# WebtoonLib — The Villainess Lives Again #141

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

## Chapter
- number: 141
- release_date: 2025-03-13

### Summary
Artezia Rosan has returned to her role as a master political strategist, executing a complex scheme to neutralize her rival, Grand Duke Roygar. Her current maneuver involves destabilizing Roygar’s key supporters, House Camellia, by manipulating two of its members—a man with inheritance rights and a woman named Skyla—to instigate an internal power struggle via a lawsuit. This intricate plan, celebrated by readers as "5D chess," is designed with multiple contingencies, including misdirecting any potential betrayal toward her half-brother, Laurence, to ensure she can ultimately install a loyalist at the head of the house. This external display of calculated ruthlessness stands in stark contrast to her ongoing internal crisis. Still grappling with severe psychological trauma and a profound sense of unworthiness, Artezia struggles to accept her unexpected pregnancy and a concurrent divine revelation naming her the new Saintess, viewing them as a stolen life she does not deserve. While she masterfully moves her political pieces, her husband Cedric—recently transformed into a ruthless protector fueled by what appear to be returning memories of the original timeline—remains a looming presence, creating a tense dynamic where both partners pursue their goals with brutal efficiency, even as they navigate their shared personal turmoil.
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### Safe teaser
Artezia Rosan has returned to her role as a master political strategist, executing a complex scheme to neutralize her rival, Grand Duke Roygar.

### Spoiler summary
Artezia Rosan has returned to her role as a master political strategist, executing a complex scheme to neutralize her rival, Grand Duke Roygar. Her current maneuver involves destabilizing Roygar’s key supporters, House Camellia, by manipulating two of its members—a man with inheritance rights and a woman named Skyla—to instigate an internal power struggle via a lawsuit. This intricate plan, celebrated by readers as "5D chess," is designed with multiple contingencies, including misdirecting any potential betrayal toward her half-brother, Laurence, to ensure she can ultimately install a loyalist at the head of the house. This external display of calculated ruthlessness stands in stark contrast to her ongoing internal crisis. Still grappling with severe psychological trauma and a profound sense of unworthiness, Artezia struggles to accept her unexpected pregnancy and a concurrent divine revelation naming her the new Saintess, viewing them as a stolen life she does not deserve. While she masterfully moves her political pieces, her husband Cedric—recently transformed into a ruthless protector fueled by what appear to be returning memories of the original timeline—remains a looming presence, creating a tense dynamic where both partners pursue their goals with brutal efficiency, even as they navigate their shared personal turmoil.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — The Villainess Lives Again #141](/series/the-villainess-lives-again-ba0a55/chapter-141)
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