Why Did I Become the Villainess?

Yesterday was a rough day for me. The real Csille took over my body and had an argument with Prince Fraser. It was a good thing when I woke up today, I could control my body again. 

The real Csille is too much. Her attitude is really explosive, and her reasoning is so distorted that I, myself, feel irritated at her. When will she grow?

I am about to enter the dining room, but when I see Prince Fraser and Princess Paislee, I immediately turn my back and walk outside the residence where a carriage is waiting. 

I heard Prince Fraser call my name, but I immediately got inside the carriage and asked the coachman to start the carriage. I sighed in relief when Prince Fraser was left staring at the moving carriage I was in.

"Lady Csille, are we going to the training area?" 

I look at the coachman shake my head. "No, just drop me on the main street of the Saiven Kingdom. I'm taking a break from training today."

The coachman nods his head and moves the carriage towards the main street. I cannot go to the training ground, or else I wouldn't have any other choice but to see Prince Fraser. 

After what the real Csille did yesterday? I don't think I still have a face to face Prince Fraser and Princess Paislee. 

This is really unfair. That is the doing of the real Csille, but why am I the only one facing the results of it? 

After a few minutes, the carriage stops on the main street of the Saiven Kingdom. I thanked the coachman first and told him not to say where I was to anyone. 

I don't want to talk to anyone. I just want to unwind. 

I started to walk around the stall on the main street. Although I have been here for a couple of times now but shopping around is definitely a good way to unwind. 

"Miss, do you want some sugar candy?"

I immediately stop on my step and stare at the sugar candy. The last time I ate this was in the Illorian City. Too bad Rufus isn't here, or else he would be the first one to invite me to eat this. 

I take some centimes in my pocket and give them to the vendor. "I want to buy five of it."

The vendor immediately wraps the sugar candies. Fiver candies for the five of us. Prince Fraser, Rufus, Leander, Princess Paislee, and me. Although I don't want to talk to him or to Princess Paislee, I still care for them. 

After taking the sugar candies, I continue strolling around the main street. It feels great to enjoy life. No training. I should make the full of this day. It's not every day I can travel to a different Kingdom. 

I happily check each shop. There are many interesting things they sell here. Some can only be seen in the Saiven Kingdom. 

"Lady Csille?"

I look back and see Prince Joachim smiling widely at me. I frowned when I didn't see any royalties from other Kingdoms. The only person with him is the Yesian guard that is pushing his wheelchair and another two guards that are protecting him. 

Oh, great. Why does every time I want to enjoy a beautiful day alone, someone will interrupts it? I may be the Villainess, but I still need a break here. 

I force a smile. I cannot be rude against a royal from another Kingdom. So, even if I want to walk away from him, I still need to act like I am happy to see him.

"Prince Joachim, it's been days since the last time I saw you," I pretended to look at his back. "It seems like you're alone today."

Prince Joachim shrugs his shoulders. "The royal siblings from the Saiven Kingdom are busy talking with the other representatives. While Prince Wischard is currently talking to the Stozeterra representatives. How about you?" He looks behind me. "It looks like the Princes are not beside you."

"Both Prince Fraser and Prince Rufus are busy training today. The others are busy training too."

Prince Joachim smiled at me. "Are you shopping?" He looks at the sugar candy that I bought.

I nod my head at him. "Yeah, I took a break from training and decided to shop around the Saiven Kingdom. How about you? What are you doing here?" I look at his empty hand and the empty hands of the guards. 

It looks like he didn't come here to shop, but why is he here? 

"Oh, I am actually strolling around first and planning to eat lunch out. Do you need some help in shopping?"

Oh dear, I don't need any help, okay? Although the alliance between the three Kingdoms is a hoax, I still don't feel comfortable when I am with him. But how can I decline him without sounding rude at all?

I sigh. I haven't thought of any excuse that won't offend him. I guess I have to spend my morning with him. I'll just think of a way to shake him off later. For now, I have no other choice but to be with him.

"If it's not bothering you. Why not?" I force a smile at him. Smile Ysavel, you cannot be rude to a Prince of a Kingdom. Smile.

Prince Joachim smiles widely at my response. He then clasps his hand. "Do you have a specific thing you want to buy?"

I shake my head. I never intended to spend too much money on shopping. Although my parents are rich, I still don't think it's right to spend their money on unnecessary things.

"Nothing specific. I'm just strolling around, trying to see if I can find interesting things that I can buy." I said while looking around. I really don't want to interact with him, but I have no other choice.

Prince Joachim puts his hand on his chin. "Interesting things? I think I know a perfect place for you. Come on, follow me. I'll show you something."

Prince Joachim didn't even wait for me to respond. He just asked his guard to push his wheelchair towards a certain direction. Having no choice, I followed them behind. 

Prince Joachim is saying some things about the stalls and the products that we pass through. He is acting like a real tour guide now. And he isn't a Saiven in the first place, but his knowledge about the Saiven Kingdom is really extensive. That signifies how close the Saiven and Yesian Kingdom are. 

Prince Joachim enters an underground building. Two guards who are in the entrance block our way. 

"Who are you? What are you doing here? People who don't have any business here cannot go inside. Stay away!" The guards shout at us.

Prince Joachim looks at one of his guards. The guard immediately takes a token from his pocket and shows it to the guard who blocks us. "This is the Prince of the Yesian Kingdom."

The guards who are guarding the place immediately bow their heads and open the door. "Prince Joachim, please forgive us for our rude behavior. Please, come inside." The guards then look at me. "However, who is the lady with you? Even though she is with you, we still need to know her identity so we can decide if she can enter or not."

I almost want to raise my eyebrow at the guards. What's this a black market? I never thought there was a black market in the Saiven Kingdom. This is really interesting. I'm sure Prince Fraser... I sigh I forgot I am avoiding him. Nevermind.

Prince Joachim looks at me and smile. "This is Lady Csille Lauretré, the Count's daughter and the fiancée of the Crown Prince of the Vrawyth Kingdom. Is that enough reason for you to let her enter?"

The guards immediately bow their heads. "I'm sorry, Lady Lauretré. We didn't recognize you. Of course, you can come inside."

Prince Joachim gestured his hand towards the entrance. "Ladies first, Lady Csille."

I smile at him and walk inside the building. I was shocked that instead of a dark and gloomy place, what welcomed us is a fancy and warm place. It's like a high class market. 

"This is the secret market for the nobles and royalties. Only true born nobles and royals from every Kingdom can enter this market. And most of the things they sell here are rare, and you can only see here. What can you say?"

I force a smile at him. Yeah, it's great to be here and see interesting things, but I never said I want to spend a thousands of centimes in shopping. Although I still have money in me, I still feel guilty spending it on things that isn't a necessity.

"It's great. I didn't expect that the Saiven Kingdom has a market like this." I look around the stall. There's a bookstall here where they sell limited books. 

"You must be Lady Csille Lauretré, the daughter of the Count of Vrawyth Kingdom. What can I do for you, Lady Csille? Are you looking for a book? Most of the books I sell are rare, and you can only find it here. I can give you a big discount. Just choose anything." The vendor said with a smile.

He knows I am Csille Lauretré? Oh, it's because of my hair and my eyes. Only I have this hair and eye color in this world.

I look around the books that are available. I remember my father wants to find a book about the history of the Lauretré family. The Lauretré family is one of the prominent families in this world. Our bloodline came from Generals. My father told me that our ancestors fought with their own life just to save our Kingdom against those people who like to take over it. 

The Lauretré family was so prominent that someone made a book about our family. The writer only made one copy of it, and he gave it to one of our ancestors as a gift. Too bad my ancestors once lost the book on one of his travel, and it was never found. My father was hoping that someone had found it. 

I look at the vendor. "Do you have the book about the Lauretré family?"

The vendor shakes his head. "The long lost book of the Lauretré family? I'm sorry, Lady Csille, but I don't have that book here. It's impossible to find a book like that at this time. I doubt if you can ever find it."

I sigh. I thought I could find it here, but I guess it's really impossible to find a book from thousands of years ago. 

Prince Joachim suddenly holds my hand, and I almost want to smack him to his head. Does this Prince doesn't know that you cannot hold a lady's hand without her consent? That's rude.

"Don't worry, Lady Csille. There's a lot of book shops here. Maybe you can find it on one of those. Come on, smile. Even if we need to check each one of the bookshops here to find that book, I wouldn't mind."

I just shake my head. What the vendor said is right. It's impossible to find a book that was lost a thousand years ago. But that book would help us to know more about our origins. There are only a few scriptures about what happened a thousand years ago. All the books were destroyed by those evil thugs that once conquered the Kingdom before.

If only we could find it. It will help me to know more about Csille. Aside from the history, my father said that there's also a page in that book that is all about the hidden secrets of the Lauretré family. Up until no one in the Lauretré family knows about that secret. 

I need to find that book no matter what.

We continued looking around, but nothing really caught my eyes. Although everything of the things here are limited and rare items but most of it are too useless for me. So, I didn't bother buying one.

Although I enjoy checking each item. All items cost a thousand centimes. Some are even cost a million centimes. 

Who in the right mind will spend that much on an item? 

In the end, I didn't buy anything while Prince Joachim tried to buy me a ruby necklace which I declined, but he still bought it.. Saying he is planning to give it to someone else.