Not a Villainess but a Maid

#037 Mysterious Love Letter

It was right after there was a crime scene like yesterday at the academy, but classes still went on as scheduled.

With a blackboard written on a complex magic theory in front of me, I laid down on my desk and sighed heavily.

“Haa…”

Then, my partner, Dia, showed interest and asked.

“Is this because of what happened yesterday, Amber?”

“Yes. “Lady Ruby got scolded so much for going out without saying anything yesterday.”

“I guess I did it because I was worried. “Because I care about Amber that much.”

“Dia should have seen the angry lady’s expression. “I almost peed myself…”

What she showed today was an incredible expression reminiscent of Ruby from the original.

I almost got banned from going out on the weekend.

Dia, who was listening to me, spoke as if she was a little nostalgic.

“I know, that look. “When I first saw it, it was really…”

“Yes? Did you see that too, Diamond?”

It’s strange. I don’t think she’s ever been that angry in front of anyone other than me.

When I asked with a puzzled expression, she blinked her eyes and smiled awkwardly.

“So… “I remember seeing it once when I was very young…hehehe.”

“Aha…”

Well, in terms of her time, she had known Ruby longer than me.

It wouldn’t have been strange to see Ruby’s scary expression once or twice.

I got up from my desk, sat down with a good posture, and said, recalling yesterday’s events.

“Anyway, I’m glad.”

“What is it, Amber?”

“They say all of those thugs who showed up at school yesterday were caught. “I don’t know who did it, but I heard they used magic to make it sound like dough…”

According to the security guard’s testimony, the two gunmen were found barely alive.

It was said that it was quite difficult to remove the ice from the body.

“···Really? “There are all kinds of strange things happening.”

Dia responded by saying she wasn’t very interested, and after that there wasn’t much conversation between us until her class ended.

Was what happened in her kitchen the other day also awkward for her?

“Dia, would you like to go to the club together after class?”

“Amber, please go first today. “There are times when I stop by first.”

“Yes…”

Her recent conversations with her have always been in this mood.

As I walked alone to her club room after her class, I decided to take a look at her progress to date.

‘Ruby in the original work is by now…’

Ruby Sarka, the villainous daughter in the original work, had a very different impression than she does now.

In the original work, she is a child who only cares about herself and has a self-reliant and stubborn personality.

Because of her poor eyesight, she always had a frowning expression, deep burn marks, a deep-seated distrust of humans, and unrivaled cruelty and sadism.

According to the original version, she would have been expelled from school before even finishing first grade due to a trial in her class, and would have been abandoned by her family and met a terrible end.

However, the current Ruby has grown up with a personality that is incomparable to her original counterpart, so she can still be considered safe.

‘Still, not everything went as planned.’

Despite my efforts to avoid contact with Ruby and Clara as much as possible, Ruby ended up accepting them as members of her club.

In her original work, Ruby would have been taken under the wing of her evil girl, Clara, and she would have been leading all kinds of bullying in the shadows of the academy.

Fortunately, other than their club activities in the library, they didn’t do anything bad.

-Squeak.

As she entered the library, she caught sight of Clara attaching something to the wall.

“Hello. Clara.”

“···.”

She usually never accepted my greeting.

After failing to receive a greeting again today, I was about to pass by her without a big deal, when I heard Clara’s low voice from next to her.

“···Yes. “Nice to meet you.”

“···?”

She had never accepted me before, but she accepted my greeting for the first time.

‘It’s no big deal.’

Come to think of it, after experiencing yesterday’s incident, Clara felt that her spirits had been broken.

When her life could have been in danger, she chose to help me.

If you think about it carefully, Clara would have been grateful that I disappeared, so why did she help me?

“···What are you looking at so intently? “Is there something on my face?”

“No. Nothing.”

“···Hmm.”

For now, I decided to watch her a little longer.

At the end of the desk where everyone was sitting, Ruby sat with the same expression as usual.

Maybe it was because they had a little fight in the morning about yesterday, but they looked a little lethargic.

“Miss, I’m here.”

When I greeted her, Ruby quickly hid the paper she was holding behind her and said,

“···Huh? “Amber is here.”

“What is that?”

When Ruby showed interest in what she hid behind her back, she shook her head.

“It’s no big deal. “Just a letter.”

Normally, Ruby would not have cared whether anyone reads the letters sent to her or not.

Today, the contents were strangely hidden.

‘Well, the young lady also has a private life…’

I felt a little offended that she didn’t tell me, but there’s no need for her to reveal everything.

As I casually sat down in her chair, Coral lowered the book she was reading and spoke to me.

“I heard what happened yesterday. “I’m glad you’re safe, Amber.”

“Thank you, Coral.”

A soft, coral-like greeting.

There was something like phytoncide coming from the forest.

It was then that she felt her mind being relaxed by the freshness she gave off.

“Amber…!”

“Evil!?”

Someone strongly hugged my waist from behind.

There is only one person worthy of doing such a bold thing.

Anyone could see that she was the second princess, Amethyst.

“Are you okay? “Did they not touch anything?”

“It’s okay. “I wasn’t hurt anywhere.”

“Look here. “You never know…!”

Amethyst lifts up my skirt and top to check my bare skin.

“Hey, Ame-nim… Ame-sama…!?”

As a result, the pink underwear and white inner skin were clearly exposed to all members.

“It’s really okay! Really! Really···!”

I blushed and hurriedly pulled down my clothes, and only then did Amethyst fall from me.

“Thank goodness… “If I had a scratch, I would go to them.”

“···What are you going to do when you visit? “I was already beaten.”

Then, Amethyst said with a slightly sarcastic smile.

“I tried to find her relatives. “It’s easy to handle one family.”

“···Well, you said that.”

I was a little scared of Amethyst saying something like that so casually.

Amethyst, who was sitting next to me with a relieved expression after confirming that I was safe, glanced at Ruby’s expression and whispered to me.

“But what happened with Ruby today? “That kid is strangely low-pressure.”

Ruby doesn’t usually feel that bright, but today it felt like there were particularly dark clouds.

“Actually, I had a little fight with the young lady this morning. “Is that why you’re like that?”

“You argued? “You and Ruby?”

Ame looked at her with an expression of disbelief.

“Because I went out secretly yesterday and it became dangerous. In the end, what she said was right.”

Amethyst, who was listening to me, looked between Ruby and me and then made a subtle expression.

“It looks like we have a lot to hide from each other. “You and Ruby.”

“Yes? Is that possible? “How honest are you and I with each other?”

After talking up to that point, I was completely speechless.

Can we say we are honest with each other?

It was like that until a few years ago, but recently I can’t say that even if I were exaggerating.

It’s natural for close siblings to keep secrets from each other as they enter puberty, but I never thought that would also apply to you and me.

‘···What on earth is the problem?’

It was a time when we were wrapping our heads around the issue of honesty between the two.

– Boom.

Suddenly, the library door opened loudly, and a girl with red pigtails with a venomous expression walked in.

Looking at Citrine’s unusual expression, I could roughly guess what I was going to hear.

As soon as she stood in front of me, she started pouring out her lines.

“I warned you! “It’s dangerous for a commoner kid like you to go out!”

‘···Grunt.’

I really hate to admit it, but Citrine’s warning on the day of the incident really came true.

“Heed my advice carefully from now on. Okay, commoner?”

“···Yes-“

She answered in as negative a tone as possible, but I still felt like I had been defeated by her.

After pouring out words to me, Citrine looked around her club room with a proud expression on her face, and then she fixed her eyes on Ruby.

“Your name is Ruby, right?

Ruby, who called her name, responded with her calm expression.

“Yes. “Yes, but…?”

“It just worked out. Take this. “I came to you.”

What was in Citrine’s hand was a pink envelope.

‘Letter…?’

I looked at it and asked with a puzzled look on my face.

“Why do you have Miss Ruby’s letter from the Chairman?”

“Ha?”

Citrin looked at me like that and looked pitiful.

“You’ve been in the student council room for so long and you don’t know? “The management of all mail coming to school is under the jurisdiction of the student council.”

‘Was it like that?’

Basically, all mail coming to the academy seemed to go through the student council and then be delivered to the students.

“Usually I had to put it in the mailbox, but since I was going to be here today anyway, I brought it myself. “I was able to say thank you.”

Ruby stretched out her hands to receive her letter containing citrine.

“Yes. Then···.”

“Wait a minute.”

Citrine snatched her hand away from her letter.

“···?”

“This looks a little suspicious…? “A letter without the sender’s name in a pink envelope…?”

As the corner of Citrine’s mouth rose, Ruby rushed towards her as if embarrassed.

“Give me this…!”

“Seeing you so flustered, is this something Loveletton is doing? Right?”

When they heard those words, all the club members who were watching turned their gaze to the letter.

‘Love letter…!?’

I had gotten so used to it that I had forgotten about it, but Ruby was quite a beauty.

In the original work, the face was dirty and had burn marks, but even in that condition, it was by no means an ugly face.

Moreover, now that she has grown up to be a cool-beautiful aristocratic girl with a flawless face, it wouldn’t be strange for her to be attracted to other students.

“Please give it back!”

“What should I do about this? Everyone seems to be looking forward to it~”

A power struggle broke out between Citrine, who was trying to open the letter, and Ruby, who was trying to stop it.

-Flutter.

“Ah…!”

And, as Citrine lost the letter, it naturally ended up in my hands.

Ruby looked at me holding her letter and shouted as if pleading.

“No, don’t open that…! Amber…!”

‘I’m sorry, lady. ‘I’m curious too.’

I really wanted to find out who the cheeky person was who had feelings for the daughter of the Sarka family.

With everyone looking at me, I quietly opened the envelope of the letter.

Same noble? Royalty? Or else… Maybe he’s a commoner?

And then, I encountered the unexpected contents of the letter.

‘···Huh?’

[ Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. ]

The simple yet creepy sound of ‘die’ The two letters

, Written in red, filled the letter.