The Banished Villainess! Living the Leisurely Life of a Nun Making Revolutionary Church Food

Chapter 05: After Rebirth, Before Villainous Lady

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From here, Elizabeth's memories----.
Just a few moments before I realized I was Elizabeth....

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I was five years old when I realized that I had been reincarnated.
Still remember it very clear, I was playing in the lake.

"Mother!　Father!"

From the top of the boat, while an inexpert servant was paddling, Elizabeth waved her hand toward the shore.
Her mother held an elaborately embroidered parasol and watched her from the distance.
The dignified beauty of her mother, which sometimes even intimidated others, must have been inherited by Elizabeth, after all.
Next to her, her father, who was somewhat unreliable for a duke, had a gentle smile on his face.

Elizabeth was born into the Duke Fontini family, one of the most prominent noble families in the country.
With a estate and mansion incredibly large, the exact number of servants employed was something unknown.
Although there were other noble families in the country, everyone prefered to keep a low profile to avoid getting the attention of the duke's family.
The social classes system, the nobiliarity titles, it was the law almost absolute in the country.

"Wow, a fish! there's a fish!　You, go there!"

When Elizabeth saw the fish swimming in the lake, she ordered her servants to move the boat closer to it.
The boat turned slowly around the fish.

"Oh, it bounced again! Hurry up! Come on! It's going to run away!"

Maybe it was a bad idea to rush a new servant who was not used to operating a boat.
Or maybe it was her fault, for standing up in the middle of the boat instead of sitting.
In any case, the turning speed increased and it lurched heavily.
Even with the obvious risk, the five-year-old Elizabeth was still enjoying herself with a high-pitched laugh.

"Wow...."

The boat was shacking in every way, and suddenly Elizabeth's vision became bluer, and she reflexively started to think over the previous events.
This was because the boat capsized when no longer supported the shacking against the waves, and Elizabeth, as well as the servants, were thrown into the lake.
With a thud, they all fell into the water.
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Falling to the bottom of the lake, slowly, very slowly....

It wasn't painful or stressful.
On the contrary, my body is light and it feels good.

Has this happened before... before?

I'm not afraid at all.

Beautiful.....

I looked blankly at the sun beyond the lake's surface.

"Someone save Elizabeth! Hurry"

I could hear my mother's voice, a distraught voice I'd never heard before.

On the shore, there was a lot of commotion, as it should be, The duke's young daughter had fallen into the lake, so it was only natural.

Elizabeth looked at it as if she were a stranger.
Because at that moment, she was really feeling like a half - stranger.

"Lady Elizabeth!"

A servant who fell out of the boat with her, reached out to help Elizabeth.
There, she was pulled out of the water.

"Save me!　I'm going to drown!"

Elizabeth, confused from the earlier events, clung desperately to the servant.

"Be careful and pull her up the boat, quick! Don't bump her by mistake!"

I can also hear my father's voice as he sternly commands his servants.

Then--

The servants managed to pull her up onto the boat, even though Elizabeth, out of fear, was clinging to they with all the streght she had.

"Elizabeth!　Oh, Elizabeth!"

When they reached the shore, her mother held Elizabeth as she took her from the servants.
She had drunk a lot of water during the rampage and was limp and dazed.

"Elizabeth! Throw up! Elizabeth!"

"Gehoho... mother... fath...."

Her mother squeezed her tightly, and she began to throw up all the water she had swallowed.
That brought Elizabeth back to consciousness.

Huh...?　Did I drown and survive?

My memory was muddled.

who .... am I?

I hold my hand up to the sun, fingers very thin and small.
On top of that, the wrists are wrapped in lace like a doll.

"It's all right, Elizabeth everything is all right now."

My mother held out her hand to me.

It's true, I recognize that name as mine.
However, the name Yuka also comes to my mind at the same time.

The first thing that comes to mind is the name "Yuka".

At that exactly moment, I remembered everything about my previous life.
Moreover, my current self, Elizabeth, was someone I knew very well in my previous life.

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The day after the fall into the lake, in the study of the Duke of Fontini's house, Elizabeth was staring at the bookshelves with a single idea on mind.
The room was no place for a five-year-old child to play, at least not that room, small and smelling a little like mold and ink.
Surround by bookshelves and numerous boxes with more books, if a small child wandered in, they would be scared and cry for help.
The children's books are in the children's room or elsewhere, so it's too early for Elizabeth to be in the den yet----.

But it's the place I need to be right now.
-- There it was, the Noblemen's Record!

Elizabeth finally found the book she wanted and reached out her small hand to get it.
Maps and history books of the world were already spread out on the desk in the center of the room.

Her parents were looking at the scene with concern.

"Elizabeth, do you want me to get it for you?"

Elizabeth shook her head as she says no in response at her father's question.

He took out and held the large book in his arms against the five year old girl desire and carried it to the desk himself.

"..."

--I knew it!

She opened the book and stared at it, devouring the contents at great speed.
Every now and then, she traced some of the words there with her fingers.

The Noblemen Records was a book that contain the names of all noblemen who hold a title, and the sons and daughters of noblemen must memorize all of it previous making their debut in society.

This... Just like the memories of my previous life.

-- I didn't think it was really the case, but...

Just like in my past life, the names I remember are here, lined up in the Noblemen's record book.

After nearly drowning and regaining her memories of her previous life, Elizabeth asked her parents not to blame the servant who had capsized the boat.
And the next thing she did, was to gather information from many differents books in the study.

"Noblemen's records, etc., what's wrong Elizabeth?　She doesn't need to memorize it yet..."

My father, who had been watching me, couldn't stand it and said.

"I wonder if it's the shock of drowning... she has started to speaks like a grown-up"

My mother also mumbled with concern.

"We'll have to wait for a while and see. After all, children sometimes do things that we, adults, cannot understand well"

"Yeah."

After that exchange, my parents left the study, with a good excuse.
I cannot bear to make them both uneasy, but now isn't the time to think about that.

Laiding three books on the table: the Noblemen's records book, a history book, and a book of the Maps of the World.
She started reading the words on the open pages.

"The Kingdom of Mowers."

"The Dukes of Fontini."

"The Dacreston Continent."

"Goddess Hellevera."

There's no doubt about it. It's-- "The world of Pre Dawn!"

The names of the places and the noble houses match exactly those of "Princess Life: Confessions of before the Dawn", the game that I used to play in my previous life.

But...

The biggest problem was not that I reincarnated in the world of the Otome game I liked to play.
It was...
I was not the heroine, the princess who was loved by the princes, but...

I stood in front of the mirror in my study.

Long golden hair and a little nose.

Cat's eyes sound cute, but the red color makes them seems as suspicious.

In summary, she has a look of high-ranking noblewoman.

And there's the name.... Elizabeth, which can be considered a bit of a confirmation to her doubts.

This is... this is...!!

Shacking, Elizabeth pointed at her reflection in the mirror.

"The rival villainess!"

The Pre Dawn heroine's name was Rosetta.
Elizabeth was the name of the villainous duke's daughter, who obstaculized the marriage ending many times.

...Smiling high and saying, "Ohohoho!　The prince is crazy for me!"
Yes, this appareance reminds me of that event screen.

"I'm going to look like that when I grow up!"

When she grows up, she will look just like that person... Or rather, I'm exactly like that person!

Faced with a reality she didn't want to admit to, the five-year-old Elizabeth (shrank) down.
Despite the memories of her previous life, Elizabeth was happy... but her character didn't have a single peaceful ending.

As if the producers had a grudge against her, even if it wasn't a very good ending for the heroine, Elizabeth would be accused of being guilty of interfering, or bullying Rosetta.

With that in mind, she held her head up.
Maybe that would be the end for Elizabeth, but as event planner who didn't failed to organize one party in her previous life, she quickly recovered her fight spirit.

"You just have to change and it won't happen. You're just a kid."

If I would regain my memory just before the ending, I would probably be at a loss, not knowing if it's too late.
But the current Elizabeth is just five years old.
With a glimpse of what's to come, she has not yet become a villainous daughter.

"From now on, I will live my life in the spirit of one good deed by day!"

If I do good things, if I think about others first, I'm sure I can avoid being ostracized as a villainous daughter.

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That's what I thought, but.... I was too naive.

Is this because of my mother's high-ranking appearance?

Or the gears of fate?　
The script?　
The invisible red thread of destiny?　
God's will?

Perhaps it was because of invisible forces, but no matter what I did, Elizabeth was a duke's evil daughter at the end of the day.

If you help someone, they'd think you were trying to gain something.
If you smile at her, she would take it as a mockery.

On the contrary, the slightest action would lead to something unexpected and make my position worse and worse.

It's funny, but now, I really felt sorry for Elizabeth.
No wonder if she ended hating everyone because of this.
Even I, sometimes, thought that it would have been easier to just give up and play the role of the villainous daughter.

I'm sorry for playing the game and celebrate your defeat in my previous life.

As a result...

Avoiding the banishment's ending, was impossible!

... And that's how it happened.

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