Get ahead of the fallen heroine and make the minotaur the victim.

She was still thinking about whether she should let Noah go and not bother with him!

Damn it! This matter is definitely not over! He must be punished!!!

Although Valentina's dissatisfaction and even resentment were directed at Noah, no one except her knew that Noah was sitting there just now.

So in the eyes of outsiders, it was obvious that Valentina was surrounded and had no way to escape, so she was ready to fight to the death and take away as many people as possible!

"What are you doing! Just surrender, you fake bastard! The honor of Her Highness Valentina cannot be tarnished by you!"

Except for the captain, all the knights were frightened by her and drew their swords in a fighting stance.

Seeing that Valentina had obviously treated him as a fake and couldn't explain herself, she made a big note in the little notebook in her heart!

She would never forgive Noah even if he apologized! She would definitely let him experience this bad feeling! Absolutely!

40. This really made the princess laugh

Knowing that explanation was useless, Valentina gave up on explaining.

Instead, when the knights were nervous and didn't know whether to use force directly, they immediately looked at the knight captain who was leading the team.

"Alva, which noble family was attacked by the prisoner disguised as me?"

"…It's the Marquis Clemens's, Your Highness."

The others mistook Valentina for the wrong person due to wrong information, emotions and Valentina's own behavior, but the knight captain who led the team was also a veteran, so he quickly realized that the person in front of him was her.

So he immediately placed his right arm diagonally across his chest and bowed to Valentina, while signaling his subordinates to quickly put away their half-drawn swords.

The knights who now understood what was going on immediately saluted like the captain.

They were now beginning to get nervous in other ways.

After all, if it were any other royal family, they would definitely be bullied, because they treated the object of their loyalty as a criminal.

It was all the fault of those two excited noble sons. If they hadn't seen the prisoner from a distance and said they saw him, they wouldn't have been led away.

The knights are regretting their decision so much now. They should not have agreed to let the two families come with them.

“…It turned out to be the Marquis Clemens’s family.”

Hearing that it was worse than she expected, Valentina couldn't help but sigh.

You know, the Marquis Clemens' family is one of the most powerful noble families in the kingdom. No wonder they specially sent out the Knights to investigate.

“…Okay, let’s go back to the scene and let me explain it myself.”

"Yes, Your Highness."

Although she had a headache, so painful that she even wanted to bite some irresponsible evil god immediately, Valentina still cheered herself up and walked in the direction where the knights came from.

"Uh…"

The two noble sons who had originally planned to arrest Valentina no longer had their previous arrogance, for fear of being targeted by Valentina.

Fortunately, Valentina didn't have time to deal with them at this time. She casually called out their names and asked them to continue leading the way, and she didn't seem to intend to make things difficult for them.

The two looked at each other and had no other choice but to do as they were told.

Just like that, not much different from when they came, the group walked in the opposite direction.

But this time it was Valentina who led the team. Her character and leadership qualities, which had been forcibly trained by Noah in recent times, made it feel natural for her to walk right in front of the knights.

In this way, the group returned to the starting point.

——The Marquis’s mansion in the royal capital.

The Marquis's residence was just as grand as Prince Maury's private residence, but if anything, there were far more people waiting for her than she had expected.

When she revealed her identity as the second princess of the kingdom and asked to meet the Marquis himself, who happened to be at the Marquis's house in the royal capital, it was not the Marquis himself who came out.

Rather, it was the younger generation of six different noble families.

From marquis to baron, seven or eight people from the six major families stood in the hall together, but they didn't seem to want to say hello to Valentina.

It was clear that something seemed to be wrong.

Even the two noble sons who were leading the way and who had been so nervous in front of Valentina before, now seemed to have found their organization. They hurriedly quickened their pace and began to be arrogant again as if they had found a backer.

The expression when they looked at Valentina was full of resentment.

This left Valentina completely confused, but she had no choice but to go ahead with it.

What else could she do? It was Noah who caused her trouble.

It’s nothing, she deserves it.

"You all seem really aggressive, but I'm not a fake. I'm the real Valentina."

In fact, Valentina also knew that the other party knew it, but she didn't know where to start, so she had to start from here.

"We are of course very clear that it is you, Your Highness. It is you we are looking for."

The representative who spoke was the handsome man standing in the middle, who was probably in his late 20s. He was the eldest son of the Marquis Clemens, named Leonard.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will inherit his father's noble title and become the next Marquis Clemens. He is one of the leaders of the current younger generation.

Leonard is the kind of scheming man who always smiles, but at this moment he can't smile. His expression is serious and even a little ugly.

Therefore, Valentina began to feel that things might be much worse than she had expected.

"Is that so? What happened? By the way, what happened to Mr. Raymond? Why didn't he come out with us?"

Valentina looked carefully at the young nobles standing opposite her and found that Leonard's younger brother Raymond was not there. He was the man who had spoken to her when she was walking in the palace this morning and was walking with Prince Mori.

So she just asked out of courtesy, but she didn't expect Leonard's already bad expression to become even worse, and someone on the other side reacted quite violently.

“Your Highness! How dare you mention Raymond’s matter! You were the one who ordered the thugs who looked almost like you to attack Raymond and my brother Bowen, right?”

The one who responded before Leonard was a red-haired noblewoman who was slightly older than Valentina. She looked quite angry and completely disregarded her image as a rich girl. She roared fiercely at Valentina.

"what?"

Valentina was really confused now.

what does it mean?

Bowen should be the fat noble son who was grabbed by the neck by the evil god last time, right? Why does his name appear here?

Could it be that the evil god distorted the vision of the people around her, making them think that the people who committed the thugs were stand-ins who looked almost exactly like her?!

Since they were not completely clueless, Valentina's face turned pale with shock, and because of her reaction, the young nobles came to this conclusion, which they did not know where it came from.

"As expected, Your Highness! That thug is actually your substitute, right? This is too much! We did nothing wrong! Do you really want to be in the spotlight?!"

As if he had grasped Valentina's weakness, Leonard immediately began to stand on the moral high ground and began to accuse Valentina of acting on her own and treating them as villains for the sake of fame.

"That's right! Your Highness, you should learn more about being a lady!"

"It's not proper to brandish a sword or a gun! You're embarrassing all of us!"

At this time, other noble sons also joined in the condemnation.

Valentina just thought about Noah for a while, but by the time she noticed it, she was already being criticized by everyone.

She felt that if she let the other party continue talking, she would be blamed for the conspiracy, so she quickly raised her hand to signal these noisy guys to quiet down for a while.

"Wait a minute! Who told you that the thug who looks like me is in the same group with me?"

Her Royal Highness the Princess felt that although the evil god was annoying, it was enough for him to do bad things in her image. It shouldn't be necessary to describe the two of them as a duo in cahoots. There might be some hidden story behind this.

Unexpectedly, she got the answer immediately just by asking.

And this time, the person who answered her was a more important figure than the Marquis Clemens's family.

"Oh, isn't it? Valentina, your acting is really good. It's just a pity that your plan to portray the nobles who don't stand on your side as the evil party and then uphold justice to gain the favor of the people has been completely exposed! Why don't you just admit it here!"

It was the voice of a young woman coming from the second floor. The voice was gentle and pleasant, but it also carried an unquestionable sense of strength.

She was a gorgeous blonde beauty, her blazing blue eyes filled with confidence. She had a noble aura that seemed to overwhelm everything around her. She was a stunning beauty like the moon surrounded by stars.

She is the real core figure of this group of noble sons, another princess, Valentina's half-sister Delia.

This was actually a trap set by Delia herself, and her purpose was of course to destroy Valentina's prestige.

What she wanted was to see her arrogant sister's stunned and uncomfortable expression at this moment.

Humph! That's right! You realize you were tricked! You realize you were tricked but you can't do anything about it and you feel bad! This is the price you pay for stealing my limelight!

Standing on the red carpet leading to the first floor from the second floor, Delia, dressed in a white royal dress, was like a queen, proudly waving the exquisite fan in her hand, looking down at her loser-like sister. She was so happy that she felt extremely satisfied.

However, what Delia didn't know was that although Valentina was surprised by her existence, the fundamental reason why Valentina couldn't control her expression at this moment was actually Noah who was behind her.

Noah relied on the fact that only Valentina could observe him, and laughed arrogantly behind Delia:

"Hahaha! You didn't expect that, Your Highness! This time, I teamed up with this guy! Because I suddenly feel that the blonde princess is the orthodox one! And your sister is also a remarkable beauty, especially her hands in exquisite white gloves are really charming! I suddenly think it would be nice to let her replace you and become my toy in the future!"

This was of course just a lie from Noah, and an obviously bad woman like Delia couldn't even touch Valentina's toes.

But because this would only anger Valentina even more and increase her dislike for him, Noah didn't care so much.

“Ha, ha ha ha! Really? Is that you, onee-sama?”

At this time, Valentina had been misled by Noah and mistakenly identified Delia as someone else targeted by the evil god.

It was a pity to think that Noah chose his sister Delia, who had almost no other advantages except her beauty, over himself.

Valentina was also so angry that she lowered her head and laughed.

The laughter was so chilling that it frightened everyone else present.

Huh? Didn't Valentina, the illegitimate princess, always smile or give in to Princess Delia's ridicule and teasing?

So what's this terrifying aura that makes people want to tremble instinctively?

41. It’s your turn next! Onee-sama!

Valentina didn't have a good relationship with her other siblings, but that didn't mean she didn't know what they were like.

Just like Prince Mori, who is proud of his royal bloodline and extremely arrogant, Prince Mori's elder sister Princess Delia is also a woman who considers herself more noble than anyone else.

Delia not only likes the feeling of being the center of attention, but also has a certain degree of cleanliness obsession and wears long silky white gloves most of the time.

In addition, she also particularly likes beautiful jewelry, loves dressing up, likes standing in high places, and likes to be praised and admired.

And most importantly, she can't stand others shining brighter than herself.

Even though he, like most other nobles, looked down on common people, he still wanted to be respected by the common people he looked down upon.

She couldn't bear to see that Valentina, who didn't have much princess airs, was more popular than herself.

A big reason why Valentina originally planned to leave the capital to go on an adventure was because of her tolerance for Delia.

After all, she is the legitimate eldest daughter of the queen, and is not on the same level as a bastard princess like her whose mother passed away long ago.

But Valentina really didn't expect that Delia, who was already dissatisfied with her, was actually instigated by the evil god and was no longer satisfied with the ridicule during the meeting, but was planning to take concrete actions.

Good, good, that’s really good!

A sister with a bad temper and an evil god with an even worse temper got together, right?

All the annoying guys have gathered together, so she can justifiably deal with them all at once!

Let the evil god know that he can also make mistakes!

It just so happened that she also wanted to see the unwilling look on the evil god's toy's face when it was completely defeated by her!

Faced with an almost overwhelmingly unfavorable situation, Valentina was so motivated because she had a clear goal that she even laughed out loud.

What? She can’t deal with the evil gods, and now she can’t deal with humans?

Valentina, who had always been dissatisfied with Noah's reckless behavior, now found an outlet for her anger because defeating Delia would be a slap in Noah's face, and directed all her resentment towards Noah at Delia.

But this cannot be blamed on Valentina, because in fact Noah is now standing behind Delia and using her as a shield.

"Why, why, you're not convinced?"

Delia was totally surprised that her sister, who usually didn't dare to be rude to her, would dare to question her.

Is Valentina so strong?

Delia, who was almost overwhelmed by her sister's aura, quickly remained calm and asked back in a tough manner, also displaying the aura of a princess.

But even if she spoke the same way as Noah, Delia couldn't give Valentina the same feeling of powerlessness that Noah felt. Instead, she wanted to make Valentina laugh.