The noble ladies walking beside me from the Lazante Empire were all careful not to step on the dress, but I was different.

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I stepped right on the hem of the dress that blocked my path.

“Ah! What the?”

The woman who was dining with Leyana turned her head nervously at the yell.

She seemed startled when our eyes met, but her reaction was premature. I hadn’t even started anything yet.

“Lady Brelof, watch where you’re going. What if you step on someone’s dress?”

With a voice full of resentment, I lifted my foot off her dress. And looking at the hem of the dress with a clear footprint on it, I spoke.

“Ah, I thought this was a carpet, not a dress because the fabric is so cheap.”

“Ugh…”

“And before blaming others, haven’t you thought about the fact that you’re the one obstructing the way?”

The woman, whose face was instantly flushed, couldn’t respond at all.

What looked like me stepping back to lift my foot was in fact another step on her dress.

It was a clearly intentional act.

‘Exactly how many times did she laugh at me?’

I was counting the number of times she had laughed at me with a dismissive look.

I left my footprints on her dress as many times as she did.

Even though I purposely called it a cheap dress, anyone could tell at a glance that it was a dress she had taken care of to attend the academy festival.

That’s why her dress was unusually long.

“Lady Brelof, stop that…… Ah!”

Just as another woman sitting with Leyana tried to speak up, I pretended to step back and knocked over the wine glass on the table.

The red wine poured directly onto her dress.

“Oh, I made a mistake because you suddenly talked to me. I was surprised and just…”

I exaggeratedly covered my mouth with my hand and handed her a napkin that was on the table.

‘This lady laughed at me twice.’

Now that I’ve successfully revenged once by spilling the wine glass, I planned to pay off the remaining debt when I had the chance.

Though I pretended it was an accident, anyone could tell that my actions were intentional. And I didn’t want to hide it.

I wanted them to know clearly that I wouldn’t let them off if they messed with me.

Leyana, who had been watching the situation, had turned not red but blue.

I watched her with a delighted expression and opened my mouth.

“Enjoy your meal then.”

I hadn’t yet fulfilled all my revenge, but I planned to pay her back at the next opportunity.

I walked out of the restaurant with my shoulders square. The ladies of the Lazante Empire, who had been watching my actions, followed me.

I thought they might be disgusted by my behavior, but their faces looked even brighter than before.

‘What, do they like villains?’

I was momentarily puzzled, but anyway, this was who I was.

If they didn’t dislike this side of me, I didn’t dislike them more.

“Lady Kriasha, are you just going to stand this? Even if it’s the Brelof family, isn’t this too much?”

The woman who said this was Sasha, the only woman among the three sitting at the same table with Leyana who had not yet been revenged by me.

The woman whose dress had been stepped on spoke nervously with a tearful face.

“She’s drawing attention with those pathetic magictech weapons, she must think she’s something.”

Her name was Luren.

She was a noblewoman from the Arwen Empire with a magical ability so modest it was embarrassing to call it a talent.

“I can’t believe it. This dress…”

The woman whose dress was spilled with red wine was angrily wiping her dress with a napkin to prevent any further staining.

Her name was Cayuna, the one I was looking for an opportunity to get revenge on one more time.

Leiana stared wordlessly at the spot where Tanashia had left, or more precisely, at Askan, who was following behind Tanashia.

Even if it wasn’t Leiana, there were many who secretly watched him, captivated by Askan’s outstanding appearance.

“……I understand that everyone is angry because the young Miss Brelot depends on her family to throw her weight around.”

The Brelot Ducal family was a representative noble family of the Arwen Empire, with few to rival their power and wealth, regardless of their high position.

For them, including Leiana, Shasha, Ryuren, and Kayuna, to confront Tanashia, the eldest daughter of the Brelot family, their families were too humble.

Leiana spoke in a faint voice.

“I’m also upset, but realistically, we can’t openly retaliate.”

The fact that they had first disturbed Tanashia, who was just minding her business, had already been forgotten.

The important thing now was that they all felt insulted by Tanashia and wanted to repay her somehow, but there was no appropriate way to do so.

Leiana knew from the start that it wouldn’t be easy to mess with Tanashia.

She was not a moth blindly jumping into the fire, and she couldn’t recklessly try to take revenge on Tanashia.

To take proper revenge, she had to seize a proper opportunity. And that time was not now.

“Of course, that doesn’t mean we’re going to stand by and let this happen. I have a plan.”

“A plan? Do we have a way to show the young Miss Brelot her place?”

Shasha asked, seemingly surprised. Then, Leiana nodded her head and answered with a broad smile on her lips.

“The young Miss Brelot’s pet.”

At Leiana’s words, Shasha, Ryuren, and Kayuna all nodded as if they knew who she was referring to.

In fact, once you saw Askan’s appearance, you could never easily forget it. More and more young ladies were becoming jealous of Tanashia, who was parading around with such a pet.

“Last time I saw him, it seemed like the young Miss Brelot cherished him quite a bit.”

It seemed more like she saw him as special, not just cherished. She even turned Leiana into an enemy to protect Askan, a slave.

Leiana still clearly remembered the words Tanashia said that day.

“I’m warning you clearly, this is the last time I’ll let it slide. If you mess with Askan one more time, be prepared.”

People sometimes reveal their greatest weakness through their own words.

When Leiana was violent, many begged her not to touch their children. That meant it hurt them the most when their children were targeted.

Whenever that happened, Leiana relentlessly targeted the most painful spot. If it was a child, she hit the child. If it was a wife, she hit the wife.

It was a kind of pleasure to destroy what the other person cherished the most.

The feeling of proving that she had the power and strength to crush someone’s hope without a care.

Tanashia was not easy to touch, but if the opponent was Askan, it was a different story.

There was no way they could formally accuse Leiana for killing a slave. After all, Tanashia had done something at the Cresha Mansion, so at most she would have to compensate for the price of the slave.

The target that Tanashia warned her so fiercely not to touch.

Leiana had no intention of leaving Askan alone.

“I plan to vent my current emotions on her pet instead of the young Miss Brelot. After all, he’s just a miserable slave, he won’t cause a big stir.”

At Leiana’s words, Ryuren, who had her dress trampled, laughed out loud.

“Ho ho ho! As expected of Miss Cresha. That’s a good idea.”

Shasha, Ryuren, and Kayuna were all people with similar personalities to Leiana.

Just like Leiana was friends with Tanashia in the original story, they relieved their stress by assaulting those of lower status, so it wasn’t a problem at all.

Leiana was looking at them, who had the same thoughts as her, when suddenly she remembered the sound of metal clashing when she hit Askan.

‘What was that?’

At the time, her mind was distracted by Tanashia, so she didn’t think deeply about it, but no matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t understand it.

‘Does he have something to hide?’

In fact, it seemed more believable that Askan had some special secret hidden rather than Tanashia cherished and protected him.

Leiana wore a deep smile at the sudden curiosity that came to mind.