My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World - My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World chapter 68

68 – Mold of the system

After leaving the fortune teller shop, we headed to the food alley following the signs on the information board.

This is a food alley connected to the venue where the specialty product festival is held, and dishes using special products from each region are divided into sections.

It’s an amazing thing.

These dishes are obviously embarrassing to even compare to the dishes you can taste at Biryong Gwan, but there was something special about them that stimulated the appetite.

“Go west. “It will be fun to be able to taste a variety of seafood dishes.”

“Ah, that’s good.”

As Priscilla and I bought seafood from the western district, one by one, I thought about the fortune-telling old woman I had met earlier.

─ Where the sun rises, a shadow is created. It’s nature’s way, so don’t be afraid.

‘Does the sun refer to me, and does the shadow refer to Priscilla?’

The old woman also said not to be afraid.

Does this mean that we should not worry about the shadow that resides within Priscilla?

I don’t know how the old woman knows about Priscilla.

However, there was something about those words that gave me a strange sense of trust.

If we assume that everything the old woman said is true….

‘What is the difference between now and 2 years later?’

“Ah… How about this?”

“Okay, let’s do that.”

“What about this?”

“That’s not bad either.”

“… Max?”

Priscilla looked at me with a slightly mysterious expression.

“I heard that divination is a superstition after all?”

“There is a little difference.”

“What is the difference?”

I sat down with Priscilla in a restaurant that looked clean.

This was a store where the magic tool Salus was installed on the table, perhaps to target nobles disguised as commoners.

I ordered the restaurant’s recommended menu for two from the waiter and quenched my thirst with water.

“The setting of The Garden of Thorns is two years from now.”

“You said it was after Max became the student council president, right?”

“Yes, and that old woman from a moment ago is someone you will definitely encounter at the harvest festival.”

“Was there any problem?”

“First of all, the atmosphere was different.”

In the game, there was a description that visitors were rare due to the old woman’s fortune-telling, which was similar to a curse.

More than anything, the reaction of the old woman who greeted us was different.

“Could it be that the change came from Max?”

“What?”

“There was something the lovers said in passing a little while ago.”

─ The clouds that covered the sun cleared, and the path ahead of them was brightly illuminated.

“Hmm….”

“Other than that, was there any difference?”

“When the time comes when no shadows are cast where the sun rises, a gentle clown will cast a new shadow. The light loses its light—”

“Hmm?”

“When Maximilian and Cynthia visit an old woman and read her fortune, this is a prophecy that the old woman tells them.”

Priscilla closed her mouth with a slightly confused expression.

“This is the dish you ordered.”

“It feels pretty good.”

As I said that and lifted the fork, Priscilla was still making a complicated expression.

“Sir?”

“Ah… sorry.”

For some reason, Priscilla began to mutter helplessly and eat her food, like an abandoned puppy on a rainy day.

‘Oh my.’

“The Garden of Thorns is like a novel containing a single assumption.”

“A novel?”

“It’s an unbelievable family. Kyle, Ludwig, Holy Knight of the Holy Kingdom, Dior and I…. And it’s a lame story with an ending that ends with her marrying everyone.”

“Mo, marry everyone…” .”

Priscilla shook her head with an expression of disgust.

“The reason Maximilian in the game was tempted by the saint’s babble in the first place is because of the special power of the moon that resides in that saint.”

“Oh, perhaps?”

“So don’t worry about it.”

After hearing what I said, Priscilla began to eat as if she were savoring the food, unlike before.

“If the sun is high and the shadow is low, does the gentle clown refer to a saint?”

“Okay. “It means that he is a puppet of the castle kingdom, but she doesn’t notice it.”

“I’m hearing bitter words from her because he’s a mean person who abandoned his fiancée.”

Priscilla said this and vigorously lowered her fork.

When I looked at Priscilla, who was showing her discomfort with her whole body, I couldn’t help but laugh.

“Don’t be jealous by putting me on the same level as that idiot.”

“Jealousy? “I’m fine!”

Priscilla grumbled and shoved food into her mouth.

Then Priscilla began to panic, with even her ears dyed bright red.

“There is a long way to go. “Eat the rest yourself.”

“Ugh!”

‘First of all, check Chapter 2.’

***

Welfare is the state-led guarantee of human basic rights for a happy life.

The reason welfare is led by the state here is because the amount of money spent is astronomical.

Some may say it is a waste of money, but because of this welfare, there are no areas called slums in the system.

However, in the system set two years later, which serves as the background for The Garden of Thorns, slums are slowly progressing from unseen places.

The story of Chapter 2 also begins with Cynthia becoming involved in this slum.

“Are there slums in the system?”

“Yes, in the Garden of Thorns, an area where slums have progressed appears in the system.”

Cynthia, the main character of Garden of Thorns, has a background as an orphan.

On a night when the full moon was up, I heard a baby crying and went to find him, and found him abandoned in the forest. She said the director of the orphanage picked him up….

I understand that this is probably why the name ‘Cynthia’, which is related to the moon, was set as the default.

With that background, Cynthia visits the island’s orphanage and does her volunteer work.

Along the way, she meets Dior, disguised as a commoner, with whom she becomes friendly.

“Do you know where it is?”

“As far as I know, it’s near the orphanage.”

It was a story about Cynthia being involved in an incident on her way back from her volunteer work at an orphanage.

First, you can go near the orphanage and then look around.

“Is there a reason why slums are developing…?” .”

Did you notice?

“Yes, the prime minister.”

This was the reason why I had not prepared much for Chapter 2 until now.

We inspected the system as a whole, but could not find any areas where slums had progressed.

I believed that the fundamental cause of the problem was that the Prime Minister did not turn his back on the empire, so I thought that the incident in Chapter 2 had also been resolved.

“Here you go.”

This is the first time since she was born that she comes to a place called an orphanage.

Is this what the institutional orphanage was like…? .

“… Older brother?”

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As I got off the carriage and was looking at the orphanage, Dior, who was at the orphanage just then, spotted us.

“What are you doing here?”

“This is volunteer work. What happened to my brother like that….”

Dior said that and glanced at Priscilla next to me.

“This place isn’t really suitable for a secret relationship—”

“No, you stupid thing.”

Is there any lover in the world who enjoys dating at an orphanage?

‘Ah, here it is.’

In the Dior route, the place where Cynthia and Dior most often went on dates was the orphanage.

“Then why did you come here? If… “Do you have urgent business?”

Dior glanced at the children who were having a barbecue with food brought from the harvest festival.

“Have you seen anyone suspicious around here?”

“Suspicious person….”

Dior was lost in thought for a moment, but then shook her head as if she had no idea.

“Members of my maternal family patrol this area regularly. “It is unlikely that there will be any suspicious individuals nearby.”

“I see. Good luck.”

“Brother? “If it’s urgent, call a nearby guard—”

“No. “I just looked around, just in case.”

‘Was it a place under the protection of the Count of Norbia?’ .’

It’s strange.

The game clearly described a blatantly dangerous atmosphere in the alleys around here.

I thought there might be a clue, so I went into the alley and looked around.

“Hey, that…” There is someone who appears to be a suspicious person….”

“Hmm.”

However, there was no place that seemed particularly problematic, and in fact, the escort troops mixed in with the crowd seemed the most suspicious.

“Did you say Chapter 2? How does the story progress there?”

After I went out to the main street with Priscilla and mingled with the crowd, I remembered the story from Chapter 2.

“First of all, it begins when the relationship between Kyle and Ludwig deteriorates after the Prime Minister’s death.”

Ludwig loses his freedom after losing his entire family, and Kyle feels confused because he cannot help Ludwig.

Cynthia acts as a mediator between these two people.

Kyle, who felt grateful for this, took advantage of his unique hot personality and followed Cynthia around, claiming to be a guard knight.

Cynthia feels burdened by him and tries to distance herself, and Kyle, who has become sullen, slightly distances himself from Cynthia.

Then, while Cynthia was returning home from her volunteer work, she was met with misfortune.

“Cynthia finds a woman showing signs of assault and follows her into an alley. “In the meantime, she meets strange men and is in danger.”

In the process, Kyle appears like the wind and defeats the assailants.

“Was it late at night?”

“This incident occurred while the sun was still up.”

Although it could only be confirmed through background CG, the incident clearly took place between daytime and evening.

Such an incident occurs in broad daylight, in a system like no other.

“… “Is that possible?”

Priscilla said that and looked around her.

Because it is a festival, the crowds are larger than usual, but there is a lot of floating population in the islands to begin with.

If such an incident were to occur, anyone would scream and summon a soldier patrolling nearby.

“That’s why I didn’t pay much attention to it.”

“Ah….”

“Let’s rest there and then go.”

From the beginning, my intention was to enjoy the festival and visit it for fun.

If you don’t see anything around here, you can lower your guard a little for now.

“Two cool drinks─”

“All you need is one drink! “Please give me a straw too!”

At Priscilla’s words, the waitress smiled, slightly covering her mouth.

“What is it, Sir?”

“If you drink a lot of water… That….”

“It is done.”

“So, that! What happens?”

“Organizations usually arise where there are slums. And this organization makes money by doing sh*t.”

Human trafficking, prostitution, drugs.

An organization that does this also appears in the Garden of Thorns.

“So this is about eliminating that organization?”

“It’s somewhat similar.”

The key point is that this criminal organization drugs the system.

And all of this, given the circumstances, originated from the Prime Minister.

First of all, unlike the game, the Prime Minister is working sincerely….

“That’s right! “If it’s not imperial gold coins, there will be a currency exchange fee and the amount will be insufficient!”

“The currency exchange fee is, uh, so….”

There is also a currency exchange issue here.

“It looks difficult.”

“There is a big difference in the amount between copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins.”

There is a difference of 20 times, so it is difficult to calculate the exchange rate for commoners who lack education.

‘Commoners and money.’

I feel like something is coming to mind….

“Bounty.”

“Yes?”

If you think about it, it was difficult to go around this wide system and find something.

For the royal family, commoners are beings that must be protected.

That’s why I didn’t think of asking for anything in the first place, but the commoners helped me a lot in holding this harvest festival.

I overlooked that.

‘Introducing a reward system.’

If even one suspicious person is seen using this, it will automatically self-purify.

If the reward was greater than the money earned from drugs, no fool would take the risk.

‘A commoner….’

You might find something unexpectedly useful.