16. If You Want the Horse to Run, You Must Give It Grass

I was kidnapped, and the one who kidnapped me was none other than Her Majesty the Queen with long legs. As for Ke Fei Er, who should be rescuing me, it would be difficult for her to even see me now. This plot felt so familiar to me; if I recalibrated it, wasn’t it just: I, a Mary Sue with rainbow-colored hair, was being held captive and threatened by a scheming CEO?

And the aloof Prince must be trying to find a way to take me away right now.

However, I couldn’t feel happy about it at all.

I had to stay behind in Queen Louise IV’s palace. Although I could still move around, the script that could support my escape had not appeared even once; my actions were almost entirely monitored.

As for the Queen’s behavior, it was even stranger. Every day afterward, she would find reasons to linger around me for a long time, and then it would turn into a bizarre situation where we would almost end up fighting over “Oujili De” and “the true face of Her Majesty,” only to part unhappily. The next day, Louise would come back in a good mood to argue again, creating this cycle.

Even when looking at the script, I could only glean content like [Louise IV wants to find Oujili De], making me, the human target attracting Louise IV’s attention and preventing her from targeting Ke Fei Er, feel both relieved and worried…

Today was no different, except for a slight change.

[Click]

The door was pushed open from the outside. The moment I lifted my head from the pile of books out of boredom, I saw Louise IV walking in with a brilliant smile, then turning to look at the maids outside.

“Everyone doesn’t need to guard outside~ I won’t have any safety issues~”

Then, after the maids, though a bit uneasy, closed the door, she turned back to me with a smug face.

“Are you really pretending to read? Not bad, huh? Do you think ‘a man looking serious is the most charming’?”

The latter is the true nature of Her Majesty Queen Louise IV of the Great Ying Empire—dark and dangerous, with a smile that occasionally appears but always carries a hint of sarcasm. I must admit: Louise IV has a purpose for me, and it is indeed possible that she could shelter me in my identity as the “Oujili De villain.” Over the past few days, several “death scripts” I encountered vanished instantly with Louise’s appearance, almost akin to Kefer’s protagonist halo.

If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn’t last a few days and would already be kneeling beneath Her Majesty’s beautiful legs. But I clearly and resolutely reject any seduction from the queen, simply because Louise is fundamentally different from Kefer.

【Louise IV has decided to kill the Oujili De who does not cooperate with her.】

Even if she could “spare my life” like Kefer, Louise herself carries a script that involves killing me, so surrendering to her beautiful legs is not an option for me.

After the sarcasm ended, Louise threw a pile of clothes at me. Everyone had been arguing so much these past few days that they were too lazy to keep pretending.

“Put this on, give it a try.”

“Your Majesty, do you think this is like raising a dog?”

“Hmph, Oujili De, do you know how many men really want to come here and bark like dogs for me, but they don’t qualify?”

I glanced at the script.

“It’s just a rejection of over a hundred, what’s so impressive about that?”

If Kefer were to hold a martial arts contest for marriage, I bet the number of participants would extend beyond the borders of the Great Ying Empire.

Louise’s eyebrows twitched; she might have wanted to explode in anger but realized that this outburst would be too low, so she could only stuff her frustration back inside.

“Next, I will hold the weekly gala, and this is the outfit you need to wear that day. I don’t want to attend with someone who looks like a lackey; that would be too damaging to my image.”

A gala? Ah, right, regarding the vote on the restructuring of the “Upper and Lower Councils,” which, it is said, has already begun in recent days. To be precise, this is merely a matter of canvassing for votes, but how many votes one receives can be concealed by all parties involved. To put it bluntly: they don’t want the royal family of the Great Ying Empire to know.

In theory, this idea is quite good, as it can avoid some “human interference,” commonly referred to as “X gate.” However, I don’t even need to look at the script to know: how could such a dangerous Louise IV allow herself to be completely uninformed about such a major event?

【Louise IV wants to use Oujili De to learn about the vote counts and election results of the various members.】

This queen really knows how to make the horse run without giving it any grass.

“You probably already know what I want you to do, but to avoid you arguing with me later, I’ll tell you in advance: I need you to use your abilities that day to help me understand which members present will ultimately be elected and who has the most votes, so I can make some ‘changes’ before the second round of voting.”

This is outright cheating; however, I am in no position to criticize it, not to mention I have a “handle” in Louise IV’s hands, and she indeed hasn’t forgotten it, only choosing this moment to remind me, catching me off guard.

“By the way, it seems Kefer will also be coming. Your relationship has already plummeted, right? So I advise you not to think about using this opportunity to explain anything to her.”

Louise IV quickly approached me, standing on her tiptoes in front of me, her nose almost touching mine, maintaining such a close distance while warning me with her calm eyes, as if it were not a warning but merely a casual notice.

“Otherwise, I can’t guarantee that I won’t do anything excessive to my dear cousin.”

I clenched my teeth. Could it be… that because of my “registered” relationship with Kefer, my crisis also drags her down with me? The “death script” I encountered this time is also the crisis that Kefer, the true protagonist, will face.

The script doesn’t specify, but I even began to suspect that Louise IV might have vaguely sensed Kefer’s disguise.

【Oujili De attempts to escape with Kefer’s assistance, fails, and is assassinated!】

【Louise IV frames Kefer for attempting to rescue Oujili De and exiles her!】

I absolutely cannot pretend I didn’t see this script!

“Your Majesty, even if you don’t take this step, if you maintain a good relationship with Kefer, those who should help you will still help you. What you’re doing only damages your relationship with Kefer.”

Since ancient times, those who do not play fair and seek to oppose the protagonist have never ended well.

“How about trusting Kephiel a little more?”

If possible, I would prefer to solve this with words, but…

The queen’s reaction was more intense than I had imagined.

Louise yanked at my collar: “Ogilid, what do you understand? There is no trust around me… I am Her Majesty, the Queen of the Great Yng Empire!”

【Louise IV has her own secrets.】

Before I could ask, the excitement in Louise IV’s eyes vanished, and then… as if she realized I was “a little dangerous,” she put her steel mask back on.

“Mr. Ogilid, do try on this outfit and see if it fits well~ After all, at the upcoming gala, you will be appearing alongside me~”

I couldn’t resolve the situation with the queen through words, and the crisis on Kephiel’s side was approaching, making things… quite troublesome.