I'm a Villainess but So Popular

Episode 34

Translator : Missme Editor : Aru

As soon as I checked Erica’s appearance, I hurried towards her.

“What’s going on…….”

Erica’s pink hair, which had always been fluttering softly, was tangled, and she had all the fine cuts all over her face, so she was wearing a band-aid. In addition, blood was glimmering through the stuffing cotton of the nose.

That’s not all. That tired look on her face and her legs which are covered with pale bruises.

I asked Erica seriously, holding her shoulder, trying to cool her head as much as possible.

“Erica, who did this?”

On the surface, I tried not to show my excitement.

But already in my mind, I was thinking of about 50 sophisticated ways to find the mastermind, break their bones painfully, and bury them out of the society.

“Is there a kid who still bothers you?”

I spoke with a deep voice, but Erica’s reaction was completely different from my expectation.

“Oh, no, Yerine, You misunderstand this.”

Erica waved her hands and talked.

At first, I thought she was lying to reassure me, but I didn’t think that’s the case since she was talking with a straight face.

“That’s because my last class was a combat class…….”

“Ah.”

A single sigh poured out.

According to the original story, Erica had no idea how to do magic in the beginning.

She had a little bit more magic power than other commoners, so she happened to enter the Academy, but she never imagined she would have that much magic power until she was tested.

So she knew nothing about magic, and even after she entered the Academy, she couldn’t find a way to invoke her magic.

‘Hmm…… I see.’

Imperial mana is basically similar, but its characteristics vary depending on the owner. Therefore, each individual has a magic that works well and magic that doesn’t work well.

Most members of the 7 Imperial Family or the Royal Family members were able to use almost all kinds of magic, but this makes it difficult for members of other families to replicate the special magic of a specific family.

That’s why it’s impossible for me to do Cassius’ transformation magic, and Eugene can’t follow my large-scale flame magic.

‘Right now Erica doesn’t know what magic she’s good at.’

In this case, Erica was as difficult to accomplish as me and the other 7 Imperial Family members were in such a short period of time. Later on, she learned a little bit about other kinds of magic, but at first, she appeared in a setting that she could only do one kind of magic.

Erica would not have been able to invoke magic in the combat class because she didn’t know what the magic was now, and would have been attacked by her opponent.

“If they’ve had some sense, they should have looked at the situation and let it slide……..”

I murmured a curse in a low voice.

Then Erica looked back at me and asked,

“Huh? What did you say, Yerine?”

“Oh, nothing.”

In front of Erica, I answered kindly, hiding my black-aura-flavoured face.

At first, Erica poked her head with a question mark on her face, as if curious. And look carefully at my facial expression, but she probably didn’t find anything special because I was applying as much force as I could to my facial muscles.

“Erica. Did you go to the infirmary?”

“Oh, I did, but nobody was there.”

“Huh? Was Mrs Hayes there?”

“No. So I just roughly stuck on the band-aid that I originally had and got out.”

Only then did I notice a hardened scab and a tattered band-aid. As I stared at the wound, I held Erica’s hand and said,

“If you’re not too hungry, why don’t we go back to the infirmary now?”

But Erica waved her hands and said it was okay.

“No, this is fine.”

“No. I can’t leave the scar on this million-dollars face as it is.”

Unknowingly, in a determined tone, I let my real heart out of my mouth.

“One million dollars? What’s is dollars?”

Only then did I realize that I made a mistake.

“Oh, I said the wrong thing. Anyway, if the wound remains intact, it might scarred, so let’s go to the infirmary first and treat it properly.”

In the end, Erica couldn’t resist my torch and moved toward the infirmary.

“I’m really okay…….”

“I’m not okay, Erica.”

At first, I struggled, but then I glanced at Erica heading to the infirmary quietly, then my mind became complicated.

***

“Uh…”

Cassius gazed at me as I clasped my hand around my head and made a moaning sound.

“Yerine, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing……….”

“Your face showed that there’s no nothing.”

Yeah, it couldn’t have been nothing.

It was natural for me to be heartbroken because I had to face my favourite heroine, who came with a scratch and bruise every day.

“Ha….”

Erica always came to see me with a band-aid on every evening since that day.

Still, she was struggling because she couldn’t find a magic style that suited her, and she seemed to be not able to use magic at all in the Combat Class.

The Combat Class itself is a tournament based on a curriculum for real combat situations.

As a result, there were times where she couldn’t come out in a perfect condition even after the class. Actually, it would be strange if Erica could finish that class without getting hurt.

“What’s wrong, Yerine?”

At Cassius’s words, I rubbed my cheek against the cold desk and leaned my head, in a dying voice.

“Why are there combat classes 4 times a week…”

“Huh? Don’t you like combat classes?”

“Oh, I like it but…….”

“Then why?”

‘Because even one kind of magic is fine, it would be a little better if she knew how to use it.’

I know what the one and only magic Erica could use. Because I read the original. The problem is, Erica was originally going to spend about a year at the Academy and then realize it.

But was it okay if I told Erica in advance? Just saying ‘try this magic’ like that.

“Is it because of Blothea?”

Turning my head out of the window, I put my head back to Cassius and narrowing my eyes

“……how did you know?”

“She’d been hurting a lot lately. There’s no way you wouldn’t worry.”

“Hmm.”

Come to think of it, Cassius should have originally played a role in teaching Erica magic and helping her to use it well.

‘If I knew she would be hurt this much, I’ll twist the original story and let her know, but I don’t know if it was okay to do.…….’

“Yerine, if you want, I can heal Blothea’s wounds.”

“Well, thanks, but…….”

When Cassius’ healing magic was used, there was no fear of scarring, and it was possible to heal quite quickly.

I don’t know exactly, but Cassius’ magic seemed to be able to heal the wounds that occurred in everyday life.

The healing magic was so demanding that Cassius was the only one who actually used it around him. Still, it was hard to ask for it.

“But every time after class, if Cassius uses that magic……… I’ll be really sorry.”

“I really don’t care, Yerine.”

“No, I don’t think so. Healing magic required a lot of mana.”

I also refused because I felt like I was overloading Cassius.

“It’s all right, Cassius.”

“Well, is that so?”

Rather than doing that, it would be better to help Erica to protect herself. Even if it wasn’t a combat class, Erica was in another class and there was still the possibility of being bullied by other kids.

“Yes. Let’s tell her. The original story is already dried up anyway, so I think it’s okay to twist it a little more.’

As soon as I came to that conclusion, a note came in right in front of me.

“<i>Gasp</i>.”

I sounded almost like a beast in amazement, and I heard an eerie voice from above.

“You make all sorts of weird noises.”

As I glanced up to my head, I met Eugene, who looked down at me with his folding arms.

“What is this?”

“The class journal. You need to write it.”

“Oh… yes, I need to do it.”

“Write it quickly if you know it. If you don’t want to write it all at once on Friday.”

Like a child who heard the tutor’s words, “Do your homework in advance,” I answered roughly and flipped through the diary.

“Huh? Who wrote the first two?”

There was neat handwriting on the diary that should have been blank. The handwriting was elegant and neat, with black ink pressed on it.

“Of course, I wrote it, who would have written it?”

“You should tell me in advance.”

I glanced over the contents of the diary and mumbled, covering it up.

“Sorry…”

At that time, Eugene looked at me with slightly enlarged eyes, and answered back, clearing his voice.

“If you’re sorry, fill the rest.”

That’s what Eugene said, then turned around and headed back to his seat.

“Oh, wait, I’m going to get the supplies for today’s magic lesson. Let’s go together for a while.”

“I’ve already got it.”

“Huh?”

The silvery back of the head, which had stopped in the middle, turned slowly, and the eyes, resembling the blue sapphire, turned to me.

“I’ve done it, so you just fill in the class diary.”

Eugene then immediately returned to his seat. I was so embarrassed to look at his back that I scratched my head.

“I wonder if he doesn’t want to work with me…… ”

I asked Cassius. Cassius then agonized over and answered with his hand around his mouth.

“Well, since you’ve had less work to do, don’t you think that’s good?”

“Hmm… that’s true.”

So I took the quill pen in my hand and began to reestablish the blank paper of the diary.

* * *

“Come on, Erica. Give it a try.”

Erica, who was standing across from me, said in a crawling voice.

“Can I do it……?”

“You can do it! It’s all right, so try it!”

As if she didn’t believe me, Erica closed her eyes with an expression of lack of confidence.

Focusing on Erica’s fingertips, which were tight toward the air, I held my breath.

Soon after, the jewelled pink eyes glistened with an unusually determined and tough glow, headed straight ahead without wavering.

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