The Talentless Wicked Prince Wants To Survive ~ The Only Way For Me, Reincarnated As The Punching Bag Third Prince In A Romance Smartphone RPG, To Live Is To Not Break Off My Engagement With The Duke’s Yandere Daughter Who’s Stronger Than The Heroine~

“In the first place, why is Princess Lisette called a ‘villainess’? To me, she doesn’t seem like that sort of person at all. And more importantly… I can’t stand to see a dear friend of mine subjected to such slander.”

“Huh!?”

When I said that while giving her a sharp look, Queen Paula gasped.

Haah… earlier I’d called her rudeness out in my mind, but really, I was being quite rude myself. She was the queen of this country, and yet here I was, just a goodwill ambassador from another nation looking at her like that.

But unfortunately for her, I wasn’t mature enough to stay silent while the heroine I loved so much in EnHaza was about to be treated unfairly right before my eyes.

Especially because I knew that, in truth, she had such a kind heart.

“In any case, the investigation into last night’s incident has only just begun. There isn’t a single piece of evidence proving that Princess Lisette is the culprit. No matter that Your Majesty is her own mother, what you’re doing is too hasty. If anything, by deciding the culprit in such a rash manner, I… no, the Kingdom of Dehaubarz itself may no longer be able to trust the Kingdom of Capetien.”

“Huh!? Y-you’re right… I may have been a bit too hasty…”

Those final words decided it. Realizing that this could cause a rift between the two kingdoms, Queen Paula withdrew her accusation and mumbled her words.

Even if she doted on her son, she’d gone a bit too far this time.

“Well then, I’ll excuse myself. Elyne, come.”

“Y-yes…”

Elyne followed quickly after Queen Paula, who hurriedly left the scene, though she kept glancing back at us over and over.

“Ah… um…”

“Phew… Princess Lisette, that must have been quite an ordeal.”

When the flustered Lisette spoke up, I sighed deeply, shrugged, and gave her a wry smile, silently telling her not to let something so foolish get to her.

“More importantly, Princess Lisette. Because of last night’s events, Haru-sama and I have no plans today. If you don’t mind, could you tell us more of those delightful stories you shared yesterday?”

“Ah…”

Taking Lisette’s hand, Sandra smiled softly.

As expected of my most beloved fiancée, she truly understood me.

“R-really, you two are such trouble…!”

Gripping Sandra’s hand tightly, Lisette bowed her head, her shoulders trembling.

I get it, Lisette… having someone who truly saw you, it made you so happy, didn’t it?

“Sniff… N-now then, come along already! I’ll serve you my finest tea and sweets!”

Lifting her head with a burst of energy, Lisette smiled radiantly and led us along. The tears that spilled from her amethyst eyes shone like jewels in the sunlight.

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“Wow… that’s incredible!”

“R-right? There’s no one else in the entire kingdom who can do something like this but me!”

In the palace garden, we listened to Lisette enthusiastically give her solo performance, as if continuing from last night. Having completely regained her energy, she spoke with such joy.

…Well, it was all stuff I already knew from EnHaza, though.

At the moment, Lisette was talking about her abilities. As it happened, she was the only heroine in EnHaza who possessed two elemental attributes: fire and darkness.

Raphael could use skills from three attributes, including light, but that was entirely due to his passive skill, [Blessing of the Fairy King].

Lisette, however, inherently held two elements within her.

Because of that, she could use both fire and darkness skills without consuming a skill slot, making her a proper, cheat-level heroine.

What’s more…

“That magic, [Hellfire]… is unbelievable…”

Yes… Lisette’s unique skill, [Hellfire], which combined the powers of fire and darkness, truly lived up to its name as hellish flames that burned everything to ashes.

Once hit by it, the target continued to take constant damage until the battle ended… a black flame that could only be described as a curse.

“…The only ones who’ve ever said that are you, Prince Harold, and Alexandra.”

“Princess Lisette?”

Huh? Lisette suddenly grew meek. She was always trying to act proud and arrogant, the ultimate tsun-tsun-tsundere heroine.

“You both already know, don’t you? I’m called a ‘villainess’ in this country. No one has ever treated me kindly, not my family, not the citizens… Of course, it’s all my own fault.”

Lisette spoke haltingly, as if confessing.

I knew this side of her.

In Engage Hazard, when her affection rose high enough, Lisette confided this right before the false accusation event. And right there, she gave the protagonist a choice.

“Will you fall into hell with me, the villainess?”

If the protagonist answered in a way that accepted her, then after Jean’s coup was stopped, they’d finally enter a romantic relationship.

If he rejected her, however, they never would enter such a state, and all his stats would be permanently reduced to 0.75×.

Well, since EnHaza normally had a harem system, any player would accept without hesitation.

“…That’s why I became a villainess. I wanted people to see me… Lisette Josephine de Capetien. And as you both saw, the result was almost being branded the mastermind by my own mother last night.”

Lisette gave a self-mocking laugh as she looked at us. In her amethyst eyes shimmered sadness and loneliness.

“Prince Harold… You said it, didn’t you? That I’m… a dear friend of yours.”

“Yes.”

Lisette looked at me with eyes that seemed to hold both expectation and resignation. Of course, I nodded firmly.

Then…

“In that case… will you fall into hell with me, the villainess?”