Am I a Saint? No, I’m the Villainess!

HORROR TEA PARTY

The season was spring.


The Chevalie family’s courtyard.

Glittering water danced around the white goddess statue. It was said that the newly made fountain was completed today.


This. This goddess statue. It’s the fountain where Iris was drowned by Nigel…


The scene she saw in the game came to her mind vividly, and Iris stiffened. She really liked the despairing face of the Villainess Iris, but she couldn’t smile when she thought that she would be like that.


“Right? It’s nice, yeah? Father and I thought about it together hoping that it would make Iris feel better. It seems that the rare black iris will bloom soon.”


Iris was taken aback by Nigel’s innocent smile. With a shallow exhale, she finally smiles back. However, her smile was clearly strained.


“Iris?”

“I-it’s lovely.”


Someone praise me for not letting my voice crack, Iris thought.


I don’t want to have tea looking at the place where I’ll die.


For the time being, she nodded and the bell on her neck chimed.


As though she was a cat.


She thought it was annoying, but for the time being she kept that to herself. It was Iris’ father who placed this choker on his baby girl. Her mother gleefully wore an even more luxurious choker, a clear symbol of father’s love. Iris, who grew up watching it, was also happy to wear it.


She didn’t notice it until now, but it was like a mark of ownership.


Mother loved it and was happy about it, but Iris, who had revived the common sense of modern people, thought it was nothing more than a burden. No matter how she thinks, she grew up in such a family environment that made Nigel want to put chains on the heroine.


Normally, no matter how strong the bond is, they won’t go that far.


“Iris, your complexion has improved a lot.”


Marquess Chevalie smiled with a cheerful face. She is the mother of Iris and Nigel. Around the neck of her voluptuous body, a gorgeous choker that shone with extravagance was wrapped. Aillis’ charm differed from Iris’, covered as it was with genuine sapphires and diamonds.


“Yes.”

“Then, can you go to a tea party soon?”

“Tea party…is it?”

“It’s a tea party at the royal palace hosted by the second prince.”


Iris took a breath. The first tea party at the royal palace, where the sons and daughters of nobles who turned thirteen were invited. It was common for nobles in this world to make their debut at a tea party at the royal palace at the age of thirteen, and enter the royal academy at the age of fifteen.

Before Iris contracted smallpox, she was looking forward to being invited to the tea party. But she couldn’t feel that way now. Because the second capture target is in the royal palace.


Honestly, give me a break! I already think I can’t avoid becoming the villainess in Nigel’s route! Because we’re siblings, right? So, you know, I can’t afford to be the villainess for another one too. It’s best not to meet!


“Do I have to go?”


Marquess Chevalie smiled sweetly.


“There’s no need to worry. Nigel will go with you. Nigel is on good terms with His Highness, so it’ll be alright. You are the same age as His Highness, so you’ll get along just fine.”


Iris felt her cheeks twitch. Even if, to her mother, those words were just genuine consideration, all it did was put more pressure on her.


“But I’m sick.”

“Oh my, aren’t you quite healthy? I also heard you’re exercising.”


The self-defense practice called the Lady’s Taste that she resumed to regain physical strength backfired.


“But I also have smallpox scars and it’s embarrassing.”

“Aren’t you glad there aren’t any on your face? No one will know if you hide your hands. I’ll have some pretty gloves made for you to hide the scars.”


Mother isn’t the type to listen…


Iris gave up.


“… Thank you. Mother.”

　　　
Iris lowered her head with a small voice.







The day of the tea party at the royal palace.


Iris wore elaborate white lace gloves that covered her hands and arms. The dress was a shade of deep blue that Marquis de Chevalie was fond of. Around her neck, a thick black velvet ribbon, with a bell on the iris charm. Her hair was half-up with a large ribbon at the top. Mother may have chosen what Iris wore, but the taste was catered to her father. Mother’s concern is only ever how to please Father.


“Iris. I’ll give this to you.”


On the way out, her father handed her a dagger with Iris’ coat of arms, a so-called kaiken.


This! This is the item that will stab the heroine!! It’s appearing here?! Isn’t it too early?


Iris suddenly stiffened.


“You are the daughter of the honorable March of Chevalie. If something dishonorable is about to happen, protect yourself with this.”


What could possibly be dishonorable at a royal tea party.


As expected, there won’t be such a thing as beheading like a Japanese samurai. In the first place, it’s impossible to decapitate with a dagger. At most, it can cut through an artery.


Iris shook her head while thinking. No good, no good, it’s dangerous to think about erasing them right away. Thinking you can do it is no good. Or rather, doing it is no good.


“Father? Isn’t this too much for the tea party in the royal palace?”

“It’s not too much. That’s why you learned it, right? It’s meaningless if you can’t use it in an emergency. Always be vigilant.”


Marquis Chevalie looked at his wife. His wife also smiled back.


“That’s right, Iris. I have one too, yes? It’s just an amulet.”


Having been told that firmly, Iris reluctantly picked up the dagger.


Yes, this is an amulet. Not a weapon! Armor! It’s okay as long as you don’t use it in a bad way!


Iris said to herself. She must not accidentally stab someone to death.





Head to the royal palace by horse-drawn carriage. The escorting Nigel was wearing a safe gray suit. There was no bell attached to Nigel. Iris envied him.


Haa……. Today I’ll surely meet the second capture target who follows the『Love Within a Cage』route, the second prince, His Highness Rezeda…


Until now, she had avoided meeting him by chance, but this time it was a tea party hosted by Prince Rezeda. Greetings are inevitable.


On top of that, both her parents had repeatedly told her to get on good terms with Prince Rezeda. They kept saying sweetly that if it was Iris, it would be fine. She wondered if it was because they seriously thought that their child was that cute.


In fact, Iris in the game was Prince Rezeda’s fiancée. Even now, she still had the potential to become his fiancée. However, Iris, who suspected that she might lose her fiancé in-game, had bullied the heroine. And from that flow, in the bad ending, she stabbed the heroine to death.


The second capture target, Prince Rezeda de Geia, is a handsome man with hair and eyes of the same coral-like shade, reminiscent of spring. No matter what, he would always have a sparkling smile that anyone would love. He was kind to everyone, and even to Iris’ selfish and irreverent attitude that made you want to say, “What are you saying to the prince!?” he still responded kindly.


Even in-game, he was popular among women, or rather, he was a bit of a womanizer. But since he’s a feminist and kind to everyone, he was unusually well liked.


However, it was the prince’s dissatisfied heart that led to his actions. Being intelligent, he understood that they were making a fuss just because he was a prince, and he learned to show a good face to everyone.


On top of that, after his brother’s death, he became the crown prince and learned how the attitudes of those around him could change so dramatically, and he could no longer truly trust the people who approached him. He could not get attached to a particular woman, and he could not believe in his fiancée.


However, the prince’s heart was shaken by the appearance of the heroine who wasn’t bound by social status. He was attracted to the saintess Camille, who treated everyone equally, whether it was a prince or a townie. Uneasy about being suddenly thrown into the aristocratic society, Camille found peace of mind in the prince’s absolute protection, as well as in the suffocating love he poured into her. And so, the two of them fell.


In the Merry Bad End, the heroine is asked by the prince to vow to devote her life to the kingdom as a saintess, and serve as the prince’s wife without stepping out of the prayer tower. It’s a prettier way to say ‘confinement’.


However, it was decided that it would look bad for a saintess to steal someone’s fiancé to become a princess, so the heroine could not formally become a princess. In place of the heroine, Iris, who has her voice removed, becomes a decorative princess. It’s the only route where Iris doesn’t get killed.


As a princess who continues to wait for her husband who never visits her without saying a word. Iris, who watched the happy couple resentfully with her eyes full of tears. That expression was magnificently beautiful. However.


Absolutely not! Whether it’s stabbing someone or having my voice taken away, I don’t want it!! I will never get engaged!


If you get engaged, the ruin flag will be raised. She didn’t know how the engagement was concluded, since it wasn’t depicted in the game, but the prince didn’t behave like he liked Iris. If she had to say it, he treated her as though she was someone else’s business.


If not between houses, she thought it was probably an engagement Iris had appealed for.


It’s too bad for father and mother, but I’m the one who’s disliked!


At this time when the engagement story hasn’t been brought up yet, if the prince shows reluctance, then it won’t lead to a betrothal. As expected, it’s obvious that the prince’s opinion weighs more than Iris’ feelings. For the time being, there’s no problem if he hates it. That was what Iris decided.