Raising the Villain the Right Way [Novel] Chapter 2 – Chapter 2

Chapter 2

"Oh, no!"

What?! I jumped up from my seat.

‘No, my coin! I have to go back!’

The Duke looked a bit surprised, but soon his face turned cold as if to say ‘I thought so.’

"Ha, that's why I told you to behave properly, I told you so many times."

"Oh, no, Grandfather. Absolutely not!"

A hint of refined ferocity passed over the Duke's expression.

I could clearly hear the voice saying, ‘How dare you be so cheeky when you have nothing...’

"I have no intention of allowing the breakup. You just focus on keeping your fiance in check and don't even think of saying anything nonsense."

"Yes, yes!"

After saying this to me, the Duke turned his head and spoke to the person beside him who had been secretly looking at me with disapproval.

"Duke Remute must have some background to confidently request a breakup. Find out immediately."

"Yes, Your Grace."

Whether he did or not, only one thought was circling in my head.

Just 1 year. If I just maintain the engagement with that man for 1 year...!

But the other party strongly wants to break it off.

‘I absolutely have to meet that man first.’

While I was making up my mind, the Duke's gaze turned to me.

It was a gaze full of displeasure.

"Do as you please like always, but don't even think about falling for his pretty face and accepting the breakup. Of course, you probably don't have the money to pay him back anyway."

I felt his will that he would never tolerate a breakup under any circumstances.

His will? What a godsend.

He looked like a winged angel to my eyes.

My goodness, you look like an angel who will return my coin.

I nodded firmly.

"Yes, Grandfather!"

Then, the Duke paused for a moment and looked at me with a bewildered expression.

* * *

Life as a villainess was quite affluent.

Naturally.

Charlize was, fundamentally, the heir to the greatest fortune in this world and a beloved, cherished princess of a duke.

Moreover, as far as I knew, her relationship with the male protagonist, the tyrant, was also good.

So, she became a selfish, extravagant, delinquent villainess who had to do whatever she wanted to be satisfied, and had to get whatever she desired to sleep with her legs stretched out.

‘I died without being able to spend billions, and now I've opened my eyes as a diamond spoon.’

It's a really good proposition, but...

Unless this villainess is a time-limited death sentence coming soon.

When the female lead appears, this villainess will surely die because of the karma she has accumulated!

Simply put, it means she's already earned too much resentment.

On top of that, the point I opened my eyes is not long before the female lead appears.

‘1 year... I'm in a situation where I have to work hard to avoid the karma this body has accumulated while also maintaining the engagement with that man.’

But my so-called fiance is demanding a breakup without even showing his nose.

And the karma this villainess has accumulated could appear before me at any moment.

This was the reason I couldn't fully enjoy the few days I've been living as a great diamond spoon.

Fortunately, during these passing days, memories of Charlize have been surfacing here and there, and by now, quite a lot have come back, so there's no big problem living as Charlize.

It's just surprising, wondering how she could have lived accumulating so much karma.

I fiddled with the necklace in my hand.

"Our daughter, son. You siblings must get along well? Otherwise, Mommy will get angry."

This was a necklace left to Charlize by her mother, the late Empress, who is now dead.

For some reason, she earnestly told Charlize to wear it everywhere, always, and Charlize also kept this promise, wearing it even on the day she opened her eyes.

‘By the way...’

I turned my head.

“......”

As soon as my gaze touched her, the maid who was standing there hiccupped.

"I-I'm sorry, Duchess!"

The maid unnie fell to her knees with a thud.

In my hand were an envelope and a letter handed to me by the maid.

"P-please save me, Duchess!"

I turned the letter over.

This letter was an invitation sent to my fiance, whose face I haven't even seen once yet, asking for a meeting, just once.

He demands a breakup, but there's no way I'll agree to it.

It came back.

Without even being opened.

‘Wow, a refreshing rejection.’

And the maid who brought this letter was trembling and kneeling.

I have no intention of scolding her, as it's not her fault, but I kept a poker face.

“……Was there no other answer?”

"I was, was kicked out at the gate..."

Wow. And he even denied me at the door?

At the situation of my fiance, who hates me more seriously than I thought, I sighed.

As a reader who read this book, I perfectly understand why the fiance, Askin Remute, hates ‘Charlize.’

Charlize loved beautiful things, and in her eyes, along with her own older brother, the most beautiful man was this Askin.

So, she took advantage of Askin's situation. When he needed a large sum of money, she nagged her maternal grandfather and used the power of her family to lend him a huge amount of money, demanding an engagement in return.

Moreover, Duke Altsbeit went a step further and added a massive interest rate.

It was a slave contract, where he would either pay interest for life or dedicate his military force instead of interest.

Askin accepted the engagement and at the same time signed the debt contract. The reason this was possible was as follows.

First of all, this man is the strongest swordsman in the empire, but his own family is on the verge of ruin!

So, to remedy the family's crisis, he had no choice but to accept Altsbeit's offer.

He took on a huge debt, using as collateral both his excellent subordinates who stayed under him despite poor pay conditions and his own abilities, considered the best in the empire.

The reason this man's family was driven to the brink of bankruptcy and needed a large sum of money was because of his only sister.

‘Because his only sister fell ill with an incurable disease.’

Moreover, since there was no real cure, maintaining her life required a constantly enormous amount of treatment costs.

The money received through the engagement with the Altsbeit family was also used as treatment costs to get his sister over a crisis when her health deteriorated rapidly.

"Should I go find him directly..."

"Sh, shall I prepare?"

The maid unnie, who lifted her head with a start, looked a bit pitiful.

Right, strike while the iron is hot. I need to see his face at least once.

Just as I was about to get up.

Along with a knock, the door opened and another maid unnie entered with a pale face.

"Du, Duchess! His, His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!"

I paused, about to get up.

Hmm? The Emperor? That means the tyrant?

The Emperor. The male protagonist of this book and Charlize's older brother.

Strangely, although many of Charlize's memories have surfaced, unfortunately, memories of her tyrant older brother or her fiance were still hazy.

‘What do I do about this...’

I rested my chin on my hand, pondered, and then turned my head.

"Say I won't see him now."

“……Pardon?”

"Grandfather?"

"The, the Duke is, is out on important business today."

Oh dear. I can't use Grandfather as an excuse now, can I?

"Then just say I won't see him."

I still don't remember well how Charlize treated that tyrant older brother.

I don't want to act awkwardly and raise suspicion for no reason.

I absolutely want to get my coin back.

"B, but Duchess, that is...!"

"There is no need."

At that moment, a low voice was heard.

I turned my head in surprise.

"Because I came directly."

I saw a person standing askew by the door.

Jet-black hair and deep red eyes, the same color as Charlize's.

The Emperor and my older brother.

And the male protagonist, Roxiddion.

‘Why does he look so ferocious?’

Charlize is such a beauty, and since he's the male protagonist, naturally he was incredibly handsome, but he felt more like a wild beast than a person.

Seeing me, he grinned, baring his teeth.

"Hello, little sister?"

Hey, those eyes aren't smiling at all, are they?

At that moment, memories exploded in my head.

Memories of Charlize so vivid it was strange why they hadn't surfaced until now.

"Princess?"

"Don't call me that!"

Oh, now that I recall, it seems Charlize didn't particularly like being called Princess.

Technically, she was a princess, but she probably didn't like not living in the imperial palace.

"Don't call me that."

As soon as I said this, Roxiddion strode in.

Then, still grinning, he pointed his sword at me.

……A sword? You crazy bastard!

"Haha, where does this rebelliousness towards your older brother who is like the sky come from? Shall I fix your manners again today?"

And I remembered vividly.

Contrary to what I read in the book, for some reason... this man wasn't showing any signs of being a doting older brother. Why?

Fortunately, he brought it to my neck still in its sheath, but how could a tyrant from a book feel peaceful like this?

‘...Wow, he was crazy in the book too, but he's a real madman.’

In the book as well, he was more villainous than most villains and committed insane acts, making one ponder why on earth he was the male protagonist.

I never thought he would show such antics even to his own blood-related younger sister.

And looking at the memories just surfacing, it seems Charlize's personality wasn't one to back down from this either.

Roxiddion chuckled and pulled his sword back.

Then, he naturally plopped down on the sofa.

As if it were his own home, he stretched his legs out and even rested his chin on the table.

"Oh my, I'm stiff. So stiff."

Seeing him stretch languidly, instead of admiring his stature or face, I was dumbfounded without realizing it.

‘...What is it? This sense of deja vu.’

Something in my chest, no, in my head, felt like it was about to surface.

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