The Villainess Does It With Class

Chapter 90 - The Game Plan

I went to read books in the library to learn about this world, and the family history as well. If I'm not mistaken, I had also written down what I read in the novel at that time!

'Now where is that piece of paper?'

My eyes roamed around the room, then stopped at the vanity table. My feet brought me forward and I hurriedly opened the upper drawer.

I sifted through some sketches all the way to the bottom-most part and pulled some papers out.

"Not this, not this either... Nope--" I grumbled-- "Here it is!"

I then dumped the other ones that are not needed on top of the table and gazed at the list in my hand with sparkling eyes.

There, on the parchment, were detailed information about the novel, and even some new facts that I had gathered.

"I'm so glad that I did jot these down first," I uttered, and smiled widely.

My eyes then scanned its contents, going through every single bullet and reading them all.

So yes, I noted down all the important characters here. The four ML's, Nadia, Estelle, Leon, Kai, Vivienne, and Asmo.

'Eh? Was there an Asmo before? Who's that?'

It was a foreign name that I have no inkling of.

'Why did I write that name down?'

My brows were knotting together. It sounded so unfamiliar that it brought several questions to my head.

Asmo... Who is Asmo?

I blinked and tried to think about it, but nothing came.

'Whatever, that's not important right now. What I want to know is the plot!'

I read the passages written below the names and went through them one by one. After reading some important clauses, my head began to hurt.

"Oh no..." I muttered, "This is..."

I slowly sat down on the bed again while the curious Kuro sprawled itself beside my foot. I was staring at the parchment with a mixture of disappointment and bewilderment.

"The future is gone," I lamented.

It was so dramatic that I even heard some violins playing in the distance, accompanying the heavy atmosphere that hangs over my head.

'There's no fateful meeting anymore aside from the Founding Ball!'

You see guys, I apparently have noted down all the encounters of Estelle and the Male Leads, in quick straightforward sentences.

So the first one was Nathan and her, right? It happened in the Capital, where a thief created a buzz, which led my brother and her to meet. But because Kai is now with me, the alleged thief, it didn't occur. So this route is already a failure.

'Let's cross that out...'

Next was actually, Janus and Estelle's fateful meeting. And you know how it was? It was when Estelle had helped a homeless person being bullied by thugs. Our powerful mage, who had seen it while passing by, got curious and investigated about her.

You know what sucks? Of course, you are guessing it right, the homeless youngster was no other than Kai. Again, Kai is here, so this encounter will never happen in this life. Let us cross that one out as well...

'How about Ezekiel and Estelle?'

I greedily read the whole paragraph with my heart beating like crazy inside my chest.

"Ezekiel and Estelle met at the ball, and the former had asked her for a dance," I read aloud.

Aww~ This might still go down! There's a possibility! Kai is not involved here anyway.

My wide smile then immediately waned when I read the next sentence.

'It was because Nadia kept pestering him, so he avoided her by doing just that...'

"Damn it!"

I let out a huge sigh.

Out of the four fateful encounters, three of them are already impossible to ever happen. Actually, it won't happen, period.

That leaves us to Lukas's route.

His meeting with her was because he had felt Estelle staring at him throughout the duration of the party, so he got interested and let her follow him around until they were alone outside the garden.

That's the time when Estelle proposed a deal with him, right?

'At least we have one...'

But what was the deal?

I tried to read the rest but did not see anything that says about their deal.

"Hmmm..." I hummed.

Why did I not write that particular information down?

The rest of the sentences were key points that happened in the novel, like that Wild Boar incident and the events that Nadia had caused.

Seeing all those events from Nadia's doing, I immediately crossed them all out. It would not happen in this lifetime, so might as well exclude them.

'It actually did not help... well, maybe a bit.'

Seeing this list just made me want to cry for how messed up the entire storyline had become.

I mean, I have no other way of fixing it anymore, because it's already unfixable. Unless I'll turn back the time and do exactly the opposite of what I had done.

'Hell nah...'

I already made up my mind that I am now Nadia Herman, henceforth, I will live my life the way it is now.

'Should I feel bad for ruining the plot?'

I seriously thought about that, and my answer was bright as day. I don't.

Kuro purred, getting my attention. I glanced at him then ruffled his thick hide. Feeling the softness of his fur made me feel a little better.

"But this doesn't mean I would do nothing," I said, my eyes glinting with resolve.

Because of my doing, the plot had diverted, and Estelle might suffer from it. All I have to do now is to gather information about her and think about the next step after that.

'Time to set up an investigation!'