The Villainess Hides Her Wealth - Chapter 75.1

Chapter 75.1

In the past, everyone cherished and loved Lilika because of the presence of the ‘evil sister’, who was jealous of her, and because she was ‘Duke Primrose and the Young Master’s dearest daughter and younger sister’.

But that was no longer the case; her reputation had only diminished.

And she even cut off her relationship with Sir Vieira. At that time, she thought he was the mere son of a count, but… she wondered if it would have been better to hold on to him.

‘No, I’ve already let him go.’

What good would it be if she held on to him now? It would only look like she was regretting it.

‘Why am I regretting having such a man?’

Lilika bit her fingernails without realizing it, then frowned when she saw how ugly they had become.

Nothing was going her way lately.

The maids and knights of the castle no longer even spoke to her first.

And Lilika wasn’t aware of this, but Yuria had also eliminated her point of contact with the king of mercenaries, Serian.

People were gradually disappearing from Lilika’s vicinity!

‘What is happening…’

Although she did her best to attend the social gathering, no one spoke to her.

The noble gentlemen ignored her at the celebration of the founding of the empire the last time, and the noble ladies were doing the same.

Her last glimmer of hope had been crushed.

‘It wasn’t unexpected at all, but… I didn’t expect to be ignored like this!’

She clasped her hands together and held them firmly. She was trying desperately to avoid biting her nails in the coming nervousness.

‘Is there any good way?’

First of all, what was happening today was a problem.

What if there was a rumor that she had attended a social gathering but couldn’t speak with anyone?

“… Ah.”

The waves of the lake glistening in the sunlight, and the butterflies fluttering above it. The roses that bloomed in the arches, and the ladies sitting in chairs under the awning, chattering leisurely.

Everyone seemed happy.

Except for her, who didn’t fit anywhere like a remote island.

‘Shall I say that I’m feeling sick and go back?’

But at that moment, she heard something.

“Thanks to the massage oil, you don’t need to endure it because you’ll get a puffy face even when you’re sleepy.”

“You’re right. You don’t have to get up early.”

“And a limited edition in collaboration with the craftsman Leornen…”

“I’ve run out of my old cosmetics, and I want to try new ones. Do you know if they’ll give better results?”

The ladies who were talking about Yunette’s cosmetics were looking at Lilika.

“Come to think of it, Duchess Primrose also knew Yunette beforehand and used their products.”

“There’s Lady Primrose over there. Shall we ask her?”

Lilika pricked up her ears.

‘Why are they talking about me all of a sudden?’

Lilika tried to keep her expression as calm as possible without showing that she was secretly listening to their conversation.

Some of the noble ladies approached Lilika, who was looking sideways.

“Lady Lilika Primrose, have you heard anything from the Duchess about Yunette?”

How could they get straight to the point without even greeting her?

Moreover, in the past, she was definitely the Lady Primrose. But they were including her first name now.

She used to be just Lady Primrose, even if Yuria was present…

But Lilika was the only one who regretted it.

It wasn’t time to focus on her changed status or the rudeness of other people.

“Have you heard about Yunette?”

“Duchess Primrose says she knows the representative of Yunette.”

It was the first time Lilika had heard that.

When it came to topics related to the duchess, Lilika tried not to listen as much as possible.

She didn’t want to hear anything about how she was an immoral person for giving flowers that are offered at funerals, and she deliberately avoided topics related to her when they popped up.

‘I think that was the case, or maybe it wasn’t.’

Of course, Lilika was born with good skin, so she wasn’t interested in cosmetics. But she still knew that Yunette was a hot topic as a cosmetics shop.

Not everyone was born with flawless skin like her.

Although their attempts to achieve it were absurd… if it was a hot topic, it was worth taking advantage of.

But it was also because more than anything, there was no one around her to tell her about it since she wasn’t interested.

“Do you mean Yunette?”

She couldn’t believe how their heads turned with just that short answer.

The ladies’ tone of voice softened, perhaps as they thought they were coming out too strong.

“Yunette has released a limited-edition massage oil, but I can’t get it because it’s out of stock.”