Second Life of the Villainess

Chapter 16

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She was looking forward to seeing how that would change the future. Mielle should've looked good to Oscar, but her opportunity had passed, and Aria had already heard that he had been deceived into coming to the count's mansion. Maybe the bouquet of lilies he had given her had been prepared by Cain.

All the attention Mielle wanted to monopolize had been taken by Aria. Aria had even taken her brother's gaze.

'Would he be more fascinated by his step-sister than his lovely sister?'

Aria's throat was filled with disgust.

"Jessie, give me some water. Very cold."

"Yes, miss."

Drinking the ice-cold water that Jessie had prepared, a happy thought crossed her mind, 'How much has Mielle seethed by now?'

Mielle might be throwing a pillow as she prepared to go out. It was something that Aria had often done in the past.

Nothing would be more interesting than if Oscar were ready to return to his mansion while her step-brother and sister were out. The Frederik mansion was nearby, so he didn't have to stay at the Roscents'.

There was a possibility that she could quit the outing at the risk of embarrassment.

'You have barely managed to get this opportunity, so how could you leave a vulgar, wicked woman like me alone in the mansion with him?'

Aria, who gave Jessie the empty cup, ordered her to find out what Mielle was doing.

"Just find out if she's going out or not."

Jessie slipped out of the room after receiving that simple order, but Aria didn't even have to hear the answer from her because the cries of the horses rang out from the window. They were the cries of horses being tied to a carriage. She could hear them stamping their feet noisily as if they were warming themselves up before running in earnest.

A moment later, thanks to Jessie, who was breathing hard and told her that Mielle was going out, Aria's mouth reshaped itself to one similar to a bewitching figure.

'You act as expected, Mielle. You wouldn't risk a bit of shame for your noble birth. It's easy to counter your moves. In order to achieve your goal, you must throw away your shabby self-esteem and use every means and methods you have.'

She had learned that from the countess, who had already achieved her purpose, and the determination she had gained after returning to life.

"Jessie, leave the room. I need to rest. You can rest properly, too."

If she carefully read the books she studied with the wives and waited for Mielle to return, she would be able to end her day with the best mood.

After Jessie quietly closed the door and went out, Aria dove into her books for a while. The progress was so slow that she didn't need to review them, so she read in advance of the lessons she would have.

The culture lesson taught by Mrs. White was so simple and easy that she finished the book quickly, so she grabbed the history book that she needed to memorize.

Aria quietly laughed as she turned the pages of the thick book with the history of the ancestors of those she had met at the banquet hall. That was because those who could only mock and speak ill of others couldn't be the right ones, yet their ancestors had been recorded in a book.