The Villainess

Chapter 3

JULIETTE

It's been two weeks and I am now in good health! Well, that makes me happy cause it sucks when I'm sick. No going out, just lying on my bed and staring around my room. Who in their right mind would want that!?

I need fresh air! Father is such a worrying wart. Every five minutes, He would come to my room and check on me.

Well, that can't be helped. My late mother has given instructions that he needs to protect me because I'm their daughter...

Of course, he would, I mean what else are parents for? I don't get it but I got the point right, right? But maybe my mother's got a point too. Because most of the parents in this era don't care about their child.

The parents here sell their children for money and power. It takes place under the pretense of political marriages but in some of the worst cases, it is p**********n.

And yes, p**********n does exist in this world. Of course, it is well hidden because that's forbidden.

"Juliette!"

I turned around for my eyes to be blessed with the sight of my handsome hunk of a brother. If he's not my brother I would just marry him instead of that dangerous prince.

Jack Fitoria, my brother. The fifth most handsome guy in the whole kingdom of Oltaire.

He should have got the first place- not because he's my brother nor is it that I'm biased but cause he's the kind man that every woman should have.

But unfortunately, most of the girls here like bad boys such as the dangerous prince.

Like what the hell did you see in that prince!?

Jack's blonde hair and light blue orbs of beauty were from my father.

So my father is quite a handsome man, really. Such that he is the one being courted by noble ladies and not the other way around.

The ladies here like to flirt. And handsome men- old or young cannot escape - my father is living proof of it.

"Brother!"

I happily shouted as I took a step forward.

"No! Let me come to you!"

He shouted as he hurried towards me. He helped me down from the railings of the fountain that I had climbed on.

"Don't do that little sister. It's dangerous. You might slip and get soaked in the water then you would catch a cold again and something might go wrong. So be careful, okay?"

Unfortunately, brother dear's got the protective side of father as well...

He is way worse than my father, unfortunately. But I'm glad about it too. Though he exaggerates a bit sometimes it just freaks me out.

Unlike my father who checks in every 5 minutes, he does so every two minutes.

As I said way worse...

He also scared off Juliette's suitors on valentines day. Actually, he scared away a lot of guys used or at least tried to hang around Juliette when she was 10.

And Juliette would of course be angry at her brother for doing that. The game of scaring off suitors ended when Juliette turned 13 and got engaged to the Prince.

So right now I have an engagement that will be revealed to the public when I turned 16.

After a few months and the kingdom will hold a party...

An engagement party to be specific.

Just mentioning it makes me cringe in disgust. Though I do not have the right to be disgusted towards the prince...

I CAN'T HELP IT

"Little sister, you're kind of a little bit off since the day you woke up. Because every time you woke up you would bully the other maids but since that day you did nothing of that sort."

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"Did hell freeze over ?"

I glared at my brother while he just smirked at me.

"Is that supposed to be a joke?"

I asked with my right eyebrow slightly raised.

"It should be."

"Very well then... HA. HA. HA. HA. HA. Good my brother you made me laugh about five times."

I sarcastically said while he just shook his head and rolled his eyes on me. If he was not my brother I would have probably killed him.

"Brother I have a Question." I blurted out. He looked at me and nodded.

"Is it possible for me to break off the engagement between me and the prince?"

He looked at me again with a hilarious expression. He rubbed both of his eyes and looked at me CLOSELY.

"THE HELL DID FREEZE OVER."

"Can you just answer me?" I said calming my nerves or else I might just punch this guy.

"It is because little sister. You're the one who follows his highness everywhere! You even go with him to the bathroom!"

Geez, Juliette what the hell did you do you brat!

"But anyway, I'm not sure."

I was now sad. Was there no way to get out of that ticking engagement bomb?

"Unless there's a bet."

Gosh, why did this man need to stop for a minute just to say that last line!? I almost lost all hope!

"And what possibly is my bet?"

"I don't know but I did hear the Queen is on her deathbed right now. Though I know It's impossible for you to heal the Queen."

What is the Queen's sickness? I must research it! Or maybe it is in the manga? Is it in the manga?

Wait...

That's right!

The Queen's Sickness is...

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