My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Volume 12 [Complete] by Satoru Yamaguchi

Author:Satoru Yamaguchi
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 4: Jeord Stuart’s Trying Times

I, Jeord Stuart, have found my days to be unpleasant of late. A few days prior, together with Katarina, I helped harvest the crops from her vegetable plot at the academy. The sight of Katarina enjoying herself, frolicking in the field, was so adorable that I felt very happy myself... But afterward, upon returning to the castle, I found myself surrounded by some odious people, and my mood declined almost immediately.

“Prince Jeord, why not take a short rest? Shall I make you some tea?” offered a grinning servant.

“No, no need for that yet. Thank you for your consideration,” I replied, forcing a smile of my own.

“I see. Very well, when you wish to rest, please inform me.” The servant returned to his post by the wall, and I sighed internally at the sight of him. This man, or rather, the many servants who were posted around me recently were the reason for my bad mood.

All of these servants had been engaged by the palace at Marquess Randall’s recommendation, and each and every one was still clearly under his influence. How could I relax, or even breathe, with people like that around me at all times?

It had been about one month prior that Marquess Randall had begun his surveillance of me. Well, no, he had been in the habit of coming to talk to me about one thing or another for a long time now.

With his insatiable lust for power, Marquess Randall was in the habit of cozying up to the royal family whenever he had the chance. And not only to me—he had often spoken to Alan as well. The only members of our family with whom he did not relish the chance to speak belonged to the faction supporting the opposing prince in contest for the throne, Ian. With that group, Marquess Randall exchanged only the most minimal of pleasantries. On top of that, Ian was an intensely honest and just man, so he did not seem to look kindly upon the power-hungry marquess, who so obviously changed his demeanor to appeal to different people. As a result, the two could hardly be more estranged.

However, even Jeffrey, the very man whom the faction said to be controlled by Marquess Randall sought to elevate to the throne, did not give much indication of wanting to do the marquess’s bidding.

Though I did not know how he had dealt with the marquess as a child, these days Jeffrey sometimes even seemed to treat him with a hint of disdain. This he had in common with his fiancée Susanna, who also happened to be the marquess’s own daughter.

Susanna Randall was the marquess’s daughter by his late first wife, and was born with strong magical aptitude. I had heard it rumored that as soon as she became an adult, she left her father’s household to live apart from him.

Furthermore, it was rumored that Marquess Randall had grown irritated with Jeffrey and Susanna, who would not do as they were told.

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