The villainess that got pregnant with the crown prince’s child decided to run away

Translator: Pun | Editor: Darling

Makoto called them rebels of the crown prince. I wonder why.

“What makes you say that they’re rebels?”

I directly asked.

Makoto had an intimidating air around her earlier, but now she’s back to her usual kind smile.

“Ah, right. You don’t know about it. This is a rather special church for Lord Edward. It was here, where Lord Edward met Rachel, it seems. So their goal seems to be to take over the special place of his as an act of rebellion.”

“Just for that…?”

In my memories as Rachel, I certainly don’t have any memories of this church. If I did, I’m sure I would have felt some sort of nostalgia the moment I stepped in here.

This is the place where I would have met Lord Edward, after all.

There’s no way that Rachel, who’s hopelessly in love with him, would ever forget such a place.

Or perhaps… Are my memories as Rachel slowly starting to fade away?

“Indeed, just for that. The anti-prince rebels are just harassing the crown prince. Their goal is to just demotivate him and have him resign.”

“But the royal family in this country doesn’t have any other candidates!”

According to Rachel’s memories, Lord Edward also had an older brother called Alfred. However, he passed away from an illness. Other than Alfred, Lord Edward shouldn’t have any other siblings.

“It’s as you say. I’m guessing you did your research about this place. Did you also know about how Rachel and Lord Edward met here as well?”

“No! This place isn’t where they met. Rather, Rachel shouldn’t have ever been here, to begin with. Not sure about Lord Edward, though…”

“You sure know a lot about Lord Edward and Rachel. Indeed, this isn’t where they actually met. That was just a rumor made up to manipulate that group into thinking so.”

As I thought.

After all, I don’t have any memories of this place.

Though, this leaves me some doubts about Lord Edward’s methodology. Why would he use orphans in a church as bait? What would he do if something happened to them? On top of that, it gives them a bad example as well.

“Hehe. It seems like you’re a bit confused, huh. Lord Edward will do anything to achieve his goals. Indeed, he will do anything to protect Rachel and he will do anything to suppress dissent in his country. Even if it means using orphans. Does this sit unwell with you?”

While strangely smiling, Makoto asked. Just what is she trying to tell me?

Why is she telling me this when I didn’t even ask her?