From Two-Bit Baddie to Total Heartthrob: This Villainess Will Cross-Dress to Impress! Volume 4 by Masamune Okazaki

Author:Masamune Okazaki [OKAZAKI, MASAMUNE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2025-09-19T00:00:00+00:00

“Just hang onto me and take some deep breaths, okay?”

She coughed again. “Y... You...”

“Lizzie!” Edward cried.

He and Dee were swiftly approaching in their rowboat.

With Princess Marie’s arms wrapped around my neck, I trod water as I raised a hand to signal that we were okay.

Dee looked absolutely pale as a ghost, which was understandable. She was probably worried sick about her sister. Weirdly enough, though, Edward also looked panicked.

“We’re okay,” I said. “Can I grab onto your boat? It’d be a huge help if you could take us back to the shore.”

“Climb in,” Edward ordered as I grabbed onto the side of their boat.

Obviously, I would have done that if I were alone, but that wasn’t going to work with Princess Marie in tow. She was so waterlogged that I wasn’t sure I could soften our landing enough.

Besides, there was no downside to just hanging onto the side of the boat like this until we reached land. Better safe than sorry.

“If we rock the boat getting in, you might capsize too,” I explained. “And I’d rather not carry three people to land if I can help it.”

“All right. Hold on tight, then,” Edward agreed, still looking anxious.

After checking that the oars wouldn’t hit me, we made our way back towards land.

Since Princess Marie’s arms were wrapped tightly around my neck, I just focused all my energy on holding on to the side of the boat.

I thought about doing a flutter kick to help propel us forwards, but I decided not to. It’d be a real pain if I screwed up and we capsized.

“It’s all right. We’re almost there,” Dee kept calling out to Marie, desperate to comfort her. Her face was almost as pale as her waterlogged, freezing little sister’s.

It was sweet how much they cared about each other.

Once we reached the shore, I gently placed Princess Marie onto the ground.

She looked up at me like she wanted to say something. I watched her out of the corner of my eye as I stood up and tore off my drenched blazer.

I’d been submerged in the water up to my head, so it was hardly a surprise that even my underwear was completely soaked...but it still sucked. I hadn’t thought to bring a change of clothes with me, but hopefully I could borrow something from someone.

One thing was for sure, though: I wasn’t going back in the carriage like this. I wasn’t going to be happy about that, and the driver sure as hell wouldn’t be either.

I sensed someone approaching, so I turned around. Edward had jumped out of the boat and broken into a run towards us. The moment he caught up to us, he threw his jacket over my shoulders.

Princess Marie had plopped down on the grass, and Princess Diana was still back in the rowboat. I couldn’t believe that he hadn’t offered his hand to help her get out.

And you call yourself a gentleman! I thought. It was truly one of the dumbest things I’d ever seen him do.

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