I, The Villainess, Will Seduce All The Heroines Instead
Chapter 95: Chicken Costume?!

Chapter 95: Chicken Costume?!

The tables had turned. The bully had become the bullied. Deserved, yes, but... Verena had to play her cards carefully.

"You," Verena paused dramatically. "Do you want to be punished, you lowly commoner?!" [+20 Descent Points]

[You’re currently using Whispered Lies!]

[Effect: Active and applied!]

She wasn’t actually going to punish the maid, but she had to make it believable. So, Verena stood up.

"You!" she pointed at the maid, "You dare spill tea on Princess Penelope’s dress? I’ll have you... I’ll have you—"

The maid trembled, wide-eyed, waiting for the wrath to come. Penelope, still in her slightly shocked state, had no idea where this was going.

"—I’ll have you... run five laps around the garden while wearing a chicken costume! A brightly colored chicken costume!" [+10 Descent Points]

Penelope blinked. The maid gaped. Even Saphira, who had been lounging on Verena’s shoulder, let out an indignant hiss.

"What?! A chicken costume?!" the maid yelped.

"Yes. A chicken costume. And don’t even think about complaining. I’ll personally make sure it has feathers. Bright, ridiculous feathers." [+10 Descent Points]

[You Have 30 Seconds Left Till The Effect Is Gone!]

From their reactions, it was clear the seeds were planted. They looked utterly bewildered. Verena couldn’t help but grin.

"And you know what! Not just that! One of you mentioned Penelope’s abuse recently," she said, looking around as if weighing her options. She wanted to plant a seed of doubt. "I think it was you," She pointed at a rather plain-looking girl—brown eyes, neat ponytail, and simple brown hair. [+20 Descent Points]

"M-Me?!" the maid stammered, her face pale.

The other maids instantly shot her angry glares.

"Yes, you!" [+5 Descent Points]

"But I didn’t say anything at all, Lady Verena!" the maid protested, her voice shaking.

"Oh, I’m sure you didn’t say much... but you did say something, didn’t you?" Verena purred, leaning in with a knowing smile. "I mean, how else would I know about the bruises? You’re not the one who spilled the tea, are you?" [+20 Descent Points]

The poor maid’s face went from pale to a deep shade of red, while the others shot nervous glances at each other.

Verena whispered an instruction to Saphira, and the snake smirked like she’d just heard the plan of a mastermind. [+20 Descent Points]

"You’re evil," Saphira hissed fondly, then slithered off to carry out her task, leaving the chaos to bloom.

[Skill Duration Ended! All Effects Have Expired!]

The seed of doubt was planted. Verena dusted her hands with pride—who knew HR skills made such deadly weapons in high society?

Penelope stood up hesitantly. "Y-You don’t have to do this, Verena... It was probably just an accident..."

Since when did this girl turn into a fucking doormat?

Then again... maybe she always was just dressed in sharper fonts. A bold headline version of Evelyn, stepped on by her family in italics.

"Don’t treat yourself like this, Penelope. You’re a dear friend to me..." Verena said sweetly. [+10 Descent Points]

HEY?! WHY DID THAT EARN Descent Points?!

[You are currently using Mind Whisperer!]

[Effect: Active and applied!]

She glanced at Penelope, whose eyes looked suspiciously glassy.

You are calm. You are confident. You totally don’t want to burst into tears because someone dumped hot tea on you earlier. [+5 Descent Points]

"Y-Yes... I am calm. Confident. I... I am the tea."

Wait, what—no, you are NOT the tea—focus, Penelope!

"I am not the tea. I am not the tea."

Meanwhile, Verena shifted her gaze toward the another maid who had black hair and black eyes.

You regret everything. You want to confess. You also hate cinnamon and should never bake again. [+5 Descent Points]

The maid twitched. "I... I—I put cinnamon in the lemon tart! I’m sorry!!"

[Skill Duration Ended! All Effects Have Expired!]

That worked way better than expected.

Her Fate Manipulation, specifically Action Inducement, couldn’t really mess with thoughts. It just puppeteered people’s muscles like her brain had hijacked theirs. No mind-reading. Just good old-fashioned body control.

And judging by the way the maids looked right now, their faces utterly bewildered, like reality had tripped on its own shoelaces, nothing was going to their plan.

Perfect.

[You are currently using Silver Tongue!]

[Effect: Active and applied!]

As Verena sipped her tea with an elegant smirk, the Silver Tongue skill activated like a glittery switch in her brain.

"Ladies," she said, voice silky-smooth, "it takes true bravery to serve under pressure. I commend all of you... especially the one who didn’t poison the sugar cubes today."

They definitely weren’t innocent. Her mind raced back to a scene in the novel where a heroine got poisoned by a sugar cube tainted with a flower’s chemical reaction. How quaint. How suspicious.

Every maid flinched.

One of them, nervous and clearly on the verge of tears, whispered, "W-We don’t even have sugar cubes today..."

"Oh?" Verena raised a brow dramatically. "How suspicious."

Immediately, two maids turned on each other like wild animals.

"You were on pantry duty!"

"No, YOU were! I saw you lingering near the tea set looking GUILTY!"

"I-I swear, it wasn’t me! I just served the tea!" one of them squeaked, practically pushing the blame onto the others.

"Stop lying! You were the one who dropped the sugar cubes into the cup when no one was looking!" another maid accused, her face going pale.

[Skill Duration Ended! All Effects Have Expired!]

"What’s going on here?"

A deep voice cut through the tension, and all eyes snapped to the source

The playboy crown prince, Anastasia’s male lead, was standing before them

Saphira was perched casually on his shoulder, eyeing the scene like it was a spectator sport. She had successfully lured the prince.

"Ah, my prince," Verena said, casually pulling Penelope’s sleeves back down. "It seems your sister here is being mistreated by some rather lowly maids..."

As the sleeves fell, the bruises on Penelope’s arms were fully exposed. She had grown noticeably thinner, the marks a clear sign of the mistreatment she had endured.

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