I Awoke as an Imprisoned Villainess-Chapter 64 - Evil lady reveal her true colors

( —-Huh, something changed.....? )

The man holding the hair of Sophia Alcott, the girl he had kidnapped at the request of his client—Carter—-was momentarily speechless.

He has nothing against this girl. In fact, his heart ached a little even though he knew she was an evil lady as she appeared to be close in age as the girl he adored and looked frightened like a normal girl.

However, he did intentionally provoke fear in her to lesson the others around him that she was an evil lady in the end.

“Didn’t you hear me?”

The bluish-purple eyes were filled with cold contempt.

“I’m telling you to get your filthy hands off me”

The hand that was holding her hair was brushed away.

Usually, Carter wouldn’t have let go of his hand even if he was hit by a powerless lady.

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But he was so shaken by the little girl who became so imposing that he ended up letting go of his hand.

“You bastard” He pointed the knife in front of the girl’s eyes.

“You should’ve held on a little longer if you wanted to act innocent. Do you even realize the situation you’re in?”

He glared at her coldly but the girl was completely unfazed.

She has to eliminate the unpleasant insect in front of her.

As the girl looked at Carter with such a gaze, a horrifying sensation crawled up from within his chest.

As if to shake off that sensation, Carter opened his mouth.

“We may be insects to you nobles but you’re being threatened by those insects right now. I could take out my frustrations on you by cutting your face with a knife”

The girl’s eyes were slightly downcast, perhaps frightened by Carter’s words——-but the next moment, she laughed.

“It’s you who don’t understand the situation”

As the girl said this, she looked at Carter then around the room with the eyes of a cat stalking its prey, —-calling upon a sadistic smile on her face.

“Although my house’s on the verge of downfall, I’m still a noblewoman. For a commoner to kidnap and harm a noblewoman, that would be a crime punishable by death yet you guys are awfully calm”

“Ha”

He snickered. This young lady was probably under the mistaken impression that a commoner could not harm a noble, not knowing her own situation.

“What do you mean? There’s no way a commoner can harm a noble. You want me to repent and ask for a reduced sentence now or something?”

He thought she was acting strange but it turned out to be an absurd plea for her life which was basically the same as “I’ll spare your life so save me”.

Carter sneered at her but the girl smiled at him, saying, “Of course not”.

“Even if you beg for a reduced sentence, it won’t change the future in which you captors will be sentenced to death, will it?”

The girl’s eyes narrowed as she said, “It seems the one who lent you guys a hand has a lot of money and connections”.

“That knife you’re holding. That unique handle is made in the Duchy of Fortana. It isn’t something a lowly commoner thug can possess”

The girl told him in a relaxed manner, without seeming to be afraid of the knife that was held in front of her.

As a matter of fact, this knife was indeed handed to him by the client.

The man with the dark brown hair and dark brown eyes handed over the expensive looking knife, dangling a large amount of gold coins that a poor person like Carter would never even see in his life, saying, “I’ll give you this along with the advance payment”.

The Duchy of Fortana. It was hard to tell just from the name how valuable a knife made in that faraway land would be.

But the handle of this knife was actually carved with intricate patterns framing a beautiful jewel.

Even Carter, who doesn’t have much confidence in his sense of beauty, can tell at a glance that it must be extremely expensive.

Carter trusted the other for that reason.

“When you finish the job, I’ll give you the knife and all the coins I’ve just shown you”

The man with the dark brown hair said.

“But.....”

If they harm a noble, commoners such as them will not stand a chance. They’re likely to end up dead without any proper trial.

As much as they want money, they also hold their life dear. He can not throw away the lives of his comrades too.

As Carter hesitated, the man laughed and said, “There’s no need to worry”.

“The woman you’re kidnapping is an evil lady who has driven her own family to ruin, a woman who can no longer even be called a noblewoman. Because of that, she’s now working as an apothecary despite being a woman, unable to marry. All I’m asking is that you enclose the proof that you’ve kidnapped her with a letter and send it to the House of Elford”

With these words, he handed him an unsealed letter.

“If you want your pawn back, you must attend the flower festival” Such was written and the end of the letter was stamped with the seal of two entwined snakes.

“On the day of the flower festival, you just have to bring Sophia Alcott to the goddess statue in the square. Until then, don’t kill her and see how things go. .....That’s all you have to do”

To be honest, he hesitated for a moment at the name Elford.

The name Violet Elford was well known among the lower class too.

Said to be vicious but a monster of a magician who captured the matchless hero, Cromwell.

( But. The only direct involvement with the House of Elford is the letter part..... )

He doesn’t even need to kill. Just hand her over to the client in the end.

If kidnapping just one girl could fetch such a large amount of money.

To a shaken Carter, the man told him, “There’s no need to be heartbroken over a villainess”. Then he said, “I guarantee your safety”.

“Because——”

“I won’t hush you guys. If you guys are caught, I’ll be in trouble too. —–They probably told you that”

The girl said the words of the man in his memory.

He looked at her in surprise and she smiled at him with an oddly charming sneer, “Did I guess right?”

“In any case, they showed you the money in addition to the expensive knife you flaunt so openly, didn’t they?” —-Fufu, did I guess right again? That’s right, that kind of technique is often used by those second-rate aristocrats. And those second-rate aristocrats—-”

With a sadistic smile, the girl looked at Carter in the eye and pointed a finger at her own neck.

“They clean up after themselves very well”

Silence fell over the room.

As if enjoying that silence, the girl opened her mouth again.

“Do you know? It is a common belief among the nobles that those who are paid to work for money will always talk for money”

After she said this, this time, the smile disappeared from her mouth and she looked at Carter and all the people in the room.

“Has anyone ever taken on a dangerous job and died a horrible death or gone missing? —-You seem to have an idea. Right. Of course, I’m not saying it’s because of the job. I’m sure that’s like daily life in this country’s underworld, isn’t it?”

The girl looked at Carter in the eyes as she said in a musing tone.

“After they hush you guys, it will just be buried under such daily life soon. —–That’s why they ask you guys for the job”

She chuckled as she said this and then tilting her head, she asked, “Don’t you think it’s strange?”.

“Why do they bother to ask you guys to kidnap a noblewoman when they have the power to hush people? Why would they hire you guys just to send a letter to the Duke of Elford?”

“Th—That’s.....”

“There’s nothing more easy to use than obscure unknown people”

After she said this, she added with a smile, “Let’s make a deal. Cooperate with me and I’ll spare your life if you’re useful”

“……!? What are you talking about....”

“Don’t tell me you still think you’ve got me at this stage?”

The girl gave a charming smile with narrowed eyes. Looking at her, Carter felt a chill from the depths of his heart.