Chapter 18 : The Villainess’s position

The Tower Lord looked at me with a cold expression and held out her hand.

“Since our meeting like this is also fate, how about a handshake?”

“Sounds good.”

The moment I grasped her small, soft hand, I could feel her mana.

I broke out in a cold sweat due to the ravenously rampaging mana, and the Tower Lord released my hand.

“Hmm, that’s strange. My instincts are never wrong.”

The Tower Lord looked at me, smiled, apologized, and handed me a potion.

“Sorry, sorry. This is an apology. I made it myself, so it’s super effective, drink it all up!”

“Thank you.”

The moment I took the potion into my mouth, my churning stomach calmed, and a feeling of comfort spread throughout my body.

Then, the Tower Lord waved her hand and disappeared.

The mage who was with her politely apologized.

“I’m sorry. The Tower Lord is a bit… well, eccentric, so please understand.”

With those words, he disappeared, and soon after, the illusion magic was dispelled, and the professor came running.

“Our student! Are you alright!?”

“I’m fine, Professor.”

At the professor’s words to take me to the infirmary quickly, Ruby-senpai and Eve helped me, while Clea and Lucy stayed behind to explain the situation.

We said our goodbyes, promising to see each other later, and headed to the infirmary.

It was my first time going to the infirmary at the academy. Would it have what I imagined?

The romance of the infirmary. The school nurse, of course.

With anticipation, I opened the infirmary door and almost collapsed.

Because my imagination had become reality.

Her shimmering golden hair and the silhouette of a voluptuous figure with prominent curves harmonized.

The glasses perched on her delicate eyes created an intellectual yet captivating impression.

Is there anyone more beautiful who suits glasses better than the school nurse?

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

Her soft voice was a bonus.

“Yes, yes! My heart was hurt from not being able to see you all this time!”

“Oh my, really?”

Just as I was about to flirt with the smiling teacher.

I was blocked by Ruby-senpai and Eve and forcibly laid on the bed.

“It seems like her mana is tangled.”

“Let’s take a look.”

The school nurse checked my mana by holding my wrist and letting it flow.

She’s even more beautiful up close.

“Did you take any measures before coming here? There are traces of tangled mana, but there are no other abnormalities.”

“I drank a potion.”

When I handed over the empty bottle of the potion I received from the Tower Lord, she checked the remaining liquid and sent mana through it to analyze the ingredients.

It was a method that ordinary mages wouldn’t even dare to attempt, but our school nurse is so capable?

Beautiful and capable…

“Thanks to this potion, you got through the crisis. Otherwise, it could have been a big problem.”

She added that I should thank the person who gave me this potion, smiling brightly, but I couldn’t bring myself to say that the culprit of this incident was also that person.

Then, I felt a soft touch.

The school nurse told me to get some sleep and took care of me. Is this what it’s like to be with an older woman…?

Ruby-senpai was a bit like a cat, so I didn’t feel the charm of an older woman.

As I glanced at her, Ruby-senpai asked me why.

“H?”

“It’s nothing. And thank you for helping me.”

“Don’t mention it.”

With those words, Ruby-senpai got up and said she would leave first. After seeing her off, the school nurse told me to rest comfortably and that she would continue with her work.

Eve, who remained by my side, held my hand tightly.

“Eve, if you have something to do, go ahead. I’ll take a nap.”

“I will stay by your side, Miss.”

With Eve’s worried gaze as the last thing I saw, I closed my eyes.

Even though the internal injuries were treated, I guess the aftereffects are still lingering.

I’m tired.

I opened my eyes and got out of bed to see Eve asleep.

She usually never shows this side of herself, she must have been tired?

As I gently stroked her soft hair, Eve opened her eyes and grasped the situation.

Unlike her usual self, she was flustered and blushing, which was cute.

She tries to speak casually, but it’s wrong.

“Good morning.”

“It’s evening now?”

“Good evening.”

How cute she was, saying such words with a flushed face instead of her usual expressionless face.

Naturally, I intertwined my fingers with hers and approached her until our breaths were close enough to hear each other’s breathing.

“Eve.”

“Miss…….”

And just as the physical contact was about to continue, a voice was heard.

“Um…. Sorry to interrupt the good mood, but I’d like to go home too….”

I quickly turned my head to see the school nurse looking at us.

In this situation, backing out would only make it more awkward.

I have to be brazen.

“Would you like to join us, Nurse?”

“I’m fine. So, goodbye.”

We were kicked out of the infirmary, and the nurse waved her hand with a bright smile towards us.

With a resolution to get hurt again and come back, I headed for the dormitory.

On the way to the dormitory.

I happened to meet Lucy on the way.

“Aria-nim, are you okay!?”

“I’m fine. Thank you for worrying.”

And I hugged her slender waist, saying it was an apology for worrying her, and just as I was about to kiss her on the cheek, I was blocked by Eve.

“It’s not allowed outside.”

“Then shall we do it inside?”

Led by Eve, who was cursing me with her eyes, I arrived at the dormitory, had dinner, and went into my room.

“No one is to enter my room tonight.”

With those words, I entered the room and prepared.

I tried to just hide it, but as expected, that kind of thing doesn’t suit my personality.

Late at night.

As soon as I left the dormitory and entered the park, the surrounding mana fluctuated and a barrier was deployed.

A unique barrier.

A 9th-circle magic used by archmages to prevent damage to the surroundings when they duel.

Along with the sound of approaching footsteps, the Tower Lord revealed herself from among the bushes.

“We meet again? What brings you to the park at this late hour?”

“I felt like taking a walk.”

Smiling, mana gathered in her hand, and a mana bullet flew towards me.

A single mana bullet split into dozens, hundreds, and I blocked them by deploying a barrier.

“I was going to go easy on you because you’re cute, but it looks like you need to be taught a lesson.”

“Ahaha! You’re out of your mind too!?”

And as I unleashed my mana, she looked at me with a mixture of joy and excitement.

“As expected, my instincts weren’t wrong! It’s you? You little rat.”

“A rat? That’s a vulgar way to put it. I guess your ass needs a good spanking today?”

Our mana began to intertwine, and the surrounding mana began to fluctuate.

Facing the Tower Lord, who possessed a vast amount of mana to the point of unleashing 9th-circle magic in rapid succession, I was blocking it with a single barrier. She seemed to get heated.

And the enormous magic circle revealed itself.

A 10th-circle magic made its appearance in the world.

In the history of the empire, the number of mages who reached the 10th circle could be counted on one hand, and among them, the Tower Lord was the youngest to reach it, and was called the treasure of the empire.

The Tower Lord might be the one blessed by the gods.

Someone had no mana at all and turned to black magic.

Thinking about that, I suddenly started to get angry.

Not only was I dropped into an unfamiliar world, but forget about the benefits of possession, I use magic by shaving off my life force.

There should be a limit to the unfairness of life.

This world is cruel to me, like pushing someone to the edge of a cliff and then hoping they fall.

In such a world, there is only one thing I can do.

Deny everything and f*ck the world.

A huge meteor appeared in the sky with a sound that ripped through the air.

“Try to block it! If you can!”

I looked at the meteor flying towards me with a confident expression, and then I pulled up my mana.

And with a swing of my hand, I erased the meteor, and the smile that had been on her face until just now cracked.

Did she finally understand the situation?

“What the hell are you?”

“Do you want to know?”

And ten black rings appeared, her expression hardening.

“Your expression from before was more pleasing, but this expression isn’t bad either.”

As I slowly approached, provoking her sadism, the Tower Lord stepped back.

“D-Don’t…c-come…any…closer…”

“Where did all that confidence from before go?”

She stumbled backward and eventually fell, looking up at me with trembling eyes.

“Since this is also fate, I’ll show you something good.”

And a huge magic circle unfolded.

It was more solid and complex than a 10th-circle magic circle and was made up of characters that could not be recognized in this world.

I whispered to her, who was staring blankly at the magic circle.

[Transcendental Magic: Soul Silence.]