The villainess shall be mine

Chapter 137 To The Heart Of The Empire (Part 5)

The details I shared with Blanca were just part of the easiest aspect of the plan because if seen from a different point of view, what I was about to do was just taking advantage of my knowledge and my power to raise to the top of the world like any reincarnated person who was not utterly dumb.

Indeed, this was the easiest part even though I needed to put real effort into it. Well, other reincarnated fellows managed to do it so why wouldn't I? Well, even though they were fictional characters, there was this theory that people's dreams were a fragment of their memories from different universes so maybe, these 'isekai' protagonists exist somewhere.

Well, to a certain point, everything should be more or less within my capabilities and I could adjust my acting as we progress into the heart of the Empire, but the real issue lay elsewhere.

Blanca didn't need to know about this, of course, because it was enough for her to know about the main goals for now.

There were at least five main issues that needed to be taken care of with utmost caution and cleverness. Added to that were a few unpredictable variables that must keep my eyes on and readjust my plan according to the development of the situation.

The acting was just a facade but it shouldn't be taken half-assedly, however, it was just a detail related to a bigger issue. Yes, the acting was related to the issue that I called the Holy Church's shadow. There was also the Empire's True face, the Unknown dweller, the Villainess, and the Secret Invasion.

All of these issues were related to each other but they needed to be taken care of at the same time as the execution of the plan progressed.

For example, to take care of the issue of Empire's True Face, I needed to explore the Holy Church's shadow. The same with the three other issues, but that must be done while taking care of the unpredictable variables such as the Raizel family, Liu's family, the Guardians, the other top students, the other influential Lords, etc…

In other words, everything that could affect the plan even though they were just temporary issues. They were unpredictable because I didn't have enough information on my hand.

Moreover, I was being a bit optimistic and hoped that incidents like what happened to our planet wouldn't happen often because even though I might be able to adjust the plan, there was no telling when I would miss some details when something like those happen.

In addition to this, I knew that the unknown being was not interfering directly with the course of things until now, but the possibility for him to change his mind was not low. Thus, I needed to think about a way to tackle this eventuality, but even though I wasn't scared of facing this existence, I was not yet strong enough to handle them.

Thinking about all of that, I imagined an on option where I just go with the flow because it might have been easy to just face my enemies head-on and just rush ahead, but even if I succeed while doing that in the end, it wouldn't be funny if I was the only who made it to the world that I planned to create, I couldn't even imagine what I would feel. This was also the reason why I left some of the upgraded versions of Cristal's clone with my parents. With those, my parents would survive even if a gigantic octopus appeared again.

"Come to think of it, we also need to do something about that girl," I mumbled.

"Are you talking about that brown haired-girl? And I've been wondering about this for a while now, but how old are you?" Blanca and she returned to her usual self every time she spoke. Well, I didn't expect her to play the character perfectly all of sudden, but I knew that I shouldn't let her speak too much from there.

"I will leave that to your imagination. Well, even though that girl's presence isn't necessary to our plan, she could also become troublesome in many ways if not handled carefully. I owe Lord Tylliard a huge deal too, so this is the least I can do," I said, thinking about t few methods to handle Amelia.

"What exactly are you going to do? You are not the best at dealing with women, at least I can tell you that," Blanca remarked.

"Well, aren't you showing your true character now? You are rather cute despite the image that you try to portray. Of course, I just wanted to know that too," I replied.

Hearing my words, Blanca didn't show any excessive reaction but she also didn't say anything.

"Try to work on your walking and standing posture, I will go see her for a bit," I said, then I left the room and began to explore the ship.

The ship itself could be considered a high-class vessel, and it was equipped with a lot of facilities that would make most of the five stars on Earth look cheap.

"So where's her room, Cristal?"

"You need to reach the stair at the end of the hallway and the room is right up that stair," Cristal said.

"So she gets treated as an extremely special person huh? She has a whole floor for her alone," I mumbled.

It seemed like Lord Tylliard was trying to give Amelia a very comfortable life, but it seemed like she got too used to living that way so in the end she forgot about her privileges and treated it as normal.

In the end, even giving her such a high-quality life didn't solve her issues and the Lord appeared to have run out of ideas.

As for me, I knew that just the fact that there was a trace of corruption emanating from her already gave a general idea of what could be her problem.

Still, it was not like I will help her out of kindness or anything. I would allow her to ask for help though, but even if she didn't ask for help, I needed her to understand that she was being a pain to everyone around her.

Thus, if she thought that she could deal with her problem alone, she should also be able to do something about her attitude. After all, treating her like she was a kid or lecturing her wouldn't do anything well.

"Is this the room?" I stood in front of the door of Amelia's room.

"Yes, it seems to be locked," Cristal commented.

"Amelia, it's me, Adam. I am going in," I said, opening the locked door easily.

"What, Why are you here?! Go away!" Amelia shouted. She looked like she was tired of wearing an expensive dress because her clothes were similar to what could be considered pajamas, and her hair was anything else but beautifully tidied like a noble lady's hair should have been. In other words, she looked shabby and looking at her face, I could see that she didn't spend the last few hours sleep.

"Why should I do that? I just came here," I said.

"What? Guard! Guard!" Amelia shouted but Cristal's abilities were not something to scoff at when it came to the total confinement of a room.

Ignoring the shouting girl in front of me, I took a chair nearby and sat dignifiedly on it while crossing my legs.

"You see, if you didn't cause any problem for anyone, I would have left you alone. And you look smart enough to understand that your behavior is causing a lot of unnecessary worries to your family. So here's the question, are you just being a pain for everyone out of pure selfishness, or are you trying your best to deal with whatever issue you have but still need help? I will of course deal with you if you are just being a, forgive me for the language that I am going to employ, shitty brat," I said.

"What? What are you talking about? I will not tolerate this any longer," Amelia stood up and tried to exit the room.

"I asked a question. Are you incapable of holding a conversation like a normal human? Do you need help or not?" I said in a calm but imposing voice, and my hair waved unnaturally while turning a little bit grayish.

Amelia stopped when she heard the tone of my voice, and it looked like she was frightened. Scaring was not my goal so I surprised my aura.

"I… Leave alone," she mumbled in a low voice.

"Okay, I will leave you alone but only if you stop behaving like a spoiled child and act like the proper lady who is about to attend the Holy Academy. Asking for help when needed isn't a weakness because you need a certain level of determination to admit your flaws. However, if you think that you can manage and you don't cause problems for the people around you, I will acknowledge that you can handle your problems alone but I won't tolerate such behavior from now because it would make me look bad if people saw me with you while you act that way. It would taint my family's name and my pride. I don't know how you feel about your parents, your family, or your pride, but I care about mine. Do you understand?" I said in a very gentle voice which was not my

"O-okay…" Amelia looked surprised by what I said.

"Okay. Talk to me if you can't bear it anymore. I am familiar with certain things," I said, then left Amelia's room.