Why Did I Become the Villainess?

   "Be my friend, please?"

    I just look at Princess Paislee. What's happening? I never write a scenario like this. Princess Paislee and Csille as friends? You got to be kidding me.

   "Csille?" Princess Paislee asked.

   I smiled at her and nodded. "It will be my pleasure to be your friend Princess Paislee."

    Princess Paislee beamed at me. She hugs me again and holds my hand that is free. How did I end up like this? I am now holding the hands of Prince Fraser and Princess Paislee. Me? Csille Lauretré, the villainess of the story. The person that will ruin their relationship in the future. If they just know this right now, they probably wouldn't want to hold my hand.

   "Come on, let's get out of this party. I'm getting bored hearing then talk about the Peace Treaty." Princess Paislee then looks at Prince Fraser. "Prince Fraser, can you tour us around the palace? I haven't been into other palaces aside from ours. I wanna see how beautiful it is."

    Prince Fraser smiled at both of us and led us out of the banquet. We walked the dark hallway holding hands.

   "Come on. I know a place where we could go." Prince Fraser leads us to the back of the palace. He then takes a ladder that is hidden at the back of a big old tree.

   "Ladder? What are you going to do with that?" Princess Paislee asked while looking at the Crown Princess confusedly.

   Prince Fraser just grins at us and drags the ladder to the back walls of the Palace. He placed it properly and look at both of us.

   "What are you two waiting for? Climb up."

   Both the Princess and I look at Prince Fraser. Disbelieved was written all over our faces. I look at the top of the palace. It's a good thing that the palace didn't have a second floor. But the height of the palace is still high, though.

"We will climb up with that?" Princess Paislee walks towards the ladder and inspects it.

   Prince Fraser laughed at Princess Paislee and held her arms. "Don't worry. It's very safe. I made sure about its safety. So don't worry. Mind to climb up first?"

   Princess Paislee looks at Prince Fraser and then nods. "Okay, I'll climb up first." She then looks at me. "You should follow me, okay?"

I just nod at Princess Paislee. Princess Paislee starts to climb up. Prince Fraser then looks at me. "You should climb up too, Csille."

I looked at the ladder and swallowed. If there's one thing I don't like, Ysavel doesn't like, that is height. I'm afraid of heights. So, how could I climb up that ladder? Just merely looking at it makes me dizzy.

"Csille? Are you okay? You're already pale." Prince Fraser asked. He holds my arms and stands behind me. As if he's trying to catch me if I ever fall.

I nodded my head and smiled at him. I can't say I'm afraid of heights because many people know that the Lauretré family often hikes to reach out to those tribes living at the top of the mountains. Csille was known as someone who likes to look at the view from the top of the mountain. So how could I tell him I'm afraid of heights?

"CSILLE? PRINCE FRASER? WHY ARE YOU STILL NOT CLIMBING? COME ON! THE VIEW HERE IS REALLY AMAZING."

I immediately look at the top and see Princess Paislee waving her hands at us. Prince Fraser held my arms when I tried holding the ladder. "You don't need to climb up if you don't want to."

   I just shake my head and smiled at him. "I'm good. I was just dizzy a while ago. I could do this." I start to hold the ladder and step my right foot at the first step.

    You could do this, Ysavel! It's nothing. You've been into the worst situations. We could climb that. It's not that high. I tried to climb step by step even though my arms and my legs are trembling. Don't look down, Ysa! Don't look down. I was supposed to step my feet when it slipped, and I find myself trying hard to maintain my balance. Until I really fell from the ladder. I heard Prince Fraser shout, but I just closed my eyes and just let myself fall. Is it the end of me? But my novel isn't that progressing. Maybe I'll wake up in the real world after this.

I was waiting for the painful fall, but I was welcomed by an embrace. I open my eyes and see Prince Fraser looking at me. He catches me from falling and currently carrying me bridal style. He then sets me down and checks if I'm okay. When he realized I'm not hurt anywhere, he hugs me.

"I'm glad you're okay. Don't scare me like that." Prince Fraser whispered.

I hug him back. I don't know what happened, but I'm happy I'm still here. I just don't understand why everything is happening. There wasn't supposed a scene like this. We're startled when Princess Paislee shouts from the top.

"CSILLE? FRASER? IS EVERYTHING OKAY THERE? SHOULD I GO DOWN NOW?"

I push Princess Fraser and look at Prince Paislee. "Thank you, Prince Fraser, but I think you should climb up now."

   Prince Fraser shakes his head at me. "How could I climb up? Do you want to go back?"

   I shake my head at him. "No, the Queen said to accompany the Crown Princess. Just go up there. I'll just stay here. Don't worry about me." I assured.

  Prince Fraser stares at my eyes. He then sighs and hugs me. "Okay, just stay here. We will just look at the stars for a minute, and then we will go down, okay? Just stay here."

   I just nod at Prince Fraser. Prince Fraser then looks at the top. "EVERYTHING'S OKAY. I'M CLIMBING UP NOW!" He shouts. He stares backs at me before climbing up.

    I look at Prince Franser climbing up the ladder while Princess Paislee is peeking her head at the top. I smiled and stared at them. Prince Fraser finally got to the top. He waved his hand at me and explained why I didn't climb up. Princess Paislee looks down at me and shouts. "CSILLE, ARE YOU OKAY?"

I just waved my hand at her. They talk for a minute. Probably talking about me. I couldn't really hear what they are talking about since they are up there. After a minute, they started to walk away from my sight.

I just smiled at them. Finally, the male lead and the female lead are together now. I just wait for a minute before walking back to the banquet.

I don't know what happened, but I'm happy they are together now. Crown Prince Fraser Astalieu and Crown Princess Paislee Saintizin. The future King and Queen of the two Kingdoms, Vrawyth and Aeslaerean.

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It's been two weeks now after the celebration banquet. It's also been two weeks now since I've met Prince Fraser. After I came back from the banquet, I've asked my parents if we could go home now. My mother agreed because she was already tired. Before the Crown Prince and Crown Princess could get back, my mother and I already left the palace banquet.

It's also been two weeks now that Princess Paislee and I exchange letters to each other. I don't know how it happened, but after the banquet, Princess Paislee sends me a letter two times a week. I don't if this a good thing or not since I know for sure that in the future we will end up being love rivals.

"Dear, Prince Fraser asked for you to accompany him again." My mother entered my room.

I faked a cough and looked at my mother. "Mom, I don't feel good today. Can you respond to the Crown Prince and told him I don't feel good today?"

My mother sat on my bed and laid her hand on my forehead. She shakes her hair and looks at me. "You tell me. Did you and Prince Fraser fought?"

I shake my head at that. I fake a cough again and look at my mother pitifully. "We didn't. I just don't feel okay today, Mom."

My mother sighed and messed my hair. "Okay, I wouldn't force you to say it. But I warned you. This will be the last time that I'll let you make excuses to Prince Fraser. I don't know what happened between the two of you, but you two should talk about it."

   I pout at my mother and nod my head. I guess I have no choice now.

   My mother kisses my forehead before leaving my room. I got up from my bed and stares at the door. I sighed and walked towards my study table. I rummage to my things and take a notebook. It's not the notebook I write the novel on, but it's the daily diary of Csille. I skimmed through it and closed it again.

    Prince Fraser? I don't know why but I still don't want to see Fraser these days. Maybe because I felt guilty for the future. I was the one who created Csille this way. I will ruin their relationship. How could I faced them if I know I will ruin my relationship with them someday?

   Can I really not change my faith? Can I just become a good character instead of being the villainess? I just want to live. I don't want to be mean anymore. I slump my head on my table. I don't know what to do anymore.

I am almost asleep when someone knocks on my door. I didn't bother answering them. I'm tired and bored. I just want to sleep.

   The door opens, and a person walks inside. I didn't bother looking back at who entered the room. It's probably one of our maids. I heard footsteps walking towards me, and suddenly someone touches my head.

"I heard from the Countess that you don't feel good. Do you feel better now?"

I immediately got up from slumping on the table when I heard Prince Fraser's voice. "Prince Fraser! What are you doing here?"

   Prince Fraser just stares at me for a minute. He raised his hand then and touched my forehead. "You're temperature seems normal. That's good. Do you have cough or colds?"

   I shake my head as a response. I still cannot believe that Prince Fraser is here. What is he doing here?

   He sighed and stared at me. I moved my gaze away from his stares. I couldn't take his earnest gaze. It's like he's staring deep at my soul. I don't even understand how could a nine years old boy could do that.

   "Are you mad at me?" He asks after a minute of silence.

   I look at him, and I shake my head. I walk towards my bed and sit. "I wouldn't dare your majesty, Crown Prince. Why did you think so?"

   He also walks to my bed and sits beside me. He then grabs my hand and holds it. "Because I left you alone that night. Did you got mad because of it?"

   I shake my head again as a response. "Your majesty, how could I be mad at you? You caught me from falling the ladder. If not because of you, I probably have broken my bones."

   "Then why did you left us? I told you to stay, right? Do you know how worried I am when I did not saw you there? Why did you leave the banquet earlier too?"

   I looked at him and smiled. "I left cause I don't feel good. I plan to wait for both of you at first. However, my pain got worst, so I asked my mother to head home first. I thought my father explained it. I'm sorry, your majesty." I bowed my head at him as a sign of apology.

   "Can you stop with that majesty!" He snapped at me. He then lifts my head and stares at me. "I told you to call me Fraser when we're alone. And you don't feel okay? Is it because of the fall? Did you got hurt? You should have told me."

    "And then what? Leave Princess Paislee alone at the top? Prince Fraser, the Queen, asks you to accompany the Princess so she could be happy and enjoy her stay in the palace. I don't want you to disobey it just because of someone like me."

   Prince Fraser shouts at me. "What do you mean someone like you? Can you stop talking like that! And also the Princess will understand for sure if you don't feel good. Do you think Princess Paislee is that shallow?"

   I sighed. "I'm just saying the truth, Prince Fraser. I am just the Count's daughter. Both of you are royalties, the future leaders of the Kingdoms. So, how could someone like me have the right to talk casually to the both of you? And it's not really a big deal. Why are you making things complicated?"

   "So what if we're royalties? You came from a noble family. So I don't think it wouldn't hurt to call me Fraser only. And have you forgotten? We're engaged. You'll be royalty too in the future."

    Csille? Becoming a royalty? I don't think that's possible. We won't probably get a chance to get married. You'll end up with Paislee. I shake my head at him. "I'm sorry, your majesty, but I don't really feel okay today. Can we just talk when I feel okay?"

    Prince Fraser just sighs and stands up. "Okay, if that's what you want. I'll leave you alone for now." He starts to walk towards the doors after. He stops all of a sudden and looks back at me. "I also came here to say goodbye to you."

   "Goodbye?"

   Prince Fraser looks at the window. He then takes a Pink Camellia from the inside of his suit and left it in the cabinet in front of him. "I will be leaving for half a year. The King assigned me to go to the Western region to train there. I'll just see you when I get back here. And Csille, please take care of yourself." After saying those words, he stared at me for a few minutes before he left my room.

    I look at the flower he left on the cabinet. I walked towards it and took it. A Pink Camellia? Pink camellias symbolize a longing for someone. It's like saying you miss the person you've to give the flowers to.

    Fraser Astalieu. What will I do to you? I walk back to my bed and sit. Pink Camellia, huh? It would be best if you gave this to Princess Paislee and not to me. I put the flower in the flower vase on the bedside table.

   Going to the Western region? I remember writing about it before. The King of Vrawyth takes the Crown Prince in the Western region for training. It's more than physical training. The western region is the most impoverished region of the Vrawyth Kingdom. The King asked the Crown Prince to live there for half a year as a commoner.

     It's his first training, and since he's still nine years old. A family will adopt him, but he needs to work for everything he eats and even the shelter he is staying in.

    The King do that so the Prince would know how commoners live, especially in the most impoverished region of the Kingdom. Therefore, when he becomes the King, he would know how to serve the people of the Kingdom.

    I barely described it in my novel. I didn't know it would happen. But it still a good thing that it's his first training. Because on his second training, Prince Fraser's life will be endangered.