Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord Act 5 [Parts 1 to 9] by Satori Tanabata

Author:Satori Tanabata
Language: eng
Format: epub

The count saw us off, and we left the Archiam estate. Naturally, the count was aware that Kevin had manipulated Eleanora in order to gain my help. Count Archiam hadn’t even seemed particularly happy when I’d agreed, and instead had just gloomily said, “I apologize for my steward.”

Now inside my carriage, I found myself thinking about the cunning old steward. “I’m sorry, I should’ve expected him to do something like that,” I told Patrick with a sigh. “You even warned me to be careful before we split up...”

“I was being cautious too, but...” He shrugged. “Even I didn’t notice when he left the room.”

It was a bad move on my part to have left Eleanora on her own without watching out for that mastermind. If I’d just thought about it a little more, I could have guessed that Eleanora would be the one the steward was going to target.

I was totally on guard when Kevin came over this morning... My brain probably wasn’t working after I ended up being unable to commission the armor I wanted. I even got caught up in talking about the armor with the count. The one most at fault is of course the count’s steward, but this kingdom’s technological capabilities come in at a close second. And then, moving down the list of things to blame, Eleanora is obviously the most innocent. I wonder if she’s okay. Did that sneaky geezer plant the wrong ideas in her head?

“What were you told about the Archiam family’s crisis, Lady Eleanora?” I asked.

“They said that the Marquess of Prynan is about to take something important of theirs away, and you’re the only person who can resolve things. Dorothea said that it wasn’t anything I should be concerned with, but...I couldn’t help but wonder if there was anything we could do, and so I ended up asking for your help.” She looked crestfallen.

“It’s all right. I also wanted to be of help after hearing about the count’s situation,” I lied casually, in an effort to cheer her up.

I see, so it seems that both the count and his daughter weren’t really enthusiastic about this plan to use me.

Though the steward had definitely been decidedly nefarious in his methods, I couldn’t think of him as a bad person. Perhaps this was because the fact that he would do whatever it took for his lord to achieve his goals could be described as loyalty.

“What are you planning to do, Yumiella?” Patrick asked, swaying with the motion of the carriage. “Are you thinking tomorrow or the day after?” I knew he was wondering when I was planning to try and negotiate with the Marquess.

Whether this was fortunate or unfortunate for me was up for debate, but my visit to the Royal Capital had just happened to overlap with the monthly court conference. This was a gathering during which aristocrats rallied around the king and made decisions that related to how the kingdom was being run. The conference would be held the day after tomorrow.

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