The Villainess Who Accidentally Stole Their Hearts - Chapter 157



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Episode 157

“… … I don’t know why you are suddenly asking me about His Majesty’s illness.”

1The empress smiled, pretending to be relaxed.

But both cheeks were hard and stiff.

Nicaearsha tilted her head.

“Doesn’t Your Majesty know best?”

“I asked because I had no idea.”

“His Majesty always reported His Majesty’s condition to Mikarin first.”

“Is it a sin to worry about Your Majesty?”

“It is not a crime. However, if the report was filtered once by Your Majesty, it would be a different story.”

Nicaearsha smiled brightly and approached the Empress.

“I found out something interesting. Your Majesty’s illness is different from the known illness.”

1 A soft voice flowed into the empress’s ears.

“Luxeroidosis.”

“… … !”

1 The empress’s eyes widened.

Nicaearsha took a step back and smiled at the First Empress.

“So, do you feel like talking now?”

‘This cheeky… …!’

1 The empress ground her teeth.

But there were too many eyes watching.

Even everyone was equally angry.

In any case, the majority of the nobles sincerely welcomed the emperor’s recovery.

It was also because I was truly grateful that he came forward and praised Mikarin to the Emperor.

But how devastated and angry you would feel if you realized you had been deceived.

‘Clever thing… …. You’re going to turn that anger into suspicion of me.’

A smart child is so annoying.

The Empress smiled at Nicaea, suppressing her irritation.

“Putting everything else aside, if it’s about Your Majesty’s health, it’s only natural that I should listen carefully. Follow me.”

1 The empress turned around like a runner and took the lead.

I was worried about what would happen if Nicaea insisted on talking here, but my worries were unfounded.

Nicaea followed the First Empress obediently.

“Surely you can’t say anything if there’s no adult present?”

The Empress nodded to Grand Duke Delosif and his sons.

In response to that provocation, Nicaearsha spoke to her family.

“I’ll go alone.”

“but-”

“What should I do if Her Majesty the Empress is afraid of my father?”

1The empress’s eyebrows twitched.

Nicaearsha spoke to her family with a serious expression.

“People who are already vulnerable tend to be more cautious around scary people. So leaving your father and brothers behind is like ordering a sandwich in the interrogation room.”

“… … .”

The family looked at Nicaea for a moment, speechless.

“… … In some ways, you seem to be the scariest person. Just look at the Empress’s expression.”

At Akainu’s muttering, Nicaearsha turned around.

“Oh, did you hear that? Jisong.”

1 The empress felt as if her blood pressure was going to explode.

Nicaea had a natural talent for making people angry.

* * *

1. The Empress’s private rest room.

1The empress sat on the sofa and rubbed her temples.

Even if you get excited, everything will just go as that cunning Nicaea wants.

1The empress tried to calm herself down and opened her mouth.

“What do you want to say?”

“Luxeroidosis is said to be an ancient disease that has been completely eradicated in modern times.”

“so.”

“The outbreak was very unusual. It didn’t stop at just the virus infiltration, but a large amount of magical power that wasn’t one’s own had to be injected into the magical circuit.”

“… …What are you trying to say?”

“His Majesty the Emperor occasionally takes elixir for his health.”

Nicaea looked at the first empress.

“The day before Your Majesty collapsed, Her Majesty the First Empress offered You an elixir. She said that Your Majesty’s home country had sent you a hundred-year-old Kelatan medicine.”

1The empress laughed and said, “Ha!”

“Is it wrong for a wife to give her husband medicine that is good for his health?”

“If you infected someone with a virus and then fed that virus nutrients, that would be wrong.”

“Princess—!”

1The empress shouted sharply.

Nicaearsha didn’t even blink an eye.

Just continue talking leisurely.

“You must still have it, since you can’t just dispose of an ancient virus.”

If the virus spreads even just by one instance due to improper handling, it would be a big problem.

Because the palace is a place where powerful people often come and go to get elixirs.

Even viruses are living things.

If it were to evolve in a new way, such as adapting to modern times or changing the route of infection, many people could die.

‘Of course, the First Empress wouldn’t have worried about people dying.’

If a virus were to spread, you might be worried that it might be caught.

I don’t think they would have handled it hastily.

“There’s no such thing! If you listen carefully, you’ll hear that you’re writing a novel to frame the queen!”

“Can I inspect the First Empress’s Palace?”

1 The empress’s eyes trembled.

For the royal family, who are above the law, there is nothing more humiliating than having their palace inspected.

1The empress ground her teeth and shouted.

“Do as you wish! But when nothing comes out, it will be the responsibility of the princess.”

“Aha, you hid it outside the palace.”

1 The empress looked at Nicaearsha with bewildered eyes.

‘You dare leave me?’

Nicaearsha tilted her head.

“Is there another place like a ‘laboratory’? The old one was abandoned.”

“Ha… … . It looks like Evans confessed everything to you in detail? I should have disposed of him a long time ago. Is this how you repay the favor of loving him?”

At those words, Nicaearsha bit her lip tightly.

It was vivid to see how Evans and Aiden had lived.

‘But reacting here is what the First Empress wants.’

Nicaearsha asked, the corners of her lips curling up.

“Do you think I didn’t know until Evans told me?”

“… … !”

1The empress’s eyes twitched slightly.

She looked at Nicaea several times as if assessing her, then opened her mouth.

“… … How did you heal His Majesty?”

“… … .”

“I heard that you just collapsed and cried that day. You probably didn’t have any reason to meet His Majesty after that. How on earth—!”

From there, things went wrong.

Everything was going well until then.

Because everything that Nicaea had messed up was falling back into place.

however.

‘It’s you again… … .’

Just one variable.

It was always Nicaea Deloisif.

‘I should have killed him before he was even born… …!’

1A fire flashed in the empress’s eyes.

‘Both mother and daughter are equally bothering me!’

Despite the burning gaze, Nicaearsha opened her mouth leisurely.

“Ah, that’s what you were wondering. That’s—”

Nicaea leaned towards the Empress.

And then, as if telling a secret, he put one hand to his mouth and spoke softly.

“—I won’t tell you.”

Nicaearsha smiled brightly.

1The empress’s face hardened.

“How dare you disrespect the queen?! You’re just a—”

“Contempt? Compared to what you’ve done, isn’t this just a cute tantrum?”

“what?!”

Nicaearsha, who had been bitten, said expressionlessly.

“I wish Your Majesty would die the most painful death in the world. But since you, Lord Rubistan, are innocent, I will warn you once.”

“what…….”

“You might as well admit your guilt now. That you attempted to harm His Majesty by using an ancient virus.”

“Ha, why should I do that?”

“At least I’ll be able to search for it alone.”

“… … ?!”

The Empress frowned as if she had heard something absurd.

But little by little, her face began to change.

From doubt and denial to shock.

1 The empress opened her pale lips.

“That, that’s what the—”

Nicaearsha clapped her hands and stood up from her seat.

“The warning ends here. It is up to Her Highness the Empress to decide.”

“for a moment!”

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1 The empress quickly stopped her, but Nicaearsha left the lounge.

* * *

The first empress, left alone, sat down on the sofa.

My head was in disarray.

‘No way… … . No. That can’t be true. But—’

My thoughts continued on and on.

“But since you, Rubystan, are innocent, I will warn you once.”

Why did Nicaea mention Rubistan?

“At least I’ll be able to search for it alone.”

If it is revealed that the Empress attempted to harm the Emperor, it will inevitably have repercussions for Rubistan as well.

So that doesn’t mean that Rubystan isn’t involved in the incident.

“Do you think I didn’t know until Evans told me?”

Nicaearsha knew more information than expected.

I don’t even know how they cured the emperor.

‘You… … know that?’

The moment the empress wiped her pale face.

“Moby.”

The Empress was startled by the voice she heard from behind her and sat up.

Rubystan was looking at her with a strangely hard face.

“Rubistan?! How is this place… … .”

“Is it true that Mobi tried to harm the Emperor?”

“what?”

“The Emperor was between life and death, and Mikarin wasn’t healed properly. Was it all Moby’s doing?!”

Rubystan’s eyes were red.

He was clearly angry with the First Empress.

The First Empress was perplexed by the behavior of her son, who was always affectionate and never talked back to her.

She scolded her son with a frown.

“Did you eavesdrop on my conversation with the princess?”

“Does that matter now!”

Rubystan, who had shouted, exhaled harshly.

“How could you—!!”

Rubystan couldn’t bring himself to continue speaking.

His eyes became even redder.

Now, the light was closer to despair than anger.

“… …Rubistan.”

“Yes, to make me emperor. I know. Moby always said so.”

“… … .”

“I also want to become emperor. That’s why I didn’t rebel much against Moby’s words.”

Rubystan raised his head and glared at the First Empress.

“Because I want to gain the Emperor’s approval and succeed him!”

“… … .”

“Because I want to have the rights and responsibilities that are due to me as the eldest son of the Emperor.”

“… … .”

“That’s why I want to realize the future of the empire I’ve dreamed of and give my people a better life.”

Rubystan’s voice was shaking uncontrollably due to uncontrollable emotions.

“Can someone who killed his own father, who couldn’t even handle the succession to the throne, lead the people? He is nothing more than a murderer who has committed an unfilial act!”

“……no.”

The Empress muttered softly and shook her head.

“The Emperor… is not your father.”

“……yes?”

His always boyish face now had cracks.

A truth that I suddenly learned, one that I could not believe.

“A lie… … right? What kind of joke are you… … . Why on earth… … .”

Rubystan simply could not accept it.

1The empress bit her lip.

‘If Nicaearsha knew about Rubistan’s birth, it was only a matter of time.’

It would be better for me to reveal it with my own mouth.

Because I was planning on telling you someday anyway.

“Listen carefully, Rubystan, my son.”

1The empress held her son’s shoulder tightly.

“You are not of the seed of Pasquale. You are a person of Ashura, descended from the blood of Ashura, my great motherland.”

Rubystan stared blankly at the First Empress.

Eyes of the same color as his were shining brightly.

Infused with a strange madness.

“And our Ashrea will cut off Pasquale’s blood and rule the empire.”

* * *

1 After leaving the Empress’s private rest room.

I let out a small sigh.

‘The original plan was to expose the First Empress’s infidelity at the banquet hall.’

Unlike viruses, for which we have yet to find evidence, the affair was very clear.

‘Because Rubystan is the evidence.’

All members of the royal family undergo paternity testing at birth.

I don’t know how I got out of it then, but it won’t be possible this time.

Unlike in the past when it was a formality, this time everyone will be watching with wide eyes.

‘It would have been better to let Rubistan know right away that he was a cuckoo’s son, so as not to give him any room to escape.’

After examining Rubystan in the banquet hall, I changed my mind.

I brought the results of the investigation back before my eyes.

– Name: Rubystan Pasquale

…

– Family Relationships: Katrin (biological mother), Ruscal (biological father), Lexina (half-sister)

– Human Relationships: Tiberiussen (Father) …

The ‘Family Relations’, which recorded only objective facts, did not include the emperor’s name.

but.

‘In ‘human relationships’ that reflect one’s will, the emperor is the father.’

Rubystan truly considers the Emperor as his father.

‘Rubistan doesn’t know that the Emperor is not his biological father.’

It was a palace banquet where all the nobles gathered, not just any other place.

This is also the situation where my father just came back alive.

I could never say, “You’re not really your father’s son.”

‘I don’t know… … why should a child be hurt by the dirty infidelity of adults?’

No, in this case the wound is not the problem.

‘Rubistan is dead too.’

I was a little annoyed when Rubystan asked me to marry him, but it wasn’t a fatal mistake.

He didn’t use dirty numbers to separate me and Iskalion, and although he wasn’t perfect as a prince, he was a decent person in his own right.

“after…….”

Rubystan’s life is really strange.

As I raised my head with that thought, the results of the investigation that had been put up were strange.

– Human Relations: Tiberiussen (A■ji)

The letters were blurry and wavy.

The rest of the text is intact, except for the part where the Emperor is written as ‘Father’.

– Human Relations: Tiberiussen (■■ji)

– Human Relations: Tiberiussen (■Virge)

The moment when the blurry letters become clear again.

– Human Relations: Tiberiussen (■■■)

The letters were completely obscured by darkness.

No matter how long I waited, it didn’t become clear again.

‘what……?’

‘Human relationships’ reflect the opinions of the parties involved.

In other words,

‘Has Rubystan’s feelings towards the Emperor changed?’

A moment of pause, a moment of stiffening.

I heard a pervert’s panting sound behind me.

“Gasp, gasp, haa, Princess. Gasp gasp, you’re here… … . Haa, gasp gasp! Phew, haa… … .”

I was so scared that I swung my fist.

“Ouch! Why, why are you hitting me?!”

The pervert looked at me, crying, his face covered.

When I looked again, it was someone familiar.

“… … Leonard? Weren’t you with Aiden at the carriage waiting area?”

I frowned.

“You wouldn’t have let Aiden and Evans into the palace, would you? The Empress is right there—”

“Oh my, if two people had come, would I have been out of breath looking for the princess?”

Leonard waved his hand.

“If it were those two, the master would have found them right away, like a pervert.”

I couldn’t bring myself to tell Leonard that he was more of a pervert.

“So, what’s going on? So urgently?”

“There is no external communication stone inside the inner palace. That is why Lord Serkael contacted me.”

“Serkael?”

At my question, Leonard looked around.

And then he lowered his voice and whispered in my ear.

“Gasp, gasp gasp… … .”

“Could you please hide your face and whisper to me?”

“Oh, sorry.”

After catching his breath for a moment, Leonard whispered again.

“I figured out how to get back the princess’s magic potion.”

“… … !”

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