I Didn't Mean To Save The Villain

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Chapter 13 – I Started Monitoring the Villains (1)

‘I hope Leopold grows up well as a wise, mature gentleman.’

Worried for his future development because of elders in his family, Cecilia continued to anticipate the supporting characters of the novel she read.

The ceremony continued as the remaining three Duchy greeted, followed by the Marches.

‘Scarlet and Lucifeus’s family are both Marches, this is only the beginning.’

She felt giddy.

What Cecilia was looking forward to most was the family of Scarlet, the Gables March. The Marquis, a powerful nobleman, was an influential figure in the aristocratic faction.

In one of the scenes in the original, on the downfall of Scarlet, Gables instigated a rebellion against the Imperial Family.

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‘They seemed to be the perfect villainous family. Scarlet was described as a great cold beauty, will I be able to witness it?’

As if the world knew what she wanted, Marquis Gables was right in front of her and bowed.

“I send my greetings to the Marquis of Gables, the owner of Gables, Anderson, and Everett.”

“I wish the Imperial Family a blessed New Year.”

“May your New Year’s be blessed, too.”

As she glanced at Marquis Gables as they stepped forward, her attention was caught by someone behind him.

The direct and immediate descendants of the Marquis followed suit, and they bowed in greeting with their hands on their chests or the hem of their skirts.

She pretended a smile, greeted them back through the expression of her eyes, and while looking through the crowd, she recognized her immediately.

‘It’s…!’

A young lady with bright scarlet hair that was parted in the middle with her hair was curled up behind her ears.

She elegantly raised her head after the greeting and soon her dazzling beauty faced me.

‘Scarlet!’

Cecilia marveled at the elegance and poise Scarlet emitted while still only twelve years old.

‘As expected of someone who will soon dominate high society.’

Even though Cecilia did not know someone her own age except Leopold, she could easily identify Scarlet’s undeniable grace.

She looked strangely obedient, maybe it was because standing next to her was her older brother who was teasing her.

‘Perhaps it was because I know Scarlet’s future.’

Scarlet was two years older than Leopold and Cecilia, and she would become the top socialite several years after the original story begins.

There was no question that her beauty was impeccable, and on top of that Marquis Gable had high prestige and wealth.

Because Scarlet openly announced she had feelings for the young duke of Aulenbach, the other young ladies did not dare to get close to him.

The only obstacle that the two were facing was that their family was each other’s nemesis, so both waited to set up a political settlement to eventually agree on a political marriage.

‘In the end, her dream of a bright future with Leopold was all just a fluke.’

Due to this, Scarlet remained single in the original, despite passing her marriageable age of twenty-four.

‘How frustrated must she be to witness Amelie, a lady who has no family or possessing any abilities, receive the love of the man she adored?’

So the concept that the woman’s enemy was also a woman was applied toward the heroine’s concept… was Scarlet.

It was precisely the reason why VGT was Cecilia’s guilty pleasure.

A woman’s enemy is a woman, what ancient concept was that?

‘Whatever her reason for doing so, she shouldn’t have bullied other people… Was it true that regardless of someone’s upbringing, it’s all useless when it comes to love?’

Cecilia was lost in thought at the sight of Scarlet’s beauty.

‘In contrast to Amelie, I imagined something like a young lady who was ferocious.’

But as she faced Scarlet… It was different from what she had expected. She was elegant and you could immediately tell that she belonged to a high-ranking aristocratic family based on the numerous rofan she had read in her previous life.

‘How Leopold missed this poor lady…’

It was at that moment when Cecilia was engrossed in her admiration for Scarlet and even complained to the author of VGT inside her head.

‘Hmm?’

She momentarily panicked as their eyes met.

The nobles so far have only praised Cecilia’s beauty with their eyes full of admiration and wonder the moment they saw Cecilia’s face up close, however Scarlet’s case was…

‘Does she… dislike me?’

She was experiencing eyes full of hostility for the first time since becoming Cecilia.

It was difficult to tell because they were far away from each other, however, with her narrowed forehead and one-raised eyebrow… She must be.

She felt scared to receive the unexpected hostility.

‘Does she already have feelings toward Leo at this point in time?’

It was a common story within social circles that Leopold often went to the Imperial Palace as my friend.

Scarlett’s narrowed brow couldn’t be stretched out until the end of her father’s blessing, and the members of the Marquis Gables resigned.

After the ceremony, Cecilia aimlessly allowed her eyes to wander as she watched the attendees leave the audience room.

‘She’ll stick to Scarlet later in the story and gossip about Amelie to her. Oh, that boy with the blonde hair… He’s the son of Earl Grentwood, the kid who was obsessed with Amelie and challenged Leo to a duel’

There were all young ladies who would later on make Amelie’s social life in the capital difficult, girls who would wage a nerve war with Leopold against Amelie, and people who would shame Amelia just because she was from a Barony in the outskirts yet drew the attention of the young duke.

‘He’s a fake. He’s real. He’s… uh, I’ll hold off my judgment for the meantime.’

When Cecilia first decided to assist with Leopold and Amelie’s love story, the first thing she’d done was to classify all the people who will bring them harm.

If their evil doings deepen because of their feelings for the leads, they are considered the real villains, and if they only do useless frustrating stuff they are considered a fake villain.

‘I’d just have to stop the fake villains from doing evil.’

For example, the real villain was the one who made Amelia a loner so that she could run into Leopold.

The person who intercepted Leopold’s letter and made them misunderstand was a fake villain.

‘Will the leads ever need the time to misunderstand each other? They needed to walk toward their flower path as soon as possible.’

If she watches and convinces fake villains in advance, she will be able to stop their evil deeds.

“Scarlet’s misdeeds are mostly considered as a fake villain, and when it comes to the real villain,”

At the end of her thought, she thought of another child who she was expected to meet.

‘Why isn’t he here? Isn’t he already ten?’

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