I became a cannon fodder villain. If I want to survive, I must take care of my baby first.

If nothing unexpected happens, the stolen jewels are now on the carriage.

Cora had been guarding here the whole time, so how did the person who framed her put the jewels into the carriage so quietly?

Thinking of this, Manjushage glared at Judith fiercely. If it weren’t for this guy, she would have already gotten on the carriage and ran away!

Just when she didn't know how to escape, a passage of words appeared in her mind:

Magic: Blood Shadow

Attribute: Void/Shadow

Abilities: Healing, repair, attack, defense, tracking, psychic.

Method of use: Through blood manipulation

"Spiritual communication... Got it!" Manjushage raised her lips and smiled calmly: "Okay, search if you want. But let's make it clear in advance that the thief is someone else!"

After saying this, she glanced at Judith imperceptibly.

The development of the matter was not unexpected. Olivia's aunt did not do nothing to revitalize the family.

She arranged for her daughter Donna to carefully plan this ball to suppress Lycoris radiata, and the entire banquet hall was filled with their people.

Otherwise, how could my aunt lose to Olivia, who had nothing? The family was in a recession, and instead of thinking about how to improve themselves, they resorted to such despicable means to drag others down with them, as if this would make their family seem less ugly.

Not only will this approach fail to successfully revitalize the family, it will instead cause resentment from many people, a typical act of courting death.

Manjushage had long realized that this group of people had no intention of letting her go.

"Hmph, no matter how you try to argue, you dare to act wildly on my territory. Once I find the stolen goods, I will immediately hang you on the city wall!"

The young girl who led the search was named Donna Peters, who was my aunt's daughter.

She was wearing a loose long skirt and her proud posture was extremely beautiful and looked very majestic.

If she hadn't known in advance that Donna was the one who framed her, Manjushage would probably have thought that she was out to seek justice.

Even the few people who spoke up for Manjushage were specially planted by Donna in order to make the matter bigger.

With the calm demeanor of a winner, she slowly walked towards the carriage and lifted the curtain in front of everyone.

"No? What's going on?"

Surprisingly, there was no jewelry to be seen in the carriage.

Manjushage pretended to be surprised and said:

"Oh? You seem surprised, Miss Peters?"

Hearing this, Donna said with an unhappy look on her face: "You were the only one who left the banquet hall in a hurry just now. Could there be someone else who stole the jewelry? I know, you must have hidden everything on your body!"

She looked up at Manjushage and said, "If you don't mind, can you let me check your belongings? You also want to prove your innocence."

Seeing that she was unwilling to give up, Manjushage sneered: "Stripping someone's clothes in public? You don't have any evidence to prove that I did it, how dare you ask me to prove my innocence! Besides, how can I remember that there was another person here before I came out?"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes turned to Judith.

What's going on? An extra? I didn't see this guy during the rehearsal!

No matter how dumb Judith was, she couldn't fail to see what was happening. She immediately blushed, puffed up her cheeks like an inflated pufferfish, and shouted back, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Many people were discussing: "My God, is Manjusaka crazy? She still wants to quibble in this situation?"

"Oh, who else could it be besides her? By the way, who is this lady next to her? Why don't I seem to have seen her before?"

No one had ever seen Judith, and no one knew whether she was found by Donna or a scapegoat prepared by Manjusaka to escape punishment.

Donna said angrily: "Miss Judith has been staying here and has not entered the banquet hall--"

Halfway through her words, she suddenly realized something and stopped immediately.

It was indeed she who found Judith. After everything was arranged, the day before the ball was to start, a country nobleman who appeared out of nowhere took the initiative to find Donna and said that he wanted to attend the ball.

Seeing her dazed look, Donna did not agree, but asked Judith to stay outside the banquet hall and keep an eye on Lycoris radiata's carriage, and make plans after the ball to see how she performed.

Unexpectedly, Judith was making a lot of noise outside and actually helped her hold back Lycoris radiata.

Wouldn't it be a slap in her face to reveal her relationship with Judith now?

But Manjushage would never miss this opportunity. She immediately grasped the key point: "It's really strange. Wasn't Miss Donna hosting the dance in the banquet hall just now? How could she know so much about the situation outside?"

"I...I heard from the guards. They report to me regularly which guests have arrived and who has suddenly left!" Donna seemed a little flustered.

Hearing this, the guards who had just been watching the fun suddenly panicked.

They didn't take their job seriously at all. They didn't even know when Judith came. They just kept her out because she didn't have an invitation.

It was also because Donna was too stingy. She clearly wanted to humiliate Manjusaka here, but she didn't bribe the guards, as if giving them some money would be fatal.

Without waiting for the guard to reply, Manjushage snorted coldly: "But I remember that Miss Judith's name was not on the invitation list of the ball. If it is true as Miss Donna said, why didn't the guards drive her away?"

Donna didn't know how to refute for a moment. How would she know why these guards didn't work?

Manjusaka said again: "Compared to me who was invited to the ball, Miss Judith who came without invitation and has been wandering outside is much more suspicious, right?"

"Okay, then let's investigate Judith first." With this flawless statement, Donna had no choice but to investigate Judith first. After all, she was just an insignificant character and naturally would not have any impact.

"It's okay, Miss Donna. It won't be too late to search her later. There are so many people watching here, I don't think she can escape..."

Judith was not panicked at all and cooperated very well with Donna's actions. But as soon as she said something, Donna suddenly stopped.

She found the stolen jewels in Judith's coat pocket, but they should have been in Lycoris's carriage.

"How could this happen!" A large group of people, including Donna, exclaimed.

What’s going on? This part is not in the script!

"No - impossible, I didn't steal anything...really not!"

Judith panicked all of a sudden. She fell to her knees with a plop, grabbed Donna's skirt, and begged with tears in her eyes:

"Miss Donna, you said that as long as I do everything according to your instructions, you will give me honor and status so that I can attend the dance with dignity... This is different from what we agreed!"

Donna's mouth twitched uncontrollably, and then she kicked him away and shouted:

"Guards, come and catch this thief, don't let her get away!"

The guard who had been silent just now seemed to suddenly come to his senses. He rushed forward and held Judith down tightly, not giving her a chance to argue.

If I don't work hard now, I will be held accountable!

After Judith was escorted away, Donna's face finally returned to normal, but her attitude was still bad: "I'm sorry, Miss Manjusawa, we misunderstood, but it was also because of your carelessness that someone took advantage of you!"

Manjushage smiled and immediately retorted: "Is it still my fault? Excuse me, Miss Donna, if you have any brains, you shouldn't let this kind of person sneak in."

The other guests present all heard that this was a mockery of Donna for being stupid and not bribing the guards!

Deafening laughter broke out at the scene. Donna was so angry that she stomped her feet. She wanted to refute but didn't know what to say. She could only stare coldly at the guests who were laughing at her.

These people were actors hired by Donna. When they were suddenly stared at, they immediately stopped laughing, fearing that they would not get the subsequent compensation.

They didn't want to laugh either, because Lycoris radiata was so eloquent even though she was covered in mud.

Donna couldn't even argue with a piece of mud, it was really embarrassing.

Who is Manjushage? She is the daughter of the lord and a noble being in the Kingdom of Aslan, like a princess.

Why would she dress herself up like this and come to the ball without any followers?

Of course I want to tell you low-ranking nobles that even if I uglier myself a thousand times, you low-ranking nobles cannot bully me.

Even with all this, Donna still wants to drag down Lycoris radiata, isn't she ashamed?

The guests were not stupid enough to go against Lycoris radiata. They pretended nothing had happened and returned to the banquet hall one after another.

The crowd that was crowded just now disappeared in a short while, leaving only Lycoris radiata and Korra.

When they heard the music coming from the banquet hall again, the master and servant finally felt relieved.

"You scared me to death, Miss Manjushage. Fortunately, you are okay. If I am not mistaken, you must have used magic just now, right?"

Lycoris radiata smiled and nodded.