Evil Villainess

"It can't be..." all life seemed to have disappeared in Daisy's face. She looked pale, and her big, once charming eyes widened horribly. The man she loves, Leonid Bertia, was such a bad person?

Daisy then remembered a fact when she and Leonid were at the party when Roxus overthrew the throne. Roxus stood at the altar with her brother Ernacht. The one who had the Sucroten King's head in his hand and a bloody crown on his head.

"Everything is over, Leonid Bertia. I come as karma that you accumulate," said Roxus.

The woman coughed for a moment, and quickly, Ernacht threw the severed head in his hand to the ground and threw away the blood-soaked gloves, then held Roxus from falling.

"Get that disgusting woman out of my sight," said Ernacht. At once, Daisy was dragged back away from the two siblings at the altar.

Daisy didn't understand. What was the real reason Roxus took revenge on her? She was sure it was because Roxus was so jealous of her, who had now become the Crown Princess. But it seemed, for everyone other than herself, that was not the reason.

"Kill me!" King Loriet bent down to save his son. "Leonid made a mistake, but my life should be enough to make amends, right?" asked the man who stood above the whole of Bertia society.

"Hmm, that makes sense," as if interested, Roxus thought to consider it.

Leonid and Loriet saw hope in their eyes.

"Of course, how about you become my First Concubine, as I am the king of this new kingdom, Leonid Bertia?" Roxus asked.

"What?!" Daisy became convinced that the woman was jealous of her. The woman, who was standing far away and being held back by two soldiers, finally understood that Roxus wanted the man she loves just to take revenge on her!

Everyone became silent. Leonid and Loriet were also silent without a word. So that means, Roxus will save their lives if Leonid becomes a Concubine? Lowering the Crown Prince to a Concubine was an unimaginable humiliation, but it would have saved Leonid's life, so for Loriet, that was enough!

As soon as a smile formed on Loriet's face, Roxus suddenly burst out laughing. Her laughter was so loose and sweet, yet terrible because no one laughed apart from her in the hall. Everyone was still tense, and the atmosphere was still stifling.

But hearing Roxus's laughter, Ernacht at her side chuckled too, as if Roxus had just said a joke, and Ernacht couldn't help but laugh anymore. "Ayunda likes to joke at a time like this..." said Ernacht in a voice full of affection.

"Nacht, you saw their expressions, too, right? So funny! They thought I wanted to have Leonid! Ahahahaha!" Roxus patted Ernacht's arm while laughing as if they were joking with each other in this kind of situation.

Daisy was confused again. So it's not because Leonid is the guy Daisy loves? But the fact that Daisy was there alone was enough to make Daisy think that Roxus overthrew Bertia and built Croiso out of her greed.

But then, Roxus's smile, who saw her under the guillotine knife, made Daisy doubtful. Why does Roxus' smile look sad? Why does Roxus look disappointed and regretful? As if their intertwined destinies that were pathetic destinies full of pain wasn't all Roxus' fault, and Roxus herself didn't blame Daisy?

At this point, it was as if all of Daisy's questions had the answer.

"No way..." she whispered again. So all this time, Leonid, the man she loves, was the bad guy? He was the man who tortured his sister to death and a man who was willing to kill a family to achieve his goals?

Increasingly, Daisy's head grew dizzy. First, Hamlet, who was an abusive man who always compares her to Roxus. Then Leonid was a cruel man who was willing to kill innocent people to achieve his goals.

Daisy's heart hardened again. "No way..." her gaze sharpened. There was no way the man she loves was a man like that. This must all be Roxus's plan to spread bad rumours about Leonid. Even in the past, Roxus was the one who spread bad rumours about Daisy, who seduced Hamlet so that they broke off their engagement.

The woman had not changed, she had only become eviler, and in Daisy's mind, it was completely possible. Leonid is the Crown Prince. Why did he want to be a traitor when one day he would become King?

Daisy has decided. She took all her savings, put on her robe, and went out of her house. Ariaster planned to drive her away from the capital, but because of Mischel, she was able to maintain her position in the capital even though she could no longer meet Ariaster. After all, she didn't care about Ariaster. She just wanted to see Leonid. She wanted to tell him about Roxus's cruelty, and what Roxus could do.

The situation was changing so fast, and she did not think the future had changed this drastically. At first, she thought she just needed to wait for the right time to meet Leonid, like when she first met him, naturally so that Leonid would not be suspicious of her. She also didn't want to be known as the one who stole Hamlet from Roxus, so she had started cutting ties with Hamlet. But she couldn't wait anymore.

Leonid is in danger.

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"Somehow I have a bad feeling," Roxus muttered.

Roxus and Ernacht were assigned to the gates of the capital. Ernacht arranged the soldier's position and led small meetings to confirm trivial matters, such as the identities of the Knights, who helped guard the Capital and the Knights who would participate in destroying the rebel forces while Roxus began erecting pillars outside the gates and fences of the capital with her magic.

She was out all day and just returned to the capital gates, and when she returned, she looked like she had a headache.

Ernacht approached Roxus, who folded her hands in front of her chest. On Ernacht's side was Young Master Caprice Sorose, Cecilia's cousin from her mother's side. The two boys were almost the same age, but Caprice was born two seasons ahead of Ernacht. Caprice has brown eyes and wavy dark blonde hair. He was slightly shorter than Ernacht, but the leader aura emanated from the two of them.

Of course, the Sorose March family was a Knight Family. Unlike Croix County, which involved politically, socially, and economically, they were a family of considerable military power. Even so, they could barely protect Cecilia and her mother in the palace because they did not have strong enough political power.

Even so, Caprice was different. He is a man with excellent social skills, like his mother. Contrary to Ernacht, while Croix County was involved politically and socially, Ernacht had a talent in the military. The two of them are good friends even though they are not very close, and every time the two are together, everyone thinks it looks like God exchanged their talents.

"Greetings to the new Archmage, Lady Croix."

Caprice bowed politely, already wearing a charming social face.