Though I May Be a Villainess, I'll Show You I Can Obtain Happiness! - Vol. 8 Ch. 5 - The Goddess Want Me To Do It

[JamesMoriarty]

Based on the chapter title and the first few pages, I thought the twist would be that the goddess ordered Meylin to play the role of villainess for some reason, and the sister knew about it. Still a really good chapter compared to the last few.

The worst villain in this one has to be the Duke, who for some godforsaken reason decided to allow his step-daughter to pull this shit off rather than helping his blood-related daughter. If they were half-sisters I would've bought it more. Maybe the stepmother provoked the situation, but she wasn't even mentioned in the chapter, so who the hell knows what her involvement was.

The only explanation/headcanon I can come up with is that the step sister was her half sister, the father was cheating with the widow before his wife died. As it is usual with cheaters, he might have suspected his wife was cheating him too, and that the villainess was not his daughter. If the step daughter looked like him and the daughter looked like her mom, that would help him convince of his own conclusions. Something that sort of hints to this is that they both end up as saintesses. It is not explained how, but it is hinted that it is a power that one has to have, so it kind of makes sense there could be a genetic component to it.

 

[maxur]

i almost feel bad for the prince but then you remember they have truth checking magic and they didn't use it until they needed the girl to save them

 

[delta_angelfire]

Damn. Did they really need to kill the stepsister for this? Poor kid is gonna grow up without a mother. (Though I guess being raised by that monster would have fucked them up even more.)

Putting a pregnant mother on death row and having her know she's gonna be executed as soon as she gives birth is mildly horrifying. Like even if she framed FL for the crimes, the Prince was the one who made up the ridiculous sentence.

 

[JamesMoriarty]

The weakness in this story is that with a perfect lie detector, all they really had to do is submit any initial testimony to the same scrutiny.

For any crime whose punishment is above a certain threshold, allow the accused to defend themselves before God, with a massive increase in penalty if they are found lying.

"I am innocent of the charges leveled against me"

"TRUE"

Boom. Problem solved.

Yeah. Perhaps it is a ritual that it is only known in the other country, but that presents another series of plot holes on its own.

Another problem I have with it is that it is a bit slow and not as dramatic as it could be. I think I would have preferred if the 5 questions were all made in succession, in an actual trial. They could summon her former family and their employees, those who were students alongside her, and even her step sister. That way the reveal would have been more impactful.

 

[JamesMoriarty]

daaamn we eating good with the last one of the volume, what a nice story.
Only weird thing is the prince when he started to get questioned, he should have talked with her queen to remove the miasma in the other places instead of keep getting trashed by the truth, as he asked the "villainess" to stop with those questions, he clearly knew already he f*cked up. Well we still in the oneshot format, but at least that way we would also learn the queen was a fake saintess.

I think at one point the prince realized that he had been lied by the person he loved, that he had condemned an innocent who was already being abused, and that he put his nation at risk for doing so. He could have skipped halfway or double down, but decided to do what was best for his country and to atone his own crimes.

 

[golestar]

The fake can just manipulate the prince to denied the right of the detector. By saying she want to spare the humiliation to her sister or that she is afraid for her own security.

Not to mention the main lead probably saw the opportunity to finally be free from eating sewage and taking shit from the people around her and was rooting for banishment. She's been shown to not only shrewd and perceptive, but the fact that she only dealt with the rumors and bad rep because she now held the position of the king's lover and didn't want his diplomatic career to suffer. If she'd never loved him, she probably couldn't care less cause it gave her the freedom she craved

 

[Maverun]

Damn this is best chapter out of all chapters I read...

 

[JacK145]

Putting a pregnant mother on death row and having her know she's gonna be executed as soon as she gives birth is mildly horrifying. Like even if she framed FL for the crimes, the Prince was the one who made up the ridiculous sentence.

technically, now that its proven by all means with magic and facts that the saint was exiled is innocent, committed crime to be deserved so, it will all fall down that a King, none the less did the ultimate sins against a Saint, which chosen by the goddess, thats gotta be sacrilege at the highest order and the only way to atone such heinous crime is by death

Its like an ultimate sin against such pure being. Not surprise there cuz Saints basically the ultimate necessary being in that world to protect and cleanse the kingdom from monsters and catastrophes, and by treating one ,the most honorable one (in this case our FMC) as she is can really be the cause of rebellion, war with other kingdom and at worst, total annihilation from monster, had the Saint refused to help Kaizel
Think about it, if Kaizel did nothing or forgive, the truth will come out, his citizen will uprise and overthrow them in hope for the Saint to forgive them
or other country can use this to start a war, since its justified that this kingdom is evil for exiling an innocent Saint to death

Death to the sinner is the only way to atone, or start atone, Kaizel followup afterward is royalty status stripped from his child, and he stepped down as king, either his kingdom get absorbed or went democracy election, i have no clue

 

[Knighto]

technically, now that its proven by all means with magic and facts that the saint was exiled is innocent, committed crime to be deserved so, it will all fall down that a King, none the less did the ultimate sins against a Saint, which chosen by the goddess, thats gotta be sacrilege at the highest order and the only way to atone such heinous crime is by death

Its like an ultimate sin against such pure being. Not surprise there cuz Saints basically the ultimate necessary being in that world to protect and cleanse the kingdom from monsters and catastrophes, and by treating one ,the most honorable one (in this case our FMC) as she is can really be the cause of rebellion, war with other kingdom and at worst, total annihilation from monster, had the Saint refused to help Kaizel
Think about it, if Kaizel did nothing or forgive, the truth will come out, his citizen will uprise and overthrow them in hope for the Saint to forgive them
or other country can use this to start a war, since its justified that this kingdom is evil for exiling an innocent Saint to death

Death to the sinner is the only way to atone, or start atone, Kaizel followup afterward is royalty status stripped from his child, and he stepped down as king, either his kingdom get absorbed or went democracy election, i have no clue

he wasn't a king yet, but he was the crown prince, so he stepped out of that race.

I'm with you on that point, but wasn't the "heroine" also a saint? to kill her wouldn't also be a sin?

 

[Cazena]

Thanks a lot for translating this anthology

 

[JacK145]

he wasn't a king yet, but he was the crown prince, so he stepped out of that race.

I'm with you on that point, but wasn't the "heroine" also a saint? to kill her wouldn't also be a sin?

he was a king after he exiled the saint

the panels remarks he married the stepsister and the moment Kaizel come to ask for help, 2 years had passed, and the stepsister just gave birth at bad timing (their current saint passed away at same time)

regarding for punishing Saint as sin, remember our FMC got exiled as punishment thinking her misdeed of evil is real, so its established Saints are not above the law and punishment if proven guilty

now regarding about fellow saint
then to execute - mind you, not kill, is correct move and is not a sin

like even a Saint is not above punishment if theyre proven guilty red handed, in this case, for the crime of making Kaizel, which is the current king after two years had passed, wrongfully punished another Saint, an innocent one at that one, is 100% punish by death, like step sister a Saint but she torture, mistreat and abuse someone else, should you even treat them with dignity and respect after theyre proven guilty and evil?

i think it's all down to make things right again, and the most brutal but correct move where nothing can go wrong, is simply execution,
if Kaizel only imprison or strip the status of the stepsis, she could always escape to different country, manipulate or being political chesspiece,

or even if she didnt, there would be civil unrest by the citizen of country

can you imagine, as normal citizen, the saint you were told to be horrible, cruel and banished two years ago was turn out to be innocent, and now youre basically at her mercy to save your country and your life?

You either want the stepsis Saint to die in hoping that will make it right again on the innocent Saint or form uprising against a King that willfully or not cohorts in that matter,

 

[broadsword80]

What's with the splatters of red randomly on the bottom right of some pages?

Did the scanner run through a warzone to get these or something?

 

[Knighto]

he was a king after he exiled the saint

the panels remarks he married the stepsister and the moment Kaizel come to ask for help, 2 years had passed, and the stepsister just gave birth at bad timing (their current saint passed away at same time) regarding for punishing Saint as sin, remember our FMC got exiled as punishment thinking her misdeed of evil is real, so its established Saints are not above the law and punishment if proven guilty

Spoiler

now regarding about fellow saint
then to execute - mind you, not kill, is correct move and is not a sin

like even a Saint is not above punishment if theyre proven guilty red handed, in this case, for the crime of making Kaizel, which is the current king after two years had passed, wrongfully punished another Saint, an innocent one at that one, is 100% punish by death, like step sister a Saint but she torture, mistreat and abuse someone else, should you even treat them with dignity and respect after theyre proven guilty and evil?

i think it's all down to make things right again, and the most brutal but correct move where nothing can go wrong, is simply execution,
if Kaizel only imprison or strip the status of the stepsis, she could always escape to different country, manipulate or being political chesspiece,

or even if she didnt, there would be civil unrest by the citizen of country

can you imagine, as normal citizen, the saint you were told to be horrible, cruel and banished two years ago was turn out to be innocent, and now youre basically at her mercy to save your country and your life?

You either want the stepsis Saint to die in hoping that will make it right again on the innocent Saint or form uprising against a King that willfully or not cohorts in that matter,

he wasn't king after he married the step sister, they even say by the end the former crown princess and her family were punished and that Kaizen renounce his claim to the throne, meaning he wasn't king yet, also it would be weird to sent a king as an envoy.

The 2nd part, about the punishment you are correct, all those reasons are on point.

 

[chendu]

Tanks for the food

 

[TheGodEmperor]

This is easily the best of the volume so far and one of the best of the whole series. What a story I would like seeing made into a longer fuller one. Though so think the punishment for the count and his whole family is a bit much.

 

[Grye]

that child better not be in trouble growing up

 

[Garrulous]

Yeah. Perhaps it is a ritual that it is only known in the other country, but that presents another series of plot holes on its own.

Another problem I have with it is that it is a bit slow and not as dramatic as it could be. I think I would have preferred if the 5 questions were all made in succession, in an actual trial. They could summon her former family and their employees, those who were students alongside her, and even her step sister. That way the reveal would have been more impactful.

My suspicion/head canon explanation is that the ritual is considered sacred so it isn't used except on exceptionally rare occasions. It isn't a tool, it is a sacred ritual and to use it as a mundane tool would be sacrilege. This is supported by the fact that the ritual is such a BIG DEAL that use of it necessitates all use of it and its results be made country wide throughout two entire countries, if not more.

But now our Heroine is the highest ranking Saintess in the Grand Cathedral, she now has the authority to make use of the ritual if she chooses. Her step sister being a recognized Saintess may have been able to also order the use of the ritual, however, the step sister obviously had reasons not to do that and could likely easily argue to anyone who brought it up that wasting the Goddess's time on 'mere bullying' wasn't necessary not when there was so much evidence(falsified) of the wrong doing.

 

[3turtlesinacoat]

Excellent chapter, i can get behind a revenge story like this, even if im not entirely gleeful about the taking of the sisters life. Im a big believer in atonment but i suppose in a setting like this, leaving her alive would be pretty suspension of disbelief breaking.
Thanks for the chapter!

 

[RamenRider]

This was definitely the strongest story of the volume. Loved the slow reveal and the prince s breakdown ad he learned the truth.




Yeah but he clearly did no research into those accusations against his wife since nobody actually saw her doing the crimes. He could’ve figured it out on his own if he tried but he didn’t care about his fiancé enough to do that.


That’s actually kinda surprising since she was the only one in that country with purification magic. But I guess it’d be an international incident if they let her live given her crime's

He had to bribe people to tell the truth while multiple cities worth of people were on the line, there was a 100% method to tell if they were lying to the face of royalty, and he still had 99% of them keep their mouths shut. None of those people would have said a damn thing without circumstances forcing them to.

It’s definitely surprising they killed her. That’s a massive weakness for the kingdom now that practically makes them a vassal state and even as an evil saint it still implies that a major god had her back enough to grant her purification magic strong enough to be a saint. That country is screwed six ways to Sunday as one of the possible consequences of enacting justice is that they just pissed off a god.

 

[halcer]

finally, some good food