Becoming the Villainess: Working Behind the Scenes to Make My Bias Shine - Chapter 1

Chapter 1 – The Grandest Stage for My Biases

There was a game to which I devoted my life.

There, I met my biases whom I was willing to spend all my money on.

They cheered me up again and again, made me cry every so often, and made me alternate between joy and sorrow as I ran through the events like crazy for the rewards.

Thanks to them, my life was vividly colored.

I would do anything for my biases.

Yes, if it is to make my biases shine……

I’ll play the villainess to perfection!

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“Eldia Eclair! I revoke your noble status!”

I shuddered at the sound of the voice denouncing me.

Not from fear. It was from joy.

Slowly, I turned around to see William Vadery, the second prince of this land, staring at me with hatred.

Uooo! Even though I’m used to seeing real blondes after coming here, he’s still exceptionally beautiful! His blue eyes are out of this world, and since he is a prince of the Vadery Kingdom still in his mid-20s, as well as a strong fighting character who is affiliated with the military, there’s no reason why he shouldn’t be popular!

Yes, this garden party had become the place to expose and denounce me, Eldia Eclair, for my sins.

Most of the country’s important officials were gathered, including the saint, the hero who will become the protagonist as well as the major characters who will become their comrades. It was the grandest stage in the early phase of the game that I devoted my life to.

William glared at me and continued.

“Despite being a noble of this country, it is intolerable that you make light of the royal family and commit countless misdeeds that endanger the country. Above all, you’re guilty of mistreating our national treasure, the saint”

“William sama! There must be some kind of mistake! There must be some kind of reason as to why Eldia sama would do such a thing….”

Julia, the saintess who was responsible for purifying the miasma in the Vadery Kingdom, intervened. However, Willaim smiled kindly as he moved her as if to cover her from me.

“Julia, you don’t have to defend such a woman anymore. Leave the rest to me”

Ahhhh, Julia chan, my bias! She has a transient appearance with light bluish silver hair and emerald green eyes that make you want to give her a tight hug but she is an absolute angel who will go on a journey to save the people important to her even if she is scared. And she is only 16!

A little bit dense and she has only good points, even the fact that approaches from the surroundings don’t get through her.

You can’t help but fall in love with this girl, right? You want to protect her, right? William, I understand such feelings!

I also think anyone who picks on Julia chan deserves to die ten thousand deaths.

But sorry, if I don’t do it, this country will be destroyed!

My pretense is so perfect that even if my face is crumbling in my brain, I still have an archaic smile on the outside.

For the time being, shall I feign ignorance as a beauty of style?

I tilted my head curiously.

After all, I am a 17 years old, beautiful, sexy woman with rich chestnut hair and green eyes now. I look absolutely stunning. Look in the mirror, I have the most loving and affectionate face of a big sister.

I’m an unpopular woman around 30 years old inside but some things are better left unsaid. There’s no one who knows that here.

“Ara, it was just me working diligently as a noble for the sake of our king and our people. As a saintess candidate, I’ve worked hard and learned how to act as a mother for the kingdom… And yet you’re saying you don’t need me, aren’t you?”

“How shameless. I know what you’ve been doing behind the scenes. I’ve already reported this to His Majesty and our engagement’s already been terminated. Deceiving a lot of people, you deplorable villainous princess”

William spat hatefully.

Uoooo! I have received the title of the villainous princess! Eldia’s second name!!!

So I spread out my fan with extraordinary elegance and smiled.

The aristocratic (laugh) style I fostered with all my might over the past few years must have seemed vicious and arrogant.

“Ara, I was just having fun with everyone, enjoying the sweet pleasures of this world. What is not okay with it?”

I said it. The signature line of the villainous princess!

“Eldia sama, why, such….”

Uuu—…. the hero’s despairing face is so heartbreaking yet so delicious that my heart can’t stop racing!

I’m sorry, I was super gentle with you. That kindness isn’t a lie and this feeling of wanting to cheer for you is real. That in itself is not enough for the sake of the story.

“Ara, so you survived. How should I say, your durability beyond expectation is as one would expect from a hero?”

“You’re the one who tricked Licht, aren’t you!?”

The knight Anson, who was standing next to William, yelled at me as if he couldn’t stand it any longer.

Ahh, that’s right! You’re also one of my biases! A sunny hot-blooded man who pushes straight ahead for what is important! Your penetrating and defensive skills have served me well in the game!

“How many people have met misfortune because of your selfish behavior!? How many people would have been happy if it weren’t for you!?”

“Ara, the choice was theirs. I’ll be troubled if you blame me for that”

“You….”

“Anson!”

The hero, Licht kun, tried to stop him, but he couldn’t make it in time. 

Before he could, Anson pulled out his sword and unleashed a killer move upon me.

Hieee, as expected, it’s scary that the move is unleashed with the same effects in the game!

But I’ve mastered magic and spells as the so-called villainous princess and saintess candidate.

That’s why defending with just a shut of the fan is how it unfolds in the game but….

“Eldia sama!”

The one who raised his voice and came to my defense was my attendant.

With black hair and dark purple eyes, he shielded me from the attempt on my heart.

Anson noticed and stopped his sword just in time, but the tip of the sword ripped the side of his torso.

He was still bleeding in the side, but he did not retreat, and Anson shouted at him as he didn’t understand.

“Why are you protecting a person like her!? Don’t you know what she’s been doing!?”

“….I’m indebted to Eldia sama”

My attendant, Albert, answered in a matter-of-fact manner, without any particular expression on his face, but I was trying to keep my face from contorting.

Strange, how did this happen? Even as I was thinking, he was still standing as a cover for me.

Then, as a noble daughter, Eldia, I have no choice but to take a huge sigh and say this.

“How barbaric of you to hurt my attendant. Since when has the quality of knights in this kingdom fallen so low?”

“….ss! ….!!”

Anson’s face turned red with anger, but he did not raise his sword.

Umu, I’m sorry, really.

Then I turned to look at William.

“Suppose I had something to do with the terrible thing you just described. Do you think you can stop me just by stripping me of my noble status?”

William can’t get out any words. Yup, yup, that’s right. After all, my crimes encompassed the whole of Vadery. And although I gave myself away this time, for other cases, there was no other evidence besides the fact that I was there.

It does make me a victim and it’ll become a scandal among the nobles that I was involved in a crime. Weak. Yup yup, there’s no way my attendant would be careless about that after all.

I flipped my dress on its side and smiled at William.

“William sama, I’m not feeling well after having my attendant hurt, so I’ll be leaving first”

“…..You are to be confined to your home for the time being. I will inform you of any further punishment for the other crimes.”

“You villainous princess! Don’t think you can escape!”

At Anson’s frustrated words, I made a graceful curtsy as a decisive blow.

I was an unpopular woman around thirty years old in my previous life, and now I’m playing the role of the villainous princess in the early stages of the game that I loved to death.