Chapter 16 : The Villainess’s Karma

Passing by the thugs, no, the knights, who had fallen one by one due to the sleep magic, I approached Ruby-senpai, who looked at me with surprised eyes like a rabbit.

“Are you okay?”

“……”

Is it just my imagination, or is she more wary of me than the fallen thugs, no, knights?

It’s clear from the way her hand is going to her sword.

It’s not my imagination.

“How much did you hear?”

“I heard from ‘Princess! You must return to the north!'”

“……”

Ruby-senpai glared at me with sharp eyes, but she’s still pretty.

“If you reveal what happened today, I won’t let you get away with it.”

“Of course! I’ll keep it as a sweet secret date just between Ruby-senpai and me.”

She was startled at my words, but then she seemed to remember something, and glared at me again.

“More importantly, what are you doing here? Were you following me?”

“I saw you by chance at the cafe terrace and followed you.”

“You were following me.”

She sighed and took her hand off her sword and started taking something out of the thugs’ pockets.

One by one, she took out the thugs’ wallets.

“Don’t misunderstand. It’s all my family’s money, so it’s just returning to its owner.”

“I didn’t say anything?”

I followed her out of the alleyway as she took all the wallets, and she glanced at me.

“Why are you following me? Do you have anything to say?”

“I’m thinking about it right now.”

“?”

Ruby-senpai stopped walking and looked at me.

I smiled and approached her, and she took a step back.

She told me not to come closer and to talk from there.

Isn’t my treatment too harsh?

“If you join our club, I’ll help you from now on.”

After considering my words for a moment, she shook her head and denied it.

“No, thanks. I’ll take care of it myself tomorrow.”

With those words, she went out of the alleyway.

I don’t know how many times I’ve been rejected.

Well, there’s still time, so it’s okay, but I didn’t know that Ruby-senpai’s identity would be a princess of the Northern Grand Duke family.

Because she doesn’t appear in the original story.

The Keridan Grand Duke family.

It is the only grand duke family in the empire that exists in the north and is a family that uses dark magic.

The imperial family knows this fact, but they can’t touch the grand duke family, who are blocking the northern monsters.

If the grand duke family doesn’t block the monsters in the north, countless monsters will attack the capital.

Above all, the power of the grand duke family is known to be beyond imagination.

The reason why the empire designated dark magic as a taboo is actually because of the Keridan Grand Duke family.

Because they judged that they were a threat to the imperial family.

If the fact that Ruby-senpai is a princess of the Grand Duke family is revealed, the imperial family will not leave her alone.

They will definitely try to use her.

I revised my future plans and returned to the cafe, and there were many empty plates on the table.

Clea was looking at me with cute eyes while eating cake.

“Where did you go?”

“I saw someone I knew and went to see them for a bit.”

When I sat down, Eve brought me a cake.

As expected, sweet strawberry cake is the best.

After finishing all the desserts, I went street shopping and shopped mainly for things that Clea needed.

“W, wait a minute!? What is all of this!?”

“What is it? We’re preparing for the wedding, right?”

“I’m going to hit you!”

Even though she says that, Clea’s face, not knowing what to do, is cute.

Just like with the housewarming gift I gave her last time, it seems like she’s weak to this kind of gift-giving.

As the lady of the duke’s family, she must have received many gifts, but

I’m probably the first time a friend has given her a gift with a sincere heart.

After gifting her even a large teddy bear to hug when she sleeps, I headed to a nearby park.

Eve and Lucy left to buy drinks at a nearby store, and we were left alone.

She looked at my expression and then cautiously opened her mouth.

“Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

It created an atmosphere like a newly-formed couple who had just started dating, and I naturally grabbed Clea’s hand.

She was surprised at my actions and looked at me, but then didn’t say anything, as if it was okay to do this much.

On top of that, when I interlocked our fingers, her face gradually turned red.

While I was looking at her cute face, I whispered in Clea’s ear.

“Is it okay to kiss you?”

“Wh, what are you talking about!?”

I hugged Clea, who was getting angry like fire, and she hugged me without saying anything.

If kissing is not allowed, this should be fine, right?

“Then let me touch your chest.”

“…….”

I dodged the flying fists and said, ‘You’re slow,’ and as soon as I said that, the mana around me started to fluctuate.

Eve and Lucy blocked the magic with their bodies right before it was about to fly at me.

And they apologized.

“I’m sorry for our Miss.”

“Are you assuming it’s my fault?”

“Isn’t it true that Miss is at fault?”

“That’s right.”

When I agreed with Eve’s words, Lucy gave Clea an orange juice, who was angrily huffing.

Only after drinking the sweet orange juice did she calm down.

“Huu, you really are….”

She looked at me with eyes that said that she had a lot to say but wouldn’t, but I felt a little wronged.

“It’s not like they’ll wear out if you touch them…….”

“Come here.”

That day, after getting a bump on my head and returning to the dormitory, the dormitory teacher asked if I was okay, and I said I was okay and went into my room.

I sat on the sofa and called Eve and Lucy and hugged one person on each side, asking them to comfort me, and then I heard a voice that was different from usual.

“It would be better if you apologized to Eclair-nim.”

“I think so too.”

“Okay.”

Only after I promised to apologize to Clea tomorrow did they accept my spoiled behavior.

It’s good to have my spoiled behavior accepted, but sometimes it’s not bad to act spoiled like this.

While feeling their soft touch, I made a plan for tomorrow.

After finishing the morning class, I formally apologized to Clea, whom I met during lunchtime.

“I’m sorry.”

“Do you know what you did wrong and are apologizing?”

“Yes, I’m sincerely reflecting.”

Clea said that she would forgive me just this once, seeing my sincere reflection.

At that, I was so happy that I hugged Clea and whispered that I loved her in her ear.

“I love you.”

Clea was flustered by my sudden actions.

“W, wait a minute!? Don’t stick to me!”

“Don’t hide our love!”

“Please just hide it!”

While we were showing our affection, I felt a gaze and turned my head to look, and it was Ruby-senpai.

She was looking at me with a cold gaze, making it look like I was caught cheating.

I separated from Clea and approached Ruby-senpai while clearing my throat.

“Hello!”

“Are you like that with just anyone?”

“There’s no way that could be true, right? More importantly, the offer I made is still valid.”

“No, thanks.”

With those words, Ruby-senpai left.

I was rejected again this time, but there was some progress.

She didn’t run away after seeing me!

This is how you move forward, step by step.

To make her fall for me.

But I feel like I’ve forgotten something.

When I returned to my party, they were glaring at me with intense eyes.

“You, how many people are you trying to seduce?”

“Miss, you’re going to get into big trouble if you keep doing that.”

“Aren’t we enough for you?”

While sweating, I explained that it wasn’t like that, but their suspicious eyes didn’t easily disappear.

I had no choice but to fill the table with their favorite food, and then they finally looked a bit more relaxed.

But I didn’t know. That these actions were gradually accumulating karma.

After changing my clothes in the dressing room to attend the afternoon class and heading to the training grounds, for some reason, the second-year seniors were waiting for us.

Among them, Ruby-senpai, who had a striking appearance, stood out.

She was standing there with an elegant figure, but when I looked closely, she was dozing off.

I walked up to her without making a sound, but she opened her eyes wide and looked at me.

“What’s going on?”

“I approached you because I was happy to see Ruby-senpai!”

“Goodbye.”

After stacking up 0 confessions and 1 rejection, I approached Clea, asking her to comfort me for being rejected and hugged her, and for some reason, she patted my head.

“I think it’s dangerous to let you out.”

“Then are you going to take responsibility for me for the rest of your life?”

“I don’t want to.”

“Was I the only one who was sincere!?”

When I looked at her like a tragic heroine, she told me not to act, her intuition had gotten sharper.

She would have been fooled before.

At that moment, the professor came in.

“Stop chatting and I called the second-year students today to do joint training.”

She said that the goal was not to do sparring like last time, but to carry out tasks that the professor would give with our senior students.

“There will be a total of five people in a team, one second-year and four first-year students. I’ve already organized the teams, so check them.”

Naturally, our Harem Club was on one team, and our second-year senior was Ruby-senpai.

As soon as I checked the teams, I happily ran over to her, and Ruby-senpai was terrified.

“This is fate!”

“It’s just a coincidence.”