The Villainess in the Romance Fantasy Is Strange

16. 17 Years old, going to the academy (2)

At this point, less than two hours are left before the freshman entrance ceremony at Bern Academy. Here are some of the differences from the original:

First of all, the first change, Lia’s personality change.

According to the original story, Lia should have been a great villainess by now. Did all my efforts for the past 7 years bear fruit? Although she is a bit of a tomboy, she has grown into a cute girl who is kind to the people around her and has grown up receiving lots of love.

If it is big, what kind of change in history will this big change bring? As of right now, I have no way of knowing.

However, just because Lia is no longer a villainess, the overall flow of the original work will not change significantly.

That’s right, Lia von Eleves, a wicked woman, is an obstacle to the love between the first prince and Stella. She’s just a licorice to present obstacles.

It is an unwritten rule in the world of romance fantasy that love only grows after going through adversity and hardship. Because the first prince fell in love with her Stella the moment he first saw her and was a noble lover who only looked at her. Even if Leah doesn’t step forward and present her adversity and hardship, there won’t be much going on in the love front between the two.

Well, of course, in the second half of the play, a strange woman suddenly appears claiming to have conceived the prince’s child. That’s the plot after graduating from the academy.

It sounds a bit selfish to say this, but it’s none of our business who the crown prince marries and gives birth to her children, right?

I am neither the closest aide to the prince nor a main character. He is just the third son of an aristocratic swordsman family based in the village. Same goes for Leah. Aside from playing the role of the villainess, she is just a cute first lady of a wealthy family, nothing more, nothing less.

For me and Lia, who have no special features, who will be selected as the crown prince’s consort is a story from a completely different world.

To be honest, I don’t know how Lia feels, but as long as I can safely graduate from her academy, she doesn’t care what happens.

After graduating from the academy and losing contact with the main characters in the original story, Lia’s awakening as a villain will never happen. Now that I can focus on finding out the members of the church with peace of mind.

“…… Platform.”

Yes, the Church. The second change point is the existence of the ‘Cult’.

This is a much bigger variable than things I don’t know about, such as the prince’s love story.

According to the results of my seven-year investigation, Lia and I have already infiltrated deep into our society.

Without going far. Just seeing that 10% of the 3,000 students and instructors at the Bern Academy, or about 300 people, are suspected of being believers, you can get a sense of it.

As I said before, the goal of the church, which is such a huge power, is to sacrifice innocent people to bring down the ancient evil god ‘Sisyphus’. What causes chaos in this society.

If the evil god ‘Sisyphus’, whose existence itself is a huge disaster, descends into the present world, it will be impossible to lead a comfortable life, which is my first goal in this life. You won’t be able to see the second goal, Lia, grow into the most beautiful woman in the empire, right?

So, at least to achieve these two goals. It is indispensable to search out believers of the denomination infiltrating our society. Catching all believers hiding in the academy and handing them over to the Heretic Judge will be the beginning.

“Mmm.”

Avoid unnecessary contact with the main characters in the original story as much as possible, but use it if possible to find members of the church. Let’s watch Lia become the most beautiful woman in the empire with my own two eyes.

I made a simple, if simple, plan in my heart, but I hesitated as I was about to get up.

“Oh, yes.”

Come to think of it, there was also a third change.

This is a little trivial compared to the first and second. The head of the 117th freshman class at Bern Academy has changed.

Originally, Stella, the heroine of the original work, should have taken the top spot, but because our Lia made an outstanding performance in the entrance exam. I pushed Stella into her senior seat, and I followed her into second.

Because of that, Stella must have fallen two steps down to the second place, that is, to the third place. This is obviously not going to have much of an impact.

There is no way that the first prince, who is a supreme and pure lover, will not even give attention to the female lead because she is not a good senior.

“If you don’t look at me even if you say you didn’t get first place, you’re not a romantic hero, but a son of a b*tch whose ability to treat people is different.”

– Smart.

—Cain, what are you doing? The carriage is leaving soon!

“Oh, sorry. I will be leaving soon.”

After covering the notebook where I wrote down the parts that were different from the original, I put it back on the bookshelf. Then I stepped out of my room, face to face with Leah urging me on.

“Lia, are you all ready?”

“I am ready. I memorized all the freshman speeches, and I practiced how to turn backwards nicely!”

“Yes? How to turn back nicely?”

“Yes, would you like to take a look?”

Using her left foot as an axis, Lia spun around in her place, showing off a graceful rotation.

It was quite graceful, like a modern gymnast. It’s very different from the way I know how to cook. Crucially, I saw something like dust attached to the top of my head, so I thought it was cute.

“Lia-sama, there is dust on the top of your head.”

“Huh? Where, here?”

“A little higher.”

“So, here? Is this right?”

“No, not there.”

She kept messing with it, so I reached out my hand because I couldn’t stand it.

After removing the dust from her crown with her fingers, she gently stroked her hair to make sure there were no strands. She held out her hand slightly.

“Here it is, above the crown of your head.”

“…… Oh. Ok thank you Cain….”

“Nothing.”

I brushed the dust off her hands and looked at Leah. For some reason, her cheeks are red, she looks up at me and licks her lips.

“Yeah, but. Compared to when she was younger, you, Cain, seem to have grown taller than her… ? I must have been bigger when I was ten.”

As of this year, when I turned 17, Lia is around 160 cm tall, and I am around 180 cm tall. There is probably a height difference.

Since I’m big enough that I don’t have to wear high boots anymore, I didn’t think much of it.

“Yes, I am a man. Originally, my family is also a tall family.”

“Cain would like her to be taller. I just want to grow 5 cm taller.”

If you are 5 cm tall, you are about 165 cm tall, but is that slightly higher than the average female height of 162 cm?

When Ria becomes 165 cm, how far will her eyes go up? The moment she was about to look down carefully to try to make eye contact with her, for some reason, Leah got angry.

“Wait a minute, Cain. What are those eyes now?”

“Eyes?”

“Don’t pretend. With a look that shows off his unique sense of superiority, saying that he doesn’t have to worry about that because he’s tall! You’re still looking at me!”

“…… Yes?”

I’ve never had that kind of mind for a single moment, so why am I suddenly passing it over?

Is this the qualifications peculiar to short people or something?

The moment I tried to explain that it wasn’t like that, that I was just staring at it. Leah, who was growling as if threatening me, took a step forward.

But suddenly, Lia’s body tilted as if she stumbled. I immediately reached out my arms and gently hugged Leah so she wouldn’t fall.

“Lia, are you okay?”

“…… hehehe! Whoop, whoop!”

Perhaps I was quite surprised, Lia, who had been hugging me and making a strange sound, suddenly fell.

Lia checked here and there with her flushed face, her self in her school uniform, and she took two steps back.

“Joe, she’s been a little nice to me, so it’s not like I didn’t make fun of her! Because I remember everything! I will definitely pay you back for this humiliation later! Wait and see, Cain!”

“Ah, yes… ….”

I still remember the promise I made 7 years ago, so I guess my memory is good. Aren’t the lines from a classic villain? There was no one who would take revenge properly for a person who wanted to see it.

I was about to say that, but I just nodded her head because I thought I would relax before the entrance ceremony. Leah, who vowed to take revenge on me, blatantly glanced at me and she often walked out of this place.

“Hey, Miss Lia!”

──Why, why! Even if you come and apologize now, it’s already too late!

“We’ll be going in the same carriage anyway, so why don’t we just go together?”

──…… Oh!

* * *

Two hours later, Lia will be sworn in as her freshman representative, starting her entrance ceremony.

The 1st year class A of Bern Academy, where Stella, the heroine of the original work, and other main characters gather together.

At the center of that gigantic whirlpool, the figures who rise and fall the most in the first year students’ cubes are, without a doubt, Lia and I. And it will be Stella.

It was before the entrance ceremony, and she hadn’t shown any special abilities yet. The reason why she became the center of attention. It must have been because the class schedule was announced, saying that the freshmen’s chief, second-seat, and second-seat were to gather in the same class.

If it were the same, I would have chosen the placement of students in different classes to balance each class. Coincidentally or fate, the three of us, who had the most outstanding grades among the first year freshmen, were assigned to Class A.

Berne Academy’s educational policy award with a lot of class curriculum conducted against each other. Before we even started the schedule for today’s entrance ceremony, we had to face the wary gazes of countless first-year students.

“Mmm.”

Some of them gave me a lifeless look, but for a 17-year-old student now, it seemed like they were being kept in check. On the one hand, I thought it was worth it.

Bern Academy is not only a place for socializing recognized by the Empire, but also a clear official stage where you can prove your abilities among your peers.

Students, so-called, before advancing into society, constantly compete with each other with their own abilities. Because it is no different from a battlefield where skirmishes are held to cover the boulders. If you feel like you are going to lose money from the start, it is natural to turn on the double wick in your eyes and run.

…… Yes, it’s natural to come out like that, but I had no intention of fitting in with these young students’ competition.

Not that it isn’t. Even at this moment, somewhere in the Bern Academy, and somewhere in the world, members of the church might be engaged in dangerous maneuvers.

It’s like a ticking time bomb, you never know when and where pseudo-believers may harm good people.

I can’t waste Lia’s and I’s precious time on an underarm fight and a battle of spirits between people who have no blood on their heads.

So, right after Lia, the freshman representative, took the oath. She stepped up on the podium with the excuse of saying good things to fellow freshmen. Originally, there would have been no opportunity to speak, but it was possible because I was second in the freshman class.

“Hello. First year freshmen and second and third year seniors. I am Cain Reinhardt, the third son of Baron Reinhardt. This is the second seat for freshmen.”

With a light introduction, we took a chance and looked around the audience. The reaction of the students who heard me say that I am the third son of a baron family was divided into two.

Envy, or jealousy.

Is the ratio enough for the former to fill three, and the latter to fill?

The reason why I have more jealousy than envy is because I am the third son of a baron family. That’s also true, here are the sons and daughters of high-ranking nobles, including the first crown prince, who is a direct lineage of the emperor.

If that guy standing on the podium is the third son of a baron family, you’ll think, ‘What am I worse than that guy?’

“I have something to say to all of you here, so I am here for a moment.”

I can feel the turmoil in the hall. I also hear someone muttering.

-What are you talking about? The country baron bastard.

-Are you stretching out to use a sword, what is it?

-If the bubbles fall, the stone tea will fall, so you’re trying to get your face stamped right now.

Okay or not, I shrugged and looked at Leah. What I am going to say from now on is that Lia and I have all agreed in advance, so I will take permission to bring it up soon.

──Nodding.

Leah shook her head. It means you can speak. I immediately turned her head away.

“Everyone. I, the second-in-command for freshmen, and Lia von Eleves, the head of the freshman class, will join the student council.”

It was a very natural thing to say that freshmen would exercise their rights only for the top and bottom seats. It wasn’t something I should have said at this point.

As if to prove my thoughts, the tumult in the hall grew.

But I didn’t care.

“And, using the authority of the student council executives, the right to inspect and inspect. By thoroughly investigating the clubs within the Bern Academy and the budget execution status of each group.”

– What? What are you investigating?

-That bastard, what are you talking about?

No matter who chews on me or curses at me. Continue to speak To the followers of the Order hiding in the Bern Academy.

“If there is a budget that is not executed according to the proposed budget. In other words, if the suspicion of corruption is found to have stolen the blind money.”

– Hey, freshman! Are you crazy? This cheeky bastard is talking nonsense without knowing the subject!

-First graders in front of the podium! Bring that bastard down, quick!

“I will punish you without mercy.”

A declaration of war was issued.