Nine years in the making, Lilia did not in any way bully Alice but in fact, continued her act as a nice sister. Lilia thought "It should be this year that Alice and Charles will meet each other. I wonder if they will meet this time around. The novel wasn't very specific on the time nor place of their encounter."
It's already this year's end quarter and just to check if everything's going according to plan. She subtly asked Alice about Charles Gwindel. Judging from the reaction and responses she got, it seemed that Alice still hasn't met him. She unconsciously let out a sigh of relief.
She continued her routine like studying, meeting up with the other noble ladies and other norms when suddenly she saw a system message flash in her head.
Warning! Mission Failure Probabilty: 90%
Lilia felt the pain in her head, a pain so excruciating that she got dizzy. She called out to 706 "What do you mean mission failure? I did it. Alice and Charles still haven't met each other... so why?"
That was when she heard 709 mockingly say.
"I told you your mission was to steal the crown prince away from the heroine, get it? STEAL! If you don't allow them to meet and make it so that they grow any feelings for each other, there would be nothing to steal and you'll have your soul terminated immediately. Now, I'm really in doubt if I chose the right host for this, hmph."
It was rare for 709 to express any emotion other than boredom or sleepiness that was why she felt all the more alarmed.
"What, but I thought… I see."
709 continued "You've got thirty days from now to clean up after your mess. Gosh, My beauty sleep was disturbed because of your actions. Sigh."
709 can sometimes be useful but most of the time it is asleep. When she has to confide to it, she would just get an earful on how she always disturb its nap.
Lilia waited for the pain in her head to abate and then stated "Tch, the first thing I need to do is let Alice and Charles meet. How am I supposed to do that when even I haven't even met that crown prince?"