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~ - Chapter 91: I Released Her From The Curse Of Being The Villainess

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

As expected, Lisette spoke those very words.

That said, my answer had been decided from the start.

“Of course not. I have no intention of going to hell with you, Princess Lisette.”

“Huh? …I see. You’re right. Who in their right mind would want to fall into hell with a villainess like me…”

“Exactly. Besides, Princess Lisette isn’t a villainess at all, and there’s no one here who wants to go to hell, or to send you there either.”

I cut off her downcast words and declared it in a light, matter-of-fact tone.

“…Prince Harold, were you even listening to what I said?”

“Of course I was. But you know, true villainesses don’t agonize over such things like you do. After all, they’re villainesses.”

“B-but! I am a villainess! I’ve behaved selfishly and cruelly, and I’ve done terrible things to servants when I didn’t like something… Everyone in this kingdom agrees on that!”

Lisette shouted with a furious expression, completely rejecting my words, refusing to accept them. But… her amethyst eyes were glistening with tears.

“We’re people of the Kingdom of Dehaubarz. What the people of Capetien think of you doesn’t concern us. I believe in my own judgment, and in my fiancée’s.”

“Just as Haru-sama says, I too do not believe Princess Lisette is a villainess. No… the princess who cared for us and treated us so kindly could never be one.”

“Ah… ahhh…”

Those words from me and Sandra were the decisive factor, and Lisette finally broke down in tears.

That’s right… In EnHaza, she had asked the protagonist to fall with her, but I refused to accept that as Lisette’s ending.

The path we should take wasn’t one of darkness, it should be toward light.

If that was the path she’d choose, then Sandra and I would take her hand and walk it together.

“But… but! No one ever looked at me! All I could be is a villainess!”

“Sandra and I are looking at you properly. You played the villainess only because you wanted people to see you, didn’t you?”

Even if Lisette said things to belittle herself, I’d deny every one of them. The only words I’d accept from her were those that affirmed who she truly was.

“So please, just accept it already. That you are not a villainess, and that you are someone precious to us.”

“Ahhh… aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!”

Lisette looked up to the clear blue sky and cried out, but I believed those weren’t tears of sorrow or pain.

How could they be?

Her amethyst eyes shone so brightly, without a trace of cloudiness.

◇

“Come now, please, have some of these too!”

After crying her heart out, Lisette finally regained her composure. Now, with a radiant smile, she kept eagerly offering us sweets.

And what’s more…

“U-uhm… is it really necessary for you to sit between Sandra and I…?”

“What are you saying! You and I are dear friends, are we not? If I don’t sit like this, it wouldn’t be fair to either of you!”

“Uh, okay…”

Apparently, to Lisette, this position right between Sandra and I was the optimal way to treat us both equally.

Yeah, no, that wasn’t how it worked.

“…In that case, Princess Lisette, wouldn’t it be better if you sat across from us instead?”

“Absolutely not! I’d be farther away from you like that!”

Oh come on, it wasn’t even that much distadist

In fact, thanks to her being wedged between us, the space between Sandra and I had only grown, and Lisette didn’t seem to notice that Sandra had been extremely grumpy for a while now.

“But… I’m so envious. Prince Harold and Alexandra are engaged, you’ll be together from now on, always…”

“Fufu, that’s right. Haru-sama and I will be together forever.”

As Lisette murmured wistfully, Sandra, now fully back in good spirits, puffed out her small chest. Yeah, my fiancée was pretty easy to read too.

“But in about a year, Sandra and I will enroll in the Royal Academy of Dehaubarz. Princess Lisette, how about studying abroad there as well?”

In EnHaza, Lisette originally came to the Royal Academy as a foreign exchange student. However, since the Saint’s Kidnapping Incident and the false accusation arc had already occurred earlier than in the main story, irregularities were bound to happen.

That’s why I decided to set up the flag now to make sure she really would come to study abroad.

“T-that sounds wonderful! If I enroll with you two, we can be together all the time!”

Good, she was completely on board.

All that was left was to persuade King Salomon during this visit, under the pretext of strengthening ties between Dehaubarz and Capetien…

“Prince Harold.”

At some point, Monica had appeared behind me.

Seriously, sneaking up from behind me without a sound like that was bad for my heart.

“What is it?”

“…His Majesty King Salomon wishes to have an audience with you.”

“Ugh…”

Having a bad feeling about this, I couldn’t help but let out a groan.