Transmigrated as the Villainess Fake Young Lady, Please Spare Me, Female Lead Sister - Volume 1 Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Villainess Young Lady Power Unleashed

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Claire was pulled by Anna to sit in a soft, comfortable chair.

Yesterday’s welcome banquet was held in the grand hall, while today’s breakfast was in another much smaller dining room.

The walls were in a fresh and gentle light green, with a snow-white lace-trimmed tablecloth on the table. The floor-to-ceiling windows provided excellent lighting, with sunlight streaming in warmly.

On the table sat an exquisitely designed glass vase containing a very beautiful bunch of lilies.

The leaves still carried crystalline dewdrops, clearly freshly picked.

Compared to last night’s dinner with its background music and lighting, and that atmosphere that made one unconsciously tense up, this hall was obviously more cozy and comfortable.

It felt more like home too.

Seeing Claire looking around, Anna seemed to think of something, her eyes carrying a hint of pity.

Poor Young Lady Claire, looking so listless, did she not sleep well last night, or was she bullied by that outsider during breath training?

So the hastily prepared weapons weren’t put to use after all…

I’m still too useless, unable to help the young lady secure her position. I must think of something to do after this!

She bent down to help Claire lay out her napkin, while lowering her voice to whisper ominously in Claire’s ear:

“Don’t worry, Young Lady, the Master and Madam aren’t here this morning, so even if you want to do something, they won’t find out!”

Claire had been admiring the mountain view outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, her mood quite peaceful and serene.

She was startled by Anna’s sudden dangerous statement, blinking as if awakening from a dream.

“Do… do something…?”

The system gave a thumbs up:『A very career-minded maid. Go do something!』

Anna’s eyes blazed: “Young Lady needn’t be afraid, with me here, your plans will definitely succeed!”

Claire felt weak and helpless.

She paused, going along with the atmosphere, as if making a promise to someone, forced a smile and nodded.

“Mm… mm! Of course I’ll do something!”

Anna smiled firmly, looking particularly villainous.

She said in a low voice: “Then just like before, I’ll keep watch at the door for you! You’ll definitely be able to thoroughly crush Lavendia’s spirit!”

“Ah, ahaha…”

Anna had finished laying out Claire’s napkin.

Then she stepped back several paces and respectfully introduced:

“Today’s breakfast is braised meat, butter cheese bread with honey, and grape beetroot salad. You can choose between red tea or coffee.”

“Would you still like red tea with 3 sugar cubes like before, Young Lady Claire?”

Claire straightened up, putting on the air of a noble young lady, and cleared her throat.

“Yes, the same as before is fine.”

Anna clapped her hands, and the maids waiting at the door all entered, bringing the delicate dishes to Claire’s table.

At the same time, Lavendia also entered following the Steward Sophia, gracefully taking her seat.

They had briefly talked at the door earlier, which caused some delay.

Claire picked up her fork, but before she could taste the salad, she heard the system say: 『Host, good opportunity. Let’s test out the effects of the Villainess Point right here.』

Claire wanted to refuse without thinking: “No way, I just want to eat properly.”

『No no, Host, look at this maid, isn’t her favorability rating a bit too high?』

Claire paused, looking up at Anna who was adding sugar cubes to her tea.

55, the highest favorability rating she’d seen besides her mother…

『See?』

『Don’t you think it needs to be lowered a bit?』

The system persuaded gradually, while Claire fell into thought.

It was indeed very high.

High favorability wasn’t necessarily a problem. The key issue was that this person seemed to be someone who would actively cause trouble.

Because of her absolute loyalty to Claire and unconditional support for Claire doing bad things, in the game, Anna had also helped Claire do evil deeds and throw her weight around, doing many bad things together like forming cliques for bullying and such…

This person wasn’t just putting on an act, she seemed to be a real villain.

If she did something bad to target the female lead while Claire wasn’t aware, secretly making the female lead angry, that would be terrible.

After all, who in the entire mansion didn’t know that Head Maid Anna and Young Lady Claire were in cahoots?

There were even rumors in the mansion that “if Young Lady Claire was unhappy with someone, the next day Head Maid Anna would put that person in a sack and deliver them to Young Lady Claire’s room, thoughtfully providing a whip and branding iron.”

“Isn’t this rumor a bit too unrealistic?” Claire weakly commented.

But one thing was certain.

That is, the female lead would definitely attribute Anna’s evil deeds to Claire as well, settling accounts all at once in the end, using that terrifying fire magic to turn Claire into a kebab…

A good story should have a beginning, development, turn, and conclusion.

In her case, it felt more like beginning, development, turn, and kebab.

A kebab ending, no, a stake ending, was too easily triggered!

It felt like one slightly wrong step could lead to the stake ending!

Claire couldn’t help herself and stuffed a big bite of bread in her mouth, the fragrance of cream and cheese helping her feel a bit better.

If that’s the case, she must control Anna’s favorability rating. Blind loyalty was unacceptable!

『I’m glad the host agrees with my suggestion.』

The system’s voice immediately became cheerful.

『Ahem, now then, it’s time for the villainess aura to make its appearance!』

『After you know its power, you won’t forget to use it in future decisive battles!』

Then, the system popped up a dialog box that read: “Do you confirm wanting to consume 1 villainess point to maintain the villainess effect for 10 minutes? Yes/No.”

“What kind of decisive battle would need me to use this kind of thing?”

Although she complained reluctantly, Claire still obediently clicked confirm in her mind.

The confirmation interface disappeared, and it seemed nothing special happened.

“Is… is this enough?”

Claire asked in confusion.

『That’s right, the timer has started, Host, from your outward appearance you’re now a true villainess!』

“But I don’t feel anything…”

Claire looked up, and Anna happened to be walking over with the red tea that had the sugar added.

Their eyes met.

Claire looked at the fragrant red tea, blinking innocently.

But Anna’s body suddenly trembled, her eyes bursting with a strange ecstasy, her lips curling into an evil smile as if recognizing a kindred spirit.

“Young Lady Claire… I knew you hadn’t lost your fighting spirit!”

“The real battle is just beginning…!”

“…?”

Claire confusedly raised her gaze.

A prominent “+5” had popped up above Anna’s favorability rating.

“??”

This fanatical maid gave her a determined thumbs up before striding back to the side.

The other maids serving dishes also retreated together, each with terrified expressions and panicked looks, as if Claire was the source of some plague, desperately trying to stay away.

Claire stiffly withdrew her gaze, picked up the red tea, and took a normal, calm, small sip with a slight nod.

The Steward Sophia serving on the side trembled for some reason, almost spilling the vegetable salad in front of Lavendia.

Thanks for asking.

First time feeling so clearly that she was disliked.

The feeling was very strange.

Claire carefully raised her head, and her gaze met Lavendia’s cold stare in the air.