When I woke up, the handsome Ethan was right in front of me.

However, his expression seemed too perfect, making him look cold.

(No, is he actually cold?)

It seems he came for a check-up while Rosa was asleep.

“Is there any pus? Is the pain still persisting?”

He asked about the symptoms in a calm manner.

Looking at his perfectly carved yet unchanging expression, Rosa blinked.

(Something about a handsome guy’s poker face is scary.)

With that impression, she inadvertently found herself searching for hostility in his eyes.

After all, Rosa is scheduled to be poisoned.

Surprisingly, Rosa, before remembering her past life, didn’t notice his coldness at all.

Moreover, she even had a favorable impression of him.

Because he was good-looking, talented, and, above all, close to Alex, who was a member of the royal family.

Now, thinking about it, she realizes she used her position as the daughter of a duke to have a quite familiar attitude.

Even I can’t believe how shamelessly audacious I was, she thought.

(Aren’t Rosa’s settings those of a cunning villainess? What I’m supposed to do as a heroine is subtle and clever bullying. Despite that, how is my character so airheaded? The supporting characters have terrible character balance just because they’re not the focus.)

Rosa muttered curses in her mind.

“Pus seems to have decreased, but my head is still throbbing. Joints all over my body hurt too.”

Rosa answered honestly.

Although she suffered a severe blow to her head from a horse, her shoulders and lower back also ached from hitting the cobblestone road.

Apparently, until she gets poisoned, the villainess is quite robust.

(No, this is strange. A delicate young lady getting kicked in the head by a horse and still surviving?)

While enduring the headache, Rosa recalls the setting of the manga.

Ethan is a person related to Alex as his uncle, showing affection for Alex, who has a concubine mother like him.

Therefore, he dislikes Rosa, who clings to Alex even though they are not engaged yet, for being selfish and arrogant.

This is the manga’s setting, and in this life, Rosa has been sending him admiring glances.

(Even if I’m getting treated, there’s no way he doesn’t dislike me, right?)

She acknowledges that she was selfish until now. Therefore, from now on, she plans to raise the favorability of those around her as much as possible.

During this treatment, Rosa decides to interact in a familiar way, hoping not to be disliked further.

The main problem is that in the manga, it’s unclear who poisoned Rosa—whether she simply doesn’t remember or if it wasn’t specified.

Since she’s a villainous mob character, it was emphasized that everyone disliked her.

Ultimately, the focus of the manga was on the romance between the heroine and the hero, overcoming their class differences.

(Because I’m a villainous mob, the handling is rough. Moreover, I exit in the first chapter.)

“Then I’ll leave you some painkillers.”

While taking out the medicine, Ethan looks at Rosa with an expression of disbelief.

“Yes, thank you very much.”

(Yes, from today on, I will be a well-behaved and polite young lady.)

Determined, Rosa bowed her head.

However, just that much made the wound on her forehead hurt.

“Ugh!”

“You don’t have to move your body; don’t force yourself.”

Although she was about to thrash in pain, Rosa endured it since the symptoms seemed to worsen.

(Take the painkillers as soon as possible.)

Then Rosa realizes something outrageous.

With a skilled healer like Ethan, he could poison her cleanly without leaving a trace.

For now, Rosa decides to label her crush Ethan as culprit number one.

Ethan looks at Rosa, who is lost in her delusions, with a puzzled expression.

“The wound seems to be closing up nicely, and if there are no problems, may I take my leave?”

“Yes, there’s no problem. Goodbye.”

Since changing her expression causes pain, Rosa mechanically urged him to leave.

It’s regrettable that she can’t meet her crush from her past life, who is exceptionally handsome, but from now on, it’s probably better for her not to have any contact with him.

“Is it the effect of a strong blow to the head, or is it some aftereffect?”

Muttering skeptically, Ethan left the room, leaving Rosa to contemplate her future.

“Hmm, looking back at my actions so far, it seems I’m already disliked by everyone. In that case, rather than raising everyone’s favorability, wouldn’t it be faster to find the culprit of the poisoning?”

My past self tells me that it’s quite difficult for someone already disliked to gain favorability. While sipping on the painkiller, Rosa once again pondered her head.