Chapter 241 – Bad Alicia Go!
Theresia bit her teeth tightly.
‘Why? Where did it go wrong… ?’
Her stage today is her own thoroughly planned puppet show.
No matter how much she had a background in her family, the Duke of Bellarion, and her second prince, Theresia did not improvise a duke to undermine the reputation of the imperial family in the middle of her system.
Theresia de Bellaryon.
The only daughter of Duke Bellaryon, the 4th Duke of the Empire and one of the 12 Rulers.
A socialite, a tilted scale, a black lily.
The reason why the cruel hedonist with countless notoriety could freely roam around the social world without any restraint was more because of Theresia herself’s own meticulous and cunning disposition than her family’s protection.
The current time is 6:50 in the evening.
Even though it is dinner party time when the salon should have the most visitors.
What does it really mean that, except for Theresia, not a single person from a high-ranking aristocratic family higher than a marquess had ever shown her face in this place?
Among those who filled the party hall, there were also low-level nobles who were meeting Alicia for the first time.
“Wa, the royal family came to a place like this without warning…?”
“It’s the first time I’ve actually met you… It’s such an honor.”
“Umm, the atmosphere doesn’t look so good. I want to leave quickly…”
Bondi, these middle and lower nobles would not have even dared to set foot here.
Rivera is a salon that is implicitly regarded as an exclusive resting place for high-ranking aristocrats.
But where are the usual regulars going and are there a lot of vagrants snooping around?
Of course, since the salon is a place that any aristocrat can enter, it is not against the norm.
The fact that the main user group suddenly changed is obviously strange to dismiss as a mere coincidence.
That’s because the current situation itself is the result of Theresia’s arrangements.
The manager of the salon, who was connected to the family, had long since degenerated into her minion.
High-ranking nobles, who were originally users, cleverly induced them to join other social churches.
Recruiting lower nobles to fill the number and spread rumors was the easiest thing to do.
Because they are always eager to enjoy the culture enjoyed by high-ranking aristocrats, along with us.
Theresaman’s solo stage completed by the above measures.
As a result of her obstruction, who could block her with all her convictions, blocked her room to appear.
Everyone present here is nothing more than a willful bystander who has no choice but to keep silent and watch No matter what Theresia does.
To the lower nobles, Princess Theresia was an infinitely incomprehensible being.
Even if her poor viscountess manipulated her daughter into committing her evil deeds of making her gossip about her empire’s princess without foundation, who would dare to stop her?
After everything has been successfully completed.
To my heart’s content, I tasted the pure white skin of the cute young lady who trembled at the touch of my fingertips.
The moment she was thinking of drowning in the waves of pleasure in the arms of the second prince whom she longs for.
The biggest variable Theresia had never imagined.
At this moment, it had arrived before her eyes in the worst possible way.
“It’s been a while, Princess Theresia. Is this the first time since the coming-of-age ceremony?”
The black outfit is reminiscent of a funeral.
The curled corner of the mouth looks like a scythe to reap the soul of the dead.
Theresia answered with an effortless smile.
Unknowingly, cold sweat was seeping out of the two fists I clenched.
“…That’s right, Your Highness.”
“Higuk…! Hikeuh…!”
If even she is feeling the pressure, what about the feelings of the shrimp that got involved in the fight between the whales?
The complexion of Lady Lucia, who had been spreading gossip about Alicia by her side until just a moment ago, suddenly turned pale and began to hiccup as if she was out of breath at any moment.
The same goes for Theresia as she is short of breath.
‘This, this pressure is… ‘
Theresia, her highest-ranking aristocrat, has a history of running into her princess several times since childhood.
Her evaluation of her Princess Alicia was always the same.
Except for her innate beauty and pedigree, the rest of the flowers in the greenhouse are insignificant.
I thought she was just a typical ignorant girl with a field of flowers in her head.
Rather, if the honored position of being the princess of the empire was hers.
She was a being who was fed up with her innocence and incompetence and made her have a useless sense of qualifications.
When the news came that she was dating a knight leader and bastard of a count family, she sent a cold sneer of contempt, thinking that she had thrown away even her pride in her noble lineage.
After she became an adult, she became interested in her magic after a long time and heard the news that she was visiting her magic tower.
She respected her on the outside, but on the inside she was always ridiculed and looked down on.
‘Theresia. I have a request for you. Will you listen?’
‘Yes, Your Highness. Whatever you will.’
That’s why, as soon as she was asked by her second prince to damage her princess’s reputation, she readily accepted it without much hesitation. She never thought that she would be a threat to her in the first place.
The possibility of her failure was not even considered in the first place.
She thought it would be as easy as eating a vanilla crepe.
“Hwa, there is a story that the princess and Sir Wolfgang have grown apart… Recently, the number of personal meetings has decreased… Could Sir Wolfgang’s excessive cheating be the cause…?”
“Hmm.”
Even when she was on the verge of losing her mind in her fear, she was witnessing the figure of the princess in front of her eyes, looking at Lucia, who was constantly muttering something, with her emotionless eyes.
An unknown tension rises, and I feel that I have committed an irreversible mistake.
She felt like she had to get down on her knees in front of Alicia and beg her forgiveness.
‘Are you afraid? This i… ?’
She couldn’t admit it.
—Eww… !
Theresia clenched her molars even harder.
Her jet-black eyes flashed dangerously for an instant.
Lucia’s body collapses powerlessly like a marionette with her strings cut off as she reaps her supernatural powers.
“Ahhh…”
“Oops! It seems that Lady Lucia is very tired.”
The little young lady next to her, who had lost her energy and passed out, was Theresia, who didn’t care about her and casually flirted with her.
I don’t know how long Alicia has been here.
Due to the nature of her paranormal ability, if she pretends not to know anything and pulls it off, there will be no evidence that she has cheated on anything.
It is rather helpful in this case that the output is relatively weak and the scope of application is limited.
As long as there are unmanageable variables, it would be better for her to shift all her responsibilities to Lucia and cut off her tail ahead of schedule.
There was no lingering attachment to the insignificant young girl, who was nothing more than a nice-looking toy.
Theresia was a hedonist, but she had enough discernment to decide what was more important: pleasure or practicality.
Theresia, who is trying to turn the subject off altogether.
“It is truly an honor to be able to meet Her Highness the Princess Lee in person for the first time in years. However, since the surroundings are noisy, how about moving to another place and having a conversation?”
It was just a makeshift measure that he would not have dared to attempt if he had been an opponent of another member of the direct imperial family.
If Alicia was the opponent, it would have worked well enough.
Thinking so, Theresia quietly stood up from her seat as if nothing had happened.
—Stop!
“It’s a very crude method. It’s needlessly sadistic and inefficient. It has a rare suggestive ability to manipulate the deep consciousness by directly projecting flame images, but its use is only to scare the weak?”
“…Her Highness, the princess, what the hell are you talking about?”
The calm voice of Alicia, who suddenly began to dismantle and analyze her own portrait abilities.
In an instant, Theresia’s poker face shattered.
Facing her Alicia, her embarrassed expression was revealed as she could not hide from her.
—Keying… !
The golden magic light that began to flow in her cold blue eyes.
Facing her all-seeing gaze, Theresia involuntarily took a step back from her.
What is that eye, what is that eye? It was like being stripped naked in front of the princess.
Her sensitive intuition, unique to her mental portrait ability, was constantly warning her.
In front of Alicia, she can’t hide anything.
The princess in front of her had already grasped all of Theresia’s secrets in just a few seconds.
There is no need to interrogate her, that she is just calmly spouting out what she ‘knows’.
“At first, everyone starts by just looking at it. The human mental world is like a small universe, and even if you can look into it, just picking and choosing from a lot of information overloads the brain.”
“…”
“But if you hone your ability to break into the minds of others more skillfully, overlaid with keywords and triggers strong enough to affect inner images hidden deep in the unconscious.”
Alicia’s hand goes to Theresia, who is frozen as if nailed to her place.
Then, she gently sweeps her back, which is exposed through the slit in the back of the dress.
The process was exactly the same as when Theresia activated her paranormal ability on Lucia.
However, Alicia’s move contained a high-level technique that was incomparable to that of Theresia’s.
The microscopic magicians flowed into Theresia’s spine through Alicia’s touch and began touching her cerebral cortex through the nervous system in an instant.
At the eerie and raw sensation of her brain being violated, Theresia let out her strange groan and shuddered at her.
“Huh…?! Ahaaaaagh…!”
“Shh, don’t make a loud noise, Princess Theresia. The method you used to break into that poor child’s mind is far more brutal and outrageous than this, and if you don’t care, it might leave you with aftereffects. Is it just this cruel?”
—Kwaaak!
Being bound by Alicia’s power, which was so strong that she couldn’t believe what came out of her slender frame, Theresia could not even try to resist.
A manacore buzzing near Alicia’s womb.
Alicia’s physical abilities are incomparable to those of ordinary people, even though it is a defective product equipped with her vibration function.
“Enggit…? Ah, no way…! This is, this is…!”
And after about tens of seconds.
Alicia removes her hand from her back.
Theresia’s long, blue hair that reached her hips was messed up like a beast’s mane from struggling.
The splendid dress studded with various jewels was terribly disheveled, exposing one shoulder and an immaculate upper chest.
A stream of transparent saliva was dripping from her gaping mouth, which had nothing to do with her dignity.
“Oh, celestials.”
“I can’t believe it, that Princess Theresia… Are we dreaming?”
Like that, in front of countless lower nobles.
“I, Theresia de Bellarion, was ordered by Her Highness Lupercal von Apollyon Solaris, her 2nd Prince, to attempt to spread rumors about her will about Princess Alicia…”
Theresia began to confess her sins thoroughly.
