If You Want To Frame Me As A Villainess, I Will Be The Villainess. However. - Chapter 1

It was the academy’s graduation party, i had been polished to a be more beautiful than usual and wore a crimson dress studded with stones specially imported from a neighboring country. In that state, i should have been the object of envious gazes, the future crown princess.

Yet, the academy students showed only scornful glances my way.

In the vast hall, far from the Crown Prince who should have been my escort, i was left alone, next to wallflower. If only my friend, Princess Marilou Dubuffet, or my childhood friend, Prince Walt Besson, were here, it would helped me. But, it couldn’t be helped now.

And as i stood there, next to wallflower, whispers of scorn reached my ears.

“How awful it is to bully Noelia.”
“I hear His Highness Fabian is furious.”
“It’s surely over for Her Highness Christiane now.”

Even without asking anyone, i understood my current situation perfectly well. Moreover, my fiancé, Prince Fabian, hadn’t left Noelia Gans’s side for a single moment since the graduation party began, made the situation clear to everyone.

Prince Fabian was infatuated with Noelia, not me, his fiancée.

As i watched Noelia, whom i was seeing for the first time, smiled happily at Prince Fabian, i hardly kept my expression, as i trained for the role of crown princess, to hold the composure. Noelia’s dress, a luxurious gold-threaded gown that the Gans Baron could never afford, seemed to further enhance her sky-blue eyes. It was probably made to match Fabian’s golden eyes…

Honestly, i wanted to let out my expression and show a cold stare at Prince Fabian, but considering my position as Princess Christiane of Dumerg, i couldn’t do that.

For now, i couldn’t escape this place. As the future Crown Princess, as a Princess, and as a graduate, i had to fulfill my duties. Even if i had to endure such treatment.

Pretending to be an emotionless doll, i stared out the window across the room. It seemed that only the roses outside could ease me. Only those beautiful roses seemed to bring a little peace to my heart.

That’s why i didn’t notice them approaching until they spoke.

“Your Highness Christiane, i need to speak with you.”

At Prince Fabian’s voice, i came back to myself and curtsied.

“Your Highness Fabian, what is it you wish to speak about?”

As i smiled, inwardly exasperated by the sight of Prince Fabian and Noelia pressed close together, Prince Fabian snorted in disgust.

“To Her Highness Christiane of Dumerg, i say this: Your scornful bullying of Noelia Gans demonstrates a lack of character unbefitting a future crown princess! Therefore, i, Fabian Zebina, hereby dissolve our engagement.”

I was dumbfounded by Prince Fabian’s declaration.

“Dissolve… our engagement?”

I blinked repeatedly in utter shock. I couldn’t believe Prince Fabian was serious. But his expression turned to anger at my reaction.

“Don’t play coy! There’s proof! Noelia may indeed be a commoner, and she may lack proper noble etiquette due to being taken in by the Baron Family only a year ago. But that is no excuse for bullying! Furthermore, i was merely showing her kindness by teaching her noble etiquette and studies, yet you accused her of flirting with me out of jealousy and bullied her. You are a disgrace of a Noble!”

Prince Fabian finished his breathless speech as Noelia looked at me with frightened eyes. And after he finished, and saw Noelia’s fear, he glared at me again.

“Look! Noelia is trembling just from your gaze!”
“No, Your Highness. I didn’t…”

Noelia’s voice faded to a whisper, her head shaking slightly, and Prince Fabian placed his hand on her head tenderly.

“Don’t worry. I’m here for you. The one i choose is you, Noelia.”

At Prince Fabian’s words, Noelia looked up at him with adoration in her eyes.

Ah, i got it. So that’s how it was. As understanding finally dawned on me, the anger i had been suppressing began to boil. My clenched fists turned white.

“Your Highness Fabian, this is the first time i’ve met Noelia. May i greet her?”

As i smiled at the two of them, Prince Fabian’s face turned even redder, and Noelia began to cry.

Oh dear. It was you two who wanted me to play the villainess, wasn’t it?
However…
Things won’t go as you planned.