In the end, Miryu gained everything with her own sins and lost everything at my hands.

Viscount Juty would surely defame Miryu to survive, and the threat to Miryu, who became a commoner without the protection of the family, would be more menacing.

“Moreover, she was so famous there.”

It would be difficult to survive as a commoner after leaving the noble status, and Miryu had committed too many sins from the beginning. Diana held my hand.

“Mother will also be very grateful to Estelle. I will make a separate place to reward you.”

“A reward? How can I accept that in Royum Kingdom?”

“You must accept it. Estelle practically saved Royum Kingdom for us.”

If you say so.

“Okay. Then, even to see Diana’s heart…”

I’ll make sure to compensate her hardships!

The Blanshet Duke’s carriage came to pick me up.

“The sun hasn’t risen yet?”

Despite all that had happened, it was hard to believe that the day had not yet come to an end. I absentmindedly twirled my long hair, lost in thought.

“Silly Miryu.”

Miryu, who fell into despair, screamed and struggled under the influence of evil.

“Why did you tell such a clumsy lie?”

She wanted to live genuinely without realizing the consequences, pretending everything was fake.

I don’t feel any pity for Miryu. In the first place, all my plans could have gone awry if Miryu had made a different choice.

Moreover, Miryu brought everything upon herself through her own choices.

Unlike me, who turned into a fake, Miryu was entirely different. In a way, Miryu, too, was one of the perpetrators who made me endlessly fake.

“But fakes always have to try harder than the real ones. You have to struggle more desperately.”

Watching Miryu’s complete collapse, which shattered into pieces, strangely did not feel bitter if it was a lie.

“Even if the real one may be proven someday.”

Because there is nothing at the end of the fake. If it could simply exist in the first place, it might not have been fake.

“Estelle.”

Johan, who was waiting for me in the carriage, reached out to me.

“Is everything prepared well?”

“Yes, it went well.”

I smiled brightly at Johan.

“What will you do when you know my truth?”

It might be better to confess everything before everything collapses like Miryu. The truth revealed by someone else’s decision only makes me more miserable.

“So, I…”

At that moment, Johan, leaning his head against the window, spoke languidly.

“Estelle, you’re too soft.”

“…What?”

It was something I had never expected.

“Are you talking to me right now?”

“Yeah. Your way of dealing with Miryu Juty, being so merciful, is too lenient.”

Johan’s red eyes flashed eerily. I involuntarily stopped in my tracks.

“It’s not good to move while giving a chance to the opponent like that.”

Johan seemed to see through all my plans.

“So, by giving a chance like that, the opponent will collapse properly?”

“…Then, what should I have done?”

“I should have dragged her to prison and made her die. Entangle everyone involved with that woman, create nonexistent evidence, and throw even those who were friendly with you into hell.”

“…”

“That way, wouldn’t it be the most horrible?”

Certainly, Johan was talking about Miryu.

“But.”

But strangely, it didn’t feel like he was talking about Miryu only.

“What if even innocent people suffer from that?”

“Why do you care about that?”

Johan gently swept his hair over my ear.

“Anyway, the injustice around me will become his suffering. A splendid decoration for your revenge.”