How To Survive As a Villain on the Verge of Death

Eve, who has fallen madly in love with the Grand Duke, would sacrifice her life at the slightest gesture from him. He probably didn’t need to explain the details.

 

‘Are you trying to make me antagonize your father and antagonize the imperial family?’

 

HeI still didn’t understand why the Grand Duke would go to such lengths to placate Eve, but Eve was the princess. It may be a calculation that if you keep her by your side, she could be useful later. As his thoughts reached that point, Eve felt even more intrusive. Vilos leaned against the back of his chair and muttered indifferently.

 

“How about getting rid of my stupid sister now?”

 

He has always hated Eve the most among his half-siblings. Eve looked down on the Empress because she had once been a concubine. She even looked down on him and ignored the Empress’s son, Vilos. She was the stupidest of the four Imperial children.

 

“His Majesty the Emperor told us to start with the Empress’s affairs…”

 

Gyren, who was about to retort quietly, caught Vilos’ gaze and silenced him. Vilos interrupted him with a confident look.

 

“If this goes well, my mother’s work will also be buried.”

 

The crown prince defeats the Imperial Knights and sends his knights to the temple, but the princess dies in an accident? If the accident occurred due to a mistake made by the knights sent by the crown prince, then of course the crown prince would be responsible. Although the Grand Duke is by Eve’s side, he only keeps her by his side to avoid the conspiracy that is trying to entangle him. In reality, it was obvious that she would not care whether Eve died or not as long as it did not harm her.

 

“There is no need to kill Eve. All she has to do is have an accident.”

 

If Eve was lucky enough to get burned, the wedding will be postponed as the Emperor wanted. He wanted to see the stupid Eve suffering from that burn on her pretty face. 

Her delicate beauty was the only thing she could be proud of, so how devastated she would be if she lost it.

 

“…”

 

Unlike Vilos, who continued with her plan with satisfaction, Gyren could not hide his anxious expression. Now that he was in the same situation, it wasn’t a good idea to draw his attention by doing something unnecessary. But he refused to follow Vilos’ orders, so he didn’t want to incur his hatred. Vilos was the son whom His Majesty the Emperor greatly cherished, and if things went well, he would become the next Emperor. He absolutely wanted to avoid incurring his wrath.

 

“I’ll take care of this, so you don’t get involved.”

 

In the end, Gyren could not obey Vilos’ orders and he retreated.

 

“All right. His Royal Highness.”

 

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The soiree ended around midnight, but I stayed up late chatting with Terence. Thanks to this, dawn was breaking by the time we arrived at the temple. She felt like she often stayed up all night these days. They said that the lifestyle of nobles was to play until midnight, go to bed late, and wake up late, but if she continued to live like this, her body would get tired.

 

Even after washing her body and lying down in bed, she couldn’t sleep for a while. Fire, temple and lamp. She fell asleep late while pondering complicated thoughts. When she opened her eyes again, it was well past noon. Moreover, as soon as she opened her eyes, Nell informed her of a visitor.

 

“The princess, Lady Diane is waiting.”

 

“What?”

 

It turned out that Diane had been waiting for her since earlier.

 

“Why didn’t you wake me up?”

 

“She heard that you were late returning from the soiree and that Lady Diane told us not to wake the Princess.”

 

This… She quickly washed up, changed clothes, and went out to the living room.

 

“Princess!”

 

“I’m sorry to have kept you waiting, Miss Diane.”

 

But Diane didn’t seem to care that she was late. Diane said in an excited tone as she pointed to a large box on the table.

 

“The dress is finally finished.”

 

“It came out quickly.”

 

Well, it was the princess’s wedding dress. All the seamstresses in the costume room must have risked their lives to make it.

 

Diane opened the box herself and took out her dress. A pure white dress made of pure white silk appeared before her eyes. The hem of the skirt was split in the middle and the sleeves spread out long from the elbow down. Like a wedding dress, everything from the neckline to the hem of the skirt hanging down to the floor was pearly white. She thought she wouldn’t be impressed, perhaps because she’s seen so many fancy dresses, but she really liked this one. Was it because they made it with her taste in mind?

 

“Wow, it’s really pretty.”

 

She looked at the dress, giving a sincere compliment. She drew it roughly, but she had no idea that such a beautiful dress would come out of that pathetic doodle. She made a rough human shape out of rubber clay, and based on that, they were able to complete a work of art.

 

“I’m going to add more embroidery to the sleeves here. With this silver plum blossom pattern.”

 

Diane said she still had some things to fix, so she held the end of her sleeve and explained things to her.

 

“I need to see if the size fits, so would you like to try it on?”

 

“That would be a good idea.”

 

She changed my dress with Nell’s help. Fortunately, it fit her body perfectly with no need to fix it. She guessed that’s because she got the measurements in advance and made it as is.

 

Diane, Nell, and even Chloe were all impressed when they saw the dress on.

 

“Oh my god… You are so beautiful.”

 

“The Princess looks really good with it.”

 

She also went to the mirror and checked her appearance. She didn’t think white would go well with reddish-blonde hair, but now she saw that it went well with it. As she put on the dress, she realized that the wedding was just around the corner.

 

The wedding was now less than two weeks away.

 

‘This dress is different from the original.’

 

Although Eve’s wedding dress was not detailed in the original work, it was mentioned once in passing. Eve, who likes extravagant things, made the dress more complex in design. The sleeves puffed up her shoulders and the hem of her skirt was long and trailed to the floor. 

However, although this dress was not flashy, it had a sophisticated and elegant atmosphere. 

Well, a lot has already changed from the original.

 

She took off her dress again and changed into casual clothes.

 

“Then I’ll just add some more embroidery decorations.”

 

“Yes, that would be fine.”

 

Diane, with Chloe’s help, was putting the finished dress back in her box. After looking at it, she expressed her sincere gratitude to Diane.

 

“Miss Diane, thank you.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“You went to such trouble to make my dress. Thank you very much. I won’t forget this.”

 

Diane’s white face turned pink at he thanks.

 

“Don’t say that. That… It may be rude to say this, but we are now relatives.”

 

Since Diane and Terence were cousins, could they say that they were like cousins and sisters?

 

“That’s right, I want to continue to be like Miss Diane and her friend.”

 

And if possible, she wanted to help cure this young lady’s illness. Every time they met, she tried to see a vision, but she still hadn’t gotten a clue… No matter how earnestly she concentrated on seeing Diane’s illness and her premonitions about its cure, she couldn’t help but notice it. Every time, all she saw was Diane suffering or suffering inside her room.

 

“Well, then, after you get married, can I visit the Grand Duke’s mansion often?”

 

“Sure, you’re welcome anytime.”

 

Diane was very happy with what she said. She put her dress away and decided to sit down with Diane at the table by her window and have tea.

 

“Oh right. Princess Sorel said hello to Her Majesty the Empress and immediately went into seclusion in her imperial palace.”

 

Diane brought up Sorel’s story as if it had just occurred to her.

 

“Okay. I’m on probation so I can’t go outside.”

 

‘Would you like to send Sorel a gift to say that she had a nice visit?’

 

She didn’t know if she would accept it… If she stopped by Mikhail, wouldn’t it be nice if the two of them could meet up on that pretext? While she was thinking about that, Chloe brought tea and snacks. A small bowl decorated with blue flowers contained sweet milk tea, cookies, and madeleines. On one side, there were snacks she had never seen before. It was a round-shaped yellow cookie coated with white powder like snowflakes.

 

‘This is my first time seeing this.’

 

She pretended not to know in front of Diane, but as she hesitated for fear of looking strange, Nell, who was next to her, noticed her doubts and quickly explained.

 

“This is a snack eaten on the festival of Rastana. They say it’s only made at The Grand Temple.”

 

“Okay?”

 

Was it like festival food? Out of curiosity, she picked one up and tried it.

 

Sweet white powder melted into the soft cookie. And inside was fruit puree with a refreshing taste.

 

“Is it delicious?”

 

White steam rose from the warm milk tea. The savory and sweet smell of freshly baked cookies combined with the soft and fragrant tea scent. Beyond the glass window, the snow-covered garden was spread out like an elegant snow scene.

 

“The holiday is just two days away! I’m so excited. I hope the holiday comes soon.”

 

Diane looked happy as she looked at the temple beyond the garden.

 

“…I know, right.”

 

She wasn’t expecting it at all, but she forced herself to agree.

 

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