When The Villainess Loves - Chapter 15

“Huh?”

I had to realize again that unnie’s body was more delicate than I imagined. For now, I had to stop him.

“Wait! Please hold on for a moment!”

“…….”

Thankfully, he paused. I smiled brightly and hurriedly said, holding high the energy supplements that Rox had prescribed me yesterday.

“I’ve already been there, and I’m taking the medicine prescribed by him. It’s not something you need to worry about.”

“But it’s something worthwhile to me, Your Highness.“

Eugene was about to leave, but he turned around and stared at me.

“Is that so? That…….”

But at that moment, my mind started to go a little astray. From a distance, his whole body came into view, and his perfect ratio and fantastic beauty caught my eye again.

“I am very grateful ….”

Your existence itself! It’s perfect. I didn’t know I would be experiencing this joy in my life.

Eugene was silent while I was silently praising his appearance. He’s just looking at myself with a worried look on his face. I noticed the gaze a little late and turned the away slightly.

” Other than that, did you come to visit me, Sir Bolton?”

Only then did Eugene speak slowly: “Does me visiting you make you feel uncomfortable?”

What are you talking about? I shook my head excitedly: “No, I just thought it would be more of a nuisance to you.”

“Supremely… It’s because I’m someone who’s going to leave soon, right?

“Yes, yes. That’s correct…”, murmured I a little sullenly.

I’m hoping he’ll finish his business with Cain as fast as possible and then leave the scary stage for the original story quickly. It’s a bummer though. He looked at me with complicated eyes and bid me farewell slowly and politely.

“I see. Excuse me for visiting you at this late hour, Your Highness.”

“No, its okay. Just be careful when you go home, please.

He looked at me with strange eyes at the farewell with the slightly excessive smile on my face. At that he looked even more confused and turned his head.

“……Take care, Your Highness.”

Bye, handsome guy!

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The youngest maid of the Princess‘ Palace, Rinnie, headed vigorously to the kitchen today.

“Mr. Theo, I’m here!”

” Rinnie, you’re here?”

Theo, the chef who had a warm impression, greeted Rinnie with a grin. Rinnie, who is especially young among maids, was monopolizing the cuteness of this brutal Imperial Palace.

“Ajoessi¹, what about Her Highness‘ meal?”

Theo’s happy face was slightly blurred by the lively words of Rinnie.

“It’s over there. It’s not completed yet, so please wait a little bit. But where is Irene? Why did you come here all by yourself?”

He couldn’t hide his displeasure while talking. Recognizing it, Rinnie pouted a little: “Why? Because I might make a mistake?”

“If it would only end with the mistake, I wouldn’t be asking this. Do you know how scary Her Highness is?“

In a soothing tone, Theo lowered his voice.

“I know. Of course I know, but…”

I know what Theo is talking about. Because there was something that Rinnie had also heard. Of course, it was just the rumors. According to the rumors, the Princess immediately removes everyone that she doesn’t like. The rumors were brutal enough, that the servants belonging to the Princess‘ Palace were scared and tried to protect themselves.

“You’ll be in big trouble if you make a mistake.”

Princess Leticia was a viper of the Imperial Palace and a evil woman one should be afraid of. However. Rinnie‘s expression became dark.

“But mister, I‘ve  already made a mistake?”

“W-what?”

“That is…”

Rinnie has recited a few mistakes she has made so far one by one. Even before she could finish, Theo was contemplating. Theo quickly looked at Rinnie from head to toes, but she was fine.

“Are you perhaps a ghost?”

“Oh my gosh, ajeossi¹!!”

Rinnie, who smiled at Theo’s face, mixed with wonder and concern, said plainly: “It’s okay, she just told me to be more careful.”

“… who?”

“Her Highness.”

“… why?”

“What’s wrong?”

“… uh?”

“Anyway, I think the rumors are a bit exaggerated.”

According to Rinnie‘s observation in the past, Princess Leticia was more an indifferent master rather than a master who is cruel to her subordinates. Since she’s part of the Imperial Family, it’s to be expected to feel a chill even if you get close to her.

To be honest, however, there has never ever been a bloodbath like in the rumors about the Princess‘ palace. Of course, it may be because the servants tried their best to protect themselves.

“Exaggeration?”

“Yes.”

Rinnie briefly recalled the time when she recently saw Princess Leticia in person with a cloudy face. When she barely got used to work recently, she once was serving Princess Leticia.

“I made a lot of mistakes.”

The Princess never got angry. In the first place, it wasn’t a place where Rinnie usually would be working, so she hadn’t had the experiences necessary for it. When the rumors began to spread that the Princess was crazy, everyone was reluctant to serve her, so Rinnie went voluntary. She wondered if Her Highness wasn’t aware of it. When she told Irene about her worries, she just stroked Rinnie‘s head with a thoughtful expression on her face.

„In the future, you can believe it as you see it yourself . Rinnie, Her Highness is a very lonely person. So let’s take good care of her together with me, okay?“

In fact, even if Irene hadn’t said so, Rinnie would have done so anyways. Rinnie likes Princess Leticia. To the point where she even takes care of all her meals like this. Theo asked anxiously at the appearance of Rinnie, who was lost in thought.

“Rinnie, what’s wrong?”

“No, just don’t worry about me. …her Highness is actually a sweet person.”

Rinnie‘s quiet words did not reach Theo, who wouldn’t believe her anyways, blinded by the bad rumors.

“What did you say?”

Rinnie, a little shy, shouted loudly.

“Anyway! I’ll be in charge of this all by myself! I already told Irene so. So, please finish preparing the meal, ajeossi¹!”

Theo came to his senses as he stomped his feet. He still continued cooking with a puzzled face. Rinnie was watching and muttered as if he was wondering: “But the portions are very small today as well.”

“That’s right. I don’t know why, but it it’s does lighten my workload. Nevertheless ,I have to pay closer attention to all the small details.”

“Hmm.”

Rinnie looked at the small amount of food she had been paying attention to with uncomfortable eyes. In fact, there were times when Princess Leticia could not empty all of the plates.

“Is she eating so little because she’s a pretty and kind person?”

No way. Rinnie, who was knitting her brows, relaxed her face when Theo said the food was done.

“Hurry up!”

“Oh, my gosh. Here. Take it!”

Taking the tray on which the finished meal was placed on, Rinnie smiled without realizing it. The Princess Leticia, who she saw in person, was sweet. Rinnie was a child who entered the imperial palace because all of her family had passed away at once. However, when she encountered the warm eyes of the Imperial Princess , she somehow remembered her older sister, who had left this word before her.

The Princess was something different. She was as beautiful as an angel, but the way she looked at Rinnie was as warm as if she were looking at her family. Rinnie had never seen such a form of kindness anywhere inside the Imperial Palace. The court ladies who adored Rinnie in their own way didn’t act as warm and lovingly as a family.

She had made a series of mistakes because in front of the Princess she became nervous, but every time she made a mistake, a gentle touch patted her head.

“I really like the Princess”, muttered she the words to himself, that she couldn’t say to Theo earlier, and Rind walked away bravely.

“I won’t make a mistake today.”

Like that, Rinnie‘s day began vigorously again.

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