Chapter 8

"..."

'.... I... don't give a sh*t about it though...'

I read lots of novels about reincarnation in a novel and the one who reincarnated always avoided changing the story, which always backfired. In my case, I don't care if it changes and I'm also too lazy to care.

'It has nothing to do with me... with us.'

But.

We are the Villainess's older sister, and to boot, we can't even talk properly. No, we actually can't talk at all... This means I might get dragged into troublesome sh*t because of that dumb dwarf. If that happens, then... that means we will have to work hard so I can talk a little bit by that time.

Maybe I will even have to deal with the main characters at some point... The probability exists, so I must take steps in preparation for any situation...

But I'll make this clear.

'I don't care if my existence interferes with the story. In fact, I don't care about the story, why should I? I'll do whatever I want. That's how I've always lived.'

Anne's body reacted to my sayings. She clenched her hand, letting me know that my inner thoughts made her nervous.

'Heh... Cu~te'

She has to learn the different ways of life... this naive cute girl...

I stared at the paper that was almost full of letters.

Hmm...

Depending on the kind of trouble Theressa could get us in... I could encounter the main characters, but... wait.

Since she is the villainess, she could use me as a scapegoat and frame me for her evil deeds... which might get me in a dangerous situation with one of the Male Leads.

If the one I have to deal with is the Duke. Then, it's fine. As I recall he is a man who tries to talk things out and follows the law before resorting to violence.

The Crown Prince, on the other hand, will be a problem.

There's a word for people like him. That is, a psychopath, A madman, A maniac, A lunatic.

Either is fine.

His character was described with those words.

He liked seeing blood since childhood. For fun, he killed his sister's pets until the princess decided to stop keeping them since they all ended up dying by his hands... then, when he was around sixteen he offered himself to participate in a war just to satiate his bloodthirst. Returning as a hero a year later or something... I think it said he even brought war prisoners as playthings. Since he liked seeing blood, it said that he brought those prisoners so he could torture them and kill them slowly... He also pointed his sword at anyone at the slightest interaction... Besides, his strength was no joke.

'He's a Thug Prince.'

And once he fell for the Female Lead he became an obsessive pervert. That's right...The readers liked to call him Kinky Crown...

In any case... we should be careful.

How?...

"..."

'...I'll manage when the time comes.' — I nodded trying to shrug my shoulders without success...

'Anne... you are so stiff.' — I said kind of frustrated at our body's lack of looseness.

Going back to the point at hand.

'...I think that's about it... Let's wrap things up.'

I sorted the notes and hid them with Anne's diary in the hidden drawer.

....

'I should eat breakfast now.'

I called the maid in. Since I can't talk, I guess they prepared a bell for me, but it's not very loud now that I'm using it... my maid must stay near my door for her to be able to hear it... If I were in her place I would hate my job...

She entered bowing her head. I guess she was thinking I had just woken up because when she raised her head and saw me, she let out a loud gasp before speaking with an alarmed tone.

"...Miss?! W-Why? Ah! I am deeply ashamed!

P-Please, forgive me for not doing my duty! I must not have heard when you called for me!"

...Ugh... now I feel bad... She must have thought like this since I dressed by myself...

I managed to raise my hand and closed my eyelids, trying to imply an "It's alright" message. My pose made me think of Buda, so a loud laugh burst out in my head.

The maid got well the message.

"...Um... Then... Miss Marianne, I will bring our Lady's breakfast shortly, please do excuse me..." She said and glanced at me with her head still bowing to me, waiting for my permission. I could see she was nervous... so I gently nodded my head, and to that, she bowed again and quickly turned in response, rushing out of my room to prepare my meal.

'I... feel like I unintentionally bullied her...' — I thought as I let out an inner sigh.

I went to the couch and dropped my body on it.

Then, I started to take in the details of my bedroom. Yesterday, I didn't really pay much attention... I'm not that carefree... I mean. There were a lot of things happening at once...

'My bedroom... has a lot of space...'

The white-bluish creamed coloured walls have carvings of flowers on the corners, lines craved in a pale golden, split the wall as if they were framing the empty spaces. There is a chimney too. The furniture is so pretty and the materials they are made of, somehow give me the idea that they are very rare.

Black and white squares framed the red wine floor. It's really impressive. The half-arch windows are so tall... I really love this room.

The bed is awesome too...

"..."

Letting my gaze fall on my hands after the meticulous scan, I started touching my fingers... they are very thin, bony and long fingers.

'Anne... I will have to elaborate a plan or something to avoid being alone with Paul... if it's Theressa, I think it'll be fine... but Paul is unpredictable...'

"..."

'Sweetie... how is it that...'

"..."

'... you NEVER once kicked him in his golden nuts?'

The body's hands halted in shock. not minding her reaction I continued.

'Sigh... I'd have kicked him so hard he'd be infertile by now...' — I mentally said protruding my lips thinking it's a pity she hasn't done it yet...

"..."

'Fufufu~... don't worry sweetie... I'm not going to do that. Instead, I'll just cut it clean.' — I smiled at her, inwardly.

'He shouldn't even be able to use it, after all...'

Now~... why would the body tremble now?... this cutie is weird~...

Knock, knock...

"Miss Marianne, I brought you your breakfast... please excuse my intrusion, I will come in now."

The maid came in, and in a flash, she had already arranged everything on the table at the side of a window. She began pouring tea into a porcelain cup, there was bread, butter, ham, salad and sweets.

'Not bad... not bad at all~...' — I nodded to myself.

But the maid saw such a little movement and inferred she should leave.

"My Lady, please call me if there is anything I can assist you with." — She said as she bowed and evacuated.

I blinked in disbelief at how she took my little gesture, followed by a thought.

'... Poor girl... I didn't mean to do that...'

... Oh well! This looks good.

I began eating the delicious-looking food while looking out the window, quickly forgetting the issue.

The Dukedom is very big... I can even see a little lake too in the distance right inside the neighbouring forest...

'Anne.'

'...You know... I had a hobby in my previous life.'

"..."

'I'll keep doing it in this life.'

I told Anne with a blank face.

'I'm sure you will like it too.'

And to my last declaration, I lightly smiled inside... and gradually, the corners of our lips lifted following me.

Now, we were both smiling.