With a cold voice, his head turned awkwardly.

-What are you doing?

Because a voice that shouldn't be heard was coming from beyond my ear.

-I'm asking what you're doing…

Why was I hearing the voice of someone who shouldn't be here?

I shook my head, thinking it was an auditory hallucination, but.

-Fucking bitch.

At the voice of the person who made me instantly deny that thought, I let out a deep sigh and sensed that things were going wrong.

Because even if you pluck a sleeping lion's whisker, messing with the ill-tempered young lady was something you shouldn't do.

She's a villainess who boasts an undefeated record.

No matter how great a villainess she was, when it came to the topic of 'fighting,' the young lady whose mind spun at top speed was, in a word, an invincible being.

The young lady, opening her cold eyes, looked at Kyla and began to start up her cursed lips.

"You were chattering away just a moment ago, why can't you say anything now?"

"..."

"Your mouth isn't just for decoration, is it?"

"..."

The strongest trash-talker in the world, officially recognized by the author. Desmunt Olivia.

Q. It seems like Olivia isn't good at anything but magic. She seems a bit dumb, it's strange that Yuria is the one getting hurt.

A. Olivia's greatest weapon is her 'mouth.' Her enormous breasts are also a weapon, but Olivia's trash-talking, which she fires off no matter who the opponent is, doesn't stop even with the emperor in front of her.

Q. Still...

A. That's because you haven't experienced it directly from Olivia. If you, the reader, were to get into a verbal fight with Olivia, you would cry, 100 out of 100 times.

At the young lady's cold gaze, I anxiously prayed that the fight wouldn't escalate.

Although, the moment a curse came from the young lady's lips, that wish was already as good as gone.

"Hey."

"..."

"Open your fucking mouth."

"..."

"Open it while I'm asking nicely."

Kyla's eyes, filled with bewilderment, were glaring at the young lady.

"...Fucking mouth?"

Because she too was a villainess with quite a temper.

In the story, Kyla's personality was like fire.

She was skilled enough to devise a scheme to entice the friendless young lady into harassing Yuria, so her ability to manipulate public opinion was a cut above the young lady's.

As such, Kyla also possessed a fiery temper no less than the young lady's.

"What a piece of work. Really."

It meant that she, too, was a villainess whose mind spun faster than anyone's when it came to 'fighting.'

My worry now was one thing.

"Hmm...?"

How much of our conversation the young lady had heard.

"You talk in an interesting way... you."

If she heard everything, Kyla would have a hard time going back alive today.

"Really interesting."

If she only heard a part of it, Kyla would return to the dormitory bawling her eyes out.

I could admit that Kyla's verbal skills were strong and her mentality was as tough as steel.

Still.

"Huuuum."

It seemed impossible to defeat the young lady I had watched over for 13 years.

Because my young lady.

"So you do know how to talk. Right?"

Was a villainess who boasted a legend of being undefeated.

"Lady Olivia."

"Don't call me Lady. Calling me Lady all of a sudden. It's burdensome."

"I have something to formally propose."

"No, don't say it."

"About the servant..."

"Looking like a tilefish..."

The young lady, who compared Kyla's face to a fish, leaned on her crutches and looked at my face.

"Why are you standing there like an idiot?"

"...I'm sorry."

"You idiot."

"..."

The young lady stared into Kyla's eyes and began to speak in a cold voice.

"Tilefish."

"...Lady. I am not a fish."

"No, you look like a tilefish, so you're a tilefish from now on. Shut up before I start calling you a grouper."

-Grit.

"So... say it again."

"...What."

"You said it with your own mouth earlier. That you can't end up like a cripple like me."

At the young lady's words, my killing intent towards Kyla disappeared.

Right now.

'Wow... this is bad.'

I was worried for Kyla's life.

"Why are you gaping like that again."

"..."

"Fishy... fishy... you have to open your mouth."

The young lady, letting out a long sigh, moved the crutches under her arm with difficulty and supported her body upright.

"Just because you have a hole for a mouth doesn't mean you can speak. Why do you speak so carelessly?"

"..."

"Do you have two lives?"

"Lady... that's."

"I told you not to call me Lady. It feels disgusting to be called Lady by a fish."

Kyla opened her cold eyes towards the young lady, grinding her teeth as she retorted.

"There was a reason."

"A reason?"

"Yes."

As if determined not to lose to the young lady, Kyla began to speak clearly.

"There was trouble with a servant."

"...Trouble?"

"Yes, a servant of Desmunt. In other words, your ladyship's butler insulted me."

"Hmm... keep spewing."

The young lady listened to Kyla with a faint smile. To be precise, she was probably pretending to listen.

"I'll listen, so keep talking."

Kyla, perhaps feeling that the young lady's reaction meant she was on her side, continued speaking with a slight smile. After all, even for her, she didn't have the guts to carelessly treat the Lady of Desmunt, whose power could make birds fall from the sky.

"Black magic."

Because of the words she had already spat out, Kyla adopted the most humble posture possible.

"Ricardo framed me, the eldest daughter of the Gortabun family, for using black magic."

"..."

"I believe you are well aware that this is a dangerous accusation that ignores the authority of the nobility and could lead to a 'witch hunt' against me."

"Black magic, you say..."

"If I report this matter to the empire, the servant could be sent to the execution block... I didn't want that to happen, so I was merely trying to reason with him with words..."

"Hmm..."

"I am truly sorry that I misspoke..."

-Slap.

"Huh...?"

Kyla's eyes trembled at the sudden sting on her cheek as she looked at the person who had hit her.

"My lady...!"

Just as I was about to urgently stop the young lady.

"Ricardo, don't move."

"..."

"If you try to stop me now, you won't be able to."

At the young lady's murderous warning, I bit my lip and watched her cautiously. Because the only person in this world I couldn't defeat was warning me.

The young lady looked down at Kyla's trembling eyes with a cold gaze and continued to speak.

"So you know you did wrong."

"..."

"Why."

"...My... my lady."

"Are you upset because I hit you?"

"..."

"If you feel it's unfair, then hit me back. If you can."

Grit. Kyla, biting her lip, suppressed the anger rising from the pit of her stomach and caressed her swollen cheek.

Because she was furious at the hand that dared to strike the most beautiful jewel in this world.

Considering Ricardo's fault, it was natural that they should be the ones bowing down... Kyla, who couldn't understand Olivia's action of suddenly slapping her, bit her lip.

And.

-Grind.

She was furious to the point of exploding at her own status that prevented her from hitting back.

When Teo becomes king...

When she becomes the Prince Consort, she would repay this humiliation. Just as hostility filled Kyla's heart with this thought.

-Slap...!

At Olivia's hand striking her other cheek, tears, not anger, began to well up in her eyes.

'Why again...?'

Looking at the questioning Kyla, the young lady let out a cold sigh and opened her lips with the expression of a villainess.

"You said he used black magic."

"..."

"Then you deserve to be hit."

"What kind of absurdity is this...?!"

The young lady looked at me and gave a faint smile.

"Ricardo doesn't lie."

"There's no proof, how can you be so sure? This matter will definitely be brought to the noble council..."

"Hmm?"

"Carelessly striking a noble is a matter for severe punishment! Your ladyship's actions right now are...!"

"Proof?"

The young lady said, opening her cold eyes.

"Should I make some for you?"

"...What?"

"If you ask me to, I can make it."

Kyla's eyes began to tremble.

"No, even if you didn't use black magic in the first place, I can still create that much proof."

"..."

"You think I can't do it?"

The young lady's eyes were glowing a faint purple.

"You have to think."

"..."

"You have to use your head."

"..."

"You have to figure out a way to survive."

The young lady said.

"You said it to me. That you can't end up like an idiot like me."

"Th-that was."

"Then you should try it. If I show you how scary an idiot can be, you won't say such things, will you."

"...My lady."

"A long time ago, I also thought I was smart. No lie, I thought I was the smartest in the world, and I really was. Honestly, there's no woman as great as me."

"..."

"But, you know."

The young lady smiled and stared straight into Kyla's eyes.

"I kind of want to see someone else fail as spectacularly as I did."

"..."

"It's unfair if it's just me."

With eyes full of interest.

"How fun would it be if there was one more bitch like me. I've been so lonely until now."

"..."

"You didn't use black magic...? No, you definitely used it."

The young lady declared as if she were reading the emotions in Kyla's eyes.

"Those eyes can't lie."

"..."

"Because I know them well."

"..."

"If you've been chattering away behind my back all this time, you should open your mouth. How long are you going to keep gaping like a goldfish?"

"..."

"You were talking just fine a moment ago, but now that I've appeared, why can't you say a single word?"

With trembling eyes, Kyla offered a petty rebellion towards the young lady. Not backing down was a villainess's last shred of pride, and if that pride were broken, it would be the same as truly losing.

"...It's illegal for you, who was expelled, to enter the academy."

"You have nothing to say, so you're changing the subject?"

"Not only were you expelled, but you're also banned from approaching the academy buildings..."

"I know."

-Slap.

"I know, so why bring up a sore subject?"

"To prison..."

"I won't go."

-Slap.

Kyla cheered inwardly.

The crime of assaulting a noble.

Since she was banned from the academy and not in good health, if that woman went to prison, Kyla planned to visit and mock her to her heart's content.

But.

"I can't go to prison."

"..."

"You know. There's no one in this country who can stop Desmunt right now. We can just slip them a little bribe and it'll be over."

"..."

"The 2nd Prince who was expelled was reinstated at the academy, you think a little thing like entry will be a problem? If it becomes a problem, we just have to overturn it."

"..."

"You think I can't?"

"..."

"Then try me. Let's see this through to the end."

The young lady said, dancing on the thin ice of the atmosphere.

"Let's see if your family is doing well, too."

"...Not my family!"

"Why? We have to try. We took down Wolfgang, let's try climbing over the Marquis Gortabun family too."

Kyla's eyes were becoming soaked in fear.

For the villainess who had swallowed a small world.

"Don't chatter behind my back, it's fucking annoying."

She didn't know that there was an even bigger villainess.

"Sor..."

Kyla's wall crumbles.

"I'm sorry..."

Because villainesses are a species that loses their will to fight once their pride is broken.

"My lady... I misspoke. I am truly sorry."

The young lady tapped Kyla's swollen cheek and gave a mischievous smile.

"Isn't it fun?"

"...I'm sorry."

"You did it because it was fun, didn't you."

"I truly misspoke. I am so sorry..."

"Hmm... don't apologize."

"My lady...!"

"I let you off the hook many times when we were at the academy..."

The young lady playfully pulled Kyla's cheek, which no one had ever dared to touch, and said.

"One villainess is enough, and that's me."

"..."

"Don't be a clumsy copycat."

*

After the young lady's lecture, which lasted for about three minutes, had ended.

I watched Kyla's back as she returned to the dormitory, sniffling, and said to the young lady in a low voice.

"You held back a lot."

The young lady nodded with a grin.

"Yep."

"In the past, you would have hit her at least ten more times."

"I would've killed her."

"That sounds like it could be true, which is scary."

"...I'm not that bad of a person."

As the atmosphere grew heavy, the young lady smiled and said.

"Ricardo."

"Yes."

"I brought a present."

-Bear.

I looked at Gomtang, who was holding a mouthful of shopping bags, and let out a small smile.

"That's a lot."

"Yep. I bought a lot. And..."

The young lady looked down at her body leaning on the crutches like a child wanting to be praised and gave a faint smile.

"I practiced walking a lot."

-Chuckle.

I, who preferred actions over words, lifted the young lady up and said.

"Hweeeek!!!!"

"You are amazing."

As expected, to me, the young lady was the best villainess.

"Eeeek...! Stop spinning!!!!"

The young lady was laughing with a bright smile.

"Hwit...!"

Kayla lifted her trembling eyes to look at the sky full of dark clouds.

"...Hah."

Why did that woman have to show up?

-Don't copy me so clumsily.

If it wasn't for that woman, I could have suppressed Ricardo's energy and dealt with the witness.

Complicated thoughts kept cluttering Kayla's mind.

What if they find out about the black magic?

What if Desmunt attacks the family? I've come so far, just a little more and I can become the empress.

-Squeeze.

At the appearance of those who would throw ashes on the happiness that was right in front of her, Kayla's heart began to darken like the cloudy sky.

I think she sat on the bench and rested for about 30 minutes. Because if she didn't calm her heaving shoulders, she felt like she would go into her room and shed ugly tears.

"So annoying."

That punk who talks like he knows everything.

-Black magic is dangerous.

And that woman, the second person I hate most in the world.

-Fucking bitch...

Everything was annoying.

The moment the emotions piled up from her complicated heart were about to erupt as curses from Kayla's lips.

-Oof!

With the heavy impact of a body bumping into her, Kayla turned her trembling eyes to look at the woman who had run into her.

"I'm sorry...!"

Purple hair.

Hair in distractingly voluminous buns. Kayla could tell who this woman was at a single glance.

"You're...? A noble, I see?!"

Because there was only one person at the academy who confidently wore a convenience store uniform.

"I'm sorry for bumping into you! I am Shuen, the eldest daughter of the Tetra family!"

Tetra Shuen.

The eldest daughter of the Tetra family, carrying a huge bundle on her shoulder, was bowing her head towards Kayla.

-Grip.

From one to ten... there was nothing Kayla liked about her.

'Nothing is going right today...'

Shuen, who had placed the huge bundle on the ground, smiled as she rummaged through it, oblivious to Kayla's hostile gaze.

-Rummage. Rummage.

"It must be in here somewhere..."

"..."

"Since you're a noble, I'm trying to give you something especially good, but it's hard to find!"

"It's fine, so just get lo... no, go."

"No! I can't do that! A proud noble doesn't apologize empty-handed!"

Shuen, who had her hand in the bundle for a long time, widened her eyes and then carefully held out a round object from inside the bundle.

[Sweet Sweet Extra-Large Chocolate Cornet.]

Expiration Date: Today.

"I'm sorry, so I'll give you this."

"..."

"I don't know if you know, but the 'Sweet Sweet Extra-Large Chocolate Cornet' is the most popular bread at the convenience store."

"..."

"It's a bread that has both great value and size, so it won't be lacking as a gift of apology. Plus, its expiration date hasn't even passed yet!"

'I'm really going crazy.'

Is it a jinx? Or did someone put a curse on me?

Kayla ran a hand full of irritation through her hair and looked at Shuen.

"Get lost."

Because patience has its limits.

"What?"

"I don't need it, so disappear from my sight."

"That... that can't be."

The moment a harsh word was about to come out of Kayla's mouth, for whom nothing from one to ten was going her way.

"Shuen!"

"She's here! The devil!!!"

"The expiration date is today! Why are you taking that!!!"

At the appearance of another second-year female student, Kayla pressed her lips firmly together.

Histania Hanna.

Seeing Hanna running towards them, Shuen's eyes widened. She smiled as she carefully pressed the bread, with its remaining shelf life, into Kayla's hand.

"You're an accomplice."

"...What?"

"The manager's sister is coming, so there's no choice!"

"Why me...?'

"Because that is the friendship of nobles, thicker than blood!"

Kayla, who had just heard the craziest thing in her life, frowned and looked at Shuen, but.

"We won't lose!"

Kayla let out a hollow laugh at the brazen sight of Shuen, who had a stronger mentality than anyone.

'Does she have no brain, or no thoughts?'

The bread wrapper in her hand made a 'crinkle' sound, representing Kayla's chaotic heart.

"That bread."

Hanna, who had come looking for the runaway Shuen, stared at the chocolate cornet in Kayla's hand and let out a low sigh, as if to say, I didn't see you that way, but you're just the same.

"I guess you like free things too, Senior Kayla."

"It's not like that."

"I didn't think you were that kind of person."

"I'm really not."

Frustration rose to the top of her head at Hanna's pitiful expression, and Kayla was about to point out her impudent junior's behavior, but.

"Just eat it."

Seeing Hanna turn away as if resigned, she gritted her teeth. It seemed like this one and that one were both dying to disrespect her.

"Hey..."

"..."

"Histania Hanna!"

The insolent junior looked her straight in the eye and sighed as if annoyed.

"It's fine. You don't have to give it back."

"I'm not eating it. Bread like this, that commoners eat..."

As Kayla's words insulting the bread grew stronger, Shuen, who was hiding behind Kayla's back, began to make excuses to Hanna.

"There's only an hour left anyway! Do you think it would have sold within an hour even if I didn't take it!?"

"Yeah."

"This is slander! I'll make a formal suggestion!"

"To whom."

"Well..."

Shuen was at a loss for words, then she squeezed her eyes shut and looked at Kayla.

"Say something!"

"...Why should I."

"I gave you the bread."

"I'm not going to eat it. And if you bump into someone, you should apologize. Where did you learn such poor manners."

"Are you ignoring me right now?"

Shuen glared at Kayla with cold eyes, then set the bundle she was carrying on her shoulder down on the ground and said.

"You're right."

"...Huh?"

"I am a bit uneducated."

Kayla's mind went blank at this new concept of a person.

"Bring the bread back."

"I don't want to!"

"If you're going to take one, just take one... I have to eat too, you know."

"I'm going to eat the chocolate cornet."

"I just need the soboro bread."

"...That's mine too."

If they were going to fight, they should just fight between themselves.

Her pride hurt by the fight between her juniors who were treating her like a ghost, Kayla looked at the huge bread in her hand and gritted her teeth.

"There's a limit to how much you can ignore a person."

Because today, she was in no mood to care about the gazes of others.

-Thump!

Kayla threw the bread in her hand onto the ground and walked slowly toward the dormitory. Because she felt that if she breathed the same air as these kids, she would become stupid too.

However.

"Looks like you cried."

At Hanna's words from behind her, which touched a sore spot, Kayla stopped walking and began to glare fiercely.

"What did you say...?"

"Your eyes are swollen."

"..."

"Should I give you a handkerchief?"

"What are you talking about..."

Hanna picked up the chocolate cornet Kayla had thrown on the ground, brushed off the dust, and held it out.

"Eat it. Sweet things are good when you're sad."

"I said I didn't cry, are you not listening to a word I say?"

"What do you mean... it's written all over your face."

"Hah..."

There were words that Kayla hated hearing the most.

-Hey, are you crying?

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-You cried.

-Why are you crying, you klutz.

Kayla, who was hit by all these words in succession, felt her reason snap and began to unleash the anger she had been holding back. Because she felt that if she just went back like this, she'd be too frustrated to sleep.

"You...!"

Hanna cut Kayla off, placed the chocolate cornet in her hand, and spoke calmly.

"Eat it."

"I won't. I said I won't eat it."

"I'm telling you to eat."

"I said no... and what kind of tone is that to a senior? Weren't you properly taught by your seniors?"

"I beat them all up, so there are none."

"..."

"Your expression isn't good, so I'm telling you to eat. I'm giving it to you for free, as a special treat."

"..."

The moment a stuffy feeling rose up, Shuen peeked her head out and began to say something she shouldn't have said to Kayla.

"By the way,"

"..."

"Have you seen the commoner?"

"...Commoner?"

"The red-haired commoner. I was going to give him the leftover bread."

-Squish.

Kayla threw the bread on the ground and crushed it with her foot.

"My bread!!!!!"

"Hah... birds of a feather flock together, they say."

"What are you doing to food!!! It's time to show you the secret technique of Tetra!!!!"

Kayla opened her cold eyes and said.

"Don't say that bastard's name in front of me."

"..."

"Because I might really kill you."

Hanna stopped the flailing Shuen and gave a faint smile.

"Don't talk like that in front of us either."

Her chilly gaze was directed at Kayla.

"You could die too."

*

Annoying.

I was so insanely annoyed that I couldn't get a grip on anything.

-Thump! Thump! Thump!

Kayla, returning to her room, gritted her teeth and walked with heavy steps.

She was so mad she needed a way to release it. So mad that if she didn't let it out right now, she would cry from anger.

At that moment.

"What the."

Kayla found her friend squatting in front of her room door.

"What are you doing here?"

Kayla smiled.

'Yes, good timing.'

She beamed a smile filled with this feeling.

"Julia."

Julia also smiled back at Kayla.

"You're finally here?"

To put an end to this story.

"You're late."

She had been waiting for her.

*

Inside the carriage heading home.

"Young Lady."

"Yeah."

"What's the present?"

Returning to the mansion with the Young Lady for the first time in a while, I smiled while looking at the luscious rump of Gomtang, who was pulling the carriage.

"That?"

"Yes."

"A bath bomb."

What is she talking about.

"Didn't you say it was my present?"

"That's right."

"Are you planning to get in the bathtub with me?"

"Are you a pervert?"

"Then..."

"..."

"Isn't it a present for you, Young Lady?"

"Heehee... right."

She said it was a gift for me... At the Young Lady's shameless words, I gave an awkward smile, then let out a low sigh and smiled.

"By the way, how did you get out of the carriage? Where did you leave the wheelchair..."

"Abby."

The Young Lady pointed a finger at the carriage ahead and smiled bashfully.

"Abby helped me."

"..."

"Abby helped me slap her cheek, too."

No wonder I felt Darvav's magic. I recalled the Young Lady using her crutches with suspicious skill and gave a wry smile.

And the mansion we arrived at was.

"...Ricardo."

"Yes."

"There's nothing here."

"I didn't know you would arrive so early."

There was nothing.

The Young Lady and I looked at the empty lot together and smiled awkwardly.

"I'll go get some hay."

"Eeeeeek!!!"

It was a Young Lady who hated sleeping outdoors.