The Villainess Who Was Dumped Got Married into My Family, a Mob Noble from the Frontier, and Turns Out, She's an Amazing Capable Wife? - Chapter 75: Turning Misfortune into Blessing

Chapter 75: Turning Misfortune into Blessing

“DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW WHAT A KISS TASTES LIKE?” 

“COME ON, ANSWER MEEEE!”

“HEY, WHAT DOES FIRST LOVE TASTE LIKE? WHAT FLAVOR IS IT?”

“IS IT BETTER THAN A MONSTER? I DON’T KNOW, TELL ME!”

In the video, I was trampling over the teachers while saying such things.

However, it wasn’t particularly gruesome.

At that time, to avoid a messy aftermath, I opted to break necks or crush hearts with rib cages as much as possible.

Alicia glared at me with a sharp look from a distance away from the group of students watching the video.

“What is this?”

“It’s from before the summer vacation, the day Mariana came over to stay.”

“You always mention such outrageous things so casually…”

After dealing with the bugs, I had to deal with the invading magicians.

“They’re dressed like teachers, but they’re clearly not, right?”

“Seems they’re from some dark forces in the capital.”

“I’ve never heard of such an organization…”

“Well, it’s called ‘dark’ for a reason, isn’t it?”

“And yet, you’re being attacked in broad daylight.”

“That’s true.”

In broad daylight, it was quite the scene with many people involved.

I think there was some noise, but the fact that nothing was said until this video was exposed suggests that some magic was probably used beforehand to prevent the sounds from escaping.

There are barriers to prevent magic, but confident magicians wouldn’t usually resort to such measures.

As for barriers, I’m an expert.

I don’t rely on them, and I don’t plan to lose, with or without magic.

It was just a bit of fun before the summer vacation started.

“Don’t worry, I’ve turned them all to ash without leaving even a bone behind, okay?”

It was good to have an incinerator nearby.

The ashes were probably used as fertilizer for the fields around the capital.

“That’s not the point…”

Well, it’s not about that, is it?

I don’t know when it was filmed, but how dare they publicly expose my embarrassing past like this.

But that’s not really the issue here.

If I mention that, I’ll probably get even more scolded by Alicia, so I won’t say it.

The problem is, to those who don’t know any better, it looks like I massacred a lot of teachers, and now that the school has all new teachers, it wouldn’t be impossible to claim that this massacre was the reason.

This could lead to various demands being made to the student council.

Hmm, what should I do?

These were all nobodies claiming to be magicians from the royal capital’s dark forces, brought in by the Ignite family. I wonder if I can come up with a convincing explanation.

Maybe if I talk to Vorsea, something can be worked out.

“Alicia, let’s go to the headmaster’s office together.”

“Unfortunately, he’s not here right now.”

“What, why?”

“He’s dealing with the Castor issue. He’s the only one who can explain things face-to-face to the Pentagram family.”

After the duel incident, there are discussions between the school and the Pentagram family about who is responsible, and it seems to be a complicated situation.

It’s not as simple as just saying the son of the Pentagram family started a duel and then died.

The fact that I haven’t been called into the discussions suggests that Vorsea is trying to take all the responsibility.

As a form of support, I’ve handed him documents related to finances that are almost like embezzlement, so I’m hoping he can handle that part.

I’m leaving it to him.

I’d like to leave the video fuss in front of me to him too, but if I leave any more to him, it might just be too much, maybe even leading to overwork.

But what can I do, really?

“I think it’s best to just ignore it for now.”

Considering everything, I’ve decided to just ignore it.

“This video shows the truth, and I don’t think explaining it to others will make them understand. Even if it leads to me being expelled from the student council, I don’t really care.”

“You really… Well, maybe it’s too late to worry now.”

Seeing that I’m not particularly bothered, Alicia sighs.

“If we check with each of the teachers who were here in the first term, it will be clear that those people weren’t teachers. What kind of harassment is this, really?”

“Well, there are probably a lot of students who hold a grudge, so it can’t be helped.”

Alicia is right, this is just harassment.

It might be meant to cause emotional damage, but now that I’ve become a symbol of fear due to the Castor duel incident, it doesn’t really change much.

But then again, maybe this.

To someone who knows the content, it might look like I’m just desperately wanting a kiss and taking out my frustrations.

Ugh, that one actually hurt a bit.

Well played…

Whether Alicia knows my feelings or not, she says,

“Everyone really has too much free time, even with the Sage Festival coming up?”

“Maybe because there’s no tea party?”

People don’t use their spare time for studying.

Humans rarely change their ways.

It feels like there might be quite a few people secretly planning how to annoy us after school.

If it were just gossip or harsh words, it wouldn’t be so bad, but if they’re planning something harmful, we might have to take serious action to the point where the Sage Festival couldn’t be held.

I’ve got an idea, maybe that’s the way to go?

If we say it’s not happening this year, it might deter Patricia and Jelasis from doing anything.

We’ll push forward with the “too dangerous to hold” route.

From what I’ve seen of Edward, this world has become incredibly unpredictable.

Actually, having a lot of people at the Sage Festival might just be a nuisance.

“Alicia, let’s use this video as a reason to not hold the Sage Festival. If the headmaster is too busy with the duel issue, it would be better.”

In the game, around this time, an event occurs where the Brave territory is destroyed.

After enjoying the Sage Festival, the heroes hear that a powerful demon race has emerged in a remote area, causing the territory to vanish.

The kingdom faces an emergency, and the areas around Brave territory, having no military preparations, evacuate to the capital, and a defense battle begins.

During this time, the protagonist, who was targeted persistently, including Alicia and other characters who performed well at the Sage Festival, end up fighting against the demon race.

By defeating the strong demons, the capital suffers minimal damage, and the protagonist and the characters earn praise from the king.

The protagonist also treats wounded soldiers, earning admiration like, “Wow, this girl is really kind…”

The demon’s attack affects the students too, slightly changing their impression of the protagonist.

Support grows for a romance between a commoner and a noble, marking a turning point in the story.

Then, hmm…

Right, the demon-possessed Alicia who survived starts the next conflict by breaking the capital’s barrier, and then the neighboring country decides to attack.

With the Brave family gone, who acted as a breakwater, and the troublesome barrier around the capital now absent, they eagerly start a war.

This happens towards the end of the story, just before winter arrives.

The soldiers from the neighboring country are strangely stronger than the demons, probably because they had been constantly skirmishing with the Brave family.

In that case, it’s better not to have it—the Sage Festival, I mean.

I killed the troublesome guy from the neighboring country before he could enroll in the academy, and in the Ydaina Mountains, where demons can potentially emerge, Onyx is present.

If anything is likely to happen, it would be during the Sage Festival.

Seriously, it might be better to just cancel it.

“Let’s just cancel it.”

“We freshmen can’t decide something like that.”

“Hmm, that’s true.”

It’s a major event involving not just the academy but the whole country, so it’s understandable that it can’t be easily stopped even with various problems arising.

But I really want to push for cancellation if there’s a reason; I just need to find one.

“Come, let’s go. And we need to collect this video crystal too.”

“Right.”

Like Moses parting the sea, I walked through the students split to both sides and collected the video crystal.

I could hear the voices of the background students.

“Hey, is that video for real…?”

“Maybe it’s legit since he showed no mercy to Lord Castor?”

“Were those guys even teachers? But if new ones have arrived then…”

“Idiot, don’t say that out loud here, you might get us killed.”

“Why is he asking teachers about the taste of a kiss?”

“I don’t know, but apparently the Hound wants to know the taste of a kiss.”

“I don’t know, but now I feel a bit of sympathy for him.”

“Students like him at this school—”

“—Woof!”

“Hiiii!”

Annoyed by their comments, I barked playfully and the students scattered like spiders.

One of them seemed like they wanted to say something, but got swallowed up in the crowd and disappeared.

Did I do something unnecessary?

Well, if they have something to say, they’ll come to the student council room.

“Hey! Stop doing silly things!”

“Sorry.”

As I stayed quiet after being scolded, Alicia asked,

“So, R-Ragna, do you really want to know what a kiss tastes like?”

“Eh—”

“If you don’t want to know, okay, I get it.”

“Wait, I’m really curious! I want to know!”

“Then, try not to cause too much trouble, okay?”

“Understood!”

“If things settle down, maybe we can go on another date?”

“Yes! Let’s go on a date!”

Alicia quickened her pace a bit, and I noticed her ears were turning red.

I had planned to ask her out on a date somewhere because our “devil summoning heart-pounding event” that Sebas and I planned didn’t have much effect.

That time, Sebas and Mariana were there too, so obviously, there was no chance for any kind of thrilling effect to kick in, right?

It seems that girls really do appreciate it more when it’s just the two of us in a romantic setting.

Whoever you are, thank you for setting the stage for a kiss after our date.

Thanks to the person who streamed the video!

“—Argh, suddenly everyone’s getting on my nerves, damn it, I won’t accept this, I won’t accept it… Just like Big Sister said, they are intent on destroying this school. They really are intent on destroying it…”