The Villainess Strikes Back

Chapter 6

Why in the world is he talking inside my head?

Rael thought, confused more than she already was. Ruda just smirked mischievously reading her thoughts.

" My Lady, your highness the crown prince came to be around here and heard your voice." Don explained hurriedly.

Rael still don't pay much attention to that matter as another thing disturbed her more.

" Don't mind me, they can't see me anyways. I just came here to see how my reincarnated fellow was doing." Ruda said, reading Rael's concern. She slightly nods at him and turns to look at Monte.

" You! You, are the one who killed my mother." The five year old prince accuses Rael on their first meeting.

Such an annoying, spoilt brat.

Rael thinks inwardly though she appears like nothing bothers her at all. She skeptically looks at Monte and says coldly," oh, so what, should I kill myself too?"

To which Monte has no answer to. He looked quite taken aback by Eleanor's reply. He opens his mouth to say something but nothing comes out.

" You know prince, your not Mother's only child, so stop acting like a damsel in distress. It's clearly stating, disgusting. Because, you know, at least you have a father who takes care of you and friends who always have your back. So please stop accusing me before it gets too embarrassing for you." Rael glares at Monte, making him run shivers down his back.

He glares back at Rael, tears satarting to fill his eyes, clearly embarrassed and irritated that his plan backfired at him like an atomic bomb. And then Monte, angrily stomps back to God knows where.

On the other hand, Don has his jaws dropped, while Ruda was chuckling, at the scene.

" Do you know what you have done, your majesty??!!!" Don grabbed her arms and shaked her like hell.

" Let go of me." Rael said quietly, already at her limit. She was tired and angry with all the drama today, that her head was about to explode.

Don instinctively let's go of her arms, alarmed.

She's in a foul mood.

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Rael takes a long and relaxing bath trying to clear off her clouded mind.  Meanwhile, Ruda invisibly waits for her in her room.

He did tell Rael that he came to visit her but that was partially true. Actually, he had been secretly watching over her for the past few years, "worried" that something might happen to her.

But not like it did anyways.

Don did hear Eleanor singing and humming before, but now was definitely different. She was like an angel. No more like a worried angel. The scenario would have been a beautiful memory, if not for the song. The song's meaning was amazing, but the way she sang it brought tears to his eyes. It felt like she was drifting away from him and it hurt him immensly. Don considered Eleanor as his own daughter. To be frank, he never expected the princess to accept him. But the memory of their first memory was still fresh in his mind. Just like the empress, Eleanor never judged him according to his state. Infact it seemed like she didn't really care who he was, but the incident where Eleanor chose Don to be her personal maid instead of other experienced ones, it touched him greatly. And that's when he decided to dedicate the rest of his life to the princess.