who had been wandering around the garden were split into two groups. It seemed as if they were going to split up and look for Hertia.

‘I think I should leave soon.’

As I slowly tried to get up from my seat, I felt a dull pain in my shoulder.

“Ouch… … .”

The shoulder that was injured while protecting Hertia earlier was bruised and blue.

‘I guess I’ll have to get it treated later.’

It didn’t look like any bones were broken, so the first thing to do was to get out of there.

I roughly covered my shoulders with a shawl and left the garden.

As we returned to the banquet hall, the festive atmosphere was ripe.

I pushed my way through the crowd of people laughing and chatting, looking for the manager.

‘Where on earth did you go?’

But no matter how much I walked around the banquet hall, I couldn’t even see the manager’s nose.

I was thinking that maybe I should have looked outside more.

“… … !”

Suddenly I felt a presence behind me.

I turned my head and looked behind me, and there stood the man I had been searching for.

“Coffin, no, Prince Louis… … ?”

I almost called him manager without realizing it, but I quickly corrected myself after realizing what others thought.

The manager’s eyes widened playfully.

He approached me with graceful steps.

He looked truly royal, with a noble and somewhat overbearing air.

He stopped in front of me, drawing the attention of everyone around him.

“Your Majesty, you are here. I have been looking for you for quite some time.”