I'm a Villainess but So Popular

Episode 52

Translator : Missme

Editor : Aru

“What, what, what do you mean?”

“No……take your hands off your eyes for now. Just, don’t touch your eyes.”

That’s what Eugene said, and once again scrutinized my condition.

“Let’s go to the infirmary for now. Can you stand up?”

“I can stand up, but…… even if we’re there now……’

“You’re noisy. Let’s go to the infirmary right now.”

“What about practice?”

“The practice isn’t the problem now, you idiot.”

While following Eugene, I thought it was strange.

‘What’s wrong with him?’

It wasn’t long after we missed practice because of the last stabbing incident and now he asked me to go to the infirmary first.

‘What was that? Were my eyes that bad?’

I couldn’t see my eyes, so I was so frustrated that I wondered what my condition was like.

“Wait, what’s the state of my eyes?”

When I ask, Eugene answers right away.

“…….you, can you see well with both of your eyes?”

“Yeah, I can see well.”

“Then it’s nothing. We’re going to the infirmary just in case there’s something with it.”

“So, how do my eyes look?”

“Just let’s go first.”

That’s what he said, and he dragged me out of the door. I got to go to the infirmary with Eugene.

‘But would coming here solve anything?’

I went into the infirmary full of patient beds and thought so.

It’s hard to go and say, “My left eye is getting hot and I can see the burning mansion.”

Regarding the memory of the former Yerine, it is hard to say to anyone.

Eugene, who did not know what I was thinking, brought me to the infirmary and called for Professor Peina, who was in charge of the health department, without hesitation and the professor appeared through the white curtains.

“Oh, could you wait a minute? Please sit in that chair and wait there.”

As Professor Peina said, I sat in a chair and bowed my head.

I could see clearly what was in front of me now and I could no longer see the scene in Yerine’s memory, but my left eye still hurt.

“Where are you sick, Miss Spade?”

Maybe it’s because I ran into her during the stabbing incident, but Professor Peina already knew my name.

When I saw her and was wondering what to explain, Eugene answered quickly from the side.

“She fell down in the middle of practising magic, saying that her eyes hurt.”

“Eyes? Which eye?”

When asked by Professor Peina, I answered in a small voice.

“Uh…… left eye. So, left part of my eyes.”

“Hmm……how does it hurt? Does it hurt a lot? Or does it hurt like an awl stab?”

“Uh…… it felt like a stabbing pain before, but now it hurts heavily.”

Professor Peina slightly grasped my face and looked around my left eye.

Then she took out a pair of magnifying glasses from the cloak, and magically lit a small light on her fingertips.

“Now, will you look at this light, Miss Spade?”

Following her instructions, I had a simple examination, and when the examination was over, Professor Peina gave me a cold bag.

I didn’t think there was ice in it, but it was cool enough.

“For now, just put it around your left eye for a moment.”

Then she took some medicine from the drawer and put it in a small pouch.

“Well, for now, Miss Spade. Looking at it now, your eyes are like bloodshot more than I thought. And I think you have a fever right now, so take a good rest. Take this pouch as well.”

Inside the pouch given by Professor Peina, there were several pills and liquid in the bottle.

“The pill is a vitamin. Mana is linked to stamina, so this accident can happen while using magic. Even more so for the type of wizard that controls the magic with their eyes.”

I nodded as I listened to Professor Peina, who explained quietly.

“I see…”

“Take Vitamin three times a day within 30 minutes of each meal, and add eye drops more than three times a day at your leisure. When you feel any pain, you need to always put it in. It’ll keep you from getting bloodshot.”

“Thank you…”

“I know it’s urgent as the academy anniversary approaches, but take care of yourself. We still have time.”

That’s what Professor Peina said, laughing and tapping me on the back.

“If you need absolute stability, you can spend the night in the infirmary… What do you want to do?”

“Oh, it’s all right, professor. I’ve got the medicine, so it’ll be alright. I’ll be careful about my physical condition from now on.”

As I got up from my seat, Professor Peina nodded and said,

“Okay, you should go back to the room and get some rest. Ace does that, too.”

Standing in thought in the corner, Eugene flinched and answered Professor Peina.

“Ah…… yes, I will. Thank you for the late hour, professor.”

Along with him, I bowed my head and thanked Professor Peina.

And when I came out into the dark hallway, my hair flew in the night breeze that flowed through the windowpane.

“…let’s go back now.”

Eugene said so and moved to the main exit.

Embarrassed, I blocked him with open arms.

“Wait, you’re going back? To where?”

“What do you mean where? Of course to the dormitories.”

“Huh? What about our practice?”

“Didn’t you hear what the professor said?”

Eugene snorted as if he was dumbfounded.

“She said you had to go back and rest. Are you going to ignore that?”

“No, but I’m totally fine now! I’m really okay now.”

“The kids who say that always get sick. Just listen.”

“No, why! Rather than that, what’s wrong with you? You’re not the type to tell me to go back and rest!! You’re weird these days!”

As I shouted with excitement, Eugene looked at me with a tired face.

“Hey, we had a good practice today. You just have to make sure you don’t burn up like this!”

As I looked up at him with his fists clenched in his hands, Eugene sighed.

“I repeat once again, you, don’t do anything useless and go back. Not today.”

“So why?”

“You didn’t know what you looked like before–”

Eugene, who was saying so, instantly froze and closed his mouth in the middle.

“…what’s wrong?”

“…no.”

By saying so, Eugene turned his head to the other side.

“Hey.”

Then I grabbed his arm and said,

“What’s wrong with you?”

“……”

Even if I say so, the answer never came back.

“What happened to my eyes earlier?”

Eugene no longer avoided my gaze.

But the way he looked at me was so strange.

Yeah, it was that kind of look, as if he was worried about me.

“Eugene. Tell me.”

“…..”

“What my eyes were like.”

I had to know.

I wanted to know.

Why do these eyes sometimes burn hot? And why do I suddenly see the memory of Yerine, who usually never comes to mind?

But Eugene shook her head.

“No, you don’t have to know.”

“There’s no such thing.”

I held his sleeve tight and spoke in a low voice.

“Eugene, let me know.”

I couldn’t see what his eyes looked like looking down at me like that.

But now I can see that he’s feeling very complicated.

“…… please.”

I don’t know if that word was a catalyst. After that, he finally hesitated and opened his mouth.

“……yes, you should know anyway.”

With a voice that seemed like a sigh would soon melt, he did not shake off my hand holding his sleeve.

“Your eyes were more reddish than usual.”

“What? But my eyes, they’re always red.”

“So, it was several times darker than usual.”

Then he hesitated to answer for a moment, but continued his words, failing to win my gaze at hastening the answer.

“It was really in red. Like you have blood in your eyes.”

The talking voice of Eugene was heavy and serious.

Maybe that’s why I got goosebumps when I heard that my eyes looked like it had blood.

“And all the veins around your pupils were splashed up and turned red.”

“What?”

“In a word, there was no white part in your eyes. Honestly, it wasn’t surprising to see blood flowing out of those eyes.”

I couldn’t shut my mouth in amazement when I heard him.

“I’ve never seen such a thing before, so I don’t know much about it,…I thought it would hurt a lot, so I brought you to the infirmary.”

“Such a…”

“It’s a personal thought, but you’ve been practising simultaneous operation today, and you’ve even blossomed blue flames, and I think you’ve been using too much mana, and I don’t know why it went into your eyes.”

Eugene looked at me with a very serious look and talked.

At that moment, the memory of the first tingling in Yerine’s body flashed through my mind.

‘No way…?’

Yerine always covered her left eye when she was confined to the castle. Even though she knew she can’t use magic if she covered her left eye.

‘Is it related to this?’

It seemed possible.

On the day when she used magic too much, she might have been refraining from it because of the strain on her body.

‘But why this eye…….’

Red eyes do not appear to others. That alone was very likely to cause strange things, but I couldn’t tell why my eyes hurt after using magic all the time.

“Hey, get a hold of yourself.”

“Huh?”

Having been lost in thought, I was staring blankly at the floor until then, and only after Eugene called me did I come to my senses.

“That’s why I didn’t want to tell you……… Dude, I know you’re worried, but don’t worry too much. Everything’s gonna be fine.”

“Uh…”

“You know, it’s only temporary, so don’t worry, you look like you’re worried you’re not going to be able to use magic in the future.”

Surprised by the remark, I opened my eyes wide and looked at Eugene, who jerked his head away and stammered in a perplexed voice.

“No, I mean! It’s not that I’m worried about you–”

With Eugene in front of me, who was so suddenly gibberish, I stood in the middle of the dreary corridor, dazed.

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