The Villainess Lives Twice
52 45 1st kiss on the lips scene kyaaaa!!! Cedric kissed Tia goodnight!!! The marquis lent his wife to the emperor for a huge amount of money & she gave birth to a son, Lawrence, who resmbles her mom's beauty & later became the emperor thru her sister's efforts, Tia. Tia is not the emperor's daughter & their mother never has directed love towards her. She even thinks that she is more beautiful than Tia despite her age as Tia resemble his father more w/ her blonde hair. She's often have hysteria that Tia gets physical abuse just to calm her. She wants her children not leave her side lile her possesion & only praised Lawrence & only things Tia achieves for Lawrence. She made Tia live her life all for the sake of Lawrence becoming the emperor. Tia has built an intelligence guild, has devised conspiracies, even indirectly led the saintess to her death, all for Lawrence to ascend the throne. Once Lawrence had become the emperor, she decided to disband the intelligence guild & did not ask for anything since she was afraid that she'd be seen to greedy & die. Later did she realized that Lawrence has set up to get rid of her, afraid that she knew too much & can be his flaw as she has commited many sins for him. Lawrence devised conspirancies to frame her in order to imprison her & bury their crimes. She was framed & sentenced to have her tongue & hands cut so she can't speak nor leave records of their crimes. Tia was ready to accept her death with no regrets when she dreamt of Lishia, the saintess, who she set up to marry Lawrence in order to raise his legitimacy as emperor. Licia has forgiven Tia & told her that it was her choice to accept marrying Lawrence despite all the sins Tia has committed. Licia suffered from the violent & abusive Lawrence as he has massive inferiority complex that he even directed towards the saintess as she was loved by everyone despite being just a daughter of a lowly Baron. Despite being a saintess, she cannot use her healing powers towards herself & on her dying moment she told Tia that if she sees her friend, Archduke/Grand duke Cedric, tell him that she passed on peacefully. Tia regretted that she couldn't save Licia. As she woke up, Licia's former maid, Vinia, was in front of her. Despite Vinia wanting to kill her she took her from prison & brought her to a laundry wagon. When Tia woke up, she was in Cedric's military camp & grand duke Cedric was in front of her. Cedric knew that she's the greatest schemer of all the empire that Lawrence was able to ascend to the throne, as he was also a victim of her schemes that led for the former emperor to be suspicious of him & now a fugitive. Despite that, an enemy's enemy is a friend. He also believe in Tia's sharp intellect that can save the them from Lawrence's brutality as Tia saw Lawrence's tyranny on his land while on the wagon w/c she called a needless massacre. He begged her on his knees to devise a plan for the greater cause but Tia can't. They both know that the power imbalance is too great. Tia suddenly felt the regret seeing the kind & righteous Cedric who is far from his brother. Cedric would even send her to a rural village so she can leave in peace. While she was alone, she made up her mind & to use the ancient magic circle w/c has now disappeared from their world as it required a human sacrifice. She knew she can't change anything now as the odds aren't in their favor but w/ this, she can turn back time. She chewed what remained of her tongue & the flesh in her mouth to draw blood & make the magic circle. She used herself as a sacrifice & prayed that Cedric's wishes be fulfilled. The circle activated as Cedric saw the light as he was entering her tent. Tia was reincarnated back in time w/c surprised her as she's supposed to have died being the sacrifice. She's back 8 days after she turned 18. She has 2 yrs before she can inherit the title Marquessate of Rosan. In return for Cedric kneeling in front of her, the devil, she decided to dedicate her self & dirty his hand for Cedric. In the present, Cedric decided to go to the temple to see the Archbishop. Being a righteous man, he wants to do something about the Western troop's acknowledgement for their contribution. He's also bothered by his dream of a tortured woman weeping. It was Tia when he begged for her help prior to the magic circle. He has no clue about all that happened due to the magic. Tia planned the carriage wheel to fall, blocking the way to the temple. Cedric & his knight saw them & helped them. After visiting the temple, Tia planned to thank Cedric at the temple Gazebo & told him about the deal to propose to her & he will make him the emperor for the sake of the empire's people. Cedric was angry as he thinks of it as treason. He has decided not to meddle with politics despite being the grand duke as his parents was both sentenced to death by the emperor as they were framed of treason. Tia mentioned the truth of his right to succession & how the candidates to the throne will put the empire to its fall in the future. She said she only wanted a fake marriage for 2 years until she inherits the title & become independent. Cedric left but bothered of the truth that the future may hold. He also tried to see if he really needs to step up given the attitude of the current emperor & also saw that Tia was being treated unfairly even in her own home. He agreed to Tia's plan in exchange that none of his subjects be harmed, including Tia herself.
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