My Ex-Fiancée Is the Female Lead in the Romance Novel - Chapter 16



16 – Villain?

“Thank you very much. I never thought the day would come when I would see a dragon again in my lifetime…”

“It is said that the dragons were spawning when we headed to the east. So it was relatively easy to get.”

I raised her head and looked at the empress, who looked like she was about to cry. She was a typical oriental beauty. Whether she was taken care of since she was a child or because she was treated with respect since coming to the imperial palace, she was so beautiful that it was hard to believe that she had ever been a slave.

She and her 4th princess looked so much alike that it was clear whose genes her 4th princess had inherited.

“Did you say Youngsik, Marquis of Lombardy?”

“Yes.”

“My daughter asked for an unreasonable request. Even during the spawning season, I couldn’t have easily brought the dragon…”

Isn’t it? Apparently, Sangjudanju said that the emperor gave it to him as a gift.

‘Did he look good to the emperor?’

However, the time he was in the east was too short for that.

I immediately thought that there was a high possibility that the empress was misinformed. No matter how much the empress was from the East, the only means to obtain information in this era were newspapers and rumors full of lies at best.

It wouldn’t be too strange if she knew the wrong things about her dragons.

“Ha ha… No. It was no big deal.”

I felt the burden of not knowing something about the 4th Empress who kept looking at me with an expression that seemed to be moved.

“Can you guess the name of the country you do business with?”

“It is a country called Han.”

Then she put on a somewhat subtle expression. It seemed to miss the past or to hate it.

Could she be from this country? Her sudden curiosity kicked in, but before I could ask her questions, she gave me an order to celebrate her guests.

“I would like you to leave today. I will call you again later, so please come and see how the truthful dragon grows.”

“Yes. Of course.”

I also wonder how that little dragon will grow. That’s why I was planning to visit the dragon occasionally, even through the 4th princess, but if the empress offered to invite her personally, there was no reason to refuse.

“Then see you next time. And please take good care of our Elysia. Why are you arguing for power?”

I had no choice but to tell the empress her ambiguous answer with an embarrassing smile at those words.

“hahahaha… I see.”

* * *

Seria was in a very bad mood. If you ask her when she was in such a good mood, she’d say Seria wouldn’t say anything, but anyway, Seria’s mood wasn’t particularly good right now.

Due to her father’s sanctification, various questions were bound to come and go to her, who attended the tea party with her young ladies who attended her ebb and flow.

She is also the one who has been driving various issues lately. 2 The scandal with the prince, and even the breakup with Lombardi.

Seria was a good prey and prey for the noble ladies who were buried in their boring daily lives and would not hesitate to indulge in false gossip for their own amusement.

Obviously, as the daughter of a duke, she reigned as the top predator in the social world, but as if it would be difficult for even a lion to defeat dozens of herbivores, she was not alert to the numerous attacks pouring in from her surroundings.

“So how did you meet the prince?”

“No. It was the first time I met the prince that day.”

“Wow… You even kissed me on the first day? Then, if you’ll excuse me, can you tell me how far she’s gotten?”

This is a very rude question. And the other person will know that such a question is rude. As evidence of that, the young lady’s astonished face was accompanied by a slight sneer at Seria.

“I have nothing to do with the prince.”

As she declared, the whispers around her reached Seria’s ears.

“So you’re even kissing someone you know nothing about?”

“To think that the one and only daughter of a famous person was such a woman… The Duke must be worried too…”

“Such… You mean that if you have a little relationship, you will do more.”

Seria pressed her lips together. She wanted to get out of this place, even chewing her gums, but she didn’t.

She’ll never really be able to take the lead in the social scene again if she runs away from here now. Seria knew that, so she endured all kinds of insults from her.

However, Seria was unable to maintain her reason any longer due to the sound of conversations coming from elsewhere.

“Ah! Come to think of it, the Lombardi English style has no owner now, right?”

Then, some young ladies near her started to light up their eyes. Cesar was popular in the social circle due to her warm appearance and polite personality.

However, he rarely appeared in social circles except when he was with Seria, so there were a few young ladies who actually had feelings of admiring him.

Seria squeezed the hem of her skirt. She felt the lace on her dress break, but she had no mind left to care for that.

The tea party was held in an open area. That’s why her hands would have been hidden under her desk at other times, but since it was an outdoor tea party, the other ladies could see her holding her hands tightly.

And the young lady with purple hair who was in the center of the young ladies who saw it opened her mouth.

“Then… now I have an opportunity.”

She dyed her cheeks and made an embarrassing expression. She and her hands were moving about, bewildered, like a girl on a spring day, bewildered.

Seria finally lost her reason at the appearance of a girl who fell in love no matter who saw it.

“Hey.”

As soon as she heard that, the young lady’s purple eyes shone. And a small smile crept across her lips.

* * *

As in any romance fantasy, there were villains in the novels I read.

She was a typical romance fantasy villainess who had a bad relationship with the heroine since childhood and liked the same man.

Similar to the story in the novel, Seria and Lady Rosemary, who appeared as a villain in the novel, were actually old enemies. That’s why I didn’t have that many things to make or meet her like that.

But unexpectedly, she came to me suddenly.

She has a strong impression with purple hair, but she is on the short side.

“Hello. Lombardi Youngsik, it’s not the first time I’ve seen you, but it’s the first time I’m officially greeting you, right? My name is Rosemary Camilla.”

“Yes… I am César of Lombardi.”

I had no idea how to deal with her sudden visit. She wouldn’t have met her if they were Korean or American, but the Rosemary family is one of the imperial dukes.

This means that he is not someone I cannot meet even if I do not want to meet him.

What purpose did this young lady come to find me? All I could recall was that her purpose for her visit must have had to do with Seria.

“What did you visit today? I was surprised that the visit was so sudden.”

I said it in a roundabout way, but to be direct, it was a sign of my own discomfort as to why I had come all of a sudden. There’s no way Lady Rosemary didn’t know that, but she still had a calm expression.

After taking a sip of the black tea that seemed to have been given to her by a maid, she put on a surprised expression.

“Oh! Isn’t this the new tea from the East this time?”

“Yes. Probably right.”

“This is very hard to find… How did you get it?”

And while doing so, Lady Rosemary looked at me with a strange expression.

I felt a little tired from her behavior as if she was scooping me up.

“I brought it as soon as it was brought in from the Bereng Merchant.”

“Then, did you bring any other cars?”

“Yes. It is.”

Then she looked at me with bright eyes. It was the look of a child who found something he wanted to have no matter who looked at it.

“…I will take care of it if you need it.”

“No. There’s no need for that. I am not such a shameless person.”

Lady Rosemary waved her hand at my words and expressed her refusal.

“Since we will continue to be close… Wouldn’t it matter? If you want to eat anyway, you can come here and eat.”

What are you talking about? I looked straight into her eyes as she spoke suddenly. Her eyes were shining purple and her expression was shamelessly calm.

I let out a deep sigh.

“hehehe… Then I’ll stop here for today.”

Lady Rosemary noticed my appearance and took a step back, perhaps to avoid provoking me any further.

It was after Lady Rosemary passed away that I heard about today’s social events.