I Awoke as an Imprisoned Villainess-Chapter 25 part 1 - Either way, its your loss

(*This part will be Lily’s pov)

Walking through the corridors of the royal palace which she had become so accustomed to, Lily Redgrave was frustrated and disappointed.

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“Good morning, Your Highness”

“Good morning, Lily”

Johannes, who has become her fiance, gives her a honey-sweet look, saying, “You look beautiful today as well”.

—What a stupid man.

While thinking so, Lily casts down her eyes, pretending to be a shy girl.

She may look like an innocent girl, embarrassed by her fiance’s words, but in reality, Lily is frustrated by the current situation that isn’t going well.

(…No, it’s okay. His Highness doesn’t doubt me at all, and the engagement has already been approved. It should be going well)

Although she’s worried whether His Highness has a tolerance as she had initially feared, or the refreshment’s effect is fading—the refreshment still has effectiveness. Proof of this is that his fondness for Lily hasn’t waned at all.

Right. Tolerance or not is meaningless; I should just feed him.

Shaking off her impatience, Lily smiled at Johannes.

“Today’s refreshment is Your Highness’s favorite”

Shen then offered him a small bag. It was cookies kneaded with orange peel; Johannes’s favorite.

When the poison tester, who was already waiting on him, told him that there was nothing wrong with eating one, Johannes took a bite of the cookie with a face that didn’t have any suspicions at all, and Lily ate one in the same manner.

The cookie is filled with the aroma of fresh citrus, and at the same time, a faint scent of lilies.

“Yeah it’s delicious”

“I’m glad. Then, please eat more. I’m delighted to see that you are feeling better these days”

“I’m sorry for worrying you. The milk Claude arranges for me works well, and I’m feeling somewhat better”

“…Is that so? It seems I have to thank Claude sama.

Smiling, she scorned Claude, the knight of Johannes. The effect of Johannes’s refreshment is weakening, probably because of that milk.

It’s a futile attempt, Uncalled-for, she said inwardly irritated.

(…I did think that he is a man I should be wary of)

There are times that he doesn’t trust Lily. Especially in the past month and a half, he seemed to have replace the poison tester Lily had called for with someone else, and he even checked her background in detail. It was a futile effort.

(Nothing questionable that could lead to suspicions would come up. You can look into it as much as you like)

She is from the count family which only have a poor estate despite being on the higher end of the social class.

She originally had low chances of becoming a queen, but everyone described Lily as a virtuous lady worthy of being the queen, as she acted like a ‘pure woman like a saint who respects the poor’, the opposite of evil Violet.

If you want, you can examine the pastry in detail. After all, this isn’t poison. It isn’t harmful to the human body in any way, with the exception of Johannes…or one other person.

So no matter what kind of people examined it, it would be impossible to declare it as poison.

Only Violet Elford could catch it, for all I know.

I wonder what she will say after coming out of the tower.

(…However. No matter what that villainess says, the future queen who is virtuous vs the villainess who even got imprisoned. Everyone will believe me. …She lost after being that cautious. I didn’t think Violet Elford wouldn’t be a match as much as I thought)

In the tower, she had lost all her arrogance and intimidation, perhaps because she had to endure the imprisonment. I was even mildly terrified that she could change that much, but when I thought back to the fact that she looked at me and Johannes straight in the eyes without any apology even in that position, I thought she must be thick-skinned at heart.

(…but either way, it’s your loss)

Johannes is already in Lily’s hands.

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Translator Notes:

I’ll post the other part at night on 19th.