I Awoke as an Imprisoned Villainess-Chapter 29 - This. Cats out of the bag for sure...

This. Cat’s out of the bag for sure…

Eeekk...Scary.

Violet sama is wearing a frightening smile.

I shuddered at the frightening words and glanced at Lily sama; she was looking at Violet sama-no, Violet sama and me, alternately, with a slightly pale expression.

At that moment, “Are you all right!?”, I heard an impatient voice and the sound of footsteps rushing. I looked in the direction of the voice and saw His Highness and Claude sama running towards us.

The voice belonged to His Highness.

He must have been worried about Lily sama, who was surrounded by two evil women, and came running toward her.–Although his physical condition must be painful.

“…That man is a knucklehead, but he’s quick at this sort of thing”

Violet sama, who was standing next to me before I knew it, said in a whisper that only I could hear. I wonder if she is referring to His Highness by ‘knucklehead’. That is too disrespectful.

“I have no choice. You, be careful”

I polished it for you specially, and you won’t be excused if you get it all dirty—. With such a small voice, Violet sama grabbed my arm.

Immediately, my eyes whirled around. The strong floating sensation, as if my consciousness is being forcibly pulled, almost makes me gulp and make strange noises.

—Uu, I feel sick...!

As I thought that, my body suddenly became heavy again. The moment I stumbled and almost fell down, someone held me up.

It was Claude sama with a puzzled look on his face.

I thanked him with a confused ‘Thank you’, and then, startled by the nostalgic sound of my own voice, I involuntarily looked at Claude sama’s face.

The person reflected in his eyes was unmistakably me—Sophia Alcott.

“Eh...”

Upset, I looked at Violet sama, and she had a graceful face, as if nothing had happened.

But then she turned her eyes to her own stomach—Then the most murderous eyes I’ve ever seen were turned to me.

I gasp.

This. She has noticed the fat for sure...

I can hear Claude sama remonstrating against Violet sama’s gaze, but this is completely my fault, so there should be no other way to survive than to apologize.

Let’s get down on my knees. As soon as I thought that and took a breath, I heard the slightly puzzled voice of His Highness.

“…Violet. Why are you staring at the young lady of Alcott with such eyes?”

His Highness who was looking at Lily sama with a worried look on his face, also seemed to notice Violet sama’s anger toward me.

“It’s none of your business. —I have something to do  with this girl right now. Get out of here quickly because I have no business with you or that woman”

“…That insolent attitude. Have you finally stopped acting? You’re less creepy now”

His Highness, whose face was distorted with displeasure, glanced at my face, which was bubbling with fear, and gave me an expression as if he was looking at some unfortunate creature.

“…she’s scared. As your cousin, I can’t just let a woman be cornered by you”

“Ara, if this looks like cornering to you, I guess you must really have bad eyes”

No, I think His Highness’s eyes are normal.

I wanted to say so, but I couldn’t, so I wisely kept my mouth shut,

“Knucklehead, while we’re at it, I’ll tell you one more thing. Your pretty little girl seems a little pale, doesn’t she? Shouldn’t you let her rest as soon as possible?”

His Highness glared at Violet sama as she said this, but he turned his eyes to Lily sama with concern.

“Your Highness. Violet and...Young Lady Alcott are with me. Violet knows that the next time she gets into trouble, she will be imprisoned again. If something happens, I will catch her immediately so please rest assured”

“…All right. I’ll leave it to you”

His Highness nodded to Claude sama’s words and threw a harsh word to Violet sama, “Keep it moderate and don’t lead her to ruin”.

‘Don’t lead her to ruin’, it was the first time I ever heard such a warning.

Well, it already looks like I’m going to be ruined though...

There was no way I could say such a thing, so I bowed my head to His Highness who said, “If you need anything, you can count on Claude and me”

~~~~~

We changed locations and came to my room. No, it might be better to say former Julia’s room.

For some reason, this large, clean, sunny room seemed to be my room. I had to ask twice because I didn’t know what it meant.

There are many things I want to retort about.

I want to talk about this room, about whether it’s okay to not be in the hall even though it’s my social debut, about how Julia is making a perfectly delicious cup of tea which is an attendant’s job while gnashing her teeth and looking at me as though slightly scared,

But, that’s not the point now.

When Julia finished brewing the tea and left the room, I repeatedly said, “I’m deeply sorry” to the angry Violet sama.

“—Only three months. How could I have grown so fat like a pig in just three months?”

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“I’m deeply sorry...”

“I even pulled you who was like a stray dog up to this standard, you little prick”

Stray dog...

“How dare you spoil my noble body like this? What are these short fingernails? Don’t you know the elegance lies in the fingertips?”

“I’m deeply sorry.....”

“—Violet. Enough”

Seeing me shrink away from Violet sama’s scolding, Claude sama says sharply.

“It’s my fault she became fat”

Claude sama...!

What a manly man! However, is there any other way to be protected this embarrassingly and unbearably?

Violet sama gained weight because of me, who ate three full meals every day without worries about dieting, and even ate snacks and refreshments. Every day, I was longing for snack time.

Claude sama turned his angry gaze on Violet sama, not caring about my internal conflict.

“But first of all, you should apologize and give an explanation to Sophia, who was put through the wringer by you. Why is there no apology or explanation for Sophia, who has been imprisoned and has suffered so much on your behalf?”

Claude sama is angry. I looked up at his anger in surprise.

I have seen him angry several times, but this is the first time I’ve seen him this angry.

“I’m telling you, I’m not keeping quiet about your body swap. You deserve exactly three months in the tower and the punishment for arbitrarily throwing an innocent girl into the tower in your place”

“…But, you chose to listen to me first. Didn’t you?”

Violet sama’s lips lifted, completely unmoved by Claude sama’s anger.

“—As you probably had guessed,. I switched bodies with this little girl in order to find out who poisoned Johannes”

At Violet sama’s words, Claude sama and I both gasped and widened our eyes at the same time.

Violet sama sama looked at us and raised one eyebrow in amusement, “Oh, you two sure get along well”.

“I didn’t think that you, a stone head harder than a rock... would believe in body swap. ...I was looking forward to see the look on your face as you flail around inwardly in anger and guilt after knowing the truth”

You just took all the fun out of it.

Violet sama’s brow furrowed in displeasure, and I thought for a little...that she was evil after all.