The Villainess’ Beloved Plan: The Struggles to Avoid a Doomed End

Shortly after Cyril left the room, Orion arrived.

Sophia was a bit surprised at Orion’s sudden arrival, but she could not turn her away. She wanted to go into the inner room, so she called the maid to make tea for Orion. While the maid prepared the tea, Orion sat down on the sofa and looked around the room curiously.

TL: please don’t forget that Orion is a Woman pretending to be a man

“For a lover of Prince Cyril, there is not much in the room”

“Oh, I’ve only recently arrived at the castle…….”

“Oh, really? Where were you before that?”

“In the town of Rivadel, …….”

“Hmm. Since when?”

“Well, ……, I don’t actually remember much about it. ……”

“Heh.”

Orion dropped a single sugar into the tea and stirred it with a spoon as the maid stepped back after serving the cup of tea.

Sophia also took a seat across from Orion and added milk to her tea.

So? What the hell did you get yourself into? You just deny it. I saw Prince Cyril enter here earlier, So I eavesdropped and I heard a lot of things.”

“…… huh?”

Sophia’s shoulders slumped and she had no choice but to explain the respect she has earned so far. Orion finished listening to Sophia’s story over a cup of tea and smiled at her.

“I knew it! I knew there was something wrong, something fishy. I decided I was going to try to get you to spit it out”.

“What do you mean, ……?”

“I saw Cyril walk out of here, but there was no way I could have overheard him. What nonsense! Do you know how many servants and soldiers hang around in the hallway? If I were to stand at the door and eavesdrop, it would look suspicious.”

“I can’t believe ……….”

Sophia covered her face and sighed.

Orion laughed happily and picked up a cookie that had been prepared for tea.

I assumed that Orion would eventually come to me, but I didn’t think that I would be forced to confess so easily.

“But it’s strange. Even Carnelia has appeared, but it seems to be a bit different from the Cyril route.”

“I told you it’s no laughing matter. We have to do something about Carnelia, or I won’t be released”.

“Carnelia’s a tough nut to crack.”

“I know. I know. But we have to do something fast. We have to do something before Randall finds out. ……”

“Do you have a plan?”

“I’m sure we’ll be fine.”

Sophia shrugs.

‘Cyril has also been trying to think of a way, but He can’t come up with good ideas. In fact, I don’t even know what would be effective, because no matter what we do, we are always in a state of being pushed around by the goodwill. I don’t even know what will work but I’ll take that as a precaution.’

“Does Carnelia have the love portion?’

“I don’t know, but I’m wary of that as well.”

“Why don’t you just give Cyril a love potion and make him and Carnelia hook up?”

“… If that happens, Arena will kill me.”

“That’s right. Cyril is Arena’s favorite Character”

Sophia and Orion both crossed their arms together.

“What should I do to make Carnelia give up?”

“What can we do to make Margherita give up on Cyril-sama?”

At the same time, Carnelia was discussing similar issues with their maid of honor, Sarra.

Sarra, who has been her maid of honor for many years, knows that Carnelia won’t give up on Cyril no matter what. However, Cyril wouldn’t say “yes” to the proposal so easily.

“Isn’t that why you prepared it?”

Carnelia nodded, shaking a small vial of liquid.

The light pink vial was a special medicine that Carnelia had obtained through a certain source – a love potion.

Until a long time ago, there were women called witches in both Saladora and Verhund. Witches, however, did not use mysterious arts that transcended human knowledge. They are more like apothecaries, so to speak, who handle special medicines. Some were poisons and some were good medicines, but the most famous was Carnelia’s “love potion”.

Women called witches have long since disappeared, but many of their legacy medicines remain in secret, unnoticed. Carnelia’s love potion was also something she finally obtained after searching high and low for it.

Indeed, it would be easy to win Cyril’s heart with it. However, she felt that this wouldn’t be a competition for Carnelia anymore. Carnelia would like to have a game(competition) with her “sister,” whom she has just acquired, to fight for the person she loves. It would be her first fight with her sister. Just imagining it was exciting.

However, Sarra says that Margherita-chan will take Cyril away from her if she takes it leisurely. Sister fights are exciting, but if Cyril is taken away, but it would be useless if Cyril was taken away from them.

“That’s my Margherita, indeed. She’s as beautiful as I am,……, ugh, she’s cute, but I can’t give up Cyril-sama.”

“Yes. Margherita is a very beautiful person If you’re not careful, you might lose your footing.”.

“I’m in trouble. ……”

Carnelia thinks as she shakes the vial. ‘I’d like to play the game of fighting for the person I love with Margherita-chan, but I don’t want Cyril to be taken either. But, using this love potion to get Cyril is a little too easy and unsatisfactory, and I also feel sorry for Margherita who will cry because her heart is broken. I brought this only as a last resort, and I would also like to get Cyril by force if possible. Because Carnelia is so beautiful. It should not be impossible to win Cyril’s heart.’

And the answer she came up with was a very outlandish one, as is typical of Carnelia.

“Yes! Margherita-chan should have another lover!”

And if Carnelia gently consoles the heartbroken Cyril, he will notice her charm and find her attractive. Margherita-chan would not be sad either, since she will have a new lover.

“Hmmm, I’m such a genius!”

Carnelia giggled and kissed the vial containing the love potion.

TL: hey guys, due to my busy schedule I wouldn’t be able to update daily anymore. I would be updating twice a week from now on.