If You Want To Frame Me As A Villainess, I Will Be The Villainess. However. - Chapter 8

The King sighed and spoke first as he saw their expression.

“His Highness Reynold is here today to represent His Majesty of Bahr.”

Indeed. Most people realized that from the King’s attitude of kneeling and bowing his head.

Prince Fabian, his eyes looked around nervously, finally seemed to understand.

“B-but i only revealed this woman’s misdeeds…why should i be punished?”
“Y-yes…”

Prince Fabian and Noelia, they murmured and completely lost.
…As expected. Then, how about this?

“Your Highness Fabian, you say such things because you don’t understand your position as a Prince. And now, Your Highness is insulting the representative of His Majesty of Bahr and put our Kingdom at stake.”

Those words were unacceptable. If it were not the calm and composed Prince Reynold but a short-tempered Prince, he might got mad and challenged for a duel.

“Christiane! What are you saying?! I-i would never do such a thing!”
“That’s right! His Highness Fabian, who is about to become a King, would never do such a thing!”
“You truly are idiots. Both of you, including you, Noelia.”

As i sighed, Prince Fabian’s face turned crimson, and his lips trembled. Noelia panicked. …Oh my, Noelia, your true nature was showing.

“If you say His Highness Fabian insulted him, then Her Highness Christiane, who rejected His Highness Reynold’s proposal, also insulted His Majesty of Bahr!”

Noelia said and stared at me insolently..
…It was not like that…

“The proposal to Her Highness Christiane was made by me personally. I didn’t order her, i only asked. Besides, she did not insult me. Her Highness Christiane simply stated her position. However, His Highness Fabian’s words were clearly meant to insult me. Moreover, since i stand here as a representative, it can be considered disrespectful to my Kingdom.”

Noelia’s face paled at Prince Reynold’s explanation.

“But, i understand. If i use His Majesty of Bahr’s name as his representative, Her Highness Christiane won’t be able to refuse, will she?”

Prince Reynold looked at me and smiled playfully. It would be complicated if it was an order from the King of Bahr…
I was worried, but seeing Prince Reynold shrug his shoulders, I felt relieved.
It was a gesture he made when teasing me. Felt like a joke for now.
However, at Prince Reynold’s words, Noelia bit her lip in frustration.

“Your Highness Reynold, i apologize for all this mess. Would you allow me to handle Fabian’s punishment?”

The King bowed his head, and Prince Reynold, after a moment of thought, looked at me.

“If you say so, it is not a big deal, but Your Highness Christiane, is that alright with you?”

Did he meant entrusting this to me?
…In that case, i would punished him!
Because if things continued as they were, this Kingdom might be destroyed.

“W-why are you asking that woman?! Your Highness Reynold!”
“Fabian! Stop it!”

The King quickly warned Prince Fabian. Prince Reynold stared coldly at Prince Fabian.

“I am asking Her Highness Christiane. If you find it difficult to remain silent, i can decide on the punishment now. However, i believe the punishment for mocking me and insulting my beloved Her Highness Christiane with your numerous remarks will not be light.”

Under Prince Reynold’s intimidation, Prince Fabian turned pale and lowered his head.
…To not understand until he’s told that much…truly…
I swallowed a sigh that was about to come out and turned from Prince Reynold to the King.

“Your Majesty, there is something i would like to tell you. May i?”

Until now, I’ve held back enough even though i’ve wanted to do this, but all of this have made me thoroughly sick of babysitting the Prince. Since the opportunity presents itself, i’ll have him clearly punished in front of Prince Reynold, the representative of the King of Bahr!

“Your Highness Christiane, what is it?”

I smiled at the King, and his expression turned grim.

“For many years, i have observed His Highness Fabian with the prospect of becoming his consort, but he is not fit to be the next king. Therefore, i wish for His Highness Fabian to be disinherited.”

The venue turned to chaos. The nobles had gathered at some point, and their voices were loud. The King was speechless.
Compared to the panicked Noelia and Prince Fabian’s cronies, Prince Fabian only looked at me with a puzzled expression.
…I bet he never imagined that i would say such a thing.

“Dis…inherited?”

Prince Fabian murmured, his voice hoarse.

“Yes. Your Highness Fabian. Disinherited.”

Prince Fabian’s gaze wavered. Is he shocked by the situation?
…His current status will be gone. His current situation would surely changed drastically…I wondered if Prince Fabian could endure it?

“Disinherited…what does that mean?”

…So. That was it.
Alright! I showed you my true villainess side!