The Villain's Sister Suffers Today Chapter 10

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Episode 10

I grabbed Alex, who was nearby and got him to check the chandelier that fell.

Although he seemed confused he did as he was told, then widened his eyes in surprise.

"Huk. Why did this become so loose?"

Alex called for about two more servants and replaced the connecting part with a new one.

The servants decided to check the other chandeliers as well, and as I was watching the butler came up to talk to me.

"It would've been dangerous if we just left it. There could've been an accident at the banquet. How did you know?"

"Just……."

I just made up a random reason to the butler, who was looking at me as if I had godly powers.

"Had a bad dream about it."

The chandelier was fixed easily but I couldn't be relaxed.

There were quite a lot of things that caught my attention now that I was looking over the banquet hall like this.

'That statue.'

What if it suddenly falls? It looks dangerous because it's heavy.

'That decoration.'

It wouldn't be good if that fell on your head.

'Vase.'

Why did they put such a big case there? What if someone got crushed under it?

I was nervous. If Agrita dying wasn't a coincidence and was her fate, I couldn't leave anything that could be dangerous.

I had to get rid of everything.

I looked at the butler, who I had given my dream excuse to.

"I had a bad feeling about this. My dream was ominous. So could we change the banquet hall location or the placing of things? I really hope we can do it even if it means we have to delay the banquet a bit."

"What? Ah, yes. I understand. Please tell me how you want it done."

Perhaps it was because he had seen the chandelier, the butler did not question my words despite my sudden request.

From then I actively began removing the things that bothered me.

If someone asked me if it was okay to change the banquet hall like this, even though I wasn't the reason we were having a banquet, I could say it's okay because Ash isn't interested in stuff like this.

He has no interest to the point that he wouldn't even know what changed.

It took about thirty minutes to fix everything. Right then Bessie hurriedly ran down the stairs.

"Miss!"

"Hmm? Ah."

"I heard from the butler. You're changing everything because of your dream. Sigh, but still. Why now?!"

I noticed that Bessie was holding heavy makeup boxes filled with makeup in each hand.

I was shocked by her enthusiasm. Huk, I couldn't believe she carried it all the way here.

"Wasn't it heavy?"

"Is being heavy the issue here? I thought you would come if I waited……."

"Sorry. But I still have some stuff to rearrange……."

"You can order them while getting your makeup done."

So I ended up sitting at a chair and getting my makeup done for me while I ordered for things to be removed or replaced.

Bessie's hands flew around madly as she finished makeup that would normally take an hour in thirty minutes.

The butler who was watching later told me it looked like Bessie had godly powers.

Anyway time passed and I was about done getting ready and almost done getting dangerous objects out of the banquet hall.

I looked around the hall one last time next to Bessie, who was panting in pride.

'Done.'

For now, there was nothing dangerous left that I could see. I did all that I could.

There seemed to be nothing in the hall that could target Agrita's life.

In a little bit, the invited guests will begin entering.

I will be outside for a while when that happens and enter with Ash after the entire hall is full of people.

"The Duke should be finished getting ready as well. Let's go upstairs."

I paused in the middle of turning at those words.

Wait.

Now that I look at it, that…….

"That carpet."

"Yes?"

"The material looks slippery. Someone wearing high heels may slip and fall."

"…….."

"Let's change it."

The butler hadn't been saying anything about my orders till now, but he now he looked at me with eyes that looked like he had something to say.

I ignored his look and pushed my order.

"Hurry."

* * *

In other people's eyes, it must have looked like I was making a fuss.

It wasn't like I didn't know.

I saw that the servants who followed my orders after seeing how I had identified the carpet began giving me flustered looks as time went by.

'Think about what you want.'

I wondered if I should elaborate on how terrible my dream was, but dropped the idea.

What they thought of my actions wasn't all that important.

There was only one important matter. Preventing Agrita's death.

'And……..'

I clenched my fist.

'I need to figure out what the issue is.'

I thought about it until late last night and even though till I broke the marble this morning.

It was a continuation of accidents that didn't go far from a certain point, so I couldn't think of an answer, but I did come up with one solution.

'Something is wrong with Agrita.'

There were only two options. If it was true that the world was trying to kill the heroine.

There's something wrong with the world, or there's something wrong with the heroine.

Or it could be both but that's too depressing so I decided not to think about it now.

It would be difficult to look for the problem that occurred in the world if I were to try and do it by myself.

So I decided to think that there was a problem with Agrita, which gave me a little hope.

'I'll observe thoroughly throughout the banquet.'

"Phew."

I breathed loudly without even realizing when Ash suddenly spoke to me.

"Nervous?"

"Of course……."

I nearly replied naturally before shutting my mouth. That's not right.

I took into consideration the place and situation. Right now I was standing in front of the banquet hall entrance with Ash.

I was simply attending as a family member and guest of the banquet that was for Ash.

'There's no reason for me to be nervous.'

There was no reason for me to be outside and Ash seemed a little confused.

Ah, I can't even tell him that it's because of Agrita.

I rolled my eyes and made up a reason.

"…….Of course, I'm nervous. It's the day you're becoming an adult."

I actually had no idea what it meant for Ash to become an adult today.

In my eyes, he had been an adult long before today.

But I acted the part of the older sister who was proud of her younger brother who had grown to be an adult and was even more thrilled than he was.

"It's a really important day, don't you think?"

Ash didn't really respond. Hmm, well, I guess he understood.

Right then the banquet hall door opened at the butler's signal.

I walked into the hall with my hand on Ash's arm.

"……Hello, Your Grace."

"Congratulations on becoming an adult."

"I also congratulate you with all my heart."

The same scene as before unfolded. The people who had frozen at Ash's appearance soon surrounded him to offer their greetings.

I also somewhat responded to the greetings made towards me and wiped my cheek with my right hand. There's isn't a piece of thread on my face today right?

'Agrita.'

I turned my eyes.

Agrita was standing near the entrance with the exact look she had before we came back in time.

I looked above her unconsciously.

Despite having checked up on the chandelier earlier my heart still pounded.

Ash did not see Agrita this time either.

Not only did she not catch his sight, but he was also responding to the crowd's greetings without even realizing that she existed.

Not caring about him, I continued to look at Agrita.

This was also a bit flustering, but it wasn't important compared to Agrita's death.

Everything came after Agrita's survival.

After a while of watching her, Agrita began to move.

Taking into consideration the direction she was moving in, it seemed like she was approaching this way.

'Is she going to come to greet Ash?'

Ash spoke first to Agrita in the book but I supposed it was going to flow a different way because Ash did not act the way he was supposed to.

I glanced at the ceiling again. The chandelier did not move.

I maintained my focus and didn't take my eyes off of her.

But in the middle of walking this way, Agrita suddenly grabbed a servant.

'Hmm?'

She seemed to ask something, and the servant pointed at a direction. It was the door that led to the back garden.

Agrita bowed her head slightly in gratitude and turned in that direction.

'Huh?'

I came back to my senses soon after being flustered.

Ah, yes. I remembered that Agrita actually spent her time in the back garden instead of the crowded hall while the banquet was open.

Ash was supposed to ask for her name and cause a scene before she left for the garden, but that step seemed to be omitted.

'Back garden…… there's nothing in the back garden right?'

The back garden was a simple garden. There were only small trees and grass.

Ah, rocks…… are those dangerous too?

I watched her move towards the door and took a step as well.

I was worried too but I had to observe and watch her anyway.

I had to follow her.

It should've been Ash instead of me, but Ash was already doing things unlike the plot, so I doubted he would do this either.

To not give her the stalker vibes, I moved quickly after she went out the door.

I carefully opened the door and pushed my body out.

'She's there.'

Agrita did not move far. She was sitting on a flat rock that was a small distance away from the hall, where the light from the hall still shined softly.

I thought about how I should observe her.

Should I just watch and observe?

Or should I approach her and have a conversation?

I was beginning to ask myself what's the point of simply watching her from a distance.

Unless I had amazing insight on what was going on, even if there was something wrong with Agrita I wouldn't be able to identify it by just watching from a distance like this.

'There's no other way.'

Let's go talk to her. Even if we don't have a full-on conversation I might be able to feel something if I look at her close up.

I walked towards her as I thought this.

"Ugh."

Someone whined and It wasn't from me.

"All the shoes here are in bad quality. Why do the expensive ones hurt my feet so much?"

I stopped in my tracks.

"Is it because my feet are weak or something?"

Perhaps she couldn't see me because she was facing the other way, but Agrita took her shoes off and complained.

The shoes she had taken off rolled on the grass.

I was flustered.

'Has…… has she always been like this?'

Of course, the Agrita I knew was only based on the information told in the novel.

But still, how should I put it, hmm, it was quite unexpected?

The book only had lines of her talking and descriptions of her movements but I was pretty sure it wasn't this.

'Her voice is quite similar to how I imagined it though.'

Agrita's voice was clear and pure.

I knew her voice had nothing to do with her looks but it was just like her looks.

I shook my head to shake off the thoughts of her having an unexpected personality or whatever.

It was unreasonable to be shocked about someone I saw for the first time after reading about in a novel.

'Yes. Celebrities are quite different on television and in actuality.'

I didn't know if it was a correct comparison but I just accepted it and started walking again. It was right then.

"When can I go back?"

"……"

"I can't even search how to go back on my phone or something. Phew."

What?

I stopped moving completely.

What did she just say?

"Lady…… Grace."

"Hmm? Huk! Who are you?"

I called out to her while standing there, dazed. Agrita widened her eyes after finally noticing me when I called her name.

Agrita seemed surprised, then covered her mouth hurriedly as if she remembered something.

"Ah, could you hear what I was saying? Did you hear?"

"Right now……."

I repeated what I had heard.

"You said phone."

"Uwah."

She heard.

Agrita looked at me with an expression that had 'she heard' written all over it.

END OF EPISODE 10.

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