Not a Villainess but a Maid

#040 It’s okay to be spoiled

As soon as she reached the mailbox, I quickly ran over and put my hand on her shoulder.

“Hey…!”

Then, she reflexively turned her head and made eye contact with me.

‘Paper bag…!?’

She was wearing an envelope with small holes over her eyes.

It looks like he is determined not to reveal his face at all costs.

She was startled by my sudden appearance, so she dropped the letter she was holding from her hands and ran.

“Wait!”

Seeing that he was wearing a black school uniform, he must have been a nobleman.

I desperately try to catch up, but I can’t quite reach it.

Afraid of losing her, he quickly took off her shoes, held them in her hands, and threw them with all his might.

“Eight!”

The flying shoe hit her head beautifully and made a clicking sound.

“Evil…!”

Perhaps due to the sudden impact of her head, she fell down nicely.

I attacked without missing the opportunity.

‘I will find out who it is…!’

When the envelope was removed from her, despite her desperate resistance, her hidden face was revealed.

“No, don’t do it…!”

“···Huh?”

I feel like I’ve seen this person somewhere before…

“You, a second year student…?”

“···.”

Her face was exposed, and she lay there with a completely resigned and resentful expression.

***

The next morning, the entire Free Activity Club went to the student council and surrounded the criminal.

When I told her her identity, everyone looked at me in shock.

“He’s the head of the instrument performance department…?”

He was a truly unexpected person. The identity of the person who sent the letter was the head of the musical instrument performance department.

He must have been someone who didn’t have much contact with Ruby other than a few brief words exchanged during a club visit.

The one who seemed most confused than anyone else seemed to be Citrine.

“A person who was the manager of one club sent threatening letters seven times…”

Her Citrine asked her with a straight face.

“···Why did you do that?”

When Citrine was asked a question, she pointed to her ruby and said with an aggrieved expression.

“That woman is all bad. “I didn’t do anything wrong…”

“···What did our lady do?”

When I asked in confusion, she spoke with anger.

“You probably don’t remember, but I keep seeing that woman’s face every time I go to a competition. “I’m so sick of it…”

‘Competition?’

As I was making a questioning face, Ruby whispered into my ear.

“···Amber. “Could it be that you mean a piano concert?”

Now that I think about it, she and her young lady attended several concerts held in various places without fail.

Since winning first place in her first concert, her Ruby skills have continued to grow without stopping.

As a result, it became natural to win the competition.

“Every time I participated, there was always that woman. “She stole the championship without missing a beat!”

Winning a concert was not just about receiving a prize, it was also about enhancing the family’s honor.

So, all kinds of young ladies were fighting against each other to win the championship.

“Everyone is laughing inside…! “I became the head of the musical instrument performance department and never won a championship…!”

Now I think I understand why she drew a picture of a severed finger in her letter.

She knew that she couldn’t defeat Ruby with her fingers, so she probably wanted to express her hatred like that.

“If it weren’t for that woman, all that honor would have been mine…”

I argued as I watched her get angry at Ruby with her ridiculous logic.

“Why is it our lady’s fault that she didn’t win? “She just won first place with legitimate skills.”

“Skill? You are the dirty Sarka family. “There must have been some trick!”

For a moment, I wondered if I had heard wrong and asked back.

“What…?”

“Didn’t you always lobby the competition? Otherwise, it is impossible. “Didn’t they spend dirty money to win the championship?”

“···.”

Just because Ruby was from the Sarka family, she was often subjected to blind envy.

It is my destiny to be born as a member of a family built on the graves of countless people.

Her student council room fell silent, and her Citrine helped her up.

“There is no need to hear any more. That’s it. That’s it. “She should sit over there and quietly wait for disposition.”

“···.”

Her other student council members dragged her away, and Citrine sighed as if her head hurt.

“I want…There are all kinds of absurd cases like this.”

I looked at her and asked her as she disappeared as if she was being dragged into a corner.

“What happens to that woman now, Chairman?”

“I’m going to hand it over to a class trial. Disposition will be determined based on the outcome of the trial.”

Class trial.

This is a system used to judge students who have committed crimes at the Magic Academy, and the number of people participating in the trial varies depending on the nature of the crime.

Citrine continued his explanation with a dark expression.

“I’m glad it ended with expulsion, but as you know, honor is more important to nobles than death. “Most students who get that far choose a different path.”

A last resort alternative to expulsion and expulsion.

That was to jump into the front line of defense.

“If it’s the front line of defense, it’s a place full of monsters, right?”

“It’s so swarming that you get kicked by your feet. They say they hate tarnishing their family’s name more than dying, so what can they do? “I have no choice but to fight hard and then die.”

The first line of defense.

This was the place where you would be sent if you met a bad ending in this game.

Usually, the bad ending of an unreleased game ends with a simple cut scene, but in [Lily Madou Senki], The game continued without ending.

Sent to the front line of defense, the character will fight until the monster dies.

Of course, there was no concept of victory in that battle.

It was a simple and cruel end, fighting against the flocking monsters until his stamina was exhausted, and then being defeated and dying.

Citrin, with a bitter expression, added a word.

“Even if you are lucky enough to survive a battle, you usually suffer from serious aftereffects or have one of your limbs blown off… Well, in many ways, I won’t be able to live a normal life.”

I couldn’t just ignore her explanation because the ending I just heard was the ending that Ruby met in the original.

In her original story, towards the end of her first year, Ruby is accused of all the evil she has done and is taken to a class trial.

In the process, her evil girl Clara and her companions who followed her all blame Ruby for her crimes, and they unexpectedly survive the trial.

Unable to tarnish her family’s name, Ruby ultimately chooses the front line of defense, where she fights and meets a terrible end.

That was the end of the original villainess Ruby Sarka that I knew.

Citrine, who closed the case, pushed my back and spoke to us.

“Everyone is probably tired, so let’s go back now. “We will take care of the rest.”

It was a somewhat unpleasant ending, but as she said, I wanted to rest for now.

Both I and Ruby were quite exhausted.

“···Go back to your room. Miss.”

“···Yes.”

***

After returning to the room, Ruby sat blankly on the bed without even changing her clothes.

She must have been quite shocked. Because something similar happened again when she was 13.

This was the second time Ruby had drugged her tea.

“Lady. Are you okay?”

As I sat down next to her with a worried expression, Ruby only then turned to me.

“Yes. “I was just a little surprised.”

‘···Lie.’

It was her bad habit to always pretend to be strong in front of me.

Actually, it wasn’t okay at all. Even her hands were shaking.

When she noticed that, she quietly placed my hand on the back of her hand and said,

“You don’t have to hide it from me. Miss.”

“···.”

“I’ve known you longer than anyone else. Yes?”

Ruby looked slightly hesitant at my words, and eventually she lowered her head into my arms.

“···Actually, it wasn’t okay.”

How scared I must have been every time I received a letter from her.

She felt like people hated her even though she didn’t do anything.

You must have been scared and sad. She herself was born a member of the Sarka family.

From Ruby, who buried her face in my arms, I could hear her slight trembling.

“You know, I thought that if I played well, everyone would look at me favorably. “She believed that…”

“···.”

He raised his hand to hers and gently stroked her hair.

“It’s not your fault, young lady.”

I patted Ruby’s delicate back as if comforting a crying child.

“You just worked hard.”

“···Really?”

“Yes. “I watched from the side.”

Just because the Sarka family’s perception is not good, there is no reason for her to be criticized.

Her body heat was transmitted through her clothes.

She continued to stroke her hair with her palm.

Softly and sincerely.

‘It’s not your fault. Ruby.’

Because you are my pretty and precious master who deserves to be happy.

She grabbed the hem of my clothes and burst into tears that she had been holding back for so long.

It must have been very difficult.

Always pretending to be strong and quietly walking your own path.

I hoped to be a support for Ruby because I understood her difficulties.

A support that you can lean on and open your heart to whenever you are tired or tired.

I stroked her and stroked her again.

Even though her pretty black hair became matted and she told me it was okay now, I kept stroking it.

“···.”

When I stopped petting, Ruby looked at me with her teary eyes.

“···Please do more.”

“···Yes.”

He smiled brightly, and this time brushed the side of her hair next to her ear.

The red ears were cute.

Pretty ears full of shame.

“···More.”

She sends her gaze like a baby craving her affection.

To comply with her wish, I laid her down on my lap in her own natural way.

“It looks like a baby. “Because you lie down like that.”

After giving her a playful remark, this time he placed her hand on his forehead.

Although it was hot, it was just warm enough to feel comfortable.

He gently stroked the area around her bangs along the line of her forehead and whispered softly into her ear.

“You’re such a spoiled brat. Miss?”

She buried her face in my stomach without saying a word.

Ruby is probably a sign of his own sense of shame.

She continued to enjoy her touch for a while.

Before I knew it, I had fallen in love with stroking her, and I was enjoying every inch of her body to my heart’s content.

After a while, Ruby suddenly woke up in my arms.

“Would you like to wake up already? “It’s okay if you stay longer.”

“···It’s not fair that only I get it.”

“Yes?”

“Lay down. Amber.”

She pressed me lightly, and placed my head on her own lap.

What could be said to be a girl’s unique, pleasant scent was immediately conveyed to me.