The S-Class Hunter Doesn't Want To Be A Villainous Princess

That’s how she came to the Capital, the tiger’s den.

As Rene made her way to the villa of the Duke of Marchius in the Capital, she simply imagined it as a two-story house when she heard the word ‘villa.’

Quite literally, a ‘villa,’ isn’t it? However, that thought shattered into pieces as soon as she arrived at the ‘villa.’

‘What kind of villa is this big?’

The mansion in the Capital was slightly smaller than the ducal estate, but it was by no means referred to as a ‘villa.’ Moreover, her room was just as spacious as the rooms in the Duke’s residence.

“My lady, your luggage has already been placed inside your room, so you can take a rest.”

Perhaps it’s because it’s not seen often, but the butler is much friendlier compared to the butler at the estate.

The butler at the duke’s residence tended to openly ignore her. Of course, his words and actions were polite, but the underlying contempt was evident.

‘You can see how annoying this proud and hot-tempered person must be.’(T/LN: aka Rene)

“What about father?”

“His Excellency the Duke is currently attending a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He will probably be back in the evening, miss.”

“Okay. Let me know right away as soon as he arrives.”

“Understood, miss.”

Rene immediately locked the door as soon as the butler left. The reason for that was-

[The <Monarch of Waves and Healing> wants to share something they discovered with you!]

It was because of this, an item she requested from her Constellation.

‘Rene’s diary.’

Why didn’t she think of this earlier? No, it’s just that she couldn’t imagine that Rene would be the type to keep a diary.

But after hearing Cyril’s words, she suddenly had a thought that Rene might have kept a diary. People who have a lot of grievances always need a place to confide in.

‘Since it didn’t look like Rene had anyone to confide in, she probably poured out her feelings in a place like this.’

It was something she could relate to as well. Even though she cared for and liked her guild members in her past life, she didn’t fully trust them.

“Where did she hide this?”

[The <Monarch of Waves and Healing> testifies that it was inside the bed mattress!]

“Is it just there? Why couldn’t she at least hide it more properly?”

It’s fortunate that it hasn’t been discovered until now. She opened the diary and began reading the most recent entry.

‘… Why the hell doesn’t anyone believe me? I’ve never laid a hand on Lian.

Even Father, who claims to trust me, doesn’t seem to truly believe it.

Where on earth has Lian disappeared to?’

She must have been feeling lonely. The words were all shaking. The ink was smudged and dried in places.

She continued flipping through the pages.

‘I shouldn’t have said that back then. I shouldn’t have said that I sent poison to the Saintess. But Thalia kept provoking my pride, so I couldn’t help it.’

…Thalia? I should look into her as well.

‘Lian is really annoying.

She’s always pretending to be nice.

Yesterday, she invited me to have tea together, but she only had one sip and left.

I had to force a smile and finish it myself, but it’s really frustrating.’

‘Lian keeps making cakes for me just to try out the new oven.

She said she knew it wasn’t me who sent the assassin.

As if she knows something.

I didn’t have time to send one, that’s why I didn’t, but I laughed when she mentioned it. Why does Ishir really like her?

She’s just an idiot.’

What? Lian… knew that Rene wasn’t the one behind the assassination attempt?

‘The two of them seemed to have a closer relationship than I thought?’

Although Rene wrote that she didn’t like her, but looking at Rene’s diary, Lian seemed to be her only friend. Seeing that she met Lian without fail every week, it becomes even more apparent.

‘In the end, I couldn’t refuse Lian’s request to meet today either. Still, to avoid being seen together, we agreed to meet secretly. I made sure to be careful with Lian’s surveillance. No one must have seen us, right?’

‘The Archbishop seems suspicious. It was really strange when he tried to touch me last time. It seems like it wasn’t just me.’

‘I got angry with Lian. I shouldn’t have done that. She kept insisting on being there, which made me emotional.

Why am I such a mess?’

‘I suggested to Lian that we distance ourselves, but she refused.

She said Ishir doesn’t love her. Ishir doesn’t love anyone.’

The contents are getting more and more….

Rene closed the diary and quietly stared at the cover. If this diary is true, then the content completely changes everything. Lian and Rene didn’t have a bad relationship. In fact, Lian was her only friend.

‘If this had been known in the first place, then Rene wouldn’t have been falsely accused of being the culprit.’

She must have been a little immature at best, not a villain. People just wanted to believe that she was a villain.

‘And it’s clear that Lian’s disappearance wasn’t a coincidence.’

Someone must have killed her, it couldn’t have been suicide. If it were, her suicide note wouldn’t have blamed Ishir and Rene for her death. Ishir seemed to know nothing, and Rene seems like she was trying to help Lian.

‘He’s a really despicable person.’

[The <Lord of Vile Blood> confirms the full story of the incident and spews blood.]

[The <King of Waves and Healing> is feeling down, and a typhoon is coming.]

[The <Lord of Temptation> claims that the devils are not us but these bastards.]

Originally, Lee Young was never a good person. She didn’t believe in the goodness of people.

Even when someone claimed to be human, she would be suspicious of them.

However, her long life of regression made her plunged deeper into the swamp of distrust. Distrust gradually turned into hatred. And then, just when that hatred seemed to fade away, something happened-

‘I fell back again.’

Why would someone want to harm such young children? One was labeled as a suicide, and the other was framed as a murder suspect.

‘What’s strange is that Lian was actually seen, and she was alone.’

Was she actually traveling with someone else? Or was someone harassing her?

‘Perhaps at first, they didn’t plan to stage it as a suicide. They probably thought they could simply cover it up as a disappearance and pin it on Rene.’

Then, after she possessed Rene, they must have been surprised to see that things have gone wrong.

That might have pushed them to resort to such extreme measures.

They might have thought that by implicating Ishir as well and causing a major scandal, they could bury their own involvement in the aftermath.

Just because they found Lian’s ring, it doesn’t prove that the body was hers.

Even though it had traces of holy power, it could have been manipulated as well.

‘I have a gut feeling that the case isn’t over yet.’

Once the culprit is caught, all the clues will be solved. Where is the real Lian, and why did they try to tie Rene and Ishir together to make them fall?

And the real culprit is probably….

‘The person who knows the relationship between these two.’

Knowing that she is the only person who knows the truth, they framed Rene and falsely accused her to kill her. If that’s the case, everything makes sense.

‘So you called me here.’

Because out of so many people, she’s the only one who can help, she recalled the last line of the diary.

‘Please, someone, help us.’