The Charming Villain Just Wants To Be A Salted Fish

Thhe vampires were unable to wait any longer. The knocks on the door were heard again, and Long Aotian’s anxious voice came from outside the door, “Your Highness, the princess is gone!”

Joyce sat up in surprise.

Long Aotian sounded very anxious. It was still raining outside, so where could a delicate princess go? She had agreed to stay in the castle today, and if she did not leave on her own…

She was about to jump out of bed when Sean held her down with an upset face.

“Where are you going?”

“To find the princess, of course!”

Sean raised her eyebrow and said with an annoyed tone, “Are you that worried that she’s gone?”

“She is the female lead! The female lead!” Joyce exclaimed at once. “If something happens to her, won’t the Great Demon Dragon blame me?”

“…” Sean did not understand what she meant by female lead, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, his face darkened. “You gave her the first piece of cake, and you think the king will put the blame on you regardless of what is right and wrong?”

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Joyce did not understand how these two completely unrelated things were connected, nor did she know the origin of Sean’s baffling words today.

She thought that maybe it was because she had said something bad about the Great Demon Dragon, and that she had touched a sore spot for the knight who had been brainwashed “to give the male lead the limelight” for a long time.

“Even if the Great… His Majesty is very perceptive, we can’t let anything happen to the princess on our land!” She saw Sean’s expression clear up a bit. She whispered, “I’ll check what’s going on. I’ll be right back. Wait for me here.”

With that, she blushed and left another kiss on Sean’s lips. She ran out of the room as quickly as a thief.

Sean was left sitting on the edge of the bed. He pensively raised his hand and caressed the warm spot on his lips.

…

Long Aotian was waiting outside the door.

With him were several flustered maids from the castle.

When one of the maids saw that she had finally opened the door, she swiftly said, “Your Highness, we have searched all over the castle, but there is no sign of the princess!”

“When did she disappear?” Joyce asked cautiously.

“We had just gone to deliver her a nightdress when we realized she was missing.” The maid thought for a moment before adding, “The window of her room is open, the curtains and carpet are wet.”

Joyce frowned slightly. “Only the curtains and carpet are wet from the rain?”

The maid was surprised. She didn’t know why Joyce had suddenly asked this. She quickly tried to recollect the state of the room. She nodded and replied, “Yes.”

“I see. I’ll go to her room and have a look.” Joyce nodded and swiftly followed Long Aotian to Princess Isabella’s room.

She had not gone far when she suddenly stopped and looked back.

“Go and give the little knight… some new clothes.”

Several maids were shocked to hear those words. They took a look at Sean who was sitting on the bed in the room….

The group of maids blushed. They hid their eyes and jokingly said, “Seriously! Why doesn’t Her Highness Joyce know how to be gentle? She’s so excited every time!!”

Joyce slipped and almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Long Aotian was beside her and grabbed her in time.

“Thank you.” Joyce looked up, just to see the frustrated and slightly disgusted look on Long Aotian’s face.

… Am I being despised by the moronic villain again?!

They arrived at Princess Isabella’s room. The window was not closed because the maids had left in a hurry. The curtains were drenched from the windy, rainy night as was the carpet under the window.

Joyce saw a grim Long Aotian go to the window as he looked straight past the open window. It was rare that he was so nervous that he finally had a whiff of intelligence, and Joyce felt very grateful for that.

But as soon as she thought of this, she saw Long Aotian looking at her solemnly and ask, “Is it because the cake you made was so bad that she ran away?”

“…” Joyce put her hand to her forehead. “Now I realize why the Primogeniture hasn’t appeared in a thousand years…”

Long Aotian’s eyes lit up. “Your Highness, have you thought of a way to save the Primogeniture?”

“Forget about what I just said.” Joyce was extremely skeptical about his last bit of IQ. “The Primogeniture has probably been laid to rest after a thousand years, so let’s figure out how to save ourselves.”

Joyce went up to him and said, “Every floor and gate is guarded, so she must have left through the window. But the water is only near the bed, and there are no signs of the princess’ struggle or water over here… It means that the person who came here may be someone known to the princess.”

“Someone she knows?” ·̩̩̥͙＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱʟᴀᴛᴏʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴏɴ ꜰᴏxᴀʜᴏʟɪᴄ.ᴄᴏᴍ ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚＊·̩̩̥͙

“Yeah.” Joyce nodded and solemnly continued with the analysis, “In such heavy rain, the person coming from outside would need to at least step on the carpet if they wanted to forcibly take away the princess. But this area is not wet, which means…”

Long Aotian thought for a moment and asked solemnly, “Did he dry his shoes after he jumped over the window?”

“…” Joyce rubbed her temples and said, “It means the princess went to the window by herself.”

Long Aotian thought about it, and then suddenly nodded once he came to a realization. “Your Highness Joyce, you are so right!”

“…”

Joyce refrained from complaining about this villain from the otome manga but had another serious thought. “If it is someone the princess knows, is it possible it’s from the harem? It is pretty likely that the Great Demon Dragon came to pick her up in person!”

Her eyes lit up at the thought of this.

“Yes! When the Great Demon Dragon saw that the princess came to the castle alone for the little knight, he was jealous and worried! That’s why he traveled all night to pick up the princess and leave with her!” She clapped her hands and said happily, “Then he saw how the princess was warmly received by us and was not harmed at all and instantly had a new understanding about us, vampires. He might think that the dumb, bad villains have been influenced by beautiful princesses. After all, wherever the female lead goes, everyone will be enchanted by her. But that is not important, the important thing is that from then on, vampires and humans can work together towards peace and growth!”

“Your Highness Joyce… what are you talking about?”

“It doesn’t matter!” Joyce interrupted Long Aotian’s question. “Soon, we should be receiving a thank you letter from the Great Demon Dragon!”

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