Please Leave The Sickly Villainess Alone

“Ugh…!”

Even as Teniel groaned, Enoch paid no attention.

The threatening arm that was about to strike me was slowly lowered by Enoch.

“Young lord Kablos, what is the meaning of this sudden action!”

Teniel, who shouted angrily as if wronged, looked like his face was about to burst from being so red.

He had lost his composure upon facing a situation where his position was shaken in such a public place.

Moreover, his opponent was the eldest son of the notorious Kablos family.

In reality, he probably knows well that even his mother, Lady Jeria, can’t act recklessly towards them.

However, his overflowing anger seemed uncontrollable.

Enoch had his back to me as if trying to separate Teniel and me.

Even looking at his back, I couldn’t tell at all why Enoch had suddenly intervened in the dispute or what he was thinking.

‘But… have I met him somewhere before?’

Although it was clearly the first time seeing him, there was a faint familiarity as if I had crossed paths with him at least once somewhere.

By now, the audience had almost entered a state of excitement.

A love triangle! No, considering the Crown Prince rolling on the battlefield, is it a love square?

Faced with this unprecedented scene, people were busy whispering, forgetting what meaning today held.

‘Are we filming a medieval makjang drama…’ (tl/n: exaggerated plots that “take things too far.”)

By now, I had half given up and decided to just watch how Enoch would deal with Teniel.

However, even as Teniel protested like an enraged bull, Enoch just looked down coldly with calm blue eyes.

As if the other wasn’t even worth dealing with.

And then what he said was…

“If you’re upset, file a formal complaint to Kablos.”

His monotone voice carried not a hint of emotion.

Whether it was that which overwhelmed Teniel, or whether mentioning Kablos had an effect, it was unclear, but the moment Teniel heard those words, he abruptly stopped his anger.

“Young… lord, let’s not do this between us. I was just having a minor argument with Princess Rayes. If the commotion bothers you, I’ll go outside to talk with the Princess.”

And then he comes out so subserviently like that?

His pride must have been considerably scratched.

Teniel considers acting subserviently to someone the most dreadful thing. What is he trying to do that he would even go that far?

‘What else, he’s trying not to let me off the hook!’

He seemed accustomed to treating the strong weakly and the weak strongly, as if it were ingrained in him.

But what if the person he thought was weak actually wasn’t?

Not only defying expectations but bringing him down.

I decided to give the audience here a pretty good finale to wrap up the Founding Day.

“That’s right, it seems we’ve caused a disturbance inside the hall and troubled many people. Let’s go outside to finish our conversation and come back.”

When I smiled and said this, Enoch finally turned to look at me.

“Wait…”

His golden hair that looked as if molten gold had been poured swayed, and his slightly widened blue eyes took me in.

And lastly, what he showed me was…

The symbol of the final medium that appeared after two years.

‘So it was you.’

I looked at him intently.

Was this why Enoch felt familiar?

However, I approached Teniel, intending to deal with the situation at hand first.

Teniel finally smirked when I acted compliantly.

‘Soon I will call Princess Rayes to the night garden and cause a scandal. I’m already dying to see what expression that Arzenluka will make!’

He had surely said something like that to the young nobles who followed him.

It was almost pitiful how stupid he was, talking loudly without realizing the subject was listening ten steps ahead.

Seeing the sinister smile on my lips, Teniel flinched for a moment.

I approached Teniel closely and whispered.

“You’re finished now. Don’t laugh, you fool.”

“What kind of language is that…”

To him looking down at me with an uneasy expression, instead of answering, I smiled brightly.

Of course, only for him to see.

That was the moment.

“Oh, my!”

“Good heavens…!”

“A-Ahem. What a sight to behold…”

Teniel looked around at the suddenly noisy surroundings.

“What is this! Your Highness! How could you show such an unsightly behavior?”

Finally, with my scream, Teniel belatedly realized that something had happened to him.

He slowly looked down at his strangely empty lower half, then soon screamed with bloodshot eyes.

“Ahhh! What, how dare this insolent wench!”

How does it feel to have your pants completely stripped off in front of all these people?

Teniel immediately grabbed his pants to pull them up, but they just slid down again.

‘Alexer is quite useful, I must say.’

I had activated an extremely thin thread-like Alexer to tear the hem of Teniel’s clothes.

No one would have noticed.

Teniel, seemingly just realizing that his pants wouldn’t stay up, screamed indignantly while holding his pants with one hand.

“The 2nd Prince may look polished on the outside, but he’s actually hot-tempered and even a pervert…”

“Is he acting now after taking them off himself?”

Although that couldn’t be the case, people tend to see what they want to see.

That was something I had personally learned in social circles over the past two years.

“Why, Your Highness. You were going to take them off outside anyway, so what’s the big deal about taking them off in advance?”

When I whispered to him softly, Teniel finally seemed to abandon all pretense of dignity and lunged at me.

“How dare you! You’re getting cocky because I treated you nicely?!”

While until now he had whispered to keep his foul language from leaking out, even if just for the sake of others, now he had no such composure.

“Lady!”

Enoch reached out at Teniel’s sudden action, but he was too close to me and Enoch was too far.

However, no situation warranting his concern occurred.

“…!”

I avoided that threatening attack with a graceful movement and summoned the Blood Sword.

The special effect that occurs when summoning the Blood Sword seemed to be improving day by day.

As the sword surrounded by beautifully spreading red haze was summoned, Teniel showed signs of hesitation and shouted.

“How dare you draw a sword before royalty! Do you think you’ll get away with this?!”

“You didn’t study imperial history, did you?”

“What…!”

“First of all, founding meritorious families have immunity granted by the first Emperor. It’s valid even against royalty. In cases recognized as self-defense, one can avoid punishment and you might even be held responsible instead. And this is self-defense.”

I said, tapping my cheek.

It had been scratched while avoiding Teniel’s attack earlier.

Although it was a minor wound, it served as evidence that he had attacked me first.

I plunged the Blood Sword into the marble floor as it was.

Clang!

Even though I hadn’t put much strength into it, the sword pierced deep into the floor.

Perhaps because that sight was quite threatening, Teniel took a step back for the second time today.

“Your Highness, we should finish our talk outside. Right?”

I said, removing the silver pin fixing my hair with a click.

At the same time, my silver hair that seemed to hold the Milky Way flowed down like a waterfall.

Some people gasped in admiration, but to me it was just a signal to have a proper fight.

The terrified Teniel seemed to have taken it the same way.

“You have to call me out in the dead of night to create a scandal, don’t you? That’s the only way you’ll be able to see the expression on Luka’s face that you want.”

When I tilted my head and said this, Teniel finally turned pale.

He realized that I had heard all the dirty jokes he had exchanged with the other young nobles that day.

“P-Princess Rayes… That’s a misunderstanding. It was just a joke…!”

“Save your lame excuses for the courtroom. You’re well aware that Rayes is currently sending out lawsuits to anyone who disparaged me, regardless of who they are, right?”

“Princess! If you turn your back on my mother, you’ll have a hard time too. Don’t try to create unnecessary trouble!”

It was pitiful to see him making a last-ditch effort, backed by Lady Jeria.

‘I can’t even tell him that it won’t be long before the attempted poisoning of the Empress comes to light.’

The investigation report I received from Evan clearly stated that components causing Bruelle were detected in the medicine prescribed by the court physician hired by Lady Jeria.

A snicker escaped at his oblivious appearance, unaware of the storm approaching him.

“If you treat me carelessly one more time, my hand might slip and the sword could end up piercing Your Highness instead of the floor. Be careful.”

I smiled brightly like a flower and turned around.

Teniel, with a pale blue face, couldn’t even manage a retort.

I moved the Blood Sword stuck in the floor back to the subspace and left that place.

Enoch’s gaze following me was persistent.

He approached behind me as I headed towards the garden where darkness had settled.