Born as the Hidden Daughter of a Villainess and the Male Lead

<Episode 75>

 

“Your Highness?”

“Ah……!”

At that moment, a clear voice with a curious tone rang out in the quiet space.

Valerian quickly got up from where he was sitting and looked back at the owner of the voice.

“Allea, why did you suddenly…….”

“I apologize for being rude. Since all the attendants had withdrawn, they could not announce my visit, but I came in without thinking and surprised His Highness the Crown Prince…”

“No, no. I am okay.”

Did she hear what he was saying to himself?

No, even if she heard it, there wasn’t any particularly important information mixed in…….

Valerian, who was hiding his anxiety and thinking about various things, soon felt so pitiful that he fretted over such a small thing, so he kept his mouth shut.

Ashamed did not feel anxious before anything.

Because he had no doubt that his choice was right, he was calm in everything he did, and no matter who he faced, he maintained his arrogance and took the upper hand.

Perhaps, if Ashamed had not been blessed by the dark spirits……¹Every time, someone mentions the dark spirits blessing him, I remember how he was just a child having trouble learning to speak properly, but still had to go through so muchÓ⁠╭⁠╮⁠Ò

He might have been suppressed long ago and Ashamed might have become the Crown Prince.

Because it was a fact that Ashamed was outstanding in all aspects.

“………”

Allea, who was carefully looking at Valerian’s face in agony, smiled sweetly and walked up to the prince’s side, whispering affectionately to him.

“I can tell at a glance. Your Highness, you have concerns, right?”

“……Allea.”

Allea was the only one who could read his heart and comfort him.

If it’s Allea…… It should be okay to share his fears.

They had a special relationship since they were very young.

Valerian was depressed and confessed his worries to Allea.

It was said that the majority of nobles and ministers from influential families supported Ashamed as the new Crown Prince, and he had been pushed into a precarious situation where he did not know when he would be dethroned.

They said that they felt like their blood was drying up because they were anxious every day.

“Why didn’t I receive the spirit’s blessing? What’s the difference between Ashamed and me!”

Valerian muttered in pain and buried his face in his hands.

“………I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should become the Emperor of the Roshan Empire.”

At that moment, Allea quietly opened her mouth and spoke.

Hearing this unexpected declaration, Valerian raised his head and looked back at Allea with sad eyes and said.

“But Allea, I have received no blessings…….”

“Your Highness, there are more unblessed people in the world than blessed people.”

Allea spoke in a pleading tone and held Valerian’s hands tightly.

“Your Highness will obviously be able to become a benevolent monarch who understands and embraces those who are not blessed.”

A dark cloud fell over the girl’s clear face.²I decided to keep the metaphor and not write its meaning instead, I liked it.

“And I’m sorry to tell you this, but…His Highness the Second Prince is certainly outstanding in every way, but he has a cold and authoritarian personality, so he will not be able to become a monarch who rules over his people with love. There is a high possibility that he will become a tyrant who is intoxicated by his power.”

Valerian listened to Allea’s words as if fascinated.

Until now, no one had ever said that such an outcome could occur when Ashamed took over the throne.

“Also, standing by the side of such a self-righteous Second Prince, Edith will definitely not be happy.”³She is a natural in this!

Her slightly pink eyes was turning moist in verge of tears.

Allea muttered in a sad voice.

“Even though we are not related by blood, I am Edith’s older sister……I am so worried about my sister that I cannot relax even for a moment. It would have been better if she had been engaged to the Crown Prince instead of the Second Prince…….”

Edith would be unhappy.

Valerian was absorbed in Allea’s made-up story about the distant future.

Yes, even though that monstrous Ashamed Hasruairi behaved kindly towards Edith now, would he still try to get his temper under control with Edith after he became a crowned Emperor?

He would only try to oppress and dominate Edith’s mind and freedom without respecting it.⁴That’s literally what he is thinking of doing, you decided her future for her without even asking…

“………Allea, you are right. Edith can never be happy with Ashamed.”

Valerian muttered in a serious tone.

The girl’s eyes as she looked at the boy suddenly sank to an incredibly cool temperature.

But soon, she spoke in a whisper with the same kindness as before.

“So, Your Highness, for Edith’s sake, you must defend your position as the Crown Prince a little more strongly.”

“Ok, thanks. Thanks to you……once again, I have strengthened my will to face Ashamed.”

Valerian answered with determination in his voice and held Allea’s hand firmly.

Allea responded with a gentle smile towards Valerian.

No matter how many nobles supported the replacement of the Crown Prince, his father, the Emperor, would always be on his side.

Also, the other countries would not be pleased to see a prince who was blessed by dark spirits ascend to the throne of the Roshan Empire, which had taken over the hegemony of the continent.

He will drive out Ashamed and become the Emperor of the Roshan Empire.

In this way, Edith will be saved from that cold-blooded monster.

Valerian was determined to point his sword at his own blood relatives.

 

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“I feel sick…….”

I mumbled helplessly and stared at the bottom of the sky which was getting dark as the sun was setting.

Allea’s biological father and the ex-husband of Chastia, the heroine of the original novel, was a spirit priest who worshiped the Spirit King of Darkness.

Mariette had no choice but to try to eliminate Chastia and Allea in order to stop Arkane’s plan, but her attempt ended in failure.

The world remembered Mariette as a wicked woman, and Chastia and Allea had taken over the Heilian Archduchy, probably according to Arkane’s wishes, and had been living comfortably to this day.

Even though I appeared in the middle as an unexpected variable, there was no threat to their status, right?

“……What is Arkane’s next plan?”

Mariette, who acted according to the will of the Spirit King of Wisdom, was brought to a cruel fall, and as it seemed there were no more threat to them.

The Spirit King of Wisdom, Lore, disappeared after Mariette was defeated.

Although there are other spirit kings, including Oried, who showed strong hostility towards Arkane, it would be hard to know if they knew the deep inside story…….

“Why did he bring Chastia and Allea to Roberick’s side?”

Roberick was a spiritist who received the blessing of Ignis, the Spirit King of Light.

But now, that too was a thing of the past.

‘Have you ever wondered why Roberick Arne Hailien is swayed as if he become controlled by wind spirits when he gets emotional? There is only one answer. It’s because he abandoned Mariette.’

‘Although the Spirit King of Light and the Spirit King of Life did not belong to the faction that strongly opposed Arkane like the Spirit King of Wisdom, they nevertheless…… no longer blessed Roberick Arne Hailien, who was the culprit who ruined everything by being bewitched by the woman sent by Arkane.’

‘Although the benevolent Spirit King of Light left behind only a portion of the blessings, Roberick, who has lost almost all of the blessings of the two Spirit Kings, appears to have no problem on the outside, but in fact, he has lost most of the foundation that support his soul, so it couldn’t get more dangerous.’

‘The Spirit King of Wind did not withhold his blessing because he felt sorry for Roberick, but in the aftermath of losing the blessing of his most important elemental spirits, he lived clinging to the only remaining blessing, and at the same time, his emotions were disturbed, and he was at the mercy of the wind spirit. It happened because spirits basically have the characteristic of assimilating to human emotions.’

‘But Roberick Arne Hailien… even though the Spirit King of Light and the Spirit King of Life were disappointed with him, withdrew their blessings and left, he did not look back on his mistakes and instead blamed Mariette.’

“That idiot…….”

As I was recalling the whole story that Meinhardt had told me, I could not swallow the deep disgust I felt towards Roberick and muttered softly.

What on earth was this love, that made everything go wrong?

“Chastia and Allea don’t know that they are being used by Arkane.”

At the time the original story took place, Allea was just a toddler, and Chastia…… I don’t want to defend her, but she wasn’t the type of person who wanted to make a profit by making evil plans.

“Then what is the original novel that I read……?”

In the end, the original novel was nothing more than a generalised version put together by the Spirit King of Darkness, so what exactly was the identity of the ‘author’ who wrote it as if it was an ordinary Roman novel and published it?

“After passing one hurdle, another hurdle appears…….”

I mumbled in a tired voice as I washed my face repeatedly.

“…… Whether the novel author favored Arkane or was neutral…….”

There was no reason why I should keep silent about Chastia and Allea’s secrets.

Suddenly, I wondered why I was the only one struggling with these complicated concerns.

“Allea, doesn’t she need to know what kind of person her father was?”

I could call it revenge.

Just as my mother had fallen so horribly, I felt that only when I saw with my own eyes the child’s shock upon realizing the truth that Allea’s biological father was an evil man, would my anger subside a little.⁵Baby, she is super scary, I don’t think she would feel anything after knowing the truth…

So, for the first time since I started living in the imperial palace, I decided to invite Allea to my villa.

 

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“It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other alone, Edith. I’m so glad you invited me.”

“………Welcome, Allea.”

A few days later, Allea, who readily accepted my invitation, appeared with flawless elegance and greeted me with a friendly smile.

A couple of meaningless, pretentious words passed by.

“I don’t want to act in front of you anymore. I’ll start with the main reason why I called you.”

I had no need nor desire to wear a mask.

“Because we’re not in a good enough relationship for that.”

“……What business is it?”

Allea also spoke with a casual smile, as if she knew that the reason I invited her wasn’t purely to strengthen a sisterly friendship between us.

“Do you know what kind of person your biological father was?”

“…….”

And when I opened my mouth and quietly muttered a question….

The girl who always had a gentle smile on her face, erased all of her usual expressions instantly and stared at me with an eerily expressionless face

 

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