The Villainous Noblewoman Is About to Be Forced into Love, Isn't This Wrong?-Chapter 44: The Smut Book Was Discovered!

“?!” Liana froze.

"Pfft!"

Minoja nearly spat out her tea.

My dear Princess Mepeilu—aren’t you exposing yourself too much?!

Luckily, Liana wasn’t thinking in that direction.

“Wait a second! Where did you find that?!”

The smut book had been discovered.

Liana wanted to die from embarrassment.

What made it even worse was that... it wasn’t even hers.

But there was no way she could say, "Oh, that's my mother's book," either.

She hadn’t even read it. She had only brought it out to mess with Countess Ruth.

Mepeilu, still blushing furiously, tried to maintain a mature expression.

“It’s okay, I understand. Liana, you’re at that age. It’s normal to be curious about these things!”

“...Yes... it’s mine.”

Liana covered her face, feeling like her ears were on fire.

The smut book hidden under her bed had been discovered.

Maybe she should crawl under the bed and hide with it.

Somewhere in the afterlife, Ambis: Good daughter. Very good.

“...So, Liana, do you have someone you like?”

Mepeilu’s voice was almost casual.

“For example... your maid?”

Liana narrowed her eyes. “Why do you ask?”

“Well... After you declared that you liked girls, you immediately took Loraviel away.”

“And, I also heard from Olivia... that at night, you call her into your room to warm your bed. And you sleep together. Is that true?”

“Yeah.”

“Wh—”

Mepeilu’s heart shattered.

For a brief moment, she had hoped—a hope that had now died a tragic death.

“...Jealous.”

“Hm? What did you say?”

“...Nothing.”

Mepeilu quickly shook her head.

“Liana, you said you liked girls. And you sleep with her. So... do you like her?”

“No.”

Liana answered without hesitation.

Loraviel was cute, obedient, and pleasant to be around.

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But Liana had no romantic interest in her. At least, not yet.

She had only kept Loraviel by her side because of the story’s original trajectory.

Eventually, the protagonist would take her away.

There was no way she would stick around forever, right?

That was impossible.

Mepeilu exhaled, relieved.

It’s just sleeping together... just sleeping together... but still... I’m jealous.

“If you don’t like her, then why do you share a bed?”

“... ... ...”

Mepeilu quickly backpedaled.

“Wait! Never mind! I’m sure you have your reasons!”

“Thank you.”

Liana was grateful that she didn’t push further.

“...But, Liana, why are you suddenly paying so much attention to this?”

Mepeilu visibly panicked.

“B-Because!”

“This is just a normal thing for an older sister to do! I have to make sure my little sister doesn’t get tricked by some suspicious person!”

“That’s what an older sister is supposed to do, right?!”

She puffed up her chest.

“Don’t forget! I’m three hours older than you! That means I’m the big sister!”

“Oh.”

Liana smirked.

This was an old argument between them.

Liana: So what if you're three hours older? I’m one centimeter taller than you. I should be the big sister.

Mepeilu: That’s just your hair! It doesn’t count! But I’m three hours older—a whole three hours! That makes me the big sister!

They had fought about this countless times when they were younger.

“...If you do find someone you like, you should talk to me about it,” Mepeilu said.

“I don’t really have those kinds of thoughts right now. And I don’t plan on making it public, either.”

Liana hesitated.

“If Countess Ruth hadn’t tried to arrange a political marriage for me, I probably wouldn’t have said anything at all.”

“...Marriage?!”

Mepeilu shot up from her seat.

“Liana, are you okay?!”

“I’m fine. Nothing happened. I rejected him immediately.”

“I told everyone the truth. Countess Ruth shouldn’t try anything like that again.”

“...Good.”

Mepeilu had been so busy with the academy and the succession battle that she hadn’t kept an eye on Liana’s situation.

And she nearly got stolen away during that time?!

Mepeilu felt a shiver of fear.

“...Who was it?”

“The Laurent family. Kalen Laurent.”

Mepeilu frowned.

“Liana, be careful around him.”

“He’s incredibly talented in magic... but as a person, he’s not great.”

“I know, I know.”

Liana nodded obediently.

“...And the Laurent family, huh? I see.”

Mepeilu’s expression darkened.

“...What is it?”

“Countess Ruth has already secured an escape plan.”

“I looked into her before. She’s been meeting with my brother.”

“And the Laurent family’s preferred successor for the throne... is also my brother."

“Oster Lisat.”

Liana frowned.

“...So from the beginning, she never actually planned to take you down,” Mepeilu continued.

“She’s targeting the other successors instead.”

“She got close to you to use you against me—to expose my weaknesses.”

“Everything is for her own benefit—even the marriage alliance. If it had gone through, Oster would’ve rewarded her generously.”

“...Clever,” Mepeilu sneered.

Compared to her two older brothers, she was still too naive.

They had no hesitation when it came to sacrificing others to achieve their goals.

“...Then should we avoid each other for now?”

Liana asked.

Mepeilu’s popularity had grown tremendously over the past year.

If they weren’t careful, it could harm her reputation.

“No.”

Mepeilu shook her head.

“If Oster and Countess Ruth want to use you to weaken me—”

“Then let them.”

She smirked.

“I’ll give them the biggest opening they’ve ever seen.”

“This time, we’re going to put on a show.”

She took Liana’s hand.

“And you, Liana, will be my leading role.”

Liana raised an eyebrow.

“...What do I need to do?”

“The main character doesn’t follow the script.”

Mepeilu’s gaze flickered toward Minoja.

“The script follows them.”

“...I’ve realized how immature I still am over the past few days,” Mepeilu admitted.

“But don’t worry. I’m going to show you a different version of me.”

“I’m your older sister, after all.”

“You’ll see how reliable I can be.”

Mepeilu smiled softly.

“In a month, I’ll come back for you.”

Then—

She pressed a light kiss to Liana’s forehead.

“We’ll see each other soon.”

“Mepeilu—?”

Before Liana could say anything, Minoja activated a teleportation spell.

Mepeilu was gone.

Liana touched her forehead.

She could still feel the warmth of Mepeilu’s lips.

A few minutes passed.

Then—

A knock at her door.