The Villainess Hides Her Wealth - Chapter 80.1

Chapter 80.1

“…”

“I thought I just needed to change the container. I really didn’t know… that the cosmetics would be damaged in the process. Perhaps the Lady stored it wrongly and is trying to place the blame on me. Or maybe she didn’t like me in the first place… I don’t know that either.”

Everything was done by Lady Fakira. It was a trap.

Rather, Lilika acted as if she had been tricked for being so naive. Duke Primrose was silent for a long time when he saw that.

“… Alright. Let me speak to His Highness.”

Although she had recently shown an unpleasant side of herself, she was still his most beloved daughter.

Listening to her, it seemed to have been a momentary mistake.

He didn’t like that legal action or whatever was being taken against her. It seemed to be blaming the child too much.

“But you’ll have to show remorse. Do you understand?”

“Yes…”

“How difficult it must have been for this young lady to have caused trouble.”

“I’m sorry… I’m always inadequate.”

He sighed, but in the end, Duke Primrose couldn’t refuse to embrace the teary-eyed Lilika.

“This is why I need my father…”

“…”

“I don’t know about anyone else, but my father loves me, right?”

“Phew, that’s right.”

Jiksen’s initial rage had also subsided, so he no longer felt angry.

He just patted Lilika’s head once and went outside.

After a while, the duke welcomed Crown Prince Enoch to his residence with the duchess and Lilika.

“I’m really sorry… *sob*… I just wanted to get closer to the ladies…”

And, like before, Lilika cried again as she explained why she had done so.

“Your Highness, a child like this… Lilika made a mistake this time, but she is a kind and tender child.”

“…”

“Please be generous with her just once.”

Right, right. It worked.

Lilika didn’t mean to do it this time, but she felt like Duke Primrose had softened up a lot on her.

As expected, he was very weak to those who needed him, which made him feel capable.

Though it was very embarrassing to say that her motive was that she wanted to be friends with the same young ladies she wouldn’t have even looked at just a few months ago, in this situation, being honest was the correct answer.

“She’s also reflecting a lot. So please…”

Duke Primrose, who valued the dignity of his family more than anything else, was on her side. With this atmosphere, Crown Prince Enoch would be the same.

However, Lilika’s prediction was off the mark.

“I didn’t ask about the lady’s motives. I don’t even want to know.”

“Sorry?”

Crown Prince Enoch was not shaken at all. On the contrary, he looked so indifferent that the person watching him became dumbfounded.

“In the end, it means that she acted without thinking and caused damage without even knowing that this would happen because she’s incapable of making such judgements. Either way, it’s the same as the lady being inadequate, isn’t it?”

“… That’s!”

Her small, white face was overflowing with tears. How could he be so cold in front of a beautiful fragile girl?

Duke Primrose was dazed and unable to answer. Lilika, who didn’t expect the crown prince to put her down so coldly, was the same.

“It’s true that many people were harmed at once by Lady Lilika Primrose’s small ‘mistake’.”

She was struck by the word ‘mistake’.

“At first, she lied when she was asked about making fake cosmetics. I think she is very far from being the kind child you said.”

“…”

“She had no proof that she had bought the cosmetics from Yunette, but instead, she shouted loudly at Yunette, the victim in this.”

Crown Prince Enoch smiled wryly as he mentioned what Lilika had done.

“Kind and gentle? Someone who said she hadn’t done it until the end, without even acknowledging or apologizing for the damage she caused to many people?”

“That…”

“Does Duke Primrose think of that as being ‘kind’? Someone who only has excuses for herself? And saying that what she did wrong was a mistake until the end… That’s not the attitude of someone who is reflecting on their wrongdoings.”

Crown Prince Enoch smiled sarcastically.

He usually had only gentle and knowledgeable expressions, but even such an expression suited his handsome face well.

“If you’re going to apologize, you should first know what you did wrong. Are you going to keep telling the victim it’s a mistake?”

Every single word he said was correct.

Saddened because of Lilika, Duke Primrose’s expression froze for the first time.

“Lady Lilika Primrose. Do you really have nothing else to say about this?”