TVTLQ - Chapter 36
The Villainess Wants To Live Quietly
"Ugh!"
"Who is pretending to be the Duke? Where did you come from? Is it Count Able's side? Or Medidas?"
The soft smile that had been on his lips the whole time disappeared and a chill appeared on Rexed's face.
Calix groaned at the immense force binding his body.
"Gasp, Rexed, what is that... Ugh."
"You know what. Calix. That guy hates it when I call him Carl. He frowned and looked at it because it felt unfamiliar. I'm not just passing it off like you did."
Rexed raised one corner of his mouth slyly. At the same time, he used force to push Calix's body down the railing.
The long body was tilted as if it was about to go over the railing at any moment. The frightened opponent struggled with both legs.
"How dare you, to the Crown Prince of the empire, insult me? I was already annoyed, but it's okay. It would be fun to find out your identity."
"Ugh. Please, please. Please don't do this...!"
"Do you know how to fall? You will have to land without using your arms. Because I'm going to break both of your arms now."
"Ugh! Me, Your Highness! "S-sorry!"
The moment when Rexed applied force to Calix's wrist bone. A frivolous cry that would never come from Calix came out.
Rexed stopped moving for a moment at the voice full of earnestness. The person underneath him almost cried out.
"I can't believe you tried to taunt me, Your Highness. This is absolutely unfair! This is Dominic Gray! Duke Artemir's Aide!"
"Viscount Grey?"
"Yes!"
Why is Gray here? And in something like this? When Rexed didn't say anything, fake Calix desperately explained.
"Oh, it's because of the Duke's orders! The Duke asked me to attend in his stead!"
"How can I believe that?"
"I can prove it! The Duke actually hates carrots and just swallows them without chewing them. Isn't this a secret that can only be known unless you are very close to the Duke?"
"I guess it's true."
Only then did Rexed relax his hands and let go of his opponent.
The fake Calix lost his balance at that moment and almost fell to the floor outside the balcony. He was scared, stepped back, and hit his butt.
"Ugh, huh."
Rexed approached him while he was breathing urgently.
"Is that what you did?"
His gaze fell on the fake Calix's left hand. Realizing he was referring to the ring, Fake Calix shook his head.
"Oh, no. It's magic. Icarus worked. After six hours, it will return to its original state on its own."
"Even Icarus was involved?"
Rexed scoffed as if it was absurd. Icarus, the current owner of the Magic Tower and the head of the wizards, had outstanding skills but was a slightly strange person.
Should he call him crazy?
Icarus wouldn't have listened to Calix's request with his bare mouth.
Rexed was sure he would have asked for something strange in return for changing his appearance.
"So, where did the Duke go, so you came in his place?"
"Well, actually..."
Dominic, who had the face of Calix. rolled his eyes. He was very embarrassed when his identity was discovered by Rexed.
Where did he get caught?
His acting was perfect!
Of course, the person who was caught was also the Crown Prince. No matter what, he couldn't keep lying in front of the Crown Prince.
"The Duke never told me not to tell him about your whereabouts."
Fake Calix, who had made up his mind, suddenly bowed his head.
"The Duke has gone to Adelon."
"Isn't Adelon the southern workshop district? Why is he there?"
"This is to sign a contract with the glass workshop we discovered this time."
Rexed narrowed his eyes. From what he heard. It seems like he went there for business.
Rexed wondered if there was a need to bring that into Icarus and make Dominic stand in for him.
To put it bluntly, isn't it a workshop where he can go anytime? If today is difficult, even tomorrow morning.
"Hey, is he hiding something from me?"
It's a crisis.
Dominic, who had the face of Calix, gulped. The instructions Calix had given him this morning came to his mind.
'Even if you happen to be unlucky enough to be caught by the Crown Prince, be careful not to talk about Pierre."
'Yes? Why?'
'If the story of Pierre comes up, Rexed will definitely say something Then things will get messy. If you're curious, you should try it.'
He shook his head as if he was annoyed just thinking about it. With a face that says if things become a hassle. He will hold all the blame on him.
Fake Calix's heart was pounding. If he is picked on by the Duke, his life also becomes tiring.
He barely managed to get his voice out and opened his mouth.
"Uh, none. The Duke was just in a bit of a hurry because he didn't want it to be taken away by anyone else."
He was in a hurry because he couldn't let Miss Pierre be taken away.
"Don't you know, Your Highness? How serious the Duke is about his business."
Isn't that why the Duke entrusted him with this task and even asked him to act out something that wasn't even in his character?
As he spoke, fake Calix, who was in tears, pouted. Without even giving a proper explanation, he suddenly made him put on a disguise in the morning. Rexed said in disgust.
"I get it. So put that in your mouth."
"Yes, sorry."
"Ha, that's right anyway."
They sent a stand-in in without saying a word to him, and he must have completely fallen for it.
Is there some great business item?
Curiosity, coupled with mild irritation, began to settle in a corner of Rexed's heart.
***
Calix, who has sent his double to the Duke of Montrose's residence instead, is missing himself.
"The carriage wheel suddenly broke. What is this?"
"Oh my. Sorry, sir. I've never had anything like this happen in my life. I will fix it quickly."
"Phew."
On the way to the workshop, the carriage broke down and he was left in embarrassment in the middle of the road.
To be precise, he was pretending to be embarrassed. The current situation was all orchestrated by Calix. The coachman who had been purchased in advance was a skilled man. He deliberately broke down the carriage at the exact spot as requested by Calix.
Since they're already more than halfway there, it's too far to go back to the starting point, and they can't even walk to the destination, and it's in a quiet place with not a single empty carriage passing by.
Calix glanced at Rosenia. Rosenia followed him outside and was examining the carriage with a serious expression.
In fact, her expression hasn't been good ever since he met Calix and Dominic together. Her face looked like she had seen a ghost.
As expected, his intuition that Rosenia thought Calix and Dominic were the same person seemed to be correct. At the end, she almost stared at his right hand.
'How did she find out?'
There are only a few people who know the secret of the ring, and the likelihood that they ever opened their mouths is close to zero. If so, it means that Rosenia obtained the information through a different route...
***
Calix glanced at the small magic sphere he had kept in his jacket pocket.
It had been rented for a fee from the magic tower owner Icarus. The purple-colored magic sphere is enchanted to force the owner of the magic sphere to speak honestly to the designated person within a certain range.
However, it is only effective if you swear to tell the truth, and while the magic is activated, people within the range will continuously feel a strange sensation. In other words, it is impossible to completely conceal the existence of magic from the other person and force them to confess.
However, it would be quite useful in a situation where reason is paralyzed and senses are blurred.
Calix, who had his expression on his face, approached Rosenia.
"I'm sorry, My Lady. I never thought something like this would happen to the carriage I prepared...."
He apologized in a voice full of regret. Then Rosenia hurriedly waved her hands.
"No! Don't apologize. This could happen."
It was as if he couldn't bear to apologize.
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