The Villainess' Fate Defying Story - Chapter 26

Let’s do our best after school!

With that in mind, she steps into the lecture hall where the history lecture is held.

As she steps into the room from the back door, Cassandra experiences the biggest surprise of the day.

Huh.

The Prince is here!?

By the window of the lecture hall, in the middle row.

There he is, shining like a star, surrounded by particles of light, quietly sitting and waiting.

He is reading a thick book, ignoring everything around him.

But around him, there are also the figures of high-ranking noble ladies who are drawn to him like moths to a flame.

As Cassandra stands frozen in shock, Daisy, who had chosen the same lecture as promised, quickly notices her and raises her voice deliberately.

“Ah, Cassandra-sama is here too!”

At that moment, all the eyes of the students in the large room turn to her.

And the ladies who were sitting near the Prince whisper to each other and then move away with slightly dissatisfied expressions.

What a well-coordinated action, without anyone ordering them.

“Cassandra-sama, the seat next to the Prince is empty!”

Daisy smiles and gestures for her to come.

Indeed, the seat next to the Prince is empty.

Usually in classes and lectures, his surroundings are occupied by Sirius, Ralph, and Jake.

Of course, there is no student in this country who would dare to intrude among them, and it was unthinkable for Cassandra to sit next to the Prince.

But now, the seat next to the Prince is neatly vacant.

She didn’t expect Prince Arthur to choose this lecture.

Unlike the three of them who have their own areas of expertise and choose lectures accordingly, the Prince was really unpredictable.

The eyes around her are mixed with envy, jealousy, curiosity and other emotions, which is quite a burden.

It would be strange if Cassandra didn’t go to his side in this situation.

She clears her throat without letting anyone notice.

If he shows even a hint of displeasure, she won’t be able to recover.

What if he gets up and leaves without a sound as soon as she sits down!

Her heart is pounding at full speed, but she has to keep a calm and composed expression.

“Excuse me, Your Highness. May I sit next to you?”

He lifts his face from the paper and looks at her face.

He smiles with benevolence and says “Of course, please do” without any difficulty.

She is more than relieved.

The tension that was like a balloon deflates with a whoosh.

If he said “I want to be alone”, “It’s a bit troublesome” or something like that. If he had gently refused her, she wouldn’t know what face to make when she entered the classroom tomorrow.

This is a place where there are more students from other classes and grades than those she meets in the morning.

The rumors that the Prince and his fiancée are on bad terms, that she is not being treated well by him, would spread overnight.

She would be one step away from refusing to go to school. Scary.

Cassandra, who had avoided the worst-case scenario, sits down quietly.

He was sitting at the end of the long lecture desk, but there was no one else who had left their belongings in that row.

Thanks to Cassandra’s presence, they had already retreated, and she was lucky to be able to sit next to him without making him move.

She tries to put the contents of her bag on the desk, and proceeds with the preparation in a trance.

No, she really didn’t expect to encounter him here!

She was psyched up for after school, and suddenly got hit in the vital spot by surprise.

She can’t afford to fail with him in various ways, so she is more nervous than happy to be with him. Happy, though.

It started with his appearance being her type, but she also likes his gentle gaze and voice. And above all, she likes the quiet and soft atmosphere she feels when she is with him.

No matter how much a villain pretends to be a good person, can he be as pure as the aura he wears? If the Prince is involved in evil deeds, it’s scarier than a midsummer night’s horror.

She glances sideways.

His beautiful golden hair that doesn’t lose to the dazzling afternoon sunlight coming through the window.

His blue eyes, filled with intelligence and calmness, continue reading.

His long eyelashes, his well-balanced features that are visible from the side.

He doesn’t have a coldness that rejects others, but he is a solitary and beloved existence.

Too perfect…?

She understands why Jake described the Prince as such, he is like a flawless pearl.

She also sneaks a peek at him during meals, but Prince Arthur is right next to her!

She thinks so and her fingertips tremble.

“Ah…”

Cassandra made a fatal mistake there.

The letter to the Prince that she had left in her bag. The fruit of her hard work that wasted dozens of papers yesterday as she desperately thought of the words. She couldn’t sneak it in this morning because of Jake and Ralph!

The letter slipped off the desk and ended up on the aisle by the window. Now it is at the Prince’s feet!

What should she do? Pretend she didn’t notice? Deny that anything happened?

Why does she have to use her brain so much before the lecture?

She glares at her trembling fingertips, but there’s nothing she can do about it.

She’ll pretend she didn’t notice and quickly retrieve it after the Prince leaves.

Please don’t let anyone notice

“Is this a letter?”

Of course, the Prince who was reading would notice if a fresh-looking letter fell at his feet!

He doesn’t know anything about Cassandra’s situation in her heart, and he bends down and reaches for the light pink envelope.

“Miss Cassandra, this letter seems to be addressed to me.

…Can I have it?”

“Y-yes. Of course.

I was going to give it to you, but my fingers slipped. I’m very sorry, please forgive me.”

Cassandra thanks him for his concern. But the students around them start whispering and talking curiously.

‘Why does Cassandra-sama, his fiancée, need a letter?’

‘What’s the point? Correspondence?’

‘Why do they need it when they see each other every day?’

And so on.

She admires his actions, which are always watched by people.

But it’s not easy for those who are involved in it.

The whispers spread from the nearby seats to the whole classroom.

She hoped for the teacher to come soon, but it seemed like she had to wait a few more minutes.

Writing letters is a major way of communication for long-distance relationships, but why do they need it when they talk every day at the academy? She understands how the students feel curious.

If they have something to talk about, why don’t they just talk normally?

The ladies also look puzzled.

“I felt the two days without seeing you were long, and I couldn’t help but write down my feelings.

I’m ashamed of my clumsy writing, but please accept it.”

She places her right hand on her chest and makes a firm expression, and has no choice but to say it.

How embarrassing to declare such a thing in front of so many students who are listening.

What a humiliation…!

The Prince quietly compares the light pink envelope and Cassandra’s expression.

He doesn’t have to check it so closely, her heart is dying of shame. Please put it away quickly…!

And the content is not a love letter or anything like that, but a simple sentence that she can’t say even if her mouth splits open.

If, by any chance, he were to open and read it here.., she is chilled to the bone at the thought of such an outrageous action.

If such a situation were to occur, Cassandra might faint from embarrassment and be taken to the medical office.

“Thank you, Miss Cassandra.

I’m happy to receive a letter from you again.”

He smiles and puts it in his bag.

Good, she survived…

The Prince, whatever his inner thoughts, was not a man who would make his publicly recognized fiancée ashamed in front of the public.

He’s kind, a gentleman!

‘Wow, is it a love letter?’

‘I’m surprised, Cassandra-sama is not the type to do such things…’

‘She’s different from her appearance, she’s a maiden…’

‘She’s so modest and innocent…’

‘She’s so brave, right? The Prince is lucky~’

Whisper whisper whisper whisper.

Stop it!

At least make it so she can’t hear!

She was reincarnated as a person who was assigned the role of the villainess.

She had no cuteness to begin with, and she had a strong personality that impressed many people as Cassandra.

This kind of lukewarm atmosphere, like being wrapped in warm sunlight, was the first time for her.

She doesn’t know how to react anymore and looks down, but her blue eyes are spinning around.

The more she tries to calm down, the more her face turns red.

She can’t say anything about Rize, who almost fell into a coma.

The students around her who saw her silent and enduring look were surprisingly filled with warm and fuzzy feelings.

If this was an exchange between a lady without a fiancé and a young man from a good family, maybe flames of jealousy would have erupted.

But putting aside the truth for a moment, the Prince and Cassandra are officially recognized by all the students.

There is no room for third parties to intervene in their relationship.

Even the female students who are fiercely jealous of Cassandra are thrilled and replaced their eyes with envy.

She still can’t believe that the Prince chose the history lecture, even though he’s sitting next to her.

It’s such a lucky thing to be able to study with the Prince for the first time since she entered this academy.

She doesn’t want to be rude by staring at him too much, so she just glances at his profile occasionally.

The elective lectures are meant to deepen each student’s knowledge in various fields.

They are open to students who have the academic ability to enter this academy and can keep up with the basic classes. Students who can’t do the basic subjects are excluded for remedial classes.

In most cases, they hear a complete content in one lecture.

The lectures are given by experts in various fields, and the teachers have different methods, but it seems to be common that the same lecture content is given for a whole week.

If they want to hear more, they have to choose the same lecture next week, but some teachers change their lectures in the latter half of the week because they say “it gets boring”, so there is a lot of variety.

The students check the lecture schedule and content and fill in their choices for the week.

The elective lectures are different from the regular classes and are a self-study area to improve their culture, so what they choose in this lecture does not directly affect their grades in the academy.

Therefore, there are some students who say that taking elective courses is a hassle and skip them, but that is not recommended.

Students who have no ambition and go against the minimum rules are checked and receive a harsh evaluation. A warning letter of strict caution will be sent to their parents or guardians, and they will probably get scolded badly.

It was the first time that Cassandra had taken the full two hours of elective lectures.

As expected, he was an expert in his field.

His explanation of history was very interesting, and she looked at the reference materials frequently.

It was a matter of weight that she experienced in this situation, where it was a matter of a moment with the selection of an icon in the game.

The elective lectures are for the protagonist’s sake, to say the least. The relationship parameters that they chose in the schedule vary slightly and accumulate, and those values are the reference values for events and flags.

Also, there are three types of learning-related schedules: arithmetic, history, and politics.

If they do any of the learning-related plans, their intelligence will increase in proportion to the subject. The important thing is this intelligence.

It is also referred to in ending branching and event flags. She remembers how she was stopped by Cassandra’s call of “Wait a minute!” when her intelligence was not enough during a date forced event while pursuing Sirius’ route, and how many times her flag was broken by that.

There are only a few events that refer to the individual values of arithmetic, history, politics, etc.

They are mostly flavor, and it’s fine to think that way. They are just added sentences that make the other person impressed or interested in the conversation.

But she is quite happy to be praised, so she wants to raise her numbers eagerly.

Well, the final exams for each semester are based on the scores derived from each of the three subjects, so if you want to raise your reputation value, you should do them evenly.

There is a fun event where you can beat Sirius with arithmetic, but it’s really hard and troublesome. After all, the condition is to choose a protagonist other than Rize.

Well, there are such bonuses, so it’s quite interesting to train for a specific subject.

She might have repeated the same schedule with full force to collect the events that occur in the lectures, but there is not much difference or weight between the subjects. The important thing is still their intelligence.

It can be confusing when there are numbers lined up on the parameter screen, but you just need to grasp the points.

Unfortunately, she can’t see the numbers after reincarnating in this world, and she has to grope her way through the schedule by relying on her memory and intuition. It’s quite hard.

She doesn’t know how much the phenomena controlled by numbers affect them who live in reality.

But rather than worrying about the rise and fall of numbers, she feels that it is very precious to be able to listen to lectures and nod with interest in reality.

As time goes by, she feels anxious as after school approaches.

She couldn’t pay attention to the last part of the lecture.

Arthur notices her gaze and smiles softly.

That alone makes her heart restless and her ears hot.

Please go away, redness on my face.