The Villainess in the Romance Fantasy Is Strange

20. Unwanted attention, unexpected development (2)

Eating snacks with Lia, who complained of hunger less than an hour after lunch. After she returns to the mansion

I sit in front of my desk in my room and write down information about the original work in a notebook. I opened the ‘Original Note’.

“Let’s see, the part of the entrance ceremony… ….”

It is written after about seven pages. The [Bern Academy Entrance Ceremony] Part.

There’s a lot written about it, but to summarize it goes something like this:

[Stella, who won the top freshman with overwhelming grades, comes down from the podium right after taking the oath to represent the freshmen. As soon as they meet Edwin, the student council president, and the two of them face each other with an atmosphere 180 degrees different from themselves. Strangely, he begins to be conscious.]

Although the storyline where the female and male characters are startled when they recognize each other is an old-fashioned way. Isn’t the old one good? It can be said to be the beginning of a classic romance novel.

…… I came to my senses after thinking such useless thoughts. Now is not the time for me to admire the original intro.

I picked up a pen and wrote below. [Ria and Lia took the top spot instead of Stella. I, who occupied the second seat, made a disturbance during the entrance ceremony.]

[And as a result, the plot twists so that instead of Stella, Lia and I meet Edwin.]

“Mmm.”

Tuk-tuk grabbed a pen and tapped on a notebook. After writing it down like this, I can feel that it has definitely gone wrong from the beginning.

That would be the case, the first incident of the original story and the opportunity for Edwin and Stella to strongly recognize each other. Because we interrupted the ‘student president Edwin and senior student Stella’s private meeting’.

I could make an excuse for this, I could do it all day, but let’s move on. What matters now is not this.

Today. Leah and I met Edwin and made a deal. The content of the transaction is simple. In exchange for Edwin’s long-cherished wish and the complete ‘clearing of accumulated evils’ that we had been insisting on, I was promised Leah and my acquiescence.

This may not seem like a big deal, but it is actually a great harvest. It means that if we do our job well, the student council president, who has absolute power, will look after us. It will also be of great help to Lia and I’s common goal of ‘finding out believers in the church’.

Yeah, it sure helps a lot. Why did Edwin come forward and propose such a deal?

I thought it would be a big deal when it was discovered that the eradication of corruption that we insisted on was a semblance of cover, and that it actually had a different purpose. Edwin did not interrogate. Instead, he suggested a deal that benefited Leah and me.

On the condition that we diligently carry out the purpose set forth as the justification, you will tolerate all of our actions.

No matter how you think about it, the conditions are too good for us, right?

“…… By any chance, did Edwin know that there are members of the Order inside Bern Academy?”

If that’s the case, the explanation is perfect. Edwin had such a good poker face that I couldn’t guess anything from his expression.

I don’t know why this man, who is always terrified in front of Stella and turns into a big dog, has such a solemn face in front of us. It would be nice if there was a tee in the expression.

“Hmm.”

I crossed his legs and rested my chin on my hand. It’s something I’ve felt since before, but this world is not an easy place.

Unlike romance fantasy stories, where the development is beneficial to the original protagonist no matter what. The road ahead for me and Lia is full of all sorts of variables.

It’s not like that, just looking at it today. Who would have thought that while I was eating at a restaurant, some bully would come and ask me to hand over my badge?

It’s a shame that I happened to be by Lia’s side. The mere imagining of what would have happened to her if she had been with Ria alone makes her shudder.

“…… I can’t.”

After spending 7 years by Lia’s side, she tends to loosen up her escort. From today, I will eat hard again and watch Lia’s every move.

Having made that decision, I closed my notebook and went to find her. At first glance, the word ‘Stella’ caught my attention.

“Ah.”

There were so many incidents that happened within a few hours that I forgot about them for a while. When I saw Stella’s name, I suddenly had a question.

Come to think of it, what happened to him?

Stella, the heroine, should have been forming a strange atmosphere with Edwin instead of us at the time Lia and I were meeting Edwin, the student council president, according to the original story.

Where the hell was she and what was she doing?

* * *

Similar perspective, Bern Academy’s library.

Most of the first year students went to the dormitory or after returning home. Stella was sitting in a corner of the library, not in either of them, thinking of someone.

That someone is none other than that.

‘…… Cain.’

Cain Reinhardt couldn’t help but wonder about Stella’s circumstances.

She is the second-ranked subject who is only one step away from herself. A resentful man who took away everyone’s attention that should have belonged to him by using the entrance ceremony seat as if it were his own.

The third son of the Reinhardt family, Cain Reinhardt…… !

Pudeuk.

Unknowingly, my teeth were grinding.

I don’t know where he got it, but it wasn’t enough that the third son of an obscure baron took the second seat. Shamelessly going to meet student president Edwin and even chatting.

If it wasn’t for you, I’d be second. I would have been able to meet the student president and take a picture of my eyes.

Sincerely thinking that, Stella couldn’t possibly forgive the unscrupulous thief named ‘Cain Reinhardt’.

If you’re a member of an unnamed baron family, you’ll probably be distorted by the subject. He dared not know his own way, and tried to interrupt the fateful meeting between himself and the prince…… ?

Bonamana. It must have been a planned approach from the beginning, having had a wild idea after seeing the crown prince’s beauty.

“…… Seed.”

Stella reached out for a book called [Understanding Elemental Magic].

‘…… I will take revenge.’

With Cain Reinhardt already identified as a dirty sodomy in her mind, Stella declared her revenge.

There is no other way to get revenge than defeating Cain Reinhardt in a duel. Becoming a member of the student council after taking away the student council executive qualifications.

If that happens, you will be able to save the student council president from the clutches of Cain, who won’t hide his filthy desires. As a bonus, the fateful meeting between you and the student council president will come true.

“Chapter 1, the simplest and most effective elemental magic…….”

In the empty library, Stella read the beginning of a book with a level of difficulty that only a sophomore would understand, and made a resolution to herself.

‘Cain Reinhardt…… !’

I will definitely take revenge on that wicked man.

…… Cain never knew this.

* * *

“Oh, I don’t know.”

I rested my chin on her chin and shook her head. I couldn’t even see her face properly in the first place, did I have a chance to know?

Because Bern Academy is a combination of a modern high school and university. If your major is different, you won’t have a chance to see them unless you’re teaching a common subject.

In other words, the time I was in the same room with Stella today is the orientation time, which is 20 minutes. So even if I want to know, I can’t.

I untwisted my legs and tapped the notebook.

“Well, there must have been some personal circumstances, right?”

Because at the time Lia and I took the top and bottom seats, the development had already diverged a lot from the original. I must have gone to the library in line with the original setting that the passion for learning is strong.

Because it wasn’t a problem that would come out with an answer after thinking about it. I tried to stop thinking. Then, one of the clichés of romance fantasy novels that suddenly comes to mind.

“… ….”

That’s why. If you look at her romance fantasy novels, there are scenes where the original heroine, who felt jealous of her villainess who took away her place, vowed to avenge her.

Could it be that Stella isn’t burning her vendetta against Leah?

“Ah, no way… ….”

Even though there was a description that the original work had a little bit of jealousy. Stella is basically a generous woman. She was so eccentric that she had the first prince of the empire, Edwin von Edward, as her love.

So, like a cliché in a romance fantasy novel, mad with vengeance. I wouldn’t say that he’s plotting to harm Leah.

“That’s right.”

Having come to that conclusion, I turned the pages of my notebook. Speaking of which, I’ll have to check up to tomorrow’s incident.

[March 3rd. The day after the entrance ceremony.]

[In the midst of conducting practical training, assuming battles with various monsters lurking around the continent. Edwin, who accompanied Stella as a supervisor, discovers the secret space of the cave.]

[The place that looks like an ordinary altar on the outside is actually where Stella is tested for her qualifications as a ‘saint’. An important place where you will be recognized and given a clue to the location of the holy sword ‘Caliburn’ prepared for the escort knight who will protect her saint.]

[The ‘Saint Awakening’ incident, which I arbitrarily named, became an opportunity for Edwin and Stella to be constantly involved, and established itself as an important link connecting the two even after Edwin and Stella graduated from the academy…….]

──Incredibly!

“Cain! What are you doing?”

“… ….”

I was surprised when I concentrated on reading the information I had memorized. However, showing off just because you were surprised is an act of sewage.

He kept a poker face on the outside, naturally covering his notebook and putting it on the bookshelf. Then, with a slight frown, he spoke to Leah.

“Lia-sama, you forgot to knock again.”

“Oh, did you? Sorry, I forget a lot these days.”

“There is something else I forgot. How do you forget to knock? Then what if I was, at least, changing clothes?”

“Huh? What…. Joe, are you okay?”

“… ….”

What is good?

Looking at Lia, her cheeks blushing at this question, she poured out her nagging and just gave up. My mouth only hurts from talking.

“Anyway, what business did you come to my room for?”

“Oh, that’s right. Cain, let’s go play!”

“Let’s go play. Lia-sama, did you forget that actual combat training is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon?”

“…… Oh, was it?”

Lia seemed flustered, oops! She murmured with one face.

I looked at Lia like that, and she crossed her arms by herself.

I remember that I even made a schedule and handed it to you, but you forgot about it. This probably won’t work I feel like I need to give Lia, who has loosened up, some of her tension.

“Lia-sama, let’s go.”

“Where are you going? Oh, you want to go play together?”

“No, I’m not going to play, I’m going to train. You don’t have any schedule today, don’t you think you have plenty of time?”

My training method, strongly influenced by Master, is, without question, Spartan.

She spent a lot of time with me, so Lia, knowing that well, began to back away from her.

“…… That, Cain. I’m sorry, but I just remembered that I have some really urgent business. So I can’t train today, kya-!”

I put my hand in her hamstring to keep Leah from running away, and she hugged me. Leah let out her terrifying scream, and with surprised rabbit eyes, she held onto the hem of my clothes.

“Ka, Kaka Kakain?! What is this, what are you doing!”

“If you don’t do this, won’t you just run away?”

“Even, I won’t run away. I’m not going! Hey, put it down for now!”

“No, I won’t drop you off until we get to the training ground.”

I will pay the price for disturbing my contemplation with my body.

With that meaning in mind, I looked intently at Lia.

…… Lia’s cheeks turned red.

“Come on, let’s go.”

“Ugh, ugh….”