The Crazy Villainess in This Area Is Me

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Magorit, who returned to the annex, took a deep breath. As soon as she became involved with Lobelia, she lost her temper. It felt like someone was whispering in her ear to tell her to be angrier.

She traced the wound on her neck while running her other hand through her hair. Just because she hadn’t used good quality hair oil for a few days, her platinum hair had already become dull.  

“…What on earth is the relationship between the two?”

Letting go of her anger, Magorit slowly fell into thought. From the coachman’s quietness, it seemed he hadn’t figured out what was happening between Bella and Lobelia. But there must have been some kind of deal between the two. What can a Gracie writer get by keeping her in check? She slowly tilted her head.

“…No way.”

Magorit’s eyes opened wide. The first person who found Lobelia was the first royal prince. What if the first royal prince, Princess Gracie, and Lobelia joined hands? If so, it made some sense.

Currently, the people who can be said to be in power in the Tiazen Empire are the empress and the empress’s family, Duke Bonitare. And isn’t Duke Bonitare’s closest confidante none other than Marquis Hamilton?

The first prince, who had been hiding for several years, had now come out like a tiger. Now that Princess Gracie had woken up from her sick bed, she would clearly try to expand her power even further.  

“Yes… That’s what it was like.”

Magorit quickly gathered her thoughts. At that moment, she had a very good idea to get rid of Lobelia.

“There’s that way, right?” A wicked smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

There must have been data about ‘that’ left somewhere. Magorit immediately began going through the belongings she had moved from the main house.

“Found it.”

She had previously stolen it from Kriella’s study in case it might be useful, but she had no idea it would be so helpful to her.

That’s right,

“A poison that will kill you if you don’t take the antidote once a day.”

One day, Kriella made a slip of the tongue when she was drunk. The Shinsu clan, known to have left the empire, didn’t actually leave but was killed by the emperor. And this document contained information about the poison the emperor had fed them.

A poisoner who mixes everything differently and gives the secret antidote only to those who request the poison. The ingredients were difficult to obtain and difficult to mix, so they couldn’t be obtained with even a decent amount of gold coins. However, if she sold the treasures she had collected, she would be able to get at least one poison.  As long as she fed this to Merilly, Lobelia would have listened to her completely.

“I’ll have to call Jack.”

Magorit immediately had one of the knights, who was around, to fetch Jack. Soon, he entered the room and hesitated.

“I need you to get someone.”

Magorit handed Jack a coin pouch containing more gold coins and jewels than before.

“This should be the way to come to that person. The information—”

“…I’m sorry, little Madam.”

“Yes?” At the sudden apology, she raised one of her eyebrows.

Jack wiggled his fingers and passed the coin pouch back to Magorit. Then he rummaged through his pocket. Inside it, the gold coins she had given so far were clanking and jolting out. He gathered a bunch of gold coins into his palm and put them down on the table.

“Where are you doing now?”

“I… I can’t… do it…” Although his voice didn’t come out well, as if he was choked up, Jack spoke with all his might.

Looking at him like that, Magorit smiled. “What are you saying now?”

“Actually, I heard it. When I get the poison… You’re going to feed it to the lady…”

Jack closed his eyes tightly and gathered his courage. Even though she’s vicious, if he conveyed his feelings with all his heart, he would at least not be punished. That’s what he thought.

But what came back was,

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A murky sneer.

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I didn’t expect it.”

“Yes…?”

His trembling eyes turned to her. Magorit’s face was completely red as if she was about to explode.

“A scum like you dared to betray me and join that bitch…”

Right, how could Lobelia know her plan? The only person she relayed the order to was Jack. So this guy went and told Lobelia the story.

Her head tingled as if she had been hit hard in the back of her head. They were like dust to her, so she couldn’t even imagine that they would have dared betray her.

“…I didn’t join! I just…”

“Just?”

“I’m also the head of a family with children… It would be shameful for my children.”

The gentle tone of speech followed smoothly. But her face, which had always had a smile on it, distorted in an instant.

“The head of the family isn’t even doing his job properly.”

Pressing his finger down Jack’s chest, her mouth drew a mean line.

“Li-Little Madam…”

“If they were born as commoners, you should at least give them money. Don’t you feel ashamed to look after your children only by using a coachman’s salary?”

“…I’m sorry.”

Despite the blatant mockery, he just bowed his head.

Magorit’s face became increasingly hard as she stared at the scene. Soon, she slowly opened her mouth again. “Okay, I respect your opinion.”

Is it really sincere? It was the time when Jack raised his head in gratitude.

“Th-thank y—!”

“Instead,” Magorit, still smiling, grabbed the candlestick on the table. “You will have to be punished.”

Her beautiful fingers held the candlestick tightly. “Punishment for daring to betray me.” She swung it to his head hard as soon as she finished speaking.

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Jack was hit by a sudden attack without being able to dodge it. His body wobbled greatly. Blood was dripping from his head, perhaps because it had been beaten by a sharp part.

Jack fell to the floor, defending his head. Then, without even running away, he continued to receive Magorit’s outrageous violence. He thought he deserved this level of punishment.

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“Jack…!”

At that moment, the door burst open. My startled eyes looked back and forth between Jack, who had fallen, and Magorit, who was standing holding a candlestick.

“Why are you getting beaten like a fool!” Screaming, she picked up Jack’s fallen body and sat him down against the wall.

“But being a man… How can I raise my hands on a woman…”

“What a fool…!”

I didn’t know he was such a stupid good guy. The fact that he didn’t run away and just took the beating must mean that he felt guilty.

There were more than one or two wounds as he had been hit by the candlestick many times.

It would have been a simple task if I had used my holy power, but I couldn’t use it in Magorit’s presence.

I turned my head. “Are you crazy? Huh? Have you really lost your mind? Are you planning to be a murderer now…?!”

“That’s right.”

“What?”

“Murderer? That’s fine. I already killed someone once, so what makes me can’t kill someone again?”

“You…!”

“If killing a few commoners is a murderer, then aren’t all the nobles in this empire murderers?”

“What are you talking about…!”

My emerald eyes shook like waves. Her words sounded like she had already killed the commoners several times.

“The maids who flirted with Endimion. My mother took care of everything.”

“What?”

“What do you think happened?” Magorit burst out laughing as if she had lost her mind.  “I killed them all. Well, do you think I only killed those kinds of maids? I took the servants who annoyed me to the torture chamber…” She laughed all the time as if it were a very funny joke.

A look of absurdity turned to Magorit. Just because our social status is different, how can she think like that?

My hatred for humans, which had disappeared for a while because of my family, began to spread in my heart again.

“Is it fun…?”

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“Is it fun to kill and harass people?”

Before I knew it, darkness began to rise above my clear eyes.

Magorit was smiling as if nothing had happened, even with the blood man in front of her. “They’re not humans.”

In fact, she didn’t think it was fun to harass or kill commoners, even though she looked down on them. But she had to look strong as she stood in front of Lobelia.

She spoke as calmly as possible. “Commoners aren’t people, right? They’re like livestock. It’s the same as not feeling guilty about a cow just because you’re eating a steak.”

“They’re humans, not livestock.” I gritted my teeth.

Even if the devil descended to this land, it didn’t seem like they would be this evil.

I murmured softly as I walked closer to Magorit.

“Commoners just like you are—!”

My hatred and anger toward humans exploded in an instant. And at that moment,

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Magorit’s scarf, which had been wrapped around her neck, slipped down. The wound that was revealed was burning blue, like a fire. She fell to the ground, feeling an indescribable pain.