The Villainesses in the Romance Fantasy Novel Became Obsessed with me

Bluebell stood with her shoulders hunched. She stared at Yuri who was in front of her with a frown.

‘How can she have better grades than me? Second place? Ridiculous. She lacks confidence and looks so gloomy. How could she be second in the Swordsmanship Department?’

‘If I had been practicing swordsmanship since the old days, I would have been much better than her.’

‘It’s just that I didn’t. If I had, I would have handled a sword much better than her.’

Bluebell equipped herself with confidence through these absurd assumptions and the corners of her mouth twisted.

“Hey, Justia Yuri.”

“W-what… what is it…?”

“You bribed someone, didn’t you?”

“I told you I didn’t…”

“Then how did you get into the academy?”

“With my swordsmanship…”

“How did you get into the academy with your swordsmanship?!”

The conversation between Bluebell and Yuri wasn’t making any sense.

Bluebell was convinced without a doubt that Yuri couldn’t have gotten in.

Yuri was the one who had to explain…

“I-I got into the academy with my swordsmanship… To attend with Damian… Well, if necessary… I can show you how I got in…”

“Why would I want to see your swordsmanship? Just admit you bribed someone!”

“…”

It was nearly impossible to explain anything to Bluebell, who was consumed by her inferiority complex.

‘I want to see Damian…’

Feeling frustrated, Yuri just wanted to see Damian’s face.

With a sigh, she turned away from Bluebell.

Talking to Bluebell didn’t seem worth the effort.

“I-I’m someone Damian needs…! I don’t have to engage with her…!”

“What are you doing? Where are you going? Hey, you need to answer. You did bribe someone, right?”

“Just ignore… ignore her… Damian is waiting…”

“Hey, answer me! Damn it! If you don’t answer, I’ll spread rumors! You’re admitting it, right?! You admitted it?!”

“…”

So noisy…

Yuri blatantly covered her ears with her hands.

She had no reason to fight Bluebell, nor did she need to.

Feeling increasingly humiliated, Bluebell shouted even louder.

‘I barely have time to hang out with Damian… This is such a waste of time…’

And.

‘It doesn’t matter if she spreads rumors… As long as my best friend Damian believes in me… nothing else matters…’

Bluebell’s threats weren’t strong from Yuri’s perspective.

After all, Yuri only had one friend, Damian.

“Hey! Stop! Damn it! Do you hear me?!”

“… I need to go meet Damian quickly.”

Feeling proud of this fact, Yuri left Bluebell’s shouts behind.

However, when she arrived.

“Da-Damian…”

She saw Damian sitting there with handprints on his neck.

Seeing Damian’s embarrassed smile, Yuri gritted her teeth and spoke fiercely.

“Who… Which girl did this…?”

That day.

Yuri was genuinely furious.

And she made a resolution.

She decided never to forgive the person who hurt her best friend.

Never.

***

After several lectures.

Yuri’s questions continued relentlessly as she kept coming to my classroom.

“Damian… Who did this to you…? Please answer me… I’ll get revenge for you… Okay…?”

“…”

“Please just answer…”

No.

Absolutely not.

I responded to Yuri’s questions with silence.

I knew exactly what would happen if I opened my mouth.

‘Yuri would never forgive Nadia. Then, the two of them would fight.’

Honestly.

I couldn’t be sure who would win if the two fought.

Because the author never answered that question definitively.

‘Who would win if Nadia and Yuri fought?’

I remembered the author’s response.

‘Who wins depends on the day. Nadia’s power is strong but temporary, while Yuri’s power is strong but weaker than Nadia’s. However, it has better endurance. So, to summarize the result…’

A draw.

Or one person’s death.

Of course, the winner wouldn’t be unscathed either.

Even though Yuri had trained in swordsmanship, she couldn’t do anything about Nadia’s overwhelming family power.

‘If that situation happens… The academy wouldn’t be safe either.’

I fervently hoped the two wouldn’t fight.

Therefore.

“Please answer… Damian… I’ll get revenge for you… Okay…?”

“…”

I couldn’t respond to Yuri’s earnest pleas.

She kept asking who it was, but eventually, she stopped as if she had given up.

She seemed to have come to some conclusion on her own.

“Damian… doesn’t trust me… That’s why you won’t answer, right…?”

Why did she think that?

I immediately walked towards Yuri.

“That’s not it.”

“T-then what is it…?”

“It’s… Something I can’t say. There’s a reason.”

“What’s the reason…? There are no secrets between friends… even so, you can’t tell me…?”

Nod!

I nodded once.

Yuri seemed to have something to say. She moved her lips, but eventually said nothing.

“Alright… Since Damian… wants to keep it from me… I’ll understand… I have my secrets too…”

“…”

“But… There’s nothing stopping me from finding the culprit on my own, right…?”

Finding them on her own.

If she asked the students in the same classroom as me, she could find out quickly.

However, I still nodded and allowed Yuri.

Why?

‘Would Yuri really ask the other students? I don’t think she can do it.’

Simply put.

I couldn’t imagine Yuri asking other students.

And I couldn’t restrict Yuri’s actions anyway.

For her self-esteem, it was better not to restrict her actions.

Unless they were out of line.

Just trying to find out is fine, right?

I placed my hand on Yuri’s head and smiled.

“You’re free to look, Yuri. But promise me one thing. As best friends, can you do that?”

“O-of course…! Damian and I are best friends…!”

“Then promise me. If you find the culprit, don’t fight. That’s not what I want.”

Yuri tilted her head reflexively at my words.

She seemed puzzled.

“Why…? Shouldn’t I fight…? They hurt your neck, Damian… They tried to kill you… I think I should get revenge…”

“They didn’t intend to kill me. It was just… just a moment of anger due to a disagreement. So there’s no need to fight.”

I gently stroked Yuri’s hand.

“So promise me. Even if you meet them, don’t fight.”

Because if you fight, it will be a real problem.

“Got it?”

After a long contemplation, Yuri nodded.

“O-okay… Since Damian is asking… I’ll listen…”

“Thank you, Yuri.”

Luckily, I succeeded in persuading her to avoid a fight.

Since Yuri listened to me well, she would surely keep this promise.

After all, Yuri was like a little sister I trusted.

Since it was lunchtime, I grabbed Yuri’s hand and headed to the cafeteria.

“Let’s go eat! Today, it’s my treat!”

“Re-really…? Damian is treating…?”

“Have you ever seen me lie?”

“I think… I’ve seen it a lot…”

“… Let’s just go.”

Anyway.

I had a peaceful meal with Yuri at the cafeteria.

Although Yuri’s appetite was quite intense.

“You’re eating all of that.”

“St-stop looking… Damian… I-I’m embarrassed…”

Well, it wasn’t too bad.

***

Shhh!

Charlotte looked at herself in the mirror above the leaking sink.

“…”

For the first time.

She looked at the mirror and smiled.

“Seeing a crazy woman with no sense of guilt… It feels like the first time since my father. How can a person be like that? Don’t you think so?”

Charlotte asked the mirror.

The mirror was a medium for her inner dialogue.

To her words, the reflection of Charlotte in the mirror nodded.

“Nadia Verdium. That woman seems abnormal. Her actions to possess Damian… That’s not normal. People can’t be owned. That’s an absolutely wrong idea.”

“You’re right. People can be used, but they can’t be owned.”

“… I don’t even think they should be used.”

“Quiet. Do you remember the conversation you overheard next door?”

“The voice from Bluebell’s room next door? You said you heard Damian’s voice…”

Recalling that moment, Charlotte in the mirror had a disappointed look.

However.

“Yes. I think I misunderstood what I heard then.”

“Really? Thank goodness…”

Her face brightened again with the following words.

Talking to her reflection in the mirror, Charlotte spoke naturally and confidently to herself.

Of course, Charlotte was alone in the bathroom where water was dripping.

“At that time… I misunderstood him as someone like my father who sneaked into the girls’ dorm… But no. He’s not that obsessed with women. Rather…”

It appeared the nearby women were obsessed with Damian.

Charlotte shared her personal thoughts about the villainesses with her reflection.

“Firstly, that Nadia woman is not sane. When I came back from the hallway, Damian had handprints on his neck as if she had strangled him.”

“That seems… Like she’s a rough person.”

“And that girl Bluebell is also vulgar and violent. I heard she’s spreading strange rumors about Rose in the young ladies’ clique. Nasty rumors.”

“Rose…”

Unpleasant memories.

Charlotte held her head briefly at the mention of Rose.

She collected herself and continued speaking.

This happened often when her two personalities conversed.

“… Lastly, that girl Yuri.”

“Yes, tell me.”

“From what I see, she’s the strangest. Rose said that despite her excellent swordsmanship, her thoughts are quite twisted. She called it a blind devotion. I’m not sure, but Rose said she felt fear from Yuri’s mindset.”

“I see…”

The two shared their concerns.

They wondered if Damian was in a more dangerous situation than they thought.

Rather.

Shouldn’t they help him get out of this dangerous situation?

“Helping him would save our lives too. Isn’t that good? Don’t you think?”

“…”

“Are you going to pretend to be nice again? He was strangled. Damian could die. Will you stay idle again, acting like you don’t know if someone dies? No, right?”

“We can change it.”

“The choice is ours.”

To these words, the reflection of Charlotte in the mirror nodded reluctantly.

Her expression was still contorted with pain.

“We’re going to save him. Got it?”

“…”

Thus.

Through their conversation, they decided to take Damian to the Orsia Kingdom.

To seize any opportunity they got.

However, at that moment,

Knock! Knock!

“Who is it?”

Someone interrupted their conversation.

Charlotte splashed cold water on her face to clear her mind.

Then, she headed to the door as if nothing had happened.

“Who is it?”

“Um, excuse me…”

A small voice came from behind the door.

‘That girl… Justia Yuri? Why at this late hour?’

Why had she come to my room?

Just as she was about to ask.

Yuri, who was hesitating at the door, spoke first.

“Um. Excuse me… I have something to ask… Could you… Open the door…?”

“…”

“I just… have a question… Could you… open the door?”

Charlotte sensed something suspicious and checked outside through the peephole.

‘… What is this?’

Through the small peephole, she saw Yuri hiding something behind her back.

“Could you open the door?”

Her movements looked suspicious at a glance.

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