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

A few days later.

Randall and his men were to set out for the foothills of the Magellan Mountains, where the witch Marble was believed to live.

Cyril and King Verhund offered to move their armies, but Randall and his men refused softly and decided to go on their own.

According to Orion, the witch Marble was eccentric and disliked people, and might disappear if the army went to her.

There is a railway line running from a town a little north of the royal capital of Verhund, Azaruth, to a town near the border with Saladora, which is much quicker to reach than travelling by wagon, so Randall and his men chose the railway as their means of transport and decided to head first for a town north of Azaruth.

The railway industry has been attracting attention in Grastona in recent years, and is gradually being introduced, with a short railway line running from the royal capital to the port of Avilia, for example, but Verhund is at the forefront of this trend.

There are many challenges, such as the need to gain the understanding of the lords and subjects of the area where the railway is to be built, including the need to lay tracks over a wide area, but once widespread, it will make travelling around the country much easier.

In fact, it takes less than a week to travel from Azaruth to a town near the Magellan Mountains by rail, where it would take more than a month by horse-drawn carriage.

“I haven’t been on a train since the opening ceremony last year.”

Cyril, who had somehow managed to catch up with them, said as he unfolded the map in the carriage on the way to the town where the railway station was located.

Sophia and D’Artagno are at home and Isolte is not following them because she is staying with Sophia.

Cyril had told him that it was certainly necessary to have a guide to move around Verhund, but it would have been better if the prince hadn’t bothered to come with him, but Cyril seems to feel responsible for what happened. Indeed, none of this would have happened if Cyril had not made Sophia pretend to be his girlfriend in the first place, but without D’Artagno, who was looking for a role as Cyril’s lover, Sophia might have sunk to the bottom of the sea, which complicated things for Randall.

There’s only one train service a day. From now, I guess we will have to catch the one leaving tomorrow afternoon.”

The train is a sleeper type and will take about five and a half days to reach a town near the Magellan Mountains.

“But I can take you as far as the Magellan Mountains, but beyond that – I don’t know where this witch Marble is but …….”

“I have a pretty good idea where she is, but …… witches are fickle, so I won’t know if she’s there at this time of year until we get there”.

Orion’s shoulders slumped.

Orion, who had played Grastona Snow in a previous life, only knew where the witch Marble lived two years after the game began. That is the forest at the foot of the Magellan Mountains. So it is not necessarily the case that the witch is currently living there.

However, Cyril and Carnelia’s engagement fiasco was originally supposed to be two years later. Considering that it is happening now, and that Carnelia had the love potion that was originally supposed to be used two years later, she treads on the high possibility that Marble is there.

‘But that witch, in the game, hated Keira and made all sorts of unreasonable demands on her. Even if we could meet her, I doubt she would honestly give us the antidote. ……’

‘But I can’t leave Sophia like this. I never thought that Carnelia would give Sophia a love potion instead of Cyril.

I wonder if it’s because Sophia is a reincarnated person or because she married Randall, ……, that the story has changed from the original game storyline. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing’

The end of the story is starting to occur, like the attempt on her life on the Queen Amiriana, and the doom endings that didn’t befall the original villainess Sophia – it may be somewhat of a stretch to say that, but it is clear that there are people who want to wipe Sophia out of the picture. But it is certain that there is someone who is so alienated from Sophia that he wants to wipe her out. And that is…

‘Probably Keira’

It’s as if the heroine and the villainess have been swapped, Orion sighed softly.

It takes about ten hours by carriage from the royal city of Azaruth.

They arrived in Raphael, a town with a railway station terminating at Iones, a town near the Magellan Mountains.

The railway connects Raphael to Iones, passing through three stations along the way.

Randall and his team spent the night in Raphael and boarded the train before noon the next day.

Cyril had apparently talked to them in advance, and they were given first-class cabins. Of course, as they were on a train, the first-class rooms were small. However, the interior was luxurious, with a soft carpet on the floor and the walls covered with thick cloth that served as insulation. The beds, too, were narrow in width but long in length, with enough room for a tall man to stretch his legs.

Cyril had prepared four first-class rooms, including one for Orion and Johannes. Though he feels indebted to Sophia, it’s a pretty good treatment.

The ride was not as comfortable as the bullet trains of his previous life, due to the inevitable rattling of the road surface, but Orion was fully satisfied with the fluffy seats and the inner layers. Above all, the train has service staff dedicated to first-class cabins, who can prepare not only meals but also tea and snacks.

(TL: Don’t forget that Orion is actually a lady disguising as a man)

‘It would have been great if this had been a trip!’

The purpose of this trip was not something to be cheerful about, but to think how happy Sofia would have been if she had been here is a sad thought.

The painter Raqqa, whom Arena hired, would probably have been very happy to be here and would have been able to make good paintings.

The painter, Raqqa, had been sent back to Grastona ahead of the others during the commotion when Sophia fell into the sea. This was because couldn’t paint at that time when he did not even know whether Sofia was alive or dead.

The storm had kept the ship out of Casals for a while, so they were probably stranded in the town of Casals, but they should be back in Grastona by now. Probably Arena must have heard about Sophia, so she must be worried about her.

‘Oh my God, she gets involved in one thing after another.’

Orion looks out the window while sipping a cup of tea prepared by the train’s service staff.

It’s coal-fuelled, which is too slow for Orion, who knows the technology of his previous life, but it’s not bad to see the idyllic scenery as it flows by. Orion thought he was calm compared to Randall, Cyril and the others, but he was still somewhat impatient with the situation. Looking at the scenery, he finally feels like he can breathe deeply.

Orion drank his tea and, taking advantage of the fact that no one was watching him, he lay back down on his seat.

‘Marble, are you there?’

Praying that Marble would live at the foot of the Magellan Mountains, Orion decided to take a nap until dinner.