I’ll Become a Villainess That Will Go Down in History

deliers spaced evenly across the ceiling and you get a bit of an odd impression.
Rather than walking through a school, you almost start to feel as if you’re strolling within the palace.
Which doesn’t seem a cost-effective, or a regularly effective, method to aid in our learning.

“Once Liz-san becomes queen, I suppose she should make changes starting with this school.”

“Hah? Why would Liz Cather become queen?” Gilles scoffs, scowling at me.

“Well, she’s the saintess, isn’t she? That means she’ll get engaged to Duke-Sama one day.”

“I don’t think Duke will ever let that happen.”

“But that’s the law, isn’t it?”

Gilles’s mouth falls open.
Hearing me talking about actually obeying the law for once must have come as quite the shock to him.

“So what? Break it.
What are laws to a villainess, Alicia?”

“No matter how wicked I want to be, I can’t simply go around ignoring laws as I please.
If we nobles do not uphold law and order within this country, then how should we expect the common people to quietly submit and obey?”

“That….
is true.
I can’t refute that.
But that doesn’t change the fact that Duke wants to marry you, Alicia.
Not Liz Cather.”

“If I someday realize that I’ve truly fallen for Duke-Sama, I’ll do everything in my power to crush those feelings.”

Gilles doesn’t reply to this.
He lapses into a thoughtful silence.

Was he displeased by my answer? But, Gilles and I always seem to be on the same wavelength…..
He should understand where I’m coming from.

“According to the Holy Writ, the Devil killed ten people,” Gilles tells me, his voice low and even more serious than usual.

Ah.
I’ve never read the Holy Writ….
It would seem Gilles has me completely beaten in this area.
Looks like I really need to start working harder.

“While God….
God has killed a total of 2,038,344 people,” he continues quietly, his gaze looking faraway.

…..That number seems almost unbelievably high in comparison.
A couple orders of magnitude off at the least.

“Through that fact alone, it’s clear that there is no strict line dividing good and evil.
I refuse to just blindly accept things as fact without evidence.
That’s why, even if prophecies, the whole world, and some higher power all say that Liz Cather is said to be the saintess, those words mean nothing to me.
I believe only what I’ve seen with my own eyes, and to me, Alicia Williams, you are the true saintess.”

Staring into Gilles’s solemn, earnest eyes, I find myself at a loss for words.

There’s so much wisdom contained in his gaze.
If Duke-Sama becomes king with Gilles as his Chief Minister, then I’m sure this country will be brought to the forefront as the finest and most powerful nation in the world.

“…..We’re here,” I say softly as we stop in front of Duke-Sama’s classroom.
While I still believe that disregarding the laws of this country is utterly reprehensible, bending a few school rules here and there however… now that, at least, should be pardonable.

With that thought in mind, I place my hand lightly on the door leading into the classroom.

T/N: Alicia, your ability to pick and choose what you hear is on a tier of its own.
The boy just pronounced you as his personal saintess and all you can think is that he would make be a good aid to Duke once he’s taken the thrown!? Being speechless and then moving on isn’t enough for meeeeee.
Acknowledge it at least a little bit!!! Pretty please???

Though indeed.
Not getting caught up in the idea of God being Good and looking strictly at the facts seems a good ability to have in a ruler.
Do not make assumptions based on what is considered common knowledge without the proper justification.
Question everything.
Come to the correct decision for the right reasons.
Gilles really will be great at all of this…… But still.
That was the only takeaway you got from his brilliant speech!?