I Became the Villain’s Master - Chapter 56

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Chapter 56

The Crown Prince gestured to Kiris and left his seat. Kiris glared at him and said, “Mistress, I’ll be back in a moment.”

“Huh?”

“You can stay here, Mistress.”

“Oh, should I?”

I sighed in relief. I didn’t have the confidence to be between the two of them growling at each other again.

I naturally went to the corner of the banquet hall, watching Kiris’ back that was brighter than the chandelier.

I could feel the gazes from the surroundings, but I desperately stared straight ahead.

‘It’s burdensome.’

Fortunately, the nobles only looked at me from a distance and no one approached me. Maybe Kiris did something.

So I straightened my shoulders and ate the food that the servants and maids were carrying around, plating it.

‘Who would know who I am anyway.’

I felt like I was wearing a mask. I sipped some wine and passed the time looking around the banquet hall.

‘Where is the main character?’

Perhaps because it was the last banquet, there was no prominent main character to be seen.

I picked up a macaron, feeling bad, when a young noblewoman with a slender appearance like a flower caught my eye.

Aria, the noblewoman with platinum blonde hair.

Her clear and transparent emerald eyes flickered restlessly. I instinctively knew who she was.

‘She was described in detail in the original story.’

The heroine who has a lovely and compassionate personality that embodies all the loveliness.

Aria was there, standing in the corner of the banquet hall, looking around anxiously.

‘Where is Duke Eckart?’

She must have come to this banquet with the Duke. I wonder why she’s alone.

I glanced around and saw that Duke Eckart was not there.

The noblewomen approached Aria, who seemed to be about to collapse at any moment. I immediately realized what was about to happen and bit my lip.

‘As far as I know, Lady Aria was ostracized because of her origin. Should I help her?’

Just as I expected, the noblewomen spoke arrogantly and elegantly, showing excessive manners.

“Oh my, lady. You attended the banquet. I thought you weren’t coming because I hadn’t seen you until now.”

“Yes?”

“Anyway, congratulations. When else are you going to attend the Imperial Palace banquet? Originally, those who are vulgar are not allowed to enter. You should enjoy it now.”

“Yes, you should. Who knows when you’ll be kicked out?”

“…….”

The noblewomen who debuted as debutantes quickly formed factions. Depending on the disposition of each family or their interests.

However, Aria was ostracized by the nobles because of her origin.

Even now, she was surrounded by noblewomen and was being openly ignored and neglected under the guise of concern.

‘Hey, hey!’

I gritted my teeth at the nagging. Aria hung her head and said nothing.

I took a step forward, thinking I should comfort her. Aria stumbled and headed somewhere.

“Ah….”

I thought about the original story when I saw the direction she was headed.

‘Is it starting now?’

I pictured in my head the future that would unfold. A crazy young nobleman harasses Aria, who went to the terrace.

Then, finally, the sub-male lead who was on the terrace crushes the young nobleman and resolves the situation.

‘It’s my favorite scene.’

I wanted to see with my own two eyes the sub-male lead’s appearance, which was described so wonderfully.

Still, it was hard to turn away knowing the upcoming crisis.

Thinking that I would immediately call for the attendant if the crazy young nobleman appeared, I carefully headed to the terrace.

However, I faced a big problem when I went up the stairs.

‘Where did she go?’

I didn’t know which terrace Aria had moved to. Aria was already gone, and only an empty hallway greeted me.

‘There was no detailed description of the terrace in the original story!’

I felt a red light flashing in my head.

The best thing to do would be to give up and go back to the banquet hall, but I was worried about Aria.

‘Yes! I can just look around every corner!’

It would be hard, but it seemed like the best thing to do was to look around all the terraces. After taking a deep breath, I looked around the terrace.

It was when I was coming out after looking around the second terrace.

Thud-

A hand grabbed my arm. I was so surprised that I almost screamed.

“Lady.”

A low, heated voice whispered in my ear, and I looked up and stared at the man holding my arm.

‘Is this real?’

A typical noble young man who talks big. His fluttering blue eyes stared at me as if he wanted to devour me.

“Why are you pretending not to know me? We made eye contact earlier.”

Wait a minute. The situation seems to have changed?

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