# WebtoonLib — The Villainess Lives Again #137

## Series
- title: The Villainess Lives Again
- slug: the-villainess-lives-again-ba0a55

## Chapter
- number: 137
- release_date: 2025-03-13

### Summary
The narrative currently focuses on Artezia Rosan’s brilliant strategic analysis of Emperor Gregor's motivations. While it appears the Emperor is favoring his incompetent son, Laurence, by assigning him a mission to subjugate pirates, Artezia understands his true, twisted intent. The Emperor is not handing Laurence the throne but forcing him into a "sink or swim" scenario, demanding his son prove his ambition and worthiness by seizing power for himself. Having already predicted this, Artezia has masterfully laid a multi-layered trap in the South. She is knowingly sending Laurence to confront the pirate leader, Cadriol, a rival regressor who remembers being betrayed and executed by Laurence in the first timeline and is now poised for vengeance. Artezia's plan also involves a plot against Queen Eimmel, designed to create a diplomatic crisis that will further ensure Laurence's downfall. This highlights Artezia's primary advantage: not merely her knowledge of the future, but her profound insight into her enemies' psychology, which allows her to predict their actions and manipulate them into orchestrating their own destruction.
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### Safe teaser
The narrative currently focuses on Artezia Rosan’s brilliant strategic analysis of Emperor Gregor's motivations.

### Spoiler summary
The narrative currently focuses on Artezia Rosan’s brilliant strategic analysis of Emperor Gregor's motivations. While it appears the Emperor is favoring his incompetent son, Laurence, by assigning him a mission to subjugate pirates, Artezia understands his true, twisted intent. The Emperor is not handing Laurence the throne but forcing him into a "sink or swim" scenario, demanding his son prove his ambition and worthiness by seizing power for himself. Having already predicted this, Artezia has masterfully laid a multi-layered trap in the South. She is knowingly sending Laurence to confront the pirate leader, Cadriol, a rival regressor who remembers being betrayed and executed by Laurence in the first timeline and is now poised for vengeance. Artezia's plan also involves a plot against Queen Eimmel, designed to create a diplomatic crisis that will further ensure Laurence's downfall. This highlights Artezia's primary advantage: not merely her knowledge of the future, but her profound insight into her enemies' psychology, which allows her to predict their actions and manipulate them into orchestrating their own destruction.

## Status
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- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — The Villainess Lives Again #137](/series/the-villainess-lives-again-ba0a55/chapter-137)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/the-villainess-lives-again-ba0a55

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