The Villainess Hides Her Wealth - Chapter 88.1

Chapter 88.1

‘She had also brought him to the castle in the original novel. There were many men around Lilika, but I remember wondering about Jacob because his position was ambiguous.’

In the book “Please Love the Poor Princess!”, Serian and Sir Vieira had an advantage over the others in terms of appearance and skill, but Jacob was different.

No matter how there was nothing special about the second male leads compared to the main male leads… Even if he was a second male lead, he was still a male lead.

The readers just thought Lilika was caring for Jacob because she was nice.

But I… didn’t think Lilika was nice at all.

Above all…

‘It feels a little weird to say that she will take care of him when she’s just leaving him alone on purpose.’

To help him, she had to teach him better and educate him, right?

The man named Jacob was just waiting for Lilika without hesitation. He seemed to have no intention of getting along with the people of the duchy at all.

“He seems to be a bit unfriendly. He doesn’t seem to like us.”

I had secretly asked Jera to sound out Jacob.

However, his personality was immediately revealed without the need for Jera to discover anything or use any tricks.

Jacob caused small problems wherever he went.

“He’s a bit arrogant, too. He seemed to be ignoring others. Lady Lilika isn’t what she used to be, so I don’t know what he believes in to be showing off like that.”

“Hm…”

“Even if the Duke holds a hunting competition for Lady Lilika, it’s only a one-off thing.”

Jera tilted her head.

“In the duchy, well… she’s more concerned than she used to be… but I think her position in the social world will continue to be similar. Wouldn’t it be better if she married His Highness? There’s no way His Highness would do it, right?”

“Exactly. Why did she bring him here? I’m curious too.”

With Jacob’s arrogant personality, I didn’t think Lilika would be able to handle him as she pleased.

If she wanted to get people on her side in the mansion, she should have at least brought in someone easy to get along with.

Besides, it would have been better for it to be a maid than a servant…

‘Around this time in the original work, Lilika was pardoned no matter what she did. But right now, she had to protect herself. Why did she bring someone who doesn’t want to get acquainted with the people around him?’

It’s not strange that things in the novel happen the same, but…

Lilika wasn’t a stupid kid. It was strange that she had brought a servant at this time because of the impulse of the moment.

‘Well, if there was something about that man, it would have come out in the novel.’

Lilika simply said, ‘I met a distant relative boy and brought him with me.’ She said it was hard to pretend not to know him when she had seen him as a child.

She had never spoken about her mother’s side before, so if I said anything else in this situation, the criticism could have returned to me instead.

‘Let’s just think about the hunting competition first.’

And so, I focused on the upcoming hunting competition.

I wasn’t organizing it, but there was something I had to worry about as a contestant.

***

As time passed, the day of the hunting competition dawned.

Originally, hunting competitions were a popular event, but because it was being hosted by Duke Primrose, more people than usual expressed their intention to participate.

“I didn’t expect the Primrose duchy to host a hunting competition. Weren’t they a family that didn’t have much interest in holding such a big event?”

“Wasn’t that what Lady Primrose, I mean, what Lady Lilika Primrose wanted?”

People could be seen gossiping a little.

Since they had to pay respect to the family hosting the event, they had no choice but to greet Duke Primrose and Lilika next to him.

“Our Lilika is very good at embroidery.”

“Hahaha. I see…”

Her father made sure to say something about Lilika, who was next to him.

Some of the older nobles didn’t seem interested in what had happened among the young, so they seemed to just look at the bright, amiable Lilika with kind eyes.

But that was all.

Lilika stood still without giving any handkerchiefs to any young man. With her new servant next to her, she seemed to have no intention of talking to someone first or engaging in conversation.

“There wouldn’t be any gentlemen who would accept it anyway. She was involved in a big incident the last time.”