The strange but effective villainess life (06)

After that, I started preparing to go out while drinking coffee prepared by the spy maid.

My room wasn’t much different from six years ago. My body shape hasn’t changed much from when I was 16, so the clothes in my closet all fit.

All the clothes were from 6 years ago, but it didn’t matter because I had my own fashion philosophy from the beginning.

“Uh…Princess, should I choose a hair ornament from these?”

“Yes, do it with this.”

The spy maid wore a checkered ribbon in my hair and gave me a look of disbelief.

I looked at myself in the mirror and thought.

My goal today was to create a new relationship with my grandfather after seeing him for the first time in a while, a proud relationship where you can have a conversation with each other without being awkward.

‘In order to do that, I need to do something commendable that can offset my hard work.’

There was a plan I came up with to do that.

My grandfather was also a Prelai, so of course he had a summoned beast. It was a black hawk who had the same size as me, and its name was ‘Hou’.

Analyzing the original, I found a rather strange point. Of course, the summoning beast and the summoning subject are almost always attached, because Hou has not appeared in the original work since I left for the academy.

Whenever the grandfather appeared in the original work, the grandfather was always alone. Hou suddenly appears only when grandfather is taken away for treason.

Hou staggered out of the greenhouse on the garden side and shouted.

<Seukali!>

Although he was unable to control himself, he was overcome with a desire to follow his master who was being dragged away.

The narrative was not detailed. It was because at that time, Melissa was also taken away, so she was not paying attention to Hou.

Hou came from the greenhouse on the garden side. It was definitely a corner that even the people in the mansion did not go to.

Hou’s ability was none other than ‘purification’. He could absorb any poison himself and purify it.

It’s just that Hou is stronger against poison than humans, but that doesn’t mean he can completely detoxify it immediately. He would usually go through a period of recovery on his own after absorbing the poison.

‘Even when I left for the academy, Houwas fine. It’s like he has never been seen.’

I pondered, thinking of the great black hawk.

‘Then, wouldn’t it be that he absorbed a deadly poison that he couldn’t detoxify alone for 7 years?’

It could have been another chronic disease, but that was the most likely.

Assuming that I meets my grandfather this afternoon, the remaining time is about six hours.

It was enough, but it was not a leisurely time.

I poured the rest of the coffee into my stomach and stood up. There was a place I had to go to to find a man who would help me impress my grandfather and whom I should help.

“Princess, where should I take you?”

Her spy maid asked cautiously.

I answered lightly as I climbed into the carriage.

“Lauditan 12th Street.”

“Yes? there….”

“Yes.”

I kindly pecked the spy maid’s ear and said,

“I’m going to go to Joshua’s house, the second scumbag brother , the eternal adolescent kid.”

* * *

Lauditan Street was packed with luxurious mansions.

Among them, the owner of the most expensive and largest mansion was Joshua Prelai.

The fence of Joshua’s house is quite low, so you can see Joshua sitting leisurely in the luxurious garden drinking her tea. So many people came and went and looked around.

Time flies just by looking at Joshua’s angelic face, but the clothes he wears are also of the highest quality, so it was fun to watch.

“Look at that. What a luxury from his head to toe. The logo embedded is also very large.”

“If you add all the things he iswearing, you can buy a normal house.”

It was almost certain that each and every one of his outfits would be featured in the capital’s best gossip, <Lorelai>.

Other than that, there was something that caught people’s attention.

“That…That summont?”

“Everyone in House Prelai has it…”

A green snake was wrapped around one of Joshua’s arms. It was Joshua’s summons.

There were even ornaments lined with jewels along the body of the snake. It was truly a display of great wealth.

“Isn’t that summoner’s ability to smell money? Otherwise, there’s no way that he could have amassed such ridiculous wealth at such a young age.”

The people who came to see Joshua’s extravagant appearance admired it, but whispered among themselves.

“So what, if you had a lot of money? Does anyone know where the money came from? It must be dirty money. So, isn’t he from the Prelai duchy?”

“Yes, If you look closely, all clothes are from luxury brands with big logos. Isn’t it closer to a cer message rather than a preference.  Is it the inferiority complex that makes him want to be recognized even if its for money?”

tl/n: meaning that he has a lot of money, because he was to be recognized

It was then.

“Uh, what about that?”

Even Joshua, who was enjoying the gaze of onlookers as well as passers-by, widened his eyes. A carriage bearing the pattern of the Duke of Prelai had arrived.

<What the heck, why is the Prelai Wagon here?>

The Serpent Summoner whispered in surprise.

Joshua frowned and replied.

“It’s fine. First of all, it’s not Alex who came to cut my throat, so there’s nothing to be afraid of. Alex doesn’t ride a carriage.”

Then he tilted his head and murmured.

“…But who is it?”

Soon after, the door of the wagon opened, and an unexpected person got out.

Joshua’s eyes widened.

‘Kiana?’

She was his sister whom I hadn’t seen in 6 years, but he recognized her right away.

His brows furrowed as he scanned her fashion, which was covered in checkered patterns from head to toe, with her eyes.

‘Why aren’t you this tall? She’s so skinny, why is her skin so pale?’

Conversely, the appearance has not changed much from six years ago.

As she approached Joshua, who was putting on his bewildered face, she said calmly.

“Brother, it’s late, but congratulations on the self-made man who managed to make it by scraping in money like a mistress.”

He was impressed with the cute doll-like appearance, the nonchalant expression and the outspoken way of speaking.

“The way you act makes you look like an attention seeker , but I’m not surprised because I always thought that my brother will grow up like this since he was young.”

After she finished speaking, Kiana grabbed one of her shopping bags and hugged Joshua.

“Anyway, this is a gift. It’s not polite to come to a housewarming party empty-handed.”

Anyway, Kiana was well versed in noble etiquette.

Joshua timidly accepted her shopping bag. Inside was a checkered vase.

“… It sucks?”

<Sucks!>

Though Joshua’s thoughts were not expressed, the murmur of her snake summoner was heard by Kiana.

Kiana looked at the snake summoner with an indifferent expression and said.

“You are a summoned beast who does not know the beauty of right angles. It’s as pretty as a coordinate plane, but…  Being ignorant is not a sin.”

And she raised her chin proudly and turned around behind her.

Her gaze turned to the onlookers who were snooping around Joshua’s wall. Then she rolled up the magazine Lorelai she was holding and threw it on the forehead of the onlooker who had been saying,  ‘Joshua has an inferiority complex.’

“Argh!”

Kiana spoke sonorously as the onlooker grabbed her forehead and staggered away.

“Hey, I’ll just say one thing.”

Suddenly, onlookers flinched at her Kiana face.

“It’s not because of a an inferiority complex that my brother plasters himself with only luxury items with logos on them.”

In a tone that was really unfair,  she continued with an incredible expression.

“What is the message, it’s just his taste. It’s because of his superficial personality that he wants to show everyone how he spends his money. Don’t you know that he purposely lowered the wall?”

And she finished with a confident expression.

“So, if you come to see Joshua show off his money, shut your mouth and quietly watch him and go away. Don’t unnecessarilymake up other people’s circumstances and undermine them out of jealousy.”

Instantly creating an eerie atmosphere, Kiana turned her head to face Joshua with her haughty expression. And she said arrogantly.

“My heart is shaking because I’m nervous talking softly in front of others after a long time.”

Softly… ?

At that moment, everyone showed the same expression, ‘That princess doesn’t know the meaning of softly’.

“Anyway, I get so annoyed when you talk about it without even knowing anything. I am the type who seeks the truth.”

Kiana added nervously.

“I’m very close with the editor-in-chief of <Lorelai>,  only those who have nothing to hold back  can swear at Joshua. If you don’t want your private parts to be exposed in <Lorelai>.”

People flinched and covered their face. This is because <Lorelai> is a gossip magazine that randomly exposes other people’s private affairs.

“… Let’s just shut up and go in, my naughty little sister  whom we I after six years.”

Then Joshua sighed and dragged Kiana inside his mansion.

“Because if I keep listening to you, I feel like my ears will go deaf.”

Kiana couldn’t stand it and replied.

“It’s not because of my words, it’s because of the pressure difference.”

Joshua glanced at her Kiana and muttered.

“… If only magic engineering was ruined.”